re: Been 6 months since I started working out again + pic

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damn I hate to hear that. How'd it happen? thankfully mine was only minor and didn't require surgery.

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Believe it or not it was the last rep of my last set of the day doing flies with a 5 second isometric hold at the bottom. The previous rep I felt something but decided to push through the last rep....and I got a 6 inch knarly scar on my left pec for it. I am 14 years your senior so I have changed up my lifting and no longer go heavy. So I do high reps and lots of sets (for example today did 5 x 12 at 225lbs super-set with 5 x 12 of wide grip pull ups). I still have a significant loss of strength in my left side and definitely feel it almost a year after the initial insult.

I was down hard for a good 6 months where all I could do was rehab with rubber bands and was admonished by my Doc for doing cardio because he blamed the sweat for a surgical sight infection that almost forced him to go back in. Thankfully I had one of the best shoulder Ortho surgeon do my work (it helps that he is on retainer for my company). All that being said I gained about 30 lbs and trying to get it back off. Once you get past your mid 30's the metabolic slow down is a major obstacle to overcome when trying to shed weight. So upped my cardio on cut out most of the carbs from my diet and I have lost 10 lbs in 6 weeks and want to drop another 40 if possible.