Author: ATTILA

  • Size Matters

    Winter was back with cold temps and light crowds.  Quality, not quantity, of the PAX today.  Here is how it went down:

    • COP
      • SSH
      • IW
      • DQ
      • Arm circles – forwards and backwards
      • Helicopters
      • APD
      • Merkins
      • LBC
    • Burpee march – 1 burpee for each parking spot down the parking lot (15 total) with 20 WWII sit-ups at the end, rinse and repeat 5x
    • Mosey to the pull-up bars for a 4 corners
      • 10 pull-ups
      • 20 step-ups at the picnic tables
      • 30 LBC
      • 40 flutter kicks
      • Rinse and repeat 4x (today is the Final 4)
    • Mosey to Striker Park for a mini-Michigan
    • Mosey back to parking lot for a 3x check
      • Run the parking lot
      • Balls to the wall
      • Reverse crunches
    • COT with YHC taking us out

    Great work for the PAX today.  As always, the most fit PAX member was the most vocal about the mini-Michigan.  Thanks Gypsy for a big dose of irony.  Yes, we did it on a soccer field, so the mini-Michigan was slightly more strenuous.  YHC simply told Gypsy that size matters.  Bigger is better.  Strong PAX, strong work today.  Happy Easter men!

    God is good all of the time!

    Attila

  • That 11 Was No Joke

    The perfect number for a PAX (6) on a not so perfect morning.  Seek cover and get after it.  Here is how it went down:

    • COP
      • SSH
      • Hillbillies
      • DQ
      • Arm circles – forwards and backwards
      • Helicopters
      • Merkins
      • LBC
    • KB ladder – work your way up the ladder with 5, 10, 15, 20, 25 reps (adding a new exercise at each interval and brief jog in between intervals)
      • Shoulder press
      • Curls
      • Swings
      • Squats
      • High pulls
    • 3x check with run, lawnmower pulls and flutter presses
    • 11 with sit ‘n press and KB hammers
    • COT with YHC taking us out

    The 11s finale was no April’s Fools joke.  That was a true burn-out finale.  You are welcome PAX!

    Great to see Offshore today, and 2 straight weeks of Chum Bucket.  Life is good at the Circus!

    To all the PAX, enjoy celebrating the resurrection over the coming weekend.  God is good all of the time!

    Attila

  • Mumble-Chatter Galore

    A solid PAX of 6 assembled to throw around the KBs this morning.  Mumble-chatter and bodily functions provided a lot of background noise that some of us tried to tune out.  Here is how it went down:

    • COP
      • SSH
      • IW
      • Punitive 5 burpees for too much mumble-chatter
      • DQ
      • Arm circles – forwards and backwards
      • Helicopters
      • Scorpion kicks
      • APD
      • Merkins
      • LBC
    • Lucky Bus Loop – farmers carry to the four quadrants of the bus loop, perform 15 reps of a certain exercise, adding a new exercise for each quadrant, with a total of 8 at the end
      • Lawnmower pulls – each arm (8x)
      • Curls (7x)
      • Sit ‘n presses (6x)
      • Overhead presses (5x)
      • KB swings (4x)
      • Halos (3x)
      • High pulls (2x)
      • Sumo squats
    • Run the bus loop
    • Mary with a KB
      • WWII sit-ups
      • American hammers
    • COT with YHC taking us out

    The bus loop tour is deceptive.  Start soft, but the finish after being under weight for ½ hour is brutal.  YHC forearms were burning at the end.

    Today was a great time for fellowship, plenty of mumble-chatter.  Some mumble-chatter did result in punitive actions. Great picture of F3.  Really enjoyed having Fireman Ed for a first time and Chum Bucket with his return.  Come back brothers!  Prayers up for Gypsy as he finishes contact tracing quarantine.

    God is good all of the time!

    Attila

  • Under Cover

    A downpour is the ideal time for a sheltered KB workout.  With the coverage of the bus loop drop off zone, here is how it went down:

    • COP
      • SSH
      • IW
      • DQ
      • Arm circles – forwards & backwards
      • Helicopters
      • Merkins
      • LBC
      • APD
    • KB ladder
      • 4 exercises starting at 10 reps each and working down to 1
        • Curls
        • Sumo squat to an upright press
        • Should press
        • One-handed swings
        • 10 lawnmower pulls each arm
      • Run the bus drop off area
      • Ciabatta with alternating flutter kick press and weighted WWII sit-ups
    • COT with YHC taking us out

    Great work by the PAX today.  We stayed dry and got stronger.  A workman-like morning.  Hope White Deer enjoyed his fart sack.  Maybe Gypsy will not be scared of the rain at some point soon. 

    God is good all of the time!

    Attila

  • Well That Was Entertaining

    A loyal PAX joined up for some laughs and a KB workout.  Hard to say in which order, but here is how it went down:

    • COP
      • Invisible jump ropes
      • Russian soldiers
      • DQ
      • Arm circles – forward and backwards
      • Helicopters
      • Scorpion kicks
      • Merkins
      • LBC
    • Mosey to the school for the following:
      • 15 donkey kicks
      • Bear crawl 20 yards to you KB
      • 10 lawnmower pulls each arm
      • Run back to the wall for a 60 second wall sit
      • Rinse and repeat 4x
    • 4x check
      • Run
      • Overhead pulls
      • Curls
      • Snatches
    • Ciabatta with flutter kick presses
    • COT with YHC taking us out

    Long story short, some of the stories from White Deer and Byproduct are not suitable for a BB.  Please see them for details.  Great work by the PAX.  The ending Ciabatta was a burnout.

    God is good all of the time!

    Attila

  • Tuesday Gridiron

    Warmer days are ahead.  For today, it was dry, which was a welcomed change.  As we see an end to winter coming, 8 noble warriors assembled at Heartbreak Ridge.  Iron sharpened iron, and here is how it went down:

    • COP
      • SSH
      • IW
      • Cherry pickers
      • Arm circles – forwards/backwards
      • Helicopters
      • Suzanne Somers
      • Scorpion Kicks
      • Merkins
      • LBC
    • Mosey to the parking lot for a burpee march – 1 burpee for each parking space followed by a chaser of 20 WWII sit-ups (repeat 3x)
    • Curb crawl ladder – up to 7 merkins and then back down
    • APDs
    • AMRAP pull-ups x2 – PAX does one round of side lunges and another round of squats while each man hits the pull-up bars
    • Mosey to the football field for a mini-Michigan
    • Mosey back to the parking lot for COT with YHC taking us out

    Welcome to a Gridiron Tuesday. Hard to say if Gypsy and Handshake could handle that.  Lots of mumble-chatter and frivolity from those 2 knuckleheads as we commenced.  Funny how 50+ burpees can quiet that.  Solid work from the PAX today.  YHC was grateful to lead these warriors in a full body workout.  See you later this week.

    God is good all of the time!

    Attila

  • Are You Wearing a Cardigan?

    A Gridiron Saturday without rain, snow or ice greeted 11 grateful and eager warriors this morning.  Here is how it went down:

    • COP
      • SSH
      • IW
      • DQ
      • Burpees
      • Arm circles – forwards and backwards
      • Helicopters
      • Scorpion kicks
      • Merkins
      • LBC
      • APD
    • Mosey to the pull-up bars for an 11 with pull-ups and step-up (each leg)
    • Mosey to the back of the school (tried the softball field but went to the tennis courts for a modified arch loader
      • Bear crawl, crab walk, duck walk, bunny hop for ½ the span of the courts
      • 15 LBC
      • Run to the far end and 10 burpees
      • Run back
    • Mosey around to the front of the school for a 3x check
      • Run the loop
      • Balls to the wall
      • Reverse crunches
    • Mosey back to the parking lot
    • COT with YHC taking us out

    Great work from the PAX today.  The weather was a blessing, and as always, great to link arms with this group of men.  Welcome to New Mexico, a buddy of Chum Bucket from down in Raleigh.  He fit right in.  Now there is one thing we have to question…was Nightcrawler wearing a cardigan?  Dude, did the M dress you for today?  For the record, it was a cable knit sweater, but does that really matter?  A man who owns more camo than the entire PAX combined showed up in a sweater.  Thanks for the laugh brother!

    Stay safe and know that God is good all of the time!

    Attila

  • Siri & White Deer – Table for 2

    Five strong redwoods stood tall in the morning gloom to clang some KBs this morning.  Here is how it went down at the Circus Maximus:

    • COP
      • SSH
      • IW
      • DQ
      • Arm circles – forwards and backwards
      • Helicopters
      • Scorpion kicks
      • Merkins
      • LBCs
    • AMRAP with cycles of 20 seconds rest, followed by 15, 10 & 5
      • High pulls
      • Halos
      • KB swings
      • KB squats with a press
      • Curls
    • 60 APD
    • 60 LBC
    • AMRAP with cycles of 20 seconds rest, followed by 15, 10 & 5
      • Skull crushers
      • KB sit-ups
      • Overhead pulls
      • KB American hammers
    • COT with YHC taking us out

    Solid LIFO performance from Chum Bucket.  No truth to the rumor that he was tardy after doing his own burpee fest as a pre-KB warm-up.  Welcome back Byproduct.  Good to know our resident cost accounting has mastered counting down.  White Deer talked out of all orifices today.  Also, great cameo from Siri.  Could not shut her up.  Her and White Deer were one heck of a corner of mumble-chatter this morning. 

    God is good all of the time! Attila

  • Arm Day

    PAX Today was an arm day at Circus Maximus.  Five noble warriors partook.  Here is how it went down:

    • COP
      • SSH
      • Helicopters
      • Arm Circles
      • Merkins
      • LBC
    • Deck of death – each suit is an exercise, 12 reps for that suit
      • 156 high pulls
      • 156 curl
      • 156 overhead pulls
      • 156 sit ‘n presses
      • 24 burpees
    • 100 LBC
    • COT with YHC taking us out

    3rd F next Tuesday at 8 pm.  Honeydo is leading.  Subject is forgiveness.

    Solid work from the PAX.  Should be wet the rest of the week.

    God is good all of the time!

    Attila 

  • Staying Safe

    Three brave and somewhat crazy warriors risked the elements to visit the Gridiron this morning.  Conditions remained safe and here is how it went down as we played the hand dealt us:

    Great work by the PAX great to welcome Double D.  God was good today as we remained safe! Tried to make this friendly for the virtual PAX.

    Attila