When is it a good time to start exercise. And what do you guys start from and for how long and how many days a week.

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I started walking that first day, v e r y slowly at first, short times. by week 3 I was back to my normal routine of walking. Now I am up at dark thirty every day to get three miles in, and sometimes a second walk. my goal is at least 20 miles per week. at one month I was cleared for other exercise and so also add in pilates and yoga for stress relief and strength. Now that pools are opening I am looking forward to getting back to swimming. !!!

You don't want to do more than walking until the doctor says you are healed enough.

I am 7 weeks out and didn't do any exercise yet. I been feeling weak all the time. Specially now when I went back to work.

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I was supposed to do up to 60 minutes of "brisk walking" per day immediately post-op. That's 60 minutes spread throughout the day... not all at once. At two months I was cleared for more intense cardio and strength training.

Let me start by saying all my exercise was doctor approved. Check with your surgical team before trying anything.

As for me ... I started walking a few hours after surgery. Short little treks at first, then once I was cleared by my nursing staff I began what I lovingly referred to as the "Elliott 500" ... laps around the surgical floor at all hours of the day and night. I had a loony-toons roommate so in an attempt to maintain my sanity for the 3 days/nights in the hospital I preferred to walk, and walk, and walk.

Post-op I was walking 1/4 mile at the end of my first week and slowly built it up from there. I wasn't allowed to get into the pool until my incisions were fully healed, but then I started to do pool walking and some light laps. At 3 months post-op I was allowed to return to the gym for light lifting/toning. Havent stuck with that as much as I should, but fully unlimited now if I choose to do strength training.

I also "wog" (a pretty pathetic combination of walking and jogging) regularly now. I participate in at least 1 5K race per month, with some longer distances thrown in. I am preparing to begin training for walking a marathon in September.

Again, you should really run everything by your own Doc, but this gives you an idea of my plan.

Good luck!

I was cleared for lifting at 6 wks so I am now on wk 3 of Beachbody workouts. I did T25 the first week, was bored so last week and this I have been doing the 21 day fix workouts and walking as much as I can.

Start walking as soon as you can. I wasn't able to do any weight training/aerobic type exercise until 8 weeks post op. (I also had a hernia repair)

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