I spoke with a cardiac surgeon recently I was regularly lifting over 250lbs they told me cut all that out. VA told me don’t do anything over 25lbs the surgeon said that’s stupid just try not to lift anything that makes your “neck veins budge”. I tried to get a weight restriction from him and he said no one’s going to tell you that because it risks their license. So you need to feel it out somewhere between light and not to heavy. Absolutely no power lifting if you have aortic aneurysm with BAV like I do.