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Exercise as a Prostate Cancer treatment
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There’s a park with a track across the street from my house. I go there twice a day every day and run a mile in the morning and a mile in the afternoon. I guess that adds up to 14 miles a week. Because I’m on beta blockers my heart rate never gets above about 125.
I do the whole mile in less than 15 minutes as long as I’m taking electrolytes in the morning. If not it takes about 20 minutes because I have to walk about half the time instead of running. I am 77 so there is a limit how fast I can go. I’ve also had both knees and a hip replaced and it took me a while before I could even start running.
Doing this every day does clear ones head and makes it easier to do every time I go out there.
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Good for you! That's more miles than I average per week! I've averaged ~11 miles/wk for the last 6 months.
The great thing is that it doesn't take a huge number of miles per week...its more important to be consistent month over month, year over year....slow and steady wins the race.....
I know you've been on ADT for some time and also an example of how "exercise medicine" works to one's benefit.
You could use the calculator link I posted earlier, for the one mile WALK calculator, to estimate your VO2 Max...I input the numbers you posted (assumed a weight) and it appears you may be in the "Above Average" group for your age!
We recently moved and live ~2 miles from a nice HS track that is open to the public 24/7...that was an important consideration in our home selection.
The house we recently purchased needed some remodeling and if I had not built up my endurance, via "Zone 2" running, I could never have completed all the tasks that required extended times of strenuous physical activity over the last few months.
"Exercise medicine", when applied safely and consistently over an extended period of time, provides significant benefits to every aspect of one's life, especially for us with PCa...as you are experiencing.
I consider my exercise medicine protocol like doing radiation treatments or taking medications...if I stop or don't follow through consistently...I know I'm going to suffer negative consequences....it also helps to have a group supporting your exercise activities 🙂
Keep up the good work!