White Deer and YHC tag-teamed Q’ed this edition of Gridiron, with YHC kicking it off. Here it how it went down: Warm-up 25 SSH 20 Russian soldiers 8 8 count bodybuilders (pan PAX count) 10 merkins 20 APD 20 Freddy Mercuries 20 DQ Mosey to the Pavillion – 25 dips, 25 one leg step-ups (right leg), 25 dips, 25 one leg step-ups (left leg), 25 dips…PAX does WWII sit-ups waiting for everyone to complete Mosey to the football field for four corners (using 1/2 the field) Partner-up and wheel barrow to each corner with 10 deep squats at each stop…
29 brave souls tackled Dogpile this morning in the blustery gloom – and here is how we rolled… Mossy – Warm up’s – SSH, Windmills, Helicopters, Imperial Walkers, Arm Circles, Flutter Kicks, LBC’s. Rusty Cage : 3 sets – 5 overhand pull ups – 10 crunches – 5 under hand pull ups – 3 sets of 7 Jerkins. Pipe Loop : Partner up – run the pipe loop while completing 3 exercises – 100 Captain Thor’s – 200 Merkins – 300 Squats. Grassy Hill : Starting in waves : Russian Solder to the tree in the middle – Bear Crawl…
No one volunteered for the Q at Circus Maximus, but that is never a problem with J-ville around. Hot potato Q ensued, and here is how it went down: Johnsonville kicks us off: Warm-up – 25 SSH, 10 merkins, 20 LBCs, 20 Mountain Climbers 10 KB curls – each arm 15 KB presses 10 Lawnmower pulls – each arm 20 KB swings 10 merkin rows 11s – wall planks & sit-up presses White Deer takes the reign 20 APD 10 one-leg APD – each leg Boat, canoe, paddleboat Triple Check – burpees, wall sit and double weighted farmers carry YHC…
8 men braved the weather and beat the fartsacks this morning to witness the VQ of Chowdah. The SF was planted and the PAX got to work. Mosey around the church building COP – SSH – Arm circles – Don Quixotes – Freddie Mercuries – Cotton Pickers Mosey to the building corner Cinco de F3 The PAX paired up and proceeded to do a four corner workout with sets of 5. Wheelbarrow with partner halfway along length of building 5 two count mountain climbers 5 burpees 5 wide stance merkins 5 WWII situps 5 boxcutters Plank when finished last lap…
3 Steely old veterans and 3 Wednesday hill run virgins converged on hillcrest on a nice Wednesday afternoon. 1 veteran rider posted at 2 minutes after, but found the group. 70 and sunny was the weather (75 if you looked at the Hampton Roads weather app) The Thang: 3 long loops around Hillcrest, Old Orchard, Hillwood, Chairman, Poplar, Pocahontas and Hillcrest again. The first counterclockwise, the second clockwise and the 3rd counterclockwise. NMM Bleeder and Priorities kicked things off by leaving about 10 minutes early to hit the hills. They stayed together for the whole loop. Along the way they…
5 soldiers braved the weather forecast and were treated to a 45 minute reprieve from the heavy stuff. The beatdown went something like this: COP: SSH, Abe Vigodas, Hillbillies, Merkins Mosey to Twin Team After crossing Robious, circle up at end of Twin Team for 10 burpees OYO Line up towards the base for Rosie Hill: Escalating # of strides up Twin Team, return to starting point and perform assigned exercises. Exercises were 3 burpees + 20 WWIIs. Escalating Strides were 20,40,60,80,100,80,60,40,20. Alternative of halving # of strides but running backwards offered after 100-stride round. All rounds performed together as…
A Lucky 13 showed up to run. No bikers, just running. Today’s route was the Carillon in cuatro, cinco, and seis mile variants. BT took us out. NMS As YHC woke to the sound of heavy rain, he wondered who would show up, if anyone. As Q, there is no option to reconsider and fartsack. YHC was pleased to find big blue and his entourage waiting in the parking lot with many other showing up as time closed on 5:30. The rain subsided and gave us some phenomenal running weather and just enough time to finish and circle up before…
23 F3RVA men, 1 New Bern-NC F3 tourist and 1 FNG appeared on a glorious day for the gloom for what was YHCs VQ at 45MOMM. The group was large and lively this morning pre-workout with an FNG and visitor to meet and greet. YHC gave the 1 minute warning and started the timer when TYA’s GPS satellite watch gave us the correct time. Short mosey to the designated warm up area. DQx10, HelicopterX10, Imperial WalkerX20 (tribute to May 4, Star Wars Day as my 2.0s reminded me), Crab CakeX20, Freddie MercuryX20 – 5 Burpees OYO **5 burpees to be done whenever the Q’s…
10 brave souls ventured into the temporarily dark gloom of SOT on cool and pleasant Wednesday. Here is what went down. Start with an extended mosey to allow time for Upchuck to disembark vehicle and join PAX. Disclaimer COP (All IC) SSH x 20 Imperial Walkers X 20 Don Quijote X 10 Arm Circles X 15 + Reverso Merkins x 10 LBCx x 10 Burpee/Merkin Light Poles Run around parking lot and perform 3 burpees at each light pole (8 lights to total 24 burpees) Backwards run and perform 5 merkins at each pole Mosey to entrance to deep gloom…
5 pretty studly gents showed up on this bright beautiful morning to take on a Q inspired by the movie mockumentary “This is Spinal Tap”. Here is what transpired… COP arm circles — just eleven large forward and back plank 1 minute — discuss most memorable F3 workout whilst waiting SSH — 11 elbow plank 1 minute — discuss least liked exercise IJR — 11 plank step outs 1 minute ww2 situps — 22 shoulder taps 1 minute Smurf Jacks — 11 mountain climbers 1 minute Sets of Eleven 1) Donkey Kicks, run to kettle bell, situp press 2) goblet…