Workout plus LL?

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Planning to get LON this year - either tibia or femur (yes i know femur is painful, but proportion wise and money wise would suit me so much better).

I also don't want to stop working out, i know that i'd be able to do a few weight training exercises as it involves laying down however with legs ... i don't want to be the guy that's all upper body strength and no legs although in my mind i know this is likely going to happen.

Has any body here done light training on their legs that isn't stretching so that overall you only lose a little muscle as opposed to a lot?

or do i have to suck it up and accept ill lose all my muscle in my legs.

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Bad choice. End

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have you done LL though - can you actually vouch why?

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Then don't do this surgery, you will lose more than 40% of muscle, Good luck

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I read on the old forums though  of some guy taking dumbbells to work out - not necessary legs more of do you think there is a way to minimize muscle loss?

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You can do minimal training upper body

During this surgery you will lose a good 30-40% of the muscle on your legs and it will take at least a year for your bones to harden for you to train legs properly again.

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Quote from: egocentrical on February 21, 2017, 08:38:20 PMI read on the old forums though  of some guy taking dumbbells to work out - not necessary legs more of do you think there is a way to minimize muscle loss?

No, you will lost it whatever you do, Guichet said try to build as much muscle as you can on your leg so this is the only way to minimize the impact. Unfortunately Your thigh will be thinner anyways. Good luck

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Well I already have chicken legs so, I guess I'll just focus on legs more these upcoming months before I start my journey - as for upper body I have a bench and Dumb bells at home so aspect I can atleast keep up some maintenance - I wonder if the guy named "bodybuilder" on this forum has any input since he is quite open about being well built.

So if I did gain muscle and then lose it - is it easier to gain back due to being conditioned in training? I've heard that it's easier to gain back muscle after loss if you were muscular in the past. Any truth to this?

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Yes its easier to gain back in general but you need to realise it will be a long time before you can train your legs hard again. If you lengthen too much you will struggle full stop to get the muscle back.

I lost A LOT when I did mine.

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Slight atrophy of muscle due to not engaging in muscular hypertrophy such as no longer going to the gym but still engaging in day to day activities such as walking is very different from atrophy and muscle wastage due to disability and complete inactivity of a muscle. The latter can take years to recover from.