Tag: Circus Maximus

Another Thursday and another chance to link arms with 3 other faithful warriors.  Here was what was on the menu today:

• COP
  • Invisible jump ropes
  • Russian soliders
  • DQ
  • Scorpion kicks
  • Merkins
  • LBC
  • APD
• Mosey to the school for the following:
  • 10 2x chicken peckers
  • Bear crawl 20 yards to you KB
  • 15 lawnmower pulls each arm
  • Run back to the wall for a 1 minute wall sit
  • Rinse and repeat 4x
• Run the bus loop
• 3x check
  • Sit ‘n presses
  • Sit ‘n presses
  • Run
• COT with YHC taking us out

Been a long day and this BB is late.  Grateful to have started it with my brothers.

God is good all of the time!

Attila

Back from vacation and back in the saddle for Circus Maximus.  YHC was excited to rejoin the PAX today and here is how it went down:

• COP
  • SSH
  • IW
  • DQ
  • Arm circles – forward and backward
  • Helicopters
  • Scorpion kicks
  • Merkins
  • LBC
• KB carry to practice field, stop and do 15 lawnmower pulls each arm on the way
• KB Beast on the practice field
  • Sit ‘n press with a behind the back carry
  • High pulls with a right-handed waiters carry
  • Sumo squats with a left-handed waiters carry
  • Swings with a death crawl
  • Tricep presses with around the world carry
  • Curls with lunges
• KB carry back to parking lot, stop and do 15 lawnmower pulls each arm on the way
• COT with YHC taking us out

YHC has to admit that he has not read back blasts or group texts from the PAX while away.  Today could have been a repeat of prior weeks.  Still good to be with these men.

Convergence on Saturday at 7 a.m. at Dogpile. 

God is good all of the time!

Attila

The stimulus-funded weather station at GHS reported temps in the 50s, 4 PAX, 4 KBs, a ruck plate, and several attempted Attila Impressions. The signal was lost as the PAX moseyed around the back of the school, so the dog walkers picked it up from there:

COP: SSH, DQ, Helicopter, Cherry Pickers, Merkins, maybe something else

Donkey Bells: Inspired by the Mann Date crew, in turn inspired by HoneyDo, 20 DKs, lunge across the parking lot, then 20 Upright Rows, 20 Sit and Presses, 20 Swings. Repeato 3x.

Jack Webbs: Halos (1x) and Lawnmower Pulls (4x)

Soul Crusher: 15 Skull Crushers followed by 15 Pullovers. Repeato 2x or 3x? Either way, it was brutal.

KB Bear Crawl and Burpees

20 Squat and Presses, 20 American Hammers, 20 Curls. Repeato 2x.

NMS: A 513 number on the Circus text chain volunteered to Q in Attila’s absence but never showed. Turns out it is an impostor who has been playing along. Attila keyed in Lighthouse’s number wrong, missing one digit.

As YHC types, Byproduct is trying to pick her up with his collection of blue diamonds and White Deer is, well, delivering the full White Deer Experience.

Announcements:

July 4th convergence on July 3rd, get your F3 RVA Passport in July/August, July 31st F3 night at the Diamond, July 6th 3rd F on Zoom. If you just get your Passport, you won’t need to keep track of all the announcements.

The new stimulus-funded weather station at Godwin detected a new red kettlebell and also reported the following Circus:

White Deer led a COP with SSHs, DQs, Helicopters, Scorpion Kicks, Merkins, LBCs, APDs.

Lighthouse took charge and led the PAX through 2 laps of the bus loop, adding an exercise at each corner. 15 reps each. Exercises were: Lawnmower Pulls, Curls, Sit and Presses, Overhead Pulls, Sumo Squats, Swings, American Hammers, and Halos.

Offshore lined the PAX up in consecutive parking spaces for a Conveyor Belt with Right Snatches, Left Snatches, and Figure 8s while the timer lunged to the front space.

COT: Chum Bucket took us out.

Announcements: 3rd F on Tuesday, HDHH on Wednesday

NMS: YHC got a new kettlebell, which frees up a 30-lb ruck plate for another PAX – handles on both sides! ByProduct has first dibs, which could free up a 25-lb kettlebell for a new Circus participant. Maybe that 513 guy could join the PAX.

Time to get stronger.  Five noble warriors assembled at the Circus Maximus for our weekly beat-down.  Here is how it went:

• COP
  • SSH
  • Russian soldiers
  • DQ
  • Helicopters
  • Arm circles
  • APD
  • Merkins
  • LBC
• KB ladder – series of four exercises, starting at 10 reps and moving down to 1 (which really turned into 10), followed by a chaser of 10 lawnmower pulls (each arm)
  • Sumo squat to a high pull
  • Curls
  • Sit ‘n press
  • Shoulder press
• Run a lap of the bus loop
• Catch me if you can – one man does 10 burpees and then catches his partner doing a double barrel KB carry; rinse and repeat
• Ciabatta  with overhead pulls
• COT with YHC taking us out

Great work from the PAX today.  Big data requirement fulfilled. YHC is going to bed.

God is good all of the time!

Attila

Another Thursday, and in the immortal words of Christopher Walken, more kettlebell! (or something like that)   The rain held off and we avoided the bus drop off area.  Here is how it went down:

• COP
  • Invisible jump ropes
  • Russian soldiers
  • Cherry pickers
  • Helicopters
  • Arm circles
  • APD
  • Merkins
  • LBC

• AMRAP challenge – rotation of 5 exercises over a 30 second period, with reduced rest after each rotation; rests start at 20 seconds and move down to 15, 10 and 5 seconds
  • High pulls
  • Squat thrusts
  • Curls
  • Halos
  • KB swings
• Run the bus loop
• AMRAP challenge/version 2 – rotation of 4 exercises over a 30 second period, with reduced rest after each rotation, rests of 20, 15 and 10 seconds this time around
  • Skull crushers
  • Sit ‘n presses
  • Overhead pulls
  • Weighted American hammers
• Run the bus loop
• COT with YHC taking us out

Great morning with these men.  If anyone is interested, come join us for KBs.  It is good to mix in with the runs and boot camps.  Good core strength building. 

God is good all of the time!

Attila

YHC is a day away from vacation, so YHC took the easy way out and led to a lazy Q where the deck of cards did all of the work.  Here is how it went down:

• COP
  • SSH
  • DQ
  • Arm circles
  • Merkins
  • LBC
• Deck of death – 12 reps of an exercise where each suit is a different exercise
  • Hearts – curls
  • Diamonds – high pulls
  • Clubs – overhead pulls
  • Spades – sit ‘n presses
  • Joker – burpees
• COT with YHC taking us out

YHC then rushed into 1 last day of work before heading on vacation.  Big Data requirement now fulfilled.

God is good all of the time!

Attila

A beautiful Thursday awaited 6 noble warriors.  Summer beach time is near, and it is time for a pre-beach tune-up.  Here is how it went down:

• COP
  • SSH
  • IW
  • DQ
  • Arm circles – forwards & backwards
  • Helicopters
  • Suzanne Somers
  • Merkins
  • LBC
  • APD
• One man-Dora
  • 100 sit ‘n presses (5 sets of 20 reps with runs in between)
  • 150 tricep presses (5 sets of 30 reps with runs in between)
  • 200 lawnmower pulls (5 sets of 40 reps with runs in between)
• Mary
  • Reverse crunches
  • Freddy Mercuries
• COT with YHC taking us out

Great work by the PAX.  Tons of mumble-chatter from the PAX today.  No counting, just chatting.  Good to see the comradery and fellowship.  Numbers in the West End continue to grow.  Good to see the PAX coming out.

God is good all of the time!

Attila

6 PAX posted for the Circus for the first Offshore Q in a while.

The Thang. COP: SSH x20, IW x20, Russian Soldier x10, DQ x10, Scorpion Kicks x10. No Merkins?!

Mosey to the bus loop for a set of 20 curls OYO. Then lunge with a twist, squirt, leak, and side of mumblechatter down the bus lane. Mosey to the front parking lot for a Lindsay with Merkin Rows and Sit and Presses. Take a lap around the parking lot in between sets. Mosey back to the bus loop for a set of American Hammers IC, then lunge (with a twist and all the other stuff) halfway back along the bus lane. Mosey back to the VSF for 10 snatches on each arm (as if the Merkin Rows weren’t enough). Then a few minutes of Boat/Canoe, including raising the sail and rowing.

NMS. Excellent work by the PAX today. I believe it was Gumbo who introduced “The Toughest Lindsay”. Homer led the PAX throughout, and endured calls to increase his kettlebell weight. Attila and White Deer were at each other like siblings as usual

A beautiful morning welcomed 3 solid redwoods looks to grow stronger.  A full body beat-down was on the agenda and here is how it went down:

• COP
  • SSH
  • IW
  • DQ
  • Arm circles – forwards and backwards
  • Helicopters
  • Merkins
  • LBC
  • APD
• 4 corners – 5, 10, 15, 20 reps at different corners; weighted lunge walk between corners
  • Sit ‘n press
  • High pulls
  • Curls
• 3x check
  • #1 – run, lawnmower pulls, swings
  • #2 – run, overhead pulls, skull crushers
• COT with YHC taking us out

Homer is becoming a F3 regular, a welcomed addition to the PAX  God is good all of the time!

Attila