Tag: Circus Maximus

Godwin

  • No Music

    I didn’t remember that I had the Q today until about 1 minute before I got there. No problem, except I didn’t bring any music.

    The following is more or less correct.

    Disclaimer

    Warmup

    • 20 SSHs
    • 20 IWs
    • 10 Don Quixote
    • Stretch: plank position, right hand, right foot, then Pfannkuchen.

    Circle up near the covered walkway for Shut-ups. (All exercises are OYO.)

    • 20 Swings
    • 20 Hammer Curls
    • 20 Upright Rows
    • 20 Triceps
    • 20 Flutter kix
    • 20 Ukrainian Hammers
    • 20 Press
    • 20 Swats

    Except for the Flutter kix, this spells ‘SHUT-UPS’. I pay no royalties to the creator of this routine back in Charlotte, but this is approximately his standard routine.

    • Run around the Circus Maximus

    Upright Row Countdown

    • 20 Upright Rows
    • 20 Deep Mountain Climbers (single Count)
    • 18 Upright Rows
    • 18 Deep Mountain Climbers (single Count)
    • down to 2 of each
    • Stretch: on your six for right hand/right foot and Pfannkuchen

    11s Bro Code Style, Waiter carry in between: Between the grass paralleling the covered walkway and the other side of the closest driveway part of the Circus Maximus. starting with

    • 10 Squats
    • 1 Curl
    • Run around the Circus Maximus

    Ring of Fire, Kettlebell style. Each person picks an exercise  and a count and we do it OYO. We got most of the way around before we were running out of time.

    • 6-inch leg lift for 60 count.

    Annoucement:

    July 4: Dapile (Atlee High School) Convergence

    July 19: The Bridge (Whitesnake)

    Prayers for Roger Roger and his family, Fireman Ed, 2 Pilots and their families (Details Roger Roger), Fudd’s sister Mary

  • 16 getting lost in the woods

    On a beautiful Thursday morning, 16 warriors came for the best coffee in Richmond and also got a workout.

    We circled up at the regular starting point and met a FNG Mark. He was invited by the missing Gomer Pyle. Despite the raucous crowd, we did some warmups of SSH, Copperhead Squats and DQs. Then we rifle carried to Fudd after he showed up and circled up again for some more warmups of Ukrainian Soldiers, Arm Circles & Cherry Pickers. We rifled carried further to back of the school and circled up one more time for LBCs and Merkins. We then made our way to the steps and path typically only used on Fridays at Currahee.

    Everyone was asked to find a tree to the right of the path. We did 11’s of a tree-sit with overhead presses (yes Gypsy, we eventually did a kettlebell exercise) and merkins. After we all got ticks, me waiter carried to the neighborhood and did a triple check of swings, curls and a runner as timer.

    We waiter carried the other arm back to the woods for one stupid round of balls to the tree and toe taps. No one fell or broke a tree but I did not want to take that risk again so we rifle carried back to the school.

    We circled up for a 30/10, 20/20, 10/30 Lindsey of Goblet Squats and SitnPress. We rifled our way closer to coffee and did 20 lawn mowers (ten each arm) and 20 overhead pulls on the curb. One more rifle carry past the coffee and to the flag and 5 burpees to finish.

    I asked Gomer to introduce Mark but after a brief silence, Mark introduced himself. He owns the Ironworks barbershop in West Broad Village after a career that included the Navy and Capital One. After a quick deliberation, we welcomed Manscape to the Pax. Also great to welcome Magnum PI to Circus after his first AO yesterday at the Crossing.

    Announcements: Kayak/Canoe next week June 18th at 5AM and Huguenot Flatwater. Salt Lick will finally get to take the Kayak off his car!! July 19th I am leading a group to the Bridge–please join me!! More details to follow when we get closer. See Slack for Magnum PI’s fundraising request for a mission trip to Peru in July.

    Thanks for letting me lead.

  • Hell’s Bells

    10 sultans of the KB converged upon the Circus on a glorious Thursday morning.  Here is how it went down:

    • COP
      • SSH
      • IW
      • DQ
      • Helicopters
      • Arm circles
      • DMH
      • LBC
    • KB deck of death – each suit is an exercise and jokers are burpees, each card is 12 reps
      • 156 sit ‘n press
      • 156 curls
      • 156 upright rows
      • 156 overhead pulls
      • 24 burpees
    • Round of Mary
      • One legged crunches, each leg
      • Straight legged crunches
    • COT with YHC taking us out

    Great work by the PAX today.  This workout is an arm burner that has a strong cardio element as we much pace ourselves to complete the deck.  It also starts with a lot of grumbling and mumble-chatter but quickly turns to grunts or silence.  T-claps to the PAX members using 40 and, for Lighthouse and Offshore, 45 lb. KBs.   Fireman Ed has glossed this workout “hell’s bells.” Even though the PAX did not say thank you, YHC will tell them you are welcome!

    Lunch next Tuesday at Joey’s Hot Dogs.  Continued prayers for Roger Roger, Fireman Ed and Fudd’s sister Mary.

    God is good all of the time!

    Attila

  • 1000th RVA post for the ageless wonder! Pigskin not me.

    12 studs of varying ages – well varying from age 45 to a lot more than 45 descended on the back end of Mills Godwin’s high school to lift weights so we can look like Nitro from Convergence. At the end of our workout we found out that Pigskin made his 1000th post in RVA today. Not too shabby.

    COP: DQs, helicopters, merkins, MCs, Plank jacks, Fudd’s wife (as a greeting to Fudd when he showed up late – White Deer was a little too excited for this exercise), FMs and LBCs. Mosey to bus loop.

    Doras with 50 2 count side lunges (w/ coupon), 100 triceps and 150 calf raises. Mosey 30 feet.

    Triple check which took multiple minutes to explain. Coupon bear crawl, sit and press and bench press. Most gave it their best effort; others were discussing features of the anus. Mosey 20 feet.

    Run around curb as pacer, exercises include squats, sumo squats, curls, halos and coupon flutters. Mosey 60 feet to benches

    Partner up – partner one takes both bells and does shrugs and partner 2 does 10 2 count step ups. 3 sets. Mosey to home base. Counterama.

    Prayers for Roger Roger, Fudd’s sister and my last infusion tomorrow. Summer tour is in motion and look to participate in Breaking Bread this year. See slack for details on summer tour and breaking bread. Coffeeteria was good as always. Thanks Offshore, Mr. Rogers and Lighthouse.

    Fireman Ed

  • KB Suicide

    12 inspiring men of the gloom brought their KB’s to Circus Maximus to see what Fudd had in store.

    COP

    SSH’s, helicopters, stretches, merkins, Ukranian Soldiers, arm circles, Copperhead Squats, and some other stuff

    Mosey South down the alley behind the school with KB at rifle carry, circle up midway for a few exercises, continue south and start doing lunges while passing the KB between your legs with each lunge (Fireman Ed named this “Magics”. Stop and do 5 burpees and keep going.

    Arrive at the basketball courts and line up on the baseline for KB suicides. Do 5 reps of an exercise, run to the foul line and back, do 6 reps and run to the top of the key and back, do 7 reps and run to half court, 8 reps and the far top of the key, 9 reps and the far foul line, 10 reps and the far base line and back. Rinse and repeat for 5 sets of KB exercises…. Curls, Squats, Swings, High Pulls, & High Press.

    Mosey back north around the west side of the school, stopping along the way to do various Mary exercises, arriving back at the VSF just past 6:15.

    COT, Numberama, Namerama, YHC took us out.

    Memorial Day Convergence at Tredegar/VA War Memorial on Monday. Prayers for those in need of healing.

    TClaps to Mr. Rogers for doing the coffee in Offshore’s absence.

    It was an honor to lead. Thoughts for the brave that fought and died to keep us free.

    Fudd

  • Final Stop in the Respect Tour

     14 KB warriors and a late arriving, donut bearing 3rd F’er (t-claps to Pinto) joined up for the final leg of the respect tour.  YHC’s home AO was the sight of today’s beat-down, and here is how it went down:

    • COP
      • SSH
      • IW
      • DQ
      • Helicopters
      • Arm circles
      • DMH
      • Merkins
      • LBC
      • APD
    • Underweight for the full time, work our way around the school, stopping to do exercises at increments of 5, 10, 15, & 20 reps, for the following totals:
      • 50 lawnmower pulls, each arm
      • 50 upright rows
      • 50 curls
      • 50 tricep presses
      • 50 sit ‘n presses
      • 50 weighted FK
      • 50 overhead pulls
      • 50 presses
      • 50 sumo squats
      • 50 lunges, right leg
      • 30 lunges, left leg
      • 15 KB swings
    • COT with YHC taking us out

    Thanks for all of the birthday wishes and guest attenders this week.  Great to see Johnsonville today at CM.  Since Spain, he has gone posh on his with his “designer” workout shorts.  White Deer eventually shut up as the reps increased.  Being under weight for 40 minutes is no joke.

    YHC also wants to thank Offshore and Mr. Rogers for faithfully making coffee and turning CM into a destination AO for so many of the PAX.

    Convergence on Memorial Day.  See Slack.

    God is good all of the time!

    Attila

  • Music Maestro

    PSA: I was reviewing Big Data and I noticed the following:

    When you do a backblast and include the PAX, use the “,” after each name (instead of periods, spaces, amperstands, etc.) I see a lot of obvious errors.

    You should check your spelling of the name. For example, Gomer Pyle was spelled once as “Gommer Pyle”.

    You might want to look at a recent Big Data attendance report for obvious errors that you might have been responsible for and then correct your BB.

    Final suggestion: claim your aliases.

    Please understand that I have no problems with Bluegrass music. But this popped up on my Facebook feed and Whitesnake just got done with his Bluegrass Jam (not as tasty as Grape Jam), so I felt obligated to post this.

    Disclaimer

    Warmup

    • SSHs, Ukrainian Soldiers, Don Quixote, plank stretch, arms stretch.

    Walk over to the covered walkway for a Burpee countdown

    • 20 Swings/5 Burpees;
    • 18 Hammer Curls/5 Burpees,
    • 16 Upright Rows/4 Burpees,
    • 14 Triceps/4 Burpees,
    • 12 Sit & Press/3 Burpees,
    • 10 Press/3 Burpees,
    • 8 Squats/2 Burpees,
    • 6 Swings/2 Burpees,
    • 4 Hammer Curls/1 Burpee,
    • 2 Upright Rows/1 Burpee.
    • Run around island:

    11s. We walked back and forth across the covered walkway area between start and Propane Tank.

    • Renegade Rows, Rifle carry both directions, Bench Press
    • Run around island

    11s. We walked back and forth across the covered walkway area between start and Propane Tank.

    • Squats, Waiter’s carry both directions. 2 count Hammers.
    • We didn’t quite finish. I think we had about 3 more rounds to go.

    Back to the flag

    • Some stretching
    • 60-count 6-inch leg lift

    That’s a wrap!

    I found the following, also on my Facebook Feed.

    It reminded me of the verse from Isaiah 64:8: “Yet you, Lord, are our Father. We are the clay, you are the potter; we are all the work of your hand.” Our experiences in life are how God shapes us.

    Announcements:

    Team Westhoe brought home the Gold from the CSAUP last weekend: Bedpan, Lighthouse, Mr. Rogers, Offshore, et al

    Atilla gets Respect soon!

    Lockjaw’s 50th Birthday on May 6

    Roger Roger’s recovery from surgery

    May 10: The Bridge; Clown Cars are forming. Meet at Wawa and leave from there.

    May 13: 2nd Tuesday, 2nd F: Fishin’ Pig in Innsbrook, between Firehouse Subs and Joey’s Hot Dogs

    May 26: Memorial Day Convergence: no news yet.

  • I remembered all 18 PAX, does that make me young?

    As I arrived at the Circus and saw Upchuck, EF Hutton and Lockjaw I thought to myself “Did First Watch go west?” The after a horde of regulars and a visitor from SOJ (State Farm) I thought “Oh sh^t I need to remember all of these names”. After a short COP (DQs, helicopters, merkins and Freddies) and dodging of a few incoming cars (including a couple of teenagers who thought the parking lot speed limit was 40 and finally slowed down after 10 seconds of our yelling) we started our workout.

    E1: Mosey to the track area. Lindseys with high pulls and curls. I thought the high pulls would be difficult but the curls were killing me. I had no idea the track was so popular so there was so more car dodging.

    E2: Another Lindsey with squats and lawnmowers (one count). a bit of mumble chatter about how to handle odd # of one counts between two arms. Mosey to basketball court.

    e3: Bear crawl across court with kb; lunge back with kb.

    e4: Mosey and do 3 sets of sit and press (10, 15, 20).

    E5: Mosey back to front of school. Rifle carry and do 3 sets of calf raises (10, 20, 30).

    E6: Head to home base (near the coffee): Finish with sets of swings, american hammers, bench presses, coupon flutters and DMH.

    All of us likely know of the CSAUP this weekend. Also a folk music concert (ask Whitesnake for details) and May 10th is the bridge (meet at Wawa in Westchester Commons at 6 a.m. I believe). State Farm wanted to give thanks for being able to start/promote F3 up in Pennsylvania. Prayers for Fudd’s family, Roger Roger’s surgery and my treatment tomorrow. We had 18 strong today and I did not need my phone to remember everyone. It would have been less stressful if I used my phone but whatever.

    Thanks for all of the PAX and for letting me lead.

    Fireman Ed

  • No FNGs Today

    Circle up for COP: Introduction, Disclaimer, SSHs, DQs, Cherry Pickers, Arm Circles, Mt Climbers, WWIIs & Merkins.  Recover. Start walkin’.

    Walking w/ the Bell: we walked towards the front of the school doing High Pulls, Overhead Press and Curls – each exercise interrupted by 5 Burpees (OYO).  We stopped along the way to do some Pull Throughs & Calf Raises on the curb. 

    Triple Check along the front of the school.  P1 runs to a tree and back.  P2 Sit & Press.  P3 Lawn Mowers. Recover. Rest the arms for moment: 20 Heels to Heaven (OYO).

    Back to walking while doing High Pulls, Overhead Press and Curls – each again interrupted by 5 Burpees (OYO).

    Next Up? “Don’t Touch My Bell Bro”:
    How to play: Step 1.) Go to front parking lot, to attract FNGs 2.) Form 2 parallel lines.  3.) Both lines do 10 AMs, then leave your Bells in place and Crab Walk to the parallel line.  4.) Pick someone else’s Bell and execute 10 AMs (those arriving first got their pick, I got stuck with the behemoth that Off Shore calls a Kettle Bell).  5.) Same idea but with Bunny Hops.  6.) Then Lunges. 7.) Lastly, Bear Crawls. 

    Start walking back towards our Coffee Club House, where no girls are allowed, while doing High Pulls, Overhead Press and Curls – each, this time, punctuated by various core exercises. 

    Regarding our walk to the front of the school, to honor Gomer on his bday week, I took his suggestion for attracting FNGs and moved the workout today. We tried to look awesome doing our reps to attract local Westhoians, but that didn’t seem to work. Next, we tried accosting people. Salt Lick took a stab at it first. He got ignored as he called out to a man running. White Deer wanted to recruit a hot lady runner, but the wisdom of the Pax got him to cool his jets. We considered it might be safer for the community to have us tucked away behind the school. Back there, we found a man walking his dog. He acknowledged our invitation, but didn’t show interest. However, I could tell, his dog wanted to join us. So, there’s hope. But for now, the coffee pot and the workout will remain behind the school. The jogging women of Westhoe can rest easy.

    On the way back, we stopped by the picnic tables for an Amanda (Lindsays go to 40, Amandas go to 20). 
    15 Step Ups on the picnic table and 5 WWIIs.   Then 10 & 10.  And lastly 5 and 15. 

    BTTF for a lil Mary (FMs, Flutters, 60 second leg hold). Done!

    Numbers. Names. 

    Announcements:
    Showing of “Join or Die” on 4/28 at 6:30am w/ OBT at The Byrd, discussion on Connection/Loneliness to follow.

    Bridge Sat Apr 26 Corned Beef.  May 10 Big Herm. 

    Csaup May 2.

    Westhoe Csaup Team Meeting after Circus Maximus next week, 5/1. Honeydo & Hutton, come join us. Offshore will make coffee just for you guys.

    Prayer Requests: None today. YHC took us out.

    Moleskin: We all want others to be patient with us, to give us grace and kindness. Let’s move into this day intentionally and make an effort to extend the same to others. Thx for letting me lead. SYITG!

  • 14 STRONG!!!

    The promise of coffee is real, and it is magnificent.  14 redwoods converged for KBs in the gloom of the Circus.  Here is how it went down:

    • COP
      • SSH
      • IW
      • DQ
      • Helicopters
      • Arm circles
      • DMH
      • Merkins
      • LBC
      • APD
    • KB one-man Dora – 5 sets of 3 exercises with a run in-between sets
      • 100 overhead pulls
      • 150 curls
      • 200 lawnmower pulls (100 each arm)
    • 3 sets of 20 PLTs
    • COT with YHC taking us out

    14 STRONG!   Great turnout and what an awesome start to the day.  T-claps to Offshore for continuing to provide the opportunity for 3rd F with post-workout coffee. 

    Great to see Pinto back.  White Deer made his presence known.  YHC is thankful to see Fireman Ed as he continues treatments.  Then there was Mr. Rogers.  A broke-down car was not an impediment!  He walked his @$$ there with a KB.  Double t-claps!

    Congrats to Piglet and Pigskin on the arrival of the new daughter/grandbaby. We missed you Pigskin, but we gave thanks for that blessing in COT.

    Rest your arms tomorrow!   Let’s celebrate the death and resurrection of our Savior this weekend!  God is good all of the time!

    Attila