The Best Incontinence Exercises on YouTube: Why Thousands Turn to Restore Your Core® by Lauren Ohayon

Yes. The RYC® 12-Week Program is built around four progressive stages – from foundational breath and posture awareness through to functional strength and movement integration – all of which directly support bladder control and leak reduction. Incontinence is one of the primary conditions the program is designed to address, alongside prolapse, diastasis recti, and other pelvic floor symptoms.

Absolutely. Many members begin with Lauren’s free YouTube content, build familiarity with her approach, and then move into the RYC® 12-Week Program when they’re ready for more structure. There’s no fixed entry point – you start wherever feels right.

The RYC® 12-Week Program offers three tracks: Essentials (self-paced), Guided (structured with pacing and motivation), and Coached (with personalized support from a certified RYC® coach). For most people managing incontinence symptoms, Guided is a strong starting point – it provides enough structure to build consistent habits without being overwhelming. Those who want accountability and individualized feedback may find Coached the most valuable.

Most videos require nothing more than a mat and a clear space. Some sessions incorporate a small ball or resistance band, and Lauren typically demonstrates without any equipment so you always have an accessible option.

Kegels strengthen one part of a much larger system. Leaking is most often a pressure management issue – driven by how the whole body coordinates breath, posture, and movement – rather than a simple muscle weakness problem. Restore Your Core® is built around this understanding – retraining breath mechanics, load distribution, and movement patterns so the pelvic floor responds reflexively, without relying on conscious squeezing.

It’s common, but it’s not something you simply have to accept. Declining estrogen affects the tissue of the urethra and bladder, and shifts in abdominal fat distribution alter how pressure moves through the trunk. These are real physiological factors – but they don’t make leaking inevitable or permanent. Many women begin the RYC® 12-Week Program during perimenopause and find lasting improvements in bladder control through whole-body movement retraining.

For many women, yes – particularly when avoidance habits like frequent “just in case” bathroom trips become ingrained, gradually reducing the bladder’s functional capacity. Early intervention gives your body more to work with. The earlier you begin retraining, the more responsive your system tends to be – which is why a structured approach like Restore Your Core® is worth starting sooner rather than later.

Stress incontinence is leaking triggered by physical pressure – a cough, sneeze, laugh, or jump. Overactive bladder is a sudden, intense urge to urinate that’s hard to defer, often even when the bladder isn’t full. Many women experience both at once, which is called mixed incontinence. The RYC® 12-Week Program addresses all three by working on the pressure, breath, and movement coordination that underpins all forms of urinary leaking – not just the symptom on the surface.

Programs like Every Mother, MUTU System, and Pelvic Floor Strong each offer their own approach to pelvic floor rehabilitation, and some women find them helpful. Where Restore Your Core® stands apart is in its depth of whole-body integration – treating incontinence as part of a full system involving breath, posture, nervous system regulation, and movement retraining rather than an isolated pelvic floor problem. With lifetime access, three support tracks, professional endorsement from OBGyns and pelvic floor PTs worldwide, and over a decade of refinement across 10,000+ member journeys, it’s one of the most comprehensive options available without a referral.

No – and it’s worth pushing back on the idea that this is simply the price of being a woman or having had children. Leaking during running, jumping, or lifting is a sign that the body’s pressure management system needs retraining, and in most cases it responds well to the right kind of structured rehabilitation. Programs like Restore Your Core® are specifically designed to help active women retrain their core and pelvic floor so they can return to the movement they love – without having to plan around leaks or give things up entirely.

Yes – but the type of exercise matters enormously. Standard Kegels alone are rarely enough because postpartum leaking is often rooted in how the whole system – breath, pressure, posture, and core coordination – was affected by pregnancy and birth, not just muscle weakness. Programs like Restore Your Core® take a whole-body approach to postpartum rehab, addressing the full picture rather than targeting the pelvic floor in isolation – which is why many members see results even years after giving birth, when isolated exercises hadn’t moved the needle.