Author: Fireman Ed

8 warriors braved the mighty drizzle of Short Pump to brave a workout from Fireman Ed. The workout went something like this:

COP: 15 SSHs (for some reason my body went faster than my cadence causing a near uproar from the geriatrics who prefer predictability and order), 10 DQs, 20 FMs, 15 ACs (each direction) and 13 Cherry pickers. Mosey to curb near track

Exercise 1: Curb Bear Crawl and Crawl Bear up to 5 merkins. Rest and go 6 to 9 merkins. Mosey around track (with Jville splashing in the puddles like a good country boy).

Exercise 2: With the theme being 9 26 (cause that’s what today is) we did 9 donkey kicks followed by 26 WWIIs, then 9 chicken peckers and 26 2 count LBCs, then 9 donkey kicks and 26 2 count flutter kicks. Mosey around school to get some cardio.

Exercise 3: 1 burpee at each pole, 13 poles; then 2 burpees at each pole for 13 poles. Mosey around school to benches near swampy field.

Exercise 4: 9 merkins then 26 bench kicks (probably wrong term), 9 HRMs then 26 2 count steps, and 9 diamond merkins then 26 calf raises on the bleacher steps (with two of us almost falling). Mosey to pavilion

Exercise 5: 9 derkins 26 squats, 9 derkins 26 jump squats, 9 derkins 26 2 count mountain climbers. Mosey to famous Gainesville chin up bars.

Exercise 6: 9 chin ups, 26 dips, 7 chin ups, 13 dips, 5 chin ups, 13 dips. Mosey to parking lot after 2 rounds around the parking lot

26 2 count American hammer, round of Mary with merkins, DQs and rotten cherry pickers.

Closed in prayer.

Announcements: There is a gently used shoe collection for an organization called Homeward. The POCs are Gypsy, Honeydo (West End), Spit (Daville) and TryHard (SOJ). Please give the shoes that you no longer wear.

Field Event in Amelia on 10/3 (next Saturday). I am guessing other backblasts will have more details.

I am glad to entertain with the uneven SSH cadence. It proves some of you were paying attention.

Help those in need.

Fireman Ed

10 able bodied and mature warriors descended on Gridiron on a humid and slightly rainy day. Before we commenced the beatdown, it was noticed that J’ville was wearing “Scott” brand sneakers. Who knew that a diversification strategy of turf treatment and footwear could work?

The workout went like this:

COP: 11 SSHs, 11 DQs, 11 Freddie Mercuries, 11 arm circles and 11 cherry pickers.

Elevens:

First 11 (White Deer version): HRMs move five feet so WWIIs

Second 11 (Tater version): Plank Jacks go 30 yards do Lt. Dans

Third 11 (Lighthouse version): Carolina Dry docks go 70 yards do 2 count flutter kicks

Mosey to chin up bars – do 3 sets of 11 chin ups, 11 dips and 11 heels to heaven

Mosey to parking lot – 2 11 burpees divided into 2 sets, 11 2 count AHs, 11 2 count mountain climbers, 22 LBCs, merkin round of fire, 11 DQs, 11 cherry pickers (us old folks have to stretch) and finish with 2 laps around parking lot of normal jogging, karaoke and Bernie Sanders.

Announcements: Labor Day Convergence at Gridiron at 7 a.m. with coffee and breakfast sandwiches served for those who make it. Sorry no Bloody Marys. 10/3 2nd F in Amelia

Closed in prayer. Make sure to help those in need during these challenging times. In god’s name we pray. Amen.

13 men ranging from one Gen Z to a couple of Baby Boomerish age got together to partake in a Fireman Ed led workout. Our War Daddy, White Deer is on his 7th knee so I tried to ensure he wasn’t running too much. Every time I asked him if it was OK if we relocate, he responded with “Don’t worry about me.”

The workout went like this:

COP: Don Quixotes, Side straddle hops, Merkins, Arm Circles and Freddie Mercuries ending with 3 punitive burpees

Mosey to soccer field and do 4 sets of 4 corners (after a bunch of confusion about where to start and which direction to go).

1. 10 HRMs, 20 WWIIs, 30 jump squats, 40 2 count flutter kicks
2. 10 Carolina DDs, 20 Lt. Dans, 30 2 count mt. climbers and 40 heels to heaven
3. 10 burpees, 20 plank jacks, 30 superman reps and 40 pickle pounders
4. 10 squats followed by bear crawl, 20 squats, 30 squats followed by crawl bear, 40 squats

Mosey to UF Gators jungle gym, Elbow plank for one minute

Do 3 sets of 7 chin up, 11 dips, lunge to top of hill and run around pickleball courts.

Mosey to near children’s playground (that sounds creepy but no one was using the playground). Elbow plank for one minute. Then end with 30 2 count American hammers in cadence (this one had comments of disapproval), LBCs. arm circles and Don Quixotes.

Ended in prayer. Announcement is that By product and Johnsonville are biking at Pocohontas State Park on Sunday mornings. Reach out to them if you want to join them.

Even though it was not the smoothest Q, I did enjoy myself.

Fireman Ed

10 manly studs and 1 non-manly Pax (welcome Buffy) enjoyed a good workout on a late June like humd morning at Gridiron. We also enjoyed the return of Tater from his 14th or so knee surgery. And actually Tater had more bounce than half the PAX. I also have to commend Johnsonville on his Julius Caesar like haircut. Of course I haven’t had a haircut since 2008 so what do I know?.

Anyway, the workout went like this:

Run around school (except for Tater) – COP: 25 SSH, 10 DQ, 25 Freddie Mercuries, and 15 arm circles

Perform the baker’s dozen (45 seconds on an exercise, 15 seconds off). Exercises include:

Merkins, Squats, Flutter Kicks, Hand release merkins, Lt. Dans, six inches, wide grip merkins, side lunges, heels to heaven, burpees, crabcakes, plank and WWIIs.

We did this twice with a run around the school in between.

Then we moseyed around the school to the new Florida Gator pull up bars. We partook in 7 chin ups down to 5 chin ups with a run around the pickleball court in between the three sets.

We finished with a long set of American hammers, a stretch and arm circles.

Announcements include:

Monday 7 a.m. Murph style exercise at Gridiron. We will do 1/4 mile increments with a set of pull ups. This will replace Batteau and Punisher (please confirm/deny).

We closed in prayer. Welcome to our FNG Buffy who somehow knows Johnsonville, just finished her junior year, dances a lot and stays up all night looking for vampires (OK maybe we made the vampire part up). Either way, we called her Buffy. Please put those in the front lines in your prayers.

God bless.

Fireman Ed

7 regular studs showed up on a somewhat rainy morning to go through a consistent workout.

Mumble chatter with the mature population was higher than normal; not sure if it was the rain, cabin fever or something else. Discussions included the correlation between sheep loving and COVID, involuntary bowel issues and sporting extra weight on your torso so a weight belt is unnecessary.

COP: Jog around the track in front of Short Pump middle. 20 SSH, 10 DQ, 15 arm circles each direction and 25 Freddie Mercuries.

Exercise: Next to the school there is a covered drop off area. I set up 12 exercises. Each one is done for 45 seconds, move to the next spot and repeato. The exercises were merkins, WWIIs, squats, burpees, flutter kicks, Lt. Dans, hand release merkins, pole sits, heels to heaven , crab cakes, kettle bell swings and the rosalita like exercises where your legs go in a circle.

We did this three times with a job in between.

We then finished with a plank.

It was good to see the pax go out and have a good time with each other.

The big announcement is that Byproduct is now engaged which means he will stop showing up after the big day next year. Congrats are in order.

We closed with prayers. Stay safe and healthy.

7 able bodied warriors including yours truly set out on a great adventure in the howling winds of Short Pump, VA.

COP: Mosey two times around the football field, Don Quixotes, Side Straddle hops, Freddie Mercuries, Merkins and Arm Circles.

E1: Mosey to front of school. Do each exercise 40 seconds on, 20 seconds off. Balls to the wall, Donkey kicks, Wall sits, plank and mountain climbers. Repeated balls to the wall and donkey kicks.

E2: Mosey to football field. 10 burpees at the 10 yard line, 20 WWIIs at the 20, 30 merkins, 40 jump squats, 50 2 count flutter kicks. Reverso after a quick rest.

E3: Mosey to school courtyard and use cards to determine exercises. These include crabcakes, diamond merkins, heels to heaven and LBCs. The cards kept blowing around making this difficult to sustain.

E4: Mosey to pickleball court. First bear crawl halfway down and back. Second, lunge 3/4 way and back. Lastly wheelbarrow all the way and back.

E5/6: Go to little pavilion. Do 3 sets of 40 seconds on and 20 seconds off of dips. Mosey to parking lot and finish with round of American hammers and merkins.

Closed in prayer. This is my first Q since before I broke my ankle on 12/26. It is good to be back and let’s put those with health issues in our prayers. Have a productive and enjoyable weekend.

Peace out.

Fireman Ed

On a cold winter solistice morning, I decided to take a page out of other playbooks with a deck of cards and some challenging exercises for the seven sensational athletes that call themselves PAX.

COP: Run lap around parking lot, 25 SSHs, run lap, 25 invisible jump ropes, run lap, 10 DQs, run lap and 15 arm circles. Mosey to other corner of parking lot.

First Exercise: Pick card from deck. Spades are burpees, Diamonds are merkins, Hearts are 2 count flutter kicks and Clubs are heels to heaven. The first couple picks were high spades which made the PAX grumble a bit but the following picks were more evenly distributed. Mosey to pickleball courts.

Second Exercise: Pick a card. Spades are suicide bear crawls, Diamonds are plain old suicide runs, Hearts are lunges and clubs Bernie Sanders. The bear crawls were painful but for some reason the pax kept picking hearts so we did lots of lunges. Mosey to benches.

Third Exercise: Same premise as first exercise with spades as derkins, diamonds as dips, hearts as step ups and clubs as bench kickers. For some reasons the PAX liked to pick bench kickers but wanted to improve their pectorals by performing more derkins. It took a lot of cards to get a few derkins sets in; after that we moseyed back to the parking lot.

We finished with 25 2 count AHs, 25 2 count MCs and a merkin ring of fire.

Only announcement is on Monday after Punisher on North Side there is a happy hour planned. I enjoyed leading the PAX in the far west end and hopefully all PAX have a good Christmas. It was good to see Offshore come and reduce the average PAX age to 50.