posted Wed, 08/06/2014 - 07:05
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Starting back at the gym !
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I'm heading back to the gym after 8 months off from rotator cuff and bicep surgery. 'm looking to she the fat and gain some lean muscle on top. Any suggestions ? I'm trying to gear back up for the Savage race in October.
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Awesome brother
Everyone is different so anything that you see here is subjective. get on your own path and share your experience with other people. Go to the gym bro and dont stop until you look the way you want to look. Thats it, thats all. When your walking out of that door and you feel like you could of done more you failed and did not do enough. i watched my father in law recover from a surgery in his spine. He did not take pills, he did not complain. We went to the gun range and he shot his 308. Worked hard and did not stop. he acts as if it never happened. And ill be damned its as if it never did.
I agree with this mentality but I thought he would be well advised to take it slow. time off sucks, ask anyone, including myself. when you KNOW you can say bench 315 for reps but the most weight you've had in your hands is say 245, maybe it might be a better idea to slowly work up to the 315. like I said muscle memory is very real, the mechanisms are understood, and he will gain what he lost very rapidly; this must be taken into account or he could injure himself, especially considering he is getting back into training after an injury, not just time off.
I agree work hard, give it hell, don't get discouraged, but be smart about it; take it from someone thats been there.
also, and this is just the opinion from someone thats never touched PEDs in his life (although I plan on doing my first shortly) so if someone more experienced wants to chime in, please do because I could be completely wrong and I don't want to be giving potentially dangerous or even poor advice but I would not jump out of the gate on ANY sort of gear. I know there are some that will strengthen CT, lubricate joints etc like nandrolone, boldenone, etc. but I think you best bet in terms of longevity is to take it slow, know when to stop, and don't add any exogenous hormones into your protocol that will boost your strength even further on top of the dramatic strength gains muscle memory will have you making. like I and scorch said give it hell, don't get discouraged but know when you've had enough and be smart about it.
best of luck in your recovery.
go slowwwwwwwww, no matter how strong you feel.
I lifted for just shy of 3 years naturally, took 3 years completely off due to school, lost about 50lbs, hundreds of pounds off my lifts, etc, and decided to start back up again, naturally. Muscle memory is NO joke, depending on how strong you were when you stopped lifting, the chance of tearing, ripping, whatever something is very real because you will gain strength extremely quickly compared to the musculature and connective tissue strength you had when you were at that level of strength the first time around (at least for certain lifts). Case in point, I came back did full deadlift workouts everyday for 8 days in a row, during that time I added 70+lbs to the lift and in the process (because I was also doing DL assistance work) got such bad elbow tendonitis that i could not lift for 3 weeks w/o excruciating pain in my left arm. I know how it feels, believe me, but slow and steady wins this race when you're coming back after an extended layoff.