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…

The Gridiron conditions were ideal for a beatdown. Nine able-bodied men of steel linked arms to grow stronger. Here is how it went down: COP25 SSH15 Russian soldiers15 IW10 DQ15 helicopters10 2x merkins20 Suzanne Somers, each leg25 2x LBCMosey to the jerkin gym for 4x 8 jerkinsMosey to the grassy knoll for 10 minutes of burpees40 APDs OYOMosey to the pickle ball courtsPartner up for a wheelbarrow relay across the 4 courts and backBearicide with 15 WWII sit-ups at each check point (120 WWII sit-ups in total)Mosey to the parking lot for a triple check with dips, flutter kicks and…

Wet as it was, it was a good morning not to be running 6.2 miles in a Strawberry Shortcake costume. Instead, we gathered eight in western Henrico County – a good bit removed from Monument Avenue – for another installment of GridIron. As the final few in our group were locking car doors and heading over to our established circle, we knocked out some Invisible Jump Ropes. Following these, we moseyed to the extensive Pillars of Pain (bus shelter) adjacent to Short Pump Middle School for the rest of the startup COP, including IWs, DQs, Hillbillies, Cherry Pickers, and Arm…

Six men of steel convened at Gridiron this morning. Here is how it went down: COP25 SSH15 Russian soldiers15 IW10 DQ15 helicopters10 2x merkins20 Suzanne Somers, each leg25 2x LBCBurpee march – 1 burpee per parking spot down the parking spot (15 total) with WWII sit-ups and flutter kicks between rounds75 total burpees125 WWII sit-ups100 2x flutter kicksMosey to the jerkin gym for 4x 8 repsMosey to the pickle ball courts for a bearicideBear crawl suicide50 APDs1 round of karaoke runsMosey to the football field for a Lindsay with dips and bench kicks (at bleachers on each side of field)Mosey…

The greener pastures of GridIron greeted a starting 9 including our good buddy from Charlotte. Here’s the unofficial box score: THANG: SSHs, IWs, DQs, APDs, Pan Pax 8-ct BBs, Suzanne Somers, all IC; run to the Pillars of Pain for Chatanooga Choo Choo southbound; slalom the PofP and planks; run to the Battery and form PAX SplitSquad (Squad 1 run to Tunnel, x100 Merkins OYO, and run back/Squad 2 x200 Merkins OYO, x200 APDs OYO, and x200 Air Squats OYO); regroup at the Battery for RLeg Rear Lunge, AirSquats, and LLeg Rear Lunge, Karaoke Left, Karaoke Right, and Backward Runs;…