WORKOUTS ON A BHR & YES BELGIUM MARCH 23rd!

February 17, 2004

Hello,

Im scheduled for a left BHR in March. 42 year old male, laborer

and powerlifter relagated to only bench press for the past few

years. Is anyone out there pursuing bodybuilding or strength

training goals on their resurfaced hardware? Heavy flat-out

squatting notwithstanding, Id like to charge the mid-body/leg

muscles up again, theyre still there, just not used much in the past

5 years. Some docs indicate that muscle mass helps " hold you

together " further reducing the dislocation risk which resurfing

already addresses.

I know of a bodybuilder who recently squatted 500 lbs on his THR.

Not sure if thats foolishness or the shape of things to come (if he

has a plastic cup i think he risks wearing it out). I dont need big

singles, but my body may easily ask for 300 lbs/hi rep squats once

things get going, is anyone else doing that? Maybe I should forget

it and just do stairs and hike! I can accept that, but dont want to

leave cards on the table. I have to do some heavy lifting just to

get a days work done. We all want to get ours lives back. Ive got a

lot of bone in the femur neck area, which is a good start, I guess.

Relief from the pain will be a blessing in itself but like a lot

of people Im looking for the most from this. The Fall 2003 months

were pretty depressing when faced with the local docs small

ball/plastic THR and prognosis of limitation and caution. From what

Ive heard some hard work will be OK once the cup is grown in well.

Just looking for relevant experiences.

Itll be great to see other Yanks in Ghent! Anyone intent on

sampling the Belgian beer?

BO.

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