Starting back up again..

Bigger Stronger Leaner Powerlifting & Strength Sports
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As some people might have read, I’ve been “on the shelf” since my surgery on April 1st to alleviate the pain on my sciatic nerve caused by a herniated disc (L5). Next week I am cleared to start a resistance training program, but there are some prerequisites I have to follow:

I can only use 50% of the weight I was using prior to surgery, 8-12 reps per exercise, total body workouts, and no more than 8-12 exercises. Would be lifting 3x a week. Any thoughts, or advice on where to start on this? Oh yeah, and no direct ab/low back training just yet either. Thanks! I’m not sure how long this would be going on, next time I go back to check up with my surgeon, I’ll post up on that.

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Is this your surgeon telling you this schedule? If you don’t know your surgeon very well I would check his/her background in exercise, I went to many different MD’s for my shoulder and each one gave a different recommendation, so I went to a sports specific therapist and worked out a schedule with her.
But assuming your surgeon knows his/her stuff, then best of luck.

-Dave

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Go see a level 3 or level 4 CHEK certified instructor. They are excellent at rehabing this type of injury. Your in Cali…it might be worth it for you to go to the CHEK institute for a full evaluation.