Wondering?

[buttacup 9]

How soon can I hit the gym? I do mostly upper body weight lifting and bicycling. I'm only one week out but I see the weight coming off already....heck I'm still on liquids. I don't want to sag yet?!

[makemyownluck 785]

Every doctor tells their patients something different, so I think it's really up to you to limit what you do so you don't over do it. My doctor said no lifting over 10lbs until 6 weeks out. But I can walk around as much as I feel like I can handle.

You don't want to rip open an incision or give yourself a hernia! But getting some exercise will do you good, but maybe not lifting quite yet...

[Iniysa 157]

Call your doc. All are different in what they want you to do. Mine said, as long as you're not doing crunches, or any real abdominal workouts, go full on. He told me I could hit the gym and start cardiac the day I get out of surgery.... Will I? Probably not. The first week I think I will stick with lots of walking. But yeah, call your doc or Barbaric Coordinator, she/he should know too.

[mamachez 2]

I went to the doctor 11 days out and asked if I could hike and he said "yes, but listen to your body". I've been hiking several days a week since then (I'm 9 weeks out now). Of course, no lifting for 4-6 weeks out. Good luck!

[mark! 449]

Walking and hiking at 2 weeks out, full on workouts minus ab isolation at 4 weeks, but did compound movements like squats and deadlifts at that time, starting very light and working up to heavier weights later on. I think it's important to not stress yourself just yet, take things slow, even if you start working out and such, start slow and built up over the course of a few days.

[kisheswishes 4]

I was told to walk as much as possible. The Dr said that I could start jogging at 2 weeks and I could lift as long as I didn't lift anything over 25lbs for the first 4 weeks. I had to pick up my 45lb grandson before the 4 weeks was up and fortunately nothing bad happened. Other than that I stuck to what my Dr said to do.