Working out after the surgery
I’m still recovering from my surgery and taking it easy like the doc said. I started working out on Monday. Nothing much, just 20 minutes on the stair climber, and some light dumbbell curls. I ended up doing 3 sets of 15 using 25 pound dumbbells. I curled up and down for 3 seconds each, concentrating on the muscle. I didn’t know that know that 25 pounds could be that heavy, after a month on not doing anything.
25 pounds was the heaviest I could go, without incorporating my ab muscles. I did 3 sets of hammer curls, using the same weights. I also did 3 sets of 15 dumbbell overhead tricep extension, using a 30 pound dumbbell. I finished with 3 sets of 22 rope tricep pushdown using 40 pound weights. I must say that today, my arms are sore.
Today, I did a 15 minute shoulder workout. Jumped on the stair climber for 10 minutes. It went like this:
Standing Cable Reverse Flye- 15 reps- 30 lb,8 reps- 40 lb, 10 reps-30 lb, 12 reps-30 lb
Standing Behind the Back Cable Raise-15 reps-10lb, 8 reps- 10lb, 10 reps - 10 lb, 12 reps - 10 lb
Standing Rope Cable Raise - 15 reps-20 lb, 8 reps -20 lb, 10 reps -20 lb, 12 reps- 20 lb
I didn’t gain or lose any weight. I was conscious of what I ate. I just started following my diet plan again. Since I can’t take any supplements, I have to add more foods that contain protein to my diet. More boiled eggs, stuff like that. I don’t really like eating more food. I got used to eating the smalls, supplemented with a protein shake.
My stomach is still healing, so I can’t do any ab workouts, or anything that puts a strain on the abs. So most of my workouts will consist of low weights, and more time to complete, as I will be moving the weight at 3 sec paces. Overall, I’m almost back to my old self. Even the scarring is slowly going away.
Before Monday, I was just going to wait the full 2 months to recover. It wasn’t until I had to climb 2 flights of stairs at work, and I was pretty winded when I got to my floor. I was in the middle of trying to talk to a coworker, and was having trouble catching my breath. I was like "hell naw!" I have to get back in the gym. So every day, I’m getting on the stair climber, or bicycle for at least 10 - 20 minutes. I can’t wait until I’m able to run again.
Well that’s it.
