Author: Fireman Ed

  • PDGA – Westham Open

    5 tremendously talented individuals showed up for the inaugural Westham open. I was told the 5-hole tourney would be on ESPN the Ocho but no cameras or spectators were around. Maybe better publicity next time.

    COP: DMH, DQ mosey to Club Vista Lane, 25 merkins, mosey to College Road, 25 WWIIs. Mosey to hole 1 at the famous Spider disc golf club. Helicopters before we start.

    Hole 1 – Throw disc, bear crawl, etc. until your disc is in the basket. Every shot gets 3 burpees.

    Hole 2 – Throw disc, lunge, until your disc is in the basket. Each shot gets 10 jump squats.

    Hole 3 (really hole 18 because hole 3 is hard to play at 5:20 in the morning) – Throw disc, crabwalk forward, etc. Each shot gets 5 CDDs.

    Replay Hole 1 – EF Hutton has a shot within 4 feet of the hole; that young fella learns quick. He gets the one birdie.

    Replay Hole 2

    Mosey back to Club Vista – 25 wide grip merkins, to Westham – 20 diamond merkins. To home base.

    Finished with Freddie Mercuries and American hammers.

    Ef Hutton wins the tourney with an average of par and the tourney’s only birdie. Congrats and you will receive a prize to be determined at a later point in time.

    Prayers for Fudd’s sister and Splinter’s mother and Fireman Ed’s father n’ law. Enjoy the humidity.

    Fireman Ed

  • Class of 2024

    7 able bodied musclemen gathered in Eagle territory in the far West End. Attila was in sleep catch up mode in his car but once 5:30 arrived he was ready to roll.

    COP: DQs, DMH, helicopters, merkins, MCs, FMs and LBCs.

    Mosey counterclockwise around the school with sets of 20 and 24 (in honor of my daughter’s Jane’s graduation from Freeman). start with moseying while doing around the worlds. When stopped do 20 sit and presses and then 24 standing presses. Mosey with halos and do 20 coupon squats and then 24 calf raises. Mosey to eagle sheds and do a bear crawl and then run back. I think you are getting the general gist.

    Other sets included dips and lawnmower pulls, bench and more bench, bicep curls and more bicep curls, coupon flutter kicks, heels to heaven, american hammers and more presses (Pigskin likes his presses, maybe that explains his prowess). We finished with 20 burpees (4 sets of 5) and some stretching (gots to do that when you get old). Very limited tooting which is a rarity with this group.

    Prayers for Fudd’s sister and my father. Have a wonderful Memorial Day (convergence at Belle Isle on Monday at 7) and god bless those who sacrificed their lives in protection of our nation and our rights. Congrats to all high school and college grads!

    Fireman Ed

  • Gridiron’s baby is 48

    11 PAX came ready to rock in the far West End. Some were getting ready for the big convergence on May 4th at Dogpile. Some are getting ready for the Whitesnake Bluegrass next week. So much to do! So little time!

    COP: The normal Fireman Ed special: DQs, DMHs, merkins, FMs, ACs. Seymour says now I will show up. Head to field.

    Cumulative exercises with 10 HRMs, 20 WWIIs, 30 Carolina DDs, 40 jump squats, 50 LBCs. Mosey to side of field.

    First round: wheelbarrows across field, bernie back. Round 2: Bear crawl halfway across field run rest of field Bernie back. Round 3: Lunge across field, run back. Round 4: Broad jump burpees halfway across field, run or Bernie back. Mosey to benches.

    Elevens with dips and derkins. Mosey to chin up bar.

    Elevens with chin ups and 2 count step ups. I admittedly had to move to the jerkin bar because my arms are not super beefy. Mosey to home base.

    Triple check with wall sits, elbow plank and run around the parking lot. Finished with American hammers, heels to heaven and DMH.

    Grow Ruck with convergence at Dogpile on 5/4. there is an upchuck led workout for those who think sleep is overrated at 6. For other folk, meet at Dogpile before 7. No workout at Gridiron on 5/4. Bluegrass festival on 5/4. Park at James River High school and a shuttle will take you to the beer, I mean bluegrass, See Whitesnake for details on the festival. Prayers for those participating in Grow Ruck. Stay safe.

    It is the draft which gives Jets and Commanders fans hope. And then week 1 hits and hope then evaporates. We shall see. By the way, Gridiron’s youngest participant was 48. We are oldish but we are mighty.

    Fireman Ed

  • Monument Ave 10K – KB preparation

    By the time yours truly arrived to lead the PAX, the PAX had already formed a circle ready to go. As I nudged my way, the lights went on so off we go.

    COP: DQs, helicopters, HRMs, MCs, FMs, One burpee for late arriving Whitesnake. Off to bus loop.

    Each bus loop is 1K so we do ten loops with ten different exercises (or at least that was the plan).

    Loop 1 – 10 sit and press at each quarter of the loop; Loop 2 – 15 squats at each quarter of the loop. Hmmm this is not going too fast. As a means of accelerating pace, the third loop was a jog. Loop 4 – 20 Lawnmower pulls, Look 5 – Presses for first quarter and third quarter of loop, Loop 6 – yogging time, Loop 7 – Bicep curls first and third quarter of loop, Loop 8 – Bear crawls with kettle bell first and third quarter. This was a crowd pleaser. Gypsy was doing some serious modifications but hey you be you. Loop 9 – yogging, Loop 10 – 15 high pulls per quarter loop. 10K in only 40 minutes. Well done!

    Finished with 5 burpees and some DQ.

    Prayers for those participating in Grow Ruck on May 4th and for a Pax from NC whose mother passed away (my apologies for forgetting his name). Enjoy the beautiful weather and do great things. Good to meet a new PAX (not an FNG) Gaudi. Hope you keep coming back to Circus.

  • No rain, some pain and the ghost of Senor Frog

    6 Pax dodged the non-rain of First Watch to enjoy a limited cardio coupon workout. After taking a fart sack sabbatical from FW over the last several weeks, he reappeared to Q ahead of his next birthday. Kubota was nice enough to bring coupons so we could look Spring Break vacation worthy.

    COP: DQs, helicopters, DMH, merkins, MCs and LBCs. Mosey to covered area which was unnecessary but when a workout plan is made, thou shalt abide by the plan.

    Triple check with bench press, curls and run to top end of parking lot. In the middle of the workout, a seventh PAX appeared who looked like Senor Frog. He said a couple words and he was told to get a coupon. Such PAX member vanished for the rest of the workout. Very spooky. Spooky stuff happens during Holy Week.

    At the same location, we did a new Triple check with coupon flutters, squats and run to Forest Ave. and back. After completion, I asked my timekeeper Hutton for the time (I could not find my watch – stinks getting old) I realized there was enough time to return coupons and do stationary 11s consisting of dips and derkins (off the guardrail at home base). Handshake signaled he was done with a burst from his tailpipe. Mosey to home base.

    Finished with American hammers, heels to heaven and some stretching.

    Prayers for Handshake’s M’s second cousin who is getting treated for bone cancer and for my father n’ law who found out he has stage 4 liver cancer. Congrats for Bodos for his interview on the radio (did not know his last name was pronounced Widamer). Safe travels for all those going somewhere for Spring Break. Happy Easter to all! It was good to be back.

  • Rainy basketball workouts reign supreme!

    Despite the rainy conditions that used to be commonplace for Fireman Ed at Gridiron, 6 mature studs showed up to see what was in store.

    Mosey to pavilion for a close proximity workout. COP: CP, DMH, merkins, LBCs, FMs, ACs. Stay put for elevens. With some furniture rearranging, the PAX found barely enough dry space for 6 to perform 11s with Derkins and 2 count step ups. Then do sets of 10 dips, 15 dips and then 20 dips.

    Wet mosey to bus loop. Fireman Ed special with a running pacer and the PAX rotating with Burpees, LBCs, squats, HRMs and flutters. For some reason, Ed gets the burpees when Attila yogs. Second set involved diamond merkins, pole smokers (which sucked when the rain hit your face at certain intervals), Lt. Dans, Carolina DDs and heels to heaven. At this point the PAX were screaming for variety.

    Stealing or using Tater’s Super Bowl idea, I had divided the PAX into VCU and Richmond and we all played knockout. Richmond won three times thanks to Attila and Tater and despite me. I can’t shoot worth a lick. Attila had the best form. Tater had an impressive knuckler. That is why I play disc golf. We then divided into two groups and played PIG which wasn’t a lot of cardio but it was fun.

    Mosey to home base with merkins called out at certain intervals and a stretch because stretching is good.

    So based on our games, Richmond should win a close one but Richmond rarely beats VCU so we will see what happens. Ended in prayer and a burst of backblast from one of our PAX.

    Thanks for letting me lead. Go Spiders!

  • Oh sh$t! I have the Q!

    Fireman Ed set his alarm for 5:05, woke up thought “Hmm maybe today would be a good day to fartsack.” Then looked at the Q list and noticed that “He has this morning’s Q”. On his 10 minute drive thought of a few classics to run with the PAX.

    COP: DQs, DMH, Offshore arrives because who needs to stretch, HRMs, helicopters, MCs and FMs. Mosey to bus loop bench area.

    Elevens with sit and press and 2 count coupon step ups. Don’t perform sit and press on a large root. Mosey to road on bus loop.

    Lindseys with bench press and bicep curls. I could hear Attila adapting to his recent upgrade in weight.

    Loop arounds with run around the loop as pacer. Exercises included pole smokers, burpees, coupon flutter kicks, lawnmower pulls and tricep pulldowns. We did this twice.

    Finished with some boring stretching.

    Grow Ruck coming up in early May. Handshake loses his “hate” this weekend with a special Q this Saturday at Dogpile. As always see Slack for details. I am happy to lead and feedback was positive on my not as well planned Q. Sometimes we overthink and overplan things.

    Fireman Ed

  • Grumpy older men

    12 able bodied men, 11 regulars and an FNG (welcome Jelly Roll) came out looking for a workout, maybe even a beat down. For some reason, at times some of the regulars were not happy with aspects of my workout. As people get older, they complain more often.

    COP: DQs, DMH, merkins, mountain climbers (the ones that went to Circus noticed similarities between that COP and this one), FMs (flatulence makers) and Arm circles. Mosey to curb next to main football field.

    Curb crawls with 2 WWIIs added per merkin. Jelly Roll found it challenging but was a good sport. Went from 1 to 5 back down to 1. Mosey to bus loop.

    Ascending exercises of 5, 10 , 15 and 20 with pole smokers, HRMs, Carolina Dry docks and heels to heaven. Mosey to tennis court.

    Suicides for the 4 tennis courts with 5 squats on court 1, 10 on court 2, 15 on court 3 and 20 on court 4. Second set was 2 burpees, then 4 burpees, then 6 burpees and lastly 8. Mosey to bus loop again.

    Triple check with bear crawl, donkey kicks and flutter kicks. The length of the bear crawl was reduced to account for the grumpiness of some PAX with doing too many donkey kicks. they were right. The donkey kicks sucked. Long mosey to chin up bars.

    First set: 10 chin ups or whatever your max is, 20 dips. Second set 7 chin ups and 25 dips. Third set 5 chin ups and 30 dips. Mosey to home base.

    American hammers, APDs, LBCs (at half Jville speed) with stretching to end the fiesta.

    No announcements from us. No prayer requests. Welcome Jelly Roll whose given name is Jeremy. He works as a lawyer and lives out in the far far west end near Tater. The name came out of him telling us he likes alternative music and was more family friendly than the other suggestions. Congrats on the Spiders for a big victory over 16th ranked Dayton. Now they just have to beat VCU. Enjoy the rest of your weekend. Safe returns for Pigskin, Gomer and Fudd’s parents from Honduras.

    Fireman Ed

  • What month is it?

    Fireman Ed has done his fair share of fartsacking the last few months and so he said “If I Q I need to show up” and that he did. I couldn’t use the weather as an excuse since it was 63 at 5 a.m. With 8 in total we did the following fun activities:

    COP: DQs, helicopters, HRMs, MCs and LBCs (at half of Jville’s normal pace). Mosey to bus loop.

    Ascending exercises from 5 to 10 to 15 to 20. Went through sit and presses (Fudd and my least favorite), bench press, lawnmower pulls (which I call rows) and high pulls. We would traverse the bus loop while going through these with some lunges and rifle carrying throughout. Mosey to behind Mills G.

    Dora with 50 burpees, 100 curls for the ladies, 150 calf raises and 200 squats (work those legs for spring). Mosey to base. Bear crawls through some swampy grass, wall sits and donkey kicks.

    Finish with American hammers, freddie mercuries, and stretching.

    Prayers for those doing mission work in Honduras including Pigskin who is probably leading workouts, Gomer and Fudd’s parents. Praise for my older daughter getting into Longwood nursing early decision (may be old news now). See Slack for all events including the upcoming Grow Ruck in May. Do great things gentlemen.

    Fireman Ed

  • Explore the Space

    5 warriors decided to embark on some muscle building/retention over at the friendly confines off Pump Road. 4 of us were ready for COP, one acted as if “COP is for wusses.” Maybe my COP is for wusses. Note for next time.

    COP: DQs, helicopters, merkins, LBCs, ACs.

    Theme was to mosey around the whole AO and if something caught my fancy we would do sets of an exercise by such landmark. Exercises included burpees, Lawnmower pulls, bear crawls/crawl bears, sit and presses, 2 count flutter kicks, dips, donkey kicks, halos, bicep curls, bench presses, derkins and a couple that I forgot. We made it to the football stadium and back. Not too shabby.

    Some mumble chatter ensued especially when some ripe flattulence was dispersed during derkins. at that point, a little jogging did us good. Ended with some stretching since it was pretty darn cold out.

    Be on the lookout for information about “Griddleiron” which is the full service breakfast fellowship following one of the Saturday Gridiron workouts. Prayers for a neighbor of mine who just started bone marrow treatments for cancer today (I just found this out yesterday asking him why he shaved his head, now I know). Have a great and hopefully limited stress holiday season.

    Thanks for letting me lead.

    Fireman Ed