Tag: Circus Maximus

18 Fabulous specimen of the male physique gathered at Godwin HS today for a KB beatdown with Fudd, who used a Weinke and then promptly lost it so…..this is what I remember:

COP

Lots of stuff: SSH’s, Ukranian Soldiers, Helicopters, Merkins , leg raises, APD’s, inverted scorpion kicks, and some other stuff

Mosey to the bus loop and partner up for a modified Dora:

50 2-count lawnmowers between the team, trade off while other PAX does…..box cutters?

100 Sumo squats, trade off while other PAX does…flutter kicks methinks…..

150 chest press, trade off while other PAX planks.

Run a loop, then mosey to other side of the bus loop for a triple check:

1st round: Timer does Jordans (pass leg underneath leg while you lunge walk) to No Parking sign and back while P2 does curls and P3 does swings.

2nd round: Timer does rifle carry to sign and back while P2 and P3 do clean & press and…….something else.

3rd round: Timer does around the world to the sign, does 5 burpees, and around the world the opposite direction walking back, while P2 does tricep extentions and P3 does flutter kicks.

Mosey back to the flag for a little Mary and then numberama, namerama, YHC took us out.

NMS: Always a pleasure and honor to lead, and today was no different. Good to see some PAX get back out that have been on a sabbatical. YHC arrived super early today (5:27) and got many compliments. Lots of PAX rolled in late, no doubt expecting YHC to have done the same. Coffee courtesy of Offshore was the highlight (as always) and we all appreciate him (and Mr. Rogers) more than we can put into words for their service and the exceptional caffe!

Announcements: March Madness starts today, Upchuck is looking for a Bridge coordinator, and 1 opportunity left for Breaking Bread this month.

Never stop chasing the wabbit!

Fudd

A crowd that continued to assemble through COP, building to 17.  Here is how this deceptive beat-down played out:

• COP
  • SSH
  • IW
  • Ukrainian soldiers
  • Helicopters
  • Arm circles
  • DMH
  • Merkins
  • LBC
  • Penguins
  • APD
• Lucky bus loop, 15 reps of an exercise and keep adding exercises
  • 120 lawnmower pulls, each arm
  • 105 curls
  • 90 high pulls
  • 75 overhead pulls
  • 60 sit ‘n presses
  • 45 KB FK
  • 30 goblet squats
  • 15 KB swings
• COT with YHC taking us out

Good to get some KB work in today.  Fudd was nice enough to say he had few to no complaints.  I need to get more of those workouts in. 

Continued prayers for Roger Roger’s, Handshake’s and Wojo’s families as they have loved ones facing death.  Grateful we can have a greater hope.  God is good all of the time!

Attila

Is it possible to have fun while doing a Kettlebell workout? What happens when 15 adults who usually act like children are now told to play games they may have played as children? What’s Frogger? (Question asked by Lighthouse). Answers to follow.

After some warmups, we started with a game of Red Light/Green Light. Whoever was “It” got to pick the exercise everyone had to do while walking to reach “It”. Get caught moving when “Red Light” and you back to beginning and do some burpees and start over. After ~8 rounds of this with different exercises (curls, overhead presses, squat walkers, waiter carry, etc), we moved on. It was a 6 out of 10 on the Fun-O-Meter.

We circled up and did some abs (sit n press and hammers) then got up and walked past the coffee station for another game. We played Kick the Can. Regular tag with all the bells in the “jail”. Get tagged, go to jail and do some exercises. “Free” player kicks the can and everyone escapes. Byproduct falls 30 seconds in trying to tag people and it went down from here. It was a 9 out of 10 on the “What was he thinking?” meter.

Everyone lines up at the curb while I grab the speaker. Count off in 3’s, each group gets a different exercise and does it from curb to curb: lunges, rifle carry or death crawl. I play the theme song while we play Frogger. Everyone gets to go and people doing exercises rotate through the 3 exercises after each attempt. Lighthouse goes first and has no idea what Frogger is. He learned quickly. 10 out of 10 in the “Video game re-enactment at Circus Maximus” scale.

Circle up for more abs, go back to the flag. Have a minute left and in honor of Handshake’s F3 anniversary, finish with 8 burpees.

Announcements: Lunch next Tuesday at Joeys, Volunteer opportunity this Saturday 9-1:let L Woods know if you can make it.

All I proved is that 45 minutes can go fast when everyone is confused.

As the weather gets better, please remember:

In the heat of the day, I hang my head down low, and hide my face from the sun, through the light of the day, until the evening time, I’m waiting for the night to c.c.c.c.come!

19 members, which included some strong redwoods and some whiny bitches.  Here is how it went down:

• COP
  • SSH
  • IW
  • Ukrainian soldiers
  • Helicopters
  • Arm circles
  • DMH
• Deck of death – 4 suits/4 exercises/12 reps per card, plus the jokers
  • 156 curls
  • 156 hi pulls
  • 156 overhead pulls
  • 156 side swings
  • 24 burpees
• Mary
  • FK
  • Side crunches
  • LBC

This workout is notorious for bringing out the mumble-chatter and commentary.  Ironically, one of the most vocal PAX member rarely Q’s and never shows up on time…Fudd.  Everyone thinks they are a comedian, but YHC will have the last laugh when you are sore tomorrow morning.   That is, if they actually did all of the reps.  All banter aside, good to have these men together and a chance to fellowship while iron sharpens iron.

Prayers up for those sick, in the job market or starting new jobs.  God is good all of the time!

Attila

18 PAX came in for a warm slightly wet weather beatdown. Since Lent has 40 days I attempted to make 40 applicable to each exercise. The workout started (with Fudd only being one minute late and me butchering part of the COP trying to make fun of Fudd – sorry Fudd. My daughter used to tell me I am funny once a month – she may actually be accurate.) Anyway, the workout went as follows:

COP: SOS – DQs, helicopters, merkins, MCs, arm circles and Freddies. Mosey to bus loop.

Cumulative exercises: 5 burpees, 10 sit and press, 20 squats, 30 curls and 40 bench presses.

4 corners cumulative(My tendency is to come up with unique corners that end up not being corners. I guess we did three corners with a repeat of one corner). 10 tricep pull downs, 20 high pulls, 30 halos (15 each direction – Seymour is a world class haloer) and 40 lawnmower pulls – 20 each arm.

Lindseys: swings and calf raises. I am told ladies like a man with muscular calves. The last set of swings was challenging.

Finished at home base with stretching.

Good to see a couple of not as regulars and have an age range of 9 to 73. Slightly frozen triangle is this Saturday. We think that Bodos is doing his 10 year anniversary Q at Dogpile this Saturday. He may sprinkle some Lenten wisdom. Prayers for Upchuck’s friends, one of whom is not likely making it past this week, Fudd’s sister Mary and Handshake’s niece Charlotte. I was told that I led a very calm beatdown this morning. Big shout out goes to Handshake for escalating the resolution of a burst water pipe issue at my house a couple weeks ago. Great job!

Thanks for letting me lead!

Fireman Ed

An FNG Kyle Smecker (not at sure of the last name) showed up, complements of Gomer Pyle and Gypsy! We named him “Honeypot”. (Works in cyber security, lives in Goochland.)
There’s a lot of angst in politics these days. Thus, the Prayer of Saint Francis of Assisi in COT. Whitesnake suggested an update to the prayer.
We began with the Issuance of the standard disclaimer:
• I am not a professional.
• Feel free to modify.
• Push yourself but don’t hurt yourself.
• You vs You
• Don’t leave here with more injuries than you came with.
Warmup:
• 20 SSHs
• 20 IWs
• 20 Ukrainian Soldiers
• 10 Don Quixote
• Stretch: Right foot, Right Hand
• Stretch: Left foot, Left hand
Mosey to covered walkway
11s. We walked back and forth across the width of the covered walkway.
• Renegade Rows (each arm), Waiter carry both directions, Upright Row
Mosey around the Circus Maximus
Triple Check:
• The Timer rifle carries their KB to the Propane Tank, does 5 burpees and returns
• Partner 2 Squats
• Partner 3 Triceps
Mosey around the Circus Maximus
• Stretch
Triple Check:
• The Timer rifle carries their KB to the Propane Tank, does 5 burpees and returns
• Partner 2 Curls
• Partner 3 Squat Thrusters
Mosey around the Circus Maximus
• Stretch
Back to the flag
Announcements
February 21: Frozen Triangle
COT
Prayer of St. Francis of Assisi (Prayer for Peace)
Lord, make me an instrument of your peace:
where there is hatred, let me sow love;
where there is injury, pardon;
where there is doubt, faith;
where there is despair, hope;
where there is darkness, light;
where there is Circus Maximus, coffee; (Whitesnake addition)
where there is sadness, joy.
O divine Master, grant that I may not so much seek
to be consoled as to console,
to be understood as to understand,
to be loved as to love.
For it is in giving that we receive,
it is in pardoning that we are pardoned,
and it is in dying that we are born to eternal life.
Piglet, White Deer, By-Product, Blue Moon, Mr. Rogers, Borat, Bootleg, Whitesnake, Joey Chestnut, Mariner, Offshore, Attila, Honeypot, Fudd, Gypsy, Luigi, BedPan, Lighthouse, Fortran, Fireman Ed, Seymour, Pigskin

17 Strong christened the bus loop in anticipation of GHS reopening today.  Here is how it went down:

• COP
  • SSH
  • IW
  • Ukrainian soldiers
  • Helicopters
  • Arm circles
  • DMH
  • Merkins
  • LBC
  • Penguins
• KB 1 man Dora – break up into 5 sets with a run down the bus loop after each set
  • 100 overhead pulls
  • 150 KB FK
  • 200 lawnmower pulls (each arm)
• Mary
  • WWII sit-ups
  • Side crunches, each side
  • LBC
• COT with YHC taking us out

Great to see so many from the PAX out this morning.  Solid work from the robust crowd that was definitely there for the coffee. 

Frozen Triangle this weekend.  Lunch next Tuesday at Firehouse Subs.

Continued prayers for those looking for work.  God is good all of the time!

Attila

11 noble warriors came in at different points over the course of the workout, just ready for a jailbreak.  Here is how it went down:

• COP
  • SSH
  • IW
  • Ukrainian soldiers
  • Helicopters
  • Arm circles
  • DMH
  • Merkins
  • LBC
  • Penguins
• Lucky bus loop, sort of – just using the covered and non-icy bus drop-off zone to do 15 reps of an exercise, carry your KB to the other side and add another exercise with 15 reps
  • 135 lawnmower pulls, each arm
  • 120 high pulls
  • 105 curls
  • 90 tricep presses
  • 75 squats
  • 60 sit ‘n presses
  • 45 presses
  • 30 swings
  • 15 halos
• Mary with a set of LBCs
• COT with YHC taking us out

There are limited spots to workout and remain safe.  There was also talk from Whitesnake of using our KBs to have a curling competition.  KBs slide on the ice, but inconsistent at best.  It was also interesting to see the various choices of dress, both outwear and boots/shoes.  All in all, grateful to have the PAX together.  Prayers of thanksgiving for getting us there and for safety in the days to come.  Kids are not going back to school anytime soon.

T-claps to Mr. Rogers for brewing coffee. Suck that Starbucks that does not open!

God is good all of the time!

Attila

15 kettlebell and/or hammer wielding studs poured into the CM parking lot knowing they not what they were in for entirely but knowing it was a first course of Gumbo followed by a coffee chaser. YHC has been reacquainting himself with his kettlebells and the confines of the Circus, and it was great to get back on the Q sheet there. More to come this year!

Mosey – yes move swiftly without your bell – around the bus loop and back to the parking lot for COP, starting with 8 burpees for the 8 sets of knees covered up and not abiding by the SOP protocols. Other exercises included some stretches, some typical non-KB exercises and some questionable, unnamed KB exercises (possibly made up).

THANG:

Carry your weight to the bus terminal cover and partner up for a Triple Check (NOTE to Ronnie – YHC noticed in COP we had a perfect 15 so we hit the Triple Check first). Runner/Timer had a choice – either wall sit holding your weight for a 60-count or walk your weight, waiter carry style, to the end of the cover and back. Other PAX did sit and press and merkins – again merkins had a choice (I’m a benevolent Q) of offset merkins or merkin pull-throughs or mix and match…just get to work!

Lindsay’s – in Jville’s honor we did Lindsay’s. 30 goblet squats and 10 swings, then carry any way you’d like across the parking lot to the flag, and do 25-15, then 20-20, then 15-25 and then, ouch, 10-30.

Circle up for about 7 minutes of Mary finisher with some weighted flutters, boat and canoe, american hammers and shoulder taps, among others.

Numbers, Names, Announcements, Prayers and YHC took us out.

Announcements:

• The Bridge is on and Pigskin has the Q and the clown car – this Saturday. Beat the snow and ice and get all 3 F’s in one morning.
• Frozen Triangle 2/7. Get Ready

YHC is thankful for all the various options of AOs and groups and workouts we have to choose from. Whether we decide to show up to swing some KBs, hit SCCC for an exclusive foursome, get up extra early for some ruck miles or to stand FirstWatch, hit a run AO or whatever the h___ WTH is, or just go to the closes bootcamp – we have options and variety and always welcoming faces and men ready to get after it and motivate each other (again in different ways). It is great to be able to do this and keep things interesting and keep the relationships building. Keep up the great work men. Get to a new or different AO, or like me, return to an AO you haven’t been to in a while and take the Q. Keep pushing!

Thanks, Offshore, for the coffee. Good stuff my friend and great 2nd F. PS – Wegmans did have chicken and milk – phew!

No More Gumbo For You!

17 PAX arrived in the windy confines of Mills Godwin HS ready to work on their physiques for pool season in just over 4 months. It was a relatively quiet and odor free crew.

COP: DQs, 1 burpee OYO, Helicopters, 2 burpees OYO, Jazzercise – 3 burpees OYO, merkins – 4 burpees OYO, Freddies – 5 burpees OYO little bit of stretching. Head to bus loop

Quadruple triple check with Squat Thrusters, chest press, curls for the ladies and the pacer runs to the end of bus loop does 1 burpee and then runs back. Stay in bus loop

Death crawls for a couple hundred feet, lunge for a couple hundred feet, rifle carry and then halos each side. The halos got really tough (or my shoulders are week or both). mosey to nearby wall.

Tried a new exercise which was wall sit, pass someone’s bell do two curls pass it to your buddy to the right. This took awhile and we were able to handle/touch everyone’s bell. Some bells were large and heavy, some not so much. You do the best you can with the bell that you have. Add in 10 donkey kicks. Go to side of school for Dora time.

Dora: 50 burpees, 100 coupon American hammers, 150 coupon calf raises.

Finished with a DMH for a minute.

Bridge on 1/24 – talk to Pigskin if you are interested. If you have not been yet, please strongly consider attending. Good cause and a good time in one. Frozen triangle – 2/7 – see slack for details.

Prayers for Fudd’s sister, Handshake’s niece, Gypsy’s father n’ law and all those who are suffering or recovering from the flu.

Thanks for letting me lead!

Fireman Ed