The key to not exercising the wrong way with thyroid problems…
In the video I cover…
– How overtraining can promote and worsen thyroid problems
– My simple rule of thumb to help determine if someone is overtraining
– Why you have to consider the 4 phases of thyroid hormone chemistry, and the 24 ways it can breakdown
Plus I discuss…
– A very common supplement used for exercise that caused many of my autoimmune problems so that you don’t make the same mistake.
If you are interested in understanding most of the thyroid problems that can hold back exercise performance, energy, and metabolism in a way that you have likely never seen, you can learn about the guidebook I mention in the video here: 9thyroidtests.com
Hope this helps!
Morning!!
Yes!!! Started using a supplement for vasodilation and it helps with my workouts a lot!!
Meg may I ask what Supplements you use?
Anne Scott I sent you a PM
Meg Priest would also like to know please!?
Jim Pallister sent you a PM
Start slow!
Have a great day doc!!
You too!
Are these guidelines still true for people who have had a thyroidectomy?
Robyn, absolutely.
Yes!! Such good info!!!!
Thanks Meg. Hoep it helps.
Dr Shook, please help me. Dr stopped Thyroid S cos said I’m overdosed on half a grain. Doubled hrt angeliq cos he thinks my symptoms are more menopause. Is this ok? I’m not on any thyroid meds, antibodies, t3, and t4 are very high, tsh 0.01.
Hi Vanessa. So sorry that you are going through this. Unfortunately, this is too complex of a question for me to answer. I would have to know a lot more about what’s happening to you, it would basically require a full health history.
From what you are stating, your TSH is low, and most doctors will stop thyroid hormone supplementation with low TSH becasue that is typically low due to thyroid hormone levels being high.
Sorry I can’t be of more assistance. Warm regards.
Leaky gut
Yessss
What you are saying is exactly what is happening to me!
Hi Beth! Unfortunately, this happens so often. The key is to start slow and do your very best to understand what is actually happening biochemically that is contributing to your symptoms. If you can address the driving factors from a biochemical perspective that will often improve everything else. Hope this helps. Warm regards.
Thank you Dr. Shook!
Robyn, you’re welcome!
Gd morning
Yep wiped out:/
I know I should exercise! But I’m struggling with pain. But I need a starting point.
Lori, sometimes I don’t even have people exercise becasue it’s too stressful. If you are able to improve your biochemistry first, you typically feel better and have better energy levels, making exercise easier.
The Office of Dr. Brad Shook that needs to happen.
Buongiorno grande Doc
Celery juice helped me
I juice celery too
Sono in italia..e ti seguo sempre
Thank you so much! Glad to have you here. Hope this helps! Warm regards.
Juicing is amazing
Hi Shauna. Are you doing well with juicing? My experience with people clinically is that it’s difficult to keep their blood sugar stabilized and to continue doing it long-term. THank you for sharing.
I need it for my mental health. It helps my brain function. I was exercising daily.
Lori, me too!
The Office of Dr. Brad Shook my total t4 is low at .71 and my total t3 is high at 2.0 can you tell me about that? My tsh is 1.12
The Office of Dr. Brad Shook also the struggle is real to get a complete picture due to testing being sporadic at best.
So true words x
I think I overdid it with exercise which caused more issues.
Maureen, it’s so easy to do, believe me, you’re not alone. Overexercising and spiking cortisol is very easy. You have to start slow, and more importantly, if possible optimize your thyroid physiology becasue something is not optimal if you are crashing. Remember all four steps… production, transportation, sensitivity, and detoxification. Hope this helps.
The Office of Dr. Brad Shook – I always worked out but when I started gaining weight I cut calories lower and lower and worked out harder and longer only to continue to gain. I believe that exasperated my thyroid issues. Thank you for all of your content…it’s very helpful!
I have no thyroid and love running. It takes me ages to heal. I even swell but still do it
There is something breaking down physiologically… production, transportation, sensitivity, and detoxification. It sounds like you need more in-depth testing to assess what is happening.
Please remember us without thyroid
Anne, I cover it in the guidebook becasue the question comes up so frequently. Basically, the medication has to replace thyroid hormone production, but the body still has to carry out the rest of the physiology… PTSD… production, transportation, sensitivity and detoxification.
The information I teach address all of these steps, so even if you don’t have a thyoroid this will help optimize the physiology that is breaking down.
Hope this helps!
Gean Sempertegui see I’m not crazy. I knew it
Hey Amanda! Yes! Trust yourself!
Dankeschön
Bitte schön… thank you Google translate… lol! Warm regards Anne!
Not to forget the rest periods between sessions…. recovery is very important!
Hi Jody! I agree, recovery is critical!
You gotta build up or you’ll crash and you have to stay steady. Don’t decide your going to run out of no where, because you’ll crash and get upset. With Hashis anyways:)
Nicole, so true. You have to start slow if you’re not already exercising.
I have been having flare ups after joining a month long fitness challenge. Suddenly, tho theres obvious muscle definition, I gained a huge amount of fat in my breasts, gut, tush, and thighs. my physician noticed the obvious change, and without any gaining weight, he wrote it off as a flare up and imbalance. No comfort or further explanation. just some mumbled talk about hormones and an imbalance, and thyroid flare up. I cannot get this down…. mentally its just taking its toll
Joie, not sure if I mentioned it in this video, but it sounds like you triggered a stress response that spiked cortisol, and you may be doing it on a regular basis with your training. Cortisol can create significant problems with your thyroid and sex hormone chemistry… think testosterone and estrogens.
This video may help https://www.facebook.com/drbradshook/videos/1850343928538021/
Though a bit more academic… this is a GREAT video on how increased cortisol from a stress response can create problems for your hormones https://www.facebook.com/drbradshook/videos/2117953008443777/
Hope this helps!
The Office of Dr. Brad Shook I heart you …. Thank you. The insight you put out gives so much relief in itself. I will catch up with this
I have no energy to exercise. Which tests is necessary to make to have full picture of how toroid works? I take eltroxin 50 MCG the doctor tells me that I should feel normal , but I feel no positive change , fatigue, can’t sleep at night, feel drained.
Ted, sorry that you’re going through this. In similar cases, I would at a minimum, look at TSH, TT4, TT3, fT4, fT3, T3U, TPOab, TGBab. Based on these labs you can get a better idea of what is happening. If you are interested in learning more about them you may want to consider the guidebook I created to help understand the 9 tests required to understand your thyroid. Hope this helps.
Does taking micronised Creatine can help with fatigue?
Hey Ted! I personally love creatine and use it daily to assist with energy production.
thank you Dr. Brad , I will try it too .
I have advanced Hoshimoto’s- causing muscle atrophy, muscle / joint pain, went through two frozen shoulders that required under anesthesia manipulation and two frozen hips amongst other issues… what I figured out for MY issues and what works best for me is adding BCAA, MG/Potassium, Zinc, selenium as key supplements that I found to be deficient in (as many Hoshimoto’s sufferers are)… it does wonders to my body to feel at its best. Key take away… pay attention to your own body’s needs and what supplements/nutrition you may be deficient in. Not everyone is the same of course. Best of luck!
Hi Robynne. Sorry that you’ve had to go through this, it sounds very difficult. I’m glad you found relief with the approach you mentioned. Thank you for sharing your story. Warm regards.
hope your well
Thank you so very much for having the time to explain everything.
Monica, you’re welcome!
Dr. Said I have graves disease. At first I thought it was correct, needing it to be cold. Now, 3 years into it, I need to dress warmly. My thyroid changes sizes, never too big, or having any goitor. I do get tired, and shake sometimes.
Sorry, Jeannie. Thes autoimmune conditions can vary a lot. They fluctuate, and some of the medications, especially for Graves’ can make you go hypo. Not sure if you’ve seen it, but I discuss graves’ in this video https://www.facebook.com/drbradshook/videos/487853768401460/
The Office of Dr. Brad Shook I wondered. Thank you.
What was the big thing to help your yeast overgrowth?
Hi Angie. Cutting out all beer and alcohol. No sugar, mainly whole foods diet, and taking ground slippery elm bark… no kidding. This was before I knew what I know now.. but many of the supplements I recommend still contain slippery elm! I use other herbs now, but that worked great for me! I think the biggest thing was diet and regular bowel movements. If you are constipated, it will regrow… your BMs must be regular or you will regrow the yeast. Hypothyroidism causes slow GI transit time for a lot of people and can be a big issue. Hope this helps!
The Office of Dr. Brad Shook absolutely. Thank you! I’ve learned what triggers problems when I eat certain foods. Working on that. But I’ll try the slippery elm
The Office of Dr. Brad Shook do you mind telling me what brand of that you took
This type of BB is what caused my Hashimotos to progress… Extreme fitness/diet and competitions… I lost 152lbs from heavy dieting… Now in a normal life routine….
52yrs Old here
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Hope this helps!
What are some good supplements – which company? And I was wanting to try some branch chain amino acids. Which one are a good one to try?
It’s helped with stomach gut issues, You mentioned you got sick, I had the same thing
16 0z of celery juice on empty stomach
Healed me
My thyroid is completely dead. I exercise to maintain my weight. I have not lost a lb since 2009. Even though I try. What else can I do or take to help lose weight.
Pls help me. I try so hard to keep on the straight. But still I battle with weight and hot flushes etc.,
Good morning
I’m about to go pick up adderall from my doctor. I am not a BIG FAN of being on that but it gets me up and motivated and creative. I’d LOVE to hear your opinion on this.
Is CrossFit suitable for autoimmune Hashimoto’s?
I think that once you get healthy, any exercise that makes you feel well is good. I will say that I exercise very vigorously but don’t do Crossfit becasue many of the moves utilized are powerlifting based and performed until exhaustion which I do not think is safe. Powerlifting moves are typically don’t for one, or very few reps, not until exhaustion. I don’t have as much of an issue with the intensity, it’s more about the moves requiring intense neurological control that fatigues quickly, possibly resulting in injury. So Crossfit is not recommended, but not becasue of intensity, more becasue of potential for injury. Hope this helps.
The Office of Dr. Brad Shook thank you so much for your reply. I have been going and starting to feel stronger. My coaches are aware of my autoimmune and advise me to scale accordingly but I will think about what to do based on your advice.
Hi Dr. Shook!!!
Hey Teresa!
Just walking makes me feel exhausted for
HI Kathryn. It’s ok. Listen to your body.There is very likely underlying biochemical problems contributing to your fatigue. My experience has been that addressing those problems first allows people to have the capacity to exercise and recovery much better. Focusing on the underlying biochemistry is typically the best place to start. Hope this helps.
Are you a Mountaineer Dr. Shook? Saw your sweatshirt!
The Office of Dr. Brad Shook Go Neers! My daughter is a rising sophomore at ASU. She has Hashimoto’s. I’d love for her to come see you for a consult when she returns to Boone in the fall.
I have a friend who is hypothyriod and has hasimotos, they get every virus under the sun, but they also work full-time with the public, anything they can take or do to boost the immune system and help from getting sick so often?
I have been walking daily sknce January. Recently up to 4 miles a day. 8 miles when I feel energetic. Today I went for my first bike ride in forever. Keeping on the move once was so painful, today it makes me feel so good.
Exercise is not too bad but I feel like I got hit by a bus for at least a week w mild exercise.
Water irritates my gut lol..
Hello Dr Shook. Which amino acid would you recommend to prevent or alleviate exercise induced muscle pain for someone like me . I am a Hashi. patient with intact gland, though greatly reduced, taking T4 and T3 medication, glutten and dairy free. Regards, Valentina Thyssen
Physically and mentally exercise has to be one of the best ways to combat thyroid problems, I do take supplements too
Watching Thursday Afternoon. Thanks for the information.
How can i get a conversation with you
Is there something probodtics not good to take think mine make gut issues worse
I have ebstein barr and its reactive
Your awesome dr
Good mngg sir
I exercised and ended up with Bursitis and tendinitis
Yoga works better for me!
Morning Dr. You say reasonable things , here another Dr . from England that say same logical things https://www.tpauk.com/main/article/how-to-treat-using-t3-by-dr-barry-durrant-peatfield/
Julia Walker, watch this!!
What if your thyroid does not work at all?