Climbing, pole and gym with unders??

I know I’m being somewhere premature since I’m only two weeks post op, but I was planning a little more long term (and to be honest I’m also going slightly crazy from not being at a climbing wall multiple times a week). I had my op on the 20th of December and I had already planned a climbing trip at the end of February and a skydiving trip at the end of March.
I know we’re supposed to ease back into things gently so I was wondering what the chances are that I’ll be capable? How exactly do I ease back into it? Is there a build up to even being able to do a pull up again? Will unders effect my strength in the short term and long term?

Every surgeon I saw said I would be capable of doing everything I was before surgery but I’d need to ease back into it after 6 weeks. I just wanted some personal experiences! I figured it was best to ask people who do pole fitness and gym too since you’d be using a lot of upper body strength to hold your own body weight too!

I would say if your muscles are pretty strong to start with you’ll be able to go back to climbing but I have read online things like climbing may never be possible with unders. I only found this because it’s something I did occasionally and I weight train 4/5 times a week so was looking into it. To be totally honest end February being around 9weeks post op I really wouldn’t think you would be able to climb. I would definitely be interested to hear how you get on. But I’m 8 weeks post op and going well at the gym but certain things still feel a bit weird like going too heavy on shoulders or push ups. Not necessarily a dangerous pain just feels weird. In climbing you use a hell of a lot of upper body and chest strength and I would be really cautious about attempting anything too heavy that soon after surgery. I certainly wouldn’t dare attempt a pull up or anything right now although I do think I’ll be bck to full strength eventually. Sorry if this makes you worry more. Hopefully someone’s a climber on here who can better advice you, but from my experience so far I wouldn’t dare attempt even a deadlift just yet. I suppose for climbing “easing yourself back into it” would be weight lifting, assisted pull ups etc but honestly even assisted pull ups right now for me would be a no no.

the one thing I cant do , (and I am 10 weeks post op), is lift myself up, EG pull ups, all other gym work is fine. I would seriously reconsider climbing this soon, , its all upper body isn’t it ? Sky diving I assume would be fine, just strap them babies down! haha.

I do pole dancing and climbing too. But my surgeon said to rest for 3 months!

I was told everything is fine after 3 months

Hey Hun, I’m 12 weeks post op and 100% back to normal. I do weight lifting in the gym and I’m back to the weight I was lifting before, even going heavier – upper and lower body. I did a steady uphill walk on treadmill 3 weeks post op and eased into it at 5 weeks lower body. Just listen to your body but I can safely say I’m back to normal life horse riding, gym, everything! Go easy with the pole though I wouldn’t rush into that too soon xxx

Ps I had 240cc unders xxx

Thanks for all your replies ????!

I guess I’ll turn my climbing holiday into a city break somewhere else and leave everyone else to it!
3 months seems like such a long time, but I’ve paid so much money for them I don’t want to try anything too soon and cause any delays in healing or damage.

Would yoga be 3 months as well with all the stretching and upper body work? X

I was told yoga can be 6 weeks depending on how you’re feeling, because it doesn’t use your upper body like lifting your entire body weight on a pole.

I’m not going to do anything till 4 weeks, then just do 2 weeks lower body training and stretches and 6 weeks I’m gonna go swim and see how I feel after that.

I’ve gotta train for a half marathon and triathlon in may/august (oh dear)

So emoji’s don’t work! I’m not just questioning everything.

@pollypolly So I could probably go back to basic yoga just to keep moving? That’ll definitely stop me from going crazy 🙂
How many weeks post op are you now? Good luck with the half marathon and triathlon! I’m looking forward to being able to go swimming again.

I’m not even one week 😛
I just asked my surgeon 101 questions because I was so so nervous about the surgery. So I got a lot of answers. I then asked my plastics nurse the same questions and she gave me the same answers give or take 1 week 😛
But the surgeon and nurse both said yoga is fine at 4 week because it’s not high intensity. They also said that I’d be able to feel it if I was pushing myself too much, so just listen to your boobs and if they hurt when you’re doing a certain stretch then just be mindful!

So I’ve been poling nearly 3 years and my nurse said I will be fine 6-8 weeks post surgery! Some say 6 months but I have comps and shoots to do in April so I’ll be back on the pole regardless!! Let me know how you get on! X

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