Pete Egan · PhD, Exercise Physiology · Parkinson’s diagnosis, December 2022

I wasn’t going to manage this disease.
I was going to train against it.

Movement doesn’t cure Parkinson’s. It changes the terms. This is the log — training six days a week, posted a few times a week.

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The decision

December 2022. Diagnosed at 61. I already knew what movement does to a body.

I have a PhD in exercise physiology. I spent almost forty years building software for exercise testing and wellness programs. Professionally, I knew exactly what training can do. Then my own body turned on everything I knew.

So I made a call. Not to manage Parkinson’s from the sideline. To train against it. Strength work. Conditioning. Balance. The hard days and the good ones, documented in public — partly to stay honest, partly because someone else living with this disease might need to see it too.

Movement hands you back something this disease is constantly trying to take — agency.

What this is

One man’s training log. Not a protocol. Not a pitch.

This is not a cure.

There is no cure for Parkinson’s disease. Anyone who tells you otherwise is selling something. This is not that.

This is not medical advice.

I have a PhD in exercise physiology, not a medical license. Talk to your neurologist. Then move.

This is the work.

Six days a week in the gym. Strength, conditioning, balance. Posted a few times a week — unfiltered enough to be useful.

Follow the work

The story lives on YouTube and Instagram.

YouTube is where the training gets room to breathe. Instagram is the short-form log. Start with whichever fits how you watch.

YouTube @movingwithpete Workouts, longer cuts, and the thinking behind the training. Watch the channel → Instagram @movingwithpete Sessions, balance work, and the unfiltered week — a few posts each week. Open Instagram →

Who’s writing this

Pete Egan. Exercise physiologist. Training with Parkinson’s.

I live in North Texas. I train most days. I am a Davis Phinney Foundation ambassador. On LinkedIn I write about the professional side of this work.

If you are here because you or someone you love has Parkinson’s: you are welcome. Watch the training. Steal what helps. Ignore the rest. Then talk to your own clinician before you change anything.

Pete on LinkedIn

Also

Health tools I work on for people and caregivers finding their footing after a diagnosis. Separate from this training log.

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