Aah, Bill - Patience please. Yeah, we are in that same aging athlete category, always impatient.

At 8 weeks, even with permission, you need a qualified trainer to establish safe exercises for you in this healing phase (yep- your bones and muscles are going to be healing yet foe the next several months.) I was allowed to resume modified leg presses, overhead presses and a few others at either 3 or 4 months as well as elliptical and upper body work with free weights.

As for cross-country skiing, easy trails sound good, BUT...if you fall, you still have limitations on the angle of femur to pelvis (less than 90 degrees) and twisting, or you risk a dislocation. Trust my experience, you do not want to experience that - especially out on a trail. Maybe you can take up snow shoeing instead for this year?

Lots of people with new hips golf. Again, waiting until the implant is fully healed in is probably a good idea. My friend, a daily golfer, tried the driving range at 8 weeks and put the clubs away for another month. His surgery was in March, and his doctor very explicitly told him no downhill skiing this season.

Let us know what your doc says.
Sue