If you’re pressed for time, or just a well-hydrated person who pees a lot, you might be tempted to hold all that liquid in for a while—and then beam it out fast when you finally hit the toilet. But ...

On busy days, you may not feel you have the time to sit on a toilet and wait for your bladder to empty, so you “power pee” — you bear down to expel urine faster. “Power peeing is a really common habit ...