Interesting

Thanks for sharing. That is interesting~!

I cannot run like that.

BUT have been doing oxygenating breathing exercises and cold showers and feel great! The exercises and cold therapy are from Wim Hof. (google for the breathing routine and cold therapy routine).

He has a great immune system due to this which has been documented :)

Traveler, I'm a good test subject. I am in very good health but that is due to my dietary efforts. I could live a normal life and no one would know anything is wrong with me. Unfortunately, I know there is something wrong. It's subtle, but it's there. I was an advanced weight trainer when I was infected. My aerobic capacity in the gym couldn't be matched. The infection(s) robbed me of my cardiovascular fitness. I could no longer train the way I had trained for years. All of a sudden, my right shoulder had arthritis and bursitis that would not go away. I am left handed, there is no reason for my right shoulder to hurt like it did. I no longer lifted weights. I was trained in science and have an eye for observation. Here are some of my litmus tests for my overall condition, maybe it will help someone.

1. My joints pop all the time. This never happened until I was bitten.
2. My shoulder pain. It never happened until I was bitten.
3. The underside of my left foot feels like there is a healing up stone bruise. Only happened after I was bitten.
4. I have no cardiovascular endurance. I had unbelievable endurance before I was bitten.
5. Stool consistency changes when undergoing a herx. Eating primarily vegetables, no packaged or acidic foods and very little meat, my stools have changed similar to a deer's stool. When I herx, that changes and is very different. IMO, this is the key to determining your immune health.
6. I still have these little red pin prick bumps. A couple have gotten bigger like a mole. I never had those until after I was bitten.

I suggest everyone read Super Immunity by Dr Joel Fuhrman

I agree. High intensitiy and lyme do not go together. I used to love kickboxing and aerobics and now walking is the extent. I figure the body has so much going on and in an "uninfected" person, it can handle the extra intensity but with bacteria in their fighting against you, its just too much to handle.

Jetfan, I am not back in the gym. It's been over a year since I last trained and almost 2 years since I worked out "normally." I can count on my fingers the numbers of times I've lifted in 2 years. I feel like I could train, but I'm being cautious. Training is anaerobic and the aerobic exercise is what helped me the other day.

jetfan51 said...
GH, being that we were at a much higher fitness level previously makes it very difficult to adjust to the level that we must proceed now. Your mind knows what you're capable of doing but your body is saying something different. I think we all could benefit from increased oxygen levels no matter what form of exercise or movement we can tolerate. I hope we all get back to our previous levels and beyond!

I've gotten use to it now. What happened to me I believe was in increase in CO2 concentration during exercise. Not your normal lack of breath, but a serious reaction that caused exercise to cease. I believe it was from the Ornithine Cycle and Nitrogen metabolism. Only once have I had an excessive putrescine production, but that is where the CO2 came from IMO. I think that is why a low or no meat diet benefits me, not much Nitrogen metabolism.

Dr S. told me that he greatly approves of non-catabolic exercise and orthotics. It looks like I'll start back at the gym a couple days a week.