Tag: Circus Maximus

The PAX continues to persevere without our elder stateman, Pigskin.  YHC took another Q in hopes of one day achieving his greatness.  Here is how it went down:

• COP
  • SSH
  • IW
  • DQ
  • Helicopters
  • Arm circles
  • Stretches
  • Merkins
  • LBC
  • APD
• Lucky bus loop – 4 stops, 15 reps per exercise, add an additional exercise with each stop
  • Lawnmower pulls – 120 reps
  • Sit ‘n press – 105 reps
  • Overhead pulls – 90 reps
  • Sumo squats – 75 reps
  • Curls – 60 reps
  • Swings – 45 reps
  • Halos – 30 reps
  • 2x hammers – 15 reps
• COT with YHC taking us out

Great job by the PAX today.  Enjoyed the opportunity to throw around some KBs and fellowship.  Here is to a great Thursday for everyone.   God is good all of the time!

Attila

 A lucky PAX of 7 embraced the KB gloom for a beginning of school year beat-down.  Here is how it went down:

• COP
  • SSH
  • Ukrainian soldiers
  • Dead man hang
  • Helicopters
  • Arm circles
  • Stretch
  • Merkins
  • LBC
• KB Beast – different exercise and different means of traversing the length of the bus loop
  • Sit ‘n press and KB carry
  • High pulls and right-hand overhead carry
  • Curls and left-hand overhead carry
  • Swings and death crawl
  • Tricep press and weighted lunges
  • Halos and around the world
• COT with YHC taking us out

YHC is making his week of Qs “Beast Week.”  Wonder what is in store for Saturday at Gridiron…

Death crawls suck!   Also, t-claps to Offshore for having a weight that matches his non-hate age. 

Safe travels Pigskin!  No trimming or shortening of the mustache while you are away.

Convergence on Monday at Dogpile at 7 am.

Good is good all of the time!

Attila

A PAX of a lucky 7 assembled for another kettlebell Thursday.  Here is how it went down:

• COP
  • SSH
  • IW
  • Dead man hang
  • Helicopters
  • Arm circles
  • Scorpion kicks
  • Merkins
  • LBC
• AMRAP challenge – 5 exercises, 30 seconds for as many reps as possible followed by a rest of 20 seconds between exercises for the 1^st cycle, 15 on the next, 10 on the 3^rd and 5 on the final cycle
  • High pulls
  • Curls
  • Tricep press
  • Squats
  • Halos
• Run the bus loop
• 2^nd AMRAP challenge
  • Sit ‘n presses
  • Bench presses
  • Overhead pulls
  • Skull crushers
  • KB hammers
• COT

Prayers today for our families as many are in transition, including the start of new school years.  Hoping we are filled with Christ’s love for us so we are focused on loving and serving our loved ones.  Prayers for those going through challenging times!  God is good all of the time!

Attila

Under the better late than never category, we did kettle bells 2 weeks ago.   It had everyone complaining.  Here is how it went down:

• COP
  • SSH
  • DQ
  • IW
  • Arm circles
  • Helicopters
  • Merkins
  • LBC
• Deck of death – full deck of cards, each suit is an exercise of 12 reps, work through the deck
  • 156 overhead pulls
  • 156 curls
  • 156 high pulls
  • 156 sit ‘n presses
  • 24 burpees (jokers)
• Run the bus loop 2x
• COT with YHC taking us out

YHC has been on vacation since the workout.  This prepared his body for a week on the lake.  Everyone else was sore.  You’re welcome!

God is good all of the time!

Attila

8 for Circus Maximus today. Three days in a row for our recent FNG, Lasso. Lasso is Lighthouse’s niece’s husband. Great to have him! Great to have Fireman Ed back from vacation. The highlight from his vacation was without a doubt, the visit to the Potato Museum in Idaho. Maybe followed by the 40-degree nights. However, lately temperature wise in Richmond, I can’t complain, especially for August.

 

I forgot my kettlebell. Byproduct offered me his and was going to take the 20-pound KB I use to anchor the flag. But fortunately, Whitedeer had an extra 25-pound KB. The great thing about kettlebells is that it’s like a handicap with golf. You can compensate with the weight of the KB so everyone is equal. Sometimes, I feel guilty only handling a 25-pound bell when Offshore has a 45-pound bell. But I am able to get over it.?

 

We started with a warmup:

 

SSHs, Ukrainian Soldiers, Don Quixote, stretch arms, stretch hamstrings.

20 High Pulls (single count): 20 Deep Mountain Climbers (in cadence); 18 of each, 16 of each, etc.

Stretch and catch breath

Slingshot	10 each direction (around body)
Halo	10 each direction (handle points up in front, upside down in back)
Single Arm Deadlift	(Keep back and legs straight, bend at waist, KB on ground to KB at waist) 10 each side
Single Leg Deadlift	10 each leg (Same leg goes up as the arm with the kettlebell, try to maintain balance)
Turkish Getup	5 each side (leg bent at knee is the same side as upraised arm)
Run around Island	Oyster backed off at the last letting me have first place. What a pearl of guy!
Goblet Squat	20 in total (handles pointing down, deep squat)
Racked squat	10 each side
Racked lunge	10 each side
Alternating Single arm swing	20 in total
Clean and Press	10 each side (start with KB on ground, bend knees, keep KB close to body)
Run around island
Squat and Press
Bottom up Clean	10 each side (KB upside down at rack, hold 5 seconds)
Overhead squat	10 each side (KB held with arm straight above head)
Curls	20 each
Snatch	10 each side (Start with KB between legs, End with KB above head.)

 

Waiter’s carry to the flag. 20 flutters in cadence, 60 second leg raise. Finish

 

Numberama, namerama, announcements

Announcements:

The Crucible this Saturday at 7:30. Offshore has the Q. Blackwell Elementary, south of the James. Byproduct reported that Labrat rode 18 miles on his bicycle recently. How wonderful!

 

Takeout by YHC.

“Is That Made Up? It Sounds Made Up.” National Lampoon’s Vacation – You

The joggers making laps around Godwin encouraged the PAX through a beatdown that went something like this:

COP: SSHs, IWs, DQs, Merkins, Hello Dollies, Reverse Crunches, Imperial Squat Walkers IC

Mosey to door number 13. 13 Curls and 1 Squat Thruster.

Mosey to door number 12. 12 Tricep Extensions and 2 Squat Thrusters.

Continue around the building, conducting exercises based on the door number followed by Squat Thrusters. The PAX made it to door number 1, then 23, 22, …, 18 before time ran out. 19.5 rounds, so up to 18 Squat Thrusters (?). Towards the end, we sprinkled a lap around the bus loop, Arm Circles, Helicopters, etc.

COT

Announcements: New AO The Crucible in Manchester at Blackwell Elementary this Saturday at 7:30am. See Slack for more details.

NMS: This beatdown was inspired by White Deer inspired by Doozy to take a tour of the doors. YHC lost count, but is fairly certain that there are 23. YHC can confirm that the dude walking the wrong way down Pump is miraculously still alive. Strong work by the PAX today. It was great to be back in the fold after vacation last week.

9 warriors descended upon the friendly confines of MG looking to do some bell sculpting. One PAX was really proud of going from a 25 pound bell to 35 pounds and I with my 30 pound bell am jealous.

COP: Invisible jump rope, DQs, Scorpion kicks, FMs, ACs.

E1: Curb crawl revised with a coupon to drag and instead of merkins do sit and presses.

E2 and 3: Roll a die and do one of the following exercises depending on roll. Burpees, sit and press, coupon flutters, bench press, bicep curls, shoulder press, lawnmower pulls, tricep press, coupon squats, derkins and more burpees.

We went through 3 x with a run around the loop in between and at the end and at the beginning. Lots of ground covered for a KB workout.

Finished with 3 sets of DKs (15, 20, 25) and some MCs, something I thought of on the spot and some stretcheroonie.

Praise and prayers for Lab Rat, Pinto, Blue Moon and friend of White Deer’s named Mark.

Good to lead even with a few workout complaints from the PAX.

Happy Birthday By Product. Free coffee for you.

Fireman Ed

An enormous moon vaporized behind the clouds at 0530 because it couldn’t bear to witness the following beatdown:

COP: SSHs, IWs, DQs, Merkins, FMs IC. Mosey to the bus loop.

Paula Abdul with no steps back: Lunge past two posts. At the first post, 2 American Hammers; at the third post, 4 Curls; fifth post, 6 American Hammers; all the way to the end. Mosey to the front bus loop.

Lindsay (The Toughest Lindsay? (f3rva.org)): Merkin Rows and Sit-and-Presses, with a lap around the bus loop in between each set. Mosey back to the back bus loop.

Paula Abdul with no steps back: Lunge past two posts. At the first post, 2 High Pulls; at the third post, 4 Overhead Pulls; fifth post, 6 High Pulls; all the way to the end. Mosey back to the VSF.

COT.

NMS/Announcements: Congratulations to Coach Attila’s and 2.0 Spider’s 10U baseball team for winning the state Little League tournament! They are off to the regionals next week. Mariner’s team is also playing for the state (Juniors/Seniors?) tournament soon.

Prayers for LabRat and other PAX on the IR.

Welcome back to Circus to Fudd who did not like the humidity, but is clearly in stellar shape after living on that thin CO air for a couple of years. He had no questions for the Q and even questioned the creativity of the beatdown.

Just when YHC was considering an audible on the Lindsay, Fireman Ed said, “but that’s not how Offshore works” – hell yeah! So we finished the Lindsay. Tclaps to the PAX for completing the Lindsay and a whole lot more than the last time we did it. Tip of the hat to Gumbo for the inspiration.

Nice work men!

When White Deer says grab your Kettlebell and Mosey. Well you grab your Kettlebell and Mosey. 8 maybe more found out just how many doors there are at Godwin HS. It’s too many!!

Kettlebells at Circus Maximus range from 26 to 35lbs. Except for Offshore and his 45lbs Kettlebell.

At Circus Maximus, we did numerology. We did a triple check with 4 exercises and 5-man teams. Latter, we did 11s with 10 people.

Warm-up:

SSHs, Don Quixote, IWs, Ukrainian Soldiers, Hamstring stretch,

Partner up:

1 partner carries both bells, other does 10 merkins, around island to the end of the walkway closest to where we begin.

Divide up into 2 teams with 4 partners and do the following 3X:

Goblet squats

Overhead press

Situp using KB to anchor feet

Timer runs to end of walkway and back

Next, go to courtyard with your teams and do the following 3X:

Steps ups

Curls

Jackknife

Timer runs around the courtyard

Back to middle of walkway and walk between the middle and the end of the walkway:

11s: waiter carry between

Triceps and Racked Lunge (both legs count as 1)

We didn’t finish.

Back to the flag.

Announcements:

2^nd Tuesday lunch on the 12^th. Location to be announced.

Matthew 6:34 is “Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.”

There is more than one of these “don’t worry about the future” verses in the New Testament. This one is easier for me to grasp. To me, it says focus on what’s you’re doing right now. Where I used to work, we periodically hired consultants to promote various ‘programs’ such as the Quality Improvement Process. One of the programs had the mantra “Be Here Now”. I liked that. Focus on what’s in front of you. I don’t mean to suggest that you don’t think about and plan for tomorrow. But like many people, I try to multi-task. That often doesn’t work out well. Try to deal with what’s in front of you right now and get that done right so you won’t have to worry about it later because you messed up what you were doing right now.