Exercise/strength/mo bility

Have you asked your medics?

You can accumulate exercise in chunks, it doesn't make any difference compared to long sessions So if you're happy with small chunks, continue, even 5 mins every so often will be helpful. Depends on your symptoms. A PT would use "rate of perceived exertion" for exercises & check you're comfortable.

See if you have any cardiac rehab PTs locally, they would be qualified to give you advice, may be one at the local hospital?

Do you feel safe on the bike? Think the worry would be falling off? Have you seen tricycles?

Basically, you're your own guru, talk to the doctors & then come up with a strategy that fits your own circumstances. Got to better than sitting but best to take advice. Good luck!

My stationary biking is now down to ten minutes each morning. Even with that I feel so tired later in the day. Why should we keep this artificial exercise lark up? My granny didn't do it. I remember her sitting in her chair looking out of the window a lot. And she lived until well into her nineties.

When can we have a rest?Say we've done it?

Have you had your iron levels checked?

I have some sympathy with the thought of exercise for exercise sake being a bit pointless. I come from a family of farmers & exercise is scoffed at but pretty much all the functional exercise I do is similar to farming activities so artificial exercise isn't required. However, I am now a lot stronger & life is easier for me than when I sat all day...

Problem with sitting is that the muscles in your legs pump the fluid out of your legs & also help with moving the gut, so sitting is really bad news for some people. Bit like smoking really, we all know someone who defied the odds...

Hi
I was reading about barre exercise
I think it is ballet mixed with pilates.

Anyone know about this please

Thanks
Junie

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Just been having a good read of this thread.....some great advice on here....motivational....