Training with fibromyalgia

[chrisj75]

Hello all,
So I was recently diagnosed with fibromyalgia. I still lift weights but since the diagnosis I have toned it down a bit. Are there any other weight lifting fibro sufferers out there? If so, how intense are your training sessions? And does training relieve the symptoms?
Thanks,
Chris

 

[Bestolone]

My ex has fibro.
She trained and it slowly helped with symptoms.
Work up slowly and just train to what doesn't cause problems.
You should still be able to do as you could.
Just work slowly so and Judge how you feel the day or 2 after. So long as you aren't in bed for days after training you'll be fine.

 

[chrisj75]

Hi, thanks for the feedback. It's good to know that there are other people out there who train with fibromyalgia. I'll keep at it and just listen to my body. I'm going to start the wendler 5/3/1 program after failing smolov jr. Previously I did starting strength to some success but there wasn't enough variety reps and sets wise.
Wendler will allow me to try low and high reps. I'll post my progress on this thread. And my current lifts.