Wilderness Fitness Podcast with Dr. Rob Minturn PT, CSCS · Dr. Rob Minturn PT, CSCS

Ep 55: Reasons Why You're Leaking..For Men and Women

·25 min

Dr. Rob Minton opens the Saturday morning show by sorting out his Instagram live setup and moving straight into a talk about leaking for both men and women. He makes clear right away that this is not a single-cause problem, because leaking can come from more than one place and should not be treated like one neat diagnosis. The episode works through seven reasons a person might leak. He keeps the pace moving, giving enough detail to make the list useful without letting it turn into a long lecture. A weak pelvic floor sits near the center of the discussion. From there he walks through the pressure that shows up when people laugh, cough, or sneeze, and he notes that those moments can put about 35 pounds of force on the pelvic floor. He ties that same pressure problem to harder work like squats, deadlifts, bench press, and pull-ups. The point is plain: if the system gives out under load, the leak tends to show up when life gets noisy or training gets heavy. He also talks about the difference between urgency and actually needing to urinate. Urination, he says, should take about seven or eight seconds. If it does not, the urge may have been more noise than a real need to go. That kind of detail gives the episode a practical edge listeners can use right away. He reminds people not to dismiss the problem just because it feels awkward. Better care matters more than convenience. If the right help is easier to get through a screen than in person, he still says to choose the better care. The show keeps its usual blunt, coaching-heavy tone while it does this. It sounds like someone talking the issue through with a client who needs the point made clearly. Near the end, he pulls the conversation toward action and confidence. Get the issue handled, keep moving, and stop letting leakage decide what you do or do not try. He closes by directing listeners to the newsletter for monthly follow-up information and by signaling the next episode in the double header.

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A blunt, practical look at why leakage happens, how pressure exposes it, and what to do next.

The episode treats urinary leakage as a real health issue and keeps returning to one central idea: it can have more than one cause. It speaks to both men and women, then moves through common triggers in clear, everyday language, from laughing, coughing, and sneezing to…

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If leaking is making workouts, laughs, or other activities feel uncertain, start here.

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