What are the reasons for farting a lot after exercise?

Exercise is an activity that people attach great importance to in modern life. Although the elderly population is increasing, the number of people who like sports is growing. Although exercise has many benefits, not everyone can stick to it for a long time because some people will have exercise sequelae. For example, the phenomenon of farting a lot after exercise is very common. Let’s take a look at the reasons for farting a lot after exercise.

1. Accelerate gastrointestinal motility

During exercise, the body's blood circulation speeds up and metabolism is improved, which can help gastrointestinal motility and thus help the body expel excess gas, resulting in the expulsion of gas, or farting.

2. Squeeze the stomach and intestines

Some exercises will squeeze the stomach and intestines, such as mountain climbing, sit-ups, etc., which increase abdominal pressure and squeeze the stomach and intestines, causing farting after exercise.

3. Caused by old age

As older people have relatively less activity, their stomachs and intestines gradually age, making it easier for gas to accumulate. They are more likely to fart after exercise than the average person.

4. Eating too much gas-producing food

Before exercise, eat too much food that can easily cause bloating, such as sweet potatoes, taro, soda, or consume excessive starch and protein foods, such as beans, potatoes, eggs, etc. It is also easy to cause farting after exercise, so you should try to avoid eating these foods before exercise.

5. Digestive system diseases

Poor gastrointestinal motility and digestive system diseases caused by various reasons, such as gastritis, peptic ulcer and other stomach diseases; liver, gallbladder, pancreatic diseases, etc. can all cause farting after exercise.

6. Tips

Generally speaking, if exercise promotes gastrointestinal motility and helps expel excess gas from the body, it is normal to cause farting, burping, etc. However, if it is due to your own illness or has affected your life, it is recommended to go to the hospital for a check-up.

7. What to do if you fart during exercise

One of the most embarrassing problems when exercising is farting. Sometimes the situation is mild and just a brief bloating phenomenon, and no one will notice if you defecate a few times secretly. Exercise generally relaxes people and makes them feel open-minded, so that the depression and unhappiness in their hearts, that is, the foul air, will be discharged in the form of farts. Farting means increased intestinal motility, which speeds up the expulsion of foul gas.