help exercise question

[morph521 0]

I was banded on 10/22/08 and have been going to the gym on regular basis about 6 weeks now. I just saw a post on another website stating should not be doing situps? Anybody out there know if this is true.

[TQUAD64 9]

I don't know if that is true or not, but I would ask my doctor. I am too scared to do a push up. I don't want my port to move or flip.

[luluc 6]

I was banded on 10/22/08 and have been going to the gym on regular basis about 6 weeks now. I just saw a post on another website stating should not be doing situps? Anybody out there know if this is true.

i didn't till several months out.

i didn't have "belly fat" and my port was attached right onto muscle - it was painful for a while.

check w/your dr.....mine said 10wks and normally you should be fine.

[MacMadame 81]

I waited about two months to do Pilates because I wanted my incisions to be fully healed.

[janesays 2]

i thought so too, but my doctor actually has us see a personal trainer (physical therapist for insurance purposes) at his hospital before the surgery, and then at 4, 6, 8, and 10 weeks post surgery. i have been to my 4 and 6 weeks after surgery so far, and at the 4 weeks is when he started me doing situps and pushups and basically a normal workout routine. i asked him about whether i should wait more for my incisions to heal, and he said that your body will tell you-- if it hurts, don't do it. mine didn't hurt (besides normal sore muscles after the workout), so i did everything. 61 situps in 60 seconds actually, if you want specifics. :cool:

[MacMadame 81]

he said that your body will tell you-- if it hurts, don't do it.

Exactly! I did Jazzercise at about 5 weeks out and it HURT. So I stopped and didn't do Pilates until later.

My doctor told me I could do whatever exercises I wanted at about 3 weeks out. I figured my body didn't want to do pilates just yet. :thumbup:

[janesays 2]

I figured my body didn't want to do pilates just yet. :tongue2:

I don't think my body wants me to do pilates, ever! i've tried it a few times over the past few years and WOW, intense pain every time... even without surgery! my trainer had me do the pilates 100 the other day.... i had to do it in pieces.

i did do this class once called piloga, a combination of pilates and yoga.... i loved that class. all the intense workout from pilates but broken up by some relaxing yoga.

[MacMadame 81]

Our pilates instructor is awesome. We alternate core strength work with stretching. But she also teaches a yoga class right after. Every pilates class I've done has put in bits from yoga though. Tell your trainer to do it too! :tongue2:

[janesays 2]

yeah my trainer kept making fun of it, he couldnt even get the name right-- kept calling it pill-yogurt? haha but hes this enormously buff guy that could pick me up with one arm, so i feel like even pilates is too easy for him. :thumbdown: