Tag: Circus Maximus

A magnificent VII (yes, seven) posted for this week’s version of Circus Maximus and we took a shot at the following:

Startup COP with 20 x Side Straddle Hops, Imperial Walkers, Russian Soldiers, and Helicopters followed by Arm Circles x 15 (including small and big and both ways) and 15 x WWII Situps.  Jog a lap around the parking lot.

Resume circle for 10 x Two Handed KB Swings, 10 x Goblet Shoulder Presses, 10 x Bent Over Rows, 10 x Overhead Triceps Presses, 20 x Merkins, and 10 x Two Handed Handle Curls.  Complete three rounds then walk the bus circle while weighted and alternating Suitcase and Waiter carries.

Circle up again for 10 x Goblet Squats, 10 x Crab Pots (Lawnmowers, and per arm), 10 x Upright Rows, 10 x Backhand Triceps Presses (per arm), 20 x Wide Grip Merkins, and 10 x Two Handed Cup Curls.  Complete three rounds then walk the bus circle weighted and alternating Waiter and Rack carries.

Circle on the grass for 10 x Overhead Lunges (per leg), 10 x Figure 8s, 10 x Kneeling Cleans, 10 x KB Merkins, and 10 x Standing Box Cutters.  Move to the curb for 20 x Pullovers, 20 x Skullsplitters, and 3 x Fast/Slow Curls (per arm).

COT with Earthworm taking us out.

Announcements – Charlottesville launch upcoming.

Moleskin – It seemed important to YHC to start Helicopters going 5 starting left first then 5 starting right.  As White Deer points out, there really is no difference.  It did not seem important to start Figure 8s around each leg.

YHC had a long list for his virgin Circus Maximus Q – did not get to some things. Next time.  Enjoyed it.

 

Eight strong came out to Circus Maximus before the rains came. 53 degrees and cloudy, perfect weather to toss around some kettlebells.

Cop – SSH, Merkins, DQs,  LBCs, Helicopters, Mtn Climbers

5 Sets of 10-20-30. 10 Halos, 20 Overhead Presses, 30 KB Swings. Run half a lap between sets.

Lunge across parking lot, up hill, 5 Burpees, then Lunge back down.

Head to Grass – 2 min of Boat-Canoe. 3 sets of 10 Merkin rows & 20 Mtn Climbers.  American Hammers, with & without Kettlebell. 3 sets of 5 Curls. 3 sets of 10 Lawnmowers. Finish with more Boat-Canoe.

Earthworm took us out.

NMS – Gomer Pyle came out for his 2nd Honeydo Q this week. He enjoyed the first one so much he came to CM without a Kettlebell. Luckily White Deer had one to spare.

Mumblechatter focused on Jville and his Teapot form but with him not in attendance White Deer soon turned to his Mumblechatter muse Atilla.

The PAX took on the Lunge across the lot for the 2nd time YHC has tried it. Time will tell if they will be met with the same posterior pain as the first time last year.

The PAX discovered that Gomer was in the Army so White Deer insisted on upgrading his loaner kettlebell from his 20 lb one. He even got to test out the Chum Bucket 35 lb.

Speaking of Chum Bucket, he was in the lead the whole beatdown. YHC should have asked Gomer if that 35 lb KB is legit.

Hoops posted again, while Gumbo missed, adding further fuel they are the same person.  Good to see Earthworm back out- YHC reminded him that Heartbreak Ridge is awaiting his post there.

A lot of these exercises were specifically targeted to help the PAX with their tennis game. Even with rain tonight Tennis Thursdays are coming to a court near you.

Silent Assassin signing off.

No one volunteered for the Q at Circus Maximus, but that is never a problem with J-ville around.  Hot potato Q ensued, and here is how it went down:

Johnsonville kicks us off:

• Warm-up – 25 SSH, 10 merkins, 20 LBCs, 20 Mountain Climbers
• 10 KB curls – each arm
• 15 KB presses
• 10 Lawnmower pulls – each arm
• 20 KB swings
• 10 merkin rows
• 11s – wall planks & sit-up presses

White Deer takes the reign

• 20 APD
• 10 one-leg APD – each leg
• Boat, canoe, paddleboat
• Triple Check – burpees, wall sit and double weighted farmers carry

YHC finishes it up

• 20 Alabama honeymoons on the curve
• 15 standing rows
• 15 tricep curls
• 15 weighted squats
• Group curb crawl
• 15 weighted American hammers
• 15 non-weighted American hammers

COT with YHC taking us out with a prayer of thanksgiving

Moleskin – Great to have Krü with us.  He is a welcomed addition to the west end PAX.  No one is head locking him to show.  He just keeps coming to different workouts, which is really encouraging.  Keep up the hard work Krü.  White Deer and I have no mumble chatter for you, just T claps and respect.

Hoops is starting to come out of his shell, having some mumble chatter for his old man.  I have to show the 2.0 respect for keeping his cool even when his pops says awkward and embarrassing comments.  At 15, you are a bigger man than I.  I would have probably starting jogging home if my old man was speaking trash from so many orifices.

Welcome to CM Upchuck.  It was great to have you.  I respect the fact that a purple KB did not deter you from joining our circus.  Walmart is awaiting you for the purchase of a new KB.  Come back next week.

As always, grateful for the leadership of men like Johnsonville.  Did not skip a beat with this workout.

See you in the gloom.  Attila

8 competitors arrived at the Circus Maximus stadium on this beautiful morning. The event was Turkish Get Ups and the athletes were focused. This is what happened

COP all IC

SSH x 20

DQ x 10

Helicopters x 10

Arm circles 10 small 5 big and reverso

TGU Championship

2 minutes to complete the number of TGUs for the round. One added to count each round. Secondary exercise done until time is up. You are out if you cannot get the number for the round. Then secondary exercises for the 2 minute time. Secondaries were:

Lawn mowers

Lunges

Clean and press

Goblet squats

Snatch

Merkin rows

Sit up press

Swings

Lawn mowers

Sit up press

Snatch

Tree of Woe

Partner up. One partner runs a short lap while the other static holds weight, switch. Holds were:

Cross – arms out to the side at shoulder height with bell in each hand

Al Gore – Normal, but holding on bell at arms length

Back Fly – bend over, back parallel to the ground, lift and holds bells out to the side

Merkin row ring of fire

Pax gets into plank. One person does 3 merkin rows until all PAX has gone

Numberama

Namerama

Announcements

Ragnar this weekend

Ash Creek 5K May 20th

Charlottesville expansion May 20th

New AO at Pole Green Park in Mechanicsville May 11th

Earthworm took us out

NMS

This is a workout that YHC introduced at MANNdate about a month back and the most that we were able to get were 8 in the two minute time period. IN the spirit of friendly competition if was brought to the Circus.

The PAX this morning got loud an excited as Rosie and Gumbo got to round 10 and 11 respectively. Well done gentlemen, you have set the bar high. YHC does not believe that many of the secondaries were done on Gumbo’s last round with all the encouragement being thrown his way.  This one of the things the YHC loves about this group that if someone is making themselves better everyone else is there to make some noise for them on the way.

Tree of Woe is one that I really like, but the partnering of the two slowest runners together makes it that much harder. Kettlebell static hold back flys SUCK.

As always, it was a privilege to lead

 

 

 

A magnificent nine posted for another edition of Circus Maximus (yet another AO where YHC lost the naming discussion).  With cars pulling in at start time we got right to it.

Warmup COP: SSH, Don Quixote, squats, scapula merkins, merkins

Return to the 9 minute kb complex from hell (30 secs of ea. exercise with little or no stopping between sets)

• Two handed swings
• Cleans
• Snatch
• Clean and Press
• Lunge, 30 sec ea. leg
• Single leg dead lift, 30 sec ea. leg
• Single hand swings, 30 sec ea. arm
• Goblet squats
• Push press, 30 sec ea. arm
• Swing burpees

~1 minute rest while we did leg raises and flutter kicks then back through the complex above

Move to grassy area for ciabattas (4 sets of ea. exercise with 20 secs on and 10 off)

Group 1: Frog Burpees (think regular burpee but with a frog/donkey kick instead of the merkin) and alternating L/R Snatches

Group 2: Swings and Balls to the Wall Walk (B2WW= regular B2W position but then you try to walk out to a plank and then back up= crowd pleaser)

Circle up for American Hammers, Hip-up Sit-ups, V-up Tuck-ups

COT

NMM:  Halfway through the first complex Offshore asked if YHC had music for this previously.  He was correct, but the speaker kept going out, and it was abandoned halfway through the workout.  Before this is attempted again, a new speaker or some sort of effort to rectify the music situation will be undertaken.  It turns out that standing in a circle while swinging around weights does not always engender conversation and the grunting escalates as the workout progresses.  JVille eventually takes on a wheezing, ragged grunt.  Attila goes from grunt to whimper, and YHC realized that the person who sounded like they were giving themselves a hernia was in fact YHC.  All that said, the best had to be White Deer as his grunting took on an urgent and excited tone during B2WW.  We were all getting a look into his “O” face/vinegar strokes, and none of us needed to see/hear that.., least of all, his 2.0.

As indicated by the noises, hard work was done by all.

Stay Classy,

Toga

 

Seven redwoods bucked predictions of the sky falling and posted at CircusMaximus with kettlebells in hand. Johnsonville (YHC) took Q, and led a gloom-filled workout along these lines:

Warmup with SSH, mericans, crabcakes, LBCs, and armcircles.

Mosey between the columns by the bus loop for a sequence (somewhat) resembling the Golden Horseshoe along these lines:

— 10x sit and press, bearcrawl 10 strides, karaoke to point down corridor and back
— 10x kb swing, 10x sit and press, bearcrawl 10 strides, karaoke to point down corridor and back
— 5x standing kb press & repeat other arm, 10x kb swing, 10x sit and press, bearcrawl 10 strides, karaoke to point down corridor and back
***** respite with 3 minute plank sequence *****
— 10x rotating wall planks, 5x standing kb press & repeat other arm, 10x kb swing, 10x sit and press, bearcrawl 10 strides, run backwards to point down corridor and back
— 10x lawnmower pulls & repeat other arm, 10x rotating wall planks, 5x standing kb press & repeat other arm, 10x kb swing, bearcrawl 10 strides, run backwards to point down corridor and back
— 10x standing rows, 10x lawnmower pulls & repeat other arm, 10x rotating wall planks, 5x standing kb press & repeat other arm, 10x kb swing, bearcrawl 10 strides, run backwards to point down corridor and back
***** respite with 2 minute plank sequence *****
— 5x merican rows & repeat other arm, 10x standing rows, 10x lawnmower pulls & repeat other arm, 10x rotating wall planks, 5x standing kb press & repeat other arm, bearcrawl 10 strides, bunny hop to point down corridor and back
— 5x merican rows & repeat other arm, 10x standing rows, 10x lawnmower pulls & repeat other arm, 10x rotating wall planks, bearcrawl 10 strides, bunny hop to point down corridor and back
***** respite with 2 minute plank sequence *****
— 5x merican rows & repeat other arm, 10x standing rows, 10x lawnmower pulls & repeat other arm, bearcrawl 10 strides, bunny hop to point down corridor and back

Finish with AmericanHammers and AlabamaPrmDates.

COT with Attila taking us out.

This workout delivered a lot reps and sets. I may have distorted the ordering a bit up above, but I think it is pretty close.

I was expecting to face horrible weather and, as a result, a very small PAX. The predictions turned out to be wrong on both fronts, and it was a nice surprise to have solid numbers this morning.

I am not sure how I ended up on the Q roster for the 2nd week in a row — probably a clerical mistake by YHC. I did not mean to monopolize leadership of the AO, and I hope that did not bother anyone.

We achieved 7 min of planks this morning. The door is open to pick up extra minutes today for those doing the challenge.

Great job this morning on a hard sequence of KB exercises. Sincerely, Jville

Seven men took the redpill this morning by posting at CircusMaximus with kettlebells in hand. Johnsonville (YHC) remembered to plant a SF, and led a workout along these lines:

COT
25x SSH
25x DonQuiote
10x burpees

Mosey to courtyard by bus loop. COT
15x arm circles (front)
15x arm circles (back)
10x big arm circles (front)
10x big arm circles (back)
20x kettlebell swings OYO
10x burpees

Mosey to pillar area by bus loop
Ciabatta — single arm swings
Ciabatta — sit and press

Mosey to wall by parking area
10x burpees
DORA 1-2-3 (Normal teams of 2; 100 donkey kicks; 200 merican rows; 300 goblet squats). Runner runs without KB around landscaping area on other side of faculty parking lot.

Mosey to SF area.
12x slow American Hammers
12x pole smokers / heels to heaven

COT with Attila taking us out

MOLESKIN –

Attila and WhiteDeer were not as feisty toward one another as usual. I am starting to worry that they have reached some kind of a truce. Hoops was stood up by his sponsor (and mentor) Gumbo yet again. Hoops’ wingman, Cheetah, also stood up hoops in favor of a snug fartsack. Toga swung big kettlebells, taking care of business quietly and efficiently. Offshore shoes were super flashy this morning, making me think that they received a recharge last night. Offshore, himself, exhibited his usual steady and ultra-calm strength. Mudface deserves praise for many things, not the least of which are (i) showing up, (ii) always wearing a smile, and (iii) always giving it his all.

Time flew by this morning, which is good because I am getting tired…. It was an honor to lead kind and strong men this morning in RVA. Respectfully, Johnsonville

6 strong came out to the Circus on a non-spring like morning. What went down was:

COP- SSH, Merkins, Flutterkicks, DQs, Arm Circles. 30 Swings.

Mosey past the cars to length of parking lot for The Beast. 6 Exercises were: Halos, Curls, Swings, Tricep curls, Situp presses, Cleans.

Mosey to grass for Mary- Several rounds of Boat-Canoe. American Hammers, then 40 KB Swings. 15 more Situp presses. 2 min of Turkish Getups.

20 Swings, 20 AL honeymoons, 10 Merkin rows.

COT & Atilla took us out.

NMS – Smaller numbers at CM today. Apparently Cheetah was supposed to come but Mrs. Jville vetoed him going sans-Jville. Offshore posted without a Kettlebell, luckily White Deer had a spare.

To YHC’S knowledge this is the first iteration of the Beast with Kettlebells at CM. It took much longer than anticipated. 6 reps is not a lot, until you do that 6 times through. White Deer did his best to rouse Atilla  but to no avail.

Mudface was a late LIFO, thanks to your M for waking you up.  The TGU  were not a pretty sight, the Pax, including YHC, need much more practice. Swing  count for the morning was 126.

Six of the faithful posted at CircusMaximus on this cold morning, kettlebells in hand. Johnsonville took Q, gave a stark disclaimer, and the took the pax through a workout along these lines:

THANG:

warmup with random numbers of ssh, don quiote, imperial walkers, mericans, lbcs

mosey to northwest corner of school
quick COP arm circles
elevens consisting of KB swings, run about 50m, pole smokers
plank sequence

mosey counterclockwise to faculty parking area southwest of school. waive to police officer
elevens consisting of lawn mower pulls (each arm counted separately) and WWII situp with KB press
WhiteDeer led plank sequence with mericans

mosey counterclockwise around school to southeast corner around back
elevens consisting of merican rows and balls to the wall

mosey back to VSF

COT; YHC took us out with a prayer

MOLESKIN:

There was not much leg action in this workout, but it was fairly hard on upper body and core. I had trouble driving home, longing for one those 1980s old-man Cryslers that you can steer with one finger. At least I don’t have a manual transmission.

I thought about doubling up the merican rows by having each arm counted separately. That would have been a bad idea. Combining those with balls to the wall was pretty aweful.

As usual, WhiteDeer did a ton of talking for about 5 minutes, but fell silent after the first challenging set of exercises. Well, to be fair, he made a lot of noise during the last 40 minutes, just not with his mouth.

Great job this morning, men! Jville

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