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    Default Post Motorcycle Accident limitations?

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    Dear coaches,

    Info about me:
    1) 28 years old, male and 188cm tall
    2) now at 88 kg bodyweight
    3) started at 81 kg bodyweight
    4) doing SSLP-ish
    5) now in week 8 of the program
    6) switched for 2,5kg increments to 1 kg increments in week 4 for bench press and press
    7) eating 2900 calories-ish
    8) eating about 220 grams of protein a day
    9) 3-4 minutes rest between bench press and press
    10) press weight started at 40 kg and bench press started at 60 kg. I'm stuck with a 52 kg. press and a 80 kg. bench press
    11) I'm studying and getting plenty of rest/sleep too

    As the title says I crashed on my motorcycle and this was two years ago. All on my left side I broke my scapula, clavicle and 8 ribs. My squat and DL are pretty decent (now squatting 133kg for sets across and deadlifting 150kg for a set of 5). But as you can see my upper-body lifts suck.

    Could this be because of the crash? And would you have any programming-suggestions for me to boost these lift?

    Fingers crossed I hope you can help me or shed some light on this situation

    Best,
    Troels

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    1. Increase calories to 3300 or so primarily via carbs, keeping protein around 220.
    2. Increase rest between sets to 5-6 minutes
    3. Decrease to 0.5kg increments, if you have the equipment to do so.

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    Calories increased, resting increased and fractional plates bought. Done! Looking forward to some more gains.

    Thanks so much Michael

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