Keen to hear how everyone is doing with regards to their upper body strength ahead of training.
Are you all just focusing on press ups and pull ups or incorporating free weights as well
Obviously I'm not training for this, but my 2p:
I trained for all my recruit stuff doing 95% bodyweight exercises for strength. I later learned, from advice and trial and error, that by far the most
effective strength training is explosive compound free weight exercises: clean and jerk, deadlifts, bench press, various others. Powerlifting, in short.
HOWEVER, they are
also the most effective way of injuring yourself. Doing them consistently requires really good technique that most don't develop or maintain, and instead pick up various niggles or injuries. That incurs additional time resting, doing stretches or recovery, etc.
Personally I think the most
efficient method (i.e. overall improvement while minimising downtime) is probably still bodyweight, but that totally depends on how experienced or diligent you are with doing the free weights properly and injury-free.