Quote from: Dreamer57 on May 19, 2021, 09:21:55 PMHey man, eagerly waiting for your next update....I'm sure ther must have been some great improvement!!
The last video was crazy! Already running just after post op....! Hope your are doing great!
Best wishes!
Hey Dreamer57,
Good to hear from you.
I have been busy, but I plan to make a list of my achievements and records and post them here.
The following is a video my silly stuff, taken in Month 9 post CLL surgery, which is also around Day 40 post nail removal surgery:
I have been careful on running, because Dr. M. wanted me to take it easy during the first 12 weeks post nail removal. In about 5 weeks or so, I can run with my max speed:
Let me know if you have any other specific move you want me to demonstrate and I'll try my best.
SNC
Femurs with Dr. Shahab Mahboubian - July 2020
Quote from: StrydeNailChallenge on May 20, 2021, 06:28:53 AM
Good to see you SNC! Awesome goddamn video.
Dogecoin to the moon! (Jk f**k Elon musk pump and dump 😂😂 crypto bubble poppin)
I honestly think you are a super human. It hasn't even been like what, 10 months yet? And you already removed the damn nails, can run like that and potentially better because you're intentionally taking it easy, you are at an age that most people gave up in terms of life improvement and challenges and settled into complacency/mediocrity (work, watch TV after work, sleep, repeat) yet you are just pushing your own body and doing insane challenges like bilateral bone breakages and lengthening. You are the warrior of all LLers and the only negative you cause is trick people into thinking LL is easier than it really is because you're a f**king freak of nature and have a work ethic of Kobe Bryant and your result is just the pure result of hard work and not luck or by chance nor is your result typical or even matched by any that I'm aware of.
By the way, you must have no Anterior pelvic tilt if you can do that arch stretch right? How'd you deal with this "duck ass" APT back then when you had it? Asking for other LLers since this seems to be a major concern.
Cheers SNC. You are doing all of us a big favor man. 🙏🏻
Quote from: Serilium on May 20, 2021, 10:16:32 AMGood to see you SNC! Awesome goddamn video.
Dogecoin to the moon! (Jk f**k Elon musk pump and dump 😂😂 crypto bubble poppin)
Haha, so witty and funny 
Quote from: Serilium on May 20, 2021, 10:16:32 AM
I honestly think you are a super human. It hasn't even been like what, 10 months yet? And you already removed the damn nails, can run like that and potentially better because you're intentionally taking it easy, you are at an age that most people gave up in terms of life improvement and challenges and settled into complacency/mediocrity (work, watch TV after work, sleep, repeat) yet you are just pushing your own body and doing insane challenges like bilateral bone breakages and lengthening. You are the warrior of all LLers and the only negative you cause is trick people into thinking LL is easier than it really is because you're a f**king freak of nature and have a work ethic of Kobe Bryant and your result is just the pure result of hard work and not luck or by chance nor is your result typical or even matched by any that I'm aware of.
By the way, you must have no Anterior pelvic tilt if you can do that arch stretch right? How'd you deal with this "duck ass" APT back then when you had it? Asking for other LLers since this seems to be a major concern.
Cheers SNC. You are doing all of us a big favor man. 🙏🏻
Thanks man! Means a lot. I try to address your questions in the following and also add some comments:
Duck ass APT: I have always (and by that I mean since I was a teenager) tried to avoid tilted back, but strengthening my core and doing stretching exercises such as those shown @ https://backintelligence.com/anterior-pelvic-tilt-fix/
However I did not suffer from it during this surgery. It could be because I strengthened my core and perhaps some right muscles whole my life. As I had noted in my diary, my main problem was the extreme level of pain during extraction; that ruined my night sleeps. very torturous...
but that quickly changed a couple weeks into consolidation.
Hard work You are very correct on this. I can't emphasize the importance of hard work in recovery. E.g., my average walking and running miles per day is 6.2 miles and the maximum I walked/ran in one day is 13.4 miles. I also take stretching very seriously. Also rich nutrition matters a lot. My callus growth was exceptionally fast and that is most likely thanks to eating well. I have listed all the pills and types of food in my diary, but let me know if you can't find the info.
Am I misleading our folks here This has always been my concern too; that my diary may encourage someone to do CLL and they later regret it. That is the reason I have repeatedly asked the readers to do what I did for years before going for CLL: I did research for years and that included reading many articles on CLL. No one should decide to go for CLL, just based on this forum.
Hope this helps.
Awesome vid, SNC! I can only hope to be jogging a bit by month 9, let alone sprinting after nail removal 
Of course, I haven't put in even a fraction of the effort into recovery as you have, so naturally my recovery should be much slower. However, based on my experience, I don't think my legs could take nearly as much walking during consolidation as you have done.
Hey man, first of all, thanks for replying!
The video looks great...
Looks like you are almost back to normal
Saying almost, bcuz I want you to keep improving atheltically, to a point where u r better than ppl who haven't gone through ll😂
Also, a couple of questions...
1) When you go out in Public....shopping etc, do ppl notice anything off? Or you are now absolutely back to normal....in terms of that?
2) You asked for a specific move that we would like to see in next vid.... Probably full and half squats?
A few burpees if u can....
And sprint or a run on like regular road/street.....
That would be absolutely wonderful to watch...!
Anyways congratulations on your great progress and recovery....it's beem 9 months post op, and u got those nails out already....that's incredible!
Keep going!
Best wishes!!!!
Quote from: Dreamer57 on May 22, 2021, 09:35:05 PMHey man, first of all, thanks for replying!
The video looks great...
Looks like you are almost back to normal
Saying almost, bcuz I want you to keep improving atheltically, to a point where u r better than ppl who haven't gone through ll😂
Thanks Dreamer57 for the feedback and encouragement.
Quote from: Dreamer57 on May 22, 2021, 09:35:05 PM
Also, a couple of questions...
1) When you go out in Public....shopping etc, do ppl notice anything off? Or you are now absolutely back to normal....in terms of that?
Nothing off I believe. I believe I was back to normal in Month 5 post-CLL and I had reported all the details here. Nail removal surgery was in Month 8. It was a super easy surgery in my case. I felt back to normal once again after Day 3 post-nail removal, but took it easy in jogging/running and plan to keep it that way until 12 weeks post-nail removal, i.e., for about 5 more weeks.
Cause of the pandemic, I have not seen many friends since the surgery, but some whom I've met [and did not know about the surgery] said that I look so tall, and I told them I lost wait and also it's the shoes. I don't mind talking about the surgery, if someone insists, but that has not yet happened
Quote from: Dreamer57 on May 22, 2021, 09:35:05 PM
2) You asked for a specific move that we would like to see in next vid.... Probably full and half squats?
A few burpees if u can....
And sprint or a run on like regular road/street.....
That would be absolutely wonderful to watch...!
Sure, I'll try to make a video of all those, asap.
Quote from: BelowTheMean on May 22, 2021, 06:05:01 PMAwesome vid, SNC! I can only hope to be jogging a bit by month 9, let alone sprinting after nail removal
Of course, I haven't put in even a fraction of the effort into recovery as you have, so naturally my recovery should be much slower. However, based on my experience, I don't think my legs could take nearly as much walking during consolidation as you have done.
Thanks BTM,
Hope all goes well for you and you get back to 100% soon.
Hey man! How are you holding up?
I suppose you have improved your atheletic abilities since your last update! It would really be amazing to hear an update! And btw...can't wait for that video!!
Quote from: Dreamer57 on August 04, 2021, 07:10:03 PMHey man! How are you holding up?
I suppose you have improved your atheletic abilities since your last update! It would really be amazing to hear an update! And btw...can't wait for that video!!
Hi Dreamer57,
I am doing well. I did make some videos two months ago, after I had seen your video request. Sorry that I got busy and could not get time to edit them. I just did that. These clips are from early Month 10 post CLL, which is also early Month 2 post nail removal:
Quote from: Dreamer57 on August 04, 2021, 07:10:03 PMHey man! How are you holding up?
I suppose you have improved your atheletic abilities since your last update! It would really be amazing to hear an update! And btw...can't wait for that video!!
Update: I am at one year post CLL, which is also month 4 post nail removal:
I still stretch (takes about 40 minutes per day). My average walks/runs so far in 2021 has been 6.3 miles per day. My record walk time is 13 and a half minutes per mile and I can keep that speed for 6+ miles. I have been doing long hikes and walks whole my life. However not a runner. In the last 3 months I worked on that. I am very fast but have not done any formal records. If anyone gives me a reference I would try to follow that and report my timing. My older record was 3 miles in less than 24 minutes but I am now faster.
I do 50 to 100 squats per day (no extra weights). Usually half very slow with a few as full squats; but the rest fairly fast (like in the video). Before this surgery I was never into squats; but a different animal now! I wish a CLL’er could squat for like a 1000 per day so I beat them right away 😂 In Month 10, my contractor did not show up and I had to carry 5 concrete bags each 90 pounds. Had to lift them from my car and carry them for a distance of 100 feet or so. It was super easy; something I would probably find difficult had I done swimming only.
I cannot yet do a 180 split. My best is 10cm from the ground. Turns out the last 10cm needs consistent commitment which I have not been able to provide due to my work.
You know I did this surgery as a challenge. It was not the hardest I have ever done (hardest have been technical/scientific) but it was something that helped me improve physically and mentally. E.g., after many years of playing soccer and doing Parkour-like exercises my knees got sensitive and I had to take it easy on crazy exercises and limit myself to swimming only; but now i can jog/run for miles without feeling weird on my knees.
Since end of 2020 I’ve mainly focused on several challenges related to my technical skills and still a long way to go.
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