Tag: GridIron

A dozen posted for the final GridIron in February. Mosey from the old parking lot to the nearby new one. Spread out within the parking grid and jog forward and back across a few spaces for a five minute warmup. Circle up nearby for some of the usual, including SSHs, IWs, DQs, Merkins, and so on.

Jog to the nearby covered pickleball courts for mobile Super 21 starting with one Merkin and one Reverse Crunch on one side of the far covered court. Move to the other side of the court and finish two of each. Mosey to the second covered court and add reps. Continue through 21 reps of each exercise. Break at 5, 10, 15, and 20 reps with called core exercises.

Return to the parking lot for starfish variant, starting near the center of the lot and moving OYO to each the four corners for 15 reps each of four exercises, including Carolina Dry Docks and Squats followed by one Burpee on a pass back through the middle on the way to the next corner. Repeat, but with 20 reps each.

Return to the pickleball area, spreading out on the bleachers for Step Ups and Dips. Return to the main parking lot for COT. Coffee at the usual spot after.

We had 15 HIMS attend Chicharon’s first Queue. He celebrated turning 40. He also brought a FNG from Michigan.  FNG was presented with the title of Diesel. We did activities in sets of 4 including 4 corners, 40 count Lindsey, and 4 burpee marches. We celebrated the end with no more hate and now a decade of silence.

The eye of the winter storms hit a PAX of 11 this morning with the opportunity for a traditional boot camp beat-down.  Here is how it went down:

• COP
  • SSH
  • IW
  • DQ
  • Helicopters
  • Arm circles
  • DMH
  • Merkins
  • LBC
• Burpee march in the parking lot with a WWII sit-up/APD chaser – total of 60 burpees, 40 WWII sit-ups and 80 APDs
• Mosey to the pull-up bars for a 4 corners, prostitute-style
  • 35 pull-ups
  • 100 step-ups
  • 60 HRM
  • 40 LBC
• Mosey to the front of the school loop for 3x iterations legs, abs, arms
  • Wall sit with 15 2x air presses, Muhamed Ali’s and Lalannes
  • 20 pole smokers (3x)
  • 10 Mike Tysons (3x)
• 3x check with run the front of the school, one-legged crunches, and CDD
• Mosey back to the flag for COT with YHC taking us out

Great to have Mayhem from VA Beach with us this morning.  Great work from the PAX after a few weeks of wet Saturdays.  Continued prayers Roger Roger, Fireman Ed and Fudd.  Grateful to be healthy enough to post. More snow coming, so post when you can!

God is good all of the time!

Attila

Here is what went down on this beautiful Feb morning. Mosey to the covered Pickleball courts for warm-ups: side straddle hops, Don Qs, helicopters, LBC’s, Merkins. We Attempted a four corners, cumulative with five Merkins, 10 jump squats, 15 LBC‘s, 20 reverse crunches. The area was  just too small to really make work so we mosied over to the bus loop: 26 pole smokers and 26 Merkins. Next: Triple check: American hammers, squats, and runner as the pacer. Mosey towards Striker Park with a  stop at the pull up bars, three sets of 10 pull-ups and 15 dips. Mosey over to striker Park soccer field. We divided into two teams since it’s a Super Bowl weekend. four vs four with tater as the full-time quarterback, so he didn’t injure himself. The field had a nice layer of sleet covering it which proved to be slippery and made for an entertaining game. Piglet was the star of the day scoring three touchdowns. Highlight of the day was Pigskin’s kickoff return for a touchdown while juking out three opponents avoiding the tags. The game ended with a Handshake 200 yard touchdown run on a slight diagonal path outrunning the opponents and scoring a touchdown(hmmmm) about 100 yards out of bounds. We laughed and enjoyed ourselves in the sleet and cold, escaping without any additional injuries. We headed back to the flag and finished with 26 merkins and 26 reverse crunches to complete the “52” needed because Atilla complained when we left the bus loop that I didnt hit my 52 of each.  Numbers & Names, I took us out in Prayer. J-ville joined us a coffee afterwards. Thanks for allowing me to lead and coming out for my 52nd birthday Q. F3 has truly been one of the best things in my life and I am grateful for this body of men. See you in the gloom!

Twelve of us were at Grid Iron this morning, prior to a post F3 workout of moving Pinto in to his new crib (I know I’m old if I still use “crib”).

After a brief warm up we headed to the turf field for:

Cardio- 100 yards of Burpees every 10 yards, followed by 50 yards of Ukrainian Soldiers

Abs- 5 rounds of 20: WWIs, Crunchy Frogs, Merican Hammers, Side Crunches and some crazy leg lift and arm reach thingy

Cardio- Double Grinder-Triple Check of 50 yards with Dips and Carolina Dry Docks and then Step Ups and Lunges

Abs (again)- 5 rounds of 20: WWIs, Heals to Heaven, Reverse Crunches, Merican Hammers, Box Cutters

Arms/Abs- Finished with a modified Ring of Fire of 5 Merkins of your choice, followed by 20 ‘Merican Hammers, followed by round of Gomer’s Up/Downs, then 20 ‘Merican Hammers, and finally Ring of Fire of Merkins again.

Wrapping up the week of confined AO, high rep madness.  Today a wet, muddy Gridiron awaited a magic 8-ball PAX.  Here is how it went down:

• COP
  • SSH
  • IW
  • DQ
  • Helicopters
  • Arm circles
  • DMH
  • Suzanne Somers
  • Merkins
  • LBC
• Cumulative beast
  • 216 HRM
  • 180 WWII sit-ups
  • 144 squats
  • 108 side crunches, each side
  • 72 2x crab cakes
  • 36 burpees
• Repeat 2 round cycle of:
  • Pole sits – 15 air presses, Muhammed Ali’s
  • 20 pole smokers
  • 10 Mike Tysons
• COT with YHC taking us out

Great work from the PAX today.  Less than ideal conditions on the football field, but a theme is a theme and we stuck with it. T-claps to Pigskin for putting up with all 4 of my Q’s this week! Great to see everyone, including Whitesnake and Fireman Ed at coffee. 

Prayers for Gomer before he leaves this weekend for his medical missions trip, and continued prayers for Fireman Ed as he has started treatments. 

Fudd has the Q at the Bridge next Saturday.  Reach out if you want to join him.  Frozen Triangle in 3 weeks.

God is good all of the time!

Attila

Six men joined the snow day Q at Grid Iron. After a brief warm up (including snow angels) we hit the following cardio themed workout:

New to the Exicon “Sled Dog”. Partner up. 1 Burpee each and begin… 1st partner sits in the sled and the other pushes you across the Grid Iron, Burpee, switch and the other partner pushes you back across the Grid Iron, Burpee, repeat. 6 rounds (3 mushes each)

Beast: Every member of the Q got to choose (Merkins, Heals to Heaven, Squats, Don Quixote, WWIIs, and Hand Release Merkins)

Hit the hill for Snow 7’s of Carolina Dry Docks and WWII’s, with carrying the sled up the hill and attempting to sled down the hill to give your partner the sled. Back for 2 Rounds of Sled Dog (again), and a Lindsay with Step Ups and Dips,

Finished with stretching that somehow included more Merkins and American Hammers.

11 joined to ring in the New Year at GridIron, and the Q made it a Notre Dame victory theme. Lots of 23 and 10 sets. After official warm up…we continued to warm up with 10 Burpees.

Arms: Playground for 23 Jerkins, 10 Dips. 23 Dips and 10 Jerkins.

Legs: Picnic benches for 23 Step Ups and 10 Squats, then 23 Squats and 10 Step Ups

Cardio: Representing the 4 Quarters of the Notre Dame Win…jog 23 yards and do 10 exercises, for the length of the 100 yard field, and then back. Quarter 1: 10 Merkins (4x) followed by 10 Burpees (4x). Quarter 2: 10 Chuck Norris (4x) followed by 10 Carolina Dry Docks (4x). Quarter 3: 99 yard run representing the kick off return for a TD, followed by 10 Merkins (4x). Quarter 4: 10 Burpees (4x), followed by 10 Squats (4x).

Abs: 23 Crunch Frogs, 10 Heals to Heaven, 23 WWIIs, 10 WWIs, 23 LBCs, 10 Pickle Pounders, 23 two-count American Hammers….and 10 Burpees (even then though they weren’t Abs)

Arms: 23 Dips and 10 Pull-ups, then repeat. Finish where we started with the Playground for 23 Jerkins, 10 Dips. 23 Dips and 10 Jerkins.

For those doing the MABA…we checked the box and completed a total of 100 Burpees.

Eight of us posted for the rainy, final GridIron of 2024. Johnsonville and Chum Bucket share the Q. Gather in the Pouncey Tract Park lot and mosey to covered court #2 at new pickleball complex for the startup Circle of Pain led by Chum, including SSHs x 20, IWs x 15, Ukrainian Soldiers x 15, Dead Man Hangs for flexibility, DQs x 10, Merkins x 10, Suzanne Somers x 10 (each side), Freddie Mercuries x 25, APDs x 25, and Big Arm Circles x 10 (forward and reverse).

Tag J’ville. Merkin Ladder starting at 11 with Arc Loader movement. Bear Crawl across the covered pickleball court and finish 11 Merkins. Crab Walk back for 10. And so on, with varied crawls and walks working down to one merkin rep.

Tag Chum. Shift to covered court #1 for cumulative Mary four corners, starting with Reverse Crunches x 20, and adding Rosalitas x 30, Box Cutters x 40, and LBCs x 50.

J’ville again. Move from shelter in the direction of the fresh adjacent parking lot, stopping a few times for Curb Crawls and a round of Rocky Balboas. Line up at the end of the parking lot for a Lindsay starting with 30 Squats. Mosey a curb near the other end of the parking lot for 10 Ball Dippers. Continue, as usual, dropping five reps from the first exercise and adding five to the second for a rep total of 40. Replace Squats with Monkey Humpers for the final few rounds.

Chum again. Mosey to the Pull Up Bars. Divide into groups of four. Take turns with one guy from each group holding a Flexed Arm Hang for 10 seconds while remaining group members hold Plank on the perimeter. Rotate through several times.

J’ville. Mosey to the nearby picnic shelter. One guy completes 10 Abyss Merkins while the other PAX members complete Step Ups. Go around once.

Mosey back to the start. Al Gore with Overhead Presses in cadence until time called.

COT. Chum took us out. Welcome Backhand – visiting his hometown of RVA from F3 in St. Charles, Missouri.