Tag: GridIron

Six mighty and mentally sound warriors opted to skip the CSAUP and embrace the Gridiron pain, and here is how it went down.

• COP
  • 25 SSH
  • 25 IW
  • 15 DQ
  • 10 2x merkins
  • 20 FM
  • 20 2x Flutter Kicks
  • 10 8-count BB
  • 25 helicopters
• Mosey to the picnic tables for series of dips and step-ups
  • 20 dips
  • 20 right leg step-ups
  • 20 dips
  • 20 left leg step-ups
  • 20 dips
• 10 burpees
• Mosey to the bleachers
  • 20 bench kicks
  • 20 decline merkins
  • 20 bench kicks
  • 20 decline merkins
  • 20 bench kicks
• 10 burpees
• Mosey to the softball fields for a modified arch loader where do an exercise from RF to CF, run to LF, perform 20 WWII sit-ups, then run to RF line
  • Bear crawls
  • Crab walks
  • Bunny hops
  • High skips
  • Crawl bears
  • Karaoke
  • Lung Walk
  • Bear crawl
• 10 burpees
• Mosey to the front of the school for triple check with LBC, APD and run
• COT with YHC taking us out

The weather was perfect this morning.  After weeks of suffering in the cold, conditions were ideal.  Solid day of work by the PAX.  Good to have Cecil and Earthworm back in the fold.  Solid work from Chum Bucket and ByProduct on ground and pound workout.    White Deer plowed through the bear crawls as if it were a more natural way for him to travel.

God speed to all those recovering from the CUSAP this weekend.

God is good all the time!

Attila

Five of the faithful, including EFHutton, a late-arriving double-dipper from DogPile, posted at GridIron for a rainy, chilly, and blustery morning. YHC (Johnsonville) took Q, and this is how it went down more or less:

Warmup with 50x SSH in cadence. The wind was gusting hard and blowing bayag-fayet rain sideways.

Mosey over to school and around to the pillars. To echo last weeks Hampton/Newport News launch, we repeated the BLIMPS.
50 seconds on, 10 seconds off AMRAP — Burpees, Lunges, Imperial Walkers, Merkins, Plank Jacks, and WWII Situps.

Mosey to center of pillars.
45 seconds on, 15 seconds off AMRAP — Burpees, Lunges, Imperial Walkers, Merkins, Plank Jacks, and WWII Situps.

Mosey to far side of of pillars.
40 seconds on, 20 seconds off AMRAP — Burpees, Lunges, Imperial Walkers, Merkins, Plank Jacks, and WWII Situps.

EFHutton arrived.

Line up along block wall at rear of school.
Chiabatta donkey kicks / wall planks.

Short mosey to picnic table.
Chiabatta dips.

Mosey back to fenced in set of four tennis courts.
Bearimiter stopping at each of the 4 corners for an exercise in cadence.

Mosey clockwise around AO pausing at school’s front entrance for American hammers, Alabama prom dates, and box cutters.
Mosey back to VSF. Plank sequence.

COT with Earthworm taking us out.

Moleskin —

Cecil was under the weather and could not attend. NightCrawler was in Hilton Head and could not attend. WhiteDeer group texted the GridIron regulars to taunt Cecil and NightCrawler for not attending, and then opted to sleep in on account of the rain.

In sharp contract, EFHutton completed the old-school Corporate Challenge by posting at a workout every day of the week starting Sunday and finishing with a GridIron double-dip. Red Pill.

Despite the rain and early gusts of wind, it turned out to be a good morning for a workout. The full pax, excluding EF Hutton, enjoyed coffeeteria afterwards.

Thanks for the opportunity to lead. Respectfully, Jville

Seven posted for the next to last Gridiron of March, including six regulars and special guest Lip Sync visiting from Wake County, NC.  Warmed up with Invisible Jumpropes, DQs, IWs, Arm Circles, Russian Soldiers, and a couple few Burpees.

Moseyed through Pouncey Tract Park to a point near the volleyball courts and completed another round of Burpees.  Entered the woods via the trail and alternated Walking Russian Soldiers and Walking Imperial Walkers, switching at each creek crossing.  Exited the woods and made a slow mosey around the baseball fields to the path intersection at the side of the tennis courts.  Starting there, moseyed following the path headed east around the tennis courts and through the trees to to the trailside manhole cover for 50 x Merkins.  Head back trail to the intersection and then north on the other trail to the edge of the woods for 50 x Freddy Mercuries. Return on the trail to the intersection for 50 x Squats.  Complete 4 more rounds of this same circuit with 50 reps of different chest, ab, and leg exercises, including Wide Grip Merkins, Close Grip Merkins, Carolina (Wake County) Dry Docks, Scorpion Merkins (alternating legs), Hello Dollys, Box Cutters, Flutter Kicks, and LBCs (150 of these), Side Lunges, Back Lunges, Captain Morgan Squats, and 50 count Air Sit.

Jog back to the parking lot via the wooded trail.  COT and Attila took us out.

Nice work fellas.  Apologies for the late backblast.

Three strong redwoods were not injured, out of town for Easter or cuddled up in a clown car to/from Hampton.  They were rewarded with a tour de Gridiron, and here is how it went down.

• COP
  • 25 SSH
  • 25 IW
  • 15 DQ
  • 10 2x merkins
  • 25 FM
  • 15 Pickle Pounders
  • Arm circles – 10 big/5 small, forward and backward
• Mosey to the playground for a jerkin ladder (countdown starts at 8)
• Mosey to the grassy knoll
  • 15 burpees
  • 25 APD
• Mosey to the pickle ball courts
  • Lunge walk across then karaoke back – rinse and repeat
• Mosey to the middle school track & field
  • 25 dips/25 bench kicks on the bleachers
  • 800 m sprint around the track
  • 5 Bernies on the incline
• Mosey around the school to the pillars
  • 25 pole smokers
  • 25 WWII sit-ups
  • 25 pole smokers
• Mosey around the backside of the school, ending at the softball fields
  • Modified arch loader
    • Bear crawl
    • Crab walk
    • Bunny hop
• Mosey to the front of the school for triple check
  • Run the loop
  • LBC
  • Wall sit
• Mosey back to the parking lot
• COT with YHC taking us out

Today was a sampler of this expansive AO and all it has to offer.  Low reps, lots of cardio.  Here is the thing, there was so much more we could have done.  We did not touch the tennis courts, trails or football fields.  All in all, today’s low rep/high variety tapas workout were enjoyable as the PAX gave a strong effort.  Great to have Pigskin in from Charlotte.

Hope the Hampton launch went well with an assist from the Gridiron clown car.

Happy Easter men!  God is good all the time, especially when we are able to reflect on his sacrifice for us!

Attila

Seven faithful and noble warriors reunited to push one another through the Gridiron AO.  Here is how it went down.

• COP
  • 40 SSH
  • 25 IW
  • 10 burpees
  • 20 Freddie Mercuries
  • 10 2x merkins
  • 15 pickle pounders
  • 20 helicopters
• Mosey to the bleachers for a Lindsay with dips and bench kicks
• Mosey to the lower field for 4 corners – escalating exercises at each corner (10, 15, 20 & 25 reps)
  • LBC
  • Deep squats
  • Merkins
  • WWII sit-ups
  • Carolina dry docks
  • Flutter kicks
  • Monkey humpers
• Bear crawl the length of the field and partner-up to do 20 PLT
• Mosey to the front of the school for triple check
  • Run
  • APD
  • Alternating lunges
• Mosey to the football field – 15 decline merkins
• COT with YHC taking us out

Welcome back Earthworm, Cecil, Nightcrawler, and Chum Bucket.  Solid work by the PAX today.  Good pace, and hopefully we will reap the benefits later.  As always, the fellowship of this PAX is a blessing to YHC.  Enjoy your weekend men.  Always a privilege to lead this PAX.

God is good all the time!

Attila

Four (4) redwoods posted on a blustery, cold morning at GridIron. YHC took the Q. Here is what went down, more or less:

Warmup with ssh, don quiotes, imperial walkers, hillbillies, merkins, and 2 or 3 other things that I forgot.

Mosey to 1/4 mi. track. Take Brisk lap around track.

Line up on track at 50 yerd line. Pair up, with White Deer and YHC as one pair and Attila and Byproduct the other. Bear crawl around track counter clockwise while partner lunges. Flip flow when bear crawler gets fatigued. Stop 1/4 of the way (alongside goal post).

10 Burpees

Bear Crawl / Lunge to opposite 50 yard line. Backward run up hill and do 5 monkey humpers at top. Rinse and repeat 5x.

Bear Crawl / Lunge to other goal post.

10 Burpees.

Bear Crawl / Lunge to start. Take Brisk lap around track.

Mosey onto gridiron field and line up at the end of the endzone for a classic Beast from end of one endzone to the other. Exercises were merkins, squats, LBCs, burpees, flutter kicks, mt climbers.

Mosey back to VSF. American hammers.

COT with YHC taking us out.
Coffeeteria.

Moleskin:

In light of the prior week’s jabber-jawing by one certain member of the PAX (hint — “YOU IN THE RED PANTS”), YHC informed the pax early that each incident of clipboarding would result in 10 burpees and that it was OK with me if we did burpees all morning. That seemed to do the trick …

We were missing many regulars due to travel, health, etc. Hopefully we will return to normal next week. As the weather improves over the coming month, I encourage men to start laying down headlocks. Our far west in AOs are blessed with an abundance of fellowship and fun, but we could function and serve better with more numbers.

Great job men. It was an honor to lead! Jville

Despite the temptation of a donut truck on site ready to bring us down, 5 noble warriors participated in traditional Gridiron beatdown.  Here is how it went down.

• Row of parking lot tracers
• COP
  • 25 SSH
  • 25 IW
  • 25 helicopters
  • 15 crab cakes
  • 10 pickle pounders
• Mosey to the grassy knoll for 10 minutes of burpees
• 40 APD
• Mosey to the SPMS football field for a Dora
  • 100 flutter kicks
  • 200 LBC
  • 300 deep squats
• Bear crawl the length of the field
• Mosey to the playground for an 11 with jerkins and WWII sit-ups
• Mosey back to the parking lot for COT with YHC taking us out

Welcome back Earthworm!  Good to have our brother back with the PAX shaking off some rust.  White Deer and Johnsonville were present in all of their glory.  White Deer’s mouth never stopped moving, while Johnsonville motor never stopped.  He beat down his lower body with burpees and 2x squats, and then pushed his arms with 55 jerkins.  He also did high volume LBCs for the Dora (with ease).  Solid work J-ville.  Actions speak louder than words.  Thank me for the soreness later.  Finally, Byproduct is the textbook example of how to do a jerkin.  Instructional video to come.  It was Mona Lisa meat noble warrior!.

God is good all the time!

Attila

Five or so days ago, five of the strongest posted at GridIron. Johnsonville (YHC) took the Q, and led the PAX through an assortment of warmup exercises, including 30ish SSHx alternating tempo from very slow to very fast, hillbillies, Don Quiotes, and merkins.

We then moseyed to the playground area for a Deck of Death where spades were burpees, clubs were 2 count swats, diamonds were merkins (single count OYO), and hearts were jerkins. There was nothing easy in this deck.

Mosey back to VSF. Plank walks around curbed landscaping. Reverse. 3 minutes of Mary

COT. Atilla took out. Coffeeterian sans Atilla.

Great work, men. Sorry for the late posting, but better than never.

Best, Jville

Four regulars posted for Saturday’s GridIron workout.  Johnsonville had the Q, but also had the flu, so he gave up the former because of the latter.  We went at it like so, starting with SSHs, Johnsonville Hillbillies, DQs, Russian Soldiers, LBCs, and Arm Circles.

We remained in the parking lot for a short field Beast.  Starting at one curb, we hit each of three parking lot center lines for exercises on the way across the parking lot and back, completing three reps of each exercise at each stripe but continuing for 12 rounds.  The exercises were Pickle Pounders, Mountain Climbers, Slow Squats, Carolina Dry Docks, Flutter Kicks, and Burpees.  We reversed the order for rounds 7 through 12.

We moved off of the parking lot to a set of bleachers facing a downhill into the woods – a great set up for Dip ladder.  Started with 21 Dips and ran down the hill and backpedaled back up for 20 Dips – and so on until 1 Dip completed.

YHC set a couple of kettlebells on the sidewalk prior to the workout and we completed a quick ring of fire passing the weights around our circle before finishing with a little stretching.  COP and Attila took us out.

Nice work guys.  Even a short field Beast can eat a workout.

It was a nippy morning where 5 faithful and strong brothers in arms came together.  Here is how it went down.

• COP
  • 25 SSH
  • 20 DQ
  • 20 IW
  • 10 2x merkins
  • 20 2x LBC
  • 15 pickle pounders
  • 15 crab cakes
  • 15 monkey humpers
• Burpee march in the parking lot – 5x
  • 15 burpees through 15 parking spaces
  • 20 WWII sit-ups
  • 20 APD
  • 20 2x flutter kicks
• Mosey to the jerkin gym for an 11 with jerkins and Lt. Dans
• Mosey to the new pickle ball courts
  • March around the courts x2
    • Bear crawl length
    • Crab walk width
    • Karaoke length
    • Bunny hop width
  • 5 suicides runs
• Mosey back to the parking lot for ring of fire (10 merkins)
• COT with YHC taking us out
• Fellowship at Einsteins for those that could join

YHC showed up in a ski othewith the cold weather, earning the Darth Vader moniker for this Gridiorn.  Some mumblechatter from the PAX, but strong efforts all around.  Nightcrawler was the first one there today, and he shot out like a rocket on the burpees.  He also took no shortcuts on the jerkins.  Big T-claps for the Nightcrawler.  Living in an apartment with 4 females is definitely giving him some extra juice for the workouts.

As always, Chum Bucket and Cecil were strong.  Lots of hot air coming out of all of White Deer’s orifices.  Just another Gridiron.  Nothing new here. Solid effort in the low temps.

God is good all the time!

Attila