Advice needed - injury/resistance training

[QVx]

Hi all,

Have had a very bad elbow tendon injury for the last 6 months which has only just really begun to sort itself out.

Looking to get back into training but I’m acutely aware that picking up heavy weight training again would not be the wisest of choices.

Currently plan is body weight training only, although I’m concerned it’s not the best bang for my buck.

Thoughts on approach? Switch to bodyweight or gently ease back into a 3 day push, pull, legs hybrid routine with barbell and body weight?

[PsychedelicEagle]

I would say bodyweight can be quite heavy depending on what you're doing. So it literally depends on the exercises you pick, and the load you choose.

Why not up the reps and do a very slow progressive overload? You could start for example with a load that you can do 30 reps and go from there, slowly increasing the weights over the weeks. Recent research on hypertrophy has shown that it happens even for higher reps, which was thought to not be the case up until recently.

Edited June 28 by PsychedelicEagle

[PsychedelicEagle]

9 hours ago, QVx said:

although I’m concerned it’s not the best bang for my buck

What are you goals?

[aurum]

@QVx

Consider using quality resistance bands. They're good for rehab and seem to not cause people as many issues. 

Also, you don't want to hurt yourself, but you also don't want to baby it. You want to get back to as much physical activity as you can safely tolerate as soon as you can.

Hiring a trainer might help you with getting back into things.

 

Edited June 29 by aurum

[QVx]

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