Anyone lift seriously after surgery . I have been lifting more weight than I ever had in my life but I am also the heaviest I have ever been. Having surgery in next few months . I am so concerned about being weak and losing a lot if muscle when I lose weight

Fiddleman we must have read the same medical research. For swimmers, its dead on - although it would need to be modified as you have done so because we do need more carbs for the swim than the weights. Still need it though for upper body strength.

Go into it slow and you will be fine. The change to a super high protein diet is helpful as well and not an option after surgery. I have lost over 140 lbs and gained over 20 lbs in muscle.

Anyone lift seriously after surgery . I have been lifting more weight than I ever had in my life but I am also the heaviest I have ever been. Having surgery in next few months . I am so concerned about being weak and losing a lot if muscle when I lose weight

Hey McCarthy,

Would love to hear how you got on with your weightlifting after surgery?

I have also been seriously lifting for over the past year, hitting some decent numbers.

I think the general advice is to wait at least 6 weeks before going back lifting - what approach did you take? Did you roll back the numbers right to the bar & work up? how slow or fast was it?

What restricts you, is it purely fatigue?

I am not being open about my surgery so not sure how I am going to explain my rapidly decreasing numbers! Going from a 100kg squat to 20kg!

It appears I am having little success trying to revive this old thread!

@@Dub you seem to be the guy that knows a lot about everything - any advice on this?

It appears I am having little success trying to revive this old thread!

@@Dub you seem to be the guy that knows a lot about everything - any advice on this?

I have yet to resume lifting post-sleeve.

Allowing abdominal hernia repair to heal and dicey with right shoulder.

I want to badly, though.

That's a pity!!

Hey, I just saw this. Sorry, I don't visit much. It's a good topic, so I hope this thread can be helpful and if I can help with anything I'll be glad to. 4 year sleeve veteran here that lifts a lot.

Hey, I just saw this. Sorry, I don't visit much. It's a good topic, so I hope this thread can be helpful and if I can help with anything I'll be glad to. 4 year sleeve veteran here that lifts a lot.

Did weightlifting help with batwings?

Hey, I just saw this. Sorry, I don't visit much. It's a good topic, so I hope this thread can be helpful and if I can help with anything I'll be glad to. 4 year sleeve veteran here that lifts a lot.

Did weightlifting help with batwings?

Hello Georgeo! I didn't really have a problem with bat wings, but I think like many other small extra skin problem areas, resistance training can help. Tricep work and even some bicep work can help SOME in that area. Maybe some dips, tricep push down and even bicep curls that help isolate some of the arm muscles. Also, pullups, which mostly work lats, but work arms indirectly may be beneficial.