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Posted 11/5/2020 11:56 PM (GMT 0)
Just wanted to say my symptoms have Improved DRASTICALLY just from adding in slow anaerobic exercises. Using dumbbells and going SLOW (strengthening). I have found any aerobics (running, biking, even some forms of Yoga (power vinyasa) has set me back and have made symptoms worse. Just wanted to write this. Most of you may already know this, but maybe some
don’t. Want to help in anyway I can. I have also noticed I have been able to tolerate foods I haven’t since being ill. Time to keep oxygenating this body and forcing the spirochetes OUT!
Posted 11/6/2020 2:28 AM (GMT 0)
Great your getting better!

Thats interesting how exercise has an effect on your lyme symptoms. Which symptoms does it aggravate?

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For me the pain involved became its own symptom which I had to be very careful with and repetitive motion injuries kept on happening. That slowly changed, but I also did a lot of various muscle release, which also detoxes body tissue.

As far as energy- any exercise mentally felt like I accomplished something... if I could do it, but it all made me exhausted. I remember one time on my bike I was only 2 miles from the parking lot, but didnt think I was going to get there, it was like I could barely move, zero energy left.

Yoga killed me! Tried hot yoga too............that was miserable but I cant imagine ever liking warm stale sweaty air, indoors of all places. Made no sense to me.
Posted 11/6/2020 5:37 AM (GMT 0)
For me, cardio also makes me herx, where lighter weight lifting or calisthenics if I keep it quite short, works well. Yoga works the best, but I also only do about 7 min of very light yoga where I keep a few poses for a while. I have yoga in the morning routine most days as it’s a great way to start the day.
It's going to be cold soon at the outdoor gym, so it will be interesting to see how it will work.
Posted 11/6/2020 3:30 PM (GMT 0)
Same here. A tough cardio session will often send me into a flare. A good resistance training session with heavy weigh/low reps often helps.

Unfortunately, COVID has forced me out of the local gym. I'm compensating with calisthenics, sand bag training, and a pull up bar.
Posted 11/6/2020 8:28 PM (GMT 0)
I bought a Garmin fitness watch this spring when I was getting pretty doughy due to COVID and staying inside most of the time. Since then, I have lost 40 pounds. I now run 20 miles per week and bike another 50-100 miles. I'm addicted to fitness and in the best shape of my life. I like to think all of this cardio is fending off the lyme bacteria.
Posted 11/6/2020 8:43 PM (GMT 0)

Fronton said...
I bought a Garmin fitness watch this spring when I was getting pretty doughy due to COVID and staying inside most of the time. Since then, I have lost 40 pounds. I now run 20 miles per week and bike another 50-100 miles. I'm addicted to fitness and in the best shape of my life. I like to think all of this cardio is fending off the lyme bacteria.

Does running send you into a flare/herx?
Posted 11/6/2020 8:50 PM (GMT 0)

Lymie24 said...

Fronton said...
I bought a Garmin fitness watch this spring when I was getting pretty doughy due to COVID and staying inside most of the time. Since then, I have lost 40 pounds. I now run 20 miles per week and bike another 50-100 miles. I'm addicted to fitness and in the best shape of my life. I like to think all of this cardio is fending off the lyme bacteria.

Does running send you into a flare/herx?

It doesn't, no! I get a nice runner's high. I actually feel worse when I don't run. . .I can notice it usually after 2 to 3 days of not running. It's not necessarily Lyme that appears, but just a general feeling of missing cardio.
Posted 11/6/2020 9:25 PM (GMT 0)
I miss running! sad

I have the energy but am worried about the pounding - don’t want to jar my back... since that’s where my first, debilitating symptoms were... and still are - but not as bad.

Maybe I could do a light jog...
Posted 11/6/2020 9:37 PM (GMT 0)

Fronton said...

Lymie24 said...

Fronton said...
I bought a Garmin fitness watch this spring when I was getting pretty doughy due to COVID and staying inside most of the time. Since then, I have lost 40 pounds. I now run 20 miles per week and bike another 50-100 miles. I'm addicted to fitness and in the best shape of my life. I like to think all of this cardio is fending off the lyme bacteria.

Does running send you into a flare/herx?

It doesn't, no! I get a nice runner's high. I actually feel worse when I don't run. . .I can notice it usually after 2 to 3 days of not running. It's not necessarily Lyme that appears, but just a general feeling of missing cardio.

That's awesome! Running makes me feel great afterwards, Unfortunately, it usually sends me into bad herx/flares. I ran 3 miles for the first time in a long time in late September. I felt like a million bucks afterwards. As the day went on though I could feel my symptoms worsening and worsening.
Posted 11/7/2020 3:17 AM (GMT 0)

Girlie said...
I miss running! sad

I have the energy but am worried about the pounding - don’t want to jar my back... since that’s where my first, debilitating symptoms were... and still are - but not as bad.

Maybe I could do a light jog...

Have any short wood-chip trails nearby?

Or ride a bike. (enjoyable, body friendly)

I like riding the frozen lakes when conditions are perfect...which is still two months away.

If you get 6-10" snowfalls, short burst snow sprints are always a good self test. All it takes is a flat field or park. (work in progress)

Post Edited (astroman) : 11/6/2020 8:20:30 PM (GMT-7)

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