Where the gold at?

Date: 2025-02-15 AO: olympus Q: Krzyzewski PAX: MARTA, The Worm, high_tide, taggart, Emoji FNGs: None COUNT: 6 Sure as the sun will rise and set, some gear head somewhere likely said, “it’s a beautiful day for a beatdown.” And this man was correct. The kettlebell gods showed favor to the pax this morning and held off the impending storm, kept the weather cool, and the sun out of our eyes. The rainbow spreadsheet, much like the similarly named course in Mario Kart, generally elicits unfavorable reactions – mostly because Joe Daniels like to get real weird with it. However, most of us agreed that this current iteration is actually pretty good. Decent variety of straightforward exercises and, like High Tide remarked, if you don’t like something, we’ll move on to something new fairly quickly. Overall, good day moving weight with HIM (or is it HIMen?) and enjoyable mumblechatter throughout the sets. Let’s get into the recap… WARMUP: Swings (10x), prying squats, swings (10x), synovial circles, swings (10x), slingshots (7x e/w) THE THANG: 1) HEAVY SET (4 sets) – Heavy swings (w/ parked bell in between) (8x) – Heavy deadlift (10x w/ single bell) 2) Planked KB Drags (4 sets) – KB drags (4x e/s) 3) HEAVY Shrugs (3 sets) – Weak side (4x) – Strong side (3x) 4) Upright Rows (3 sets) – Upright rows w/ single bell (15x) 5) Outer Limits (12 min.) – Clean and strict press (2x one side every 30 sec.) 6) Pelosi Pyramid (50x swings) 7) Calf Raises (2 sets) – Calf raises w/ single bell in deadlift form (25x) 8) CARRIES! – Nice mix of suitcase w/ shrugs, racked, and waiter MARY: Ran out of time, but those KB pullovers will make an appearance in the near future… ANNOUNCEMENTS: – Nothing major, but a few callouts to the pax today: – High Tide – awesome to see you out and continue to be inspired to push myself when you’re swinging that snowball beast – MARTA – putting in the cardio work pre-post; how you guys do double-duty is beyond YHC – love it! – Taggart – speaking of double-duty, Taggart posted at Stonehenge before Olympus – keep after it, brother! – The Worm – it’s an inspiration to see you out week after week in light of all the treatments! Definitely know it’s going to keep getting harder and we’re here to support however needed – Emoji – always a pleasure to be in your presence. Appreciate your willingness to indulge in the oddball exercises and smile through the pain; also your boyband pics are unmatched! – Finally, t-claps to the all the Area 51 pax for posting consistently, getting the word out, and writing those backblasts. Orange Whip’s recent post on 2025 attendance was a huge encouragement that we’re being the light in the community that we should be. Let’s keep it up! COT: Madison took out the joint crews