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I'm restarting stronglifts 5x5 after time off due to injury, illness, and travel. I had a bit of a back injury which left me unable to squat or deadlift for a while, so I have been doing upper body workouts for the past month. I think I am finally able to start squatting and deadlifting again, but I am going to start very light on those and focus on form.
Since I have been doing bench and ohp recently, however, it seems like it might be a bit off to start with the empty bar on those. For reference here are my stats:
5'6" (167 cm)
about 165 lbs (75 kg or so). 17% bodyfat
bench 5 RM 185 lbs
ohp 5 RM 115 lbs
given those stats, what starting weights would give me a good base? I don't want to cheat myself out of gains and stall too soon, but I feel like I am too strong to start with an empty bar, especially on bench. Can anyone give me some insight? Thanks a lot!!
