Thanks for all the support gang!
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Originally Posted by Eric3237
I'd like to hear more about the bodyweight squat and whether you could try something else instead of leg press. Leg press after back surgery does not sound good to me. I am sure there are better alternatives.
I would also recommend an intermediate 5x5 or something where the volume could be modulated rather than launching into the stronglifts, which, if I understand correctly, is SS with 5x5 instead of 3x5. This is just a very general thing and I am not saying what will work for you of not work for you but when recuping from those kind of ongoing health problems you really want to be able to ease into the volume of it and not just the weight.
Good luck Rabbit. Sorry to hear about all these problems and glad to hear you are back at it.
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Hi Eric, you gave me a lot of help back when I originally started SS in January of 2007 and I am very happy to see you still kicking about.
The back surgery was very minor. It was a day surgery and I was only in the hospital for three hours or so. It was called a kyphoplasty. They drill two little holes in your vertebrae and then pump in a medical cement to "inflate" the vertebrae to close to its original shape. I was advised to resume normal activity within a week.
We are heading off to the gym now. I just did 3x5 bodyweight squats with a broom handle and I am glad I did it at home with only my wife watching. I'll be spending the week with the broom handle working on hamstring and glute flexibility as I am pitching forward at the bottom. Also need to work on shoulder flexibility.
I will be "listening to my body" and will gradually be moving from 3x5 to 5x5 on squats. So far no problems with the upper body as I did as many dips off the kitchen chairs as I could almost daily while I was out of it.
Cheers and we're off to lift. Yaaaarrr!