Tag: GridIron

Cold weather could not stop 13 men of steel from traversing the Gridiron terrain.  Here is how it went down:

• COP
  • 25 SSH
  • 11 IW
  • 12 cherry pickers
  • 13 helicopters
  • 14 2x merkins
  • 15 Suzanne Somers, each leg
  • 30 2x LBC
  • 10 pickle pounders
• Mosey to the grassy knoll for 10 minutes of burpees
• 40 APDs
• Mosey to the pickleball courts:
  • Jack Webb (up to 10 merkins and 40 arm lifts)
  • 5 suicides
  • Captain Thor (up to 10 WWII sit-ups and 40 American hammers)
• Mosey to the football field for a 21 (variation of 11s) – start with 15 bench kicks, run across the field to do 6 hand-release merkins and run back across; repeat with increasing/decreasing reps until 6 bench kicks and 15 hand-release merkins
• COT with YHC taking us out?

So what do Cecil, Jack Webb, Earthworm and Captain Thor have in common?  They all made a surprise appearance at Gridiron today.  It was great to have Earthworm back after an extended hiatus for surgery.  Thankfully he adhered to the disclaimer of finding alternative exercises when needed, but as always, Earthworm took advantage of the 2^nd F, fellowship.  Real blessing for YHC and the PAX to see have that today.

T-claps to Rosie for suggesting the Jack Webb/Captain Thor combo platter in a recent BB.  Add the suicides in the middle, and it is a nasty fastball from the Q.

Continued strong efforts from Adderall, Quest, Johnsonville and Chum Bucket.  Quest joined us a few months back looking for some men to sweat with, and he continues to get stronger and stronger.  T-claps for Quest for his consistency.  As always good to see Byproduct, P-Trap and Night Crawler back in the fold.  Thankful that Night Crawler, decked out in his Elmer Fudd hat, did not start firing when Johnsonville starting calling any and all local ducks with his sphincter on the pickle ball court.

One Gridiron member was missing.  No White Deer sighting today.  Something about a fart sack swallowing his manhood.  You missed a good one.  Unfortunate for you.

Good turnout from a strong PAX.  It was an honor to be with these men today.  Awesome start to the day.  God is good all of the time!

Attila

Nine of F3’s finest posted to GridIron (aka the Boneyard) on a warmish, wet, mucky morning in January.  YHC (Johnsonville) took the Q, and this is what went down, more or less:

Warmup with 25x ssh, 15x imperial walkers, 15x hillbillies, 20x slow squats, 25x Alabama prom dates, 25x LBCs.

Mosey back to the pillars.  25x pole smokers.

Mosey down to the cricket field and through the mud.  Drop to knees for Jack Webbs (ascending ladder starting at 1 merkin, on knees 1×4 arm raisers, 2 merkins, on knees 2×4 arm raises, 3 merkins, on knees 3×4 arm raises, etc. to 10).

Mosey through the muck to the tennis courts.  Suicide-ish routine that went like this:

•  run to 2nd court, 8 merkins, return to end for 2 WWII situps.
•  run to 3nd court, 6 burpees, return to end for 4 WWII situps.
•  run to 4th court, 4 _____________(?), return to end for 6 WWII situps.
•  run to other end for 2 crunchy frogs, 8 WWII situps.

Ark loader along tennis courts with zombie walk, bunny hop, bear crawl, crab walk, karaoke, etc.  YHC had to take an emergency bathroom run and Chum Bucket was kind enough to take over for a bit.  I am not sure what he did, but I know burpees were in there.

The PAX mosey’d to the front of school, and YHC met them there 25lbs lighter.  YHC called a Dora with 100 merkins while partner ran loop, then 200 back lunges while partner ran loop.  I was planning a 300 in accordance with F3 convention, but time ran out.

Mosey back to VSF.  COT.  Attilla took us out.  Coffeeteria.

Moleskin — Now that the odometer has flipped on several of us, GridIron has more >50 than in their 40s.  We are the Boneyard of RVA.  The Jack Webbs are much harder than they look, and super painful.  I think we could push them above 10, but it will not be pretty.  This day was muddy to an extreme.  I always try to respect and preserve the fields when they are wet.  Heading onto the Cricket field for Jack Webbs was a big mistake as they were a soup of muck.  After the gloom, White Deer demanded that I take his shoes home and was them.  It is great to have Night Crawler back (Kotter).  Chum and I have committed to run the Northface 50k in April.  We have a long way to go, and we hope others will join the CSAUP.

Sincerely, Jville

 

 

Nine of the faithful posted on a wet, but relatively warm late-December morning at the GridIron. Johnsonville (YHC) took the Q, and this is what went down, more or less:

50x SSH
20x Arm Circles
12x Merkins
20x Adderal’s Prom Dates
50x Imperial Walkers -> Hillbillies

Mosey back to pickleball courts for a DECK OF DEATH. The following were the deck assignments:

Aces — 21 burpees
Kings — 21 Partner Leg Tosses
Queens/Jacks — Suicides
Twos through Tens:
Hearts — Merkins x2 face value
Diamonds — Mt. Climbers x2 face value
Spades — Squats x2 face value
Clubs — LBCs x2 face value

Burpees and Suicides were normally followed by a round of planks, wall sits, or Al Gores.

COT with YHC taking us out. Coffeeteria.

Moleskin —

Now that Chum Bucket and YHC have crossed into our 50s, GridIron undeniably the “boneyard” of F3RVA (“I can Kick; I can Stretch”). Vanilla Ice and Cheetah, however, being teenagers, are helping to push our average age down into the mid-forties. Thanks guys!

Vanilla Ice tore up the pickleball court suicides. Cheetah and Touchma gave chase to Vanilla Ice several times, but when they got within 10 yards of Vanilla Ice, Vanilla Ice shifted into another gear (without even breathing heavy) and dusted them.

Attila complimented YHC’s choice of 21 burpees, stating that “I pulled that number out of my *ss.”

The workout ran over about 5 min with the consent of all. Sorry about that …. The last 2 Aces happened to be within the last 4 cards. That was good clean fun …

I believe we had 100% participation at the Coffeeteria.

Happy New Year. Jville

13 strong posted and attacked a Gridiron first (a Kubota Gridiron Q).  After cars slowly rolled in and pleasantries exchanged, the PAX accomplish the following:

Mosey to corner of parking lot for:

COP#1

Helicopters x 15

Don Quixote x 10

SSH x 20

WWII Sit-ups x 15

Flutter Kicks w/ arms straight back x 12

Merkins x 10

mosey back to YHC’s truck and drop tailgate, acquire coupons and mosey back over to corner of parking lot for:

COP#2

Repeat COP#1 but with coupons in hand

Mosey over past the volleyball courts and on top of the hill for:

11’s:

On one side of hill complete 1 crunchy frog and then run over to other side of hill and complete 10 hand release merkins.  Back and forth until 10 crunchy frogs and 1 HR merkin.  All accomplished with coupons in hand.

Al Gore for the 6

Mosey over to the main entrance and complete a round of:

Lindsay’s (40’s):

30 Squats/10 LBC’s, 25/15, 20/20, 15/25, 10/30 with coupons in hand and short hallelujah runs in between each round making our way back to YHC’s truck.  After some more Al Gores, drop coupons back into YHC’s truck.

Mosey over the wet field with the “Field Closed” sign and head over to the field in front of the school which should have had a “Field Closed” sign on it for:

Doracides:

Partner up and as a team complete 100 Carolina Dry Docks, 200 LBC’s, 300 SSH’s while partners switch and run to first cone and perform 1 Burpee, run back to partner, then run to second cone and perform 2 Burpees, run back to partner, then run to third cone for 3 Burpees and back to switch with partner.

Mosey back over wet field to parking lot for:

Tug-O-War:

Divide up into 4 teams of three and see who wins it all.  After a couple semi-final matches and a final match, the team of Johnsonville, Quest and Offshore won.

Partner up for:

2×20 Partner Leg Tosses each partner

2×20 Plerkins each partner

Back to the flag for:

COT, Numberama, Namearama, Announcements and YHC took us out!

Announcements:

A couple of PAX members are getting their Respect next week(Chum Bucket and J’ville)  Happy early birthdays, fellas!

NMS:

YHC signed up for this Q about a month ago to change up his Saturday morning routine a little and to get to know some of the PAX members a little better.  After posting at Circus Maximus on Thursday and Q’ing this morning, YHC has definitely met some new members and gotten to know others better.

The fields and any part of the ground that was not paved were absolutely soaking wet.  YHC didn’t want to just stay on pavement, so to the driest field we could find, we went.  Wasn’t dry at all.  Little bit of slipping and sliding!  Burpees were fun on that field, weren’t they?

YHC hadn’t brought coupons out in a while, so why not bring them to Gridiron.  Everyone did well with them.  YHC only had one, because he miscounted, so White Deer tried to even things up when he found and gave YHC a full size cinder block.  YHC couldn’t make it work, so one coupon it was.

Tug-O-War was fun, though we had to do it on pavement.  It would have been ugly doing that on the field.  Congrats to the Johnsonville, Offshore, Quest team!

Welcome to FNG-Vanilla Ice.  The 2.0 of Touchma, Vanilla Ice loves rap music, soccer and school.  He also likes working out next to his friend, Cheetah.

Way to work this morning, gentlemen and thanks for letting me come out and lead you this fine morning.  Have a great Christmas and remember to try to enjoy every minute of it, even the hectic and stressful parts (right J’ville?)

Kubota

keep posting!

At 06:59 it was not looking promising.  There was a Q, and he was about to embark on a solo mission.  Thankfully three more PAX members shook off the fartsack and kicked their inner sad clown in the groin, which is more than White Deer can say this morning.  Here is how it went down:

• COP
  • 50 SSH
  • 15 Hillbillies
  • 15 DQ
  • Arm circles – 10 small/5 big, both ways
  • 15 Helicopters
  • Moving plank around the parking island
  • Parking lot tracers
• Mosey to Pavillion
  • Series of 15 abyss merkins with partner doing squats
  • Rinse and repeat 5x
  • 30 2x LBC
• Mosey to a different Pavillion
  • 25 dips
  • 25 one leg step-ups (right leg)
  • 25 dips
  • 25 one leg step-ups (left leg)
  • 30 2x LBC
• Mosey to the Pavilions and perform the following 2x
  • 1 minute pole sit
  • 25 pole smokers
  • 25 hand release merkins
  • 25 WWII sit-ups
  • 1 minute elbow plank
  • 25 2x flutter kicks
  • Bear crawl 10 poles
• Mosey around the school to the front for triple check
  • Run bus loop
  • Reverse crunches
  • Storm squats
• Mosey back to parking lot for COT with YHC taking us out

Grateful for the PAX that joined YHC today.  Flying solo would have sucked.  Solid work all around, with prayers being made for Johnsonville’s family after his mother had a stroke this week.  Great time after the workout at Einstein’s.  Lesson learned – teenage boys can do some stupid things.  Keep your head on a swivel.

God is good all of the time!

Attila

A PAX of nine posted at for the first GridIron of December 2018.  After brief greetings we hit the football field for our soft entry COP.  We opened with alternating SSHs and Mountain Climbers – starting with 20 of the former and 19 of the latter and reducing the reps by one until we reached zero.  Followed with some of the usual – DQs, Hillbillies, Helicopters, Arm Circles, and so forth.

Group moderate mosey to the Strikers gravel parking lot.  Break into three groups of 3.  First group completes Derkins on wooden parking bollards nearest Pouncey Tract Road.  Second group completes Incline Merkins in middle aisle.  Third group completes standard Merkins at the far parking aisle.  Began with three reps at each space and adjusted to two mid-way through first aisle.  Gather for LBCs in the grass at the far end of the parking lot after first pass and for Squats near the woods at the near end after the second pass.

In honor of Adderall’s 52nd birthday, we took turns running 52 paces and hitting the ground for 52 LBCs on a mosey back to the Pouncey Tract Park car lot.  Finished with Tabata – 5 Burpees within 20 seconds for one segment of our group and 10 Donkey Kicks against the bathroom block wall for the other segment.  Rotate and repeat until 5 rounds completed of each.  Quick stretch and COT.

Third F, as usual, at Einstein Bros. Bagels.

No sad clown syndrome for 7 noble warriors.  The cold weather would not deter the PAX from attacking the morning with an enthusiasm unbeknownst to the rest of mankind.  Here is how it went down:

• Parking lot tracers
• COP
  • 25 SSH
  • 20 IW
  • 15 DQ
  • 20 helicopters
  • 10 Suzanne Somers, each leg
  • 20 hand-release merkins
  • 30 2x LBC
• Mosey to the jerkin gym for jerkin ladder for 10 on down
• Mosey to the football field for a modified beast – 12 exercises at the 25, 50 and 25 yard lines then run goal line to goal line with exercises being cumulative
  • Merkins – 216 total
  • WWII sit-ups – 180 total
  • Flutter kicks 2x – 144 total
  • Crab cakes 2x – 108 total
  • Alternating lunges 2x – 72 total
  • Monkey humpers – 36 total
• Triple check
  • Run
  • Bench kicks
  • Storm squats
• COT with YHC taking us out

Welcome back Offshore!  Good to get you back in the fold.  As usual, strong work from Johnsonville after a week of strenuous workouts that were solely focused on testing his liver function.  No burpee inducing upchucking in his return to the Gridiron.  Adderall continues push the PAX and his own personal limits.  Quest continues to be steady and consistent.

For the record, White Deer did not do crab cakes during the cumulative beast.  They were some variation of a dead cockroach.

YHC had some unfortunate advice for the PAX.  All PAX should be careful not to lick the jerkin pole in this cold weather.    Just let that settle in.

As for the 3^rd F at Einstein’s, the PAX was grateful to see our brother Earthworm return for some great fellowship.  His body might be recovering, but his mind remains highly conservative and highly opinionated.  Never a dull moment with our brother.  Good to see you Earthworm!  Do not be a stranger.

God is good all of the time!

Attila

Six strong posted to Gridiron.  Bogey, from NC, was waiting to receive his first RVA beatdown.  We did:

COP:  SSH, Hillbillies, Merkins, Don Qs, Scorpion Kicsk, Flutterkicks.  Stay on main field for some Benchwork:  4 Rounds increasing by 5 starting at 5:  Derkins & Box Jumps – run width of field between exercises.  Down to SPMS for:

Triple Check:  Donkey Kicks, Reverse Crunches, & run loop.  Head back to Jerkin bars:  Descending Jerkins: 10 down to 1.  Then 3 Sets of PLTs, 10 Burpees for Chum, head to shelter- 2 Rounds of 30 Dips & 10 Step ups.  Back to main field:  Sprints to the 50, 75, and 100.  Finish with Bear Crawl to mid-field then back to flag for 2 min of Mary.  Atilla took us out.

NMS –  What better way to ensure you post after Thanksgiving than to sign up to Q.  YHC arrived to see Bogey streching out and met Quest.  Good to see Atilla back home from his trip to AL this week.  Jville lamented the Donkey Kicks during the triple check after doing a ton on Thanksgiving at CM.

The RVA PAX were happy to introduce Bogey to Jerkins.  He immediately groaned once we started and swore he will import the Jerkins back to Chapel Hill.  Thanks to Handshake’s VQ earlier this week for the idea of the 10 down to 1.  Bogey’s in-laws live in RVA so hope to see him back in the VA gloom in the future.  Atilla was quiet today, likely still stewing in the Hoos loss last night to VT, I hope you got you dead car figured out.  Sounds like Earthworm is recovering well from surgery.

Coffee after was great to get to know Quest, who was not EH’ed but heard about F3 on a podcast. Happy to see you becoming a regular at Gridiron.

YHC had a long drought Qing Gridiron, so it was time to go back-to-back.  With several familiar faces in tow, here is how it went down:

• COP
  • 25 SSH
  • 15 IW
  • 15 DQ
  • 15 helicopters
  • 10 Suzanne Somers (each leg)
  • 10 2x merkins
  • 25 LBC
• Burpee march
  • 15 burpees down the parking lot, 25 WWII sit-ups and 25 flutter kicks – rinse and repeat 4x
• Jerkin ladder – 8 on down
• Mosey to pickle ball courts
  • Partner wheelbarrow 2 courts, 25 PLTs, switch for way back
  • Series of bear crawls over 2 courts with 25 exercise to follow and run back
    • Crab cakes
    • Hand release merkins
    • Reverse crunches
    • American hammers
  • Mosey to football field for a Lindsay with dips and bench kicks
  • Mosey to the track for a series of 100 yard dashes
  • Mosey back to shovel flag for COP with YHC taking us out

Great to have some familiar faces back in tow with Cecil, Nightcrawler and Quest.  Nightcrawler had some members of the PAX jealous with his lush and lively fro to start the morning.  YHC college roommate Johnny Utah (visiting from VA Beach) joined the PAX.  As always, solid work from the PAX.  Good core work and plenty of movement.  What White Deer lacked in foot speed was compensated for in mumblechatter.   As always, solid work from Johnsonville.

For those praying, Earthworm is home from the hospital and recovering from surgery.  Grateful he is doing well after such a long road to get to surgery.

As always, great fellowship at the Einstein’s for some 3^rd F.  Happy Thanksgiving men!  I am thankful for you.

God is good all of the time!

Attila

It was a beautiful fall morning without fall sports for YHC.  Grateful to climb back in the saddle and Q Gridiron.  Here is how it went down:

• COP
  • Parking lot tracers
  • 25 SSH
  • 15 IW
  • 10 Cherry Pickers
  • 15 helicopters
  • 10 2x merkins
  • 10 2x scissor lifts (each leg)
  • 25 2x LBC

• Mosey to the playground for 4 8x jerkins
• Mosey to the bus loops to perform the following 4x:
  • 1 minute pole sit
  • 25 pole smokers
  • 25 reverse crunches
  • 1 minute elbow plank
  • 25 APD
  • Bear crawl 6 pillars
• Bear crawl 20 yards
• Mosey to the tennis courts for 4 corners (10, 15, 20, 25 reps at each corner)
  • Hand release merkins
  • Flutter kicks
  • Copperhead squats
  • WWII sit-ups
• Mosey back around the school to the parking lot
• COT with YHC taking us out

Good to see some old faces today as Nightcrawler reappeared at Gridiron.  Long time, no see brother!  P-trap continues to put in good work.  Really good to see him joining the Saturday PAX.  As always, solid work from Chum Bucket and Byproduct.  Adderall is just a beast. I am trying to shake the image of him doing APD and substituting pickle pounders for elbow planks.

Prayers for a quick recovery for J-ville with recent back injury.  Continued prayers for Earthworm and a speedy recovery and return.  Great time at Einstein’s for the 3^rd F.

God is good all the time!

Attila