The frozen tundra on the Gridiron was about 25 degrees. A great group showed up 2 days after Thanksgiving. Tater’s still got his mustache, for another week. Senor Frog is back from 4 weeks in Argentina, Uruguay and Chile. The game plan was to do 72 burpees in groups of 9 or 6. Success! Warmup in the parking lot 20 SSHs in cadence 20 Crunchy Frogs in cadence 10 Don Quixotes in cadence 9 Burpees OYO Mosey to the Gridiron: 20 IWs in cadence 20 Hammers in cadence 20 Lunges in cadence 9 Burpees OYO (Total 18 Burpees) Mosey to…
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No one signed up and so we did a ‘Hot Tater’. Everything described below is more or less correct. Lighthouse with the warmup: all in cadence 20 SSHs 10 IWs 10 Hillbillies 10 Man-maker Merkins (8 count) Next, Burpee-Parking spots; 2X 1 Burpee per Parking place 20 WWIIs at the end Roger-Roger took over and we moseyed to the ‘bus loop’ in front of the school for a triple check Partner 1 does a burpee w/o the merkin but with a curb hop Partner 2 does Merkins Partner 3 runs the Bus Loop Atilla took over and we went to…
11 PAX showed up to play parts in the greatest movie filming of all time, or at least the best one filled at Short Pump middle school, at 7 in the morning. COP: DQs (with an abundance of mumble chatter), helicopters, HRMs, Freddie Mercuries (in honor of Tater Mercury who is growing a mustache for a good cause), LBCs and arm circles. Mosey to track. 4 corners on track 1/4 of the track, 10 merkins, 1/4 track, 20 merkins, 1/4 track 30 merkins and 1/4 track 40 merkins. 100 merkins – not shabby at all my friends. Mosey to nearby…
Ten men attended the Grid Iron Concert this morning. Basically, high energy music along side your favorite exercises. If an F’bomb occurs in a song…time to do a burpee. Warm Up: (Eminem’s Lose Yourself) Mosey to Grid Iron for: Starfish. Start in center and go to each corner for 20: WWIIs, Squats, Carolina Dry Docks, and Side Straddle Hops…after each corner come back to center for 5 Burpees (AC/DC Back in Black, Metallica Enter Sandman, Kanye Power, RTJ Blockbuster Night) Leg-Dora: 100 Squats, 200 Lunges and 300 Heel Raises (Gun’s and Roses’ Paradise City, Lim Bizkit’s Break Stuff, Shinedown’s Sound…
On beautiful Saturday morning, twelve gentleman went to Gridiron, had some fun, and left without any new injuries. That is a successful morning. We started with some warmups in the new fancy parking lot then moseyed to the covered bus loop for some smokers and a timer of burpees (5). Ended up with way too many smokers. Hit the basketball court for a couple rounds of four corners. First round was 25 HRM, Jump Squats, Hammers and Plank Jacks. Second round of 25 Merkins, WWIIs, Mountain Climbers and finished with 53 SSH. All of this was just to get us…
Making it a clean sweep of Q’s this week. The new pickleball area is almost complete at the Gridiron, providing more opportunities for beat-down. Here is how it went down today: COPSSHUkrainian soldiersDQHelicoptersArm circlesDMHMerkinsLBC APD Mosey to the lower practice field for an arch loader – animal walk/crawl across field, 20 WWII sit-ups, mosey back for 10 burpees, rinse and repeat with the followingBear crawlCrab walkDuck walkBunny hopCheetah sprint Gorilla walk Partner off – 3x 20 PLT Jack Webb Mosey to the new pickle ball courts/parking lot for a 3x checkRunDips FM Circle up for some Mary1 legged crunches, each…
8 loyal Grid Iron men posted this morning for Abs, Legs, Arms, and of course, more Abs. Legs- 50 yard mosey with 10 squats every 10 yards, 50 yard mosey with 10 heel raises every 10 yards, 50 yard mosey of Ukrainian Soliders, followed by 50 yard mosey with 10 leg curls every 10 yards. Abs- Millenium Dora: 100 WW I’s, 200 WW II’s, 300 Heals to Heaven, 400 LBCs. And as the back blast says…yes we swapped partners mid Dora (I mean, we were in Short Pump after all). Arms- Eleven’s with pull ups and dips, followed by 3…
Nine noble warriors gathered on a cold and dewy morning at the Gridiron for a cumulative beat-down. Here is how it went down: COPSSHIWDQHelicoptersArm circlesDMHMerkins LBC Cumulative beast on the turf field216 HRM180 WWII sit-ups144 deep squats108 side crunches – each side72 2x crab cakes 36 burpees Mosey back to the parking lot for a 3x checkRunAPD LBC COT with YHC taking us out Great work from the PAX this morning. Lots of mumble-chatter at the start, no so much at the end. As opposed to grass clippings, the PAX collected rubber pellets on clothes, in hair and all around…
10 mature warriors showed up in Northern Short Pump and dodged pickleballers for a Fireman Ed beatdown. Mosey to the football field that is the inspiration for Gridiron. COP: DMH, DQ, merkins, HRMs, FMs, Phelps the arms out to get them ready. Line up at goal line for a Triple Check. Pacer bear crawls to 20 and crawl bears back. Others do Carolina Dry docks and APDs. Three sets of bear crawls and crawl bears are tough especially when you are next to energetic Tater. Line up at 50. Pacer lunges to 25 and bernies back. Others do squats and…
This was supposed to be a pig family affair but Chicharon got Covid earlier this week, so it ended up with just Piglet and me. Piglet started out. The following is more or less correct. For the record, shocking display of good grooming by Johnsonville noted; haircut, beard trimmed. Almost didn’t recognize him. Disclaimer and Warm up 20 SSHs in cadence 10 Don Quixote in cadence 15 Imperial Walkers in cadence 10 Merkins in cadence 15 Copperhead squats in cadence Mosey to the goal line of the Gridiron (there’s no game here today) Bear crawl to the 5-yard line, 5…