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You may want to not do aerobic exercise while you still have a high resting pulse rate. I know until my rate dropped, doing anything aerobic tended to put me out for the count. You may want to look at doing body toning exercise that doesn’t raise your heart rate too far instead. You may also want to see if there is an aqua fitness class available thru your local swim center or Y. This is a great way to get aerobic exercise without raising the heart rate too much (do the toning and light aerobic movements, avoid the cardio workout for a while). The one nice thing about aqua fitness is you get a great workout without too stress on your body as the water is a great support. There are two types of classes, one is usually done in the shallow end of the pool and the other is deep water. I do deep water where we do a lot of “running” and circuit training. I do get a good workout and I don’t feel as bad as I would be doing regular aerobics.
Pam,
I was told by my endocrinologist, family doctor & the Nuclear medicine doctor to go easy on exercise until the heart rate was under control. Mine was at 160 when i started beta blockers and i really didn’t do much exercise till my heart was down to 90. I also had trouble because my muscles were so weak. I was told by above doctors i wouldn’t get very far with exercise until my graves disease was under control. I didn’t believe them and started exercising right after RAI and ended up pulling a muscle which really slowed me down.
Of course everyone is different. I am just getting back to normal and am able to walk more. Before Graves i was fast walking 3 miles a day. I’m up to 1/2 mile of fast walking now.
So i guess the best thing is to ask your doctor, but if you don’t, take it easy for awhile. okay?
Virginia in MNHi
Can anyone tell me if it is safe to exercise dailey (ex: 1 hour aerobic classes)?? when you have Graves’ and you have been experiencing a raging heart. I have been experiencing a resting heart rate between 90-109 bpm, and am on Inderal.
Thanks !Pam,
Listen to your body! If you have been excercising for any length of time you probably know your limits with or without GD. In my case, my resting heartrate never went over 90 bpm. My endo at the time told me I could resume excercise provided that I didn’t run 10 miles when I was only used to running 5 miles at a time. If you are young and have no other health problems and excercise is not (and I emphasize NOT) new to you, then I don’t think you should have any problem or serious concerns with the continuance of a moderate program. You mentioned something in your post called “inderal”, I’m not sure what that is or what it does or if it has an effect on your cardio vascular system. As always, you should consult your Dr. first.
Best of luck and good health to you Pam!
Regards,
James
Pam,
My resting heart rate is around the same as yours, but I’m not taking anything for it. I do try to exercise as much as I can which is mostly just weekends and the occasional work out video during the week. I can still do my fave exercise video, Step Reebok, with pretty much no problem. I check my heart rate during the video which it says to, and even tells you what range your heart rate should fall into before you continue which is great. The other thing I like to do is hike, I live in Hollywood Hills at the base of a great canyon, when you get to the top you can see all of L.A., and I mean everything. That is more physically challenging for me getting up there, and I do have to stop many times along the way, but that’s ok! I feel like a real schmuck having to do that sometimes, being only 28 and seeing people in their 50’s-70’s passing me up, but I think I know when I should stop and rest before continuing. Eventually I make it up there, and although I am sometimes discouraged that I do have to stop sometimes, at least I have the sense to! I think exercise is key to much more than your physical well being and is necessary. Just watch your heart rate, and definitely ask your doctor.
HI. I was diagnosed with
Graves’ about one month ago. I have just had RAI treatment on
Thursday.My question is to those who have exercised in the early stages
of the disease–just after being diagnosed. I find when I exercise
outside, such as walking or rollerblading, I am getting tired after
15 to 20 minutes. Has anyone else experienced this or know of any
research about this topic? Thanks! I look forward to reading the
BB. It has been very helpful!Hi
Yes I found I had a lot of trouble exercising, I used to do Taekwondo but I had to give it up cos I passed out a couple times during just the warm up hour. I then tried swimming which I would get tired from and start to shake very violently until I had managed to shovel a load of food down my throat.
But yes, I have experienced the same, gettting tired within a few minutes, annoys the hell out of me cos I like swimming, rollerblading Taekwondo and such!
Any suggestions…. 3 bananas prior to starting?!
Andy
Yes I have been doing non arobic exersize since the
beginging of graves I do weight training this is non
arobic and I get to rest between sets this has inproved
my health alot and I started gaining weight that was not
fat. After I train I take lots of protein to replenish
muscles also I taking creatine because it makes since
and it has also improved my health.
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