@NamVet - I'm just catching up on your thread. It sounds like you had a very successful surgery and recovery! I'm also a lifter (violated the cardinal rule of not lifting without a spotter and tore the rotator cuff). Repair surgery was in March 2020. Between only lifting once a week (I just got my power rack at home so can lift more often now) and trying to take it slow and steady, it's taking a while to build back up to where I was (and even that wasn't that heavy since I'd been lifting less than a year before injury). The bench is the one I'm having the hardest time building back up.
It sounds like you're doing it right. My surgeon said to start with lower weight, increase the reps and then move up to the next weight - rinse and repeat.
It sounds like you're doing it right. My surgeon said to start with lower weight, increase the reps and then move up to the next weight - rinse and repeat.