Am I being naive to believe that after lengthening my femurs by 4-5cm (And without any complications with guichet) I will be able to get back 90%+ to what I was before (In terms of sports as I am a powerlifter)? And what about walking like before?
I am doing it as a hobby. So I wouldnt mind to be able to squat less than 150kgs
Did you decide to which doctor are you going deads?
Quote from: Alittletooshort on January 18, 2016, 11:24:44 AMYour squat performance will suffer regardless of your recovery level. The longer femurs will just have a less effiecient power transmission, you can´t change that in any way, but the more you lengthen the worse it gets.
You will probably be fine, did you measure your bone length to get an idea how high the percentage you lengthen is? Most people suffer from reduced explosiveness and reduced stamina, so lifting wheights in the gym should not be a big deal I guess. 4-5cm´s seem like a smart amount to me and I think that you will probably be able to recover very well.
Just read some diaries, most femur patients who did 8cm´s say that they will not get back what they had prior to the surgery. I think it was programdude who said that if sports are important to you, don´t do more than 2 inches.
Yeah. I choose 4-5cm since I am 171cm. I know it wont make me "tall". But It will transform me from almost average to average in most places. Considering the fact that I only wear shoes (including the stuff for my flatfoot) that add to my height 4cm, I always gain 4cm. So walking around at 179-180 seems a reasonable height for me. And as I said before, if someone will call me short at 5'9 or 175-176cm, they probably need to go to a psychaiatrist to check their mental statues.
More important than squat for me, is to know if after everything is over (surgery, consolidation, recovery) no one including me will be able to notice I even had a surgery
Quote from: Thatdude950 on January 18, 2016, 06:48:13 PMDon't play it down by saying "Olympic level". The average person with decent genetics, no LL who trains hard their entire life still won't reach Olympic level.
You will suck at powerlifting by even hobbyist standards if you do LL. A 150kg squat is not impressive and it's very unlikely you will able to get near that.
Yeah... I know that 150kg is not impressive.. But its not bad for a 69kg person 
. Anyway, more important to me as I said before is to know if after I am done with the process will I be able to walk and move like a normal person (taking the scenario in which no complications accure)
Quote from: Thatdude950 on January 18, 2016, 07:49:57 PMCool. 150 at that weight is decent and shows a level of commitment for sure, and you'll out squat the average gym goer comfortably - but by powerlifting standards, it's really only just getting into intermediate kind of territory.
Considering that after a year most people aren't jogging, or even walking normally, yes people are likely to notice. Especially your gym brahs. long term - you will notice. Others might or might not depending how lucky you are with recovery and what they see you doing. When two years later you're still struggling to squat 100kg people will prob ask wtf happened
Do you know any guichet patients that did this kind of lengthening? Because if I am going femoral, I am doing only 4-5cm with guichet (even though I have a feeling in my head that he is not as good as he is presenting himself to be..)
Quote from: Thatdude950 on January 19, 2016, 12:23:42 PMWhat I'm getting at is that at the moment his ceiling is high - if he wanted to, he could build on that number. It's not impressive but it's a great foundation that probably took a few years of consistent work.
LL destroys that foundation beyond repair. It's very unlikely that he will return to 90% of that and squat ~135 - 140kg. Ability wise, for the next few years and probably the rest of his life, he will be at the beginner level, on par with guys that have been at the gym for a few months.
The question he asked wasn't "Can I perform at an elite/Olympic level", it was "can I return to 90%", which in his case is basically saying "can I perform at an intermediate/decent level".
The answer is no, you probably will not be able to. You might be able to perform the movements, but your ability will be that of a beginner, and your ceiling for improvement will be significantly lower.
what is more important to me is if I will be able to walk normally if everything goes fine. I can ditch the heavy squats and deadlifts for being taller and normal (in terms of walking and moving around and even chasing the bus haha). About the number of years I have been training in the powerlifting world, it's been 1 year and a half.
Quote from: Thatdude950 on January 19, 2016, 12:34:07 PMSo long as you understand what the trade off really is.
That's the thing. If for example I will have extreme chicken legs I will have to reconsider. If I will look normal with somewhat long legs I can live with that. If I will be able to function as a normal non athletic person I know for sure that I can live happily ever after
Quote from: Peaceout on January 23, 2016, 11:01:20 PMI believe he is assuming.If he even claims that he can do it he just cant proof it(altough he wont be able to do it).He is not even sharing his photos right now lol.
Btw im easily accepting your challenge,do it and i wont just delete my account i will burn my pc.
LL ruins your body after a certain limit.
What is the limit though? Because as I said, I "only" want to do 4-5cm
Quote from: Peaceout on January 23, 2016, 11:01:20 PMI believe he is assuming.If he even claims that he can do it he just cant proof it(altough he wont be able to do it).He is not even sharing his photos right now lol.
Btw im easily accepting your challenge,do it and i wont just delete my account i will burn my pc.
LL ruins your body after a certain limit.
What is the limit though? Because as I said, I "only" want to do 4-5cm
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