Tag: GridIron

  • Baker’s Dozen

    Showed up for the first Gridiron of the summer. Yep. It was hot. Lots of sweating. Nothing original on my part. A repeat of my typical workout. Except, no burpees. Next time, we’ll do some burpees.

    Mosey to Gridiron goal line

    Disclaimer

    20 SSHs, 10 MM Merkins, 15 Knee-ups, (all in cadence), stretch

    Mosey to Other goal line

    20 IWs, 10 diamond Merkins, 15 Ukrainian Hammers (all in cadence), stretch

    Mosey to Original goal line

    20 Don Quixotes, 15 Crunchy Frogs, 10 Stagger arm Merkins and a stretching exercise

    Mosey to Other goal line

    20 Copperhead Squats, 10 Stagger arm Merkins and a stretching exercise

    To the bottom of the hill up to the Gridiron: 11s

    Get-ups, up to the top of the hill, Crunchy Frogs

    To the wall in front of the school:

    People’s Chair 15 Air Press, 10 BTTW Hip Slaps, 15 Donkey Kix OYO

    People’s Chair 15 Muhammad Ali, 10 BTTW Australian Mountain Climbers, 15 Donkey Kix OYO

    People’s Chair 15 Milkers, 10 BTTW Toe Taps, 15 Donkey Kix OYO

    People’s Chair 15 Lalannes, 10 Dirty Hookup, 15 Donkey Kix OYO

    Using the loading dock: 3X

    Behind the railing to the loading dock: 20 SSHs, over the rails, across the loading dock and to the asphalt part of the driveway: 10 Mike Tysons

    Mosey to the handicapped area of parking lot in front of school

    3 rounds of 20, jumping over the line, in cadence, with a stretch in between

    Mosey to the benches by the Gridiron

    10 Bulgarian Split Squats in cadence, 10 Dips, 10 Derkins (all in cadence) 3X

    Mosey to Flag

    Stretch

    20 Flutters in cadence

    60 Second leg lift

    Brazilian Mindbender

    Announcements:

    Starbucks after workout: 11735 W. Broad

    This Tuesday, Homerun Derby: at Robius Elementary at 5:30 AM, Instead of NoToll on that day;

    4th of July: Convergence: at Dogpile at 7:00 PM

    Takeout by YHC:

    A quote from Proverbs: “Do you see a man who speaks in haste? There is more hope for a fool than for him.”

  • HBD Q at 52

    It was the Q’s 52nd BDay, so guess what we did? Lots of sets that totaled 52.

    Arms– 52 (4 sets of 13) incline pull ups with partner holding legs, 52 chin ups/pulls up (modify feet on ground)

    Legs– 100 yard field mosey with 4 sets of: 13 squats, then calf raises, then incline lunges, then calf raises with toes inward, then heals to butt, and some others…totaling 52 of each. Broke it up with a bear crawl or two of 50 yards

    Abs– 52 WWIs, WWIIs, Crunchy Frogs, Side Crunches, Heals to Heaven, Flutter Kicks and American Hammers

    Chest- 52 Merkins (4 sets of 13 across the field). Meet in circle for modified Ring of Fire…Bear Crawl to center and 10 Merkins with Hand Slaps with your partner, 52 Spider Mans, and a handful of other chest exercises to total 52

    Stretching- Lots of stretching for abs, hamstrings, and any other muscle we used.

  • A little respect goes a long way

    First day of #SOJTakeover and this SOJer found himself at the epicenter to where it all began. There were plenty of OG stalwarts to keep YHC company as 13 strong posted to see what SOJ had in store for them. YHC had made the long treacherous journey to the great north. No white walkers spotted. According to the pickle ball tourney here is what went down.

    COP- 20 each SSH, LBC; 10 Each DQ’s, Jazzercise, Helicopters, Imperial Walkers, , Coper head squat, Dead man hang, Merkins, Box cutters, Plank jacks, 

    WO1: Dora: Runner goalpost to goalpost, 100 Merkins, 200 LBC’s, 300 SSH

    WO2: Triple check: Runner sideline to sideline, with Dips, LBC’s.  

    WO3: 3 Quarter pounders.  1st 25 Plank jacks, 50 Hand release, 75Merkins, 100 Drydocks.  2nd: 25 Squats, 50 ?, 75 Imperial Walkers, 100 SSH’s.  3rd: 25 WWII, 50 LBC, 75 Flutter kicks, 100 Dollies.  

    WO4: Various runs sideline to sideline

    Ring of fire merkins, 4 MOM PAX call abs.  

    Announcements: Coffee immediately following. Tuckahoe lunch at Firehouse subs Tuesday.

    Prayers to Blue Moon and knee surgery. Prayers to all PAX with grads and their next phase of life.

    YHC took us out in prayer.

    Always an honor to lead, but especially this awesome group of PAX.

  • ASS to be Notified of Violations

    It was a super HAWT POTATO at Gridiron this morning.  Here is how it went down:

    • Gypsy
      • No COP, just an 11 with merkins and some crazy squat jacks
    • Lighthouse/Mariner – a beast
      • Burpees
      • FM
      • Squats
      • HRM
      • H2H
      • Crunchy frogs
    • Gomer Pyle
      • Super-sized curb crawl (up to 5 and down to 1) with bear crawls, lunges, crab walks, and crawl bears
    • Pigskin – his traditional wall routine 3x
      • Wall sits
      • Balls to the wall
      • Donkey kicks
    • Attila – 3x check
      • Merkins
      • WWII sit-ups
      • Run the loop
    • Chum Bucket – stretches
    • COT with YHC taking us out

    HAWT POTATOES suck.  Everyone brings their fastball.  Homer was disgruntled.  Much of the mumble-chatter will be reported to the Asian Social Society (“ASS”) for various violations.  Out of fear of being targeted by ASS, no further discussion.  We have been warned. 

    Summer tour is on.

    God is good all of the time!

    Attila

  • Just like that

    PAX of ten posted for this morning’s GridIron under clear skies with a moderate starting temperature and light breeze. Mosey from the parking lot to the southwest edge of the main football field with warmup COP including 25 x SSHs, 15 x Hillbillies, 15 x DQs, 16 x Helicopters, 10 x Shoulder Taps (two count), 10 x Suzanne Somers (each side), 25 x Freddie Mercur(ies), 25 x APDs, and Arm Circles (big and small, forward and reverse).

    Resume our mosey to the field in front of the middle school for BLIMPs. Line up on the sideline, run to the middle of the field to complete exercise reps, and return to the sideline until all are done. Start the first round with one exercise and add another exercise each round. Exercise and rep count included 5 x Burpees, 10 x Lunges (two count), 15 x Imperial Walkers (two count), 20 x Merkins, and 25 x Plank Jacks. Follow with group trash collection using a bucket left midfield – possibly leftover field day trash – and leave the receptacle at the end of the field for school personnel to find.

    Jog to the school wall and find a spot for Burpees with Donkey Kicks. Finish 1 Burpee with 10 Donkey Kicks. Follow with 1 Burpee and 9 DKs, and so on waiting for all to finish between sets, until completion of 1 of each.

    Mosey to the downhill field adjacent to the main football field for BOMBS. Line up on the sideline, partner up and complete, Dora-style with one guy running to midfield and back, while the other completes exercise reps, including 25 x Burpees, 50 x Overhead Presses (two count), 75 x Merkins, 100 x Big Boy Sit-Ups (WWIIs), and 125 Squats.

    Saunter to the playground for a two rounds of LBC variations, 25 reps each – regular, one leg straight, other leg straight, side crunch one side, side crunch the other, and both legs extended. Finish with some stretching. Mosey back to the parking lot for COT. Coffee for most at Lauderdale / Broad Starbucks after.

  • Pickles and Balls

    11 fine gentlemen showed up for a workout but my workout took second fiddle to a large Pickleball tournament. One pickeballer thought we were gathering for the tournament or maybe he had a man crush on White Deer. The workout went something like this:

    COP: DQs, helicopters, HRMs, MCs, FMs and ACs. Mosey to field below the main field.

    Lindseys with merkins and WWIIs. Totals 100 of each exercise. Not too shabby. Mosey to bus loop

    Sets of pole smokers. 15 then 20 then 25. Mosey to basketball court which was redone just for Ed.

    Four corners with 10 burpees, 20 Lt. Dans, 30 squats and 40 SSHs. Mosey to soccer field in front of SPMS.

    Indian bear crawl. Everyone bear crawls in a line. Last person runs to the front and then bear crawls. Problem with this exercise is that White Deer bear crawls faster than half the PAX run and much faster than he runs. Mosey to pavilion by home base.

    Elevens with step ups and heels to heaven. Polly decided to take some time and talk to a friend playing cricket.

    Triple check with donkey kicks, dips and the pacer runs across the field and Bernies back.

    Finished with American hammers and LBCs.

    On 5/29 the day a friend of mine turns 50 there will be a Convergence at Tredegar a 7 a.m. Polly is trying to plan out a joint F3 workout and mixed cricket game. More to come on that. It was good to see Bodos make it to Gridiron and get Homer back. I am happy you all let me lead.

    Fireman Ed

  • 48

    A PAX of 15 celebrated YHC’s birthday Q on this glorious Gridiron Saturday.  Here is how it went down:

    • COP
      • SSH
      • IW
      • DQ
      • Arm circles
      • Dead man hang
      • Suzanne Somers
      • Merkins
      • LBC
    • 48s – run the football field with 12 reps of an exercise at each 25 (48 reps total)
      • HRM
      • WWII sit-ups
      • Squat thrusters
      • 2x crab cakes
      • Chuck Norris
      • Side crunches – each side
      • Burpees
    • 48 APDS to cool down
    • Mosey to the pull-up bars – 6 cycles of 8 pull-ups (or jerkins) and 8 step-ups (each leg) for 48 total reps of each
    • 48 second elbow plank
    • Mosey back to the football field
      • 48 second wall sit
      • 48 yard sprints until time
    • COT with YHC taking us out

    Welcome to Spotify.  Apparently when Gomer asks an 18 year-old the first album bought, he looks at you like you have a hole in your head.  Great to have Lighthouse back today, and it is always good to have Gypsy talking incessantly as if he were a 14 year old girl.

    Convergence is coming on Monday, May 29th at Tredegar.  The PAX gets started at 7 am. 

    Celebrate the moms in your life tomorrow.  God is good all of the time!

    Attila

  • Dic-Tater-ship

    Q wasn’t feeling too hot this AM and the pax may have felt the wrath. But we had fun, didn’t we?

    In honor of the NFL Draft we started with a new one from the Exicon, 1st and 10 (basically 11’s with Merkins and Burpees). “Great” idea to start with 55 burpees, right? Took a break from running with a Jack Web (1 Carolina Dry Dock to 4 Arm Presses, up to 40). Then Ab work: 20 Crunchy Frogs, 20 Freddy Mercury’s and 20 Mercury Freddy’s. Rolled over and started a Bear Crawl-Merkin march to mid field. More Abs with 20 WWII’s, 20 WWI’s, and 10 V-Up Roll Ups. Back to legs with a Dora of 100 Heal Lifts, 200 Lunges, and 300 Squats. A mosey to the playground for another new one from the Exicon, Worst Merkin Ever. Wide Arm, Regular, Diamond. 10 of those and pax was done. Some stretching, another burpee, and more stretching.

    Announcement: May 7th starting at 8:30am need volunteers to construct a play area for kids out in Dogwood Dell Park. Confirm with Gypsy

  • Need to be More Hospitable

    A lucky number 13 joined, including 3 out-of-town visitors, joined one another on the Gridiron for a ground and pound beat-down.  It was no surprise knowing YHC was on the Q sheet, but entertaining nonetheless.  Here is how it went down:

    • COP
      • SSH
      • IW
      • DQ
      • Helicopters
      • Arm circles
      • Dead man hang
      • Suzanne Somers
      • Merkins
      • LBC
    • Mosey to the football field for a cumulative beast
      • 216 HRM
      • 180 WWII sit-ups
      • 144 monkey humpers
      • 108 side crunches – each side
      • 72 crab cakes
      • 36 burpees
    • Mosey to the bleachers for a Lyndsay with derkins and bench kicks
    • Mosey back to the field for field sprints
    • COT with YHC taking us out

    YHC was not a great host today.  Welcome to our visitors from LA and GA, Brimstone, Nomad and Prairie Dog.  Complete with clown van, YHC assumed that they were seasoned F3 veterans and failed to therefore explain the concept of a beast and a Lyndsay.  Failure in hospitality, but hopefully we will see these men some more in the coming weeks as they train here in RVA.  Thanks to Chum for stepping in and just being Chum.

    Lots of mumble-chatter from the PAX today, but there was a point where mumble-chatter turned to groans.  Mission accomplished.  Great to see the injured (Johsonville, Blue Moon and White Deer), mentally insane (Tater and Gypsy) and warriors (Lighthouse for this solo pre-run and Pigskin because he is a stud as 3x respect) in the PAX today.

    Open spot for CPR this week.  Reach out to Gypsy.  Convergence in 2 weeks at Godwin HS. 

    God is good all of the time!

    Attila

  • Band of Brothers

    Eleven of mankind’s finest specimens came together as a mighty band of brothers last Saturday morning to celebrate Polly’s 1st year anniversary.

    We started off by moseying around the running track to warm up while passing a rugby around which was interrupted by the occasional forfeit of 10 burpees as a courtesy to the member of the PAX who fumbled and dropped the ball.

    After the disclaimers and welcoming our FNG, YHC reminded the PAX of the power of our brotherhood in helping us face life challenges. We should not be afraid to reach out.

    Warm-A-Rama:
    Arm Circles
    Side straddle Hops
    LBCs
    American Hammers
    Forward Lunges
    Mountain Climbers

    Once warmed up, we moseyed on over to the soccer field for The Thang – The Beast:
    Burpees
    WWIIs
    Merkins
    LBCs
    Squats
    Side Straddle Hops

    Just in case the PAX hadn’t burnt off enough puppy fat, we then moseyed over to the Poles for a little Core work:
    20 count and move x 6
    Flutter kicks
    Freddie Mercury’s
    Heels to Heaven
    Hello Dollies/Lo-Lites
    Planks
    LBCs

    Then back over to the pagoda area for some Teams of Three:
    Jog
    Step Ups
    Dips
    Cards

    After finishing up with the usual COT, where we christened our FNG as Rader, a nutritional beverage was enjoyed by all. Certain members of the PAX also reached out to the local yoga ladies, one of which was in great need of refreshment.