fitnesskelly Posted November 6, 2015 Report Share Posted November 6, 2015 I feel fine doing cardio, and at times I do some pretty hard cardio like mountain biking. I might be tired after, but not completely wiped out.However, if I try to do any weight lifting, even simple body weight exercises like push-ups, I suffer bad pain for a week. In the past, my body was very used to weight lifting and pushing around some pretty heavy weights for my size. The pain I now suffer is far worse than delayed onset muscle soreness.Most of what I see with dysautonomia is fatigue after cardio. Wondering if anyone has the seemingly unique symptoms I do (cardio tolerance, but weight lifting intolerance)? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MomtoGiuliana Posted November 6, 2015 Report Share Posted November 6, 2015 My exercise tolerance in general went way down. It has sadly never returned to what it was (of course I am in my 40s now). I would say cardio much worse; body weight exercises not such a problem but definitely was very hard when my POTS was severe. In general any exercising requiring being upright is a particular problem for me. Kayaking or swimming are a lot easier for me. Do you feel better when exercising and worse right after exercise? Just continuing along the lines of our previous topic discussion. My friend who was diagnosed w Sick Sinus Syndrome felt best when she was exercising. It brought her heartrate up enough to make her feel better, I guess? But she would feel particularly terrible after and would feel like she needed to nap/rest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
navyblue Posted November 6, 2015 Report Share Posted November 6, 2015 Yeah I can run, but I can't even do one correct push-up...very strange. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fitnesskelly Posted November 7, 2015 Author Report Share Posted November 7, 2015 I got your message on your friend...I feel fantastic when I exercise. I usually feel pretty good immediately after. Depending on what I do and what else I have going on, I can feel pretty tired after. I definitely don't have the energy I used to. I used to be able to do a very hard workout, then make dinner and do stuff around the house. I now need to prioritize and decide if I'm going to exercise today or run errands/do stuff around the house. I don't have the energy to do both. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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