Age: 19

HW: 296

SW: 280

CW: 257

I’m 7 weeks post-op and I was solid at the gym for about two weeks when I got the approval from my surgeon then my schedule got pretty hectic and stopped but I’m down 39 pounds so far and ready to get back to the gym!

What’s your favorite workouts to do at the gym (or at home)?

I currently work out at LA Fitness I mainly do cardio but I’m interested in signing up for the classes they offer there such as yoga and kick boxing.

I found that getting a personal trainer early on to help me set up a solid routine helped. At the gym right now, I work with my trainer 2x a month and do a leg routine one day a week, arms a second day and agility a third. I do yoga or Pilates at least once per week for flexibility. I've tried Zumba and its fun, but never seem to find a class that fits my schedule.

I also fence (as in en garde) 5 hours a week. All the other training I do is to support my fencing. Best of luck.

My favorite workout is lifting weights. It gets the best results for the amount of time invested. Compound movements (Squats, Deadlifts, Bench Press, Overhead Press) will be most beneficial.

My surgeon said nothing but a slow walking pace for 6 weeks post op,then after the 6 weeks and I can exercise.

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I went back to the gym post surgery after a brief 20 year hiatus from exercise.

I hired a coach/trainer who owns a small boutique studio and has just been a gift from god in breaking me into exercise and the right exercise for my body (both in terms of capability and what I respond best to.)

Predictably I needed to do a lot of work on the core muscle groups which had almost no strength.

Right now I do cardio for warm up and do a lot of compound movements and have built strength quickly which is what is expected for a novice lifter.

I stay away from the Weight machines unless traveling and the gym doesn’t have barbells. He has also taught me a lot of movements to do with stability balls, TRX and core work.

My typical workout includes some kind of warm up. Then walking lunges, multi-planar lunges, Russian twists, sit ups, calf raises, squats, bench presses, cleans, back extensions, TRX and rows (which he now has me doing in a lunge position with free weights) and finally balance work.

I am on the higher end of the weight loss curve for gastric sleeve- I am 7 months out and have lost almost 70% of my excess body weight with no signs of slowing down. I have had one 1 week stall.

While everyone is different, I do attribute this success to two things - following my nutrition plan and building lean muscle mass.

While hiring the trainer was difficult financially it was the right thing to do. It has taken me quite a bit of time to just get the basic movements down.

My surgeon said nothing but a slow walking pace for 6 weeks post op,then after the 6 weeks and I can exercise.

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I was told one week post op to do cardio like cycling and Zumba

At 6 weeks I started working out with my personal trainer 2x a week. We did some pool based workouts and then started with body weight and core exercises. Have been amping it up since then.

Now (4.5 months out and 58lbs gone) I still do 2x a week with him- we lift (dead lifting, squats with weights, lunges with weights, leg presses, arms, etc), do lots of core stability training, and recently have started working on running. I'm looking at doing a couple 5k runs in next couple months and doing a sprint triathlon in April. I also do 2x a week of cardio (mostly walk/run intervals but sometimes swim) and ride English equestrian 1-2x a week as well. I rode and jumped in HS so now being in early 30's and healthy again felt like the time to go back as I love horses and hopefully will buy one in a year or two.

Edited December 3, 20178 yr by settingqt31

I have not gotten back to the gym. I had my 6 week follow up and have the ok to start exercising beyond walking. My problem is I am still incredibly fatigued. Doctor said that exercise during the first five months will not make a difference in weight loss. After 5 months it will help greatly. I am going to start a yoga class with my daughter one night a week to ease back in. In the past I worked with a trainer and he suggested the book "Sculpting her Body Perfect" it is my holy grail to weight training. I would highly recommend it.

36 minutes ago, belinda401 said:

I have not gotten back to the gym. I had my 6 week follow up and have the ok to start exercising beyond walking. My problem is I am still incredibly fatigued. Doctor said that exercise during the first five months will not make a difference in weight loss. After 5 months it will help greatly. I am going to start a yoga class with my daughter one night a week to ease back in. In the past I worked with a trainer and he suggested the book "Sculpting her Body Perfect" it is my holy grail to weight training. I would highly recommend it.

I'm in the same boat with the fatigue but I think the exercise will help with that. My cardiovascular endurance dropped drastically in the roughly 3 weeks since my surgery. I get winded after 5-10 minutes (when I was capable of jogging for 1-2 hours literally 4 weeks ago)

At the very least it'll help you get your heart back to optimal health, and it will help maintain lean body mass during the drastic caloric deficit. Even if it doesn't help much with the weight loss, it will contribute to minimizing body fat (which really is everybodys goal)