Author: Tater

  • Abs, Arms, Cardio and Chest Day Until Exhaustion

    7 men posted this AM at Grid Iron for a little Abs, Arms, Cardio and Chest Day.

    After warm up we had a mosey and a stop for Chest with 10 Burpees. Then Arms with 10 pull ups, followed by 20 dips, then 8 pull ups and 16 dips, etc. (30 Pull ups and 100 Dips). Mosey to the big field where we started with 10 more Burpees, then 50 yards of Ukrainian Soldiers. Before our Abs we did another 10 Burpees, and then to Abs with 4 sets of 25 (WWIIs, Crunchy, Side Crunch each side). Followed by 50 yards of Bear Crawl and 50 yards of Squats. Had another break of 4 sets of 25 Abs (WWIs, Merican Hammers, Knee Ups, Heals to Heaven). Gave Abs a break and added 4 sets of 25 count Merkin variations (Stagger Arm each side, Chuck Norris, and Merkins). Another 50 yards of Ukranians. Ended with 10 more Burpees.

    On the way back we repeated Arms “until exhaustion” as Jelly Roll said with the same Pull-Up and Dips (30 Pull ups and 100 Dips). Mosey to playground for a break of 100 Abs (50 2 count flutters, 25 Hello Dolly, and 25 LBCs). Gave Abs a break with a Ring of Fire of Merkin variations. Ended with 10 more Burpees (50 for the day) and some stretching.

  • The Great 8

    For those non-hockey fans, Alexander Ovechkin just tied Gretzky for the most goals ever. Sooooo we did a lot of things with 8s after a brief warmup.

    Ovi-Ab-Beast on a 120 yard field: 8 sets of Abs, 6 times. WWIs, WWIIs, Heals to Heaven, Crunchy, Side Crunches, and American Hammers

    4 Corners Prostitute Style: 8 Burpees, 16 Merkins, 24 Carolinas, 32 WWIIs. (For those at home, that’s 56 Burpees)

    Lindsey of Step Ups and Squats (30-10, 20-20, 10-30)

    Arms with 8 Pull ups and 16 Dips, followed by 7 Pull ups and 14 Dips, 6 and 12, etc.

    Lots of stretching…and coffee time

  • Grid Iron St Patrick’s Day Weekend

    11 of us gathered at Grid Iron, not knowing it was about to be a St Patrick’s Day theme with some familiar exercises…just with some “Oh” or ”Ohhhh” reactions.

    Warmup and then to the soccer field for a modified 4 Corners…the Four Leaf Clover. 5 Burpees at midfield every time and 25 Merkins, Carolina Dry Docks, Squats and WWIIs at each corner. But the “Oh” was to add a Burpee at the end of every exercise, in addition to the 5 at midfield. (29 total Burpees).

    Then we took a break (that means Abs). 4 sets of 25: WWIs, Crunchy Frogs, Plank Side Crunches, and the new O’Merican Hammer (later called the Irish Hammer) which is a two count ‘Merican Hammer but dropping your back to the ground on the third county for a sit up, then coming up again.

    Mosey to the other field with the hill for 7’s (American Hammers and Merkins). Then a Dora of 100 Merkins, 200 Lunges/Squats, and 300 Heal Raises. Took another break (more Abs) for 4 sets of 25: Side Crunches, Heals to Heaven, and Knee Ups. Then an O’Lindsay (Modified Lindsay): 30-10, 20-20, 10-30: Steps up with a Knee Raise at the top, and Dips with 1 leg raised.

    Some stretching, and then headed to the wall for 30 Mike Tysons between 15 People’s Chair, Milkers, and Muhammad Ali’s. Finished with more stretching…and we’re done. Gypsy said we had about 1.5 miles between all of those Abs and Chests. Nice!

  • Spring Forward at The Deep

    7 of us posted at The Deep, despite the Spring forward darkness. After a brief warm up:

    Nuckols Knocking: Lap round the school with Merkins, WW IIs and Squats based on the door number on the school. Double doors means 2x

    NASCAR style: Lap around the parking loop, dropping off a group at 12 o’clock, 3 o’clock and 9 o’clock. Everybody does Side Straddle Hops until the pace car finishes the lap and at each station you do Merkins, Squats and Heals to Heaven. Second round of lap Carolina Dry Docks, Crunch Frogs and Flutter Kicks.

    Burpee March: Colonnade has about 30+ poles, so we did a Burpee every pole.

    Circle up for some stretching, 4 sets of 25 Abs (American Hammers, Side Crunches, WWIs, LBCs), and 10 more Burpees to top it off.

  • The Deep 5

    5 of the usuals showed Monday morning at The Deep. After brief warm up we did some typical Deep exercises, and a few new ones.

    11’s on the Hill with Mike Tysons and WWIIs, Lindsey with Step ups and Dips, Hit the Big Hill for 10 sprints to the top. Then a mosey over to colonnade for something new: Grab a pole and start Pole Smokers. First guy does 20 and then runs past the group to the next available pole (Indian Run style). Should be 100+ Pole Smokers by the time we’re done. Turn around and repeat but this time with Merkins (100+). Last round of Squats (100+).

    Finish with some stretching and 50 American Hammers.

  • Staying Dry in The Deep

    7 of us met at The Deep this AM, and all decided to stay dry. So after a brief warm up we tried an entirely new set of exercises (borrowed from other AOs):

    School Doors: Mosey around the school and for every door marked with a number, we did that number of: Merkins, WWIIs and Squats. 1 Merkin, 2 WWIIs, etc. up to 14. Then did another lap of Burpees, Side Penguins, Straddle Hops.

    NASCAR Loop: Mosey around the bus loop and drop off groups at 3 points where they do SSHs until the race begins. Groups at 3 o’clock, 12 o’clock and 9 o’clock. Group 1 is doing Merkins, Group 2 is WWIIs and Group 3 is Squats until the last car (runner) finishes the loop and reaches Group 1 where runner begins those exercises and tags and Group 1 goes to Group 2, etc. Full lap around gets all groups trying all stops until last runner picks up all groups and finishes the loop.

    Colonnade Run: Burpees every other pole (about 15). At the end, grab a pole for 2 sets of 20 Boxing Cockroaches, and 20 Pole Smokers.

    Finished with Ring of Mary and stretching.

  • 4 Deep

    4 of us posted after that crappy Super Bowl game. But we got going with a warm up and then to the hill for 11’s with Mike Tyson’s and Squats (staple of The Deep). Then a mosey up the big hill for a Triple Check Grinder of WWIIs, Carolina Dry Docks, and Jogging on the black top. Mosey down the hill for Legs and Core: a Lindsay of PLTs and Step Ups (30-10, 20-20, 10-30), and 100 core workouts on top of the picnic benches (Crunchy Frogs, Heals to Heaven, Reverse Crunches and WWIs). Mosey around the school to the other side for Burpees every other column (about 16 or so). Finished with a Tater special of a round of ‘Merican Merkin Hammers (20 2 count American Hammers and 20 2 count Merkins, until you get to 100 total).

  • ‘Merican Merkin Hammer

    Twelve of us were at Grid Iron this morning, prior to a post F3 workout of moving Pinto in to his new crib (I know I’m old if I still use “crib”).

    After a brief warm up we headed to the turf field for:

    Cardio- 100 yards of Burpees every 10 yards, followed by 50 yards of Ukrainian Soldiers

    Abs- 5 rounds of 20: WWIs, Crunchy Frogs, Merican Hammers, Side Crunches and some crazy leg lift and arm reach thingy

    Cardio- Double Grinder-Triple Check of 50 yards with Dips and Carolina Dry Docks and then Step Ups and Lunges

    Abs (again)- 5 rounds of 20: WWIs, Heals to Heaven, Reverse Crunches, Merican Hammers, Box Cutters

    Arms/Abs- Finished with a modified Ring of Fire of 5 Merkins of your choice, followed by 20 ‘Merican Hammers, followed by round of Gomer’s Up/Downs, then 20 ‘Merican Hammers, and finally Ring of Fire of Merkins again.

  • Grid Iron Snow Day

    Six men joined the snow day Q at Grid Iron. After a brief warm up (including snow angels) we hit the following cardio themed workout:

    New to the Exicon “Sled Dog”. Partner up. 1 Burpee each and begin… 1st partner sits in the sled and the other pushes you across the Grid Iron, Burpee, switch and the other partner pushes you back across the Grid Iron, Burpee, repeat. 6 rounds (3 mushes each)

    Beast: Every member of the Q got to choose (Merkins, Heals to Heaven, Squats, Don Quixote, WWIIs, and Hand Release Merkins)

    Hit the hill for Snow 7’s of Carolina Dry Docks and WWII’s, with carrying the sled up the hill and attempting to sled down the hill to give your partner the sled. Back for 2 Rounds of Sled Dog (again), and a Lindsay with Step Ups and Dips,

    Finished with stretching that somehow included more Merkins and American Hammers.

  • Leave No Man Behind..even in this weather

    Well, the weather kind of sucked…but Attila embraced F3’s “leave no man behind” and joined me at The Deep, despite the rain/sleet/snow combo. But the Q came prepared and brought sleds 🙂

    After a brief warm up we went to the back hill for 11’s…Jog up the hill with your sled for Squats, sled down for Merkins. Next was another round of 11’s (without the sleds) of Step Ups and Dips. Dried off from the rain with 3 rounds of 20 PLTs, 10 Mike Tysons, and 15 Air Press/Milkers/Muhammad Ali’s.

    Finished with 5 rounds of sprint up the hill and sled down (more cardio than you might imagine).