>Be me
>Tore my rear labrum almost a year ago now
>Bench before tear was complete shit, never had (likely never will have) joocy pex
>Benched 165 for a grinding max
>Be me now
>8 months post-op
>2 months post-therapy
>Been training nothing but dips, cables and tricep isolations on bench day, because afraid of re tearing labrum
>Decide, fuck it, gonna bench
>Narrow-ish grip (pic related)
>Holy shit 135 ez mode, did 12 reps to warm up
>did 155 for a triple
>165 for a double (my old max)
>getting excited now, put on 2 dimes
>175, 1 rep ez mode
>get nervous, never even thought i'd get this farm
>Put 185 on the bar
>Down, up, like clockwork
>Holyshit.scoops
>Put on 190
>heavy single, one in the tank
>Based on how hard it was, guesstimate my 1rm at around 200 lbs
>My bench is now just below kind of decent for my body weight (175)
>Don't care, super fucking happy
>Go to taco bell to celebrate, don't care if i already had my cheat meal this week
>TacoBell Anon? really?
>Don't judge me, the steak burrito supreme is great
However, i'm kind of bummed i'm still not at 2 plates. I mean, 190 is good (compared to my old lifts), but 225 is about the point where you're considered mildy strong, right?
I'm so close, and yet so far away from a decent bench.
Anyone else still chasing dat 225 bench?
All my other lifts are progressing nicely, though
>200lb squat to 275
>280 deadlift to 325
>In around 3 months
>>36783365
as a fellow slap-IV labrum tearer, TAKE IT EASY THERE BIG BOY
Seriously, I don't care if it FEELS OK, your labrum isn't innervated so you aren't going to feel it if it's weak.
>>36783365
>>36783801
What he said. Slow and steady wins the race dick bag, keep low weight and increase very slowly and slightly or spend another 9 months without benching
>>36783831
9 months without benching? What?
>>36784158
not him but that's how long it took for me to come back from my labrum surgery
shit's a real bitch and heals slowly
it actually took 2 years for me to feel comfortable doing 1rm
>>36783801
Mine wasn't a slap tear, was a rear-labrum tear (all the way across the back).
I've been taking it pretty easy and this is the first time i've benched since the injury, but the shifty feeling i used to get in my shoulder pre-surgery is gone.
>>36784193
Even more reason to take it nice and slow
>>36783365
Hard to believe you added weight to your bench if you were not benching as a natty. iv'e never found accessory lifts to add weight to my main lifts.
>>36784417
My bench was shit though (only 165)
And i was doing weighted dips (175 body weight+25 lb plate, 200 lbs total for 5 reps.)
>Natty
If i could afford roids i'd probably buy a vehicle with the money instead of spending it on roids lmao.
I've had both shoulders done. Tears from dislocations.
I don't do dips or flat bench, I just dumbell bench and for like 12 reps...No fucking way am I gonna spend months sleeping in a cast again. I've done it on both sides so I warm up with rotator cuff warmup evey workout.
Dips r gonna fuck you m8
>>36783365
Posterior labrum tear, and you got surgery?
fuck, my doctor said surgery wouldn't help me
I can't even curl without pain on that arm.
I need help.
