A month post op! & im ready for the gym!?

[Dyesha 6]

Hello Everyone! Im exactly a month out from surgery! All is well no complaints (thank god) but I was wondering when did u guys start goin to the gym? Just tryna get and idea also I wanted to try light work outs like walking on the treadmill things like that Any ideas or experience with when u guys first started goin to the gym??

[Fluffnomore 1,235]

Walking on the treadmill should be totally fine. I was on a weight lifting restriction for 6 weeks; you should check with your surgeon. I went back to my CrossFit gym at 7 weeks (because of traveling!) and started very, very slowly. Good luck.

[VSGAnn2014 12,992]

Treadmill is just walking. You can walk now -- go for it.

But, of course, ask your med team about weight lifting -- remember the 10 pound warning when you were first released from hospital? (Not sure how long that lasts.)

[AvaFern 3,516]

I was jogging (very slowly) at about 3 weeks and back to full cardio workouts at 5 weeks. Walking now is a great way to feel better and you can build on it as you become more comfortable. I really hate walking, but the first few weeks after surgery it was really nice to be able to just get out and move instead of being stuck in the house. When I started to jog I felt a little twinge in my biggest incision, so when that stopped annoying me is when I moved onto running again. My doctor told me to do whatever I want as long as it didn't hurt after 5 weeks and to scale my workouts after that until there no form of pain.

Good luck in your weight loss!

[Rovobay 920]

I'd ask your physical therapist or surgeon. each program seems to be slightly different, but I see a lot of people starting to do more strenuous exercises at the 4-6 week mark.