So If you do LL your legs will never be as good as they were before?

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Quote from: LLprime3 on April 21, 2022, 08:52:06 PMI understand that my two diaries are not popular, but in two days I will have finished my second LL surgery, with a total increase of
+7.85 cm on femurs and
+5.3 cm on tibias.

Even though I did not fully recover after over a year from my femur surgery, I can still see how I will get back to my previous levels in about 3 years. Recovery is also limited by time, not just exercises. These processes to heal damaged tissues, healing processes in general really take up time. When I tried to get in a good but short run, I would sometimes have to recover for weeks because I damaged something else in the process. If it wasn't for this, there would be no limitations to my training, other than will and stamina.

I will let people know if I manage to recover beyond expectations.

Okay, if you did two surgeries then you should know better than anyone how much LL takes a toll on your athletic abilities.

I will also say that I have only tried running while my IM nails were still inside my femurs and so far my legs have felt way better since I got the nails removed. Maybe it’s possible that I will be able to run better once I can start running again, but with the nails still in there was absolutely no way to get back to my prior athletic level. Even running for a few minutes would get my heart rate up to the 180s. If I pushed any harder I’d probably get a heart attack.

I certainly hope that my athletic recovery will be better and I will work hard on it, but I’m just being realistic when I say I’ll be happy if I can even run 2/3 the speed I could before surgery.

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LLprime3 is spot on.

I’ve actually been doing pretty good. I’m 40+ years old now and I qualified to compete at the highest level in Taekwondo.
Yes I’m proud of my achievement!

Knees hurt some days and some days they don’t. I can walk and run and jump(but not as high as before).

Last year I broke my knee from doing a jump kick and it hurt like hell.
6 months later I won the championship. It was a pain, but I’m still competitive.

I can’t recommend doing more than 5cm and definitely not passing 6cm. The down time is too much from doing more cm.

I was a pro athlete when I went to India and it took me 6 loooong years to get my professional athlete card back again. Some months I trained 3 times/day - and having a full time job.

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wow ,weclome star

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So, was LL worth it?

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Certain things will inevitably change due to differences in biomechanics and center of gravity, but I wouldn't say that your legs will be permanently impaired. I think the real kicker is that you're spending time you could be training recovering from major surgery, and thus, there is an inherent opportunity cost in that sense.

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Quote from: Teddy_Picker on April 22, 2022, 02:38:01 PMSo, was LL worth it?

Yes absolutely.
For me has had a huge upswing in life.

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Quote from: Sweden on April 23, 2022, 10:24:01 AMYes absolutely.
For me has had a huge upswing in life.

Do you wish you did less? How much would you say LL affected your weight lifting/gym performance.

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Quote from: Teddy_Picker on April 22, 2022, 02:38:01 PMSo, was LL worth it?

For me, definitely as well. It reshaped my identity and perspective of myself so you could say it changed me into a different person both physically and mentally. I can’t even imagine going back to under 5’7” again.