Tag: GridIron

Open air, moderate-size PAX in good health and limited interaction served as the CDC-approved backdrop for an early weekend beat-down.  Quarantine this…err, this is how it went down:

• COP
  • 40 SSH
  • 15 IW
  • 10 DQ
  • 15 helicopters
  • 20 HRM
  • 10 2x Suzanne Somers, each leg
  • 50 2x LBC
  • 25 APD
• Partner wheelbarrow 15 yards, with 10 derkins – repeat 4x
• Lindsay with WWII sit-ups and dips
• Curb crawl with merkins ascending to 6 and back down to 1
• 2x 25 PLTs
• Mini-Michigan – 100 yard sprint 5x, 80 yard sprint 4x, 60 yard sprint 3x, 40 yard sprint 2x and 20 yard sprint
• Jack Webb
• Captain Thor
• Mosey back to the parking lot for COT with YHC taking us out (no ball of man)

Great work by the PAX this morning on a high-paced full body workout.  YHC enjoyed being back in the Q saddle after 1+ month.  Prayers for Tater as he recovers from knee surgery, and for White Deer as he gets further tests/scans on his knee.  Get healthy Earthworm.  To all of the PAX, stay well during this time of uncertainty and risk.  Honor the needs of others as we try to keep one another well.

God is good all of the time!

Attila

7 able bodied warriors including yours truly set out on a great adventure in the howling winds of Short Pump, VA.

COP: Mosey two times around the football field, Don Quixotes, Side Straddle hops, Freddie Mercuries, Merkins and Arm Circles.

E1: Mosey to front of school. Do each exercise 40 seconds on, 20 seconds off. Balls to the wall, Donkey kicks, Wall sits, plank and mountain climbers. Repeated balls to the wall and donkey kicks.

E2: Mosey to football field. 10 burpees at the 10 yard line, 20 WWIIs at the 20, 30 merkins, 40 jump squats, 50 2 count flutter kicks. Reverso after a quick rest.

E3: Mosey to school courtyard and use cards to determine exercises. These include crabcakes, diamond merkins, heels to heaven and LBCs. The cards kept blowing around making this difficult to sustain.

E4: Mosey to pickleball court. First bear crawl halfway down and back. Second, lunge 3/4 way and back. Lastly wheelbarrow all the way and back.

E5/6: Go to little pavilion. Do 3 sets of 40 seconds on and 20 seconds off of dips. Mosey to parking lot and finish with round of American hammers and merkins.

Closed in prayer. This is my first Q since before I broke my ankle on 12/26. It is good to be back and let’s put those with health issues in our prayers. Have a productive and enjoyable weekend.

Peace out.

Fireman Ed

14 excitable gents came out on leap day to make themselves better.

Short Mosey

COP — SSH, Merkins, sumo squats, helicopters, DQ’s, hackeysackers, tabletops, crabcakes, arm circles

Escalator activity. The timer does 15 KB Swings, then runs to the back of the line when everyone else moves forward. Other exercises included flutterkicks, lbc’s, ww2’s, mountain climbers, monkey humpers, rotating merkins, jump rope (not imaginary) and maybe a few others…

Head to the pickleball courts for two rounds of four corners.
1) 10 diamond merkins
2)20 WW2
3) 30 AM ham
4) 40 SSH

2nd round
40 regular merkins
30 WW2
20 Am ham
10 SSH

Leave the pickleball courts and go to the icy field for 10 minutes of burpees
Pick a number between 6 and 10 burpees — complete that many in a minute. The rest of the time is rest time if you finish early. Repeato till we got to 10 times around on this. Thanks to Attilla for being the timekeeper on this one.

Dora leap year style ==
bear crawl the little hill whilst partners complete
122 merkins, 122 ww2, 122 squats

Back to the flag for a few minutes of yoga with Jville!

Numbers, Names, YHC took us out

Fun time with a very cool crowd. Good to see some faces YHC hasn’t seen in a while. Will definitely be back some point soon! Sorry for missing breakfast — late night last night — had to catch up on sleep.

Peace,
Opus

Seven of the faithful (but not so many “regulars”) posted on Feb 15 at GridIron. Johnsonville had volunteered as Q, and this is what went down, more or less.

COP warmup in rapid succession, including 40x SSH, arm circles, hillbillies, don quiotes, Alabama prom dates, supermans, susanne sommers, etc.

Grab 2 coupons each. Set down coupons in parking lot, pair up, and line up against the wall with partner.

Round 1 — First partner inverts on wall and does chicken peckers whilst other partner runs to coupons and does coupon burpees. Repeat 4x each.

Intermission — Native American run around parking lot, pausing at landsaping oval on far side. Plank on curb around said oval. Plank walk a complete revolution.

Round 2 — First partner does rotating wall planks whilst other parter runs to coupons and does 20 coupon curls.

Intermission — Same as above, but plank walk in the other direction.

Carry coupons onto near GridIron. Circle up for modified Jack Webb. 1 merkin on coupons, then do 2 of the following — (i) on knees, thrust coupons out directly forward at chest level; and (ii) on knees, thrust coupons up overhead. Do 2 and 4, then 3 and 6, then 4 and 8, etc. to 10 and 20.

20 burpees.

Carry coupons to the other endzone. Circle up for modified Jack Webb. 10 sit and press with single coupon, then 40 single-count American hammers with single coupon. Do 9 and 36, then 8 and 32, then 7 and 28, etc. to 1 and 4.

Native American run the length of the field, then back to the VSF. Plank until time ran out.

COT with Funny Car taking us out.

Welcome out to GridIron Deuce and Funy Car. Welcome back Greg. Thanks for the opportunity to lead. Jville

A PAX of ten, including two FNGs, assembled under rainy skies for Saturday’s GridIron. At the appointed time, we formed our circle, with more detailed disclaimer for our new guys, and began with 25 x SSHs, 15 x Helicopters, 15 x IWs, 15 x DQs, 15 x Russian Soldiers, and 15 x Arm Circles (small/big, forward, then reverse).

Mosey across the football field and head for the Short Pump Middle School north wall for 10 minutes of Donkey Kicks. Not unlike 10 minutes of Burpees, begin each minute of a 10 minute stretch by completing a Donkey Kicks on your own, targeting 15 to 20 per round. Rest prior to the start of the next round. Target adding 5 more reps for the final round.

Move to the shelter at the bus loop and spread out with each guy taking a pair of poles. At the first stop, complete 20 x Pole Smokers. When all are done, Lunge Walk as a group (towards southeast under the shelter) past one set of poles to a second set. Complete People’s Chair for time with one guy counting backwards from 25. Three other exercises at three stops with Lunge Walks in between – 15 x Plank Merkins, 30 x APDs, and 30 x Imaginary Jump Ropes. Complete two rounds of these five exercises, moving in between.

Drop for LBC intermission involving 25 x several LBC variations: regular, right leg straight on ground, left leg straight on ground, left leg over right leg, right leg over left leg, both legs straight, and finish with regular.

Complete another round of exercises using the bus shelter poles (returning northwest), but replaced Plank Merkins with Hand Release Merkins.

Mosey back to the picnic pavilion adjacent to the start. Four guys position themselves on the outside of the picnic tables (eight total in outside position) and two guys begin on the inside of the tables. Inside guys complete 5 Abyss Merkins together while guys outside complete Step Ups. Rotate counterclockwise, with outside guys alternating legs with Step Ups. Complete three rounds.

Using same approach (distribution of dudes and counterclockwise movement), change exercises so inside guys complete Dips and outside guys complete Bench Kicks. Stay in place at tables for a few minutes of standing stretches. Slide to the parking lot for the COT and Attila took us out.

Nice work fellas. Welcome, again, to our new guys.

We had a PAX of a dozen, mostly in short sleeves and shorts, post for Saturday’s GridIron. Advertised as walking-boot friendly in pre-workout communications, we aimed to please and stayed together for the morning.

Saunter away from our cars and further into the parking lot for the startup Circle of Pain. Completed 25 x Side Straddle Hops, 15 x Imperial Walkers, 15 x Don Quixotes, 15 x Hillbillies, 15 x Helicopters, 10 x Susan Somers (each side), and 15 x Alabama Prom Dates.

Stroll to the football field for Jack Webb with a Chaser. Usual Jack Webb involving Merkins and Overhead Presses from kneeling position, but adding small Arm Circles. Ratio of 1 Merkin to 4 Overhead Presses to 8 Arm Circles. Increase reps each round, ending with 10/40/80. PAX choice of mixing forward and reverse Arm Circles.

Slide to nearby bleachers for 11s beginning with 10 Dips and 1 Bench Kick and adjusting reps each round to finish with the inverse.

Move to the fieldhouse wall and get in Plank position. First guy completes 8 Donkey Kicks while the others hold Plank. Rotate the Donkey Kicks through the PAX for round 1. Round 2, hold reverse plank and rotate Donkey Kicks through the PAX once again.

Adjust position to the edge of the parking lot for Jack Webb w/ Chaser variant involving a ratio of 1 WWII Sit Up, 4 Reverse Crunches, and 8 Little Baby Crunches. Add reps each round and finish with 10/40/80.

Circle up and distribute two kettlebells. One guy completes 3 Curls while another completes 5 Upright Rows. Hand off weights in clockwise direction having Curls chase the Upright Rows. Finished about a round and a half. Remained in circle for COT and Attila took us out. Coffee afterwards at our usual spot.

Welcome Copperhead. Nice job guys.

There was a M*A*S*H unit at Gridiron this morning.  One guy cannot run, another guy has a fake knee, and another guy is in a boot.  Needless to say, they were not ready for a traditional boot camp.  They grabbed their KBs, hopped in Johnsonville’s car and did a separate workout under the cover of the bus loop.  YHC has no idea what they did after COP, but here is what happened to the non-handicap placard PAX:

• COP
  • 30 SSH
  • 15 IW
  • 15 Hairy Rocketts
  • 15 DQ
  • 15 Helicopters
  • Arm circles – 15 small, 5 big; forwards and backwards
• Mosey to turf field at Striker Park
• 10 minutes of burpees
• 40 APDs
• Partner wheelbarrows with 10 derkins – 3x
• Dora with 100 merkins, 200 flutter kicks and 300 LBCs
• Intervals for 5+ minutes – sprint across field, mosey down the field
• Mosey back to the Pavillions
  • 25 dips
  • 25 step-ups
  • 25 dips
  • 25 step-ups
  • 25 dips
• COT with YHC taking us out

We need to pray for healing for this PAX.  Johnsonville has a jacked-up calf; Tater heard something pop in his knee this week; and Fireman Ed’s ankle is in a boot.  Grateful to have the PAX committed to coming out on a rainy day.  T-claps to these men for their commitment and effort. YHC missed having those men on the turf field today.

Great to have some old faces back today.  Nightcrawler, Bambi and Quest made their triumphant returns.  White Deer provided for an awkward start with his admiration of Quest’s physique.  Our brother has been MIA as his personal quest appears to have led him to an engagement.  A few of the PAX know his future M, and she is a catch.  Nice work Quest! 

Solid work from the PAX today.  The turf field provided an ideal AO for wet weather. 

God is good all of the time!

Attila

On a cold winter solistice morning, I decided to take a page out of other playbooks with a deck of cards and some challenging exercises for the seven sensational athletes that call themselves PAX.

COP: Run lap around parking lot, 25 SSHs, run lap, 25 invisible jump ropes, run lap, 10 DQs, run lap and 15 arm circles. Mosey to other corner of parking lot.

First Exercise: Pick card from deck. Spades are burpees, Diamonds are merkins, Hearts are 2 count flutter kicks and Clubs are heels to heaven. The first couple picks were high spades which made the PAX grumble a bit but the following picks were more evenly distributed. Mosey to pickleball courts.

Second Exercise: Pick a card. Spades are suicide bear crawls, Diamonds are plain old suicide runs, Hearts are lunges and clubs Bernie Sanders. The bear crawls were painful but for some reason the pax kept picking hearts so we did lots of lunges. Mosey to benches.

Third Exercise: Same premise as first exercise with spades as derkins, diamonds as dips, hearts as step ups and clubs as bench kickers. For some reasons the PAX liked to pick bench kickers but wanted to improve their pectorals by performing more derkins. It took a lot of cards to get a few derkins sets in; after that we moseyed back to the parking lot.

We finished with 25 2 count AHs, 25 2 count MCs and a merkin ring of fire.

Only announcement is on Monday after Punisher on North Side there is a happy hour planned. I enjoyed leading the PAX in the far west end and hopefully all PAX have a good Christmas. It was good to see Offshore come and reduce the average PAX age to 50.

A faithful PAX weathered less than desirable conditions as iron sharpened iron.  Here is how it went down:

• COP
  • 30 SSH
  • 15 IW
  • 15 DQ
  • 15 Helicopters
  • Mosey to the turf field at Striker Park
  • 10 BOYO
  • 20 merkins
  • 80 LBC
  • 40 APD
  • 10 BOYO
• 4 corners with 10, 15, 20 & 25 escalating reps at each corner, exercises included
  • HRM
  • WWII sit-ups
  • Crab cakes
  • Monkey humpers
  • 2x LBC
• 30 burpees between various 4 corner rounds
• Triple check with run, FM and deep squats; 10 BOYO between each completed set of 3
• Mosey back to the parking lot for 10 3-man jerkins for each PAX
• COT with YHC taking us out

First, the turf field at Striker Park was a great place to have a rainy day workout.  Great drainage, good footing.  Appreciated the presence of my brothers, Tater and Chum Bucket.  Iron sharpened iron.  80 burpees with 10 minutes of burpees is always a good start to the weekend. Solid fellowship at coffeteria followed.

God is good all of the time!

Attila

A PAX of five made it out to Pouncey Tract Park for the final GridIron for November 2019. Move the greetings circle 25 yards southwest to the edge of the parking lot for warm up with 25 x Side Straddle Hops, 15 x Don Quixotes, 15 x Imperial Walkers, 15 x Helicopters, 10 x Suzanne Somers (each side), 15 x Alabama Prom Dates, and various Arm Circles.

Shift off of the parking lot and into the end zone of the adjacent football field – knock out 25 x Merkins. Line up on the goal line for leg ladder – jog to the 10 yard line, complete 10 Squats, and jog back. Mosey to the 20 yard line, complete 20 x Side Lunges (each way), and mosey back. Continue with 30 Squats at the 30, 40 Side Lunges at the 40, and 50 Squats at the 50. Complete another set of 25 Merkins. Work back down the ladder and follow with 25 Merkins. Run back and forth to the 20 yard line for a little over 5 minutes. Finish with 25 more Merkins.

Move to the fence line of the nearby baseball field. At the fence pole nearest the vehicle access, drop and complete 1 Little Baby Crunch. Move to the next pole, heading in the general direction of the outfield fence, drop, and complete 2 LBCs. Continue, moving between poles in whatever manner desired, adding an LBC at each pole. At the corner post we completed 25 Merkins (plus 3 more f and made the turn in continuing our LBC trek. Around pole 35, enthusiasm waned (had planned on looping the entire field), so we turned around and, via Lunge Walk, moved back around the field and completed a few Burpees in the process. Circle for brief stretch and finish with COT with YHC taking us out.

Johnsonville pulled something during our 20 yard shuttles (there is value in the disclaimer), but however pained, seemed to regain some mobility. Luckily he had four other guys, lacking in proper training, to offer medical advice. Offshore pushed for a Merkin count suitable for the final day of the November Merkin challenge. Nice work all. Coffee @ Einstein’s followed.