To say it straight away: I'm neither a sports cannon nor do I like to do sports. I'd rather spend the day sitting in a café or in front of my computer or playing one of my musical instruments than bending my bones or spending my morning jogging in the park with a pained face, panting and sweating.

But I have learned in recent years that my Parkinson's can be put in its place with sufficient exercise. Unfortunately, it is not the case that this would be enough as a motivation, because there is still the option of taking half an L of dopa more or if it is difficult to take an LT.

Initially, I tried physical therapy twice a week. To put it politely, it was always a nice 30 minutes, which, however, had little or nothing to do with what my body would have needed to put Parkinson's in its place.

Luckily I did then Table tennis discovered what i here have already reported in detail. I play table tennis three times a week and what can I say, it's really good for me. But it's not enough.

My fitness watch, which knows exactly how long I've been sitting at my desk, prompts me to move every 60 minutes. My smartwatch certainly means well, I also know that she's right, but how should I move, with what, where? A solution was needed.

The first thing I did was to look at the videos that we had suggested to the participants as part of our Active Time Challenge. It was obvious to try this out in a self-experiment. Until my first video session, I couldn't imagine doing gymnastic exercises in front of my TV that someone was showing me on video.

But I was a bit mistaken about myself. In the meantime, I have put together a small media library from which I pick up to 3 workouts a day, depending on the time and how well I feel. The workouts always last around 20 minutes and I've put together a small selection of videos for every problem that's bothering me, so it shouldn't get boring.
Even if they are different exercises, they are (almost) always the same video trainers. It may sound absurd, but I'm always happy to hear the same “Hello, it's Gabi Fastner” every morning.

You may ask yourself why Gabi Fastner. The decision was not preceded by a large-scale analysis, only the recommendation of a good friend brought me to Gabi Fastner and I just got stuck.

Of course I don't want to withhold this little media library from you and maybe one or the other of you is in the same situation and can take something from my suggestions for yourself. 

“Sounds good, but are there any downsides?” 

Yes there is.

On the one hand, at least I lack a tight training plan, the excuses to pause with an exercise right now are a constant opponent of motivation.
But the most important deficit is that the compilation is amateurish and I do not necessarily meet professional standards. In addition, there is no precise reference to my very personal impairments. And last but not least - there is no control over whether I'm doing everything right and there is no measurement of whether the effort leaves a significant benefit. 

In order to find out what is the better way for me - my self-compiled training program or a professionally supervised exercise plan that is tailored and monitored for me, but is subject to a fee - I have a 4-week training program in the neuro workshop booked by Dr, Mareike Schwed, about whose course I will report (almost) daily in a separate article. The link will follow shortly