Circuits of Fun (a.k.a. Pain)

Circuits of Fun (a.k.a. Pain)

9 men met at Charlotte Christian School for a fun-filled morning of running, pull ups, kettlebells, etc. I had asked the PAX in the Thursday night pre-tweet to bring their favorite kettlebell, but apparently no one at Joust actually uses Twitter. Thankfully, I have four and Joker had his M’s (why else would he have a 25 lb. kettlebell in his car?).

The Thang:

Grab the KBs and mosey to the field above the bleachers. Drop kettlebells and run down to the 50 yard line.

COP:

• Disclaimer given (drilled into YHC after 2 consecutive Saturdays of Q school)
• SSH x 21 IC
• IW x 26 IC
• Merkins x 15 IC
• Slow squats x 20 IC (3 down, 1 up)

Next, we did a walk through of the morning’s circuit. There was a lot of mumblechatter as we didn’t actually perform any exercises during the walkthrough. However, once the workout started, there was very little mumblechatter. Here’s the circuit:

• Run up Grandma Mountain to the playground equipment and do 10 (or max) pullups=
• Run to the blue door and do 20 jump squats
• Run to the kettlebells and do 20 reps of your favorite exercise (YHC did swings, snatches, cleans and OH press on successive rounds)
• Run to the top of the bleachers for 20 derkins and 20 dips
• Run down to the track and run around counter-clockwise back to the base of Grandma Mountain, stopping at the 10 yard line for 20 yards of bear crawls.

The goal was to complete 5 rounds or stop at 6:10. Most of us got 3+ rounds done. Lobstah Roll and Joker were at 4-5.

6:10 – plank up near kettlebells and wait for PAX to gather. RAH, RLH, Regular, LAH, LLH.

Grab kettlebells and mosey back to the start point for a little Mary

• 25 x LBC IC
• 15 x Heels to Heaven IC

COT – Thanks to Smokey for taking us out.

Moleskine:

– YHC designed this workout to keep everyone working hard at their own pace. The speedsters would do more and the Clydesdales would do less, but everyone would be in constant motion. The PAX didn’t let me down as everyone was pushing hard all morning. It’s always an honor to lead such a great group at Joust.

– Lobstah Roll and Joker led once YHC took the training wheels off. They bailed before COT, presumably to get their weekly blood transfusion from Superman because they were flying out there.

– #Kotters to Shockoe Bottom, who has been on IR for a while. It was great to have you back out there and hope to see more of you.

– Good to see Strange Brew, fresh off of his travels to Asia. To avoid congestion at any of the workout stations, he ran the course backward. #CrazyCanadian

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