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Originally Posted by MeAndPD
...how difficult it is to keep people with Parkinson's motivated to do the exercise that will slow them from progressing in the disease...
And this is the big question (and maybe another non-motor symptom) - even though I know that I must exercise 50mins or more each day to slow PD progression, I manage to find a 1,000 other things to do, non of them exercise! - Why? 
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if i remember correctly, the presenter at the end related what she advises pd'ers, at least until more research is done, and she said follow the CDC guidelines for exercise.
http://www.cdc.gov/physicalactivity/...es/adults.html
those are obviously guidelines and if you want to bet more that exercise slows progression as hypothesized you can increase the time and/or intensity. she described a trial that will test that hypothesis which is hard to test, look at teva/azilect, using the same delayed start technique. she said they are using treadmills and can be done at home. these are all patients not yet taking meds so they can get to the desired exercise rates by themselves.
http://www.clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT01506479