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…

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…

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…

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,…

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…

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…

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…

11 strong Circus veterans posted on this beautiful Thursday morning and even the Ghost Sponsor showed himself this morning to provide a promised beatdown.  It went something like this: COP – SSHs, DQs, Arm Circles, Flutter Kicks, Merkins and Halos – all IC Ask and you shall receive (Toga requested to not have to do any KB swings for the day after this beatdown was finished) — 25 KB Swings OYO followed by 5 Burpees OYO — Repeato x 4 Lindsay’s Revenge – As threatened/promised, YHC brought back the Lindsay’s with Merkin Rows and WWII sit and press.  Run around…

Ten of the faithful and one FNG posted at Circus Maximus on a comfortable Thursday morning. Johnsonville (YHC), piloting a clown car hauling White Deer and FNG Hoops, pulled up with only 2 minutes to spare, but was able to kick things off on time. This is how it went down, more or less: THANG: COP. Warmup without kettlebells, including SSH, Don Quiotes, Merkins, LBCs, Arm Circles. Take kettlebells in hand. Mosey behind the school near the dumpster. COP: 10x KB swing in cadence / 5 burpees OYO 10x sit-up & press OYO Lunge-walk with KBs COP: 10x KB swing…

4 cars, 8 able bodies assembled on a beautiful February morning to embark upon a KB beatdown that went something like this: Slaughter Start: 10 burpees OYO COP: SSH, DQ, Freddie Mercury’s, Imperial Walkers KB Waiter Carry around the Circus Bus Loop Lindsays: KB Merkin Rows + KB Curb Lift Overs Some Dead Cockroaches Mosey to Bus Loop KB Standing Row Zig Zag Death Crawl: start with 4 PAX on each side of bus loop, 10 KB Standing Rows, KB Death Crawl across, drop off KB, Crab Crawl to the KB left behind by the guy in front of you,…