3 weeks out of surgery

And ready to go! First of all let me introduce myself. I'm Joe E. and just had my surgery on 11-09-05, and I have so much energy is ridiculous. I haven't been clared by my Dr to lift anything over 10 lbs, but as soon as he does I want to do some serious excercise. Any insights and recomendations, so I won't do something dumb and end up getting surgery again? Thank you in advance. Joe

Welcome to the best board on the site, we are small in numbers but huge in respect, support and enthusiasm. Congrats on your step to a healthy life, wow, you got some real good stuff coming your way! I could not agree more with Earl (Big suprise, he knows much). WALK-WALK-WALK, then walk some more, #1 exersice for you now (And, maybe later also). Start slow, I cannot urge that enough, enthusiasm is awesome, but it can lead to some serious delayed onset soreness, or even injury, and derail your workouts. You sound like you are aware of that, so good for you. That is really all I can say for now. Welcome! Mike425/259/225

Hey Joe, The Body for Life program By Bill Phillips is a great program to start with. http://www.bodyforlife.com/exercise/weighttraining.asp Like Mike and Earl said....take it SLOW. You do not want to injure yourself. Let the abdomen completely heal before you do some weight training. I waited 3 months (not 3 weeks) before I started training. Keep us posted on your progress and let me know if you like the Body for Life program.

Hey guys, thank you for the welcome and the advice. I will wait to recoup well, and after that get in better shape, as far as endurance goes, because I realize that it's not going to happen overnight, and to achieve what many of you have done, it requires a lot of commitment and lots of time. I will keep all of you up to date . Joe