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I'm in the situation of having the longest lay off of my life from working out due to surgery I had in the summer.
I had Maxillofacial Orthognathic surgery and was required to not lift weights for 4-5 months, **** sucks but I have been basically waiting for this surgery my whole entire life. M.O is basically when they cut off your jaw and then re-position it to correct a bite, in my case it was a severe under-bite.
Before the surgery I was probably close to being in the best shape of my life, maybe even better when I was playing college football because I knew there would be a long lay off. I was about 230-235 around 12-15% body fat, benching 385 max, benching 225 x 25 times, and dead-lifting 575. Between not being able to eat solid foods for the first month and not being able to workout for the last 4-5 months, I've lost probably close to or over 20-25 lbs and I'm going to say that a majority of that is muscle.
Anyone have advice in getting back into shape after so long (besides just getting back to the gym)? Before the surgery I was working out 5-6 days a week but obviously that's not going to work now.
Any advice/help is appreciated.
I had Maxillofacial Orthognathic surgery and was required to not lift weights for 4-5 months, **** sucks but I have been basically waiting for this surgery my whole entire life. M.O is basically when they cut off your jaw and then re-position it to correct a bite, in my case it was a severe under-bite.
Before the surgery I was probably close to being in the best shape of my life, maybe even better when I was playing college football because I knew there would be a long lay off. I was about 230-235 around 12-15% body fat, benching 385 max, benching 225 x 25 times, and dead-lifting 575. Between not being able to eat solid foods for the first month and not being able to workout for the last 4-5 months, I've lost probably close to or over 20-25 lbs and I'm going to say that a majority of that is muscle.
Anyone have advice in getting back into shape after so long (besides just getting back to the gym)? Before the surgery I was working out 5-6 days a week but obviously that's not going to work now.
Any advice/help is appreciated.