You’re probably pretty good at peeing by now. If you’ve gotten beyond diapers and can successfully urinate by yourself, you are ready for this article. You also probably consider yourself a pro at peeing, who wouldn’t? Well, there’s always room for improvement. The following tips will help you urinate to the very best of your ability. Taking control of your urinary destiny will provide health benefits, and assure you more style points when it comes to relieving yourself.
Regulating Your Water Intake
Water is the body’s fundamental chemical component. Water flushes toxins out of your organs, moistens mucosal tissues, and carries nutrients to your cells. Drinking water and staying hydrated is of the utmost importance to you, and to your excretory system. According to Mayo Clinic (2014), even mild dehydration can drain your body’s energy and cause drowsiness. Unfortunately, there is not a single formula which applies to everyone detailing how much water you should be drinking daily. Age, activity, temperature, and even geographic location play into how much you should be drinking every day. As a good rule of thumb to tell if you’re hydrated, your pee should be light yellow and have little to no odor. Drink more if you exercise consistently, and try to substitute a cup of coffee or juice with a glass of water.
Doing Kegel Exercises
The Kegel muscles, also referred to as the pelvic floor, control much of the urinary process in both men and women. According to MedlinePlus (2016), strengthening the Kegel muscles provides many benefits, including urinary and bowel incontinence correction, reduced dripping after urination, lasting longer during sex, and more. Having strong Kegel muscles is a must for anyone who wishes to be a piss expert. Learning to strengthen the right muscles can be hard to do. The easiest technique to find out if you’re tightening the right muscles is try to imagine that you are trying to keep yourself from passing gas. Once you’ve located the correct muscles, do the following exercises to promote Kegel strength:
Sit or lie down, tighten the Kegel muscles and hold for 10 seconds. Repeat three times for a total of 30 seconds. Do this for three sets every day during the morning, afternoon, and at night (Mayo Clinic, 2015).
Within 2 to 4 weeks you should be able to practice Kegel exercises while walking or exercising, pee with greater force, or even start and stop mid-stream.
For the Fellas: Reducing Dribbles
It happens to us all: you’ve had a pleasant tinkle and you’re trying to get the last of the pee out. As you put your yogurt slinger back in his home, he betrays you. Some urine dribbles into your pants and a small, yet visible wet spot forms. Daaaamn. You can’t wipe it off with paper towels or use the hand dryer to dry your pants because you’ve never been that savage. Nip this problem in the bud — reduce the dribble as well as your ephemeral embarrassment. First, pump your Kegel muscles and force the urine out, grab your tuna torpedo at the base, and shake. A good tip is to shake in a circular fashion; helicopter your clam hammer so that no urine comes in contact with your person. If you think you might still have urine in there somewhere, apply pressure to your urethra at the base, and slide your fingers away from your body. If you need to be very quick about your business, then it’s time to use a technique I’ve dubbed the ‘Cold Flip.’ Tilt your face to either side and flick your muff marauder with great force up towards your beltline. At this point you’re going to dribble in your pants anyway, it’s better to avoid the localization of your urine at a specific pant location.
Bonus – For the Fellas: The Power Stance
Peeing is one of the few moments throughout the workday where you can be reunited with your lower extremities. This reunion should be meaningful and powerful. Your stance while urinating should actively reflect your feelings toward your special member. That’s why I use the power stance when I pee — feet farther than shoulder-width apart, creating an inverted V. The power stance informs all others that neither you nor your parts are forces to be reckoned with. This stance is also effective in stabilizing your body by the urinal or toilet. With stabilization, you will be able to aim much better and get closer to a 45° angle with your stream. According to Science Daily (2013), when the stream is close to 45°, the impact angle becomes very small, and it is much easier for droplets hitting a urinal to only slightly change direction, and slide along the porcelain surface without generating large splashes.
You are now equipped to tackle the art of peeing with brawn and beauty. Transform every urination into an enjoyable experience, and allow harmony within your very own excretory system. Now go, and be golden… but not too golden.
