A solid dozen posted for Saturday’s GridIron including one FNG. As usual, there was some grief-giving and breeze-shooting just before the 7:00 hour. We started on time per my satellite-supported armband and began with each in attendance picking a lateral parking lot line which we used for 5 minutes of jogging forward and pedaling back. Regathered in a circle for a warm-up with Side Straddle Hops, Imperial Walkers, Russian Soldiers, Don Quixotes, Hello Dollys, Susan Somers(es), and Arm Circles. Stroll to the edge of the parking lot facing down a short hill to the tree line for mobile Elevens. Jog…

After 2 weeks on the road, YHC was eager to jump back in the saddle. A PAX of 10 noble warriors locked arms to battle the Gridiron. Here is how it went down: COP25 SSH15 IW12 DQ10 2x merkins30 2x LBC12 Suzanne Somers10 scorpion kicksMosey to the grassy knoll of 11 minutes of burpessMosey the pavilion for an 11 – 2x boxing cockroaches and decline merkinsMosey to the softball field for a modified arch loaderAnimal crawl/walk from RF line to CF – bear crawl, crab walk, duck walk, bunny hopKaraoke to LF line – 25 WWII sit-upsKaraoke to CF and…

Ten redwoods fought the fartsack to witness ByProduct’s consecutive Q, while many of the Gridiron regulars were on sabbatical until next week. COP: After the PAX made a perfect circle, YHC called an audible and we all moseyed to the lower football field were we were once again greeted by props. Batting Practice: In preparation for this week’s home run derby, we all took turns swinging the bat. The leadoff batter hit one of the two balls as far as they could down the field. The PAX ran in full sprint and a bandaid was ripped from the ball…

Nine noble warriors (many completing the summer challenge) fought the Father’s Day weekend fartsack to see what ByProduct had up his sleeve on this fine morning. Abbreviated COP all IC: 15 SSHs 10 Helicopters Arm Circles 5 Big, 10 Small, Reverse Mosey down to the wooded foot bridge, behind the pickle ball courts and along the forest until we reached the last volleyball court. The Thang: In spirit of the US Open, today’s workout was going to be a friendly best ball tournament – Gridiron Style! The Pax was divided into two teams by randomly selecting a color coded golfball…

It was 70 and wet wet wet at GridIron. Eight redwoods posted for one-hour of hard work. YHC (Johnsonville) took the Q, starting with COP warmups in the northeast corner of the parking lot. 30x ssh, 25x imperial walkers, 25x cherry pickers. Mosey to opposite corner. Arm sequence cycle without rest. 10x merkins, 30x LBCs, 15x scorpion kicks. Pair up and grab 1 coupon per pair. Ciabattas near restroom building, alternating between standing mountain climbers, and weighted standing mountain climbers (coupon overhead). Flip flop among pairs for standard 8 rounds. Take a few steps onto sidewalk by restroom building. Ciabattas,…

10 came west out to Gridiron to avoid the looming rain clouds hovering over downtown. The rain held off but we managed to get wet by: COP: Chase the geese on our field, SSH, Don Qs, Merkins, LBCs, Russian Soldier. Down to field with best drainage: Wheelbarrow length of field, then crab walk back. Head over to main football field to benches: Lindsays of : Box Jumps and Dips. Then on to field for Zs: Run diagonal on field, 5 Burpees, Bear Crawl width of field, 10 HRMs, Run other diagonal, 15 WWIIs, Bear crawl width, 20 Jump Squats. Repeato…

Nine posted at GridIron thirteen days ago and, following a parking lot warmup with some of the usual, we undertook the Thirteen Acres Baker’s Dozen – involving thirteen exercises starting with 13 reps for the first exercise and 7 of the remaining 12. For round 2, the 13 reps shifted to the second exercise and we completed 7 of the other exercises. Continue for 13 rounds. The basic format was four rounds of chest, leg, and ab exercises with an SSH 13. Exercises ranged from standard Merkins to Curtsys to Flutter Kicks. Breaking from the tradition of ground-and-pound in parking…

Six faithful partners in crime amused your YHC by putting up with his desire to let off some steam and start the holiday weekend off with an hour long beat-down. Here is how it went down: COP30 SSH15 DQ15 Russian soldiers15 helicopters10 2x merkins30 2x LBC15 crab cakesMosey to the pickle ball courts4x partner wheel barrow across a court with 10 decline merkins for each member of PAXBearimeter with 20 WWII sit-ups and 10 burpees at each corner40 APD OYOMosey to the turf field at Striker ParkDora with 100 hand-release merkins, 200 flutter kicks and 300 LBC20 Suzanne Somers, each…

Three brave souls fought off the fartsack on a quiet Saturday morning. As expected, the PAX was somewhat limited with 3 noble warriors representing F3 in an ultra marathon, some being out of town and White Deer’s chauffeur participating in the ultramarathon. COP (IC): SSH – 20X Helicopters – 15X Arm Circles – 10X/5X/10X/5X Don Quixotes – 15X The Thang: The intent of the morning was for an “Adderall-style” workout in which each member would alternate carrying the 20-lb kettlebell for the entire hour. That was abandoned rather quickly… We began with a mosey around the perimeter of the…

YHC just needs to preface some workouts with “I am not a professional trainer, just an @$$ hole masquerading as one.” Here is how today’s beat down at Gridiron went down: COP30 SSH15 Russian soldiers15 IW15 helicopters10 2x merkins20 Suzanne Somers, each leg30 2x LBCMosey to the Pavilion for dips/step-ups – total of 75 dips and 25 one-leg step-ups (each leg)Mosey to the upper football field for variation of the No Mercy Mile; this one referred to as the “Laps of Luxury”Start at the 50 yard line with 25 monkey humpersRun the sidelinesSeries of exercises to traverse across the field…