Its an exercise program fit to help your breathing and physical ability you learn a lot mine washalf exercise and the same day half information on copd how to breath better breathing tecniques,diets there was so much I learned like when you get out of breath instead of reaching foe your rescue inhaler breath in and out thru your lips and on the 3rd time breath in and hold your breath as long as you can without passing outor anything like that just as long as you r comfortable the let it out youdo this as long as you think you can or u breath easier. when I first started doing this i could only hold my breath and count to 3 now i can go to 15 sometimes sometimes i just have to get the rescue or i'm gonna pass otu from no air. hope this helped. you can try it if you want or not they did say if you have any kind of heart condtion don;t do it .

Start your own exercise program. You can walk around any place. Get a pedometer, or something like a Fitbit to help you keep track of how much you're doing. Get some small weights or resistance bands and you have a built in weight workout. A swiss ball comes with lots of exercises you can do on your own and the internet probably has more routines than you could do in a lifetime. Your goal is 30 minutes of non-stop walking initially. Start slow, because the point is not how soon you run out of air, it's how long can you go before you have to stop and catch your breath, and work your way up to the 30 minutes if you can't do it initially. Once you can do that, add time, distance or speed. You want to work the upper, lower a core muscle groups for resistance work. 30 minutes every other day usually works pretty well.

I've never done PR; I've always done my own at home or using a gym, Y or senior center. I exercise with O2 in my local gym and no one even bats an eyelash. I travel a lot, so I hit a lot of hotel gyms with O2 tanks and no one pays any attention.

It's not hard to start an exercise program, but it does take some determination and sticking to it.

Jean

stay active on those days we all have healthy or not when we just feel lazy dont give in to it. walking is a good thing and doing the things you have enjoyed in the past like fishing, bowling, and whatever. the better shape you keep your self in now the better you will be when it progresses.

Exercise will help you breathe deeply and using pursed lip breathing techniques will help you blow off the CO2 that can build up. You also need to be doing some weights besides the walking. If you can already walk 30 minutes without stopping, you could increase your speed rather than the time; that will build up your stamina and endurance as well. You need to do resistance for upper, lower and core strength....look on the internet and you'll find many programs to give you ideas.

Jean

If you find yourself in and no equipment if you have a Wii Fit you can use it for exercise yoga strength and balance. You can bowl,play golf, and box. For weights you can use can goods. Just keep moving.