Author: Fireman Ed

  • Who needs coupons when you have discs?

    10 almost Merry Pax descended on the great Spiders disc golf course (thank you U of Richmond for having lights on for us) to complete a challenging 3 holes along with some real exercises mixed in.

    Fudd flew all the way from Denver just to partake in this workout (and probably because he has family here too).

    COP #1 – DQs, CPs, DMHs (without counting at first and then with counting – I think I fell asleep briefly).

    Mosey to disc golf course (with Splinter jumping in a puddle) to the second COP.

    Second COP: Merkins, Mountain climbers and ACs.

    Hole 1: Throw discs, bear crawl to disc, throw disc again, bear crawl to disc, etc. plank when done. 3 burpees per shot

    Hole 2: Throw discs, bear crawl to disc, etc. and for Handshake etc. etc. etc. etc. etc. etc. and etc. Admittedly hole is tough with limited lighting and tree limbs galore. 4 burpees per shot

    Hole 18: 25 SSHs, head to tee box, throw and then lunge and etc. Upchuck nearly lost a disc by looking 50 feet ahead of where it actually was laying (I do that with my golf game). 3 burpees per shot

    Mosey to Club Vista Lane halfway down Club Vista do 25 merkins, all the way down do 12 diamond merkins. Mosey to parking lot. Finish with 25 PLTs each, then 25 American Hammers (EF Hutton sounded the flatulence alarm to inform us that our time was up) and then 3 burpees.

    It was good to see Fudd again and to have Kubota join us post booster shot recovery. I am happy I got my booster shot as I am still planning to go to COVID central NYC for a couple days next week. Please put Upchuck’s mother n’ law and family in your prayers as she goes through declining health.

    Happy hour this evening – 5:45 at Final Gravity (eclectic clientele with good beer). Ramp builds next month – see Corned Beef for details. Rock n roll Saturday January 1st at Rockwood Park (7 a.m.)

    Have a merry Christmas.

    Fireman Ed (still a Jets fan)

  • Cold As Ice

    With it being about 25 degrees outside I was driving up and I guess they were playing a doubleshot of Foreigner on 96.5. The song that came on was “Cold As Ice” by Foreigner.

    We were happy to have a FNG from Jersey and Ukraine join us. He came in a fancy Porsche (not to be confused with no frills Porsches) so we named him Yugo. I guess if you can afford New Jersey property taxes you can afford a nice car. Welcome Yugo!

    The exercises went something like this:

    COP: Lap around parking, lot, DQs, CPs, Freddie Mercuries, Arm circles

    Mosey to field, run around field go to bus loop.

    Pole 1 – 1 burpee, pole 3 – 2 Lt. Dans, pole 5 – 2 burpees, pole 7 – 3 Lt. Dans, etc. until we hit 10 burpees. Run around school to front of school.

    Quadruple check with all exercises done 3 times: Balls to the wall, dips, flutter kicks and run around loop. Mosey to nearby parking lot.

    Four corners with 10 HRMs, 20 WWIIs, 30 2 count mountain climbers and 40 jump squats

    Mosey to home base. 2 sets of pass the coupon while wall sitting, one shoulder press for each of the three coupons that came by.

    Another quadruple check: Donkey kicks, coupon press, heels to heaven and run around parking lot.

    Finish with American hammer and long LBC set.

    Announcements: We think the first Friday is a rucking happy hour deal. We will need to look for a backblast to confirm/deny. Punisher is doing a workout happy hour the first Monday of December. Lastly Lighthouse has Q next Saturday. Come out and support LH.

    I hope you all had a great Thanksgiving. Take some time to help someone in need this holiday season.

    Thanks and blessings.

    Fireman Ed

  • Flatulent Flutters

    8 Pax gathered together to get a beat down or to see the great ruckus they call pickleball. As we arrived we were wondering why so many gathered before 7 a.m. to play a sport that at its best gets viewed on ESPN the ocho. Anyway, the exercises went like this:

    COP: DQs, CPs, merkins, pickle pounders (in honor of the nearby tourney), FMs and ACs.

    Exercise 1: all you can exercise buffet consisting of 10 burpees, 20 2 count MCs., 30 Carolina DDs, 40 squats, 50 SSHs, do as many sets as possible for 20 minutes.

    Mosey to school – Exercise 2 – Quadruple check run around bus loop dodging another exercise group driving in, flutter kicks (this drove an ever higher than normal flatulence from White Deer), heels to heaven and LBCs. This took awhile and Fireman Ed kept looking at his watch wondering if we were going to finish in time. We did.

    Mosey to home base. We did a combination of wall sits, donkey kicks and balls to the wall. We ended with a merkin ring of fire.

    Announcements: Merkin challenge – Fireman Ed is doing 5000 for November. Also, Johnsonville will be going to Mount Trashmore on 11/6 to visit Hampton Road’s 5 year celebration. Please join him to show your support.

    Closed in prayer.

    Fireman Ed now is going to watch the PSU/OSU game.

  • Dora meets the Beast

    9 studly dudes came out on a nice fall morning to experience some exercise and fellowship. Even though a few regulars decided to fartsack, a good time was still had.

    COP: DQ, DMH, Invisible jump rope, merkins, Freddie Mercury, ACs

    Mosey to lower field and take on the beast. The wrinkle was that we would go across the field widthwise or go lengthwise depending on how I flipped my coin. We started with merkins, went to Lt. Dans, plank jacks, Carolina dry docks, mountain climbers and then of course burpees.

    Mosey to front of Short Pump middle.

    Mega Dora with 100 HRMs, 200 WWIIs, 300 SSHs, 400 LBCs. Gotta work those abs.

    Mosey to home base. 3 rounds of wall sits with coupons. Pinto had the idea of a coupon shoulder press while passing the coupons; that went well. We also worked in 3 sets of donkey kicks and 2 sets of chicken peckers.

    We closed with the main announcement (no disrespect to sit and sip but by the time I write this sit and sip is in full gear) is a blood drive on Wednesday 10/20 on a church at South side (near 288). Volunteers are needed to either give blood or work the event all the way from set up to take down. All of the details are on backblast; you can also ask Pigskin the ageless one.

    Thanks to god for this wonderful weather.

    Fireman Ed

  • First Time Leading the Circus

    8-9 solid dudes enjoyed a fall like morning to get a coupon beatdown. I write 8-9 because Gypsy came out in the beginning, went on a run somewhere and then was back. Maybe there was an early morning 2 kegger. The workout went like this:

    COP: DQ, DMH, FM, merkins, AC

    Mosey to loop. Partner 1 – 5 burpees, partner 2 – carries both coupons, Partner 1 catches up to Partner 2 and switch. We did two loops. Mosey to another part of the bus loop.

    Set of exercises written on the ground of the loop. 1. Bench press 2. Curls, 3. Flutters, 4. Coupon squats, 5. Sit up press, 6. Swings, 7. Triceps while laying on the ground (forgot the F3 name) and run around the loop get coupon and get to back of line.

    We did these twice. In between we took a field trip and did 10 merkins and 10 heels to heaven w/ coupon when getting to an outdoor light. We were treated to a visitor playing a little Black Sheep. Who doesn’t get pumped up by some old school rap? At the last lights we did 20 merkins and 20 heels.

    There was some mumble chatter at times and a couple of brown clouds but otherwise great morning with a little less sweat than we are used to for the summer. It was a challenge for me to lead when I forget the names of half the kettle bell exercises but you have to start somewhere.

    Announcements: 9/18 – Field Day, 9/25 – Amelia sit and sip – Cornhole participants wanted, Iron PAX – da&n hard but there is a modify version so anyone can participate.

    Prayers for those with and recovering COVID, in Afghanistan and recovering from health maladies. Good to see Gypsy back!

    Do great things men!

    Fireman Ed

  • Kubota, wherefore art thou?

    On a humid morning, 6 of us stood around saying “Where is the great Kubota?”. Is the commute to First Watch too long? Admittedly, 6 is a good number for triple checks so it was OK.

    COP: DQs, Dead man hangs, merkins, ACs, LBCs

    Exercise 1: Loop around the church 3 times (about 1/4 mile each). Do 20 SSHs, 20 Carolina Dry docks, 20 heels to heaven and 5 burpees at each speed bump (10 total) on each loop. EF Hutton was the fastest (Snuff was a bit unfamiliar with the territory).

    Exercise 2: Triple check with chicken peckers, WWIIs and a run around part of the parking lot. The chicken peckers/modified to balls to the wall were quite the challenge.

    Exercise 3: Mosey to home base parking lot. Grab 4 coupons. Rotate to chest press, bicep curls, flutter kicks, coupon squats and coupon swings. Pacer runs to the end of the parking lot and back.

    Finished with dead man hangs and then announcements (Field Day, Sit and Sip in Amelia and Iron Pax – sign up if interested) and then prayer. Pray for full recoveries for all those with COVID including Bodos and Gypsy.

    It is good to Q.

    Fireman Ed

  • I hate you Fireman Ed

    A slightly variable number of PAX showed up for a beat down today at Gridiron. As the COP started, 2 people from a nearby workout showed up and I thought “2 FNGs, how awesome” and then once we got out of COP they left to go to their normal workout. Perhaps it was the scorpion kicks, note to self. So we went from 15 to 13 to 14 with the 7:59 A.M. appearance of Seymour. I wiped a little sweat on him so he could get credit (probably not good COVID protocol – sorry).

    The exercises went like this:

    COP: DQs, CPs, Merkins, Freddie Mercuries, Scorpion kicks, ACs

    Exercises:

    Elevens with Carolina Dry docks and Lt. Dans

    Roll of the dice: Based on the roll of two die, we get the following 4 corners: 1. The Exercise (5 or 10 first corner, 10 or 15 2nd corner, 15 or 20 – 3rd corner and 20 or 25 – last corner) and 2. how far we go for four corners.

    Dice 1: 1 – Burpees, 2 – HRMs, 3 – WWIIs, 4 – 2 count flutters, 5 – SSHs, 6 – Jump squats

    Dice 2 – 1 or 2 – white deer – 10 yards to each corner, 3 or 4 – Pinto – half way down the field, 5 or 6 – Blue Moon – all the way down the field.

    After some pitfalls in rolling (when I rolled the dice kept stopping on the grass between two rolls) we had a system in place and completed all 6 four corners exercises. The burpees and HRMs were brutal; hence the hate from Attila.

    Mosey to home base – Triple check with donkey kicks, LBCs and run around the parking lot. Close with DQs.

    Announcements: Field Day 9/18, Sit and Sip – 9/25, Iron Pax challenge at Heartbreak and somewhere else (getting old can su$k). Prayers are with Gypsy, Bodos and everyone else recovering from COVID and with those who are in Afghanistan. It was a pleasure to distribute a beatdown today.

    Fireman Ed

  • Shooters at Hoedown

    10 mighty not so old folks stumbled upon Hoedown on a fine humid Monday. The workout went like this:

    COP around the large mulch pile: DQs, CPs, derkins off the mulch pile, LBCs and arm circles. Mosey to Bodos’ primary parking lot.

    Elevens with merkins and WWIIs. I mistakenly ended with 10 merkins and 10 WWIIs. I never thought of myself as an overachiever. Mosey to blacktop and walkway to blacktop.

    Next exercise is similar to the Gridiron special last Saturday. We did a series of arm, leg and ab exercises. It was noted that the box jumps were not challenging. Sorry about that. The pacer on the first set had to dribble the ball across the blacktop and make a layup. The second set required dribbling across the black top and attempting 3 free throws. Two PAX made two free throws (67% is much better than Shaq). They are the “shooters”; the rest including yours truly not so much.

    In between the two sets, we did wall sits passing the coupon back and forth.

    After the two sets, we did a triple check with donkey kicks, step up or box jumps on the slightly flimsy benches and a run around the horseshoe.

    Closed in prayer. Announcements: 7/17 – party at Hitchhikers’ house. debate with whether we can bring Ms and the family. Hopefully we will get details on that. 7/20 – Doozy’s 2.0 Q, 7/27 – home run derby at HBR, 7/31 – Squirrel’s game – let Bone Thugs know ASAP if you are going so he can figure out the tickets. I think there still is time to register on the summer tour. Ask Gypsy for details.

    I enjoyed leading this group today. Do great things men!

    Fireman Ed

  • Malta is part of what continent?

    17 able bodied dudes including 2 FNGs (including one in a Tommy Hilfinger rugby shirt) make their appearance at Gridiron. The Fireman saw 8 people at 6:57 thinking this may be a small group but a squadron of cars came in right before 7. Probation arrived at 6:59, WTH?

    COP: Two laps through the parking lot and the other workout group, SSH (just kidding I don’t do those anymore), DQs, Dead man hangs, FMs, merkins and arm circles. Mosey to a lesser utilized football field (since the other one had a ton of flags on it meaning I know the field looks like sh%t but please don’t step on it).

    Exercise 1: 11s with carolina dry docks and jump squats. Since we had two FNGs I kept saying modify if you need to. Attila then said “If you need to modify just follow White Deer.” Mosey to bus loop.

    Exercise 2: 15 different exercises for each spot, some were arm oriented (2 with coupons), some legs, some abs. The pace setter is running or dribbling a somewhat deflated (Patriots like) basketball to the nearest hoop and coming back after hitting a layup. A couple folks missed three layups (sorry J Ville) and one German import missed the whole backboard but then recovered nicely. Mosey to front of school.

    Exercise 3: Curb crawl from 1 to 5. Stop at 5. Mosey back to bus loop.

    Exercise 4: Repeat exercise 2 with free throws. Most of us missed all three including yours truly. Hangover, one of the FNGs looks like he shoots free throws pretty often. Mosey back to home base.

    We finished the session with American hammers and six punitive burpees.

    Announcements: Party at Hitchhikers’s house on 7/17, Home Run derby at HBR on Tuesday 7/27, White Deer milestone Q on 7/24 (sorry Corned Beef I took your name off that Q), and I am guessing I missed something.

    Welcome Hangover (friend of Tater’s from Tennessee) and Ooh Ah (friend of Carfax from Africa). It was great having you both with us. It was also great to have 17 at Gridiron even if my one exercise routine was set up for 15 or less. Thanks Honey Do for picking up the sh$t that I left because I was so excited that I had 17 PAX.

    In terms of Malta, after our workout we got into an abnormally long conversation about Malta. Gomer I guess spent time in Malta when he was deployed and there was debate about which continent it belongs to since it is in the Mediterranean Sea. According to wiki which is always right, it is part of Europe. Argue away my friends.

    Have a great productive week. Do great things.

    Fireman Ed

  • Ace of Spades

    On a nice mild morning, 7 studs and Fireman Ed went out on a tour of the local neighborhoods. Unfortunately we only covered about 2 miles but we did get to do some burpees.

    COP: DQs, CPs, merkins, Freddie Mercuries, Scorpion kicks and arm circles

    Exercise: I brought a deck of cards. Clubs were hand release merkins, diamonds were jump squats, spades except Ace of Spades are Carolina Dry docks, hearts are heels to heaven. Ace of Spades is 20 marvelous burpees.

    We would mosey for about a block and then have 3 cards pulled.

    We covered south on Ridge for two blocks, turned left on a street because Kubota scared me by saying it gets dark when you go further down Ridge Road, crossed into Westham first right to the end at college road, left on College and then left on Glen Parkway with a few stops on the way. No Ace of Spades yet.

    Right on Westham and stop on the white/gray crap infested median for 4 corners. 10 burpees, 20 WWIIs, 15 Lt. Dans (I initially called for one count Lt. Dans and confused the PAX) and finish with 40 2 count flutter kicks.

    Continue to Pinetree left on Ridge and go through the church parking lot with more stops in between. Still no Ace of Spades.

    After crossing River Road and doing two more rounds of 3 cards, Handshake picked up the fabled Ace of Spades. So we ended with 20 fun filled burpees.

    It was good seeing a SOJ regular (Chaplain) and get 8 total PAX. Handshake was able to discuss his inefficiency at removing a tree stump on Monday. It was also good to see young Pucker be the war daddy; otherwise that title would have gone to me.

    Prayers are with Handshake’s friend and her family. She lost her dad (Kent) to PLS (similar to ALS I think). Great job with convergence Honeydo and the First Watch PAX.

    Zach Wilson 2024 All Pro

    Fireman Ed