Research shows incontinence is common in active women. Don’t let stress incontinence keep you on the sidelines.
During a photo shoot for our upcoming book (out Spring 2022), my co-author Selene Yeager was surrounded by fierce, active women, who openly shared something they generally keep secret: They sometimes wet themselves when they work out.
It doesn’t stop them from going to CrossFit, lifting heavy shit, or heading out for a sprint interval session. They wear dark colors; empty their bladders early and often, and otherwise just deal. But there are a lot of women—about 20 percent, in fact—who don’t and instead quit their activities, according to the National Association for Continence. They probably feel alone, when they are anything but. This type of athletic urinary incontinence happens in about a quarter of active women, if not more, according to research.
