2nd Push/Pull Day. Pushes are still pretty easy, but tried a couple of things. Did fingertip push-ups for the first 50. I'm going to keep doing fingertip push-ups for the warm-up set to start building finger strength. Eventually I'll need to balance with some grip work, but I'm already doing the pull-ups, so I'm probably fine for now. Popeye arms will be cool.
Historically my trouble with push-ups has been wrists and elbows. I can definitely see the advantages of starting slow to strengthen those tendons and gain more wrist flexibility. Still, looking forward to moving on to step 2.
Pulls were more of a challenge, that's mostly (I believe) a result of using the TRX straps. Those things are pretty good from a pure workout perspective, but it's really impossible to get a sense of progress because there are so many variables of foot placement and other things. From session to session and even set to set the difficulty can vary widely. This could be manageable in a home gym, because you can control those variables much better, but in a shared gym environment it's just impossible to tell whether you're doing more reps because you're getting stronger or because someone else has lowered the straps. Annoying.
Anyway, I did the progression set on both push and pull. I'll be hitting the wall on pulls first - no surprise there.
1x50 Fingertip Wall Push-ups
2x50 Wall Push-ups
3x50 Wall Pull-ups (With TRX strap)
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