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Working Out With Ulcerative Colitis

Hello!

I'm curious about any input you guys might have on kind of an unusual topic. I've been following Fitness Blender on YouTube for a while now, and finally just signed up for a membership - so far I'm enjoying it a lot!

Not with the fitness blender workouts, (so far) but with another workout class I attend at my local rec center, about halfway through the workout I keep getting flare-ups of my Ulcerative Colitis, (gross and embarrassing to have to leave for the bathroom!) The class I'm doing is a high intensity, hour-long cardio workout. I drink a lot of water and I take a lot of breaks! The rest of me, (muscles and tiredness) feels like I could keep going, but my UC freaks out! I'm 26 years old.

Has anyone else with UC or Crohn's experienced this? Or anyone have any ideas? I'm also trying to figure out if its what I eat before working out, but like I said - whatever I eat doesn't seem to cause a problem when I do fitness blender workouts.

Thanks in advance:D This community seems like an awesome one!