STILL MOVING A Training Guide for Running, Swimming, and Lifting with POTS (Paperback)
Language: English
Published by Independently Published, 2026
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Paperback. It started with a bladder prescription and a Garmin watch that noticed something was wrong before any doctor did.Every guide written for people with POTS says the same thing: rest, limit activity, avoid exertion. This book says something different - because its author never stopped training. Diagnosed with Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome at 40, she kept running, swimming, and lifting. Not recklessly. By learning her body's patterns more precisely than she ever had before.STILL MOVING is the training guide no one else has written: a practical, personal, athlete-to-athlete manual for staying active with POTS - built from lived experience, not clinical theory.Inside, you'll learn: The three triggers that quietly wreck a session - eating, heat, and alcohol - and why stacking them together can push a resting heart rate past 150 BPM while just standing in your kitchen.Why your smartwatch is lying to you. The book's signature chapter breaks down exactly why VO2 max, recovery score, endurance score, and stress indicators are all distorted by an elevated POTS baseline heart rate - and what to track instead.The four-hour rule, the late-afternoon window, and the other timing principles that turn an unpredictable condition into something you can actually plan around.Sport-by-sport guidance for swimming (the most POTS-friendly entry point), running (why slow is not failure), and strength training (why light and short beats heavy and long).How to build a realistic weekly plan that combines all three without burning out - plus a quick-reference conclusion with a pre-training checklist, non-negotiable rules, and a guide to which watch metrics to trust and which to ignore.This isn't a medical textbook, and it isn't written by a doctor. It's one patient's honest account of what has helped, what hasn't, and how to tell the difference - written for the runner who was told to stop running, the swimmer wondering if the pool is actually the safest place to be, and anyone who has stared at a Garmin recovery score that made no sense and wondered if the device was broken, or they were.Central to it all is a simple idea: you are stronger than your symptoms.STILL MOVING is for readers who refuse to let a diagnosis define their athletic life - and who want a companion who has actually lived it, not just studied it.Always consult your cardiologist or POTS specialist before starting, changing, or resuming any exercise program. This book shares personal experience, not medical advice, and individual POTS presentations vary widely.If you've been told to sit down and rest, this book is for the part of you that wants to lace up their shoes instead. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability. …
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- STILL MOVING A Training Guide for Running, Swimming, and Lifting with POTS (Paperback)
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- Independently Published
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- 2026
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It started with a bladder prescription and a Garmin watch that noticed something was wrong before any doctor did.
Every guide written for people with POTS says the same thing: rest, limit activity, avoid exertion. This book says something different — because its author never stopped training. Diagnosed with Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome at 40, she kept running, swimming, and lifting. Not recklessly. By learning her body's patterns more precisely than she ever had before.
STILL MOVING is the training guide no one else has written: a practical, personal, athlete-to-athlete manual for staying active with POTS — built from lived experience, not clinical theory.
Inside, you'll learn:
The three triggers that quietly wreck a session — eating, heat, and alcohol — and why stacking them together can push a resting heart rate past 150 BPM while just standing in your kitchen.
Why your smartwatch is lying to you. The book's signature chapter breaks down exactly why VO2 max, recovery score, endurance score, and stress indicators are all distorted by an elevated POTS baseline heart rate — and what to track instead.
The four-hour rule, the late-afternoon window, and the other timing principles that turn an unpredictable condition into something you can actually plan around.
Sport-by-sport guidance for swimming (the most POTS-friendly entry point), running (why slow is not failure), and strength training (why light and short beats heavy and long).
How to build a realistic weekly plan that combines all three without burning out — plus a quick-reference conclusion with a pre-training checklist, non-negotiable rules, and a guide to which watch metrics to trust and which to ignore.
This isn't a medical textbook, and it isn't written by a doctor. It's one patient's honest account of what has helped, what hasn't, and how to tell the difference — written for the runner who was told to stop running, the swimmer wondering if the pool is actually the safest place to be, and anyone who has stared at a Garmin recovery score that made no sense and wondered if the device was broken, or they were.
Central to it all is a simple idea: you are stronger than your symptoms.
STILL MOVING is for readers who refuse to let a diagnosis define their athletic life — and who want a companion who has actually lived it, not just studied it.
Always consult your cardiologist or POTS specialist before starting, changing, or resuming any exercise program. This book shares personal experience, not medical advice, and individual POTS presentations vary widely.
If you've been told to sit down and rest, this book is for the part of you that wants to lace up their shoes instead.
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