I went back to the gym today. It’s the first time since Covid in March of 2020. I may be sorry.
I had to establish a baseline for my initial exercises. I was supposed to do a gradual increase to see which weights I could lift easily until I got to one where it was really taxing.
I’m doing lat rows from bent over position on a bench and got to 5# each arm, then, since that was easy I thought I’d go to 15#. Someone had stolen all the 15# weights in the whole gym! Got to 20# though for 20 repetitions. 1st time in the gym for 3 years (since March of 2020).
Then I’m doing max weights today for bench press, and I got to 65# for 5 reps.
Then I did chair squats. Stand up, then take 10 seconds to sit.
Wt 202. (includes shoes and workout clothes, so no I didn’t strip.) Oh and I weighed at home because Someone stole the scales. Unbelievable!
I now weigh 6 pounds less than what I weighed when I started the blog eight years ago. https://ihavebetterthingstodo.wordpress.com/2014/03/06/it-begins/
Measureable progress 
Sounds like a great start. Remember to ease yourself in. I often get encouraged by my capabilities too quickly, and I just press on. That’s when an injury happens, which takes you waaaaay back to even before where you started.
People stealing stuff? Ugh… But things like that no longer really surprise me.
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