3,000 in 20

 It had been a BHAG of mine for a few years:  Do 20 clean and jerks and have it add up to 3,000 or more pounds.

As an aside:  BHAG stands for Big Hairy Audacious Goal and was an actual term used by management at a mid-sized biotech I used to work for.  It's kind of dude-bro-ish for my taste, but I can go along with such culture--even if I would never initiate such, myself.

In any case, I had come close to this goal recently, by doing 3,000 in 20 consecutive lifts.  This means I had done essentially, a progression of warm-up lifts and then 20 lifts of about 150 lbs each.  The first time had been 24 total lifts and a bunch at 151 and 150.  Eventually, I got to more than 3,000 in only 21 lifts, but today it was 3,000 in 20.

Part of the trick was to warm-up with fewer, heavier lifts.  Where a few months ago I would start at 115 and then go-up in 5 lb increments, today I started at 130, then 140 then 145, then 150.  I was only 35 lbs in debt at that point.  In the end, I did 7 152s, 7 153s, 3 150s and one each of 130, 140 and 145.

For reference: I'm 60 years old and have a bodyweight of about 155 lbs.