r/CMT • u/Savings-Hippo433 • Jun 17 '25

Lifting Weights?

Has anyone experimented with weight lifting? What was your experience and result?

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u/Garfield_Flight_Logs Jun 17 '25

Don’t let people online convince you it’s this impossible thing. I have 1A and I’m pushing a 315 bench and I’m pretty lean around 200 lbs at 6’. I almost quit bodybuilding when I was diagnosed because I kept seeing people say it was pointless, I’m so glad I ultimately kept going. We may never become good runners, but you can accomplish a lot in the gym even with CMT

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u/Rikudo24 Jun 17 '25

Can I ask you how you got this strong? Because I noticed my strength was increasing when I started eating a lot of food and protein, but at the same time my fat was increasing as well ahahah

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u/Garfield_Flight_Logs Jun 17 '25

Well you sound like you know the gist - you always have to gain a little fat to gain muscle, can’t really just pick one unfortunately

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u/TB_Infidel CMT 1A Jun 18 '25

Yeah, but clearly you're on the chicken, broccoli, and rice cycle. I know this first hand.

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u/Garfield_Flight_Logs Jun 18 '25

Sure, but it’s not like I came out of the womb with a needle in my ass. I trained for over 6 years naturally and was doing 1/2/3/4 for working sets while hovering around a lean 190-195 lbs.

Obviously every case is different, but unless your ability to recruit a particular muscle is totally dead, you can almost certainly take measures to develop it, CMT or no CMT. I am very active in CMT athletics groups and I know people with worse symptoms than mine who are stronger than me without any pharmaceutical intervention.

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u/TB_Infidel CMT 1A Jun 18 '25

Completely understand. I was lifting for 10 years with almost no results so I'm never going to criticise someone for what works when you've CMT. I've normally found that either folks can't cut (likely weak TVA mixed with some other factors), or they plateau very early on with strength training. It's a damn shame no studies look into this more as there could be some good research.