Author: ATTILA

  • KB Magic 8 Ball

    Eight KB warriors gathered in the gloom this morning to grow stronger (and laugh).  Mumble-chatter was high, but the beat-down reigned.  Here is how it went down:

    • COP
      • SSH
      • IW
      • Punitive burpees
      • DQ
      • Helicopters
      • Arm circles
      • Merkins
      • LBC
      • APD
    • KB Beast at the bus drop off lane
      • Flutter presses with behind the back carry
      • High pulls with right arm waiters carry
      • Curls with left arm waiters carry
      • Swings with death crawls
      • Sumo squats with around the worlds
      • Tricep presses with lunges
    • COP with YHC taking us out

    A long and grueling KB beast today.  Those death crawls are not to be trifled with.  Solid work from the PAX and excited to see a solid turnout.

    Announcements – Blood drive is October 20th.  Please sign up.  If you have questions, Pigskin is your man!  There is a channel of Slack with more info.

    God is good all of the time!

    Attila

  • Hot Potato

    Overnight showers subsided and 8 noble warriors descended upon Heartbreak Ridge for a hottest of potatoes.  Here is how it went down:

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      • COP
        • SSH
        • Dead man hang
        • Russian soldiers
        • Helicopters
        • Arm circles – forward and reverse
        • Suzanne Somers
        • Merkins
        • LBC
      • Mosey over to the parking lot exit for a curb crawl (ascending up to 6 merkins and down to 1)
    • Handshake
      • Mosey to the elementary school playground
        • Partner up – one man runs the track while the other man does 6 pull-ups and another exercise while he waits
        • 4 rounds with squats, WWII sit-ups, HRM and flutter kicks
    • Fireman Ed
      • Mosey to the middle school bus loop for a Dora
        • 100 pole smokers
        • 200 jump squats
        • 300 SSH
      • Mosey back to the parking lot for some stretching (DQ)
      • COT with Fireman Ed taking us out

    Solid work from the PAX.  Good to see some familiar and new faces.  Welcome to HBR Pack of Peanuts and Burnout! 

    Announcements – Blood drive is October 20th.  Please sign up.  If you have questions, Pigskin is your man!  There is a channel of Slack with more info.

    God is good all of the time!

    Attila

  • The End of Byproduct, As We Know Him

    Welcome to Thursday!  Seven faithful warriors came equipped with kettlebells, ready to attack the morning.  Here is how it went down:

    • COP
      • SSH
      • Russian soldiers
      • DQ
      • Arm circles
      • Helicopters
      • Suzanne Somers
      • Merkins
      • LBC
      • APD
    • Luck bus loop – 4 stops, 15 reps, add a new exercise at each stop and stay under weight at all times
      • 120 lawnmower pulls
      • 105 curls
      • 90 sit ‘n press
      • 75 sumo squats
      • 60 tricep presses
      • 45 high pulls
      • 30 2x KB hammers
      • 15 2x flutter kick presses
    • Run the bus loop
    • Ring of fire – 10 merkins each
    • COT with YHC taking us out

    This was the final Circus Maximus for Byproduct as a “single” man.  Let’s be honest, he has been tethered to his M for a while now.  Saturday will make an honest man out of him?!?!  The PAX prayed for him today, and we all wish him the best in this new chapter.  If you so choose, Byproduct says he will be at Gridiron on Saturday, just hours before he takes the plunge.  God bless, brother!  Excited for you and the M. 

    Blood drive is October 20th.  Please sign up.  If you have questions, Pigskin is your man!

    God is good all of the time!

    Attila

  • Mary Anne’s Abbreviated Mayhem

    One last Iron Pax challenge to finish off September.  Six noble warriors muscled through MaryAnne’s Abbrievated Mayhem.  Here is how it went down:

    Exercises done in sets of 25 reps, run 25 yards and do 3 burpees before returning for the next set of reps.  Exercises included:

    • 200 curls
    • 175 squats
    • 150 overhead presses
    • 125 swings
    • 100 merkins
    • 75 thrusters
    • 50 Bonnie Blairs
    • 25 Blockees

    900 reps, excluding the burpees.  The PAX went for 46 minutes as Lighthouse and Offshore finished the gauntlet.  T-claps for those beasts!  Good work by all!

    Prayers for Chisel’s family after his passing.  Blood drive on October 20th.  Contact Pigskin with questions.

    God is good all of the time!

    Attila

  • Big Data Requirement Met

    The rain could not stop 7 lucky PAX members from a round of kettlebells. Coverage was provided. Here is how it went down:

    • COP
      • SSH
      • Dead man hang
      • IW
      • Arm circles
      • Helicopters
      • Merkins
      • LBC
      • APD
    • KB escalator (5, 10, 15, 20 reps with a new exercise added and a run in between sets)
      • 50 high pulls
      • 50 curls
      • 50 swings
      • 50 sumo squats
      • 50 shoulder presses
      • 50 lawnmower pulls – each arm
    • 11s with KB hammers and sit ‘n presses
    • Run the bus loop
    • COT with YHC taking us out

    A late BB for the sake of Big Data.  Remember the blood drive on October 20th.  Talk to Pigskin if you have any questions.

    God is good all of the time! Attila

  • We Will Leave the Light On…

    Just like a Motel 8, we tend to leave the light on just in case a familiar face shows up out of nowhere.  Today, Cecil and Quest did just that.  11 weathered veterans joined up for a classic Gridiron pounding.  Here is how it went down:

    • COP
      • Punitive burpees
      • SSH
      • IW
      • DQ
      • Arm circles
      • Merkins
      • LBC
      • Scorpion kicks
      • APD
    • Mosey to the grassy knoll for 10 minutes of burpees
    • 4x set of 20 PLT
    • 10 pull-ups
    • Mosey to the football field for a one man Dora
      • 100 bench kicks – 4 sets/25 reps
      • 200 dips – 5 sets/40 reps
      • 300 LBC – 5 sets/60 reps
    • Intervals 30 seconds on/30 seconds mosey around the football field
    • Mosey back to the parking lot for COT with YHC taking us out

    Always good to see some old faces.  Quest is 51 years young and ripped!   Also, welcome home Blue Moon!   Good to have you back at Gridiron after visiting family in Germany.  Lots of laughter and great fellowship.  Glad we left the light on to see some faces we have not seen in a while.

    God is good all of the time! Attila

  • 12 Reps Each Card, No More Mumble Chatter

    Time for YHC to get back to Q’ing a KB workout.  Beautiful morning and a mouthy PAX accompanied the effort.  Here is how it went down:

    • COP
      • SSH
      • DQ
      • Arm circles
      • Merkins
      • LBC
    • Deck of death – 12 reps of an exercise where each suit is a different exercise
      • Hearts – curls
      • Diamonds – high pulls
      • Clubs – overhead presses
      • Spades – sit ‘n presses
      • Joker – burpees
    • Run the bus loop
    • Mary
      • Reverse crunches
      • APD
      • LBC
    • COT with YHC taking us out

    Great morning and fun to be with these men.  Late BB, so limited commentary.

    God is good all of the time!

    Attila

  • Covered in Grass

    Beautiful morning to start the long holiday weekend.  Time to get beach and pool ready for one last hurrah.  Here is how it went down:

    • COP
      • SSH
      • IW
      • DQ
      • Helicopter
      • Arm Circles
    • Mosey to the football field for a cumulative beast:
      • 216 HRM
      • 180 reverse crunches
      • 144 monkey humpers
      • 108 2x crab cakes
      • 72 2x flutter kicks
      • 36 burpees
    • Cool down with 30 APD
    • Mosey over to the pull-up bars for an escalator with pull-ups and storm squats (starting at 8 each and working down)
    • Mosey back to the parking lot for a ring of fire
    • COT with YHC taking us out

    Solid work from the PAX today.  YHC slept on his head, so sported the faux hawk until sweat took over.  For those who did the Iron Pax earlier this week, t-claps.  Homer was only happy doing his burpees.  Pigskin is a warrior.  Chum Bucket excelled, and Gypsy just did his thing.  Great day to be with these men.  Prayers for Greenbow’s and Bacon Bits’ families and healing for the their fathers/fathers-in-law.  Stay safe and see everyone at the convergence on Monday at Hoedown (7 am).

    God is good all of the time!

    Attila

  • Just Another Muggy Thursday

    Six noble KB warriors assembled on a humid, sweaty morning.  The PAX was ready for a challenge.  Here is how it went down:

    • COP
      • Invisible jump ropes
      • Russian soldiers
      • DQ
      • Arm circles – forwards and backwards
      • Helicopters
      • Run and touch a tree
      • Merkins
      • LBC
      • APD
    • 13 exercise/7 rep rotation – each cycle do one exercise 13x
      • Lawnmower pulls – right (55 reps)
      • Lawnmower pulls – left (55 reps)
      • High pulls (55 reps)
      • Swings (55 reps)
      • Curls (55 reps)
      • Squat thrusters (49 reps)
      • Lunges – right (49 reps)
      • Lunges – left (49 reps)
      • Figure 8s (49 reps)
      • Sit ‘n press (49 reps)
      • Hammers (49 reps)
      • Tricep press (55 reps)
      • Overhead pulls (55 reps)
    • COT with YHC taking us out

    Great to have Tryhard with us today.  Hard to believe CM had a bigger PAX than HBR this week.

    Stay safe folks.  For those with COVID, heal up.  For everyone else, take care of your fellow brothers and sisters.  See you in the gloom!

    God is good all of the time!

    Attila

  • Hello Humidity

    Welcome back humidity and the dog days of summer.  Six noble warriors and their KBs converged upon the Circus Maximus AO for some good ole fashioned ground and pound.  Here is how it went down:

    • COP
      • SSH
      • Russian soldiers
      • DQ
      • Helicopters
      • Arm circles
      • APD
      • Merkins
      • LBC
    • AMRAP challenge – rotation of 5 exercises over a 30 second period, with reduced rest after each rotation; rests start at 20 seconds and move down to 15, 10 and 5 seconds
      • Curls
      • Weighted squats
      • High pulls
      • Tricep presses
      • KB swings
    • Run the bus loop
    • AMRAP challenge/version 2 – rotation of 4 exercises over a 30 second period, with reduced rest after each rotation, rests of 20, 15, 10 and 5 seconds
      • Overhead pulls
      • Sit ‘n presses
      • Skull crushers
      • KB hammers
    • Run the bus loop

    A great start to the day with a great PAX.  Solid work from all.  Good to have White Deer and all of his audible orifices back.  Corn Beef, do not be a stranger.  It was good to connect with you. 

    God is good all of the time!

    Attila