Originally Posted by
Matt James
This is interesting to me because I probably had covid a few months ago (tested negative multiple times but was pretty damn sick) and my daughter *did* test positive around the same time. I've had a hell of a time getting back into training, between my recovery capacity being total shit and I also had some serious hypotension after squatting 245x5 my third workout back or so--being on the verge of passing out for 20 minutes. Anyway, I don't have any answers, but I have a couple questions, OP. Your doc says "anaerobic exercise doesn't have an oxygen demand." I'm not sure that's entirely accurate, there is a pretty big oxygen demand for a few minutes *after* the set. At least there was for me, when I was healthy. Second, you're going to have to explain the hypoxia thing to me. I understand that increased respiration due to "air hunger" can trigger a blood pressure drop in someone with dysautonomia... but hypoxia means you're not getting enough oxygen, right? That's not what's happening here unless I'm wildly misunderstanding it. Which I may be.
Good luck. This sucks.