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The Perfect Poop

Like Duolingo, but for The Perfect Poop. Tomo turns the whole topic into a game you play five minutes a day, until it actually sticks.

For the part of you with thirty open tabs that never became anything.

24 bite-size levelsAbout 5 minutes each

Free forever · No credit card · iPhone & Android

Barnaby the Bowel
The Perfect Poop
with Barnaby the Bowel
24
Levels
3
Sections
5
Min/day
What you'll learn

Key ideas in The Perfect Poop

  • The puborectalis muscle loops around the colon
  • Sitting maintains a 'kink' or choke-point in the rectum
  • Knees must be higher than the hips to relax the internal 'sling'
  • Straining is often an attempt to push past this muscular choke-point
  • Leaning forward further optimizes the exit path
  • The mechanical sequence of 'unkinking' the digestive tract
  • How the puborectalis muscle creates a physical blockage during sitting
  • Squatting releases muscular tension around the rectum
  • Elevating the feet is the primary way to unkink on a modern toilet
  • The mechanics of foot elevation
  • The toilet seat's design leaves the rectum unsupported
  • Healthy bowel movements should be relatively quick
  • Gravity causes blood to pool in rectal veins during prolonged sitting
  • Staying past 10 minutes significantly increases pressure on the pelvic floor
  • How gravity and posture cause injury during long sessions without active straining
  • The ideal time limit for a healthy bathroom visit
Why not just Google it

You've tried the other tabs

Wikipedia

Thirty open tabs. Four facts you actually kept.

YouTube

You watched. You nodded. By Sunday it was gone.

ChatGPT

One answer, then back to scrolling.

Online courses

Eight weeks. You meant to finish. You didn't.

Tomo gives The Perfect Poop the Duolingo treatment: levels, streaks, and quick quizzes that test what you just learned. That game loop is what the tabs above never had, so it's the one you actually finish.

Try a question

Here's what playing it feels like

A real question from this course. Take your best guess.

Unkinking the Internal Hose

What happens to the rectum's shape when you sit normally on a standard toilet?

Get it right to open this lesson and 23 more in the app.

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Where The Perfect Poop takes you

Stop struggling and start feeling lighter every day. Learn the simple habits, positions, and food swaps that turn your bathroom breaks into the best part of your morning.

  1. 1

    Instant Wins in the Bathroom

    • The Magic of the Squatting Position
    • Why You Should Never Bring Your Phone
    • How to Breathe Instead of Pushing
    • Timing Your Morning Visit
    • When to Listen to the Urge
  2. 2

    Fixing Your Daily Habits

    • The Truth About Fiber and Bloating
    • Hydration Beyond Just Water
    • Coffee: Friend or Foe?
    • Walking Your Way to Regularity
  3. 3

    Reading the Signs

    • What the Shape and Color Tell You
    • The Science of the 'Ghost' Poop
    • When to Talk to a Doctor

3 sections · 12 units · 24 levels. Built to play, not to enroll.

How it's taught

You pick the voice

This course
The Bestie

The Perfect Poop is taught in the The Bestie style: your friend who just gets it. Want a different feel? In the app you can spin up the same topic in any of Tomo's teaching styles. Same facts, totally different vibe.

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