{"id":26910,"date":"2020-07-06T06:53:03","date_gmt":"2020-07-06T06:53:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/?p=26910"},"modified":"2021-09-09T10:42:53","modified_gmt":"2021-09-09T09:42:53","slug":"energy-systems-pacing-in-me-cfs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/energy-systems-pacing-in-me-cfs\/","title":{"rendered":"Energy systems &#038; pacing in ME\/CFS"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><strong>Frozen in Amber<\/strong> blog post, by Caroline Elisabeth: <a href=\"https:\/\/chronicallycaroline.com\/2020\/06\/29\/energy-systems-and-pacing-in-me-cfs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Energy systems and pacing in ME\/CFS<\/a>, 29 June 2020<\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Summary<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-26939 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/tortoiseandhare.jpg?resize=300%2C137&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"137\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/tortoiseandhare.jpg?resize=300%2C137&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/tortoiseandhare.jpg?resize=150%2C69&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/tortoiseandhare.jpg?w=656&amp;ssl=1 656w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/137;\" \/>The aerobic energy system is \u201cbroken\u201d in ME\/CFS and cannot be fixed with exercise (i.e., graded exercise therapy, also known as GET).<\/li>\n<li>The anaerobic (glycolytic) system appears to be somewhat functional in ME\/CFS (but see McGregor\u2019s work) and, in theory, can be trained to be more efficient with a carefully-designed exercise protocol done under the guidance of an ME\/CFS-literate physical therapist.<\/li>\n<li>It is vitally important to avoid spending time above the anaerobic threshold, also known as \u201cAT\u201d.<\/li>\n<li>It is also advisable to minimize the duration of aerobic activities, including cognitive tasks.<\/li>\n<li>If the points above appear to contradict each other, in a sense they do! But a well-designed pacing program can minimize the negative effects of both aerobic and anaerobic metabolism while at the same time harness the benefits of each energy system.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/chronicallycaroline.com\/2020\/06\/29\/energy-systems-and-pacing-in-me-cfs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read the full article<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Frozen in Amber blog post, by Caroline Elisabeth: Energy systems and pacing in ME\/CFS, 29 June 2020 &nbsp; Summary The aerobic energy system is \u201cbroken\u201d in ME\/CFS and cannot be fixed with exercise (i.e., graded exercise therapy, also known as &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/energy-systems-pacing-in-me-cfs\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[6024,4831,6023,405],"class_list":["post-26910","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-aerobic-metabolism","tag-anaerobic-threshold","tag-caroline-elizabeth","tag-pacing"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5qkYK-702","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26910","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26910"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26910\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32837,"href":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26910\/revisions\/32837"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26910"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26910"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26910"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}