Exercise & HIV/AIDS: Personal Accounts

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How I -- and Team4HIVHope -- Got to the Race Across America: A Blog Entry by Steven Berveling (June 10, 2011)
"I recognise that I get stigmatised because I live with HIV, and that stigma affects how I see my own self worth. I want to show that despite me having HIV, I can do these tough sport events like anyone else."
From The Body
Hitting the Gym With HIV Fitness Stud Nelson Vergel: A Blog Entry by Mark S. King (January 24, 2011)
"In Part Two of my video blog with Nelson Vergel, we hit the gym for a lesson on aerobic activity and weight lifting. With issues like bone density more vital for people with HIV, weight training makes sense."
From The Body
Ironman Louisville Race Report: Never Give Up -- A Blog Entry by Scott Simpson (September 1, 2010)
"To that guy who ... commented on one of my previous blog entries that I wouldn't / couldn't succeed and finish an Ironman: I've got a finisher's medal you can suck on. Meow."
From The Body
Gay Games Race Report: A Blog Entry by Scott Simpson (August 19, 2010)
"There are only 2 ways to leave an ironman course -- across the finish line or by ambulance. Which will it be for me?"
From The Body
I Am a Delicate Flower: A Blog Entry by Scott Simpson (July 16, 2010)
My muscles, tendons -- [e]ven my brain, which houses motivation, is ready, willing and able to deal with the physical and mental demands of ironman training. My immune system -- not so much.
From The Body
Sports and Support: An Entry From an HIV-Positive Athlete -- A Blog Entry by Robert Breining (July 13, 2010)
I am very open about living with HIV and I think most of my teammates know about my status. But since I took three years off from playing soccer, a lot of new players joined my team.
From The Body
Tom's Excellent Olympic Adventure (Spring/Summer 2010)
One PHA. One Olympic Torch. One experience of a lifetime.
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In The Positive Side, from Canadian AIDS Treatment Information Exchange
American Triple T Race Report: Sick Puppy -- A Blog Entry by Scott Simpson (May 31, 2010)
This is four races in three days ... I'm happy with how my placing improved with each race ... Not bad considering how sick I was and how much I was holding back.
From The Body
It Ain't Easy: Exercise, HIV and Me: A Blog Entry by Enrique Franco (April 28, 2010)
I didn't want other Soldiers to outperform me ... I wanted to get the stares and, secretly, the possible hook-ups. ... Now, when I am there [at the gym], I am doing it for the sheer fun of it.
From The Body
Scott Simpson: HIV+ Triathlete: Til I Drop
From The Body
Biking Transforms Lives of AIDS Housing Residents in Harlem (November 18, 2009)
In Housing Works AIDS Issues Update, from Housing Works
26 Miles on Foot: Just Another Day for an HIV-Positive Marathoner (March 18, 2008)
From Bay Windows
Marathon Man (November/December 2004)
At the age of 38 and living with HIV since 1995, Jim Pickett prepares to run his first Chicago Marathon.
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In Positively Aware, from Test Positive Aware Network
Pickett Fences: Phat (March/April 2004)
Jim Pickett writes about the joys of working out.
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In Positively Aware, from Test Positive Aware Network
Pickett Fences: Fatty Acid (July/August 2002)
Wait a second: You're gay, you've got HIV, and you're not going to a gym?!.
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In Positively Aware, from Test Positive Aware Network
Pedal Power (June/July 2002)
Meet the Positive Pedalers, a group of HIV-positive cyclists who ride for life -- not only theirs, but those of others with HIV as well.
In Positive Living, from AIDS Project Los Angeles
I Ride Because I Can -- A Pos Ped Perspective (May/June 2002)
An HIV-positive AIDS ride cyclist decides to ride with the Pos Ped team.
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In Positively Aware, from Test Positive Aware Network
Personal Perspective: The Road From Perfection (Spring 2002)
Six years after her HIV diagnosis, Heidi Nass realized just how key diet and exercise are to her recovery.
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In ACRIA Update, from AIDS Community Research Initiative of America
Living With Yoga and HIV (January/February 2002)
[Archived Article]
HIV-positive yoga instructor Per Erez found physical and mental healing in yoga practice.
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In Positively Aware, from Test Positive Aware Network
Trekking With AIDS, Part 3 -- A Special Report (February 2001)
An HIV-positive woman completes the Appalachian Trail.
In HIV Newsline, from San Francisco General Hospital
Living With HIV: Fit and Fighting HIV (June 2000)
"Exercise helps me to constantly feel just one step ahead of this disease".
In Positive Living, from AIDS Project Los Angeles
Trekking With AIDS, Part 2 -- A Special Report (October 1999)
Taking on the challenge of hiking the entire Appalachian Trail -- on top of the challenge of taking a five-drug-a-day antiretroviral regimen.
In AIDS Care, from San Francisco General Hospital
Trekking With AIDS, Part 1 -- A Special Report (August 1999)
Dawn Averitt describes taking on the challenge of hiking the entire Appalachian Trail -- on top of the challenge of remaining compliant with a five-drug antiretroviral regimen.
In HIV Newsline, from San Francisco General Hospital
Practicing Pedal Power (July 1998)
Profile of an AIDS Ride cyclist.
In Positive Living, from AIDS Project Los Angeles
Gym Dandy (November 1997)
For HIV-positive people, exercise is not just recreation; it is treatment.
In Notes From the Underground, from PWA Health Group