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Hello, First I want to say how wonderful it is this forum exist. I am 49 years old and have been fighting weight loss all my life as most of have. I am currently 5'11 395. The story is too long but i am just beginning to look at gastric sleeve with my first appointment next week.

I currently weight lift every other day for 1 1/2 hours. I lift heavy but still do a lot reps except for my max. My max bench is 415 and I am not saying this to brag because I do not have much to brag about just to indicating the level of lifting that i am doing. I do chest press with dumbbells, biceps curls, triceps pulls, leg press and few more exercise pushed on whoever happens to be at the gym. I lack in cardio because of the edema in my legs and my asthma has gotten worse because of my weight.

What I am wondering is there anyone who was lifting heavy weights before they started their journey and was still able to continue after surgery? I hope that I will be able to add cardio into my workout as well as to continue lifting and my actual see some results for once in my life.

Thank you and I look forward to documenting my progress and getting inspiration from yours.

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Nothing is going to stop you from lifting post op but you need to wait until you heal.

Surgery cuts through your abdominal muscles and you need to let them fully heal or risk a hernia.

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