Broke my hand.....how can I keep gains?

[saxfarmer]

Hello everyone!! So I broke my hand the other day (drunken wedding dancing) and it will be out of commission for a little while. So I’m asking this brain trust what the best way to keep gains, best workout (if i can) would be. Right now I’m a TRT dose of test e @ 200mg/week (posted bloods a couple weeks ago). I wanted to do a cycle in a couple of weeks but this put a damper on that. I could stand to lose a little bf. Cardio and legs for a month? Let me know what you think. Need some advice and hope cause not working out these past couple of days has put me in depression.

Thank you!

 

[SemperFi]

@saxfarmer great question. We all experience injury and setback at some point in time. It is the nature of the game. My first advice is to take dancing lessons and try to make sure you are sober before you hit the dance floor again. I hope you had a blast brother and tore it up!

In the past two years I have had a broken clavicle and a right rotator cuff injury. Neither of these are from dancing because I am light on my feet and dance like an angel. Couldn’t help adding salt to the wound.

I found that I could do only what I could do and I certainly did not go out of my way to hinder my recovery. I bet since you are a horrible dancer that your wheels could use some work so like me make the most of this time and build a set of legs that will make others in the gym envious. Allow as much rest as necessary for a full recovery. You may lose some hard earned gains but muscle memory is a pretty cool thing and you can get those gains back in time. Keep your diet on point rich in protein as the TRT dose is going to assist in protein synthesis. Keep your diet clean so when the time comes you aren’t needing to shed any extra body fat. Leg development creates a systemic hormone response that will help retain muscle throughout the body.

Slowly incorporate exercises that utilize your healing hand but do not work through discomfort or risk reinjury. You will be really pissed at yourself if that happens.

Godspeed on your recovery and thanks for sharing your story… buy yourself a strippers pole.

 

[Bigmurph6]

Everything that you can still safely do whole your hand heals. I would say take this time to really work on your legs. I would also say don’t rush your recovery because you want to get back to the best place you can be and then go back to killing it full force after a little adjustment period getting back to it.

I wish you the best brother heal up good

 

[EdwardChase]

My first advice is to take dancing lessons

I am light on my feet and dance like an angel.

I bet since you are a horrible dancer that your wheels could use some work

Hahaha… talk about rub it in.

Everything that you can still safely do whole your hand heals.

Agree with this. Don’t make a bad situation worse or you’ll be even more depressed when you prolong your recovery.

There are pec dec machines that have the pads lock into your elbows. That could be an option to work your chest bilaterally. If you get desperate enough to train, everything else you’d just have to work the one side that your good hand is on.

 

[Bigmurph6]

With a broken hand you can definitely still get a good workout in not a great workout but good enough. You just need to get creative and use machines for sure to help take the pressure away from your hand grip.

I bet you could even use straps to wrap a machine to your wrist if you can’t grip it but just go light and easy

 

[MetalGod]

That sucks. I feel for you because I can totally relate. I tore my rotator cuff in the gym last May. I can tell I’ll never have the same strength in that shoulder again. Ruptured bicep to elbow tendon on a preacher bench six years ago too. Stay strong buddy.

 

[josh]

Ouch… how are you doing now? Changed up a lot of your routine with those injuries?

 

[saxfarmer]

To be honest I didn’t lift at all this week. Right now the docs don’t know if I’ll need surgery, so I’m scared of doing anything before they/I know for certain what I needs to be done. I’m a professional musician so my hands are pretty important to me.

 

[SemperFi]

Rub some dirt on it! Thanks for the update and Godspeed to a quick and full recovery.

 

[MBTJR1980]

I would def wait till doctors know whats up then i would follow the advice of the others that have posted bro. Focus heavily on legs because they van never be too big and do what you can comfortably upper body wise. Wish you the best bro!