Writing this Sunday afternoon. Got in some training in the rain at the lake yesterday afternoon after dropping the kids off. Really, really shitty conditions but it's sometimes about just punching the clock and moving forward. Kevin and I determined that it would be appropriately to start incorporating some pull-ups back into the routine, after taking a number of weeks off to let some elbow and biceps issues that seemed to be exacerbated by pull-ups calm down.
Warm-up
2x:
1 pull-up
5 push-ups
2 pull-ups
3 push-ups
3 pull-ups
2 push-ups
DB 24kg farmer carry, about 2 minutes
Notes - Writing this the next day, feeling very good and there doesn't seem to be any unusual soreness or issues coming out of putting the pull-ups back into the routine. Keeping the rep count very low obviously was important. In general the movement felt strong, and I felt a lot more lat engagement than I remember previously, I suspect due to all the swings I have been doing I have been recruitment of those muscles. Was really pleased to see at the top of the pull, no elbow issues like I was experiencing before. All good signs here. I think it will be appropriate to keep training the movement again. What got me into trouble I think were weighted pull-ups which in the overall training program I was doing at that time, maybe were too much volume, or I wasn't doing enough mobility work and recovery for the shoulders, not sure. I would like to eventually get back to training weighted pull-ups in an effective manner but for now it's going to be bodyweight for sure, and just progressing slowly and appropriately in a way that is additive to the other training I am doing.
