Training question (Mods, please leave up a little while)

[bbkingpin]

What happened to need such a surgery?

Right side is fine. Lft is problem. in 1990 I injured left hip on leg sled, tried to push out last rep with pushing knees and something inside left hip popped. Eventually the pain went away. 8 years later (1998) doc tells me you've got 5-15 years before hip replacement for left hip, cartilage is worn down. Kept up routine, got as high as squatting 405x8, later (in avatar) 365x6-8 at 185 lbs, and cardio on treadmill at 7mph sped up the process. 9 years later (2007), I guess he was right. The minimally invasive procedure prevents all of the muscle damage associated with the traditional 12" incision. Doc says, old way was like removing entire engine block to replace an oil filter. Dont get me wrong, it's major surgery. But the recovery time is 1/3 of the traditional method.

We're not young forever, we eventually find out. But I'm hoping to be the bionic man after this thing heals. Million Dollar Man (Lee Majors) .... most are too young to remember Farah Fawcett's boyfriend before Ryan O'Neal stole her. Any of you guys watch tv in 70s as a pre schooler? The bionic man. I did not go through all of this to become a swimmer. I could have done that without surgery. With my floaties amidst the retirees at Bally's ... sounds like the life for a guy in mid 30s ... not!

 

[Mac173]

Right side is fine. Lft is problem. in 1990 I injured left hip on leg sled, tried to push out last rep with pushing knees and something inside left hip popped. Eventually the pain went away. 8 years later (1998) doc tells me you've got 5-15 years before hip replacement for left hip, cartilage is worn down. Kept up routine, got as high as squatting 405x8, later (in avatar) 365x6-8 at 185 lbs, and cardio on treadmill at 7mph sped up the process. 9 years later (2007), I guess he was right. The minimally invasive procedure prevents all of the muscle damage associated with the traditional 12" incision. Doc says, old way was like removing entire engine block to replace an oil filter. Dont get me wrong, it's major surgery. But the recovery time is 1/3 of the traditional method.

We're not young forever, we eventually find out. But I'm hoping to be the bionic man after this thing heals. Million Dollar Man (Lee Majors) .... most are too young to remember Farah Fawcett's boyfriend before Ryan O'Neal stole her. Any of you guys watch tv in 70s as a pre schooler? The bionic man. I did not go through all of this to become a swimmer. I could have done that without surgery. With my floaties amidst the retirees at Bally's ... sounds like the life for a guy in mid 30s ... not!

Good call on finding out if you were able to lift after surgery.

Hope everything works out for you.

 

[galaxy]

You would be suprised at how little training you need to do to maintain size when on gear bro. I barely lift but maybe a few times a month if that and maintain pretty well. A few months of not training legs is nothing. Ive barely trained for over a year. And what size you do lose will come right back. I mean Im not like I was but I aint bad either and Im sure you will be training upper more than I have so youll be even better off.