Re: strength/resistance exercise

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Thks for sharing. Just to add that in the latest UMDF newsletter,

Dr. Tarnopolsky suggests that mito patients who do

strength/resistance exercise should wait longer than usual between

sets to allow more time for ATP recovery. He suggests instead of

waiting the standard 2 minutes between sets of 10 reps, mito

patients should wait 5-10 minutes. I can't speak to this personally,

as exercise makes me weaker, but just wanted to pass on this info to

those who might not see the newsletter.

Barbara

>

> > Sheila

> >

> > I was told that they are now recommending moderate exercise at

a time

> > when

> > it is possible to do so without a crash. My son has been using

a

> > weight

> > machine and has done well with maintaining and even improving

his

> > exercise

> > tolerance, but he has to be careful not to over-do. I didn't

have a

> > diagnosis until it was too late to exercise very much. I still

walk

> > inside

> > the house and maybe into a restaurant from a close parking

space. I

> > also

> > have a stationary bike that I have gone back to using. The bike

with

> > no

> > resistance was what Dr. Cohen wanted me to try. He suggested a

> > cardiac rehab

> > program as the appropriate exercise for me. My insurance

wouldn't pay

> > for

> > it, so I just talked with the PT and do it at home.

> >

> > laurie

> >

> > > From: Smz143@a...

> > > Reply-To:

> > > Date: Mon, 19 Apr 2004 22:20:35 EDT

> > > To:

> > > Subject: Re: Is this Mito normal...

> > >

> > > Thanks Laurie,

> > >

> > > I will keep that in mind.

> > > Dr. Korson said that exercise was ok.  I guess some times

are

> > better than

> > > others though.

> > >

> > >

> > >