Two Years Post Pec Surgery - Andrew Thornton

Andrew Thornton has been training with me for about 18 months now after coming to see me following pec surgery. He has made great progress, losing over 30kg, and also getting back into lifting pain, and injury free.

Andrew Post Pec Surgery

He wrote a nice post on Facebook the other day, so I thought I would share it as it is good to show that you are never done until you decide you are. He could have made excuses and decided to take it easy, but he chose to get back into training and improve his health.

"It’s been 2 years to the day that I had surgery repairing my ruptured pec tendon.

I had been weight training for quite a few years and not seeing the results I wanted and still putting on weight gradually each year. I decided it was time to seek some expert advice with the rehab on my pec and also to start trying to get the results I was after in the gym.

I had a chat with Nathan from THP (and after chatting and finding out he had suffered a similar injury and was still lifting weights) I was keen to learn more about there training program.

Since beginning with THP 18 months ago I have realised there is so much I didn’t know about weight training and diet (that I thought I knew). The variety in the training programs and the accountability that comes with weighing in and the skin folds each fortnight keeps you focused on your goals.The varying programs and the constant guidance and correction in technique and making the required changes in eating have been crucial.

I would recommend anyone that has had an injury or is having issues with weight loss or if they are not seeing the results they are after in the gym, come and speak to Nathan and Gemma and they will get you on the right track. #TotalHealthPerformaceCentre #THP #TeamTHP #TotalHealthPerformance"

Andrew before starting with THP

Andrew getting back into lifting post pec tear

Bench Press Post Pec Surgery

March 6, 2019

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Nathan Waters - Total Health Performance

Andrew Thornton benching 72.5 kg for 6 reps.

Good effort after having torn his pec last year, getting surgery, and being told not to lift again.
 

It is a good example that with proper programming and executing lifts better you can come back and not only match, but surpass where you were before injury.
 

We have progressed to this point by working on improving his technique and by strengthening supporting structures.
 

This has taken about 12 weeks but we have only been using the bar for the previous 4 weeks. With more improvement in technique he will be in an even better position and lifting more weight safely.
 

This isn't something I learnt from a textbook, it comes from experience. I have torn a pec out of the insertion and two off the ribs. So I had to learn the hard way how to rehab myself. It is good to be able to help people prevent tearing a pec or in this case showing them how to get back to performing well in a much shorter time frame, more safely, and not wasting their time with a lot of bullshit.

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