any good ways to lift heavy w/o putting stress/weight on your legs??

[joshbeam1]

Have an injury in my joint and have still been working out, but just doing upper body stuff cuz i can't put much stress on my joint. Is there any good heavy movements I can do w/o stressing my joint or am i screwed til it heals?
I've been doing alot of seated rows, pulldowns, upright rows(w/relatively light weight), curls, all diff. types of bench(reverse grip, incline, decline, flat) tri extensions, etc. Any other suggestions??
thanks

 

[truck]

I take it it your knee??? If it is just one knee or leg what ever the injury is work the other leg hard doing single leg press hamstring curls and leg extentions and what ever else you can think of. I did this and I think there maybe even research that shows that your body after the injury heals will even it self out with out their being a great disperportion. Post soon as you can with the specifics of your injury and I'll try to help you out as much as i can. I've had 5 knee surgeries to i got a little experience under my belt. Depending on the injury their are some things you can still do with the injured leg.

 

[joshbeam1]

I take it it your knee??? If it is just one knee or leg what ever the injury is work the other leg hard doing single leg press hamstring curls and leg extentions and what ever else you can think of. I did this and I think there maybe even research that shows that your body after the injury heals will even it self out with out their being a great disperportion. Post soon as you can with the specifics of your injury and I'll try to help you out as much as i can. I've had 5 knee surgeries to i got a little experience under my belt. Depending on the injury their are some things you can still do with the injured leg.

no...not knee. Hip
the physical therapist thought i tore the cartiladge or fucked up something deep in the joint. ANyways....i havne't gotten an mri yet so dunno 4 sure.

 

[truck]

oh wow that sucks. I'm not familiar with hip injuries. I'd just go with still working the good leg. I believe it works plus what can you lose from it, I've heard of some pro athletes using this theory after undergoing surgeries in order to speed recovery. Well good luck with that bro.

 

[jcp2]

Get the MRI, i wouldn't recommend anything without knowing the extent of your injury.

 

[Foot_076]

Training with a knee injury?

I take it it your knee??? If it is just one knee or leg what ever the injury is work the other leg hard doing single leg press hamstring curls and leg extentions and what ever else you can think of. I did this and I think there maybe even research that shows that your body after the injury heals will even it self out with out their being a great disperportion. Post soon as you can with the specifics of your injury and I'll try to help you out as much as i can. I've had 5 knee surgeries to i got a little experience under my belt. Depending on the injury their are some things you can still do with the injured leg.

Since you were giving out advice I figured I would get some help right now i'm traing a guy who has a knee injury where there is a large bump under the knee cap his docter said that it would go away with time ..... (my opinion is he's an idiot cause it does look serious) but anyways this guy said that his knee can't have to much stress put on it but he still wants to work his lower body so if you don't mind I sure could use some training tips and exercises that I could show him.

Thanks and by the way who did you play for if that is you in the pic

 

[1BadBeast]

I did this and I think there maybe even research that shows that your body after the injury heals will even it self out with out their being a great disperportion.

I have had 2 knee operations and I was told during recovery to stay away from any heaving leg lifting during recovery but stretching was encouraged. My medial collateral ligament (MCL) was loose and the lateral collateral ligament (LCL) was torn. My LCL was replaced with a synthetic material (Gortex) and held in place with Striker staples. Eventually the bone grows over the staples. Never had problem since.

At the 6 month mark I was rollerblading and playing hockey in the winter but I was definately weaker but I recovered faster that I would have if I would have overworked my knee sooner.

IMO give yourself time to heal....

 

[SteelSouth]

Get the MRI, i wouldn't recommend anything without knowing the extent of your injury.

I agree with jcp2.

 

[truck]

thats not me in the pic. Thats Brian Bozworth when he played for the seahawks. I would say use half balls or something like that that will really work on balance and core strength. When I had to work out with light weight I did squats while standing on the balls using nice form then I used the bar then worked up to 95lbs then to 135, but that puts a lot of stress on the balls when go to much higher in weight. Then to increase the intensisty I moved to standing on medicine balls and would just hold whatever plate I could do to use as a counter balance. I also recomend maybe looking up some athletic training articles on some good excercises their are a ton out their that are awsome. Lunches with no or light weight are good to. Just look for ways to increase intesity or difficulty without increasing weight. Anything that has to do with balance is great.

 

[vados]

Try rack pulls, u can go extremely heavy on those, with minimal leg involvement.
If u dont know what this is, its a deadlift from shin height, done in a power rack.