I'm not suggesting you ditch what you are doing and change things up. I was just curious about why things are the way they are. In part I was hoping for a good reason that might make me think.
I didn't get one, but oh well.
I will say that I'm a little surprised that the pullups irritate your shoulder while rows do not. How are pullovers? Do they kill you too?
In the end I still think that the sheer volume of rows is a little excessive, given the feedback that you have provided. You could probably drop those HS rows without missing a beat and may see some improved performance and strength out of it.
Frankly, if there was one solid reason to drop this program now it would be because you don't love it. I have thought, for quite some time now, that if you don't love the program and love the results that you simply are asking for failure. People who love what they do push and get results. People who don't tend to spin wheels, make excuses and half ass it. Of course we all have to do some stuff we don't like. I don't like Good mornings, but they are in my workout and I did them today. I do them because I know that they are going to give me results. Read that again... I KNOW it. I'm not guessing at it, I'm not pretty sure... I KNOW. So hatred aside, I have an undying faith in the progress it will give me. If I plug in an exercise and I don't feel like it is doing much, I'll almost immediately pull it. It doesn't get a chance. I can feel when it isn't right and I don't have the patience to feel so-so about a particular lift for months only to have my original thoughts affirmed. That isn't to say I might not revisit it at some stage, but knowing the power that attitude plays I know that everything has a time and place and there is no reason to force something that just isn't going to cut it when there are so many choices out there.
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