A Strong Return

Today was a strong return to weight lifting for me.  I suffered a pretty bad injury and have not touched a weight in over a month. It will be even longer before I can return to doing squats and deadlifts again but I will work on what the doctor cleared me for, upper body. So today I wanted to find out where I was strength wise for a few exercises I want to incorporate. Today was like a chest/shoulder/tricep day. Here it is:

Legs Up Pause Bench

135x 10

225x 6

275x 6

295x 6

315x 6

Seated Shoulder Press

135x 10

185x 5

225x 5

185x 5, 10

Seated French Press

45x 20

95x 10

135x 8, 6

155x 6

That was it.  I finished off with some cardio but no ab work due to the neck/back injury. I minimized all stress on the spine by benching with my feet in the air and doing my tricep work seated. I have no pain and was surprised at the strong workout after a month layoff.