Keeping Cut with Cast on Arm

[Digitz]

What do you guys recommend to do to stay in shape while i have a cast on my left arm.

I dont want to lose a ton of muscle mass, is there anything i can do to keep both arms and my chest strong?

 

[Digitz]

Help-A-Don

 

[Templeton]

Well I will assume - although I shouldn't with some of you guys - that you will train your legs hard anyway. You may have to leave the upper body if the cast restricts you - awkward if you can't grip properly. Personally I wouldnt sweat it, enjoy the break, do some aerobic work. You'll get any upper body condition you had back pretty quick once you can go full bore again.

 

[chim_chim]

Make sure you move it if at all possible. After I had knee surgery, I couldn't tighten my thigh muscles at all for about a month. In that month I lost about 3 inches of muscle. Moral of the story...use it as much as safely possible so you can minimize muscle loss.

 

[DIESEL]

Sometimes the ludicrousness of some of the questions posted on this board are astounding.

You have a cast on your arm. What the fukk do you expect to do with it on? Unilateral movements so you can create a slight neurological imbalance when your arm finally heals?? Not much... so why worry ?? Training with one arm when you have a temporary incapacity on the other arm is about the stupidest thing you can do. Let your arm heal, dumba$$.

If you have such a hard-on for the gym, then do tons of leg presses and leg curls. Take your cue and rest. You'll probably break whatever plateau you were on when you come back.

There's a beautiful thing called muscle memory. So when you start training again the "tons" of mass you think you're going to lose (which depending on your size won't be more than 3 lbs. tops ) will come right back.