Proof that Joe Daniels dresses as Gimli for Halloween

Date: 2024-06-08 AO: olympus Q: Krzyzewski PAX: The Worm, voodoo, ickey_shuffle FNGs: None COUNT: 4 Calm morning. Nice breeze. Low 60s temps. While Edenic the setting may have been, today’s edition of Olympus greeted the pax with a Swiss Army knife of pain. What’s more, as Ickey deftly observed, Pride Month happened to align with the kickoff of the rainbow spreadsheet, but this was purely coincidence. Nevertheless, the pax embraced a wide diversity of exercises ranging from the old favorites like 1-handed swings to the more novel Kentucky Burpees and bottoms-up KB holds. All told, the weinke sprinkled in a plethora of EMOMs that only rivaled the number of classic cars cruising by (more on that later). Overall, a solid pump and good to get back into Joe Daniels’ unique house of pain. Let’s get into the recap… WARMUP: 10x swings, prying squats, slingshots (7 e/w), 5x hi-pulls (e/s), halos (7x e/w) THE THANG: 1) Complex A (16 min. EMOM) – A: 1-handed heavy swings (10x) – B: Double presses (3x) 2) Gettin’ Lucky in Kentucky (10 min. EMOM) – Kentucky Burpees (2 sets) 3) Complex III (21 min. (!) EMOM) – A: Double shrugs (10x) – B: Somersault squats (7x) – C: Double KB pullovers (3x) MARY: Just enough time for some diamond merkins (10x), hammer grip KB curls (12x), and bottoms-up KB holds (1x e/s as long as the pax can hold it…roughly 20-25 sec. although it seemed like Voodoo could have gone much longer) ANNOUNCEMENTS: – Blood drive on 6/21 – July 4th convergence(s) abound – check Slack for details – Good to see Emoji back in the mix at The Rock…hopefully will join us back in kettlebell world in the coming weeks – Thanks to the pax for coming out week in and week out. Always a pleasure to see you guys at Olympus and appreciate your humoring me as we work through some oddities. To that end, we ran out of time to do the bizarre-looking swing-lunge / snatch-lunge complex…maybe we’ll keep that in the back pocket for next week COT: Although The Rock lost their Q and four (five?) others towards the end of their workout, Hoover kindly took the reins and took out the joint groups in COT. As we understand it, these brave souls got sidetracked helping a clueless classic car owner push his car into the parking lot…actually sounds like a good exercise for a future gear workout.