Jerk and intro to Knees to elbows

This was a really good workout for me, the WoD:
5 rounds:
10 Jerk @135#
20 Knees to elbows

I nerfed it a bit, using 115# and 12 k2E's, to finish in 18:51. I've never done a knee to elbow before, so I thought to bring it down to 12, and I wanted to go heavy with the jerk, but I didn't want to get such a weight that it could really affect my form. 115 was tough, but near the end I started nailing the form, and that felt great.

K2E's weren't difficult with regards to using my abs, I was surprised with how easy it was the first time around. However, I after a while my right shoulder started to hurt some. I mentioned this to Jerry and he suggested switching from a pull up position (palms facing outward) to a chin-up (palm facing inward). Turns out that the pull up position places some stress on the shoulder with the additional outward rotation. I tried the chin-up grip for my bothered arm, and viola, the pain went away. I would have to admit, k2E's aer a lot more difficult for me than ab-mat because of the use of arms, but next time I'll definitely do the Rx'd version.

This leads me to my next thought, everytime I nerf a workout I look back and then wonder why I didn't do it Rx'd. Usually I do it Rx'd, but I'm still not 100% recovered from the flu (I'm like 95%) and the past two workouts I've really performed less than optimal, so I wanted to try to nail the workout, if not for psychological reasons rather than physical reasons. I'm sure tomorrow's workout, which I believe will be a B-day celebration, will be tough and I'll do it Rx'd.