Author: Tater

  • 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).

  • GridIron celebration of ND 23-10 win

    11 joined to ring in the New Year at GridIron, and the Q made it a Notre Dame victory theme. Lots of 23 and 10 sets. After official warm up…we continued to warm up with 10 Burpees.

    Arms: Playground for 23 Jerkins, 10 Dips. 23 Dips and 10 Jerkins.

    Legs: Picnic benches for 23 Step Ups and 10 Squats, then 23 Squats and 10 Step Ups

    Cardio: Representing the 4 Quarters of the Notre Dame Win…jog 23 yards and do 10 exercises, for the length of the 100 yard field, and then back. Quarter 1: 10 Merkins (4x) followed by 10 Burpees (4x). Quarter 2: 10 Chuck Norris (4x) followed by 10 Carolina Dry Docks (4x). Quarter 3: 99 yard run representing the kick off return for a TD, followed by 10 Merkins (4x). Quarter 4: 10 Burpees (4x), followed by 10 Squats (4x).

    Abs: 23 Crunch Frogs, 10 Heals to Heaven, 23 WWIIs, 10 WWIs, 23 LBCs, 10 Pickle Pounders, 23 two-count American Hammers….and 10 Burpees (even then though they weren’t Abs)

    Arms: 23 Dips and 10 Pull-ups, then repeat. Finish where we started with the Playground for 23 Jerkins, 10 Dips. 23 Dips and 10 Jerkins.

    For those doing the MABA…we checked the box and completed a total of 100 Burpees.

  • 12 Days of Christmas meets ND Victory

    We had 11 at Grid Iron this morning to enjoy the 12 Days of Christmas along with a Notre Dame victory.

    Warm up led to a nice mosey to the soccer field for:

    Leg Grinder: 3 rounds of Squats, Lunges and 50 yards of Running

    12 Days of Christmas (ab heavy, of course): 12 American Hammers, 11 Pickle Pounders, 10 Heals to Heaven, 9 APDs, 8 Hello Dollies, 7 Flutter Kicks, 6 Side Crunches, 5 Burpees, 4 Crunch Frogs, 3 Reverse Crunches, 2 WWII’s, and 1 Freddy Mercury!

    Chest/Shoulders: 5 10 count Merkins, 12 rounds of Jack Web (1 Carolina to 4 Air Presses)…Why 10 instead of 12…because Lighthouse reminded us it was the 12 days of Christmas theme

    Arms: 27 Pull-ups (ND victory score) and 27 Dips

    Cardio: Lindsey (30-10) with Bench Kicks and Step Ups

    Finished up with some stretching and went to Starbucks for the 3rd F

  • Triple-Dora-Check-Something or Other

    Nine of us met at Heartbreak Ridge this morning. Three even had a nice pre-run (impressive), one of whom (Supply Chain) joined us from Illinois.

    Warm up: Normal stuff, but 10 fast Burpees were needed…just because.

    Legs: A Triple-Check-Dora-Something or Other was poorly communicated by the Q…but the Pax got the point with 3 rounds of Lunges, Squats, and Runs

    Arms: Triple Check of 30 Dips, 20 Carolina Dry Docks, and 10 Pull Ups

    Abs: Lots of Pole Smokers

    Cardio: Enjoyed running the hill 7 times with equal amount of Merkins at the top

    Finished with some stretching and Abs: 20 WW IIs, 20 Heals, 20 WWIs, and 20 LBCs, and 20 2 count American Hammers

  • Grid Iron Concert

    Ten men attended the Grid Iron Concert this morning. Basically, high energy music along side your favorite exercises. If an F’bomb occurs in a song…time to do a burpee.

    Warm Up: (Eminem’s Lose Yourself)

    Mosey to Grid Iron for:

    Starfish. Start in center and go to each corner for 20: WWIIs, Squats, Carolina Dry Docks, and Side Straddle Hops…after each corner come back to center for 5 Burpees (AC/DC Back in Black, Metallica Enter Sandman, Kanye Power, RTJ Blockbuster Night)

    Leg-Dora: 100 Squats, 200 Lunges and 300 Heel Raises (Gun’s and Roses’ Paradise City, Lim Bizkit’s Break Stuff, Shinedown’s Sound of Madness, Kanye’s Stronger, Nickelback’s Burn it to the Ground)

    WWII’s to Van Halen’s Panama.

    Thunder Burpees to AC/DC’s Thunderstruck (33 of them)

    50 yard mosey-50 yard sprint” to House of Pain’s Jump Around

    Beast: WWIs, WWIIs, Side Crunches, LBC’s, ‘Merican Hammers, Squats to Motley Crue’s Dr. Feelgood, The Cult’s Love Removal Machine, Fall Out Boy’s Sugar We’re Going Down, Ozzy’s Crazy Train

  • Swapping Partners in Short Pump

    8 loyal Grid Iron men posted this morning for Abs, Legs, Arms, and of course, more Abs.

    Legs- 50 yard mosey with 10 squats every 10 yards, 50 yard mosey with 10 heel raises every 10 yards, 50 yard mosey of Ukrainian Soliders, followed by 50 yard mosey with 10 leg curls every 10 yards.

    Abs- Millenium Dora: 100 WW I’s, 200 WW II’s, 300 Heals to Heaven, 400 LBCs. And as the back blast says…yes we swapped partners mid Dora (I mean, we were in Short Pump after all).

    Arms- Eleven’s with pull ups and dips, followed by 3 sets of 10 jerkins on the swings

    Legs- Series of Bulgarian Squats counting down from 10 to 1, so 55 on each leg

    Abs- 50 Bench Kicks

    Stretch

  • 3:30am Wake Up

    Many of us had that 3:30am wake up call of heavy rain, but four men still posted this morning at The Deep. Warm up included a brief mosey, typical stretches, and 42 Side Straddle Hops in honor of The Redskins (I mean Commanders) putting up 42 points. Then we were off for:

    Hill- 7’s of Carolina Dry Docks and WWIIs

    Grinder- (Kudos for Pigskin for this idea). Heel Raises, Squats and Runs. Three sets while running across playground.

    Jerkins- Decreasing step downs from 10

    Another Hill- 10 Bear Crawls up, slap the fence, Crawl Bear back and add a Burpee

    Colonnade for abs and stretching- 42 count flutter kicks, 10 Pole Smokers, 20 Boxing Cockroaches, 10 Pole Smokers, 20 Boxing Cockroaches, 20 Side Leg Crunches, and 42 America Hammers