Tag: Circus Maximus

A noble and mighty group of warriors clanged around some heavy metal in optimal conditions this morning.  Here is how it went down:

 

• COP
  • 25 SSH
  • 20 invisible jump rope
  • 20 Russian soldiers
  • 15 cherry pickers
  • 11 2x merkins
  • 15 Scorpion kicks
  • 25 2x LBC
  • 10 Helicopters
• Weighted carry towards the practice fields with a brief stop for a one-man triple check
  • 15 donkey kicks
  • Bear crawl across the walkway
  • 15 lawnmower pulls – each arm
• Weighted carry to the lush practice field for 4 corners – 10, 15, 20, 25 reps at each corner, with weighted carry between stops
  • High pulls
  • Haloes
  • KB swings
  • Sit ‘n presses
  • Weighted squats
  • Heels to heaven (buoyed by KB)
• Weighted carry back to parking lot for COT with YHC taking us out

Welcome to Circus Maximus Ponch, and welcome back Rosie and EF Hutton!  As always, good to see some new faces join the circus over this summer.  Solid work by both men.  25 lb. KB was like lifting a feather for Ponch.  Rosie shows up with 35 lbs, enough said.  YHC is a big fan of the summer tour!

YHC was on a conference call at his office at midnight, getting minimal sleep prior to Circus.  Johnsonville was a no-show, sucked in by the fart sack.  A few more of these, and his handle might need to be changed to Charmin, because he is getting soft.  See you soon J-ville!

All in all, strong work from the PAX.  Hope you feel this one in the morning.   God is good all the time!

Attila

Seven of the faithful showed up at CircusMaximus this morning with kettlebells in hand. Johnsonville (YHC) took Q, and this is what went down more or less:

COP (warmup):
10x BOYO
20x SSH
10x cherry pickers
20x LBC
10x IWs
Fairly lengthy sequence of arm circles

KB carry to front of school for KB Dora (Extended) — the first partner does the appointed exercise, the second runs down bus drive to fire hydrant (about 60 yards), does 1 BOYO, runs back replacing the first partner and continuing count. The first partner repeats the run. Rinse and repeat until designated count is reached.

50x merkin row (always makes me think of Toga)
100x sit and kb press
150x goblet squat
200x kb swing
250x skull crusher (but, for this one, in lieu of running, non-exercising partner bear crawled up wheelchair ramp, touched door and crawled back to start)

KB carry back to VSF. COT with YHC taking us out.

We were thrilled to have Sugar Sock and Hardywood (who normally post at 45MOM) come out and see what we are up to out in the far reaches of F3RVA. The summer AO challenge has been great. There was not much downtime in the workout for mumble chatter, and men worked very hard to get through this one. Great job! Johnsonville

The fart sack was averted by 3 noble warriors after a spectacular day of celebrating our country’s birthday and the abundance of freedoms we have.  Here is how it went down:

• COP
  • 25 SSH
  • 20 IW
  • 15 DQ
  • 10 2x merkins
  • 25 2x LBC
  • 10 pickle pounders
  • 15 Scorpion kicks
  • 15 burpees
• Lucky Bus Loop – farmers carry to 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 8 at the end
  • Lawnmower pulls – each arm (7x)
  • High pulls (6x)
  • Sit ‘n presses (5x)
  • Lunges – both legs (4x)
  • KB swings (3x)
  • Halos (2x)
  • Weighted squats
• 15 skull crushers
• COT with YHC taking us out

Johnsonville had texted YHC late last night to say he would take the Circus Q after a day of celebrating his right to bear arms and burn emasculating children’s books (it is how they roll at Kepley, Broscious & Biggs).  However, unlike our forefathers, he could not free himself from the clutches of the fart sack, even when his chauffeur arrived shortly after 0500.  Thankfully, YHC had planned ahead and was ready get administer a red pill.  Actually, the humidity pretty much took care of that.  Glad to see you are here to stay summer!

Welcome to Circus Maximus Water Wings!  This noble warrior book-ended his KB workout with 2½ mile runs to his in-law’s domicile.  With five kids under 10 years old, we all offer proper respect to your ability to bring it on a regular basis.  It was fun getting to know you, and I was comforted by the fact that you were more than skilled in changing diapers, especially if one of White Deer’s flatulence turns liquid or solid.

For those wondering, we have a guest Q from Star Child (F3 Louisville) on Saturday.  Feel free to come see how our neighbors to the west do F3, if interested.

All in all, strong work from the PAX   God is good all the time!

Attila

COP all IC

SSH

Helicopter

Don Quixote

 

The Beast

6 (or 7 if the Q forgets how to count) Rounds of 6 stations with 6 count of exercise performed at each

lunge to first station, bear crawl to second, crawl bear to third, Frog Hop to fourth, Hop Frog to fifth,  lunge to sixth. All with KB.

Sit and press

lawnmowers

snatch

merkin row

high pull

goblet squats

halos

Triple Check

Donkey Kicks

Turkish Get-ups

Waiter carry to end of pavilion and back

Announcements

4th of July Convergence

Pick2’s wedding Q at The Creek July 6th

Numberama

Namearama

J-Ville took us out

NMS

It has been 6 months since YHC’s last trip to the Circus. So when Opus asked if he wanted to go, he said “sure”. it was good to be back with this crew.

Apparently YHC cannot count, he blames this on his Mechanicsville public education, and the beast went for 7 rounds instead of 6. Which everyone was very happy to point out.

Everyone put in good work and it was great to see Wedding Singer come out for The Summer Tour.

Thanks for letting me lead

 

 

 

 

 

Summer is here and vacations have begun.  A small subset of the normal PAX shook off the fartsack to battle the KBs, and here is what transpired:

• COP
  • 10 burpees
  • 25 SSH
  • 15 Russian soldiers
  • 15 Russian Kickbacks
  • 20 Helicopters
• Dora – double weighted carry accompanied by:
  • 100 merkins
  • 200 WWII
  • 300 Flutter Kicks
• 10 burpees
• Beast
  • Lawmower pulls – each arm
  • Weighted lunges
  • Swings
  • Sit ‘n Press
  • High Pulls
• Run the bus loop
• 15 skull crushers – 3x
• COT with YHC taking us out

Once again, J’ville saved me from doing KBs solo, and vice versa.  Good chance to hang out with one of F3’s finest while we threw around the KBs.  Grateful for his loyalty to the PAX.

God is good all the time!

Attila

A group of noble warriors joined forces to throw around the kettlebells this morning, and here is what transpired:

• COP
  • 25 SSH
  • 20 Russian Soldiers
  • 10 Russian Kickbacks
  • 10 2x merkins
  • 25 FM
  • 20 Crab Cakes
  • 15 Scorpion Kicks
  • 20 Helicopters
• KB Catch Me if You Can – pair up, one man does 10 burpees while the other does a double-weighted carry
• 20 lawnmower pulls – each arm
• AMRAP challenge/version 2 – rotation of 3 exercises over a 30-35 second period, with reduced rest after each rotation, rests of 20, 15, 10 and 5 seconds
  • Overhead pulls
  • Sit ‘n presses
  • Skull crushers
• Run the bus loop
• White Deer takes the Q
  • Boat Canoe
  • 15 halos, each way
  • 15 360s, each way
  • 15 one-handed KB swings, each arm
• COT with YHC taking us out

Ad hoc Q today for YHC and White Deer.  Vinny and Handshake can now cross Circus Maximus off his summer tour of AOs, but as always, do not be strangers.  For future visitors, bring a KB if you have it.  We only have so many extras..  Solid work from the PAX.

God is good all the time!

Attila

A group of noble warriors joined forces to throw around the kettlebells this morning, and here is what transpired:

• COP
  • 25 SSH
  • 25 IW
  • 15 DQ
  • 10 2x merkins
  • 25 2x LBC
  • 15 Pickle Pounders
  • 15 Scorpion Kicks
  • 10 burpees
  • 20 Helicopters
• AMRAP challenge – rotation of 5 exercises over a 30-35 second period, with reduced rest after each rotation; rests start at 20 seconds and move down to 15, 10 and 5 seconds
  • High pulls
  • Weighted squats
  • Halos
  • Overhead presses
  • KB swings
• Run the bus loop
• AMRAP challenge/version 2 – rotation of 3 exercises over a 30-35 second period, with reduced rest after each rotation, rests of 20, 15 and 10 seconds
  • Overhead pulls
  • Sit ‘n presses
  • Skull crushers
• Run the bus loop
• 20 lawnmower pulls – each arm x2
• COT with YHC taking us out

This was a workout that the PAX just had to gut through.  YHC was tired, and there was concern that I would sleepwalk through the workout.  Offshore can now cross Circus Maximus off his summer tour of AOs, and good to have Tubbs back.  It is evident that Tubbs is growing more comfortable with the group as he and White Deer engaged in a symphony of the sphincters.  Solid work though.

God is good all the time!

Attila

4 Circus Maximus veterans and 1 Kettlebell F3 Virgin came out as White Deer took the Q. We did:

COP – SSH, Merkins, Flutterkicks, and Burpees. Boat & Canoe right off. Then off for:

Modified Beast:  Reps of 5, 10, 15, 20, 15, 10, 5. Exercises were: Swings, Sit &Press, Merkins, Lawnmower, Halos, and Overhead presses.

Finish wth skull crushers and Pullovers.

1. NMS- Good to have Shakedown out and sporting a 35 lb bell no less. White Deer took the Q and wrote the BB. But unfortunately he saved them on floppy disk and gave to me to post so forgive the delay, #bigdata

Three of the faithful and one FNG posted at CircusMaximus with kettlebells in hand. Johnsonville (YHC) took the Q, and this is what went down, more or less —

warmup with 25x ssh, 25x imperial walkers, 25x don quiotes, 25x flutter kicks, plank sequence, long-time arm circles

mosey to sidewalk by bus loop for ciabatta lawnmower pulls, alternating arms.

mosey about 1/2 way down bus loop toward pump rd for ciabatta kb swings.

mosey to end of bus loop. run a brisk lap.

ciabatta merkins (feel the burn!) Chum would have been stronger on round 8 than round 1 (that is, had he bothered to get out of bed).

mosey around the school to the side facing pump rd. ciabatta WWII situps with KB presses at top.

10 burpees

KB carry back to VSF. Mary with Alabama prom dates, box cutters, and ‘merican hammers.

COT with Attila taking us out.

FNG Al Lombardy, introduced himself and presented himself for naming. But without the keen wit of DK, we were unable to come up with a fitting name on the spot, YHC having summarily rejected “Big Al”, “Weird Al”, and “Hemmeroid.” Upon reflection and in a state of 80s nostalgia, YHC takes note that a particularly heinous crime boss on Miami Vice was named “Al Lombard.” YHC thus names FNG Al Lombardy, “Tubbs.”

Good job men! Jville