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Exercising is impairing my stutter Hey, so there have been few times in my life where I've taken up weightlifting with, sadly, negative results for my stutter. This time I was only exercising at home, using nothing but my weight (and one exercise for my back that included very light dumbbells). I found close to none information of exercise impairing stuttering. [This](http://copingwithstuttering.blogspot.com/2010/02/maintenance.html) is the only recommendation against weightlifting I found: >In terms of lifestyle it would seem that people who stutter can participate in sport – but should avoid weightlifting. Weightlifters hold their breath while lifting weights, and when you hold your breath, your vocal cords close. So by lifting weights as a sport you develop your vocal cord muscles and their ability to lock the vocal cords – which would obviously contribute to the stress-induced vocal cord closures of a person who stutters. which seem to explain what's happening to me quite well, since when I do push ups, I go until failure, which makes me hold my breath. I though the issue was mostly psychological, as I'm fluent with my parents, yet now I struggle to get certain words out when explaining something or when I need to get words out quick. I saw some research on people experiencing lesser impact of stuttering when subjected to exercise, but these, I think, involved mostly aerobic exercises. Is this the only path forward? I would like to exercise just enough to be healthy, but I'm not fond of cardio exercises. Has anyone experiences anything similar? I would appreciate any help!