Got going late Saturday afternoon, which was my preference over Sunday because I really wanted Sat night / Sunday and Sunday night to be rest and recovery to get ready for the next strength cycle that kicks off on Monday. So I was glad to get going Saturday even if it was pretty late (started at 5:00pm or so, ending at 6:15pm in the dark). Ended up doing 4 intervals of the following:
Run 5 minutes, body weight SL DLs 5/5, run 5 minutes, 5 pull-ups on rings followed by 10 push-ups on an elevated bench (technically first two rounds were 10 push-ups first, then followed with the pull-ups, due to someone using the pull-up bar so I waited for them).
I felt quite good despite more shit weather - raining the whole time, got pretty nasty at the end. On the first set of pull-ups after doing push-ups I was a little surprised at the difficulty on the 4th and 5th reps. I have been going on Sundays lately so had a full day of rest from KB training, whereas today I had snatched hard yesterday for 5 minutes, maybe as a little sluggish, not sure. However after that first set everything else was good on the pull-ups and push-ups. Experimented with a few reps on the pull-ups of externally rotating my hands near the top of the pull, really, really kicked in the lats which I thought was great. Stayed very tight on the reps, kept the elbows very close to my body on the pull and the negatives. I thought this was all good. R elbow was as good as it has been in some time, which was great. I think some things are working themselves out here over time. As I write this Sunday evening, I got a great rest last night, slept over 9 hours, longest in some time. Body really needed it. I was tempted to set an alarm because I suspected i might sleep that long, but decided against it and figured I will wake up when my body says it is time to wake up. That was good stuff. I feel ready to go for this next strength cycle.
