9 #CircusMaximus faithful gathered early this foggy morning for YHC to take a second swing at a kettlebell beatdown and a little more exploration of the AO.  Here’s how things went down, at least how YHC remembers it. THANG Grab your bell and farmers walk toward the front of the school. COP:  SSHx20, Copperhead Squat x20, OH Clapsx25, Merkins x10 Partner up:  P1 takes both bells and Farmer’s Walk, P2 does 10 merkins then run to catch up to P1, flapjack.  Continue around to the front of the school parking lot. P1 does an exercise while P2 runs the parking…

7 Circus Clown Faithful assembled at Mills Godwin HS for a Kettlebell beatdown that went something like this: THANG Farmer Carry around the bus loop COP: 25 SSH, 10 KB Slingshot/Roundabouts (each direction), 20 KB rows OYO, 10 KB merkin rows (each side) OYO, 20 Flutter Kicks Circus Star (4 corners + farmer carry to Star after each set) 15 Goblet Squat 15 Halo 15 Swing Lung to Point & back Star: 20 LBC Repeato: Increase everything by 5, change Star to 5 Burpees Mosey to Bus Shelter Parade of Elephants Circle up facing out on your 6 pass KB…

9 faithful circus goers showed up in the rain for a little iron work and it didn’t take long for the PAX with raincoats to shed them. THE THANG COP 15x Don Quixote, 25xSSH, 10 Kettlebells Swings followed by 10 merkins OYO 4 rounds Short farmers walk mosey to bus loop for 4x4x4 – Do each of the 4 exercises 4 times, through 4 rounds Round 1 – Goblet Squat, Electric Slide, 1-leg Deadlift, Lunge Round 2 – 1 arm swing, clean, press from rack, row (start with weak arm), Repeat Round 2 Partner up – Round 1 – P1…

9 Redwoods gathered around the shovelflag for F3 RVAs most popular kettlebell workout. A beautiful full moon shone above as the beatdown went down like this: Farmers Carry around the loop COP – 25 SSH, 10 Merkins, 20 LBCs, 15 DQs, 25 KB Swings. Halos x20, each side Lunge length of parking lot with KB. Lunge back while doing side crunch. Farmer Mosey to grass for WWII situp escalator – do KB press at top, starting at 1 and increase press up to 10 reps. Triple Check, add KB arm extension on People’s chair. Farmer mosey to parking lot for…

No bread and circuses this morning in the gloom at Circus Maximus as each of nine PAX rejected the offering of a palliative and instead opted to consume the RedPill. J’Ville and DK teamed up to plant the ShovelFlag. The Thang: Warmup stretching: swinging arm (drowning man) circles forward and backward, torso circles clock wise and counter clockwise, hand to opposite foot kicks, torso rotations with high knees (modified IWs), standing oblique crunches (Hillbillies), up and outs, SSHs IC, Seal Jacks IC, Cobra stretch, and high knees. X9 8 Count BBs IC-Pan Pax KB Workout: – 20 reps KB swings…

Seven of the faithful gathered on the north side of Mills Godwin High School in the West End of Richmond on a drizzly, but otherwise comfortable morning with kettlebells in hand. Johnsonville took the inaugural Q at #CircusMaximus, and this is what went down, more or less: Start in grass near SF: Slaughter starter (20x burpees OYO) (regular) Kettlebell mosey (i.e., farmer walk with single kettlebell held overhead with one arm) around bus loop. Return to pavement near SF for COP: 12x merkins (regular) 12x kettlebell sit and press 15x kettlebell squats 15x plank dips (regular) 15x kettlebell standing rows…