3 months post labrum shoulder surgery. Been advised to start very light. Goal is to be repping 60kg+ bench and deadlift 140kg+ by end of year. When I've done that I'll bring in squats starting from the bar. But I'm being careful. I created a beginner's log in the past as I took a long time off lifting with illness and considered myself a beginner again. But my best ever competition lifts are 180kg squat, 137.5kg bench and 235kg deadlift at 75kg bodyweight. I don't expect to get to those for a long time now considering my time off and surgery. I am basically starting from scratch and if I ever PB again it will be a big bonus.
Day 1
Bench 20kg x 10 reps x 5 sets
Bent rows 20kg x 10 reps x 5 sets
Deadlift 60kg x 5 reps x 5 sets
Day 2
BP 21kg x 10 x 5
BR 21kg x 10 x 5
Day 3
BP 22kg x 10 x 5
BR 22kg x 10 x 5
Day 4
AM
BP 23kg x 10 x 5
BR 23kg x 10 x 5
PM
BP 24kg x 10 x 5
BR 24kg x 10 x 5
Day 5
Deadlift 65kg x 10 x 5
BP 25kg x 10 x 5
BR 25kg x 10 x 5
BP 26kg x 10 x 5
BR 26kg x 10 x 5
Day 6
BP 27kg x 10 x 5
BR 27kg x 10 x 5
BP 28kg x 10 x 5
BP 28kg x 10 x 5
Day 7
BP 29kg x 10 x 5
BR 29kg x 10 x 5
BP 20kg x 10
BP 30kg x 10 x 5
BR 30kg x 10 x 5
Day 8
AM
BP 31kg x 10 x 5
BR 31kg x 10 x 5
PM
BP 32kg x 10 x 5
BR 32kg x 10 x 5
Day 9
AM
BP 20kg x 20
35kg x 10 x 3
40kg x 10 x 2
BR 40kg x 10 x 5
Deadlift 100kg x 5 x 3
PM
BP 20kg x 20
40kg x 10
50kg x 10 x 4
50kg x 8
BR 50kg x 10 x 5
Day 10
OFF - Rest
Day 11
BP 20kg x 20
40kg x 10
52kg x 10 x 5
BR 52kg x 10 x 5
Day 12
BP 20kg x 20 x 2
40kg x 10
54kg x 10
56kg x 10 x 4
BR 56kg x 10 x 5
Day 27
Squat 20kg x 3 x 2
20kg x 4
20kg x 6
20kg x 4
BP 20kg x 20 x 2
40kg x 10
60kg x 10
78.5kg x 9
78.5kg x 6
78.5kg x 4
BR 78.5kg x 12 x 5
Day 28
OFF
Need a few days off due to a minor back injury. Been making good progress on bench and rows in particular. But I jarred my back on the final set of rows (day 27). Before the operation I did something similar and it was bad - took a month off to heal. This has a similar sensation but no where near as bad fortunately. Hoping 4-5 days off will get back to 100%.
Day 29
OFF
Day 30
OFF
Day 31
OFF
Day 32
Squat 20kg x 6
20kg x 10 x 4
Deadlift 60kg x 5
100kg x 5
140kg x 5
140kg x 2
120kg x 5
BP 20kg x 20 x 2
40kg x 10
60kg x 10
80kg x 8
80kg x 5
80kg x 3
Day 64
BP 20kg x 20 x 2
60kg x 5
93.5kg x 7
93.5kg x 4
93.5kg x 3
BR 93.5kg x 10 x 3
Day 65
OFF
Day 66
Squat 20kg x 5 x 2
60kg x 3
80kg x 2
100kg x 1
120kg x 1
125kg x 2
Deadlift 60kg x 3
100kg x 2
135kg x 1
175kg x 2
175kg x 1
Day 67
OFF
Day 68
BP 20kg x 20 x 2
60kg x 3
94.5kg x 8
94.5kg x 4
94.5kg x 3
BR 94.5kg x 10 x 5
I haven't been having any protein powder. Not had much protein in my diet. When I was younger I used to religiously make sure I had quite a lot daily. Now I feel like it doesn't really matter much. It doesn't seem to be effecting my lifts that are slowly progressing. I would like to get to a 140kg bench, 180kg squat and 225kg+ deadlift by June 1st. Hopefully that will be possible considering my past numbers mentioned in the original post.
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