Starting in Austin

[Mr. Bingley]

jimminy christmas hope all is healed from the stroke

[atx_bjj]

jimminy christmas hope all is healed from the stroke

Hard to say but it feels like it to me. My lifts are now

press 3x5 95
squat 3x5 200
deadlift 3x5 250
bench 3x5 160 (last)

I go in for heart surgery next week to close up a hole (25% of people have the hole) that could have caused the stroke. Im not sure how long it will be before I can lift again after the surgery.

My press was stuck at 90 for a really long time so Ive been pressing 3x /week and just doing pushups on the off days instead of benching. I finally broke through today and it felt easy.

my weight is now 182, so Im up 22 pounds from my start. I was originally planning to go to 190, but it wasnt that hard so I might just go for 200.

As a reminder Im doing this all for BJJ. Once I can get to like 300 pound sets of deadlift and like 260 pound squats and maybe 220-250 pound bench Ill be strong enough and Ill start to cut fat. Im happy to maintain at this level.

my surgery is wednesday so if I never post again it means I didnt make it.

[Bill Anders]

What Mr B said. Schnikey!

Best of luck with the surgery so that you can come back stronger.

[atx_bjj]

What Mr B said. Schnikey!

Best of luck with the surgery so that you can come back stronger.

thanks!

Lifted yesterday and Ill get one more lift monday then will be off for some amount of time after the surgery

Press 100 3x5
Squats 205 3x5
deadlift 255 3x5 - my hands are slipping so Im wearing gloves and using an underhand grip to lift the bar. My grip is weaker than my ability to deadlift.