Exercise classes

Lol and 'snap'. I also produce copious amounts of wind and have never found a remedy for this. I tend to blame the tablets I take for high blood pressure.
Before my 'Use it or Lose it' class for pensioners I take a 'windeze' or 'deflatine' tablet, hoping it may help a little.
If I break wind loudly I usually say something like "Ooops, excuse my bum" or "I do beg your pardon" or "I must lay off the baked beans" - depending on my audience. Fortunately it doesn't smell much (according to DH).
Mostly I ignore it.
It IS embarrassing, I agree. Can your GP change your tablets? (mine says not )

Loads of times, it's usually totally ignored or if it's particularly noisy I get the giggles and set others off! It's one of the joys of being in my 70's and certainly won't stop me doing pilates! Mil lived with us for the last few years of her life, she was an extremely polite and "proper" lady, after a meal she would often "trump" her way from the table, she had main meals with us, to her apartment. Fortunately, she was very deaf so was completely unaware of this so was saved any embarrassment.

No, sadly can’t change my tabs I’m afraid, Exdancer. Thank you I will have to buy some of the tabs you are suggesting, a.so thinking I can’t have my usual protein yogurt with fresh fruit that I normally eat for breakfast either or porridge lol
Oh foxie48 you have made me laugh. I’ve never been to a exercise class before and really looking forward to it

HeavenLeigh I'm pleased! Have a great time and enjoy yourself. Pilates is wonderful exercise, I've done it for years. Thing to remember is your body type and shape will make some exercises easier or some more difficult, so don't compare yourself with anyone else. It took me a while to realise that because I have long legs and a short body I can struggle with some things but find other things easy peasy.

That’s one reason I stick to swimming - nobody’s going to notice any extra bubbles while I do my lengths!

Have you tried peppermint oil capsules? I find them very effective.
I buy mine from Healthspan and take one a day.
I agree about the porridge though 😬
Shame as it's good for our cholesterol levels.

Happens quite a bit in people of all ages ate exercise classes, me included. Normally it is just ignored, nothing said and the class continues to move on smoothly.

perhaps you could make sure you are at the back of the class with just the wall and not another exerciser behind you. In a pilates class, or in my case Tai Chi class, we are all well spread out.

Before. Monica passed comment I was going to assure you you won’t be on your own. Just enjoy the class

Please don't be embarrassed about it. One bonus of age is that everyone's the same and you learn to laugh about it.
Actually its important that you continue to make wind, After my daughter in law had an operation for bowel cancer, the nurses waited in great anticipation for her first fart.
But back to you.
As already suggested, stick to the back row to start with and try to control the wind. I'm sure as the weeks pass and you get to know people you'll realise there are others just like you, and also people with urinary and even faecal problems too.
Enjoy your classes.

One of my friends used to play the trumpet voluntary all the way through our yoga class .
Poor thing .
She was mortified .
Eventually we laughed .
She laughed .
Don't worry .
Prior to your exercise class lie in a warm bath and massage your tummy to move the gas along .
You can also drink peppermint tea .
Ask your Pharmacist for some tablets to stop it .

The aqua aerobics class I went to this week was so energetic and noisy that nobody would have noticed a few farts.

HeavenLeigh I go to sit fit class . We do exercises sitting down,standing behind the chair and walking. We did the conga up and down the church aisle it was fun. We do sit to stand and sometimes I fart as we have to lower over bums slowly down on to the chair but I am not the only one . When we do squats I fart . But I am not a noisy farter.
My daughter says some fart during yoga depends on the position.

Everyone farts if we didn't we would explode . Don't worry about it just enjoy the exercises and I find because we encourage eachother we get a mental wellbeing as well as a body workout ..

I do rehab Pilates. Each person has their own exercise to do and as we're a little way apart there is no 'wind' problem to be heard especially if the windows are open!!!!
I also do ChairYoga which is good fun - and again we're well spaced out in case we bonk someone in the face and there's no wind problem to worry about!!!

Almost every class I go to somebody does it ,no body takes any notice at all , so don't worry at all perfectly natural. I think you will love pilates.

I too have gut problems so I don't eat after six in the evening before my Pilates Class or have any breakfast that morning. It works for me.

I've been very wary of porridge since my elderly m-i-l told me she used to have her porridge before walking to the newsagent in the morning to collect her paper. On several occasions she had found herself weeing into her shoes. I am now in my late 70s and she was much the same age when it happened to her, so I stick to wholemeal toast and butter for breakfast and my husband collects the papers every morning.

Tell the instructor your fears.
On first doing Pilates had the same problem, you might find the pelvic floor exercises at the beginning will over time address this to some extent.
Be careful what u eat the night before and the day of the class.
But….. it happens frequently, it’s only a fart. You haven’t injured anyone. And enjoy the classes.
Best thing I ever started

HeavenLeigh please do the class. I love Pilates and I’m sure you’ll enjoy it too. The person next to me at one time always passed wind (I’m so polite! 😇) when we lay on our backs and had to roll back. Nobody took any notice. You won’t be the only one with the odd escape. Others have recommended remedies so you could try those. These days i have to do a bit of clenching when I stand up from seated (84 last week, so kind of inevitable). Do let us know how the class goes and don’t worry about nature’s way of expelling surplus air. You will feel much fitter after doing Pilates for a while.

kwest porridge doesn't make you wet yourself.y mom had porridge for her breakfast and even when the dementia killed my mom and her body lived she always told me she needed the commode. She never wet or soiled herself.

I been having porridge every morning for breakfast since my husband died 20.5 years. I am 66 and not once wet myself .

I don't understand why you equate porridge with your mom wetting herself .

I go to yoga classes and usually have a devil of a job trying not to pass wind.
It’s awful. I suffer from IBS too.

This reminds me of a poem my late great aunt once told me. Only ladies if a certain age will remember the penny needed for the loo in some places.
Here I sit broken hearted,
Paid my penny,
Only farted.

😂

Heavenleigh, I saw a programme on Channel 4 called "Know your Sh1t" or something similar, it was very enlightening. I suddenly realised I had dairy intolerance which caused loud, smelly wind. I changed to soya milk for my porridge, made all the difference.

I have been going to Pilates every week for nine years and have never experienced a wind problem. I am quite a windy person in general with dairy intolerance and a liking for beans and cruciferous veg. Pilates is wonderful and I hope you really enjoy your class HeavenLeigh.