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Dropped into a gym while on vacation and they were doing heavy-ish cleans but randomly in passing in the briefing the coach said “and remember don’t drop your barbells please” and sure enough in the workout people were trying to set their barbells down instead of dropping. I asked someone about it and they said “yeah they don’t like us to drop our barbells here.” Thought that was a little weird.

I recently had to cancel my CrossFit membership due to cost and have gone back to planet fitness. Can anyone drop some WODs I can do there? The equipment is obviously much more limited and spread out.

Hi all

I've been an avid Crossfit enthusiast for over four years now, going three times a week since January this year and did my first RX Open in March (last year was scaled). At 30yo (male) and 1.9m tall, weight gain has always been difficult beyond 76kg (mass gainer and home gym got me from 65kg to 72kg twelve years ago). I once videoed myself doing a deadlift and I looked like a giraffe trying to drink water 😂

In January I started creatine without perceiving much benefit beyond the initial 1kg weight gain. Went onto two whey servings and two mass gainer servings after I won a raffle during the Open at my local box, and eat three servings of chicken and rice before dinner (I do this every day, training or not). Despite this I am now struggling to break past 80kg.

Those extra 4kg have made a HUGE difference though. Everything is easier, from deadlift to power snatch, and I've only received compliments from others when the shirt comes off (as one does), but the goal is 85kg body weight. Someone even said I could go for 110kg, but I laughed that off as virtually impossible.

My question is more how to read this and what I should actually be aspiring for in this regard? Where are all these calories going? Clearly not into fat, which would be great in addition to at least some muscle (I understand that perhaps resistance training would perhaps really propel me forward more than straight crossfit). For more context, my testosterone blood levels are quite high since I eliminated plastic from the kitchen in 2023 (pathology even flagged them as 'critical' a year later when I did a follow up, whatever that means), and I consume a lot of red meat by default of being South African. Or do I just need to give myself more time?

I have been an avid CrossFit athlete for about 6 to 7 years, in excellent shape. Just had my second back surgery, microdiscectomy at L4/L5. My back had been acting up since the open so I really haven’t been able to work out a ton since March.

I’m limited to walking right now which is frustrating.

How do you guys get through this temporary season and stay motivated? Losing a ton of muscle weight and it’s frustrating.

Looking for grip recommendations specifically for powder coated Rogue bars. I do CrossFit and the movements destroying my hands are pull ups and toes to bar.

I already have Victory Grips Freedom (white, no hole) which I love on knurled bars but they’re completely useless on powder coat. I bought Victory Grips Tactical 2.0 3-hole large thinking the extra grip would help but they’re so sticky they’re causing friction injuries at my finger base creases — hands throbbing for days after only 45 TTB.

Looking for something that actually works on powder coat without welding my hand to the bar. What have you actually used on powder coated bars that works?

I do 4 or 5 Crossfit sessions a week but had to adjust my training pattern once I hit 40 to reduce the impact on the body. Specifically I now exclude Snatch, OH Squat, BMU, Pistol Squat, Box Jumps, Kipping and American Kettlebell swing.

My body feels great and I'm still making progress, but in a more controlled and sustainable way.

Be interesting to hear experiences and views from others.

I've got an upcoming competition, and I was wondering if melanotan 2 would be ok to take? I don't really like the idea of covering myself in spray tan, and would rather get it naturally. Does mt2 have any weird side effects, or is it frowned upon to take? It's not really performance enhancing in any way since everyone is getting tanned artificially anyway. Regardless, if it has crazy side effects I'd be a bit more hesitant to take it.

Please only post what you personally has made a difference to your training

Has anyone else experienced this, recently I’ve been looking at the wods for the upcoming week and it’s always just “meh”. Just a bunch of random movements with random rep schemes thrown together. I’m forcing myself to go in then regretting it and just giving up during the workout asking myself “why did I even come in” and just going slow and not getting a good workout.

Our box follows mayhem programming so we’re lucky to get one good wod a week. By good wod I mean something like row & bench, bike & sandbag cleans. I’m looking at these wods and just thinking to myself I’m not going the gym to do that.

For example today’s wod was

5 rounds
Amrap 3
20 box step overs
10 deadlifts

Then tomorrows
7 rounds
21 strict press @35
21 sit-ups
50ft walking lunge w 1 x 22kg db

^^ this will be a tough one but 147 strict press ? Why ?

And even the strength/gymnastics is random, we’ll do ring muscle ups for a few weeks, then the next week will be handstand walks and the week after is rope climbs

There’s no consistency

I'm really excited that I can fianlly do muscle up, but I can not get rid of chicken wings. I'm worried it will mess up my shoulders soon, what should I do to improve?