Geoff's Injury and Surgery Recovery Log
Heya. I've been in this game a couple years now; my most recent log is:
https://startingstrength.com/resourc...og-v1-0-a.html
First page of that has links that would take you through my entire training history if you were massively bored one afternoon, or if you just hate your own guts so much that you want to read it all.
All units English.
Short version:
Current age 43
Height 71 inches
Bodyweight: 211 (Began LP at 193; have been as high as 232 depending on various factors)
Life and profession: Married father of three, US Soldier in various capacities since 1998, starting out as in infantry private. Currently serving on active duty as a battalion chaplain.
Lifting history: 2008-2018, goofing off with weights. Started one day in Iraq, and haven't quit yet. During this 10-year goof-off period, my bodyweight went from 155-ish to 193. Despite the stupidity of my "training," I managed to get my lifts up to (approximately; my memory might be more accurate in earlier logs)
Squat: 350x1/285x5, Bench: 275x1/245x5, Press: 190x1/155x5, Deadlift: 405x1/365x5.
LP phase (mid 2018): Improved to
Squat: 370x1/355x5, Bench: 315x1/280x5, Press: 210x1/175x5, Deadlift: 435x1/410x5.
Intermediate phase (mid 2018 until March 2020): Improved to
Squat: 455x1/405x5, Bench: 365x5/327.5x5, Press: 240x1/207.5x5, Deadlift: 500x1/460x5
And then everything went to hell. COVID shutdowns, minor injuries, you name it, and all throughout, some chronic pain in my right elbow I couldn't get rid of. Once I got back on active duty, I had the elbow looked at because I was fed up, and an MRI showed a good sized bone spur that was curved such that, at extension, it was poking into and positively crapstomping my triceps tendon back there. So ... I went in 4 weeks ago today to have the bone spur shaved off, the calcified portion of the tendon excised, and the remaining tendon stapled (or something) to the remaining bone.
I am still on doctor's orders not to do certain things, at all. So I am not doing those certain things, at all.
My goal, though, is to hit full recovery, ability to perform all four basic lifts, and Lord willing, to be stronger after recovery and re-LP/re-intermediate than I was ever before.
That's the spiel. First workout (today) in a followup post.