Fastercise by Dr Wilson

[Blackpanther46]

Has anyone tried fastercise by Dr Wilson that’s good for thyroid people . I’m giving it a go and makes sense but wondered if anyone’s successfully used it and toned up lost weight like him and his amazing daughter . Hard to believe that she entered body building competition just from 10 mins of exercise a day

[RedApple Administrator]

Sounds fascinating Blackpanther46. Of course, no amount or type of exercise and/or diet is going to work well if thyroid hormone levels aren't optimal. I admit to being a tad skeptical. If something sounds too good to be true, it usually is But I'm sure many here will be interested to hear how you get on with this

[radd]

Blackpanther46,

I just had a quick google & it sounds marvellous if one has the energy to do it. Any exercise improves hormonal uptake, utilisation and excretion.

Do you know the science behind it?

[Blackpanther46 in reply to radd]

I’ve read it but do t really understand it though

[Cooper27]

This looks interesting, and I might try it out too!

I'd just wonder if using exercise to cancel hunger signals is safe for all thyroid sufferers. It suggests to me that the exercises are short bursts of high stress for the body (because the body will forget about being hungry if it's not a safe time to eat). I'd wonder if this might be bad for those with adrenal issues?

On the plus side, if I could cut out my afternoon snack, I'm sure the break would help my gut bacteria

[Cooper27]

I've just twigged that this is Dr Denis Wilson, who theorised Wilson's temperature syndrome...His experiments resulted in the death of a patient. I lifted this line from Wikipedia "medical expert groups have warned against it as a potentially dangerous misunderstanding of physiology".

I'm a little unsure about the fastercise concept now.

[Blackpanther46 in reply to Cooper27]

Oh no how did it result in death ? Doesn’t sound good then .

[Cooper27 in reply to Blackpanther46]

His theory was that if your body temperature was consistently below 37C (measured daily for 3 weeks or something like that) then you needed to take extraordinarily high doses of T3 to fix your thyroid (let's say normal dose is 50mcg, he'd have you on something like 5000mcg). Essentially the patient died if heart issues caused by an overdose of T3.

I doubt you'd die from a daily HIIT workout to be fair, but there's a chance his history suggests he's not necessarily developed it with a sound understanding of the impact to the thyroid.

You could always try it and see how you feel

[tattybogle]

Just googled the exercise bit very quickly , and the basic principle seems like a good idea to me. It seems like 'sort of' what i do anyway. ,, but i don't usually do it with such intensity .. i deliberately avoid getting to the point my muscles burn and i don't usually do anything for a full minute , just until i start to feel muscles are about to burn.We used to do very short bursts of intense exercise when i used to do circuit training , and i've done a similar thing ever since, as part of normal life ...even though i don't do 'proper' exercise anymore cos it wipes me out for days. And there are times when i simply can't move fast.... even if a tiger was chasing me!

But when i can....

If i'm walking to the shops i'll run fast for about the length of 3or 4 busses.

if i'm going to the loo ,which in my house is on the second floor, i'll run up the stairs.

If i'm hanging out the washing i'll circle my arms like windmills 30 times.

If i'm sawing a log i'll do it with one hand while it still feels strong , and then put the saw dawn for 30 seconds and change to using the other hand /etc.. It stops me overdoing it with any one part of my body ..and means i can get the job done.

this has peaked my interest... i like some of the suggested exercises . as they can be done very easily, even while sitting down.. Eg the 'open /close hands very fast' one.

So i might try it out very cautiously ...For many years i have trained myself to 'stop and rest' the minute i 'feel the burn' .. as a way of re-training myself to "not over do it" when working and avoid a crash the next day .

I'm not needing to lose weight ..I just like the idea of keeping things moving so they don't seize up,... and im sure it's a good idea to give your heart a gentle nudge every day to remind it you're alive.

And there does seem to be a spare tyre appearing round my middle lately as i've had a year of driving too often and walking too little.. so waking up my metabolism a little might be a good idea.

My driving duties have just finished though as Daughter has just passed her test. Hurray!. so i'm free do do what i want with my energy instead of playing chauffeur twice a day... yesterday i wilfully overdid it in the garden without caring if i would be in a mess on the sofa at 5pm.. ...it was lovely to have the freedom to be reckless again.

[Blackpanther46 in reply to tattybogle]

I’ve been doing it a week now and I’ve noticed my legs are really aching and doing the shivercise for a minute 2 x a day really is surprisingly challenging to me .

The exercises your talking about there seem similar really just very short bursts but the shivercise is surprisingly hard .

[tattybogle in reply to Blackpanther46]

Yes it's surprising how hard seemingly 'small' exercises can be ... even tai chi can be extremely hard work if you are doing it properly.

I think i might take up some of the suggestions for the individual exercises , because some of them them look pretty useful.... but for the time being i don't think i'll push past my own set point for "that's enough now"...

I think it would be wiser for anyone who has a history of Post Exertional Malaise to avoid pushing on for a full minute if it feels like a struggle.... i reckon it would be just as good to start off by getting into the habit of doing the exercises up to YOUR tolerance level a few times a day.. and allow that tolerance level to hopefully build up very gradually to a minute.

I just tried that hand clench one and stopped at about 40 seconds.

I realise this is not the point of what they are suggesting re speeding up metabolism , but i think it's the right thing for me, as crashing after exercise/work has been my biggest problem since Hypothyroidism decided to come along to play with me.

It took me a great deal of learning the hard way to stop myself from pushing past my tolerance level and tipping myself into being useless for a couple of days afterwards .. it has been much more useful to learn to stop before i feel i need to... that way i can do a bit more in half an hours time and actually get a lot more work done in very short bursts rather than over do it and have to have a day or two off.