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@drewlevine Yes, that is a useful resource. If someone is unfamiliar with exercise regimens, that certainly is helpful.
In my case, I didn’t need exercise due to my prostate cancer, it was due to the hormone therapy and the desire to minimize/avoid side-effects.
When my medical oncologist recommended that I do resistance-training exercises to minimize/avoid side-effects.by promoting lean muscle mass, being a gym rat myself I knew what to do — multi-joint exercises that utilize the largest muscle groups: squat, deadlift, bench press, row, overhead press, and lat pulldown exercises for a total of 1-1/2 hours each day. On alternating days, I would also add some cardio - either jog 3-4 miles or swim 35-45 minutes. On the 7th day I rested…..
For me that worked, and I was able to maintain it throughout my time on Eligard,
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@brianjarvis I guess I'm what you would call a gym rat. 75, go four days a week, three days of intense resistance, one day stretching and conditioning. I am exhausted after each work out and they're only 45 minutes. I am not on ADT or any other medication (yet, anyway). Had RALP two years ago and so far so good except for some urinary issues. I also use a trainer, which for me makes all the difference because I don't think I would have the discipline to work hard like this all of the time on my own. They also make sure I exercise all muscle groups. My question is: How do you manage to do this for 1 and a half hours? I do all the things you do, and more, yet I am l worn out in less than an hour. The good news is that I quickly recoup and then I'm ready for the day. Then on top of it you are doing cardio two more days. I could probably fit that in, but I try to keep active the three days I am not working out. Maybe you've been working out a lot longer than I have, and your body can handle it. What's your secret?
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@brianjarvis That's a great routine! Seems like you have all the bases covered and I could see why it would be so helpful with ADT. I was never a gym rat before so the book was a great help to getting under way. It does talk about (briefly) twinning the routine with the therapy you're using (radiation, ADT and Chemo) so that was a bit of help for me too (I had radiation therapy).