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
5 Comments
Great Job Mud Face!! Love seeing you Qing outside of Mechanicsville now!
Holy Turkish Get Up Batman. That was a killer MudFace. And I am certainly feeling it right now. I’m certain my form leaves significant room for improvement, and I guess I will need to make a trip out to MannDate to see how the TGU Championship is properly done and for a real showdown. I’ll bring Rosie, Offshore and Earthworm (who all crushed the TGUs today also) with me.
Great job fellas. Great to be back out after a little work and illness induced hiatus.
See you all in the gloom soon.
Nice work Mudface. Next time there is a TGU party I’m switching back to the smaller KB, I was scared for my teeth a few times during the last rounds.
If Offshore wasn’t doing 2-Count TGUs he probably would have had enough juice to get through round 10 or 11 too.
I thought that he went out early. Now we have to do the whole thing again
Turkish Get-ups at my first kettle bell workout… I think I’ll be back! Good workout Mudface, and glad to finally get to the Circus!