A group of Circus Maximus veterans answered the early alarm in order to throw around some KBs.  Here is how it went down: COP 30 2x SSH 12 IW 12 DQ 12 Helicopters 12 Suzanne Somers – each leg 12 2x merkins 30 2x LBC Catch me if you can around the bus loop – one man carries 2 KBs while is partner does 10 burpees; repeat for a total of 50 burpees for each member of the PAX Ground ‘n Pound AMRAP – 30 seconds for each exercise, with a series of breaks of 20, 15, 10 & 5…

Nine needed to get their day started right and posted to the Circus.  Some posted without Kettlebells, others without gloves but we got after it: COP:  Hillbillies, SSH, Merkins, Flutterkicks, Scorpion Kicks, Don Qs. Stay in Circle and grab KBs:  10 Snatch each arm, burpee, then 20 High Pulls.  Repeato dropping by 2 on Snatch & High pulls but increase burpees by 1 until down to 2. Triple check:  Run lot and back, Lunges w/ double bells, & Sit & Presses.  Then some Boat & Canoe.  Head over to back of school for Lindsays:  Donkey Kicks, bear crawl, & KB…

It was cold and the week had taken a toll on a pair of rugged warriors, but that was not going to stop us.  Here is how it went down: COP 10 BOYOs 25 SSH 20 IW 15 DQ 20 Helicopters 10 2x merkins 10 2x Suzanne Somers, each leg 25 2x LBC 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 7 at the end Lawnmower pulls – each arm (7x) High pulls (6x) Sit ‘n…

4 early morning CM soldiers met on the tarmac to do their Thursday morning thing. The Pax was silent, calm but not to bright this cold morning  Here’s how it went down COP 30 Ssh 30 Wide merkins 30 – Close grip 15-  helicopters15 Arm circles 15 – Freddie Mercury 15 – Slow Freddie Mercury Planks 30 APD’s Stayed right in place for 10 of each  left and right side then rinse and repeat Halos Rows Dead lifts Cleans Squats Presses Snatch Cross body cleans Merkins High pulls Also in the same place 40 on 20 off then rinse…

Two of the faithful posted at Circus Maximus at the regular appointed time on Thanksgiving. Johnsonville (YHC) took the Q, and this is what went down: Warmup 25x SSH, 25x Don Quiotes, 25x Imperial Walkers, 10x merkins, 25x arm circles front, 25x arm circles back, 10x big circles front, 10x big circles back, 20x scorpion kicks. Mosey over by the pillars in the bus pickup/dropoff area. Commence DORA (modified) which took up most of the remaining 45 minutes. In each case, one member of the pax did the appointed exercise, while the other member of the pax bear crawled about…

It was a brutally wet and cold morning at Circus Maximus.  Honeydo was slated to Q, but YHC offered to provide a dry beatdown.  Honeydo quickly handed the keys to this well-oiled machine over to YHC.  Here is how it went down: COP 25 SSH 20 IW 10 DQ 15 helicopters 10 2x merkins 10 2x Suzanne Somers (each leg) 25 2x LBC 10 Herpies OYO Series of Triple Plays, aka triple checks #1 – KB presses, weighted lunges, pole sit #2 – skull crushers, pole smokers, death crawl #3 – lawnmower pulls (left and right), KB swings, run COT…

A two man army attacked the KB with vengeance this morning.  Here is how it went down: COP 25 SSH 15 Cherry Pickers 15 helicopters 10 2x merkins 25 2x LBC Mosey down the back drive toward the practice fields – stop for 20 lawnmower pulls with each arm Learn the fields are in no condition for workout and Mosey back down the back drive towards the bus loop – stop for 20 lawnmower pulls with each arm Cumulative beast – add an additional exercise for each leg High pulls High pulls, sit ‘n presses, KB swings High pulls, sit…

The three stooges came early to the circus ring and then came Kru COP Warm up of 25 SSH, 15 DQ’s, 20 merkins, 25LBC’s, 15 helicopters Round 1 Rinse and repeat the following for 15 minutes no breaks Merkins (5) reps  right arm / left arm Rows ( 5) reps  right arm / left arm Dead Lifts  ( 5) reps right arm / left arm Clean ( 5) reps  right arm / left arm Squats  ( 5) reps right arm / left arm Press ( 5) reps  right arm / left arm Round 2 Snatch Right (40 seconds on – 20 second…

Four strong redwoods fought off the fartsack and battled the cold, choosing to throw around some KBs.  Here is how it went down: COP 10 BOYOs 25 SSH 10 DQ 15 hand release merkins 25 2x LBC 15 APDs 15 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 moves down to 15, 10 and 5 seconds High pulls Weighted squats Halos KB swings Overhead shoulder presses Run the bus loop AMRAP challenge/version 2 – rotation of 4 exercises over a 30-35 second period,…

We did not have a volunteer Q for Circus Maximus this week. There was talk of a hot potato Q, but YHC (Johnsonville) seized it and would not yield to others (at least until 3 min left). This is what went down, sort-of: Rapid-fire warm-up with about everything you can imagine, including, but not limited ssh, don quiotes, cherry pickers, burpees, arm circles, etc. Elevens starting with 10 KB snatches per arm on one side of the circus maximus; run to the other side and do 1 mountain climber; continue around the circus maximus to the start. Note that the…