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Exercise as a Prostate Cancer treatment
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@heavyphil Agree with this 100%. Been on Eligard for 13 months and it's really affected my ability to run. I do walk about 3 miles a day without fail but running is a whole different story. I was a pretty avid runner before all this and I'm not even close right now. I blame ADT! 🙂
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@dpayton Try Walk/Run in intervals - that is probably even more beneficial aerobically; most people believe that running at a constant pace burns more calories and is better aerobically but many studies have not proven that to be the case.
Not saying that the ‘walk’ part should be done slowly - but at the same pace as your current walking velocity; the ‘run’ part shouldn’t be an all out sprint either, but a normal run pace for you.
At first your run times will be much shorter but over time they will naturally increase. The key to all this is ‘ROCKY’ music playing continuously in your head - or for real with earbuds!!🥊🥊🥊😆
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Take some electrolytes half an hour before you go out and you should be able to run. I’m 78 and hadn’t been able to run for many years because of bad knees, Had my knee replaced and I can now run the full 1 mile I like to run every morning and afternoon. I always had to walk that distance, If I tried to run, I would fall. I’m not even fatigued or winded when I get done. I’ve been on ADT for eight years.
The electrolytes helped me build up my stamina, so I don’t even need them anymore, forgot them one day and was able to run the full distance., I continue to take them For extra energy. I use sugar-free liquid IV Which Costco sells at a pretty good price. Amazon wants the same price for half as much.