While it's nice to consider a beautiful ballet dancer or figure skater taking an enema prior to a performance, I don't believe it's that common. As someone else said, you wouldn't want to be messing with any nutrition or electrolytes at that point. Plus, you wouldn't want to mess yourself, as an enema given before a big show could cause a little water/fecal matter to come out during it. Most likely, those people are just really in shape and toned in the abdominal area, and it doesn't have anything to do with an enema.

Regarding Brett F. possible enema use. I am sure most of Wisc would stand in line to give him the biggest 4 H enema of his life. Wouldn't that be a great sports article?

Ballet dancers, both male and female, will use enemas before a production. With the tight leotard they wear it can and will show a distended colon, so an enema helps remove this problem.

No No No No!!!!!!!! You guys are so stupid! Athletes don't use enemas! They just go.....not that hard. People have been doing it for centuries. Plus with an enema the whole screwing with your nutrition thing isn't worth losing a medal!

1: the thought of wrestlers at my school using enemas.....hot

2:swimmers don't use enemas. At least not competative swimmers. You need a carb load your body can slowly absorb eaten way before u swim and then quick burst from sugar....an enema would screw you up soooooo much. Maybe some do, but not most.

3:trust me I know; 7 years swimming competatively, 3 state championships, and 5 records in inland northwest swimming

Regarding Brett Favre and his use of enemas, I heard from someone in the sports field that it was true. He did (does?) take enemas, due to bouts of constipation brought on by his heavy use of painkillers. Poor baby. I hope he wasn't just using those damned little Fleet Enemas...they're all chemicals and, frankly, useless. A good two quarts of very warm soapy water from a bulging enema bag and a fat douche nozzle is what would do him the most good. And, oh, how I'd like to give it/them to him...over and over! lol

There must be something to athletes using Enemas, or places like

Klystra wouldn't be selling the 5qt. "Olympic" bag..... ;D LOL

Dan

I have heard of atheletes such as wrestlers and gymnasts

using them but have no idea if it is the truth or just another myth...interesting though...

Although I could be totally off-base on this one, since I have no first hand knowledge of enema usage among atheletes, it's my suspicion that enemas are used far more by atheletes where a specific body weight range is a requirement to be able to compete in that weight catagory....i.e. boxing, ultimate fighting, etc. How popular enemas might be with skiiers and other atheletes for competition purposes, I have no idea. Maybe others on this site can enlighten.

Now that is an interesting thought. The olympians using enemas before event. Never thought of it. I sometimes have enemas if I know I am not going to be able to go for example an overnight trek in the desert when it is easier not to go than look for a log or a rock to sit over. I wonder if there is any info on olympic enemas.

Chas,

Yes, I'm sure there are a lot using Enemas before their events so they

don't have to worry about needing to go at a wrong time. There will be

others using them to prepare for weigh in. It is too bad there isn't

a category at the Olympics for Enemas; as I'm sure some of us would

be going for the gold.

Dan

I was just thinking about how many bags are in use at the athletes compound in Vancouver!

I wonder if high school wrestlers use enemas to make their weight go down.

I participate in extreme sports, and recently started with enemas. The feeling after finishing with an enema makes me want to get out and have an adrenaline rush. I feel so healthy before I even get exercise.

thanks a lot gilinva,that kind of information im looking for.we both of us me with my gf are training daily with big weights.we are trying to use enema for fun as well but at the moment we just wanna find out what is the best way to use enema for sport..cheers

Call6 - I think if you are really training (athletically), an enema once a week is too much. I am sure there are those on this board that will say you can never get enough, but when doing hard training, you should be carefull. This board is fun, but exercise puts strain on all of the body systems and correct water and electrolyte balance is important.

thanks gilinva for the information..we are eating every 2 hours small amount of food and we drink a lots .every week enema will b ok?

;)There are rumors that bret farve qb uses enemas too.Probably that,s why he is still playing pro ball at age 40?

It does'nt matter whether you're an athlete or a logger because all my jobs were intensed labor for eight or twelve hours.You ate when you could and busted ass non stop.On my day off,it was time to unwind and get rid of the crap your body built up for the last four days.I would lay in a tub of hot water and hang the bag on the shower curtin rod and just take enema after enema until there was nothing left in me,then on the very last enema of the night,the bag would get a second filling while the first one was still in me.By the time two thirds of the second bag was pouring in me, a huge orgasm would make me shiver even in a hot tub of water.All I can say is WOW.

I find that a good series of enemas is very helpful as part of my post workout routine. I generally do them (no more than one or twice per month) after an intense workout. I think it is more psychological than performance enhancing. I like to feel as though it gets all of the toxins out, just like the sauna. Make sure to hydrate if you do them after a workout.

any help for bodybuilders.and fitness female competitors..any advice welcome..thanks

I used to see a colon therapist in Chicago who had contracts with 3 professional sports teams. Many of the teams' members were regulars who claimed their performance and concentration was improved by her treatments. I know I always felt better, but that had to do with her OTHER enema services!

A colon therapist in NYC had a large following from the opera community. Apparently, many of the singers found that their breathing and energy was improved by a colonic before a performance.

I read in a cyclist magazine that some athletes take an enema the night before competition to flush toxins from the blood stream. I ride bicycle a lot. There is a marked difference in performance the next day.

i know swimmers take enemas and some runners

When they have to make weight, athletes do so any way they can!!

Enemas, laxatives, diuretics, saunas, whatever it takes. You get that last pound off any way you can. After all, the money in it for them is so much more than they could ever make at a regular job, they are NOT going to throw it all away over a pound or two!!! Other than that, the rest is probably overactive imagination.

I dont know about Jockeys but it is true that a lot of swimmers take enemas before a meet.

From REAL experiecnce at horse tracks as "bugboy",and exercise rider, I can tell you that a jockey don't make the weight limit, he don't get PAID. If an enema will do it damn bet they do. Walt

I have herd of some people that weigh in and take an enema to get as little weight off as possible, and I also know that long distance as well as tri athletes will take enemas after the event because they are so dehydrated and constipated that they need them to help as well as just getting around the muscles are very weak from such distances

It doesn't make sense for jockeys because they get weighed before a race and have to carry extra weights when they race if they don't weigh enough. For wrestlers and boxers that have to meet a weight class, it might work.

Awhile back I read or heard that jockeys sometimes take an enema or a series of enemas before a race to reduce their weight by a pound or two. Does anyone know if this is true? Also, are there other athletes who use enemas to get some sort of perceived advantage?