Resistance training with NASH

[Baracuda25]

Hello community,

I'm quite new here, but i have been suffering with fatty liver for almost 5 years and just half year ago was finally diagnosed with NASH 2 degree by biopsy.

Since then I started eating properly and exercising and managed to lose 20kg of weight.

Recently i started combining aerobic exercise(mainly jogging) with resistant training(weight lifting) and found out that my symptoms are worsening. Did anyone of you experienced the problem? Does that mean that i'm overdoing and my liver is still too weak to handle such a load?

What is strange is that even if i don't feel well and have a horrible sleep i have much more energy and etc, but at the same time i have temperature flush and worsening of IBS.

Would much appreciate of someone could share their experience.

Health to everyone.

[nash2 Partner]

Hi Baracuda

Sorry for the delay in answering . I was attending a virtual liver conference. You will probably want to discuss this with your doc, but think about it this way. Your liver has been damaged and you are suddenly asking it to manage a much higher blood flow which means that it is working harder. That is a good thing to a point but like a weakened muscle you might benefit by working into it a bit more slowly. The organ can't respond instantly to years of abuse but you are on the right track. In the near term strength training is probably more valuable than cardio but long term look for a balance that your body can support.

Wayne

[Baracuda25 in reply to nash2]

Hi Wayne!Thanks for your reply.

Yes, I came up to the same conclusion.

It was exactly like this when I started to jogging. I have set a target to myself run everyday regardless whatsoever. At the beginning it was quite tough and I had quite often a dull pain under the ribs and shoulder during the exercise. But within the time it’s no longer the case and I can run 8km everyday with pretty dissent pace (4:50 m/km).

I went yesterday to make a blood work and it seems my liver enzymes are almost back to the normal ranges(50 ALT 43 AST), so i think I’m on the right track, but have to be patient a little bit more to myself.

Cheers