Working out with inflatable implant (CX)

[Jage64]

There was a user on here who was an avid road cyclist, cycling many tens of miles weekly (daily?) and he had already gone through several implant failures in a short number of years. I suspect the repetitive motion of road cycling greatly accelerated the wear on his tubing causing them to fail early.

I think it was Dr. Eid that said the failure point on Titans is the tubing, so this may have some merit. As I ride, I'm not aware of anything regarding my implant rubbing, chafing, or even moving. The cylinders don't move inside my penis, the reservoir is in my gut, the pump sits on a padded piece of my shorts along with my testicles and I have to dig with my fingertips to even feel a tube on one side.

I certainly don't think that my bike riding has any less impact on my implant than running or walking would, and I've never heard of failures attributed to walking or running. Even if there is some impact I'm not aware of, I'm going to live my life. Riding my bike will give me quality of life longer than the implant will, at some point I fully expect my willing partner to not be nearly as willing... There was probably a reason in the grand scheme of things that your dick would stop working reliably when you got old, but as we live longer and more active lives the performance stopped matching the desire/ability in many of us.

[Donkeykong]

National record holding powerlifter in the 198lb class.
I work out super heavy and intense for 2 hours a day - 6 days a week.
20 mins of steady state cardio every day.
No problems.

How long did you wait after surgery until.getting back to gym?

I waited 4 weeks before lifting....although I was doing some light bands at 3 weeks.
6 weeks after I was lifting at 100% intensity.
500lbs + Squats ans Deadlifts.
Did a meet 4 months after and broke 4 Indiana state records.

Good to hear.

When I stop lifting, I lose 10 lbs of lean mass in a couple of weeks and it takes me 2 months to get those back (and I get less of it back anymore every time, even on TRT), so I'm hoping I can at least do some pulling exercises as soon as possible.

Did you do anything in particular to keep muscle mass during you break?

[PowerliftingDad]

I adjusted my macros, decreased my carbs and kept my protein intake high. (200 grams a day - 1lb per pound of bodyweight)
I likely lost a pound or two of muscle but most assurdly put in back on quickly.
I used the recovery time as opportunity to cut and my first day back on the gym, I weighed 196 and my bodyscan had me at 8.9% bodyfat.
I had a full set of abs and looked far more like a bodybuilder than a powerlifter.
I still have visible abs now...just not as chisled.
Muscle memory is a wonderful thing.

[duke_cicero]

National record holding powerlifter in the 198lb class.
I work out super heavy and intense for 2 hours a day - 6 days a week.
20 mins of steady state cardio every day.
No problems.

Interesting to see in your signature that you're also a fit guy who had an implant early on in life. Can you tell us more about your story, if you don't mind? What was the first implantation process like almost 25 years ago?

I'm 34 years old and got implanted 9 days ago and am also quite active and athletic. Hoping for long-term success.

Absolutely.
Here's my story and journal.

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Wow, thank you so much for sharing your story. It sounds a bit like mine! viewtopic.php?f=6&t=25641#p242709

[PowerliftingDad]

Very similar stories!
You picked the best Surgeon!
Dr. Levine is absolutely amazing!!

[duke_cicero]

Very similar stories!
You picked the best Surgeon!
Dr. Levine is absolutely amazing!!

So interesting that we have the same surgeon. Dr. Levine is a magician. I'm amazed that I'm not in any real pain. The most pain I had was in my urethra from having a catheter inside me during the surgery. Otherwise, just a little bit of normal slight pain at the incision sites (sub-coronal). Levine also just seems like a good guy. He put me at ease before the surgery and he felt so genuinely invested in my story and my success.

[HikerMan]

Haven't done procedure but wondering how the CX would affect my exercise. I enjoy running and weightlifting. Does it get in the way? Any experiences are appreciated.

I'm scheduled for surgery next month and lift weights, so I'm worried about this, too. I told the guy I train with I'll be away for six weeks, as the doctor said I wouldn't want to do it.

Will be watching this thread.

Weightlifting, even powerlifting should be fine.

The only thing I was told to avoid was any form of impact occurring directly to your body.
(Tackle football, MMA, boxing..etc..)

Other than that I run, bike, swim, weightlift and hit the heavy bag on the regular.

Two years in, no problems.

Good luck.