general mills
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Due to a bad break and multiple surgeries starting at 14 in my left wrist, I am now 37 with no cartilage and osteoarthritis in this wrist. Push-ups have been a no-go for decades, (used perfect push-ups for a while, but after a few weeks, wrist swells up and becomes very painful) but went to doctor last week, and in order to prolong/avoid the need for a wrist fusion, I'm, cutting out bench press, overhead press, dips, bar curls. Looking for alternatives to these lifts that do not put a load on the wrist. I've started using the machine that you sit on and lift with shoulders in a chicken dance type motion, and the machine that lets you do butterfly sitting by pushing with your forearms. Going to figure a way to do curls using the pulley machine tied to my forearm in the next few weeks.
Anyway, just picking your brains for ideas, and welcoming any suggestions, I know we have a lot of knowledgeable fitness buffs out there.
On the plus side, squats (standard, no more front), deadlift, bent-over row, pull-ups, still in!
Anyway, just picking your brains for ideas, and welcoming any suggestions, I know we have a lot of knowledgeable fitness buffs out there.
On the plus side, squats (standard, no more front), deadlift, bent-over row, pull-ups, still in!