A few concerns

nfarnham2001

New member
Okay, first off I want to just get some opinions on my soon to be daily routine. I am getting a gym membership in a week, and I will be going to anytime fitness gym.

I looked over the stickies that Steve posted, with the squats, deadlifts, cable flys, etc. I was going to do those, as well as cardio, and bodyweight cardio at the house.

I am 6'2 about 200-205 and I will be working on a 1900-2100 calorie diet, with about 140 to 150g of protein daily. With about 30% protein, 30% fat and 40% carbs from the food. Eating more frequent small meals and most likely getting some of my protein from a protein shake.

Does that sound good? working out 5 times a week following the reps steve suggested? My goal is to lose weight with the cardio, and build/tone my muscle with the weight training.

Lastly, my main concern that I plan to either ask some personal trainers on here directly, or some at the gym, concerns my right arm and some lack of movement I have of it. I don't have full extension at the elbow, I can curl all the way up and touch my shoulder if I want to, but I can't fully extend my arm outward. This is due to my elbow dislocating multiple times and the doctors not being able to stabilize it. Also, I cannot rotate my wrist on that arm fully. Basically I can't rotate it to knuckles down palm up, the most I can get is going from palm down, knuckles up, to sideways, thumb up pinky down, with knuckles and palm side ways.


Thanks.
 
It seems like a pretty good plan over all - can you find a sports medicine therapist about your arm/elbow though? I'm not sure a personal trainer would be much help unless you get really really really lucky.
 
a trainer would not be the best bet. A sports physiotherapist would be a good route to take however.

I can tell you this, proper resistance training to strengthen the weak areas, tissue massage, and general stretching to the area will over time go a long way to restoring mobility. It will be worth the time to invest.
 
a trainer would not be the best bet. A sports physiotherapist would be a good route to take however.

I can tell you this, proper resistance training to strengthen the weak areas, tissue massage, and general stretching to the area will over time go a long way to restoring mobility. It will be worth the time to invest.

Yeah I was on outpatient rehab for it for about a year, and they put some form of device on my arm to extend it and push on it, but I reached my peak and I have about 20 degrees left I could go, but its in the bone structure at my elbow, because it relocated a bit off and healed wrongly. The only option I have been told is rebreaking, stabilizing it via pins and screws and a structure and then more rehab.
 
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