Why Kegels Aren’t Enough: Improving Pelvic Floor Health | MaryEllen Reider

Realfoodology

Courtney Swan

Nutrition, Alternative Health, Health & Fitness

4.8 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 16 September 2025

⏱️ 50 minutes

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267: As women, our pelvic floor is so important - but because it’s seen as a taboo topic, very few people are comfortable talking about why. But not MaryEllen Reider! She co-founded Yarlap, a device that does your kegels for you. MaryEllen explains why these are important, and empowers women everywhere to get comfortable with the uncomfortable questions so they can feel better all around! Topics Discussed: → What damages your pelvic floor + age’s impact → Tools and techniques for strengthening your pelvic floor → How to finally stop leaks while working out → Why Kegel exercises aren’t one size fits all solution → The “Oxford Test” and what it reveals → The link between a strong pelvic floor and better sex Sponsored By: → Function | My 1000 followers get a $100 credit toward their membership! Visit https://www.functionhealth.com/realfoodology or use code REALFOODOLOGY100. → Vimergy | New customers can save 20% off their first order at https://www.vimergy.com with code REALFOODOLOGY20. → Paleovalley | Save at 15% at https://www.paleovalley.com/realfoodology and use code REALFOODOLOGY. → CURED | My listeners get an exclusive 20%-off discount! Subscribe for Night Caps today and never miss a solid night’s sleep. Visit https://www.curednutrition.com/realfoodology and use code REALFOODOLOGY at checkout. → BIOptimizers | For 15% off go to https://www.bioptimizers.com/realfoodology and use promo code REALFOODOLOGY. → Everyday Dose | You can now find Everyday Dose in Target stores across the country. Celebrate with a Buy-One-Get-One deal! Just buy any two Everyday Dose products at a Target store near you, and they’ll pay you back for one. Details at https://www.everydaydose.com/REALFOODOLOGYBOGO. Timestamps: → 00:00 - Introduction → 06:10 - MaryEllen’s Background + Yarlap Origins → 11:27 - Pelvic Floor → 20:40 - Strengthening + Tools → 35:39 - How Yarlap Works → 41:40 - Sex: Improving Orgasms, Reducing Pain & Eliminating Taboos → 48:15 - Begin Your Journey Show Links: → NHS | Strengthen Your Pelvic Floor → WebMD | Urinary Incontinence Guide → Business insider | Benefits of a Stronger Pelvic Floor Check Out: → Yarlap | Instagram Check Out Courtney: → LEAVE US A VOICE MESSAGE → Check Out My new FREE Grocery Guide! → @realfoodology → www.realfoodology.com → My Immune Supplement by 2x4 → Air Dr Air Purifier → AquaTru Water Filter → EWG Tap Water Database Produced By: Drake Peterson Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	On today's episode of the Real Foodology podcast. So you feel the muscles moving. Like it feels like a firm handshake. Some people say it feels like butterflies and some people are like, no, it just feels like a muscle movement. So everybody has a different sensation, but it's extremely comfortable and you feel the muscles physically moving inside of you? It doesn't vibrate.
0:20.8	It doesn't make any noises.
0:22.7	It's not an adult toy.
0:24.7	It literally just goes in and is like, hey, muscles, hi, welcome to the party.
0:28.6	We're going to work out for like 20 minutes and then bye.
0:34.7	Hi, welcome back to another episode of the Real Foodology podcast.
0:38.2	I'm your host, Courtney Swan, and I am so happy that you're here.
0:42.0	I've been kind of on a role lately talking about women's health,
0:45.1	and this is another episode where we dive deep into that.
0:49.1	I bring on a woman, Mary Ellen Ryder, who is the co-founder of this really cool device that I actually
0:56.8	never knew existed. It's called the Yarlap. And it's a Kegel exercise device. And essentially,
1:04.2	it does all the work for you. And I'm going to let her explain it all. So you'll have to
1:07.8	listen to the episode to hear more about it. But we talk all about
1:13.0	female incontinence, painful sex, better orgasms, just all you want to know about the pelvic
1:20.4	floor. This is a conversation that I feel is not had enough. I think it's safe to say that
1:26.6	pretty much everyone has heard of the pelvic
1:28.3	floor and vaguely knows about it and what it is. But I feel like the conversation kind of stops there.
1:34.8	There's a lot of, I don't know if it's like shame or taboo, but I kind of feel like a lot of people,
1:41.9	we just aren't taught enough about this because we're
1:46.0	scared to talk about it. And part of what my mission is is to normalize conversations like
1:52.6	this because we all have those parts and it shouldn't be shameful and we should be empowered to ask our doctor questions or talk about this
2:03.7	with our friends and get to the bottom of it, get the information so that then we have an action
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