Tag: GridIron

11 rugged warrior prepared for the Thanksgiving holiday with a strong Gridiron beatdown.  Despite cold temps and sluggish energy, the PAX persevered and conquered the morning.  Here is how it went down:

• Parking lot tracers
• COP
  • 40 SSH
  • 15 DQ
  • 10 Russian soldiers
  • 15 helicopters
  • 25 HRM
  • 10 2x Suzanne Somers, each leg
  • 50 2x LBC
  • 25 2x APD
• Mosey through the woods to the softball field for a modified arch loader, which included bear crawls, crab walks, duck walks, bunny hops and crawl bears with 125 WWII sit-ups, 55 crab cakes and 55 pickle pounders
• 10 Bernies with 2x 20 PLTs
• Mosey to the football field for a triple check with run, Carolina dry docks and flutter kicks
• COT with YHC taking us out

Good work by the PAX today as we combined cardio with some ground and pound.  In addition, future sites for the pull-up bars were assessed.  Johnsonville will continue to work with the county to get those installed. 

Congrats to Blue Moon on his marathon completion last week.  He was under 3 ½ hours if I remember correctly, so t-claps for that beast of a warrior.

Good to see Handshake at the Gridiron.  We are always open to the over-sleepers!

Remember the convergence activities on Thursday and Friday this week.  Eat well and God is good all of the time!

Attila

A half dozen posted at the southern end of the Libbie Mill Library parking lot for the temporarily relocated GridIron. We exited our vehicles prior to the start time, probably due to some enthusiasm for temporary new grounds, and tried to ignore the cutting northeast wind.

Advertised as a Hot Potato affair, we followed through with this and everyone had a go. Chum Bucket started with a mosey to the wind-shielded loading dock of the library for the startup COP with SSHs, DQs, Russian Soldiers, and Arm Circles. Moved into a nearby field for five round rotation of 10 Merkins and 10 two count Freddy Mercuries. Hop up and Lunge Walk until time to tag.

Byproduct took round 2 and ran us south to the grassy area south of the library parking lot. Completed traditional Jack Webb with Merkins and unweighted Overhead Presses. Remained in place and partnered for two rounds of PLTs. Lunge Walk for remaining few minutes.

Tater ran us down the hill and along the creekside trail. We stopped at a couple of new exercise stations. At the first one, we completed a couple of rounds of Dips alternated with Derkins. At the second one, we completed several rounds of Pull Ups and Chin Ups.

White Deer brought us back along the trail to the high point of the hill and had us pull large rocks from the drainage basin. We tossed these stones into the nearby grass, Bear Crawled to the tossed stone, and tossed it again. After a couple of rounds of this, we turned and worked our way back, tossing a few more times and completing Overhead Presses, Weighted Squats, and Curls a couple of times, too. We returned our stones to the basin.

Attila took us back to the library via mosey. We completed some Pickle Pounders adjacent to the library building and resumed our mosey to the middle of the parking lot where, after a round of Tracers, we completed Burpees in each space across one column of parking followed by WWII Sit Ups, then we repeated the same.

Johnsonville finished at the loading dock with a triple check involving People’s Chair, Merkins, and a mosey down the parking lot and back. We returned to the vehicles, circled up, and Attila took us out.

Coffee at Crafted in the Libbie Mill development afterwards. Good food and coffee and the heating system works well. Most of us hit Fauquier Avenue in the City’s Bellevue neighborhood where we saw Blue Moon at mile 22 of his marathon. Nice work pushing through Blue Moon. The extended fellowship was fun. Johnsonville makes a nice Bloody Mary. Sorry if I missed something guys.

We are very excited that Henrico Recreation & Parks (HR&P) has, at our request, graciously agreed to install pull up bars and dip bars at Pouncy Tract Park to replace (and substantially improve) those that were removed some time ago.

HR&P has asked for our input on placement. My thought is that we provide 2-3 optional suggestions. If you are interested in weighing in on that, then please meet at Pouncy Tract Park at 8A next Saturday (11/ 23) to walk the site and weigh options. The meeting will commence right after COT. It will be followed by the usual Coffeeteria.

Don’t forget that GridIron will be held at Libbie Mill Library tomorrow to support Blue Moon and other marathon runners. Jville

10 PAX including one FNG (Welcome Deliverance) took to the grounds of the county’s famous (maybe infamous) Short Pump Middle School for a cold beat down.

It went a little something like this:

COP: two loops around the football field with high knees, karaoke and Bernie Sanders mixed in. 25 side straddle hops, 10 Don Quixotes, 10 arm circles and 10 Russian soldiers

First exercise: Go to the overhang by Short Pump Middle. At one pillar do 3 2 count flutter kicks and at the next pillar 3 heels to heaven. After getting to pillar 30ish, we reversed direction and did one burpee per pillar.

Second exercise: “Yog” our way to the open pickleball court at the park. Do elevens with jump squats and side straddle hops

Third exercise: Partner leg tosses 100 per “couple” in honor of the Spiders hard fought 100-98 victory over mighty St. Francis of PA. Sky is the limit y’all.

Fourth exercise: Mosey to benches, Do 20 dips and add 5 derkins and drop 5 dips till you get to 20 derkins 0 dips.

Mosey to parking lot after performing lunges and a bear crawl. Ended with 25 Freddie Mercuries, 25 2 count flutters, 20 American hammers and a merkin ring of fire.

Closed in prayer in advance of Veteran’s Day. thanks to the military for their continued service. Welcome to Mack (Deliverance). He like Johnsonville comes from across the riva. He has a lot of legal counsel experience and is a less than stellar banjo player, hence the name Deliverance.

Fireman Ed

NOTE: In order to watch Blue Moon compete in his marathon, on 11/16 Gridiron will NOT be held at Short Pump Park. We the mature folks of Gridiron are looking at a location at Libbie Mill or somewhere near the race course. Be on the lookout for more details over the next few days.

Nine PAX posted in cool temperatures and on the last Daylight Saving Time morning of 2019 for GridIron. Spread out in the parking lot, pick a parking lot row (short line), and complete 1 Burpee and 5 SSHs. Jog to the end of the short line and do the same. Complete six rounds. Assemble in a circle for Invisible Jump Ropes, Hillbillies, Don Quixotes, Suzanne Somers(es), Off Tempo APDs, and some Arm Circles.

Line up and march west in Mobile Imperial Walker mode. Last guy runs to the front of the line Indian Run-style. Continue out to Pouncey Tract Road and take a right on the walking track – stop at the edge of Striker Park.

When last we visited Striker Park, the parking lot had a sand and gravel surface with spaces marked by horizontal wooden posts. Successful fundraising and solid contractor selection has transformed this lot into a smooth, well-marked surface with markings helpful to an F3 effort. We split into three groups of three and each group starting at the southern edge of parking columns with one group starting with 3 Merkins in each parking space, a second group completing 3 Squats in each space, and the third group completing 3 Rosalitas. Rotate into a different column and complete a different exercise coming back. Continue until all groups have completed the first three exercises.

Staying in our groups, move to the three remaining parking columns for different exercises – alternating, this time, 2 reps per space of, in different columns, Carolina Dry Docks, Two-Count Side Lunges, and Two-Count Flutter Kicks. With just a few minutes to spare, we jumped the ditch and headed around the Pickleball Courts to a picnic pavilion for one set of 25 Bench Kicks. Up and mosey back to the start. COT and YHC took us out. Coffeeteria at Einstein’s afterwards, as per usual.

Blue Moon is tackling the full Marathon in a couple of weeks. May shift GridIron closer to town so GridIroners can sweat and then take positions as spectators. Details later on workout shift.

Nine noble warriors convened at the Gridiron to start their Saturday with a solid beatdown.  YHC attempted not to disappoint with some familiar favorites.  Here is how it went down:

• COP
  • 35 SSH
  • 15 Russian soldiers
  • 15 DQ
  • 15 helicopters
  • 20 merkins
  • 10 2x Suzanne Somers, each leg
  • 40 LBC
• Burpee march – 15 burpees down the parking lot, with 25 WWII sit-ups, 25 2x flutter kicks and 25 APD; rinse and repeat for a total of 75 burpees and 125 WWII sit-ups, 2x flutter kicks and APDs
• Mosey to the pickle ball courts
  • 5 shuttle runs
  • 7 reps of 3-man jerkins, rinse and repeat 3x
  • 5 shuttle runs
  • Partner wheelbarrows with 10 derkins at end, rinse and repeat 3x for each man
• Mosey to the parking lot for some Mary – 20 2x American hammers and 20 FM
• COT with YHC taking us out

Welcome home McFly!  Awesome to have you at Gridiron, and grateful for your service to our country.

During our time on the pickle ball courts, the PAX was monitored by an employee of Henrico parks.  After a set of shuttle runs, he introduced himself and offered to get us whatever equipment we might want for the AO.  JACKPOT!   If all works out, the PAX will have its pull-up bars and a jerkin gym.  Gridiron is already a top-notch AO, and it is only going to get better. 

Great to lead this PAX this morning.  God is good all of the time!

Attila

Today was the return of the prodigal son.  With the help of Chum Bucket’s headlocking efforts, Nightcrawler made his triumphant return to Gridiron as he avoided the temptation of merlot, firearms and fishing lures for the first time in months.  There was no need to find a fattened calf as Nightcrawler himself served in this symbolic role.  Once all of this joyful greetings concluded, a beatdown commenced.  Here is how it went down:

• COP
  • 30 SSH
  • 15 IW
  • 15 DQ
  • 15 helicopters
  • 20 HRM
  • 40 2x LBC
  • 10 Suzanne Somers –each leg
  • 40 APD
• Mosey to the football field for a bearimeter stopping every 50 yards (6 total times) to do 10 burpees, 20 WWII sit-ups and 30 flutter kicks
• Mosey to the bleachers for a Lindsay with dips and bench kicks
• Triple check with 100 yard dash, wall sits and scorpion squats
• Intervals around the football field
• COT with YHC taking us out

Solid work from the PAX today.  Great to have FNG Scrapbook with us today.  Quick warning, never use sarcasm to introduce yourself, providing fake and somewhat feminine hobbies in your biography.  That will come back to haunt you when given a handle.  YHC should also point out that Tater headlocked our newest member of the PAX, but failed to show up for his virgin post.  Am I missing something?  Is this how it is supposed to work? Hoping there was a good reason for his absence, like a wicked case of the dueling dragons that sidelined that mighty redwood this morning.

For the record, that bearimeter required a massive embracing of the suck.  It was all YHC envisioned and more.  Grateful the PAX did not have an all-out mutiny.  No merlot was returned to the Gridiron AO as a result that that exercise. Grateful to lead this fine group of men this morning after so many pre-empted Saturdays for little league ball. 

God is good all of the time!

Attila

This falls under the category of “better late than never.” Nine of the faithful posted last Saturday at GridIron.

Light warmup with the usual stuff. Grab coupons. Mosey to field and do 2 laps around 1/2 perimeter. At corners do 1 coupon burpee, then 2, 3, 4 .. 8. Ark loader along length of field with coupons. Death crawl/lunge; then Death crab/lunge. Jack webb with coupons to 10. Native American run to front of shool. Exit Attila for little league, leaving 8, a perfect number for a quad check with coupon wall sits, sit and presses, lawn mower, and run bus loop. I am sure I forgot some shi**. It was all done on the fly. Feel free to add exercises by comments below.

Moleskin: We would love to claim Opus as a GridIron regular, but he admitted that he just came because he slept late. Either way, he is a welcome addition. All others came up through the GridIron academy system. Earthworm is regaining form after long medical leave. White Deer exhibited extreme gas (nothing new there). Tater led most exercises that involved mobility. We need to pair him with Rosie so those two can (almost) kill one another. Pinto seems to be getting faster each week. Attilla is a rock solid leader across the board, but had to do a legit LIFO due to little league. Byproduct may have gotten (re)married in Amsterdam. My coupon workout helped Blue Moon with his MTT 20 miler on Sunday.

Ten of the faithful posted on a lovely late-summer morning at GridIron. Johnsonville (YHC) took the Q, and this is what went down, more or less:

COP warmup — Don Quiotes, Imperial Walkers, 50x arm circles (front) + 10 big, merkins, LBCs, 50x arm circles (back) + 10 big.

Mosey over to the grassy knoll past the dozen or so pickleball courts that Henrico county is building on the site that formerly housed the sand volleyball courts.

10 minutes of burpees — no explanation need.

Mosey to original pickleball courts. 10 rounds of suicides divided by various plank and wall-sit exercises. After round 6, we took a break by moseying to the nearby pavilion and doing 10 rounds of ciabatta merkins. We rotated through 2 stations of abyss merkins. After round 8 we took a break with an ark loader across the courts (bear crawls, bunny hops, backward runs, back bunny hops).

Mosey back to the pavilion for 4 rounds of ciabatta dips.

COT with Earthworm taking us out. Coffeeteria (although many, YHC included, had to skip due to family obligations).

Lots of running at this one, which is not typical for GridIron. Way to step up! Jville