Tag: Circus Maximus

With a drop of 30 PAX last week to 13 this week, Offshore and Joey Chestnut are already missed. However, what we lacked in relative numbers were made up by a host of mumble chatter especially during COP. Much of it was focused on the Howard Johnson blue colored shorts worn by Handshake.

COP: DQs, Jazzercise, helicopters, HRMs, MCs, Irish hammers, LBCs. Mosey to benches in middle of bus loop.

E1: Elevens with shoulder presses while on knees (idea came from a convo. with Whitesnake) and then 2 count step ups. The being on knees on drought dried ground was not a favorite for the knees. But what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger, right? Mosey to courtyard area.

Triple check with run to end of bus loop, curls while on knees (the on knees part was modified by most) and bench presses. Mosey to curb.

Around the loop with rifle carries, high pulls, lunges and triceps.

Modified lindseys with swings and lawnmower pulls.

Finished with ab exercises and some stretching. Let the sweat pour!!

Twin Team is tomorrow’s location for the Summer tour. See Slack for details. Mr. Roger’s M is looking for 2.0 help for the summer. Reach out to him if interested. Join the summer tour so you can meet new people, see different AOs and get mileage on your vehicle. Convergence is at Gridiron this Saturday at 7. If you want to bring something for breakfast let Pinto know. Prayers for Handshake’s cousin Charlotte and Fudd’s sister Mary and their families. Stay safe and cool for America’s 250th birthday!

Fireman Ed

A record 30 PAX went to the Circus, the latest stop on the summer tour.

The THANG:

Imperial Walkers, Hammer Dances, Power Dances, Dirty Birds, Merkins, Scorpion Kicks, LBCs IC. Upright APDs were left to the fartsacking Hornydo and Gomer.

Mosey to the back for a Triple Check: Clean and Press, Swings, Rifle Carry + Farmer Carry.

Mosey to the benches for another Triple Check: Left Leg Step Ups, Right Leg Step Ups, 10 Incline Merkins on the curb.

Mosey to the field for 11s: Sit and Press and American Hammers with a Waiter Carry in between. PAX completed about half before heading back to the flag.

COT – Summer tour continues- see Slack for details. Attila took us out.

NMS:

YHC had (not fully-formed) ideas for Triple Checks where a single PAX would use their partner’s KBs, but when asked how many teams had 4? The answer: 3. The PAX nor YHC knew for sure until Numberama that we had an even 30.

Thanks to Gypsy for the PSA about leaving divots on the band field. We can’t have (more) clarinetists battling ankle injuries.

Thanks to Whitesnake, there was just enough coffee, just enough coffee cake, plenty of whiskey for the men, and no beer for the horses.

And words cannot express my gratitude for nearly 11 years with the F3 RVA PAX. All the SEC fans, football curious, and football incurious are welcome to visit us in Oklahoma.

Joey Chestnut and YHC are traveling most of July, with a chance of posting in RVA on July 9th and July 26th (or so) before we move out – in case you see us and are wondering what the heck we are doing here. Also, we plan to visit.

So then, it’s not goodbye, but see you later – hopefully Sooner rather than later 👌

WeirdSnake and 17 others, including an FNG, conquered another Weird Al kettlebell setlist.

It started with and “Eat It” Warmup where we were reminded no one from the group has ever taken dance lessons. The bad dancing included SSH, Jazzercises, IW, and more Jazzercises. “The Saga Begins” with some ab work and our first of two Star Wars inspired songs. We then grabbed the bell during “Canadian Idiot” and rotated through American Hammers with Bell and WW2s.

Time to move so the circle shifted to the bus loop for a Taylor Swift inspired “TMZ (Parody of “You Belong to me“) where we did rotating sets of Curls and Hi-Pulls (20).

Triple check time with squats, sit’ n press and timer lunging to the wall and returning any way they prefer. Song to kick it off is “Living With a Hernia” and moved to “Polka Party“, “I Love Rocky Road” and ended with “A Complicated Song”(Parody of “Complicated“)”

“(The Song’s Just) Six Words Long“, got us back to You vs You and a rotation of 6 burpees and 6 overhead presses (2 times). And the burpee warmup prepared us for “Yoda” and a burpee every time the word “Yoda” was repeated. Roughly 40 burpees in that song.

We moseyed back to the flag and during “Foil” rotated through three sets of Swings and Triceps (15 each).

The finale was “Ode to a Superhero (Parody of “Piano Man”)” as we warmed down with some abs work, stretching, deadman hangs and helicopters.

We then learned more about Mr. Rogers 2.0, and he was properly named “Polka”. Polka is starting to learn the Accordian and became a Weird Al fan after Mr. Rogers brought home some Weird Al tunes after a Weird Snake workout in 2025.

Weird Snake, helping grow the Weird Al fandom, one fan at a time. Who’s next??

While we heard there is a lot of hype for the World Cup (and deservedly so), some of us (14) decided instead to go top heavy and focus on the triceps, shoulders, back and biceps. That way we can justify our macho tank tops for the neighborhood pool.

COP: DQs, helicopters, cherry pickers, merkins, MCs and arm circles.

Modified dora: Partner 1 runs or jogs to the end of the bus loop and back. For Bogey this means “run!”. Partner 2 handles part of 75 triceps, 100 bench presses and 125 curls.

Lindsey Plus: Both exercises equal 50 between one count lawnmowers and one side of a halo. 40/10, 30/20, down to 10/40. 40 halos really su$k. Mosey to Pump Road side.

Elevens with sit and press, lunge (the one leg workout) and 2 count flutters. Mosey to bus loop do 3 sets of 15 Overhead (tricep pulldowns is what I call them). Mosey to home base.

Lil’ bit of Dead man hang. Counterama to 14.

Prayers for Charlotte, Mary, their families and those going through a tough time, physically or mentally. Second Tuesday lunch is at Tazikis in Innsbrook on Tuesday June 9 at noon. Enjoy the weather before the heat comes in and makes me want to be in Maine.

Thanks for letting me lead. Great job on coffeeteria as always!

Fireman Ed

Offshore will be missed as he heads out to Oklahoma in about a month or so. And his impact on Circus Maximus will be felt long after he becomes numb to tornado warnings. His impact at Circus (from making coffee weekly, which has led to a huge increase in weekly numbers) is so immense that having only 14 men at this AO felt like a small number. This was accentuated by a lack of mumble chatter, as Attila, Fudd, White Deer and White Snake, our typically chatty Cathys, were all absent.

With fresh batteries in my speaker, I pressed play on my new rockin’ playlist, featuring the greatest rock anthems from the last 50 years, gave an introduction and a disclaimer and then we got down to business.

COP: SSHs, DQs, Deadman Hang, Reach for the Sky (w/ a calf raise), AHs, WWIIs, Merkins aaaaand recover.

The thang: We worked our way down the body: OYO, 21 Overhead press, high pulls, curls (these got forgotten during round 1, thx for keeping me on track Pinto!), swings, sumo squats, AHs (single count) and Sit ‘n’ Press. Then we took a lap around the bus loop. Then a round of 18, followed by a lap. Then 15, 12, and 9. After doing 6 of each, we did 25 SSHs and after the final round of 3, we did 5 Burpees.

Move to the curb for 10 Overhead pulls (it might be called that), 10 Bench presses and some Flutters. Repeat. 60 second leg hold -aaaaand that’s time. Well done men!

BTTF. Names. Numbers.

Announcements: 2nd Tuesday, 2nd F, June 9, @ 12pm. This time we’re hittin’ up Taziki’s Mediterranean Cafe (in the same shopping center as Joey’s Hotdogs).

Handshake has officially launched the Summer Tour. See slack for updates.

Congrats to Joey Chestnut for graduating high school, for Lighthouse’s son graduating 8th grade, and mine for 5th grade.

No prayer requests. Nevertheless, YHC took us out.

Moleskin: Be kind to yourself. Watch your self talk. Speak to yourself as you would a close friend. Why? Because it will help you better achieve your goals. Research supports this. This all came from a great podcast that Lighthouse shared with our Shield Lock. It’s on Emotional Regulation. Here’s a link if you’re interested: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/10-happier-with-dan-harris/id1087147821?i=1000767805055

I often end BBs reminding us to go do something for someone else. Maybe today, try to be a little extra kind to yourself. That guy counts too!

SYITG!

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.
And then the Warmup
• 20 SSHs
• 20 IWs
• 20 Squats
• 10 Don Quixote
• Stretch: plank position, right hand, right foot, then Pfannkuchen.
Mosey to covered walkway
11s. We walked back and forth across the width of the covered walkway.
• Renegade Rows (each arm), Rifle carry both directions, Calf Raise
• Run around the island
Triple Check:
• The Timer waiter carries their KB to the Propane Tank, does 5 burpees and returns
• Partner 2 Squats
• Partner 3 Curls
• Run around the island
• Stretch
Triple Check:
• The Timer waiter carries their KB to the Propane Tank, does 5 burpees and returns
• Partner 2 Swings
• Partner 3 Triceps
• Run around the island
Back to the flag for one last exercise in cadence
• 10 Goblet clean: bell on ground, raise to shoulder, both hands
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• Each person calls an exercise for the group

Announcements:
May 25: Memorial Day: 7:00 AM at Dogpile
COT
“History repeats itself because we rarely pause long enough to understand what it’s trying to teach us.” Hegel
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel was one of the most influential philosophers of the 19th century and a central figure in German Idealism. He believed that history, society, and human thought develop through a rational process of conflict and resolution, often described as a dialectic — where an idea (thesis) meets opposition (antithesis), producing a higher synthesis.
Hegel argued that reality is not static but constantly evolving toward greater freedom and self-awareness. He saw history as the unfolding of “Spirit” (Geist), meaning humanity gradually coming to understand itself and achieve freedom through culture, politics, religion, and philosophy.
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel lived from 1770 to 1831.
• Born: August 27, 1770 (Stuttgart, Duchy of Württemberg)
• Died: November 14, 1831 (Berlin, Prussia)

Another trip around the sun merits a trip around merits a symbolic trip around Godwin.  18 strong came to celebrate 51.  Here is how it went down:

• COP
  • SSH
  • IW
  • Ukrainian soldiers
  • Helicopters
  • Arm circles
  • DMH
  • Suzanne Somers
  • Merkins
  • LBC
  • Penguins
  • APD
• KB march around the school with 17 reps of an exercise (up to 3 at each stop).  Finished with:
  • 51 lawnmower pulls each arm
  • 51 high pulls
  • 51 curls
  • 51 tricep presses
  • 51 sit ‘n presses
  • 51 KB FK
  • 51 overhead pulls
  • 51 presses
  • 51 sumo squats
  • 34 right leg lunges
  • 17 left leg lunges
• COT with YHC taking us out

A great way to start the day.  Thanks to all my PAX brothers for coming out. 

Memorial Day convergence at Dogpile at 7 am. 

Continued prayers for our brothers looking for, starting new or struggling in their jobs.

God is good all of the time!

Attila

There was drizzle fo’ shizzle, but these 16 men came to work out fo’ rizzle.

Lindsay-themed kettle bell workout focusing on arms and abs.

-Warmarama

-Lindsay #1: curls & WWII situps

-Mosey

-Lindsay #2: lawnmowers & heels to heaven

-Mosey x2

-Lindsay #3: KB swings & two-count American hammers

-Mosey x3

-Lindsay #4: deadlift pulls (I think?) & WWI situps

-Mosey

-Sit & press in cadence, then Merkins OYO, x3

Circle of Trust

-Mother’s Day is Sunday. If you’re lucky enough to have your mother or the mother of your children in your life, honor and celebrate her this weekend. Create the plan, spend the money, make the time.

-Memorial Day convergence is at Dogpile this year (the Carillon near Byrd Park)

-Pigskin offered a lunch meetup at Tres Machos on Tuesday

Claude designed workout managed to minimize Fudd and White Deer banter making Claude a likely candidate for Nobel peace prize in 2026. 

Tecno tunes from Blue Moon’s 90s playlist- Icona Pop, Eric Pride, Riahanna, MIA

Workout: 

Warm up: SSH, DMHang, DQX, Helicopters, Merkins, APD, LBC

Circuit 1: 

4 sets: 40 work/20 rest Goblet squat, Bench Press, Lawnmower, KB Deadlift. 90s break between sets

Circuit 2: 

3 sets: 35s work 20 s rest  KB swing, R and L clean and press, Renegade row R and L 90s break between sets

Circuit 3 

2 sets 30s work/15 rest

KB Thrusters, Alternating Swing, Goblet swuat jump, Rifle Holds

Circle of trust