11 of us gathered at Grid Iron, not knowing it was about to be a St Patrick’s Day theme with some familiar exercises…just with some “Oh” or ”Ohhhh” reactions. Warmup and then to the soccer field for a modified 4 Corners…the Four Leaf Clover. 5 Burpees at midfield every time and 25 Merkins, Carolina Dry Docks, Squats and WWIIs at each corner. But the “Oh” was to add a Burpee at the end of every exercise, in addition to the 5 at midfield. (29 total Burpees). Then we took a break (that means Abs). 4 sets of 25: WWIs, Crunchy…

A prime number of not-so in our prime warriors assembled at the OG of AO’s for a traditional Saturday beat-down. Here is how it went down: COPSSHIWDQHelicoptersArm circlesDMHSuzanne SomersMerkins LBC Mosey to the softball field for a modified arch loader, where you animal walk/crawl from the 1B line to 2B, complete 20 WWII sit-ups, karaoke to the 3B line and complete 10 burpees before mosey back to the 1B lineBear crawl, crab walk, duck walk, bunny hop, froggers and cheetah sprint120 WWII sit-ups 60 burpees Mosey to the bus loop for 3x iterations legs, abs, armsPole sit with 15 2x…

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…

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: COPSSHIWDQHelicoptersArm circlesDMHMerkins 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-style35 pull-ups100 step-ups60 HRM 40 LBC Mosey to the front of the school loop for 3x iterations legs, abs, armsWall sit with 15 2x air presses, Muhamed Ali’s and Lalannes20 pole smokers (3x) 10 Mike Tysons (3x) 3x…

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…

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…

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: COPSSHIWDQHelicoptersArm circlesDMHSuzanne SomersMerkins LBC Cumulative beast216 HRM180 WWII sit-ups144 squats108 side crunches, each side72 2x crab cakes 36 burpees Repeat 2 round cycle of:Pole sits – 15 air presses, Muhammed Ali’s20 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…

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…