Kinda the same deal with me.
I have degenerative disc disease in my L4-5 and L5-S1 (right at the waist line) sections of the spine. So…I can’t lift stuff or sit certain ways for more than minutes at a time. Hell, depending on what shoes I wear…I can’t even do a mile walk without my back tightening up and becoming inflamed.
That being said, up until my back started going out (when I was about 19-20 - I’ll be 25 in a few months) I was around 170 (I’m 5’10") and now I’ve been at around 205 the last couple of years.
I’d do anything for a healthy back so I could get back to playing basketball for hours at a time. That was why I was so in shape when I was younger…if you couldn’t find me, I was on the court.
Is this all cardiovascular/diet work? Or is there a component of weight lifting? I can do the diet (I think) and cardiovascular…but I’m not allowed to (and don’t want to) lift anything due to my health (above).