Hello everyone, I used to be a fairly avid poster several years ago, but I dropped off after I started focusing more on school, fitness, etc. After graduating and getting a good job, I've gotten to a point in my life where I can finally afford leg lengthening surgery with ease. My goal is to regain the height I lost due to precocious puberty, as my projected adult height was approximately 6'0.5 (or 184.5 cm). That requires about 5.5 inches of leg lengthening. The main question, however, is if I may regain all my weightlifting performance after leg lengthening surgery--as this is also an issue of great importance to me. My current lifts are 315 for a max bench, 405 lbs for a max squat, and 450 for a max deadlift, and my lifetime goals are 400, 600, and 650 respectively. I don't plan for LL to destroy these ambitions. Thus, my plan is to lengthen approximately 18% of my femurs and tibias (under the 20% soft limit for LL) in order to facilitate easier recovery, which equals about 5.6 inches of total lengthening. The question is: how realistic is this, really? I'm still very young, healthy, and have no preexisting conditions, but I'm curious about the posibilities of x factors that will ruin my ambitions. A lot has changed on these forums in my absence, so anyone with new relevant info and experience would be great.
Don't worry. Once you're tall you won't feel the need to overcompensate with weightlifting.
It's not really a matter of overcompensation. Being very strong and muscular is of incredible importance to me.
believe us, you won't give a sh*t anymore. As somebody who was working out 5-6x/week before my cll, you'll be more focused on the next phase of your life (recovery, work, and getting laid)
Regardless, what is your opinion on the matter?
I mean..I do care at 5'9 and I will care in future when I 'll get the surgery because being taller it's not the point of life .
It's a side of it so having the rest all set is what makes the height valuable .
So ye if former patients can tell us more about it would be greatly appreciated even tho this topic has been brought up in the past too
The pieces of metal you lift using your thigh muscles will likely need to become smaller, or at least stay the same instead of getting larger as you get stronger. Your muscles will be doing harder work because of the change in mechanics. Tibia lengthening doesn't change the mechanics of your squats much, so it's nearly negligable.
Lifting weights puts a lot of stress on your joints and directs a lot of extra metabolic activity towards building muscle you don't need. It's like smoking; you'll regret it when you're older. All I do is yoga now.
Probably depends a great deal on how quickly you can regain your flexibility. Read the diaries here--there's a very wide range on how long that takes. Some people are freaks and have equal mobility within months of completing consolidation. Some take years. And the level of effort you put into PT/stretching/yoga, etc., will effect that.
But no matter how quickly you get that back (if you do), you'll be out of commission for a while in the meantime. You won't be touching those kind of heavy weight #s for the first year. And then you'll get the nails out which will set you back again (you have to wait months before loading with heavy weights after the nails come out, while the bones heal).
Consider yourself lucky if you are back on the road to those #s at the 2/2.5 year mark.
Sorry, just realized you are doing 2 segments. My response above assumed one segment. Add another year to my estimate, at least.
I'm starting with one segment to reach about 176-177 cm, seeing how I feel, then only going back under the knife if I'm still dissatisfied. However, thank you for your input.
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