Re: Advice re: all day training

[Guest guest]

>

> Hi All:

> I've been trying to figure out a way to get some strength training in

> without putting me into a fibromyalgia flare. So far, I've been

> unsuccessful. So here's my new thought: working out two days a week--a full

> body workout--but just doing one or two exercises at a time, maybe every

> couple of hours. [...]

Vicki, this is quite a common strategy for post-illness/injury

training, and it's a good one (search the archives to see how Mel Siff

used it for cardiac rehab).

If you think about it, the human body evolved to manage ongoing yet

intermittent demands, so for your purposes, you don't really sacrifice

anything by spreading out the exercises over a day. Since you mention

biceps, the only thing I'd say is not to spend too much time on

isolation type exercises unless there is a specific need for them.

Fibro joints are easily annoyed, and isolation work seems to have a

higher risk of joint irritation compared to compound exercises where

loading is distributed over multiple joints.

Krista -Dixon

Toronto, ON

kristascottdixon@...

[Guest guest]

Thank you, Krista.

I try to do a lot of upper body--shoulder, abs, back--exercises because that's

where I'm weakest. And I like to use yoga poses but make them harder, like

doing the warrior with a low center of gravity to work the legs and hips more,

and adding a one pound weight to my hands in that position, which works the

delts. My shoulders are narrow and since 2005 I've lost a lot of upper body

strength. Yesterday I worked my shoulders and arms with a band. I think today

I'll just do maybe six wall squats--two in each position, narrow, wide and

plie--and then I'll take a couple of days off and see if I'm okay. Strangly, my

flares over the last year have been more from fatigue than pain or injury,

though I have had to lie down for days as a result of a swollen foot twice, and

a low back spasm once.

I appreciate the help. I'll give this a try and see what happens. I had intended

to do more yesterday, but had a rough night the night before and didn't want to

end up in bed again. It's really frustrating to want to build muscle and to have

one problem after another that takes me off track.

Don't know what I'd do without this group. Everyone is so patient with me even

when I return over and over again with the same problem.

Thanks again.

Vicki Lockwood

NW Missouri

Re: Advice re: all day training

>

> Hi All:

> I've been trying to figure out a way to get some strength training in

> without putting me into a fibromyalgia flare. So far, I've been

> unsuccessful. So here's my new thought: working out two days a week--a full

> body workout--but just doing one or two exercises at a time, maybe every

> couple of hours. [...]

Vicki, this is quite a common strategy for post-illness/injury

training, and it's a good one (search the archives to see how Mel Siff

used it for cardiac rehab).

If you think about it, the human body evolved to manage ongoing yet

intermittent demands, so for your purposes, you don't really sacrifice

anything by spreading out the exercises over a day. Since you mention

biceps, the only thing I'd say is not to spend too much time on

isolation type exercises unless there is a specific need for them.

Fibro joints are easily annoyed, and isolation work seems to have a

higher risk of joint irritation compared to compound exercises where

loading is distributed over multiple joints.

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