BODYHARDS, Post shoulder surgery comeback, get back at it or die trying....
As most who know me on here (I have been on this site since 2005) know I had left shoulder surgery on Sept 9th 2016. While the surgery went well there were some problems during PT and I had to get taped up and 3 different injections within a 3 months span.
I officially started training on December 26th 2016, this past Friday Jan 13 2017 makes 3 straight weeks I have been training.
My goal is to first get back my core foundation, build on strength, balance and form.
My routine for now (and I will see how this goes before I switch up) is to train 3x a week doing Squats, Bench, BOR and OHP, Mondays, Wednesday and Fridays adding Deadligts on Wednesday
The weights I have started with:
Squats - 65lbs 3 sets of 8 reps
BOR -Bar 3 sets of 8 reps
Deadlifts 95lbs 3 sets of 8 reps
OHP - bar 3 sets of 8 reps
My official input:
When I started squatting the pain on my left shoulder while holding the weight, while not excruciating it was painful ( also sent a tingling numbing feeling all the way down to my hand) and tight.
Yesterday I squatted 135lbs for 3 sets of 10, pain free, the tightness, the pain, the numbness, GONE!! I was f'ckiig amazed and trilled! When I went to the bench/OHP my shoulder is still weak and shaky, but I also went up on weight which is a good thing. I started with just the bar I am now up to 115lbs for 3 sets of 10. OHP I stared with the bar as well and now I am up to 95lbs for 3 sets of 10.
Deadlifts is a totally different animal all together, I don't feel any pain/stiffness but I feel weakness holding the bar, this is due to a pinch nerve I have in my neck due to swelling. To combat this I am getting an injection in my neck Jan 23rd, I was told by the doctor this injection is like a mini surgery and I can not eat after 12 and have somebody take me and bring me home since I will be put to sleep.
In this journal I will post videos of my progress (I have no shame in recording myself lifting light ass weight) and hopefully I can look back at this journal and have a comparison of the before and after on my lifts. I will post my workouts as well as my food intake.
My current weight as of today is 162.5lbs
So here I go 3 weeks in and feeling pretty good about myself!