Cinderella called this the Rolex of workouts. Cinderella says a lot of things I don’t really understand, but Rolex’s current slogan is, “The Benchmark for Excellence.” This reminded me of the Ballad of Ricky Bobby. Like Ricky, when these hearty PAX woke up this morning, they all pissed excellence. Then they grabbed their kettlebells, and ventured out into the gloom. In order to maintain that level of excellence, we big, hairy, American winning machines started on time and zipped through an abbreviated WU…

Warmup: SSH X15, Mtn Climbers X15, KB Good Mornings X10

The Thang: Circle up, with Rucksack + 35 LB KB in the middle of the circle.

Monkey in the Middle dons the Rucksack, and does the following exercises while those on the outside do AMRAP exercises, changing when the Monkey in the Middle calls “switch”.

Rucksack Reps:

  • 20 Ruck Merkins
  • 20 Bent Rows
  • 20 KB Squats
  • 20 Curls4theGurls
  • 20 KB Squat -> High Pull

Outer Rim AMRAPs:

Round 1

  • Chest Press (Right)
  • Chest Press (Left)
  • Skull Crushers
  • KB Heels2Heaven
  • KB Hammers

Round 2

  • B2TW
  • KB Squat Hold
  • Snatch (Right)
  • Snatch (Left)
  • Curls4theGurls

Round 3

  • 2-Handed Swings
  • Bent Row (Right)
  • Bent Row (Left)
  • Squat -> OH Press
  • Squat -> High Pull

Round 4

  • 1-Armeded Alt Swings
  • Squat -> Push Press (Right)
  • Squat -> Push Press (Left)
  • Reverse BelLBC
  • Skull Crushers

Rinse and Repeato Rounds 1-4.

We just barely got through the 13 Rucksack rounds, finishing @ 6:15 on the nose. Over 3 cycles of the AMRAP rounds above, so a ton of reps.

COT: Zero announcements. Hopefully, b/c the PAX were gassed. Cindy led us out with a great prayer. Always an honor to lead!