male only Weight Training After The Gastric Sleeve Surgery?

[indianaman 6]

Hey Alex and welcome. Follow your doctor's orders as far as exercise is concerned. I was allowed to begin cardio 1 month after surgery and weightlifting 1 month after that. If this is your first experience with weightlifting, take it slow. Work out intense but work out smart. Listen to what your body tells you. Mixing cardio into the weightlifting will accelerate the weight loss. I ended up losing my 130 lbs in 7 months using this technique. The other thing to remember is that you must still fuel your body even though you are trying to lose weight. Protein is your friend especially in liquid form...these will pass through the sleeve quickly and absorb rapidly. Dont neglect carbs either, in moderation. Carbs will provide the energy your muscles need to lift those heavy weights and will replenish glycogen stores in the muscle tissue after you've exercised. Best of luck to you and don't quit...ever!

[Nikasio 59]

Found this question fascinating, so I trolled the bodybuilding.com site, which appears to have plenty of topics from guys who had WLS.

The following is brief summary made up from several posts:

1. Quality Carbs before a workout AKA complex carbohydrates.

2. Bananas to keep you from cramping.

2. BCAA supplemented drink just before a workout.

3. Protein to repair muscle after a workout. Don't depend on just liquid proteins: fish, poultry, boiled eggs. The more complicated the food the more your body works digesting it.

4. Shock workouts by alternating whether you do cardio or weights first.

5. Continue to take a quality Bariatric supplement to prevent deficiencies.

From there it gets even more esoteric what people do to build mass.

Here is an inspiration story on how a formerly 370 Lbs castric bypass patient: http://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/body-transformation-danny-figueredo-sliced-his-weight-in-half.html

Edited May 30, 2015 by Nikasio

[cdaddy 22]

My dr is huge into resistance training for his male patients. He said don't worry about cardio as long as you walk a lot and I do. I set my phone app on 10000 steps a day and always get it.

[XxAlexX 1]

My dr is huge into resistance training for his male patients. He said don't worry about cardio as long as you walk a lot and I do. I set my phone app on 10000 steps a day and always get it.

Found this question fascinating, so I trolled the bodybuilding.com site, which appears to have plenty of topics from guys who had WLS.

The following is brief summary made up from several posts:

1. Quality Carbs before a workout AKA complex carbohydrates.

2. Bananas to keep you from cramping.

2. BCAA supplemented drink just before a workout.

3. Protein to repair muscle after a workout. Don't depend on just liquid proteins: fish, poultry, boiled eggs. The more complicated the food the more your body works digesting it.

4. Shock workouts by alternating whether you do cardio or weights first.

5. Continue to take a quality Bariatric supplement to prevent deficiencies.

From there it gets even more esoteric what people do to build mass.

Here is an inspiration story on how a formerly 370 Lbs castric bypass patient: http://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/body-transformation-danny-figueredo-sliced-his-weight-in-half.html

Hey Alex and welcome. Follow your doctor's orders as far as exercise is concerned. I was allowed to begin cardio 1 month after surgery and weightlifting 1 month after that. If this is your first experience with weightlifting, take it slow. Work out intense but work out smart. Listen to what your body tells you. Mixing cardio into the weightlifting will accelerate the weight loss. I ended up losing my 130 lbs in 7 months using this technique. The other thing to remember is that you must still fuel your body even though you are trying to lose weight. Protein is your friend especially in liquid form...these will pass through the sleeve quickly and absorb rapidly. Dont neglect carbs either, in moderation. Carbs will provide the energy your muscles need to lift those heavy weights and will replenish glycogen stores in the muscle tissue after you've exercised. Best of luck to you and don't quit...ever!

Welcome Alex & Congrats on the sleeve decision! Best decision I've made to have a healthier lifestyle!

Lots of veteran sleevers on here with good knowledge & happy to help.

Awesome, thanks guys for the responses.. I have my first meet up with the surgeon on July 7th, I can't wait. I've started watching what I eat and doing some cardio and weightlifting. In hopes that this may cut down on the pain lol ( I know, it's dumb) either way it's best to start before.

-Alex

Edited June 13, 2015 by XxAlexX

[LVMSfireman 6]

I have posted this on other forums, but I figured I'd get it out there one more time. Are there any firefighters or EMT's who had the sleeve done? I am and I was wondering about the after effects and working out. In our line of work we need to be extremely physically fit (strength and cardio wise). Has or is anyone having problems? Any advice or anything at all i should know or y'all can tell me?

[txtemperance 15]

I had a gastric bypass end of Oct/2015; I just joined a gym 1 month ago and am doing both cardio & weight lifting ; at my 30 day follow up my trainer said I'd lost 3% of my body fat and he said that was largely due to the weight lifting; I've lost 50 lbs since my surgery in Oct (80 # overall to include the 6 mth Doctor supervised pre-op period); I did some research and read the average person loses about 1% body fat per month. Does that sound about right?

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[Dub 9,922]

Just getting started back with weight training.

It's a bit dicey since I have a torn rotator cuff in my right shoulder and a failed abdominal hernia repair.

Anyway.....excuses notwithstanding......here is a pic taken today:

This pic taken one day before my sleeve surgery in October 2015:

Getting there.....in spite of not being able to really blow it out like I want to.

[aroundhky 1,174]

Just getting started back with weight training.

It's a bit dicey since I have a torn rotator cuff in my right shoulder and a failed abdominal hernia repair.

Anyway.....excuses notwithstanding......here is a pic taken today:

This pic taken one day before my sleeve surgery in October 2015:

Getting there.....in spite of not being able to really blow it out like I want to.

I hear ya on that rotator cuff man. Hang in there. Is nearly completely torn? I've been struggling with my workouts the past year due to lots of shoulder weakness, pain and range of motion issues. Found out my labrum was torn, went in for surgery on that and when I came to after surgery, the Dr said my rotator cuff was hanging on my a thread, so he repaired that as well. This was the Tuesday before Thanksgiving, so I'm slightly over 3 months shoulder post op. Good news is, I started back lifting two weeks ago and as of now, I'm 90% on my shoulder, which is already way better and more use out of it than I was getting the past year. Hopefully therapy can fix it for you, but if it's a big tear, I'm not sure if therapy would be enough. Anyway, just be careful with the ballistic movements and overhead lifts. Wish you the best!

[mattr2 32]

I was sleeved 3.5 years ago. I have always been active but work and haits got the best of me. Whenever I worked out pre-sleeve, I just added bulk and got heavier.

In Feb of 2016, I started really working out hard at a local Orange Theory. I also started a very tight and controlled nutritional program. OT offers a 60-minute very high intensity workouts, 1/2 weights, 1/2 cardio. Got down another 10 lbs since my post-sleeve bump to 180 lbs after two months of perfect eating and intense exercise. I wasnt able to get enough clean food with my sleeve and I totally hit a wall. It was impossible for me to get enough nutrition to support the workouts. My strength gains stopped, and its become almost impossible for me to put on muscle. I feel like I hit my ceiling.

I'm now trying to get more calories though shakes, using milk in stead of Water. Adding in creatine. I hope this helps. I definitely leaned up, but I am fatiguing far too quickly, not able to add any size, and not gaining in strength.

Any guys out there that reached a fairly lean weight, but then are now trying to bulk up on muscle?

[Hagengirl3 65]

As a 52 year old female, I currently have more muscle mass then ever before in my life. I work with a trainer twice a week and do HITT 4 times a week. I know that the increased muscle is due to the amount of Protein I eat which is between 120-150 grams a day.

[mattr2 32]

Hi Hagen,

How are you getting your calories? shakes or food?

How many calories are the guys getting in after their sleeve. I am estimating I am only able to get in about 1900 calories if I eat clean. Any suggestions?

[Hagengirl3 65]

I eat about 2000 calories a day which does include 2 shakes and 1 or 2 Protein Bars each day.