Not the most pleasant subject, I know. I have found some advice, but not a lot about this. What do you think, especially if you are a distance or open water swimmer?
After swimming hard or for more than a mile in the open water, I'm left with the most bloated feeling! I WANT to (let's put it politely) FLATULATE, but just remain bloated for up to 4 hours. I have a feeling this has to do with not exhaling completely, thus compounding the air in my stomach and gut.
When I really pay attention to expelling all the air as I swim, I get winded!!
I have tried Gas-X after swimming, but it doesn't really work. I just have to wait for the air to "filter out" over time. It can be painful!
Do particular foods create gas? Should I hold to the old dictum of never eating less than 2 hours before swimming? Is this something that plagues older swimmers more than young ones?
What's going on with me? I'm a 54 year old woman.
THANKS!
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I'm getting old. Oh for the bygone days of anonymous message boards and forums. Back in 1996 this girl posted something similar about passing gas after eating power bars or equivalent, this while running. She posted the question on Runnersworld.com a very busy running internet forum. I couldn't resist and came out with a long post titled: "The Art of the Fart". This was about the same time the Trump book, the art of the deal came out. I recall mentioning "after burner" effects, where using a match might make you go faster, and many many other humorous takes. The only time I can actually see a problem in the water farting department is when being in a big tub without bubbles and your partner might see the bubbles coming up. Or if aside from "air" you are also passing a lot of methane, where the smell will get you. An odorless fart in the wetsuit might not be bad, but it is like farting under the covers: do you want the fart to stay under, or are you opening part of the cover to let the thing out, or are you hoping it will die away and be reabsorbed ?....
I'm getting old. Oh for the bygone days of anonymous message boards and forums. Back in 1996 this girl posted something similar about passing gas after eating power bars or equivalent, this while running. She posted the question on Runnersworld.com a very busy running internet forum. I couldn't resist and came out with a long post titled: "The Art of the Fart". This was about the same time the Trump book, the art of the deal came out. I recall mentioning "after burner" effects, where using a match might make you go faster, and many many other humorous takes. The only time I can actually see a problem in the water farting department is when being in a big tub without bubbles and your partner might see the bubbles coming up. Or if aside from "air" you are also passing a lot of methane, where the smell will get you. An odorless fart in the wetsuit might not be bad, but it is like farting under the covers: do you want the fart to stay under, or are you opening part of the cover to let the thing out, or are you hoping it will die away and be reabsorbed ?....
