Author: 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

  • Removing our 3rd nipples

    10 warriors showed up on a crisp Mid-May to celebrate Attila’s birthday by doing a workout led by Fireman Ed. The workout went like this:

    COP: DQs, CPs, Merkins, Scorpion kicks (the PAX had a lot of mumble chatter on this; I am told this was because there was a lot of chest rubbing against the blacktop. Perhaps the third nipples that developed from the vaccine shots were getting removed so I was doing y’all a favor), Freddy Mercuries, large arm circles. Mosey to the soccer field.

    Exercise 1: Elevens with diamond merkins and SSHs

    Exercise 2: Four corners with 10 burpees, 20 WWIIs, 30 2 count mountain climbers and 46 (hmm how did I get that #) monkey humpers

    Exercise 3: Lindseys adding to 46 with Carolina dry docks and heels to heaven. Mosey to chin up bar area.

    Exercise 4: Elevens with pull ups and Lt. Dans. Mosey to playground surface.

    Exercise 5: Triple check with flutter kicks, elbow to regular planks, run across parking lot do 2 burpees

    Cool down with 46 LBCs and DQs

    Closed in prayer. It is good to see Jville back and for Upchuck to make a visit to the far west end. Upchuck is looking for folks to sign up for breaking bread. See Upchuck for details on this good cause.

    Convergence is 7 a.m. at Tredegar downtown on 5/31. Honeydo is leading so it will be tough but fun.

    Happy birthday Attila!

  • Sunny Gridiron – What gives?

    12 merry Pax, mostly comprised of regulars and a couple irregulars descended upon a surprisingly sunny Q from Fireman Ed. Today Ed “borrowed” several coupons from the fashionable near West End to help with the beatdown. Fireman Ed was unsure what to do with no rain falling during his Q.

    COP: DQs, CPs, FMs (with White Deer doing a side to side roll motion), merkins and arm circles. Take a coupon and mosey to mud field.

    Elevens with HRMs and bench kicks. Mosey to front of school.

    Triple check with donkey kicks, coupon swings, run around loop; balls to the wall, coupon chest presses, run and chicken peckers, coupon curls and run. Mosey to nearest parking lot.

    4 corners with 10 burpees, 20 coupon squats, 30 2 count mountain climbers, and 40 2 count flutters while holding up coupon. Mosey to bus loop.

    1 burpee per post to 10 burpees, 10 LBCs, polar bear back. Then the burpee per post, 20 LBCs, lunge back. Long mosey to return coupons.

    Go to nearby pavilion. 10 step ups on each foot, 10 WWIIs; repeat with 20 each and then 30 each. We are done!

    Closed in prayer. Pray for EF Hutton who had bad burns from a grease fire this week. He will have a long recovery time. The PAX are with you!

    Tomato run on 4/24 – see Spit for details. Blood drive 5/1 and still looking for BRR runners for early September (those that have participated really enjoyed it). I personally wish it were later in September but maybe I am being weak like the 2020 Jets!

    It was good meeting Homer; feel free to join the semi elderly PAX again.

  • New Beginnings

    7 early risers including yours truly thought “5:30 is way too late, we need to start at 5” and showed up on a mild morning (not quite 70). Before we started we had a little difficulty finding the coupons which worried the Fireman. However, someone took the effort to neatly stack them for us.

    COP: Take coupon to normal COP space. DQs, CPs, ACs, SKs, and Merkins.

    Elevens with curb derkins and heels to heaven. During this exercise, Upchuck and Handshake were practicing poor social distancing by doing some sort of wrastlin’. The governor would be very disappointed in you two. For some related reason EF got into a detailed description of how hockey fights work.

    Four corners with 10 HRMs, 20 coupon benches, 30 2 count mountain climbers and 40 LBCs with block somewhere on top.

    More elevens with coupon shoulder presses and 2 count American hammers.

    Another four corners (I know, not very creative) with 10 burpees, 20 coupon squats, 30 coupon step ups total and 40 2 count flutter kicks

    Mosey back to home base and put the coupons away nicely.

    I title the backblast “New Beginnings” because I start a new job tomorrow. Also, after we sin we have the opportunity to repent and start anew.

    Announcement: This Saturday there will be a cleanup at Evergreen cemetery on the east part of town. See Doublemint for details or go to that backblast. Do great things gentlemen.

  • 48

    11 of the finest athletes in all of the Tuckahoe region assembled for a workout led by birthday boy Fireman Ed.

    COP: Mosey to Bodos’ main parking lot. 10 DQs, 15 CPs, 25 FMs, 25 LBCs, and 15 ACs each way.

    E1: Polar bear across lot, 20 SSHs’ Polar bear again, 30 SSHs. Mosey to another Bodos parking lot behind church.

    E2: Elevens with HRMS and LBCs. Mosey across the street to the next parking lot.

    E3: Cumulative 4 corners with 10 burpees, 20 Heels to heaven, 30 Jump squats and 48 2 count flutter kicks. Mosey to the next parking lot.

    E4: Catch me if you can with 5 on each leg scorpion kicks, the other partner does lunges. After partner 1 catches partner two they switch. Mosey back to horseshoe (Fireman Ed had a close call with a car crossing the street. Look both ways!!!).

    E5: Finish with one minute people’s chair and 20 donkey kicks.

    Announcements:

    Bodos is going for his dissertation in May. If it all works out, he may change his name to Dr. Bodos.

    Prayers are with the Bremer family (shooting near Godwin HS) It must be difficult to lose someone so young in such a senseless manner.

    It was fun Q’ing and it was good to be back at Hoedown.

    Fireman Ed.