Pre-op Weight training?

[mrsknox 1]

Just started my PCP appointments so I have a few months to go.. Did any one started weight training pre-op. I'm trying to avoid too much lose skin after surgery... Will this help??

[InspirationMySon 135]

It all depends on your skins elasticity, your over skin health to begin with, your age, how much weight you have to loose, genetics, ect. Every little bit helps though strength training will be excellent for your overall recovery afterward the more muscle you have the better, you'll burn more fat. If you have had children it's a little like pregnancy but for the reverse keep your skin hydrated on the inside by drinking lots of Water & outside with lotion and the results will be better then if you neglected it.

[mrsknox 1]

Thank you., I'm 35,weighing 260.. Is there a certain kind of lotion that is best?

[InspirationMySon 135]

I honestly just use "Queen Helen" cocoa butter it smells nice & I don't pay a lot for it, my OBGYN said when I was pregnant that it's just keeping it hydrated. My skin genetically rots but my stretch marks from pregnancy weren't all that bad, I also used bio oil & that helped reduce their appear as well as mederma on my c-section scars. They are all just battle wounds;) I am going to be 33 in 5 days, I am 5'5" & weigh 240 but my skin tone & type has never been kind to weight fluctuation. I have been doing core stability training I find it's my small muscles that are really weak but my others are pretty strong. How's getting into the weight trading grove going?

Edited August 18, 2014 by InspirationMySon

[mrsknox 1]

I'm starting off small, light arm weights and kettle bell. My knees and hip hurt so much I'm doing a lot from the sitting position.

[winning_by_losing 107]

I don't know that the weight lifting pre-surgery will help with the skin issues at all, but it will definitely help you with your journey and loss post-surgery. Any lean muscle you can build will help boost your metabolism to help drop the weight quicker later. And since we lose so much muscle during the weight-loss process, any extra you can build pre-surgery will allow you the extra strength and energy as your progress.