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Prostate Cancer | Last Active: Aug 6 10:19am | Replies (14)
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My situation is unusual because I also had the spinal compression, nerve damage, and paraplegia, but I know the ADT + Apalutamide also play a role. My experience:
- Light workout: feelin' good
- Moderate workout: feelin' GREAT!
- Intense workout: crash and burn (no energy for days, stiffness, soreness)
So the trick for me is remembering to stop at "moderate", because when I feel great, I naturally want to push on to "intense"; but with the hormone deprivation (and nerve damage), I no longer have a body that knows how to process "intense", so instead of building me up, it just shuts me down.
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Yes - always listen to your body. Setting expectations as to what’s possible while on hormone therapy is important.
Alternative exercises, like using your own bodyweight, TRX, or taking a water exercise class (which is what I did at one point; the buoyancy helped). There are many resistance-training alternatives to weightlifting.