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Registered User
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Chicago
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Minimizing loss after injury?
I previously separated my shoulder and will be under goin surgery on it in, well actually in a few hours. I will not be permitted to lift weights for 6 weeks. I am fairly new to weight lifting so my losses I am sure will occur much faster than some of you who have been lifting for years. I will be able to do things like squats in about 3 weeks but as for arm movement like shoulder press, 6 week minimum standoff. I am hoping that by doing squats I will keep my testoserone levels up and keep those growth hormones flowing. I am also planning on eating A LOT of calorie dense foods! Pretty much bulking minus the lifting, I fear no fat lol. I dont want my body to go and eat my hard earned muscles. Am I pretty much up shit creek with out a paddle here or will I be able to regain what I have lost, bad question but you get the point. Sadly I am more affraid of whats going to happen to my body during my immobile weeks than the actual surgery. Any advice on what I should do to minimize loss?
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My Little Man
Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: Sydney Oz
Posts: 1,030
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You may lose some or much of what you have earned, depends. Someone who has been lifting a long time will still lose MM just that they'll still have a lot left when they start lifting again. Advice is to eat well, you know the drill, if not check the nutrition section. This is the best way to maintain your MM while not lifting. I don't know if there are any other tricks?
On a side note, don't be worried by what you might lose, eventually you'll come back bigger and better. Once you go through this type of thing a few times you come to learn that it's the process of getting big that does it for you moreso than being big. Ask yourself this question, If you could be as big as you want without any work whatsoever would you do it? OK maybe that's not the best way to put it. Just look forward to starting again and then getting stronger than ever before. |
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What this means is that when we drop a ball and it falls to the ground, it wasn't the ball that moved (down to the ground), but the ground that moved (up to the ball)
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I hate to tell you but 6 weeks of no upper body training will result in quite a bit of muscle loss, use it or lose it. However, once you start training again you will regain the lost muscle quickly, it's a phenomenon we call "muscle memory". If your legs are a weak point then focus on them for six weeks, if they're not train them lightly and do cardio work, you do not want to get out of proportion. Keep a clean diet and you will not gain fat.
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Member
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: popping pills while Im carrying HEat so that the effects are in 3D when I splatter your BeaK
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youll bounce back fast
eat alot of everything and dont sweat it, come back with a vengeance |
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Functional Lifting = Life
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I've heard it's good for you to take about a week off every certain amount of time (I think it's eight weeks, but I can't say for sure). Perhaps a more experienced member could explain why this is or isn't true.
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Man that's sucks. I have a back injury and I won't be able to lift again for possibly a few months. How fast do you think the gains will come once I start lifting again? |
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