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Exercise-Advice

Squeemom2
Squeemom2
Time to take exercise seriously. I've gained 20 pounds since my steroid treatment last September. I spent 20 minutes on Saturday picking up dog poop in the backyard and on Sunday and today, I felt like I ran a marathon. My legs are sore. My back is sore. My feet are sore. My arms are sore. That is unacceptable for the level of physical activity I did. I also have a cold but still, ridiculous. Guess I've been more sedentary than I thought.

Recommendations for low impact exercise? I have trouble with my knees and feet so if I do too much I am feeling it immediately. Thanks for any advice!
deleted_user
deleted_user
I'm curious what good exercises are, as well. I went from being someone that did aerobics or martial arts 3 times a week, used to do circuit training, rock climbing, walking miles every day, etc. Now I am having a hard time making it through a 20 minute yoga dvd. Not sure how that happened!

I can't do anything anymore that puts weight on my hands (like downward dog in yoga, omg, that is torture). And I'm so weak and sore. But I only seem to know how to work out intensely! lol So now I've just slowly stopped exercising altogether. Not a good idea, I know.

Jessica, once again we are in the same boat! I've been thinking about you, hoping you are doing well.
Orsova
Orsova
I have been doing aqua aerobics 3 x a week. It is low impact and no one cares if I am off balance. It has helped a lot with my general well being, and while I have shed a considerable amount of weight there are many in the class who are quite over weight so no one cares if you don't look like Elle McPherson !
Anne8
Anne8
I am doing a simple yoga routine and TRYING to use pedals (I really dislike them, but I am trying to become friends with them!)
You can adapt the yoga routine to your abilities. For example, I do 'downward facing dog' with my hands holding on to a chair.
I used to do intense, went to a gym from 20 years old until a year ago (roughly 20 years) but there were two flights of stairs to get to the machine room. . .
So, I bought a decent exercise mat, trained myself on Youtube 'yoga for Dummies', and have now adjusted.
When I visit my mom, I have gone with her to group exercise classes called 'Bone-builders' which are super low-impact, and actually worked really well. (Ironic, I went first before being diagnosed, and was frustrated because I was 20 to 30 years younger than most of them, and couldn't do some of the things, like walking heel to toe.)
almairis
almairis
Anything you do start really slow to avoid injuries.

Pedaling, wheelchair exercises, seated zumba, weights from a seated position.

If you can go to pt they can design a good home program and you are responsible for doing them at home.

I also do steps,, I started with twenty once a day, now I do 40 several times a day, of course holding, in two minutes my heart is pumping.

Let us know what you start doing.
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