Injury to hand..now what?

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newone09
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Injury to hand..now what?

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Well I know some of you may know the progess I have made over the last 4 weeks from a previous post, but yesterday I injured hand playing basketball, and I am in a cast for the next 4 weeks :( . I can't lift weights, so I am restricted to legs and cardio only. Will I lose muscle over the next 4 weeks since I can't do any upper body work? Should I increase cardio from 3 HIIT sessions a week or simply add a day of steady cardio to the HIIT sessions?

Any advice is helpful. thanks
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Post by swanso5 »

train your good arm as hard as you normally would and train legs as best you can, may need some machines (dare i say leg press???) but you can easily get way with lunges holding a db in one hand or squats with wts coming off a belt
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Happened to me, about 2.5 years ago. Got a blade injury at work. Just do the one Arm as best you can, and keep the diet solid.

You will lose some muscle in 4 weeks on the sedentary side of the body, but it does come back, and faster than before, so don't sweat it.
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