article showing improvements in strength

[Guest guest]

Hi folks.

I just read the article " Resistance training exercise and creatine

in partients with Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease " from Drs. Chetlin,

Gutmann, Tarnopolsky, Ullrich and Yeater, published in Muscle &

Nerve 2004.

In this article the creatine was a bust. More research is showing

that might not be the case. However, the EXCITING thing is that

they outline a 12 week exercise program - using ankle and wrist weights as well

as hand grips. They showed that " patients respond to

resistance training with muscle fiber adaptations, amd improvements in strength

and function. " See, what you guys have recommended based on your experience

with self-pacing and not giving up as " scientific "

backing.

It looks like the program uses less weigh than the average Joe would

use, but did more repetitions. And it at least gives those of us

starting out some basic guidelines.

I will send a copy of the article to Gretchen, although she probably

already has it, so that she can post it on the site.

Neat, huh?

Barbara