Tag: GridIron

Off and running on a Saturday.  Almost ½ the PAX did a pre-run, but not your YHC.  Here is the chaser for our runners:

• COP
  • SSH
  • IW
  • DQ
  • Helicopters
  • Arm circles
  • Suzanne Somers
  • Merkins
  • LBC
• 4 corners on the football field – 10, 15, 20 & 25 reps at each corner
  • 70 HRM
  • 70 WWII sit-ups
  • 70 monkey humpers
  • 70 CD
  • 70 side crunches – each side
• Lindsay with dips and bench kicks
• Arch loader – animal movements to midfield, 25 APDs, animal movement back to the sideline, 25 squats, mosey back to the other side
  • Bear crawl
  • Crab walk
  • Bunny hop
  • Duck walk
  • Bear crawl
  • Cheetah run
• 3x check in parking lot
  • Run
  • Wall sit
  • FM
• COT with DMH and YHC taking us out

Lunch at Firehouse Subs on Tuesday.  Great work from the PAX.  No one got more hurt!

God is good all of the time!

Attila

Ten of us posted for a beautiful fall like morning (50 degrees) and we were glad to welcome a FNG (Sprinkles). After a warm up we went to:

Playground area for: 2 sets of 20 Jerkins each

Soccer field for: 100 yard of 10 squats every 10 yards. Turn, do 50 yards of Ukrainian Soldiers. Ab Break at midfield with 100 abs (4 sets of 25…WWIIs, Crunchy Frogs, Knee Ups, WWIs). 50 more yards of Ukrainian Soldiers. Turn, 50 yard job back to mid field for: Leg Dora (L’Dora): 100 Squats, 200 Lunges, and 300 Heal Raises. Each of us doing approx 500 yards between the leg exercises. Ab Break at midfield with 100 abs (4 sets of 25…Rosalitas with legs down to ground between sets, Heels to Heaven, Knee Ups, Side Crunches). Then a Jack Web: 1 Chuck Norris for every 4 Air Presses Ab Break at midfield with 100 single count American Hammers. Break included 60 second plank.

Playground area for: 7’s of Chuck Norris and Pull Ups, and 11’s of Step Ups and Squats.

Prior to COT, another 60 count plank hold.

A dozen warriors trained all morning to take on any region in a future F3 Dodgeball tournament. After some warmups in front of the school and a triple check of balls to wall toe taps, WWII and a runner, we hit the tennis courts for dodgeball. White Deer brought his balls and we split up into two teams: team DeerAtillaSnakeletville and team BluePintoSkinbuckethouse. Each team also had one of the FNG young Magnano’s, later named Crocket (moving to Miami) and Carl (landscape business).

Rules: you get hit or have your ball caught, you have to run to the far side (past 3 courts) and do 3 burpees. If your team is still alive when you get back, you are in. Ready, set, dodge!

After 15 minutes of a draw, we took a quick break of flutters and the 3 burpee dodgeball rule became 5. That rule change seemed to do the trick.

Team DeerSnakeville took 3 in a row. Carl and Piglet led the way. By the third game, the losing was getting to BluePintoSkin and the bickering across both teams got louder. We had time for one more game and once you were out, you were out. Chum rallied his team and it was soon 3 on 1 with the 1 being White Deer. Could White Deer be the hero? Crocket, in his white blazer and pink t-shirt, soon took White Deer out and BluePintoSkin was the victor.

We collected White Deers balls, moseyed back to the flag, did some LBCs (except Pinto who wanted Merkins), and then did some monkey humpers for the walkers as they made their way back.

And best of all, no injuries!!

So which AO is going to challenge Gridiron to the next Dodgeball contest?

A wet day but at least it wasn’t really cold. I keep thinking about the saying “there’s no such thing as bad weather, just bad clothes.” I dressed appropriately today. But that didn’t stop me from getting wet.

We started out under the shelter beside the parking lot.

Warmup

• 20 SSHs
• 20 Merkins
• 20 IWs
• 20 Lunges
• 10 Don Quixotes
• 20 Squats

Mosey to the ‘entrance’ to the covered walkway behind the school.

11s between ‘entrance’ and far end of the sidewalk with V-ups & Hand Release Merkins

• 10 & 1
• 9 & 2 etc.
• Stretching exercises

Divided up for Triple Check

• Partner 1: Timer runs down the covered walkway, turns right to run down the sidewalk by the back of the school to the gate, does 5 Burpees and then runs down the other sidewalk back to the covered sidewalk and turns right to run to the ‘entrance’ to the covered walkway.
• Partner 2: Squats
• Partner 3: Crunchy Frogs

Mosey back to the outside wall of the bathroom near the flag (parking lot)

• People’s Chair 15 Air Press, 10 BTTW Hip Slaps, 10 SSHs OYO
• People’s Chair 15 Muhammad Ali, 10 BTTW Australian Mountain Climbers, 10 SSHs OYO
• People’s Chair 15 Milkers, 10 BTTW Toe Taps, 10 SSHs OYO
• People’s Chair 15 Lalannes, 10 Dirty Hookup, 10 SSHs Kix OYO

Mosey back to the shelter beside the parking lot.

• 10 Dips in cadence
• 10 Bulgarian Split Squats right leg in cadence
• 10 Bulgarian Split Squats left leg in cadence
• 10 Dips in cadence
• 10 Bulgarian Split Squats right leg in cadence
• 10 Bulgarian Split Squats left leg in cadence
• 30 Bench kicks OYO
• 10 Dips in cadence
• 60 count elbow plank

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Memorial Day (Monday) 7:00 AM, Brown’s Island

Socrates was considered the wisest because “he knew that he knew nothing at all”. Plato

Thirteen gathered for yesterday’s GridIron. Following a few minutes of greetings, we started with a short mosey around the nearby sheds, concession stand, and bleachers before assembling our circle at the usual spot in the parking lot.

Initial COP with 15 x Full SSHs, 15 x Imperial Walkers, 10 x Don Quixotes, 15 x three-quarters SSHs, 16 x Helicopters, Dead Man Hang, 15 x half SSHs, 10 x Merkins, 10 x Suzanne Somers (each side), 35 x APDs, and finish with 12 x one-quarter SSHs.

Move to the nearby grassy hill adjacent to the parking lot. Line up for 11s. Run downhill for 10 x Carolina Dry Docks, Bear Crawl uphill, and complete one x Prisoner Squat. Run back downhill for nine and continue in the usual fashion until completion of one and 10 of the called exercises. Replace the Bear Crawl with a Bernie halfway through.

Run across the football field to the rectangular parking lot just beyond the other side. Start in the middle of the parking lot, running to each corner to complete 50 of a different exercise, including WWIIs, Reverse Crunches, Jump Squats, and Single Count Side Lunges. Complete exercises in whatever sequence you like, but return to the center after each round and complete five Burpees.

Relocate to the Middle School’s field, circle up, and take a knee for Jack Webb with Arm Circle chaser. Stay together for each round completing one Merkin, four Overhead Presses, and eight Arm Circles. As usual, add a Merkin each round and maintain the same ratio for the other exercises. Break briefly midway through with some short runs and Al Gore.

Mosey off the field, across the parking lot, and back to the football field and line up on the sideline for a few rounds of taking turns running across the field and back.

Return to the parking lot with a few minutes to spare for some stretching. COT and Attila took us out. Most of us hit the usual coffee spot after – Starbucks at Lauderdale and Broad.

While great to see our GridIron regulars, too, we appreciated seeing EF Hutton, Honeydo, and Kubota this morning. Congratulations on 1,000 posts Honeydo.

11 PAX came ready to rock in the far West End. Some were getting ready for the big convergence on May 4th at Dogpile. Some are getting ready for the Whitesnake Bluegrass next week. So much to do! So little time!

COP: The normal Fireman Ed special: DQs, DMHs, merkins, FMs, ACs. Seymour says now I will show up. Head to field.

Cumulative exercises with 10 HRMs, 20 WWIIs, 30 Carolina DDs, 40 jump squats, 50 LBCs. Mosey to side of field.

First round: wheelbarrows across field, bernie back. Round 2: Bear crawl halfway across field run rest of field Bernie back. Round 3: Lunge across field, run back. Round 4: Broad jump burpees halfway across field, run or Bernie back. Mosey to benches.

Elevens with dips and derkins. Mosey to chin up bar.

Elevens with chin ups and 2 count step ups. I admittedly had to move to the jerkin bar because my arms are not super beefy. Mosey to home base.

Triple check with wall sits, elbow plank and run around the parking lot. Finished with American hammers, heels to heaven and DMH.

Grow Ruck with convergence at Dogpile on 5/4. there is an upchuck led workout for those who think sleep is overrated at 6. For other folk, meet at Dogpile before 7. No workout at Gridiron on 5/4. Bluegrass festival on 5/4. Park at James River High school and a shuttle will take you to the beer, I mean bluegrass, See Whitesnake for details on the festival. Prayers for those participating in Grow Ruck. Stay safe.

It is the draft which gives Jets and Commanders fans hope. And then week 1 hits and hope then evaporates. We shall see. By the way, Gridiron’s youngest participant was 48. We are oldish but we are mighty.

Fireman Ed

Ten of us posted for a beat down F3 style, as opposed to our brothers who were running the 10k today. Even had a visitor from F3 California in town (Bogey). After brief warm up and some stretching, then a mosey to the soccer fields for:

Start with a little of everything…4 Corners (Cumulative): 10 Merkins, 15 Squats, 20 Side Straddle Hops, 25 WWIIs. Repeat and add 5 to every exercise.

“Rest” with 100 abs (4 sets of 25…WWIIs, Crunchy Frogs, Knee Ups, Heals to Heaven)

Legs: Leg Dora (L’Dora): 100 Squats, 200 Lunges, and 300 Heal Raises.

Chest: Mosey every 10 yards and do a Burpee, then 10 yards and 2 Burpees, etc. until 50.

“Rest” with 100 more ab and core exercises

Chest: Repeat Burpee ladder from above but starting with 5.

Bear Crawl to 50 yard line with Merkin every 10 yards

“Rest” with 100 more ab exercises

Mosey back and squeeze in a few more Burpees before time expired.

15 noble warriors participated in a quick BB Q today.  Here is how it went down:

• COP
  • SSH
  • IW
  • DQ
  • Helicopters
  • Arm circles
  • DMH
  • Merkins
  • LBC
  • APD
• Mosey to the tennis courts for a cumulative beast
  • 216 HRM
  • 180 WWII sit-ups
  • 144 copperhead squats
  • 108 side crunches, each side
  • 72 2x crab cakes
  • 36 burpees
• Mosey to the bus loop for 2x 25 pole smokers and 1 minute pole sit
• Mosey back to the parking lot for COT with YHC taking us out

Great work from the PAX today!  Lots of core work, plenty of fellowship!  Good to see 15 strong!

Same announcement as always – Grow Ruck in a few weeks.

Johnsonville’s wife might be starting a peer led female boot camp workout(s) for the ladies.  Contract J-ville with any questions.

God is good all of the time!

Attila

A dozen of us met at Grid Iron for (as WhiteDeer named it), a workout including everything but the kitchen sink. Warm up, followed by playground for 2 sets of 20 dips, and 2 sets of 20 jerkins. Then a mosey to soccer field for ‘everything but the kitchen sink’ during 6 trips of 100 yards:

• 1st 100 yards-1 Burpee every 10 yards
• 2nd 100 yards-Turn an do 50 yards of Bear Crawl with a Merkin every 1 pace, then 2 Merkins after two paces, 3 Merkins after 3 paces, 4, etc. until the 50 yard line.
  • Mid field break with 4 sets of 25 Ab exercises (WWI, WWII, Crunchy Frogs and Knee Ups)
  • Finish 50 yards of 1 Burpee every 10 yards.
• 3rd 100 yards- Turn and 100 yards of Ukrainian Soldiers.
• 4th 100 yards- Turn and 50 yards of 10 Squats every 10 yards until mid field
  • Mid field break with 4 sets of 25 Ab exercises, followed by a Jack Web
  • 50 yards of 1 Merkin every 10 yards
• 5th 100 yards of 1 Burpee every 10 yards
• 6th 100 yards- Turn for 50 yards of 1 Merkin every 10 yards
  • Mid field break with 100 more ab exercises
  • Final 50 yards of 1 Burpee every 10 yards

Unlike last week, there was no rain. Furthermore, we didn’t get sprinklers turned on so everything was relatively dry. Note to Johnsonville; this is how it is supposed to be done.

In the Pouncy Tract Parking lot for Warm up:

• 20 SSHs
• 20 IWs
• 20 Ukrainian Soldiers
• 20 Copperhead Squats
• Stretches

Mosey to the soccer field at the bottom of the short hill up to the endzone of the gridiron:

• 11s with Git-ups and Hammers
• Stretch

Mosey to the courtyard behind the school for Triple Check

• Partner 1: Timer runs down on sidewalk to the covered walkway and then over to the other sidewalk, stops in the middle and does 5 Burpees and finishes the loop and back to the start:
• Partner 2: Hand Release Merkins
• Partner 3: Flutters

Mosey to loading dock: 3X:

• 15 jumpsquats behind the loading dock
• Climb over the rails, across the loading dock and to the asphalt part of the driveway:
• 10 Mike Tysons
• Return to the back of the loading dock

Mosey to wall in front of the school for Angry Donkeys:

• 11s together starting with 10 people’s chair air-press, then 1 donkey kick;
• 9 people’s chair air-press, 2 donkey kix,
• etc.

Mosey to the benches beside the Gridiron for Lindsay:

• 30 Derkins; 10 benchkix
• 20 Derkins; 20 benchkix
• 10 Derkins; 30 benchkix

Mosey to the bathrooms: Triple check

• Timer runs the parking lot
• Partner 2 does Heels to Heaven
• Partner 3 does Jump squats

Just for the heck of it

• 10 BBTW hip slaps in cadence

Back to the parking lot

• 60 second 6-inch leg lift

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Happy Easter

Close out by YHC

For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor rulers, nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord. Romans 8