Band Aid Brigade......Again
It was 12 days ago that I went in for my day surgery. I went in thinking I was losing an ovarian cyst. I ended up losing the cyst, the ovary and the fallopian tube. I had quite a bit of discomfort directly following the surgery. The next day, I felt pretty good so I thought it would be a great time to go buy chicken food. You know, the 35lb bag of chicken food that was exacly 25lb more than what I was uposed to be lifting. Needless to say the rest of that day and the next I was fairly sore. Still only had to take 2 of the 800mg ibuprofen that they had given me. I decided to stop being an idiot and rest. Who would have guessed that was the best course of action? Anyhoo.....the pain left, the glue filling my bellybutton fell out, the glue holding my skin together flaked and peeled away (all except some annoyinh little "string" that's sticking out of my left side), and I'm feeling well. So tonight I decided to start back into some light, very light, weight training. I haven't gotten the official OK, my appointment isn't until next Monday, but I'm getting sore from being stagnant. Tonight we benched. Here's what I did:
BENCH:
[bar (full rep x10/ 1.5 rep x10)]
bar x20
INCLINED BENCH:
(bar x10) 3x
And that was it. See, I didn't go all crazy (a couple of people had expressed concern). It felt good. I can't say I really wanted to do more. But what I did didn't cause any issues. The only time there was any hint of anything being different was when I first got into the bench position and scooted my butt back, there was a very slight pull on my right hand side. I'm pleased. I'm going to keep the weight at minimal amounts and stay away from anything that stresses the core too much. Definitely no squatting or deads until I get the official OK. But upper body should be fine.
(That pic is my property. Wanna use it? Pay me and I'll let you ;) )
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