What do you do for excercise when you have ESRD?

[lunadatura]

People keep telling me to excercise. Before I got sick I competed in triatholons and rode my bicycle 50-100 miles in a day. Now I am lucking if I can walk a mile. I miss swiming - with a PD catheter i cant do that either. Most days excercising seems impossible as i am always so damn tired!!

What about you all - what do you do to try to maintain your health??

[st789]

Light exercise such as walk or tai chi.

[Zach]

You'll find plenty of threads about exercise here at IHD.
A couple of examples:

http://ihatedialysis.com/forum/index.php?topic=3027.msg295656#msg295656

http://ihatedialysis.com/forum/index.php?topic=415.msg311977#msg311977

In health and strength.

[MooseMom]

I've always enjoyed walking, so I still do that, though not as far nor as quickly as I used to.  It's gardening season, and my property is hilly, so I get a pretty good workout just hauling compost and digging up weeds.  In summer I swim most days, which is the one reason I will not be doing PD when it is time I go on dialysis.  I've given up too much already.

I also like light strength training.

I hate yoga as it gives me a massive headache.  Any exercise program that involves lying on a mat makes me sick.

[BigSky]

Walk, run, lift weights and ride a bike.

[paris]

Stationery bike, short spurts, but several times a day. 

[karen547]

This summer hopefully we are getting a pool heater and I will be in the pool a lot more than last summer! Also we are getting a Jacuzzi in a couple weeks or so, and I will be using that a ton too, but that isnt really exercise lol/

[RichardMEL]

I am so visiting you karen!!!!   

[Stacy Without An E]

My life has become quite ironic when it comes to exercise.  The longer I'm on Dialysis, the harder I fight to keep my strength and stamina up.  I also want to be in the best shape possible when a kidney finally arrives.  I do an hour and a half of cardio four times a week along with weight training, and hiking and bicycling.

I'm in the best shape of my life, but also the sickest I've ever been.

When it comes to Dialysis, you can never really win.  It usually comes down to a draw.

[*kana*]

Well, I work full time at a 500 bed hospital where I push around a 350# machine.  When I get home I play Walk It Out on my Wii game or mow the grass or clean the house.  I am tired out of my mind most of the time, but I refuse to stop doing the things I must do.   

[lunadatura]

OMG you folks who work all day pushing around big machines and those of you excercising 1.5 hours a day -holy moly!!  and you are on dialysis - HOW DO YOU DO IT?? I used to be able to do those things but I dont have the energy - MAYBE walk and mile or two and a slow pace and I probably could do some sit ups but there is no way i can work out 1.5 hours 4 times a week - tell me what is your secert??