Tag: GridIron

This morning was reminiscent of going to church growing up. You had the faithful never late, the fast walker, the five minute runner and the one who never showed up. Can you remember the excuses for the one who never showed up?   Stayed up to late, went to bed to late, the client wouldn’t go home, it was an unusual Friday night and even tried to blame it on a fellow F3 member… We love you Night Crawler. We even thought about face timing you for the pregame on top of Mount Trashmore.  It just would’t be the same without you. I guess your on deck for the pregame  again this week. You better get your game together… Earthworm  and Cecil are back in town.

COP-

25 -SSH

20- DQ

20- Helicopters

10 – Arm Circles in the typical way

10- Standing Box cutters 10 each leg

10- Merkins (Two Count)

20 – LBC

Some basic stretching  with Boat Canoe  and the bird dog  pose.

No mosey just a stay on  the parking lot tarmac.

Dora #1

Partner up, first partner runs length of the parking lot while second partner does exercises, total as a team

Exercise 1 – 100 Swings with Kettlebell

Exercise 2 – 200 Lawnmowers with Kettlebell switching arms when needed

Exercise 3 – 300  Squats with Kettlebell,  Modified to 200

Mosey over to the Football Field

4 Corners

10 -20-30-40 Merkins

10-20-30-40  WWI/II

10-20-30-40 APD’s

10-20-30-40 Flutter Kicks (Two Count)

Back to the Tarmac

Dora #2

Exercise 1 -100 Snatches with Kettlebell

Exercise 2 – 200 Sit & Presses with Kettlebell

Exercise 3 – 200 Heels to Heaven with Kettlebell as Anchor

Most of the mumble chatter was focused around the precision of WWI or WWII’s  Johnsonville wanted to make it him against the PAX’s  so he was first to critique our form. During the bird dog pose Attila was quick to notice that YHC couldn’t get his bionic left knee of the tarmac. I hope  the PAX  got enough running in this morning, it always a pleasure to work your core and upper torso.

The PAX started the morning with some 3^rd F.  It was a great start to the morning as we continued our pre-game through 2 Peter 1:3-11 and our discussion of personal spiritual growth/development.  After sharpening our hearts and souls, we embarked upon sculpting the temples in which they reside.  Here is how it went down:

• COP
  • 30 SSH
  • 25 IW
  • 25 DQ
  • 20 merkins
  • 20 crab cakes
  • 20 hello dollys
  • Arm circles – 10 big/5 small forward & backward
• Burpee march – 15 burpees down the parking lot followed by 25 flutter kicks, 25 WWII sit-up and 25 APD; repeat 5x for 75 total burpees
• Mosey to the jerkin gym for a ladder of jerkins – 7,6,5,4,3,2,1
• Mosey to the softball field for a love triangle
  • Series of escalating exercises with bear crawls from RF to CF, lunges from CF to LF and backwards run from LF to RF
  • Exercises at each stop
    • 20 LBC
    • 25 LBC, 20 squats
    • 30 LBC, 25 squats, 20 FM
    • 30 squats, 25 FM, 20 Carolina DD
    • 30 FM, 25 Carolina DD
    • 30 Carolina DD
• Mosey to the pillars
  • 25 pole smokers
  • Line of fire with 10 merkins each
  • 25 pole smokers
• Mosey to the parking lot for stretching
• COT with YHC taking us out

White Deer was sans gloves this morning, bemoaning the fact that he feared his soft hands would not make it through the workout unprotected.  Thankfully YHC did not plan a field trip to the gravel parking lots next door at Striker Park and the series of burpees and moseys further silenced any mumble chatter with regards to his delicacy.  Way to man up White Deer!

Welcome to Rounders and welcome back Byproduct.  Rounders was especially strong in his effort.  He attacked the burpees with an undeniable strength.  Good to have some of the DaVille PAX join us in the far West End.  You are always welcome.

Strong showing again from Nightcrawler, and for the record, his LIFO streak ended as he was early for pre-game.  Join us next week as Nightcrawler leads the pregame.  Cannot believe I just wrote that, but so looking forward to it.

Also, remember the Chum Bucket is doing a PM Punisher on Mondays.  If the fartsack sucks you in that morning, make up for it at Holden Elementary on Monday evening (6:45).

Great start to the weekend men.  As always, God is good all the time!  Enjoy the weekend.

Attila

Around 6:45 AM, Cecil led the assembled PAX in a Pre-Game discussion centered on 2 Peter 1:3-11 and representing the first in a series of nine such conversations taking place in the coming weeks.  Thank you to Cecil for taking the lead on this.

The six PAX members assembled for the morning then began the workout portion of the morning which went like so:  20 x SSHs, 15 x Imperial Walkers, 15 x Don Quixotes, 15 x Hillbillies, 15 x Rosalitas, and 15 x Arm Circles – forward and reverse and big and small.  Mosey to the far third of the parking lot for Painting the Stripes (or whatever else we call it) with forward jog along one perpendicular parking lot line and a backpedal along the next line.

Head to the edge of the Park playground for Super 21 – start with 1 Merkin and 1 WWI Sit Up in the first round and increase by one of each within each round until 21 of each are completed.  Rounds were interrupted a couple of times for other exercises:  1) After 5 reps, complete 3 second Jerkin 90 degree hold, 3 second 45 degree hold, then 3 full Jerkins – alternate partners and repeat once more;  2) After 10 reps, compete Jerkin round with 4 second holds and 4 reps, repeated; 3) After 15 reps, completed Squat sequence; 4) After 18 reps, quick mosey to the far end of the parking lot to move Kettlebells out of the way of the assembling youth footballers, then return; and 5) Slight breaks after 19 and 20 with Squat sequence.

Take Kettlebells behind the backstop near the main parking lot for final sequence.  Three PAX members alternate Kettlebell exercises including Upright Rows, Dead Weight Squats, and Curls while the other three members complete LBCs, including regular ones and versions with the left or right leg straightened.  Alternate until all have completed two Kettlebell and LBC rounds.  Head back down the hill to the parking lot for COT and Attila took us out.

Nice work guys.  Let me know if I’ve missed something.  Busy morning with the Tuckahoe Tomahawks hosting the Hopewell Blue Devils.  Another good coffeeteria at Einstein’s.

In case you didn’t hear, The Punisher is making a trial move to Monday evening starting tomorrow – 6:45 PM and not 5:30 AM.  See you then.

Another Saturday where White Deer and Earthworm were MIA, so there was an audible to get a little more cardio work in.  YHC embarked upon the final leg of his triple crown of Q’ing at ole faithful, Gridiron.  YHC was joined by a 6 other local members of the PAX plus one visitor from the great state of NC.  Here is how it went down:

• COP
  • 30 SSH
  • 20 IW
  • 20 DQ
  • 10 merkins
  • 20 Freddie Mercuries
  • 10 windshield wipers
  • 8 8-count body builders
• Mosey to the jerkin gym for a series of jerkins – 7,6,5,4,3,2,1
• Mosey to the track & field
  • 30 yard bear crawls with 25x of the following exercises in between the intervals
    • PLTs
    • LBCs
    • Carolina Dry Docks
    • Monkey Humpers
    • Crab cakes
    • Flutter kicks
  • Mosey to the track for 10 minutes of intervals – 30 second run/30 second mosey
  • 10 burpees
• Mosey to the football field for a Dora
  • 100 dips
  • 200 WWII sit-ups
  • 300 squats
• COT with YHC taking us out

Welcome Duct Tape!  It was great to have you with us.  You fit right in with this PAX and are always welcome back.  It was also good to see some long lost faces, Byproduct, Ragweed and Yale.  Please do not be strangers.

Chum Bucket and Johnsonville crushed that last Dora.  Great job men!  Strong finish.  Marv carried the flag in the middle with the intervals.  Great to have you with us today Marv.

Prayers for Earthworm and his M as they care for their adult 2.0.  He had knee surgery in Texas yesterday, and the long recovery process commences.  Take care brother; we are praying for you.

Great end to the week and start to the weekend.  God is good all the time!

Attila

A sweaty seven started the weekend out at Gridiron as Day 1 of Tuckahoe Takeover went out west to Short Pump.  65 degrees and sunny with no football, we had the AO to ourselves and took advantage:

COP – SSH, Merkins, Don Qs, Flutterkicks, Helicopters, Invisible Jump Ropes (switch to imaginary half-way through) then mosey to far lane for Curb Crawls.  Up to 7. Run to field in front of school, Inchworm half way across field, then head to front of school for 3 sets of: Donkey Kicks & run circle.  Back to field for few minutes of Mary.

Head to covered area down the back: Totem Pole run with PAX holding 6 inches while last man does 3 Heels 2 Heaven.  Head down to basketball court while Cricket players start warming up.  Merkin ladder, 5 merkins at each hook, 5 up to 20.  2 round though.  Then 3 sets of 6 Pull Ups.

Head up to shaded field for Burpee Escalator- 8 Burpees 1 min, keep going up 4 minutes up to 11 Burpees, head back to flag and Atilla took us out.

NMS – YHC started the PAX off on the initial mosey and almost pulled a VIral, as YHC was starting to plan out the next few exercises with the dreaded 7 man PAX number, ran straight into the footfall field rope.  White Deer must not have been awake yet as he had little to say, very unusual for him.

Good to have Nightcrawler show up on time right as we got started and nice to have Alpo make the drive down from Fredericksburg again.  When YHC called for Curb Crawls the PAX looked confused, apparently those do not happen much out at Gridiron.  Jville pushed the pax today, out in front on everything.

Mumblechatter was very appropriate for Tuckahoe, ranging from topics of mortgage bankers to lawyer referrals, even without Earthworms acerbic banter.

Announcements – Good luck to TYA, Hardywood, and Lab Rat tonight.  Convergence next week.

A cooler, late summer morning brought a PAX of 8 for GridIron.  Byproduct arrived first followed by Mr. Holland (new to the GridIron AO), Alpo (recently relocated to Fredericksburg from Kernersville, NC F3), GridIron regulars Attila, White Deer, and Flip Phone, and YHC.  Right, you count 7 names.  More on that later.

We planted a ShovelFlag at the edge of the parking lot, exchanged proper pleasantries, and proceeded with this Thang:  Startup COP with SSHs x 25, 20 x Imperial Walkers, Don Quixotes, and Helicopters, and 15 x Arm Circles (forward and reverse, big and small).

Most other Saturdays, we’ve had Pouncey Tract Park to ourselves and we’ve sometimes used the Bermudagrass football field for our workouts.  This week, the sides of the field were roped off and the field itself included fresh lines prior to the Tuckahoe Tomahawks’ first home game.  YHC planned to use one of the fields.  We moseyed around the fresh field and up the short hill to the Middle School’s football field and started a deconstructed all-Burpee Beast.

Takeru Kobayashi has won Nathan’s hot dog eating contest multiple times and has done so by separating the hot dogs from their buns and eating each separately.  We broke the usual Beast into smaller parts, completing 9 Burpees and running about 40 yards (over 25 yards) and back, and doing so 24 times.  We collected the PAX every couple of rounds by having faster finishers complete other exercises until all were done, including LBCs and APDs.  We also moved from the field to the nearby high jump area for other exercises, including Box Cutters, Squats, and more LBCs and APDs.  We completed the final rounds with a couple of minutes to spare and remained on the field for a couple of stretches.

We moseyed back to the ShovelFlag and, amid gathered youth football players and fans, we found Night Crawler with 2.0s in tow, and preparing to workout.  COT, with all 8 of us, and Attila took us out.  Coffeeteria afterwards at the usual spot, Einstein Bros.

Moleskin:  We’ve talked over the past few months about an all-Burpee Beast.  Sorry to do this without Johnsonville, but J’ville was in NC completing BRR legs with our F3 brothers.  Get better soon Earthworm.  Good to see the guys this morning – the regulars, of course, but also Mr. Holland and Alpo.  Keep coming back fellas.  Good seeing Cecil and M Cecil at coffee – Cecil will be back in action soon.

Announcements:  1) ReeseStrong 5K followed by Circle K Crabfest – next Saturday, 2) GridIron AO Anniversary – next Saturday – hot potato Q, and 3) Broader F3 Richmond Anniversary celebration through Convergence – September 30th.  Second F pregame at GridIron starting in October – details later.

Today was a challenge at Gridiron as this AO’s faithful have been ravaged by injuries (more to come).  For those that are still standing, here is how it went down:

• COP
  • 25 SSH
  • 25 Russian Soldiers
  • 10 merkins
  • 20 Freddy Mercuries
  • 20 Crab Cakes
  • 20 DQ
  • Arm Circles – 10 small/5 big – both forwards and backwards
  • Bear crawl around parking lot island
• Mosey to playground for 24/7’s – 7 jerkins and 24 PLTs x3 (some guys got in an extra set of jerkins while waiting for the group to finish
• Mosey to the football field for a Lindsay with dips and WWII sit-ups
• Mosey to the track for 10 minutes of intervals – 30 seconds hard run followed by 30 second mosey
• Over to SPMS field for a Dora – 100 Carolina Drydocks, 200 Hello Dollys and 300 squats
• Mosey to the picnic pavilion for 25 one-legged step-ups with each leg
• AMRAP on football field – bear crawl ½ width of field, run ½ width, backwards run back full width
• COT with YHC taking us out

We have some significant injuries amongst various Gridiron posters/faithful as noted below:

• Earthworm – eye injury, OUT
• Cecil – back injury, TAKE HEED TO PRE-WORKOUT DISCLAIMER
• Ragweed – back stiffness, TAKE HEED TO PRE-WORKOUT DISCLAIMER
• Nightcrawler – ¾ inch deep cut on foot, OUT
• White Deer – swallowed by fart sack due to lack of testosterone, OUT
• Loose Goose – injured calf/Achilles; TAKE HEED TO PRE-WORKOUT DISCLAIMER
• Johnsonville – no known current injuries, but it is only a matter of time

Stay healthy my friends.  The humidity is gone.  The weather is spectacular.  There is not a better time to post at your favorite AO’s.

Announcements:

• Convergence on September 30th – 6 am and 7 am workouts; bring the numbers

It was a privilege to lead these men this morning.  Nothing better than the fellowship that comes from a good beatdown.

Attila

A half dozen regulars posted for GridIron.  Arranged after Circus Maximus on Thursday, Johnsonville, Earthworm, and YHC agreed on a Hot Potato Q.  The Qing sequence was quickly agreed-upon just before the starting bell with Earthworm opting for the finish, Johnsonville taking the start, and YHC taking the middle slot.  Jville commandeered the Clown Car bringing White Deer, Hoops, and Cletus.  Earthworm and YHC arrived solo.  The air was worm and humidity was very heavy.

Johnsonville led off the starting COP with SSHs, Merkins, Hillbillies, Pickle Pounders, and Don Quixotes.  We completed 23 of the first exercise, 13 of the second, 19.5 of the third, and YHC lost his ability to count thereafter.  Jville led our mosey over to the sideline of the nearby fine turf football field and we completed a Bear Crawl across, a Crab Walk back, Karaoke facing west and headed back across the field, and, facing the same way, Karaoke back.  Hit the endline and turn around to complete a Back Pedal for the entire length of the field, complete 10 Burpees, and Back Pedal all the way back.  One more pass down the length of the field via Plank Walk facing north for about 10 yards, turn the other way and plank walk, Bunny Hop, Duck Walk, and Polar Bear, stopping at the far end zone.  From under the goal posts, run downhill to the bleachers at the lower field and Back Pedal back up the hill, completing 5 rotations.  Q tag with YHC.

Completed 100 LBCs OYO in the end zone.  Up and mosey to the school parking lot.  Complete 6 exercises in sequence:  Wide Grip Merkins, Squats, Flutter Kicks (2 count), Carolina Dry Docks, Forward Lunges (1 count), and Box Cutters.  First round – complete 30 of the first exercise followed by 15 of the others. Move to another parking space.  Second round – complete 30 of the Squats and 15 of the others, moving the 30 reps through the sequence.  Audible called as time approached 7:40 AM.  Had just finished the 3rd round.  For 4th and final round, completed 15 reps of the first 3 exercises and 30 of the last 3 exercises.  Q tag with Earthworm.

PAX self-selected, following Earthworm’s instructions, long or short mosey routes back to the starting parking lot.  The PAX had deposited kettlebells on the sidewalk prior to the start of the workout and returned to this spot.  Lined up on our backs with our heads at the edge of the curb, we completed rounds of Pullovers, Alabama Prom Dates, Skull Splitters, and APDs once again.  Earthworm had the PAX pass around a nickel and the individual receiving the nickel would complete 5 additional reps of the next exercise.  We completed, by YHC’s count, five full rounds of this sequence.  Finished with a couple of minutes to spare and circled up for one-armed Upright Rows, passing around the heavier bells.  In the same spot, COT and Jville took us out.

Announcements – Convergence, ReeseStrong, and BRR – check this week’s other posts.  Jville and Earthworm – correct where needed.