Re: Broken humerus

"Hobbes" <[email hidden]> wrote

Quoted message said:

John Cody said:

Hello. I recently had a break occur in my arm due to an accident. I'll
be wearing a sling for six weeks and then it should be repaired. My
question: how easy is it to return to weght training after such an
injury?

Easy. You'll gain back very quickly. You can minimize atrophy by
training the other arm (crazy, but true) and there is no reason you
can't train the legs.

But...how do you hold on to the handles of the leg extension machine with a
broken arm?

David

David Cohen said:

"Hobbes" <[email hidden]> wrote

Quoted message said:

John Cody said:

Hello. I recently had a break occur in my arm due to an accident. I'll
be wearing a sling for six weeks and then it should be repaired. My
question: how easy is it to return to weght training after such an
injury?

Easy. You'll gain back very quickly. You can minimize atrophy by
training the other arm (crazy, but true) and there is no reason you
can't train the legs.

But...how do you hold on to the handles of the leg extension machine with a
broken arm?

David

Have a gym bunny sit on your lap...

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David Cohen said:

"Hobbes" <[email hidden]> wrote

Quoted message said:

John Cody <[email hidden]> wrote:

>Hello. I recently had a break occur in my arm due to an accident. I'll
>be wearing a sling for six weeks and then it should be repaired. My
>question: how easy is it to return to weght training after such an
>injury?

Easy. You'll gain back very quickly. You can minimize atrophy by
training the other arm (crazy, but true) and there is no reason you
can't train the legs.

But...how do you hold on to the handles of the leg extension machine with a
broken arm?

David

Have a gym bunny sit on your lap...

If you are real strong it may take more than one...

--
Keith

Hobbes said:

In article <[email hidden]>, spodosaurus

spodosaurus@_yahoo_.com said:

David Cohen said:

"Hobbes" <[email hidden]> wrote

>John Cody <[email hidden]> wrote:
>
>
>>Hello. I recently had a break occur in my arm due to an accident. I'll
>>be wearing a sling for six weeks and then it should be repaired. My
>>question: how easy is it to return to weght training after such an
>>injury?
>
>Easy. You'll gain back very quickly. You can minimize atrophy by
>training the other arm (crazy, but true) and there is no reason you
>can't train the legs.

But...how do you hold on to the handles of the leg extension machine with a
broken arm?

David

Have a gym bunny sit on your lap...

If you are real strong it may take more than one...

I'm sure they could use their arms to reach down and grip something to
help hold the OP in position.

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spammage trappage: remove the underscores to reply

I'm going to die rather sooner than I'd like. I tried to protect my
neighbours from crime, and became the victim of it. Complications in
hospital following this resulted in a serious illness. I now need a bone
marrow transplant. Many people around the world are waiting for a marrow
transplant, too. Please volunteer to be a marrow donor:
http://www.abmdr.org.au/
http://www.marrow.org/

"spodosaurus" <spodosaurus@_yahoo_.com> wrote

Quoted message said:

Hobbes said:

spodosaurus spodosaurus@_yahoo_.com said:

David Cohen wrote:
>"Hobbes" <[email hidden]> wrote
>>John Cody <[email hidden]> wrote:
>>>Hello. I recently had a break occur in my arm due to an accident. I'll
>>>be wearing a sling for six weeks and then it should be repaired. My
>>>question: how easy is it to return to weght training after such an
>>>injury?
>>
>>Easy. You'll gain back very quickly. You can minimize atrophy by
>>training the other arm (crazy, but true) and there is no reason you
>>can't train the legs.
>
>But...how do you hold on to the handles of the leg extension machine
>with a broken arm?
>
Have a gym bunny sit on your lap...

If you are real strong it may take more than one...

I'm sure they could use their arms to reach down and grip something to
help hold the OP in position.

If they can, they're sitting wrong.

David

David Cohen said:

"Hobbes" <[email hidden]> wrote

Quoted message said:

John Cody said:

Hello. I recently had a break occur in my arm due to an accident. I'll
be wearing a sling for six weeks and then it should be repaired. My
question: how easy is it to return to weght training after such an
injury?

Easy. You'll gain back very quickly. You can minimize atrophy by
training the other arm (crazy, but true) and there is no reason you
can't train the legs.

But...how do you hold on to the handles of the leg extension machine with a
broken arm?

Rember that video someone posted of the Romanian, or other?, lifter
doing the totally hands-free squats, including unracking and racking?
Just do that.

- bc

Hobbes said:

John Cody said:

Hello. I recently had a break occur in my arm due to an accident. I'll
be wearing a sling for six weeks and then it should be repaired. My
question: how easy is it to return to weght training after such an injury?

Easy. You'll gain back very quickly. You can minimize atrophy by
training the other arm (crazy, but true)

Not strength loss instead? In any event it'll surely help.

Quoted message said:

and there is no reason you can't train the legs.

No doubt.

Hobbes said:

In article <[email hidden]>,
John Cody <[email hidden]> wrote:

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

Hello. I recently had a break occur in my arm due to an accident. I'll
be wearing a sling for six weeks and then it should be repaired. My
question: how easy is it to return to weght training after such an injury?

Quoted message said:

Easy. You'll gain back very quickly. You can minimize atrophy by
training the other arm (crazy, but true) and there is no reason you
can't train the legs.

You can also reduce atrophy by doing whatever mild exercises you can
with the arm. Simply wriggling it a bit is a lot better than
nothing. You can do whatever doesn't hurt.

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