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thanks for the info and warning my friend! how are you doing now bro , are you back in the gym lifting hard? Out of fear I will take it really slow and probably will not bench yet even if he does clear me to start low. It will be pushups for a long time I think. I'm paranoid about another tear, want this thing to heal well
I've attached some pictures that I just took. Remember, I had my surgery on 7 March and the injury on 19 February. I was in a sling for 4 weeks, the doctor said I didn't need to wear it after 2 weeks because my injury looked like it was healing at incredible rates. He stated that the recovery speed appeared to 10x faster than other people.
1.5 months post surgery, I pushed open a door with my damaged side (i.e. a mall door - rather thick). Then I felt the next day pain in my chest and the muscle detached / loosened from the proper position.
The doctor said there is a big difference between MT junction repairs and tendon bone repairs. Mine was a MT junction tear which is very difficult to recover and needs an incredible long time.
My training - I now weigh 111kg (but I'm tall 194cm). I hired a bodybuilder to identify which exercises I could train, namely upper body ones.
Chest - I can only push per arm 35lb x 25 reps max. I'm told to only go for a pump and nothing great than this until I reach the post 6 month mark. 40+ lbs appears to give me an itching feeling in that area, so I don't push heavier or try to.
Shoulders - I can basically do really heavy close military presses presses for front delts. No dumbbells allowed. I am very strong in the shoulders, but cannot do wider grip because it appears to use my chest for support.
Triceps - I cannot do skull crushers because it makes my chest hurt to support, even close grip presses I cannot go heavy, so just go for a pump 12-15 reps.
Back - can do all heavy rows except any over head type rows. Told not to stretch the chest area out.
Legs - no problems
As you can see in my pics, I put the normal side and the fucked up shitty side. I hope that gives you persistence not to push yourself too soon. The doctor told me you should wait 3 months before any training of the chest and shouldn't push yourself for at least 6 months.
I'm 10iu HGH since Nov 11 + I'm on testosterone replacement therapy (TRT) dosages for 2 months post surgery and started to up everything in the last 1.5 months, gaining a considerable amount of weight since now I can eat more.... but I still have this fucked up hole in my chest!
When I stand up normal, you can't tell I have a hole. Only when I flex, the tendon string sticks out.
Thanks for everything!
