Sidelined

[thefonz]

I'm kinda pissed right now.....I sliced my left ring finger tendon 2 weeks ago on a piece a shattered glass and now I can't workout for 10 weeks...........I was in lab class pushing a glass tube into a pump and the glass broke as I squeezed it cutting my hand up badly and slicing my ring finger through the tendon. It recoiled down to mid hand and I had to get surgery a week ago to repair it, now my forearm is in a cast and I CAN"T DO ****.......man I'd give anything to do a back/bi workout. What should I do to minimize muscle lose while I'm out?

 

[Warboss Alex]

You shouldn't do anything until you're fully healed (and with your arm out of action, there's not much you can do anyway). Accept the muscle loss, it won't be that much and it'll come back way quicker than it took to grow in the first place (muscle memory). Don't sweat it, just let yourself heal.

Best wishes for a speedy recovery too.

 

[thefonz]

thnx alex, I should retain my 'muscle memory' for I get back into it ..........My basic plan is to stay on a protien and carb diet but lower my calories and carbs since i'm not gonna be as active. I'm also drinking lots of water to keep the circulation flowing, hopefully it'll slow down lean body mass deterioration and just keep doing PT on my hand every hour like I was told to.