I'm having surgery on Wednesday Sep 5 n Im a gym freak! So what workouts can I do after surgery, I know I can do weights, but can I at least do cardio? N if so what cardio machines? Help me pleesseee!?

I was told walking for about 6 weeks then get back into it slowely. You have to give your body time to heal and you certainly don't want to be irritating your area around the band and port

If you go back to the gym too soon you're going to do more damage than good. Walking for 6 weeks or whatever your doctor recommends is the way to go. They're doing surgery on you and you should give it time to heal so there are no complications. Complications can get nasty.

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I love the gym as well. My doc advised the same 6 weeks of just walking, then easing back to the gym. I focused on the walking, then around week 4 or 5 I sat on an exercise bike and pedalled at a fairly cruise pace, then reintroduced the cross trainer.

My biggest fear was doing anything that put pressure on the stomach and diaphram, which was most things, incl some of my fav exercises like weights, yoga, pilates, tennis and rowing. Swimming was out until all the surgery incisions healed. 2 months from

Surgery, im back to anything I could do before.

Only thing I do warn is due to the reduced food intake, I make sure ive had something to eat before training and have reduced some of the former intensity levels given I've felt a little faint on occasion.

Ok thanks for all the feed back, ill talk to my Dr about more. Thanks all! =)

I would say walking would be fine immediately. I started back on the elliptical a little over 2 weeks post op. Got the ok from my doc when I went for my post op at 9 days, but didn't go right away. I was told not lifting til like 4-5 weeks post op. I wasn't a gym rat before surgery, but I am not (or maybe not so much gym as a kickboxing addict..LOL)

My doctor gave me the okay to go back to the gym at 3 weeks, no restrictions.

Your lucky! I hope I heal fast...

Today I did my first workout. My doc told me to walk and wait 3 weeks to do anything else like Insanity. It was raining, so I put on a Yoga video to stretch and did Zumba for 30 mins. You feel the port and your stomach is just weird.. Start slowly and work your way up I would say, but always consult with the doc to see what works for you. Good luck!!

Yes begin right away - walkin is the way. Build a specific plan with incremental measurable increases daily along with phases and milestones based on your results and weightloss.

Slow in steady wins the race !