The Da Vinci Traveling Circus of Pain
Date: 2025-06-07 AO: davinci Q: midriff PAX: taggart, Franky, teddyf3, Roulette, Odd Job, F3 Elsa, kirby FNGs: None COUNT: 8 This morning, we transformed the Blakeney medical park into a carnival of chaos. YHC took a page out of the flipper playbook and SweetWater’s Thursday Q and brought out plenty of toys for a low-mileage, high-intensity and hilarious circus act workout. We lifted, we laughed, we sweat like it was our full-time job – and we did it all with questionable grace.
The Greatest Show on Earth (or at least South Charlotte) – Each pax grabs a toy and walk over to the medical park across the street. Toys included: 60# sandbag, 20# dumbbells, 40# concrete block, large white log (don’t ask), 10# plates, 25# medicine ball and pogo stick (all-time great garage sale find). – Act 1: 6/8 pax grab a toy while 1 pax planks and 1 pax walks/runs as the timer. Rotate between sandbag cleans, dumbbell curls, concrete block rows, goblet squats with log, hairburners/bearcrawls with weighted plates and BB situps with medicine ball. – Repeato, then carry our toys to Elevation Church for Act 2: where we slightly modified a few exercises and threw in some Spiderman merkins for Rousey. Wherever you are brother, come back soon. – Act 3: Carry back to launch, stopping for forward squats, shoulder press and bent over rows while waiting to cross the intersection. Local South Charlotte residents must have picked up on our stupidity, as we were circled by many clown cars to end the workout.
Highlights from the Circus – Pre-workout entertainment came courtesy of Odd Job who tried to tame a pogo stick before the workout even began. Circus vibes: nailed. – We renamed taggart to Bernie’s for his dark shades and slow-motion pace during Act 1. It was a scene straight out of Weekend at Bernie’s. Fetch this man a tropical drink!!! – Franky joining in the warmup count with German and Croatian really sent us into a tailspin quickly. – Sandbag of Doom: This monstrosity felt more like carrying a small bear. It was sweaty, it was painful, it was perfect. – ICP Banter: Somewhere between the merkins and medicine balls, we dove deep into the philosophical works of Insane Clown Posse. Next time I may even wear face paint to complete the costume, per Roulette’s suggestion. I learned about juggalos and horrorcore. I’m still deciding if I want to delve deeper into the genre of trailer park hiphop and rap rock. – kirby’s Weird Fixations: First, he rebranded medicine balls as “slam balls.” Then he fell in love with the big white log. Not judging, just… concerned. – teddyf3’s Tactical Fart Bomb: YHC got crop-dusted during LBC’s in a revenge move so legendary it will be whispered for generations. You may have won the battle but the war has only just begun – Roulette’s Tesla TED Talk: If you didn’t hear about his car, were you even at the workout? The rest of us peasants move about in our budget wagons, dreaming of a better life. – Dueling Family Photo: We pulled off maybe the first simultaneous family photo in SOB history, creating a new rift in the time/space continuum. I’m still trying to figure out how Odd Job managed to be facing both camera simultaneously.
The circus ended with a melting inferno of humidity, a sunrise straight out of a Bob Ross painting, and a reminder that we might be idiots, but at least we’re idiots together. As Roulette reminded us: it’s always a great day to make bad decisions with good friends. T-claps to everyone who joined the circus this morning — you made it one for the books.
:circus_tent: :muscle: :tada:
The Greatest Show on Earth (or at least South Charlotte) – Each pax grabs a toy and walk over to the medical park across the street. Toys included: 60# sandbag, 20# dumbbells, 40# concrete block, large white log (don’t ask), 10# plates, 25# medicine ball and pogo stick (all-time great garage sale find). – Act 1: 6/8 pax grab a toy while 1 pax planks and 1 pax walks/runs as the timer. Rotate between sandbag cleans, dumbbell curls, concrete block rows, goblet squats with log, hairburners/bearcrawls with weighted plates and BB situps with medicine ball. – Repeato, then carry our toys to Elevation Church for Act 2: where we slightly modified a few exercises and threw in some Spiderman merkins for Rousey. Wherever you are brother, come back soon. – Act 3: Carry back to launch, stopping for forward squats, shoulder press and bent over rows while waiting to cross the intersection. Local South Charlotte residents must have picked up on our stupidity, as we were circled by many clown cars to end the workout.
Highlights from the Circus – Pre-workout entertainment came courtesy of Odd Job who tried to tame a pogo stick before the workout even began. Circus vibes: nailed. – We renamed taggart to Bernie’s for his dark shades and slow-motion pace during Act 1. It was a scene straight out of Weekend at Bernie’s. Fetch this man a tropical drink!!! – Franky joining in the warmup count with German and Croatian really sent us into a tailspin quickly. – Sandbag of Doom: This monstrosity felt more like carrying a small bear. It was sweaty, it was painful, it was perfect. – ICP Banter: Somewhere between the merkins and medicine balls, we dove deep into the philosophical works of Insane Clown Posse. Next time I may even wear face paint to complete the costume, per Roulette’s suggestion. I learned about juggalos and horrorcore. I’m still deciding if I want to delve deeper into the genre of trailer park hiphop and rap rock. – kirby’s Weird Fixations: First, he rebranded medicine balls as “slam balls.” Then he fell in love with the big white log. Not judging, just… concerned. – teddyf3’s Tactical Fart Bomb: YHC got crop-dusted during LBC’s in a revenge move so legendary it will be whispered for generations. You may have won the battle but the war has only just begun – Roulette’s Tesla TED Talk: If you didn’t hear about his car, were you even at the workout? The rest of us peasants move about in our budget wagons, dreaming of a better life. – Dueling Family Photo: We pulled off maybe the first simultaneous family photo in SOB history, creating a new rift in the time/space continuum. I’m still trying to figure out how Odd Job managed to be facing both camera simultaneously.
The circus ended with a melting inferno of humidity, a sunrise straight out of a Bob Ross painting, and a reminder that we might be idiots, but at least we’re idiots together. As Roulette reminded us: it’s always a great day to make bad decisions with good friends. T-claps to everyone who joined the circus this morning — you made it one for the books.
:circus_tent: :muscle: :tada:
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