- When: January 8, 2018
- QIC: Earhart
- The PAX: Crimson, Sooey, Sour Mash, Freebird, Monkey Nut, YHC Earhart
It’s official, the newest AO in the CARPEX family has launched, the kettlebell workout known as Hell’s Bell’s. 5 PAX gather in the cool gloom, not as cold as this weekend, we wait on Crimson to get his brace on, then head-out to our usual circle for:
Warm Up
Good mornings
Side Straddle Hops
Cotton Pickers
Sir Fazio Arm Thingies
Overhead Claps
The Thang
Done with the warm-up, we head back to where we had gathered our kettlebells to begin the impact workout. YHC takes two of the smaller weights and puts them to the side while distributing the 25lb bells around in a circle. One of the HIM is going to farmer carry the two weights down to the first median and back while the other PAX perform the various exercises called by the PAX. First round included:
Kettlebell swings, OYO
Curls in cadence
Lawn Mowers, on the up
Goblet Squats on the down
Tri-cep Extensions, in cadence
We then mosey to the circle and back for a break and start in on the next round of farmer carry and the following exercise:
Kettlebell swings, OYO
Tri-cep Extensions in cadence
Around the world, OYO
Halos, OYO
Snatch, in cadence
Next round of Mosey to the circle and back for the third round which included:
Curls on the up
Another round of snatch
Single Arm Swings OYO
Squats on the down
Shoulder presses, in cadence
Mosey out and back one more time and then start in on:
Mary
Mary with a kettlebell is a little different as you are generally holding the bell during the workout. Mary included:
WW2 sit-ups on the up
Freddie Mercuries in cadence
Dying cockroach in cadence
American Hammers in cadence
Merkins on the bell
And then a round of your favorite Mary.
Bell tolls 6:15 and time to finish.
COT
Count-a-rama: 6 PAX
Announcements:
- Blue Ridge Relay info session (infomercial?) 1/10/18 at Daugherty’s in Apex
- 9/11 Stair Climb (Tuesday in 2018)
NMS
- Yes we did have comments about doing an exercise called snatch
- Good to see Sooey and Crimson back out in the gloom
- We started out all bundled up but really got warm, we must have been doing something right
- Come out if you want to experience a different kind of workout
It was an honor to lead you men this morning.