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6 hours of digging roots - all done

I moved real slow and cannot imagine being in that much pain for the coming days. But it is done!!!!

Niki and I dug more beets, picked tomatoes and a few green beans.
What a blessed man I am.

Go team! Steve- you are amazing! Ladies, what an inspiration you are.

My neurologist changed up the medication I am taking. I am a little dizzy so I don't dare run until I get used to the medication.

Well, after a few months of higher AS activity despite regular running, I've introduced a new (old) activity which has gotten my symptoms back under control: Weightlifting.

I cut back on running and started going to the gym twice a week:
Monday: Off
Tuesday: 5 mile run
Wednesday: 5 mile run
Thursday: Weightlifting (Bench, pullups, squats, machines, crunches, back)
Friday: off
Saturday: 8 mile run
Sunday: Weightlifting (same except replace squats with lunges)

I also stationary bike about 3 miles as a cool down on weightlifting days. I think the wider variety of activities helps control my symptoms better than just running. I'm basically back to my weekly workout before my AS symptoms even started.

I can basically do everything at the gym as long as I avoid the one activity which started my AS symptoms in the first place: the decline sit-up

Went to the gym on Monday and did some weights. Then I cycled home. Happy days.

Lots of sun sun sun

Hi everyone!

so busy, not fitting in a daily walk.

however today, on my feet in the teaching lab, running around from 1 pm til 6 pm, non-stop. not aerobic exercise per se, but not sitting either.