Anyone got a gym plan for getting back to lifting weights with an ileostomy please?

My boyfriend has an ileostomy and is wanting to get back to lifting weights but can't find any gym programmes tailored to avoiding hernias or much advice on the best way to get back into it. He had is operation about a year and a half ago. Has anyone managed to get back to lifting safely and successfully? If so, it'd be much appreciated if you could be specific in how you got there! Thank you!!!

I'd love to say he should get back to where he was, but I think with the hernia risk, he will have to be very careful. I would recommend you consult a professional who has experience with ileos, hernias and lifting to find out the best way to go about lifting safely. The ostomy board here on HW has a lot of people with ileos, you would likely get more first-hand experience there. Here, it's just people guessing. When I had my ileo, I worked out, but I didn't lift. I never did anyway, I am more of a cardio lady. With a j-pouch, hernia is no longer an issue, mag0x is incorrect.

I'm not a heavy lifter but have a permanent ileo and work out, cardio, weights, and yoga. I talked to my surgeon about it because I feel like there just aren't any trainers or people in fitness that know anything about ileos. His advice was there's really isn't anything I can't do but just be smart. Work back into things slowly and build up to things you did before surgery.

I had 3 surgeries pretty close together so my abs were really weak. I started with cardio, then yoga to help strengthen my core without over stressinbrg it, then as my core/abs felt stronger I started back with weights a few different exercises at a time. Similar to Albanach I avoided lifts that stressed the abs, starting slow you can tell pretty quick when something is putting too much pressure on your abs.