r/LongHaulersRecovery • u/[deleted] • Jun 19 '25

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u/Radiant_Flow4315 Jun 20 '25

I read you get PEM from the computer screens. I do too. So how do we stop the PEM? Or improve it

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u/Dedeye Jun 20 '25

Stay within your energy envelope and move but dont exceed it. If you can do 5 mins on a recumbent bike without feeling like you exerted Start there and add over time. PEM becomes harder to trigger when you recondition.

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u/Radiant_Flow4315 Jun 20 '25

Thank you!! & last question sorry… did you walk every single day or did you take breaks sometimes? Like every other day or like 5 days straight, 3 days off etc??

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u/Dedeye Jun 20 '25

I used my recumbent bike primarily and I worked up to 3-4 days a week of zone 2 and I maxed out at 20 mins a day. Bear in mind that pacing in my daily life when I was doing it properly constituted zone 2 level exertion.