Rotator Cuff Surgery, Work on Lower Body?

Bigger Stronger Leaner Jim Wendler 5/3/1 Coaching
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Hi Jim, I’m about to go in for rotator cuff surgery. With this being something you worked through, do you have any advice for training what is trainable so that I can try and maintain some lower body strength while I’m unable to move my arm during recovery?
I’ve invested in a safety squat bar so I can squat when I’m able to have weight on my shoulder.

Any advice / suggestions on exercises etc that can be done while being limited? I’ll be in a sling for 6 weeks. I hear I wont want to do crap for the first couple of weeks so I’m planning on trying to start something on the 3rd week that wont affect my shoulder.

Thank you!

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Check out the entire article on Tnation called “Jim Wendler is in Rehab”. It details everything I did.

Good luck and be patient. And since you got an SS bar, you can squat. What else do you have to do? Hip thrusts? Chain suspended dumbbell rows with a Zotmann twist?

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Thank you Sir.
I actually found your article last night, very helpful!!

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I am thoroughly impressed that you got full motion after 6 weeks. Im lucky if the surgeon will actually allow passive movement 6 weeks after surgery. Then at that point they are stiff as hell and suck to get motion back.