HSPU's Are Your Friend

So I am pretty sure I have developed tendinitis in my left knee. Ever since the Oly lift meet it has been giving some level of discomfort, 24/7. It gets worse when I squat a bunch and better when I rest (shocker). I am trying to just put it out of my head during workouts. It has not slowed me down much, it has just been a nag and forced me to sacrifice good form on some reps. During "Fran" I could feel myself leaning a bit forward and maybe to my right to counter the pain. Its whatever though, I am not going to dwell on it. Just do what I do and hope it heals.

Today was a WOD I had never tried before, I was unsure how it would go. HSPU and weighted pull ups seem like they could give me fits.

21 HSPU
400m run
21 weighted pull ups, 47.5lb
15 HSPU
400m run
15 weighted pull ups, 47.5lb
9 HSPU
400m run
9 weighted pull ups, 47.5lb

16:47

Wow, talk about feeling fresh. I sure did tonight. Even though I did not touch my head to the ground on a single HSPU I couldn't have been more then an inch from the ground on every rep. My ROM was damn near full. Going into this workout I was scared about the HSPU and the weighted pull ups, which I will get to in a moment. The first set of HSPU went 7-5-4-3-2, next set was 8-5-2 and the final set was 9. I was flying through these, up-down-up-down-up-down. It felt great! For the first time in a while I actually enjoyed HSPU's. The runs were cake. They were right around 400m down a hill and back up it. I was running significantly faster then I usually do. The pull ups, these were tough. My original plan was to use 25lbs, but, after checking the message board, I noticed that 45lbs seemed to be the standard. I strapped 45lbs on about a 2.5lb chain, could be a 5lb chain, I will have to check, around my waist for the pull ups. I used a supine grip, otherwise I would never have finished. About 10 reps throughout the whole workout were not deadhang, all the rest were. I was able to get a slight kip for some reps but once the weight started swinging, I either had to step down or hang there and test my grip. I thought this workout was fun. I felt fresh the whole time. It is certainly one of those workouts where I became strength fatigued and not endurance fatigued.