Turkeyhill & Wawa, potentially first of many gas station themed work out

Turkeyhill & Wawa, potentially first of many gas station themed work out
63°
Clear (85% humidity)
4 mph W
DATE: Wed, Aug 19, 2026
BACKBLAST:

Warm up

20 SSH IC

18 Wonderbra IC

20 Imperial Walkers IC

10 Arm Circles forward and back 

10 Low Slow Squats (5sec hold)

12 Abe Viogatta 

10 Tappy Taps (Grass Pickers)

The Thang

Turkeyhill, what is this. What’s the origin 

  • 14 LT Dans 
      • a family dairy farm started by farmer Armor Frey in 1931 along Turkey Hill Road in Conestoga, Pennsylvania 
    • 9 General Grant Merkins
      • Armor Frey began selling extra bottled milk from his sedan to neighbors during the Great Depression
    • 21 WW3 
      • Charles, Emerson, and Glenn) took over the business in 1947 and expanded home-delivery routes for milk and later ice cream. 
  • 16 Thrusters 
    • Home milk delivery declined in the 1960s.
  • 23 Leg Lifts with Coupons
    • Charles and Emerson Frey opened the first Turkey Hill Minit Market convenience store in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, in 1967 to sell dairy and food products.
  • 23 Bonnie Blairs (l/r1)
    • Supermarket giant Kroger purchased the dairy and the convenience store chain in 1985. 
  • 38 Ranger Merkins Kroger sold the gas station and convenience store network (Turkey Hill Minit Markets) to the British retail operator EG Group (now EG America) in 2018, while the dairy brand was sold separately.

Wawa

    • 12 Grave Diggers (L/R 1)
      • Wawa started as an iron foundry business in 1803 before transitioning into a certified dairy farm in Wawa, Pennsylvania, in 1902. 
  • 24 Curls 
    • Founding: George Wood founded the Wawa Dairy Farm in 1902 to process and deliver fresh milk from Guernsey cows to homes in the Philadelphia area 
  • 11 Manmakers 
    • The Name: The name “Wawa” comes from the Ojibwe Native American word for the Canada goose, which is why a goose is featured in the company logo. It is also the name of the Pennsylvania town where the first milk plant was built 
  • 103 Flutters (L/R1)
    • First Store: Grahame Wood (the founder’s grandson) opened the first Wawa Food Market in Folsom, Pennsylvania, on April 16, 1964
  • 11 Sugar Cookies 
    • New Concept: As home milk delivery declined, the company shifted to a mini-grocery model where customers could buy fresh dairy and food items 
  • 35 Heavy Freddies 
    • First Gas Station: Wawa did not sell gasoline originally; they introduced their very first gas station on August 2, 1996, in Millsboro, Delaware 
  • 24 Step-up press
    • Expansion: The gas station model proved successful, and by 2004, nearly all newly built Wawa locations included fuel pumps alongside the convenience store. [1

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