Tag: Circus Maximus

Five iron clanging warriors faithfully represented at Circus Maximus today, honoring the start of another college hoops season.  YHC was light on sleep after the kickoff to another Hoos hoop campaign, but that did not mean this Q would be easy or recycled.  Here is how it went down:

• COP
  • 10 herpies
  • 34 SSH
  • 17 IW
  • 17 DQ
  • 17 helicopters
  • 34 HRM
  • 17 2x Suzanne Somers, each leg
  • 34 LBC
  • 34 APDs
• Mosey to the side of the school where we did 17 donkey kicks, lunge walk across the lot to do 17 lawnmower pulls (each arm); rinse and repeat 4x
• Mosey to the practice fields for a modified weighted arch loader with 17 sit ‘n presses at end
  • Bear (death) crawl
  • Crab walk
  • Duck walk
  • Bunny hop
  • Cheetah
• Mosey back to parking lot doing around the worlds
• COT with YHC taking us out

Solid work today.  Offshore went for extra credit sneaking in more merkins between iterations of the arch loader.  November challenge accepted!  White Deer was his normal self, educating us on how other orifices can be used for alcohol consumption.  Entitling a BB “Itchy P&$$y” has a ring to it, but my inner Ron Burgundy/Toga reminded me to “keep it classy.”  

For those wondering, the Hoos D was strong, and yes, the variations of 34 reps is a celebration of a beautifully ugly win on opening night.  God is good all of the time!

Attila

Three posted, costume-free, for a Halloween Circus Maximus. Warmup in the parking lot included SSHs, IWs, Kettlebell Swings, Nose-Wiping Merkins (on downstroke, drag your nose across one hand and push back up – on the next downstroke, wipe on the other hand – per Offshore), among other things.

Shift to adjacent numbered parking spaces nearest the school (spaces numbered in the 160s range) – begin with a set of 10 Two-Handed Overhead Presses, follow with a set of 10 Hanging Squats, then jog across the parking lot and return. Return and complete another set of 10, then another and so on until 16 rounds completed. Final round included bonus reps for the sum of the figures in the ones digit in our chosen parking spaces.

Tag Offshore who moved us to the nearby bus loop for a Mobile Lindsay – starting with 30 Weighted Walking Lunges and 10 Two-Handed Upright Rows. As for stationary Lindsay, next round reduced the reps for the first exercise by 5 and increased for the second by 5. Finish with 10 and 30 of each. Alternated lunge weight carry between suitcase carry on odd sets and passing the weight under our lunge leg on even sets.

Circle up under the bus shelter for upright Ring of Fire with one guy completing 10 Two-Handed Curls while the other two hold weights straight out – finished three rounds. Hit the curb for three sets of 15 upright Lawnmower Pulls (for each arm), on our backs, three sets of Pullovers and Skull Splitters. Finish with a minute or two of stretching. COT and YHC took us out.

3 PAX, all in their early 40s, came out to temps in the low 40s to the Circus. We did:

COP: SSH, Helicopters, IWs, Merkins, Flutterkicks. Grab bell then to back of school: 2 sets of 25 Donkey Kicks, bear crawl road then 40 swings. Mosey to soccer field – 2 Sets of Lawnmowers – 20 each arm. Over to Parking Lot of Shredded Gloves – 10 Lunges then 10 Merkin Rows across the lot. Then 3 rounds of Pullovers & Sit & Presses.

Find some dry grass – Boat & Canoe. Back up and to front of school – Run front & back then exercise of: Overhead Presses, Halos, & around world. Run between each exercise. Then back to normal area to finish with 2 min of Mary of: Freddy Mercurys, LBCs. YHC took us out.

NMS – YHC set double alarms to ensure he woke up for this Q. (Un)Luckily my dog woke me up at 4:00 and couldn’t get back to sleep. Atilla was also sleep deprived having watched the entire Nats game. With a small pax of 3, who are not the normal “Respect” aged CM’ers, we set off to cover a lot of ground.

The correctly named Lot of Shredded Gloves next to the track was discovered to be paved with broken glass, not asphalt. Good thing to know from now on.

It is never a good sign when the PAX is eager and ready to tackle the gloom, but the Q fails to appear.  This morning 5 mighty warriors overcame this speed bump and adjusted on the fly.  Here is how the Circus hot potato went down:

• Johnsonville COP
  • DQ
  • IW
  • Invisible jump ropes
  • Series of planks
  • LBCs
  • APDs
• Turn over to Attila
  • AMRAPs with 30 seconds on and series of breaks starting a 15, then 10, then 5 seconds
    • Overhead pulls
    • Skull crushers
    • Sit ‘n presses
    • American KB hammers
  • Run the bus loop
• Turn over to Offshore for a triple check
  • Merkin rows
  • Curls
  • Escalating bear crawl – 6, 12, 18 parking spots
• Turnover to White Deer
  • Mosey to the pillars for an escalator
    • For ten pillars, add an additional lawnmower pull for each arm at each pillar while lunging between pillars
    • For ten pillars back, escalator with high pulls and overhead presses
• COT with YHC taking us out

White Deer had a fun finding in his son’s truck this morning…beer bong.  It appears to have been used. Maybe Hoops is not so innocent after all.  No truth to the rumor it was used for butt chugging. To be a fly on the wall of that house tonight!  Will Hoops be in trouble or will White Deer feel left out of all of the fun…updates to come on Saturday at Gridiron.  Perhaps there will be a prize available to the member of the PAX who does the most burpees on Saturday? 

Honeydo, you owe us a beat-down.

God is good all of the time!

Attila

Seven men of steel assembled at Circus Maximus to throw around the KB this morning.  Lots of fresh faces and for the first time ever, no audible flatulence (can you guess who was sadly missed?).  Here is how it went down:

• COP
  • 30 SSH
  • 15 IW
  • 15 DQ
  • 15 helicopters
  • 10 HRM
  • 40 2x LBC
  • 10 Suzanne Somers –each leg
  • 40 APD

• Lucky Bus Loop – do KB around the worlds while moving around the bus loop, stopping at the four quadrants of the bus loop, perform 15 reps of a certain exercise, adding a new exercise for each quadrant, with a total of 7 at the end
  • Lawnmower pulls – each arm (7x)
  • High pulls (6x)
  • Sit ‘n presses (5x)
  • 2x one-armed KB swings (4x)
  • 2x American hammers (3x)
  • Snatches (2x)
  • Weighted squat thrusts
• Run the bus loop
• Boat/canoe
• COT with YHC taking us out

Solid work from the PAX.  T-claps to Mouse Trap for some solid headlocks.  FNG Tulip and Tobit did exemplary work for their first foray into KBs.  Honeydo slammed the 35 pounder around, and Offshore and Lighthouse quietly went about their work.  Not much mumblechatter.  This was one of those quietly deceptive workouts that really adds up.  Its cumulative impact is something the Ms will be grateful for later.  It was a privilege to start the day with these men. Do not be strangers to the Circus!

God is good all of the time!

Attila

4 sleepy clowns posted this early morning while throwing around  KB’s, a plate and a counterfeit KB

Welcome Lighthouse… He made his first appearance to the CM with a huge fake kettlebell. 

We figured he was packing Russian muscles with the size of his Kettlebell. Well, KB SIZE doesn’t matter.

His KB had to be the size mudface’s 55 pounder yet probably weighting close to something the Daville guys throw around. 

COP

Helicopters x 20

SSH x 25

DQ  x 15 

LBC’s  x 20 

Scorpion Kicks x 20

SSH Six Position x 20

SSH Pickle Position x 20

No Mosey  Keep the circle tight 

60/10 A pressing minute with a  10 sec rest between exercises

Snatch Right/Left

Clean & Press Right/Left

Windmill Right/Left

60 seconds of  Merkins

Lawn mower rows Right/Left

One hand swings Right/Left

One lap around the circus loop

Take five 20/15/10/5

Squat and Press 20

High Pulls 20

Merkins 20

Double handed swings 20

Sit and Press 20

Mountain climbers 

Repeat 15/10/5

Numerama

Namearama

Atilla took us out

Great to have Lighthouse out at the CM for his first virgin KB workout.

Some mumble chatter from the PAX on the 60 second ground-n-pound exercises. 

Thanks for letting be your Q

Summer is over, and each morning is officially 0 Dark 30.  Four noble warriors battled the gloom and various physical ailments to throw around the KB at Circus Maximus.  Here is how it went down:

• COP
  • 30 SSH
  • 15 Hairy Rockettes
  • 15 DQ
  • 20 HRM
  • 20 Suzanne Somers, each leg
  • 50 2x LBC
  • 15 Scorpion kicks
• KB mosey to the practice fields with a brief interlude of 25 lawnmower pulls, each arm
• One man Dora
  • 100 sit ‘n press with runs at each 25 rep increment
  • 200 high pulls with runs at each 40 rep increment
  • 300 one armed swings with runs at each 50 rep increment
• Mosey back to the flag doing around the worlds
• COT with YHC taking us out

Solid work from the PAX today on a high rep/high intensity workout.  We should feel that one later on. Good to have Ponch back after being on the IL all summer.  The PAX fought through individual ailments to maximize the workout as Ponch had a banged up ankle; Johnsonville has a busted up shoulder, YHC was just worn down and tired from lack of rest; and White Deer had some violent explosions from his anus.  The PAX persevered and survived. 

FYI, we do have a virgin Q from Tater at Gridiron on Saturday.  In addition, the retreat is Saturday as well. 

God is good all of the time!

Attila

4 regulars and 1 familiar visitor made it out to CM on a very humid morning. Lots of KB fun and white deer was quiet, and nice to our visitor.

YHC made his yearly pilgrimage to Circus Maximus along with three others from DaVille to throw some weight around.

YHC made his yearly pilgrimage to Circus Maximus along with three others from DaVille to throw some weight around.

Waiter carry walk around the track to get the blood flowing

COP

• SSH x 15
• Helicopters x 10
• Arm circles x 10 small 5 big and Reverso

Mosey to grassy area

10 burpees for violation of the Clean Air Act

Turkish Get Up Challenge

Set timer for 2 minutes per round

Do TGU’s, starting with one set and increasing by one set every round

 Do secondary exercises for remainder of time

• Snatches
• Squats
• Sit and press
• Lawnmowers
• Lawnmowers hands horizontal
• Some others I can remember

Go until you cannot do the number of sets in the time period, then do the secondary until last person is out

Triple check

Teams of three

On partner walks to propane tank and back performing Slingshots with the KB

Second partner does clean and press

Third partner does BTTW Merkins

Switch when the walkers get back to start

Had to audible this to two rounds for time

Boat\Canoe for the rest of the time

Numberama

Namearama

Chewy took us out

NMS

It is always a good time at the Circus and today did not disappoint.

Discussions started with whose gloves stunk the most then progressed to various other smells and their origins. The Turkish Get Up required some demonstration and attempts without the KB to get the form down

Offshore was a beast and completed 7 sets and was rounding in on 8 before he was eliminated to win the challenge. Strong work was put in by all.

Thanks fo letting me lead, as always its an honor.