At this point, over a year out from chemo and in remission, I am working to get myself in better physical condition. I do this with a pair of old plastic sand filled dumbbells that weigh about 11 lbs and a single fancier dumbbell that weighs about 10 lbs.
I'm surprised at how many muscles I can persuade to enlarge with just those 3 little weights.
I had much success (by my standards) for shoulders and arm muscles and now that I've been trying to get the leg muscles that I use for walking and the back of the leg and butt muscles, I have had some success.
I walked today and it was so much easier after a couple of weeks of leg workouts. I just walked to Knob court, but going up that last hill was easy. When I got to the top of the hill I felt some chest discomfort so I turned around and headed home. I felt no muscular or bodily discomfort however which is a substantial improvement over just a few weeks ago.
My next goal is to get more aerobic exercise on a regular basis so I can deal with the "chest discomfort".
I've been there before, this is familiar territory.
