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Posted 7/1/2010 5:24 AM (GMT 0)
Back in the precancer days I used to spend quite abit of time in the gym giving the younger guys a run for their money with the weigths.  Once I found out that I really did have PC I lost all intrest in any excerise.  It has been nearly a year so I am really out of shape.  I have been thinking about giving the gym a try again and might dust off the mountain bike.  My concern at this time is what I have read about PC and testosterone.  I have heard that weight lifting can increase your testosterone levels and PC and high testosterone levels are not a good combination.   Though my first PSA test came back .04 (which I am happy with) I had a doctor tell me that with my high PSA (20+) and post op gleason score (4+4=8) that the chances are that the cancer has already spread.  While I really would like to start excersing again, I don't want to turn the .04 into something higher.  I guess my main questiions is,  could the excerise cause the cancer to grow faster if it is still there.  I may be worrying about nothing but I guess I have done a bit of that the last few months. 

Thanks for your thoughts

twotall 

Posted 7/1/2010 8:27 AM (GMT 0)
I'm on Active Surveillance and my doctor recommends exercise to maintain the proper body weight. He never really differentiated about what type of exercise, though. I'll have to ask him about weight lifting as an exercise.

Your post is the first I've heard about being cautious about exercising and PCa. I'll be curious as to what others have to say.
Posted 7/1/2010 9:46 AM (GMT 0)
Bottom line is that excerise is good for you.

I doubt the level of testosterone would go through the roof. Otherwise we'd all exercise more and turn into stud muffins.

Posted 7/1/2010 3:17 PM (GMT 0)
The thing to remember about exercise to know is that cardiovascular exercise will increase the amount of free radicals in your body, so you need to get a lot of anti-oxidants,i.e. bluberries,strawbberries, vitemin E etc to conteract them. It seems nothing comes without a price and trade offs are the price of life. I am currently training for a marathon, The testosterone is a non-factor IMO. Girly,gurls exercise right. Get back into the Gym!!! The benefits are a higher QOL.
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