Fellow Exercisers...

Hello ladies!! I posted my stats on the stats thread but I am just soooo excited I have to mention it here too! I am a 36 D/DD!!!! Woop Woop!
I'm 6 weeks post op today, so I ran to get measured this morning, but anyway on to the question:
I am officially off of all restrictions, and am starting my exercise routine back up starting on monday, which will include push ups...
Have any of you girls that have unders and do push ups experience any weird size or shape distortion? I don't want to tighten the muscle and squish my new girls.. but I am training for Federal law enforcement physical testing and I need to be able to pass all the push up / pull up requirements...
Thanks in advance!
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hey! congrats on hitting the 6 week mark...im jealous!! just under two weeks to go for me.
Im afraid i cant really help you much there, as i obv still cant exercise, which i HATE!! i love working out and its hard not been able to just go outside for a run. :( why dont you ask ur ps or nurse about it? im sure they can shed some light on it, otherwise i imagine you would be fine tyo lift weights and so would your muscles an implants...just take it easy. Maybe try a couple of reps and see how it feels? sorry im not more helpful!
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congrats on the DD's!!!!!
I do have some distortion when I do anything with chest... I dont do any chest excersises now, and dont know if I will again.. I do however do everything else, and my recomendation is take it slow and if it doesnt feel right they dont do it, listen to your body. I found a few things akward in the beginning but dont worry before you know it everything should feel fine again... I think you will have to be patient with the pull ups and push ups but it will come!

i so want to get rid of my bingo wings cant believe how wobbly my arms have got after 2 months but because righty hasnt droped im worried it will never drop if i do any exercise useing arms
instprsmith have yours both droped my ps said right muscle has a tighter grip due to being right handed sorry im no help to you hope your training goes well

Thanks Jen! You'll be there before you know it! Hang in there!

Sarah: Thanks for the congrats! I know this is gonna sound silly, but is the distortion that you expierienced only during the exercise? It's not permanent right? It just feel so wierd to use those muscles again, and after not doing anything for almost two months, even opening a jar made my chest sore!

Terena: Your PS is right in line with mine, she mentioned that the dominate hand usually seems to drop last. That said, my right one has not dropped, but is beginning to with consistant massage. But it's def. not at the same level as the left one. I had talked to some girlfriends that had theirs done and some took as long as six months to drop! Hang in there girl!

that makes sense about th dominant hand thing for me, im right handed and my right boob is sitting ever so slightly higher and feels quite a lot harder. xx

Hi, I am nearly 4 months po from 390 unders and full anchor uplift and have only just started doing my usual work out again as when I kept trying before it really pulled. I don't have any distortion though.

Take things easy and listen to your body hun, if it doesn't feel right and you get any pain then back off a little and try again a little later.

Good luck with passing the fitness test xx

Ooh I glad you posted this.
I joined a gym last week and did some machiney thing that worked out my chest muscles, push ups and weights (2kg PMSL!)... I really paid for it the next day as it really, really ached on that muscle just above the armpit - you know where it hurts straight after your BA? I'm not going to do any chest muscle exercises from now on as I really don't think my muscles are fully healed and I really don't want any distortion. Having weak and feeble arms is better than having weird shaped boobs.
Only problem is I have a personal trainer and a programme and I don't really want to tell him I've had a BA as he's a bit sleazy as it is, so not really sure how to go about this other than saying I like having feeble arms
My left boob is definately more fuller and lower than my right... makes sense now that my right muscle is clinging on for dear life because I'm right handed!
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so glad im not the only one with a muscle that just wont let go
my left boob is also much fuller and lower
going to ask ps how to massage when i see him next month i will just have to put up with bingo wings for now

Sarah: Thanks for the congrats! I know this is gonna sound silly, but is the distortion that you expierienced only during the exercise? It's not permanent right? It just feel so wierd to use those muscles again, and after not doing anything for almost two months, even opening a jar made my chest sore!



Yes the distortion is ONLY during excersise, I just feel it... and if I stand at my mirror naked and flex my chest muscles I can see it, it is only slightly. What I see is simply a crease where the muscle is squeezing the implant and not at the bottom where there is no muscle. Again, its only during flexing.

Hi Hun, I haven't had my BA yet, But when I met with my surgeon the other week he told me to stop all upper body weight training from now on, he said that even after my BA it is best to stay clear of any chest exersizes. I guess every surgeon is different though :S
xxx

Take it easy and listen to your body if it hurts don’t do it.
You won’t be as strong as you were at first and you'll probably find you'll fatigue pretty quickly. I had problems training chest at first but I’m now training light incline chest press, light flys and some cable work. It’s taken me a good 7 months to be able to train chest without feeling uncomfortable. I do get some distortion when I train or flex but nothing to serious. I’m only training chest these days so my body’s even.
Good luck with your fitness test