As Jethro Tull sang:
"Oh, we won't give in
Let's go living in the past
Oh, no, no, we won't give in
Let's go living in the past"
When others here talk about past lifts, we are told that's not now. Not today.
When you do so, it's not a problem.
Your buttocks came off the bench and you used the bar mounts as a slider on the second "rep". But we won't give your credit because when it's you, you demand carte blanche.

I don't give a fuck what you think. I am not bragging about an old lift I am stating a fact with proof. I have lifted heavy in the past. I already had a torn pec at that time. With the repair I will pass that lift within 2 years. I will lift heavy again. That is why I got the repair.
I don't even have a full rom today I couldn't do a pushup if my life depended on it. 6-12 weeks for the graft to take then 3 months of baby movements. I wont even start weight training again until MARCH it will be summer by the time I have 50% of my strength back
I am not living in the past I am looking to the future. I am going to push things further than I have been before.
I get it everyone else here at 46 years old with 325LB bench would have been satisfied. Hell most of you would have kept the umbilical hernia as well. You would have said my time has passed and switched to water aerobics by now. Not me I am willing to take 2 steps back and sacrifice 6 months of rehab and suffering to hopefully take 3 steps forward.
I could go no further with the torn pec. It would have ripped off the bone completely if I tried to go further. I don't just want to turn back the clock and match my previous bench I want to surpass it. Hell, I have a 3-lift total in mind. It's a painful expensive risk that may not work but that is how much it means to me.
I may be more Frankenstein Cyborg than human by the time I am done.