Tag: Circus Maximus

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.

Humidity is back, but so was Byproduct.  Only one were missed.  A prime 7 joined for a KB beat-down.  Here is how it went down:

• COP
  • SSH
  • IW
  • Cherry pickers
  • Helicopters
  • Arm circles
  • Jazzercise
  • Merkins
  • LBC
  • APD
• KB ladder 10 reps down to 2 then 10 more for each of the following with a chaser of 10 lawnmower pulls (each arm)
  • High pulls
  • Tricep press
  • Curls
  • Squat thrusters
• Run the loop
• 11s with overhead pulls and step-ups (each leg) at the picnic tables
• COT with YHC taking us out

Great to see Oyster make the commute back to the west end for some KB fun.  Offshore continues to impress with his cannon ball KB.  Great work by all of the PAX.  Prayers for those who are sick and injured. HBD Mariner! 

God is good all of the time!

Attila

After a four-year hiatus, the SOJ Takeover brought Gumbo back to the Circus Menu. It was great to get back out to the Circus, throw some weight around and catch up with old friends. YHC is already sore. It went something like this…

No mosey, just circle up for disclaimer and COP, including:

• SSHs
• DQs
• Helicopters
• Dead Man Hang
• Halos
• Goblet Squats
• Merkins – passing the bell under each time
• LBCs

THE THANG:

Modified Lindseys – mosey/waiter carry over to runner alley and line up on the curb. Waiter carry across the alley and do 30 swings and 10 sit and press. Waiter carry back, 20 and 20. Waiter carry back for 10 and 30. Note to self, 30 sit and press sucks! Moving on .

Wall Work – mosey/suitcase carry over to the school wall for:

• Round 1 – 10 goblet squats, 20 donkey kicks, waiter carry across grass and back, wall sit without bell
• Round 2 – 10 goblet squats, 20 donkey kicks, 10 lawnmower pulls each arm, waiter carry across grass and back, wall sit with bell
• Round 3 – 10 goblet squats, 20 donkey kicks, 10 lawnmower pulls each arm, 10 2-count American Hammers, waiter carry across grass and back, wall sit with bell

Triple Check – partner 1 waiter carry under cover to middle of the school, 3 burpees and return. Partner 2, tricep pullovers. Partner 3 lunges.

Ring of Fire – circle up holding Al Gore with the bells. Rosie started with 10 shoulder presses, then 10 merkins and back to Al Gore. Next pax starts pressing when prior guys starts merkins and pass it around the circle.

Mary – 5 minutes of Mary, including Boat and Canoe, APDs, Freddie Mercuries, American Hammers and Superman.

BTTF, COT, Numbers and Names.

Announcements – Get out for the SOJ Takeover if you haven’t already to see some new or old faces.
Prayers for all PAX and friends/family members dealing with ailments and illnesses. Stay strong and push on!

NMS – Great to get back to the Circus – it has been a minute (or 4 years). Great to catch up with Attila, White Deer, Offshore, Pigskin, Lighthouse and White Snake who I don’t see often. It is definitely differing throwing weight around (well weight not permanently attached to my body at least) for 45 minutes. I need to work the Circus into my rotation more. Great mumblechatter and great work guys. Great morning overall, especially watching Offshore dominate with that 45 lb bell like it was nothing. Oh, and Bleeder – you can thank Rosie for leaving sweaty “Ws” all over the sidewalk. Free advertising!

No More Gumbo For You!

Seven warriors gathered in the somewhat humid morning to get some k-bells moving. After hearing the latest from Pigskin, we did the following:

COP: DQs, CPs, HRMs, FMs, ACs

Mosey to bus loop. Roll the one dice. 1 – 10 burpees, 2 – 20 WWIIs, 3 – 20 Sit and Press, 4 – 20 lawn mowers each arm, 5 – 20 shoulder press and 6 – 20 High Pulls. Everyone gets to roll the dice; we even had a break to take a yog around the bus loop. Mosey by waiter’s carry to other side of bus loop.

1-6 is same as before. Add in a second dice. 7 – 20 step ups total, 8 – 20 LBCs w/ coupon, 9 – 25 curls, 10 – 20 2 count KB hammers, 11 – Waiter’s carry for half the bus loop (this was extra challenging for me), 12 – 20 squats. Everyone gets to roll again and we did another yog and then had to roll extra to get squats and KB hammers.

Triple check with bench press, coupon flutters and run around the loop. I confused the Chumster as he thought he had to do a bench flutter. Did another waiter’s carry to home base and ended with a DQ so we can stretch!

Prayers for Pinto, Gypsy, Blue Moon, Lab Rat and anyone else on the IR. The fellas south of the James are coming next week so be ready.

Have a great rest of the week!

Fireman Ed

COP: SSHs Hammer Dances, Power Dances, Dirty Birds, IWs, DQs, Copperhead Squats, Merkins, Freddie Mercuries IC.

Mosey to the back field for 10 rounds of the following:

• 6 Squat and Press
• 6 KB Getups
• 6 2-count Mountain Climbers
• 6 Burpees, jumping over the KB each rep
• 6 High Pulls
• Run to the tire at the end of the field, flip the tire, and run back.

Mosey back to the VSF for a socially-distanced COT.

Announcements and Prayer Requests: The Bridge, all the PAX on the IR (Pigskin, Pinto, Gypsy, Blue Moon, LabRat, …) and family members.

NMS: Strong work by the PAX today. YHC thinks it is the jump over the kettlebell during the burpees that is the most brutal. The beatdown was inspired by the Robbie Miller WOD workout with the following exceptions: 10 rounds instead of 12, no 3 mile ruck before and after, High Pulls instead of Pull Ups, and the addition of Tire Flips. The last time we did this at Circus, we used Partner Jerkins instead of High Pulls and got through 7 rounds.

Homer and Whitesnake got introduced to the SSH variations. Homer’s Hammer Dance looks more like Swag Surfin – hey, maybe he’s on to something new. The PAX soaked up a few grass clippings and got a bit wet in the process. The tire was a nice surprise – the grass underneath was dead so it really needed to be flipped.

A six-pack of KB warriors assembled in the morning mist for KB beat-down.  Here is how it went down:

• COP
  • SSH
  • Cherry pickers
  • Jazzercises
  • Arm circles
  • Merkins
  • LBC
  • APD
• 4 corners – 10, 15, 20 & 25 reps with KB lunges between corners
  • High pulls
  • Shoulder presses
  • Curls
• Run the bus loop
• 11s – sit ‘n presses and KB hammers
• 3x check – run, overhead pulls, and KB presses
• Ring of fire – 10 merkins
• COT with YHC taking us out

Great work by the PAX, and good to see Bedpan.  It was a quieter work-out today with no White Deer, and sans Pigskin, we stuck to one language.

Prayers for Ukraine, Lab Rat, Gypsy and others with unspoken ailments. 

No blood drive on June 4^th.  See you at the convergence on Monday.

God is good all of the time!

Attila

Circus Maximus had 6 for a Hot Potato today, including an FNG headlocked by Offshore. Fireman Ed receives credit for the coming up with the name ‘Bedpan’ (our FNG works at an Assisted Living facility.) Unfortunately, I forgot his hospital name! But he’s from Statesboro Ga, went to Wake Forest, knew Offshore before he moved here recently, his wife is from Atlanta, she’s part Lebanese, she worked at the Lebanese food festival this past weekend which apparently was a big success, he works for Beth Sholom assisted living, his children go to Godwin HS and Quioccasin MS and he lives about 1.5 miles from Godwin. They looked at a map and decided Richmond was the place to be. Not too big, not too small, just right. The Goldilocks of cities.

YHC started off with the warmup: SSHs, IWs, Don Quixote, Cherry Pickers and the Plank stretch.

Offshore took over and we split up into 2 groups of 3s for a triple check of KB swings, KB High pulls and the timer running to the end of the covered walk and back. 3X

Next, Fireman Ed had us each do a different exercise (pole smokers, KB bench press, KB swings, KB Squats, KB Lawnmowers) while the timer ran around the island. 2X

Wrapping up, Whitesnake with 11s: Sit and press and Step ups. Unlike earlier this week, no benches were destroyed on the step ups.

That used up the time.

Announcements:

May 30 Memorial Day Convergence at 7:00 AM at Brown’s Island

June 4 Blood Drive at Epiphany Lutheran from 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM. Sign up at Redcrossblood.org

June 4 is also The Bridge.

Six Circus Maximus Regulars plus one “welcomed by everyone except White Deer” guest Q, grabbed their bells and completed the following:

COP (start delayed by White Deer):

Deadman Hang, Reach for the Stars, Helicopters, DQ’s, Jazzercises, Suzanne Somers L & R

Mosey to the Bus Loop and find a comfortable spot on the sidewalk for:

Super Kettlebell 21’s:

The three exercises are: High Pulls, KB Squats, 2-ct KB American Hammers

21 of each exercise, Lunge across bus loop and back

20, Lunge

19, Lunge

18, Lunge

17, Lunge

16, Run the Bus Loop

15, Lunge

14, Lunge

13, Lunge

12, Lunge

11, Run the Bus Loop

10, Lunge

9, Lunge

8, Lunge

7, Lunge

6, Lunge

5, Bear Crawl/Crawl Bear

4, Bear Crawl/Crawl Bear

3, Bear Crawl/Crawl Bear

2, Bear Crawl/Crawl Bear

1, Run the Bus Loop

Mosey back the flag for:

COT, Numbers, Names, Announcements and YHC took us out!

Announcements:

Tuckahoe Takeover Week continues

2 year Currahee anniversary tomorrow

SOJ Takeover in a few weeks (how can it possibly be any better than Tuckahoe Takeover??)

June 4 Blood Drive – See Pigskin

June 4 The Bridge Convergence – See Vinny

Memorial Day Convergence at Tredegar 7am

Prayers for Whitesnake’s friend/neighbor Ryan who has Colon Cancer

Prayers for Lighthouse’s family

Prayers for several PAX who are dealing with ailments/issues

NMS:

Nice morning for a kettlebell beatdown! It was nice to see the Circus Maximus men again. It had been too long! Always a pleasure to see White Deer even though he gave YHC a hard time for showing up to Q. It was great to also see familiar faces Atilla and Offshore and to see and get to know Whitesnake, Pigskin and Lighthouse a little better. YHC will be back once school is out! Great job attacking the workout, men and I hope you attack the day, as well!

SYITG!

Kubota