 Sup guys, it's me again welcome back to the channel and welcome back to another gyno advice video My name is Jacob, and this is my YouTube channel I was a sufferer of gyno for 15 years from 12 I'm gonna call it 11 to 27 so call that 16 years 16 years I went through what you quite possibly are going through now, so eventually I decided to get the surgery It was an easy decision Because I'd wanted it for so long. Nothing was gonna stop me. Nothing But I didn't know what kind of recovery was in store for me I thought that I'd be back in the gym in a couple of weeks with a fully flat chest no bruising no swelling Nothing no issues. That's what we all think right? Until it doesn't happen like that and then you could quite possibly be searching for videos just like this one So today I'm here for one reason and one reason only and that's to run through my Version of a classic gyno surgery recovery. We're talking about a recovery that goes relatively well No serious complications But these are different limits that I would quite confidently say you should stick to as far as physical activity for these first two months We're gonna cover the first two months because I'm gonna say that even though I did have the hematomas develop I was able to train in the gym, you know pain relatively pain-free relatively Stress-free after two months even with the recovery that I had so sit back stay tuned and let's run through it But first a quick word from our exclusive video sponsor The Ridge wallet sup guys first and foremost. Thank you for clicking on this video. 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This is not Professional medical advice This is basically a two-month protocol a two-month recovery protocol that I have sort of drafted And I've sent through to a few people that I've asked for it and I thought you know what I'm gonna bring this to my YouTube channel So here we go. You go and get the surgery. That's it a day after you've got tape on your chest You've most probably got drains in and at the very least you're gonna be sore You're gonna be on painkillers of some sort and you're not gonna want to move much at all You're not gonna want to move much at all and you shouldn't move much at all which is the first mistake I made I was up and about walking around after two days. I was in a plane on The third day going back home because I traveled for the surgery so guys during that first week This is the protocol for the first week one total week seven days stay still stay as still as possible Do absolutely nothing physical if you can get away with it a little bit of walking is fine But I'm gonna say no more than a hundred meters honestly It's that first week that not only the incisions around the outside are gonna be healing But whatever damage whatever cuts have been made inside of your body because at the end of the day Let's remember they're cutting some flesh out of your body even on the best of days It's not gonna be easy to heal from something like that So that's why the drains are there because there will be some bleeding and once the tapes off the drains are out That's why you put the compression vest on to reduce the risk of Complications anyway first week. I thought that it'd be easy The least amount of exercise possible. All right, stay still you might need some help You might need some time off work But I'll tell you what if you spend anything like the amount of time that I did looking forward to the surgery Do yourself a favor and take some time off for the recovery, right? We're into the second week the compression vest stays on the walking can be extended I believe if you are in you know an office-based job You know light duties type of thing you can go back to work I'm gonna say after a week you can go back to work But no physical job. Let's say you're on a construction site. Let's say you do a trade I mean anything that you're gonna be lifting anything. You're gonna be running anything You're gonna be jumping up and down Jumping up on top of things possibly lifting things above your head. No, none of that shit None of that shit for the first four weeks So a sedentary job you can go back to work in the second week Depending on how you're feeling and regardless of whether you do that or not basically that second week minimal exercise no lifting at all and That'll bring us to the end of week number two week number three week number three is is the point where I've seen the best recoveries Feel relatively good. You know, I've had people message me in that third week Saying right I feel like I'm ready to go back to the gym. What do you think and I'm like well I know that in my situation after two weeks, there was no way in hell I was going back to the gym, but after five weeks I started feeling that way So I'm gonna say that in that third week Depending on how your recoveries gone if there's minimal bruising minimal swelling everything's gone to plan Keep that compression vest on for that third week But I'm gonna say that walking is a real possibility now running. No I don't like the thought of running in the third week after a gyno surgery I don't even like the thought of running in the fourth week So running jogging I'm gonna include in the fifth week But as far as the third week think someone having a decent recovery is gonna start feeling, you know, pretty good I still feel like there is a risk of You know some damage being done if you were to jump up and down too much And it's in this third week that I really noticed a tightness a tightness beginning Especially when I put my arm above my head not exactly sure what was happening underneath the skin But something something was was pulling something was extremely tight and I think it's because I had the swelling which was in turn extending You know my skin which was in turn then pulling on something from up here So I feel like my extreme level of swelling Was the reason behind that tightness, but that's what I noticed in the third week I suppose it would have been there in the second week But I wasn't prepared at that stage to actually put my hand above my head So in the third week I began experimenting like that I did have these massive hematomas that I was dealing with and to be honest At that stage, you know At that stage guys day-to-day a success was me putting a smile on my face. You know what I mean? I was that depressed at that point, but I Did have faith that it would all work out in the end and it did and that's what I tell each and every one of You guys who messaged me so week number three Similar to week number two. I'm gonna say week number four. That's when it changes, right? I'm gonna say in week number four if you want to go back in the gym If you want to start testing it you want to start doing a few light chest exercises, maybe try out some tricep exercises first Followed by some shoulder exercises and then finally actually target that chest I think during that fourth week you can start to experiment I certainly think during that fourth week you can train your legs in the gym But I'm gonna say no running still because it's that bouncing bouncing bouncing that I mean, let's be honest It's not gonna do you well if you've got cuts. It's not gonna do you well if you're trying to heal Okay, so fourth week back in the gym start experimenting only walking in my opinion If you do have tightness try and stretch it out now There is one thing that I do remember I was never in pain, but it just felt weird It felt really really weird when I stretched my hand above my head So just a factor that you might have to deal with week number four depending on your recovery Definitely start exercising at least in some way shape or form now week number five. I'm gonna say If you have a successful recovery if you're feeling confident about running About training hard then do it week number five You could well be fully recovered you could well be but for those of you in the middle ground for those of you You know are still feeling a little bit a little bit apprehensive about going in the gym You still might have some soreness and discoloration some bruising Continue the walking continue the leg training if that's something you want to do but it is now time to really Begin Moving that chest again begin flexing those chest muscles again And you know begin I guess building back somewhat of the muscle you may have lost now It's only been a month. It's only been five weeks. You won't have lost a lot But due to the fact that you won't have been using your chest I'd say you definitely have lost a fair amount of strength, but that's something that can come back real quick So I wouldn't be worried about that whatsoever week six and this is where I would say Confidently you should be able to start jogging again. You should be able to start jogging you should be able to start doing your cardio based workouts and Not feel compromised in the chest area now once again. That is with a decent recovery Okay, that's with a good recovery and for someone who does feel comfortable doing that at the end of the day Like I said before you spent so long preparing for the surgery Having a couple of months off from the gym is not going to be the end of the world It's going to be well worth it and it's probably something you should at least Prepare for because what I always say is expect the best but prepare for the worst and week number seven guys personally I was back in the gym. I was putting on some weight And I was relatively happy with how I was feeling physically Not how I was looking physically because I still did have some real remnants of the Terrible recovery that I went through but as far as how I felt physically the tightness had subsided You know, thankfully in two months the hematomas had begun to really subside and Lo and behold, I was on the road to a 100% recovery now that 100% recovery took almost three years Which is absolutely ridiculous, but I will say that I was 95% recovered by around about that two month mark and that my friends is where I'll leave you so week seven and eight Jogging certainly by the end of week eight with a good recovery You should be feeling a hundred percent no doubt with a bad recovery Like I said, you might not be feeling a hundred percent for three years That's just the truth. That's the risk we take in modifying our bodies, but at the end of the day It was still worth it. So guys, thank you for watching. I hope you've got something from this video This was my two month gyno recovery protocol. I am not a doctor This is just from experience and my opinions and with all that being said have a fantastic day Thanks for watching and peace out