wzambon: What sort of routines (or lack of routines) do you follow?

Although it sounds counterintuitive, the more I exercise the less I feel tired or fatigued (another common side effect of cancer treatment). I understand that's true of most prostate cancer patients.

1. Before breakfast, a 30-minute jog.

2. After breakfast, a 1.5 mile walk with my wife, usually about 30 minutes (she is just getting back into an exercise routine beyond yoga).

3. Before lunch, 30-45 minutes of free weights, fixed routine, 5 sets of each exercise, 25 lb dumbbells (one in each hand). 50 bicep curls; 18-20 overhead presses; 18-20 deltoid raises, 18-20 tricep kickbacks; 18-20 reverse flys; 60 decline pushups.

4. Late afternoons, a three-mile walk with my daughter, mixed 2-minute fast walking, currently low-mid 16 minute miles. Target for summer is the 15 minute range.

5. Before dinner, about 20-30 minutes of chest, leg, and arm work on an old Fitness Pacific home gym.

6. Watching TV at night, 20 minutes of planks or modified sit ups.

I have mild OCD so stick to the routine for the most part. I should also mention that the cancer treatments, without serious weight work, turns muscles into jelly pretty fast.