Now that’s a crossfit I could actually manage.
CrossFit week 3 session 2
Looks like I’ll have To learn patience with this Olympic lifting thing.
Snatch
50 x 2
55 x 2
60 x 1
65 x 1
70 x 1
75 x 1
82.5 x 0 lost balance backwards
82.5 x 0 lost balance forwards
82.5 x 1went for a power snatch rather than a lower catch. I’ll take a tiny PR.
High bar pause squat - 2s
80 x 5
120 x 5
150 x 3 x 6
Preacher curl
42.5 x 8 x 4
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Seen Clarence Kennedy take like 16 attempts at a certain weight in one sesh. Weightlifting ain’t powerlifting
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Good to know I’m not the only one
U can be strong enough but the margin for error is small so u can miss easy. No chance to grind
CrossFit week 3 session 3
High DB Step up
20kg x 8 x 4
Weighted chin up
12kg x 8 x 4
12 min cap
Rowing erg - 75 calories
21-15-9 reps
DB box step overs
DB push-ups
Cardio is hard. Push ups are easy. 75 calories takes a lot longer to burn than you think
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TBH, It’ll probably take me the entirety of the time cap 
I was really disappointed when I learned how long you had to do cardio just to burn 1 cup of rice. Totally not worth it.
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The cardio, or the rice?
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Definitely the one that wasn’t worth it was the cardio lol
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This is exactly the thought I had the second I finished the cardio. The next time I overshoot my calories for the day by ‘only’ 150 calories, I’ll remember exactly how much that really is.
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If your maintenance is 2700 then it’s just existing for 90 minutes extra. I wonder why zig-zagging calories isn’t as common a suggestion nowadays. Reading old stuff it pops up all the time, and now people seem to opt for the same daily caloric intake and modulate macro proportions.
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Zig sagging or cycling typically uses maintenance and a deficit. No one likes deficits. Ryan Fischer’s carb cycling program uses like 95% and 80% of maintenance. I think hitting the same numbers everyday is just easier. It allows for you to go with like 87-90% or something.
Week 3 Accessories session 1
Deadlift - conventional! 
100 x 5
130 x 3
150 x 3
170 x 2
190 x 2
210 x 2 new max conventional
210 x 1 forgot to add plates 
230 x 1 another all time PB. First ever 500+… Yay I guess.
240 x 1 a slightly less embarrassing pb, tough rep. Would be nice to get conventional to 272 (600).
Meh, but not bad for first real conventional session in maybe a decade.
Sumo deadlift
240 x 8, just incase anyone watching thought I was weak.
Conventional back downs
170 x 3 x 3
Lying leg curl (top-full-bottom)
40 x (10-10-10) x 3
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I was actually thinking about zig-zagging for weight gain but I think that’s called employing control days nowadays.
Your gym. Beasts?
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I always say, lifting the shape the body, diet to define it, and cardio for heart health. You can’t out train a shitty diet!
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Genuinely lol’d.
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Haha no, I just have more ego than I’d like to admit. My 240 conventional was pretty slow.
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Agreed. I just gotta do other cardio stuff that’s not as boring as jogging on the treadmill. Jogging outdoors is totally waaay better for example.