Tag: GridIron

11 dudes showed up to the slightly rainy confines of Short Pump Middle north to experience a beat down. It was a good surprise to see Roger Roger make the trip out west (even for part of the time) and for Gyspy and Homer to come back. I am happy the rain stopped last night so I didn’t have to come up with a bus loop only workout. The hour went something like this:

COP: DQs, CPs, HRMs, helicopters, FMs – Oh here comes Attila.

Mosey the long way to Stryker Park. Ascending exercises: 10 burpees, add 20 WWIIs the second set (continue the burpees), add 30 jump squats, 40 2 count mountain climbers and last set adds 50 SSHs. The PAX enjoyed the 50 total burpees. Mosey to the pavilion by the pickelball court (by the way I played pickleball for the first time last Sunday – quite fun).

Start with 10 derkins and 15 dips, then 15 and 20 and then 20 and 25. Mosey to chin up bars.

2 PAX does 5 chin ups with the other now 8 PAX do elbow plank. Rinse and repeat.

Long mosey to curb in front of Short Pump Middle. Curb crawl to 3 down to 1. Lunge to bus loop pillars.

Triple check with pole smokers, diamond merkins and a run around the triangle. Mosey to home base.

We went with some requests at the home base wall including donkey kicks, balls to the wall, chicken peckers, and dirty hookups. Finished with AHs, plank jacks, MCs and DQs.

Announcements: lunch this Tuesday 5/10 at Joey’s hot dogs in Innsbrook (this is a fancy group). Tuckahoe Takeover starts tomorrow. Convergence on Memorial Day at Tredegar Iron Works downtown, June 4 Blood Drive and June 4 workout in Charlottesville. See Pigskin for details on the blood drive and Vinny for details on the Charlottesville workout.

Prayers for Gypsy’s upcoming surgery and for Lighthouse’s family in the Ukraine. Have a great weekend!

Fireman Ed

10 Redwoods gathered dangerously close to the hotbed of Lasagna parties to swap jabs, barbs, and maybe the Q.

According to the twin hickory early morning walkers here is what went down, more or less:

COP – Gomer: all iC; 20x SSH, 10x IW, 10x DQ, 20x WW2, 25x LBC, 10x Dollies, 10x Rosalita, 10x Flutters, 10x WW2, 10x Grass Angel, 10x 4count Merkin, 10x HRM, 10x Shazam.

Beast – Lighthouse. Mosey to Gridiron for a beast, 6 Burpee, 24 LBC, 12 HRM, 12 Monkey Humper, 12 Flutters, 6 Burpee

Four Corners – Pinto, 10,15,20,25 Merkin, WW2, Flutter.  +5 SSH, LBC + 5 Merkin chaser.

Feats of strength – White Deer. 20yd “races” Bear crawl, Crab walk, Bear Crawl

Gomer – Ring of fire.  partners across the ring Bear Crawl, Booyah merkins, Crawl Bear. Finish off with Flutters.

Pinto took us out.  Prayers for Drew, LabRat and all recovering / working through physical, mental, and spiritual challenges.

Announcements –

• May 13 Currahee 2 year celebration
  • Fun routes for all skill levels including walkers.
  • “Special routes” available for those worried about / prone to getting lost.
• Memorial day convergence – Browns island 7am
• Freed to bleed June 4 – Volunteers needed.  Let Pigskin know: 2 setup, 2 signin 1st shift, 2 signin 2nd shift, 3 teardown.
• Bridge clown car June 4

NMS – Fun to be back out at GridIron. On the drive over from Dogpile, YHC realized that there are some other great Qs out there that have not signed up and decided on a hot potato.  Thanks to the fellow Qs for jumping in. White Deer reminds us that while the Q is in charge he is also on a stage with a spotlight.

Coffeeteria makes YHC seem that some might be interested in a military history / movie watch night where we can go in knowing what we are talking about and avoid building up to a downer.  Bottom line: War sucks – the aftermath sucks too. When nations policy goals conflict and diplomacy fails, war is the outcome.  No soldier really wants it, and some end up being good at it…  regardless, the goal of my military brethren is to make war violent at the precise point of most impact, and therefore quick so that more of the brethren can go back home.  We are lucky here that so few of us have needed to be involved – its not like that around the world. This is made possible and we are kept safe by rough men and women “on the borders” that you may never know. If interested, YHC would be happy to get some other veterans together to share what those brave souls go through with those that want to know.  

Get some!

Gridiron had 9 participants including Polly (FNG last week). Unfortunately, Homer was a little late and missed out on some burpees. You snooze, you lose. I was pleased to note that the football field was lined off.  That way, we knew where midfield was. No guessing!

Mosey to tennis courts

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

Mosey to near pull-up bars

5 minutes of Burpees, stretching exercise

Using Pull-up bars:

11s with Hanging Knee-ups and HRMs, stretching exercise

Back to football field near fence

10 Romanian Leg Lift (in cadence) Left leg then right leg

Football field

Burpee/Broad Jump to midfield, stretching exercise

Jog to end

11s with get ups and Ukrainian Hammers, stretching exercise

Jog to Wall in front of school

15 People’s Chair air press, 10 BTTW Hip slaps, (all in cadence), 15 donkey kix

15 People’s Chair milkers, 10 BTTW Australian Mountain Climbers (all in cadence), 15 donkey kix

15 People’s Chair la-lanes, 10 BTTW toe taps (all in cadence), 15 donkey kix

Stretching exercise

Mosey to the loading dock

Behind the loading dock 10 Squats, climb wall and fence to loading dock, cross loading dock, climb down loading dock, mosey to asphalt for 10 merkins. 3X, stretching exercise

Mosey back to football field

Bear crawl/Crab walk to Midfield alternating every 10 yards

Mosey to parking lot

20 Heels to Heaven, 20 Rosalitas (all in cadence) 6-inch leg left to count of 60

It’s always great to be out here. I had to miss coffee after the workout but I needed to help out with our grandson. His parents are out of town this weekend at a wedding and so we’re keeping their 10-month old. It’s a lot of work. Frankly, I don’t how we did it with our two or how they do it. He’s asleep now so I have time to write up the backblast.

Announcements:

Blood Drive June 4 at Epiphany Lutheran, west end of Monument where it runs into Horsepen, 10 to 3. Please go to Red Cross Blood donate and sign up.

Richmond Bluegrass jam: (F3 Whitesnake is helping to pull this together) April 30 11am to 8PM, Parking available at James River High School, Midlothian, VA 23113, Free shuttles: Bring chairs/blankets RVABLUEGRASSJAM.com

Fourteen Fearless redwoods (including 1 FNG – Polly and 1 visitor Webelos from F3 Naperville) gathered on a purrfect cool morning to develop their physiques for upcoming bikini season. According to those standing around at the local cricket league it went something like this:

5 burpee start

Mosey to COP all IC, all 4 count; 10x SSH, 10x IW, 10x APD, 10x Tuscaloosa Trailer Park Twister, 51 LBC, 10x Bohemian Rhapsody, 10x Freddie Mercury, 10x Hello Dolly, 10x Rosalita, 10x Merkin, 10x HRM, 10x Merkin + sky Reach, 10x Grass Angel, 10x Aussie style, 10x ww2, 10x Arm Circle, 10x reverso, 10x seal claps, 10x overhead claps. Wrap it up with 10x control freak merkin.

Triple check. Touch a tree. Flutters and WW2s.

Booyah merkin ring of fire.

Partner 11s. Jumpsquats. Everyones favorite WW2s

5 bonus burpees at PAX request – Thanks Tater

Mosey to pole smoker. 5 box cutters while PAX work various exercises. Called after 3 rounds. We will get all 60ish poles done at some point gents.

Mosey for spider merkin on bleachers – instruction needs refinement.

BTTF for a ring of fire.

Seymour took us out

Welcome to FNG – Polly (nee Adrian). Polly was brought out by Webelos visiting from F3 Naperville. Originally from Birmingham, moved to Twin Hickory from west Chitown, into music and a former Rugby Union flanker. Several great naming alternatives including Susan Boyle.  We left the Twin Hickory themed Swinger and Lasagna Party for next time. Several Rocky alternatives came to mind as well. Finally, we settled on a Peaky Blinders theme – which Polly will now binge on as he has never seen it. 

Polly is hardcore, and so is Polly – cigars and brown liquor on the horizon.

Prayer Requests: Lab Rat, Handshakes family, Lighthouse family.

Announcements:

• Breaking bread sign up
• April 29 Friends of Barnabas virtual benefit.
• June 4 blood drive at Epiphany Lutheran corner of Monument and Horsepen.

NMS – YHC five year anniversary Friday.  Today kicks off the annual week of Qs.  See slack for more.  Lets bring some FNGs out.

Get some!

Eight loyal Gridironers joined today at the maiden AO for an Attila-style beat-down.  Here is how it went down:

• COP
  • SSH
  • IW
  • DQ
  • Helicopters
  • Arm circles
  • Suzanne Somers
  • Merkins
  • LBC
  • APD
• One man Dora – divide reps into 5 sets with run in-between
  • 100 HRM
  • 200 squats
  • 300 LBC
• Arc loader with 15 2x crab cakes at mid-field and 15 2x Freddy Mercuries on opposite sideline
  • Bear crawl
  • Crab walk
  • Bunny hop
  • Duck walk
  • Cheetah sprint
  • Bear crawl
• 4x check
  • Run
  • Wall sit with air presses
  • Dips
  • Side crunches
• Ring of fire
• COT with YHC taking us out

Great work from the PAX today, including 100% attendance at 3^rd F coffee afterwards.  Today was a throwback with 100% of our time on the AO namesake, the gridiron.  The HRM were a terror, but a must.  Great to see each of the members of the PAX.  Continued prayers for Gypsy and Lighthouse’s family in Ukraine.

God is good all of the time!

Attila

At Gridiron today, we started out, after warm-up (SSHs, IWs, Don Quixote, US (Ukrainian Soldiers), Stretching), with 10 minutes of Burpees on Burpee Hill, in hopes that the Burpees will bring Homer back out to Gridiron. Almost expected him to sense the vibes and show up. But alas, no Homer. On the other hand, there was a rare Blue Moon appearance.

Next, Stretching and then 11s:

Pullups and WWIIs. J’vile and I forget who else finished early so I didn’t get to finish my 11s. Darn!

Back to the parking lot for 3 rounds of 20, jumping over the line, in cadence, with a stretch in between.

Over to the stands by the football field for single count Bulgarian split squats (each leg) and Dips: 10, 9, 8, etc. down to 1.

Over to the parking lot in front of the school for more 11s: Mike Tysons and Plank-arm raises.

Back to the original parking lot for 1 leg balance. Impressive balance shown by Atilla and Tater. Tater was able to touch his nose to his shoe while maintaining his balance.

Finished up with Dollies, Heels to Heaven and one-legged APDs,

So, a bit of a geography lesson today: Ukraine (tribute to Lighthouse and the people of Ukraine), Bulgaria (split squats) and Alabama (APDs).

J’ville offered to work on Pinto’s Porsche. Pinto didn’t seem interested. Wonder why? I know Chum was disasppointed we didn’t do a lot of really long distance running.

I just checked and the Q-sheet is wide open. Lots of opportunities!

 

Today was not a day for the casual and occasional PAX member.  Rain and dropping temps meant only a special kind of craziness would embrace the Gridiron gloom.  Here is how it went down for 5 noble warriors:

• COP
  • SSH
  • Ukrainian soldiers
  • DQ
  • Helicopters
  • Arm circles
  • Suzanne Somers
  • Merkins
  • LBC
  • APD
• Deck of destiny under the cover of the bus loop without the deck

• Mosey back to the Pavilions for 25 step ups each leg
• COT with YHC taking us out
• Starbucks for some 2^nd F

When Johnsonville rolled in at 6:55, we put wagers on who might be off-center enough to post on a miserable day.  Well, no surprise, Chum Bucket and Pigskin rolled in.  Gomer Pyle was a welcomed edition.  Great work by the PAX, and YHC was thoroughly educated by Gomer Pyle at 2^nd F.  His military wisdom served for a great listen.  Thanks to the PAX members that braved the elements.  It was a fun one. 

God is good all of the time!

Attila

10 posted for a beautiful morning. Handshake and Probation joined us to bring down the average age about a decade. Somebody made a great observation…for the old guys AO, Grid Iron is never easy. 🙂

Warm up, followed by a jaunt to Burpee Hill for only 20 burpees (Q was tempted to start with 10 mins of burpees). Mosey to field where a new exercise was introduced (Bear Crawl 1-2-3) with 100 Merkins, 200 WW IIs and 300 Squats…with Bear Crawls in between. Gave the arms and legs a break with a modified Ab-Beast of WW IIs, Heels to Heaven, Crunchy Frog, Side Crunches, and American (renamed Ukrainian) Hammers. 10 count and off to jogging the 100 yard field, with 10 yard steps of burpees (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 5, 4, 3, 2, 1). End of the field we did 3 sets of 10 Big Boy Sit-up-Ups, jog to the top of the hill for 10 Merkins. Another 10 count and time to jog back, but pause for 10 burpees at midfield. Wrapped up play time on the field with 25 two count Ukrainian (F-Putin) Hammers. Stretched, mosey back, and ended with 20 Merkins.

Eleven made it for the GridIron before last. Warmup with the usual at the end of the parking lot closest to the pickleball courts. Mosey to the grass field and begin a blended Bearimeter with Four Corners and a few pit stops in between. 50 x Imaginary Jump Ropes in the closest corner. Crawl Bear to mid field for 1/2 of a 1st and 10 – 10 Merkins and 1 Burpee at the 10 yard line, run to the 50 and back to the 20 yard line for 9 and 2. Continue to the 50 and return to the goal line.

Bear Crawl to the next corner for 50 x Imaginary Jump Ropes. Bear Crawl to the 25 yard line and complete half of a Merkin Ladder, running to the midfield for Merkins and running back to tag the sideline. Crawl the 50 for 100 x LBCs. Crawl to the next 25 for BLIMPs, running to the midfield for at least 10 reps of each exercise and running back. Crawl to the next corner for Jump Ropes. Crawl to midfield along the next goal line for Backpedal to the 10 and back, then to the 20 and back.

Crawl to the next corner for Jump Ropes, then resume the call to the 25 for BOMBs with at least 10 reps of each. Crawl to the 50 for LBCs, Crawl to the 25 for 60 second Elbow Plan, and finish the Bearimeter with a Crawl to the starting corner.

Stretch for a few minutes and COT. Sorry if I missed anything or anyone.

A dozen at Gridiron today. Huge quantities of Canadian Geese were pootin which required some selective changes in the location of some of our exercises. It was great to see 12 people today.

You have to be impressed with the courage of the Ukrainians, and admire their President, Zelensky: “I need ammunition, ‘not a ride’.” I offer my thoughts and prayers for Ukraine and those (Lighthouse) that have family there.

To the goal line of the football field:

20 SSHs, 10 Man-maker Merkins, 15 Knee-ups and a stretching exercise

To the parking lot closer to the school:

20 Ukrainian Soldiers, 10 Diamond Merkins, 15 American Hammers and a stretching exercise

To the parking lot in front of the school:

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

To the side of the south side of the school:

20 lunges, 10 Stagger arm Merkins, 20 Dollies and a stretching exercise

Using the loading dock: 3X

Behind the railing to the loading dock: 20 Squats, over the rails and down the loading dock: 20 APDs

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

To the bottom of the hill up to the football field: 3X

10 Get-ups, up to the top of the hill, 10 hand release Merkins

To the parking lot, find an intersection of lines; jump in each quadrant:

Jump in cadence counterclockwise 20 count, then 20 times clockwise, then 20 times back and forth over a line, stretch in between ’20 count jump’

To the historic school’s pull-up bars, near the pickle-ball courts: 3X

10 Pullups, 10 Dips (on parallel bars), 20 LBCs and 20 squats:

Back to the fence around the football field:

Gomer’s sobriety test: balance on one leg while touching ground 3 times per cadence: 8 each leg.

Back to the parking lot for stretching exercise and then 6-inch leg lift for 60-count.

Finish with 5 Burpees in honor of an injured Homer

Take by YHC