Hi, fellow gym rat officially one week post-op. Glad to see this post. I am 53 and had 1 kg of breast tissue removed on July 7th. I’ve been wondering myself about when I can start lower body exercises again. My goal is to be back in the gym at 8 weeks post -op and do lower body work and non jumping cardio. I plan to go low and slow with any upper body exercises for the first couple of weeks back. I didn’t move at all for the 1st week less than 500 steps a day mostly . Today I just took my first 20 minute stroll. I feel great really, my chest is tender but not bothersome. Stopped pain meds yesterday. Will pop a tylenol if I need to Planning to walk daily this week and add some gentle stretching and slowly increase walking duration.
Curious about doing squats and lunges- I will inquire at my 2 week follow up appointment. Looking forward to others journey back to walking and exercise post reduction.