More progress. . . possibly

     Tuesday night, I got home from work and headed out to the garage to do a few pull ups.  My plan was to do a bunch of singles.  However, I felt kind of light (for me) on the first pull up.  Inspired, I figured I'd do two on the second set, but found I had more gas, so attempted -- and completed -- a third DHPU!  That's the good news.  

     The potentially bad news is that my left shoulder -- the one I did NOT have surgery on -- gave me sharp pain as I began each pull up.  I might ignore this, but I tweaked it about 6 months ago and it took almost 4 months to really get better with a few weeks of having problems sleeping with it.  

     Naturally, because I'm stupid, I did a few more sets, doing doubles.  Each time, at the bottom of the pull up, as I began the pull, I had the sharp pain in the left shoulder.  Bummer, because I don't want to exacerbate whatever is going on in there, yet I don't want to lose the progress I've made in such a short time.  

     Yesterday, Wednesday morning, was a strength work out:

Press:  5 @ 125#; 5 @ 135#; 5 @ 140#.  

Deadlift:  5 @ 215; 5 @ 225#; 10 @ 235#; then, 5 x 8 @ 145#; 

Rows:  3 x 5 @ 145#.

A bit disappointed with the press, as I've pressed 145# for 5 reps before, so thought I should get 6 or 7.  The third set of deadlifts was a max rep set, during which I started to experience tunnel vision and felt my lats really straining.  The 5 back off sets were done from a deficit just for kicks.  

     This morning, I did some strength work and a quick conditioning work out:

Back Squat:  3 @ 205#, 215#, 225#, 230#; and 235#.  

Tabata:   (a)  24" box jump (step off box);

                 (b)  53# kettle bell swing;

                 (c)  push ups;

                 (d) sand bag cleans (approx. 50#).

(Tabatas are intervals:  8 intervals of 20 seconds of work, with 10 second rests between each work set.  I rested about a minute between each exercise.0