Splendid morning with a strong 8 posting at GridIron. Mosey to the lower football field for Attila’s abbreviated disclaimer of “check it before you wreck it.” Thang: Slaughter Starter of the Pan Pax 8 Count Body Builder X20 variety. Salt and Pepper division of the PAX made with the latter taking the long road to the Pillars and the former taking the more direct route – Burpees X10 at 3 station stops en route. Pax selects 4 exercises (assortment of upper body, lower body, and core) X20, execute, finish off with Burpees X10. Rinse and Repeat X4. Enter the Golden…

It was a glorious morning where 7 faithful and strong brothers in arms came together.  Here is how it went down. COP 20 SSH 20 DQ 20 IW 10 2x merkins 10 pickle pounders 20 2x LBC Arm circles – 10 small/5 big, front and backwards Mosey to the grassy knoll for 10 minutes of burpees 40 APD Mosey to the pavilion for a Lindsay with dips and heels to heaven 40 APD Mosey to the new pickle ball courts Arch loader Wheel barrows Bear crawl Crab walk Lunges Karaoke High skips Crawl bears 40 APD 5 suicides runs 40…

Following another satisfying Friday evening thread of text messages amongst old guys (but most not yet worthy of Respect), seven posted for Saturday’s GridIron under comparatively (compared to last week) balmy conditions.  YHC pulled a cinder block out of the yard and a kettlebell out of the basement and placed these on the pavement without a firm idea of how we’d use them for the morning. At 7 AM sharp, we started with Invisible Jump Ropes, Don Quixotes, Imperial Walkers, Russian Soldiers, and Arm Circles.  We then strolled to the nearby playground with one guy holding the cinder block high,…

Mother Nature’s hammer was fierce and wicked, but 7 noble (and bundled) warriors answered.  Here is how we welcomed in the first Gridiron of 2018. COP 18 SSH 18 DQ 18 IW 18 merkins 18 flutter kicks 18 lunges 18 helicopters 18 dips Mosey to the playground for a jerkin ladder starting and 8 and counting down to 1 Mosey to parking lot to celebrate the new year – 1 constant exercise (running) with 8 alternating exercises at various corners of the parking lot (6 reps at 3 corners of the 4 corners of the parking lot for a total…

7 gents dusted off the lure of The Fartsack, including one LIFO, to celebrate UpChuck’s completion of the Corporate Challenge. COP No idea…YHC wasn’t there.  (Footnote: No Idea also was not there.) Mosey to the Track for Intervals 5 burpees + 1 lap = 1 interval Complete 10 intervals Mosey to the Loading Dock for 2-Man Triple Check One man performs some form of ab exercise Second man bear crawls to asphalt/concrete line, runs to steps, bunny hops the steps, and descends via the ramp. Mosey back to VSF for some Mary Number-rama, Name-a-rama, UpChuck took us out NMS This…

A PAX seven strong posted on a windy, unseasonably warm Saturday morning for Gridiron.  The message stream pre- and post-workout is strong among the Gridiron regulars.  Leading into Saturday morning, though, several regulars anticipated absence due to illness – except Attila who posted anyway. Cecil led a pre-game, 3rd F conversation about love.  Cecil, Dark Horse, Attila, and Byproduct were seated at the picnic pavilion with YHC arrived.  There was another car in the parking lot from which, shortly after YHC arrived, Lip Sync and JJ (FNG) hopped out and joined the group.  We circled up in the parking lot…

The gloom called (namely an unexpected cold wind), and magnificent warriors answered.  Here is how it went down. Pregame – the PAX continued its study of 2 Peter 1 by looking at a series of verses on godliness Why godliness is important – 1 Timothy 6:6-14 What is the path to godliness – Titus 2:11-14,  Psalm 1:1-4 Words of Encouragement – 1 Timothy 4:7-8 COP 12 SSH 12 IW Arm circles – 12 forward, 12 backward Mosey to the football field for a countdown to the 12 days of Christmas – start with 12 rep exercise and run goal-line to…

Despite a little snow, four faithful Gridiron warriors avoided the fart sack and attacked the morning with a passion unbeknownst to the common man.  Here is how it went down: Parking lot tracers with forward/backwards runs and karaokes COP 50 SSH 25 Russian soldiers 25 DQ 20 merkins Mosey to the playground for a jerkin ladder – 7,6,5,4,3,2,1 Partner up for PLTs – 4x 25 reps Mosey to pavilions 25 dips 25 step-ups (left leg) 25 dips 25 step-ups (right leg) 25 dips 4x 25 WWII sit-ups, 25 APD, 25 flutter kicks (2 count) 25 dips Run the perimeter of…

Seven GridIron regulars gathered for Saturday’s offering.  Game time temperatures of around 32 degrees didn’t halt progress.   Cecil led off with a 3rd F conversation (combined with the 2nd F, of course) concerning perseverance. We followed with this Thang:  70 x Invisible Jump Rope, 20 x Don Quixote, 20 x Russian Soldiers, and 15 x Arm Circles (big only, forward then reverse).  Mosey to the playground for 10 x Jerkins and 25 x Pole Smokers/PLTs.  Complete 4 rounds. Jog across the nearby bridge to the entry point for the trail.  Complete 10 Burpees then jog into the woods via…

Six of the faithful posted on a chilly late-fall morning at GridIron, one of whom hails from Charlotte and the other of whom hails from Durham. Johnsonville took the Q, and this is what went down, more or less: Warmup with 50 ssh, 25 imperial walkers, 25 don quiotes. Mosey to the track. do 12 hillbillies, 12 merkins, arm circles, and 10 burpees. Do 1 quarter-mile repeat then and another every five minutes. There should have been 10 or so quarter-mile repeats in there. If an exercise was interrupted, we paused it for the repeat and picked it back up…