First off thank you so much for all that you do – I love science and can’t stop talking to everyone about the science of building muscle and torching fat. I recommend your programs (both TSPA and THT) to everyone that I talk to because they always want to know how I’ve managed to transform myself. I have lost 31 pounds in 16 weeks and gone from over 23% body fat to just over 8% – and I’m still going!

The main reason I am writing you is because when I was a teenager (I’m 30 now) I had two surgeries on my right shoulder due to a wrestling injury. The last one was a latarjet procedure which removed my coracoid process with attached muscles and placed it in front of my shoulder joint to prevent dislocations. And then about 5 years ago I dislocated my right clavicle from my shoulder in a motorcycle accident (the doctors left it dislocated because they said it wasn’t needed for weight bearing exercises). So needless to say my right shoulder is a little messed up overall. I noticed lately that my bench press (as I progressively move up in weight) is being hindered because my right shoulder gives out before my pecs do. And today I switched to sitting overhead dumbbell press, and my right shoulder gave out before my left shoulder (by two reps). Should I do an extra set of shoulder lifting to bring up the strength in my right shoulder to that of my left? And if so, do you think that will help me with my bench press, or should I switch to a different chest exercise?

Thank you for any feedback Mark!