Author: Fireman Ed

  • They have baskets

    I was getting ready to introduce disc golf to the fine far West folks. I went to Costco and retrieved 3 boxes and had them set up for a mini course (hit the box would have been my backblast title). To my astonishment, I found 5 real disc golf baskets set up at the back of Short Pump Middle. Did they set them up for us? Well no boxes necessary. Although not everyone was on time, we had 10 PAX ready to go.

    COP: DQs, DMH, Merkins, MCs, LBCs and ACs. Is that Lighthouse and Homer? Mosey to hole 1.

    Hole 1: Throw, bear crawl, throw bear crawl until you get in the basket. 3 burpees for each shot.

    Hole 2: Throw, lunge, throw, lunge until you get it in the basket. 5 HRMs for each shot.

    Hole 3: Throw, throw, bunny hop, throw bunny hop until you get it in the basket. 7 wide grip merkins for each shot.

    Hole 4: Throw, throw, polar bear crawl, etc. 5 merkins per shot. Collect discs and mosey to front of school.

    Triple check with four exercises: Donkey kicks, derkins, heels to heaven run around loop. Chum shows up after a long run at SOJ. Mosey to bleachers on second field.

    Elevens with 2 count steps and diamond merkins (I like merkins). Mosey to home base.

    One set of PLTs, Carolina DDs, Freddie Mercuries and DQs/DMHs. Counterama.

    Events: Monday get together on Mcarthur road instead of Punisher. See Chum Bucket for details as he is not much of a Slacker. Pickelball tournament on 8/26. Labor Day convergence at Dogpile at 7 a.m. (so late for that group). Ended with prayers. Thanks God for the beautiful morning. It was good to see runners Johnsonville and Gypsy and future runner Blue Moon at coffeeteria.

    Fireman Ed (now we have Dalvin Cook – bet we still find a way to su%k).

  • I have the Q Ronnie.

    As 5 of us were waiting to get started at FW, a speedy Mazda comes roaring into the parking lot. Ronnie comes out and asks “Who is able to keep time for me?” After a moment of brief confusion, Fireman Ed, the PAX and their coupons got the ball rolling. COP: DQs, DMH, MCs, ACs and LBCs. Mosey to main church parking lot.

    First Exercise: Four corners – 10 Block burpees, 20 squats, 30 rows and 40 2 count flutters (with coupon). Mosey to home base.

    Second Exercise: Triple check with bench press, curls and run around the loop. Third set got pretty tough. Mosey to Cameron St.

    Third Exercise: Down the street 5 overhead presses per mailbox. Slight confusion with a fella leaving his house early (probably to go to one of those pricey gyms). Back up the street with 7 swings per mailbox. Back to home base.

    Tricep exercises – 3 sets – 1st 10 and the 2nd/3rd 15. American coupon hammers (this was a crowd favorite) and closed with DQs and DMH.

    Announcements: Get together at Mcarthurs on the North Side 6 p.m. on Monday. See backblast for details. Last time I went to McArthur’s I sang some bad karaoke. That was in the previous century. I had hair on my head back then.

    Pickelball tournament 8/26 at 6 a.m.

    Prayers for Fireman Ed who gets results from a medical test next week and for those who are struggling mentally or physically. And next time I will just let Ronnie Q:)

  • Beer and Breast Milk

    7 warriors gathered in the semi gloom to work with KBs. Here is how it went:

    COP: DQs, DMH, merkins, MCs, FMs, LBCs Mosey to side of school away from Pump Road.

    Catch me if you can with 3 burpees and walking with two KBs (yours and partners).

    Triple check with two people/exercises: Bear crawl and run back, sit and press 3X. Mosey to front parking lot with 2 sets of 25 bench presses on the way.

    Four corners with 10 burpees, 20 overhead presses, 30 coupon squats and 40 curls for the ladies. Mosey to bus loop.

    One the mosey do 4 sets of rows first 10 each arm, escalating by 5 to 25 per arm. Did a couple of coupon calf raises on route. At this point in the mosey I overhead an odd conversation about drinking beer is like having breast milk. It made so little sense to me and Attila thought it was a good backblast title so I went with it.

    At the bus loop lunge to the fire hydrant do 10 swings, walk to the other side do 15 swings, lunge another 200 feet do 20 swings and then walk to the starting point do 25 swings. Mosey to home base and add some tricep work because some ladies like triceps.

    Finished with American hammers and DMH.

    Prayers for Mr. Rogers and his son Lincoln and safe travels for Attila to visit his home state of Bama. There is a weekly gathering at Dunkin Donuts at Lauderdale and Broad Tuesdays at 7 p.m. Join them if you can.

    Thanks again for letting me lead.

    Fireman Ed

  • The Heat is On

    13 Pax of various ages (what other AO can boast attendance from a teenager and a septuagenarian) descended on the friendly confines of Short Pump North. Lighthouse came in running and warned us of the heat and man he was right.

    COP: DQs, DMH, Merkins, MCs, FMs, LBCs.

    Mosey with a merkin run. We run together (sort of) and then I call out 10 merkins. We went around to Short Pump Middle and did 40 merkins.

    Dora with 100 HRMs, 200 Squats and 300 monkey humpers. Run in a loop in front of the entrance. The monkey humpers got more challenging after the first 100. Mosey to newly paved basketball court (did they do that for us).

    Four corners: 10 burpees, 20 squats, 30 2 count mountain climbers and 40 2 count flutter kicks. It was noted that the temp on the asphalt was a bit high. Mosey to tennis court.

    Slight audible: A kid was practicing tennis with his mom so the suicides with an exercise was constrained to the first two courts. We still may have scared them. 1st one – 5 Carolina Dry docks then 10 CDDs. 2nd set – diamond merkins, 3rd set – wide grip merkins. Mosey to field next to main Gridiron field.

    1st set – partner wheelbarrows run back. 2nd set – bear crawl run back and 3rd set – lunge Bernie back. Mosey to bleachers.

    Elevens with derkins and 2 count step ups. I was asked whether my M wanted me to build my arms today. Fair question since we did lots of merkin exercises.

    Finished with American Hammers, Freddie Mercuries, Heels to Heaven and stretching.

    Convergence this Tuesday at 7 at Dogpile for those that are in town. Enjoy the rest of your weekend and thanks for our democracy.

    Fireman Ed

  • The Circus PAX sure like to modify

    On a beautiful almost July morning, six regulars got together and did a little swinging. KB swinging that is. A few minutes before starting, I thought it was just going to be me, White Deer and Pigskin and I would be the baby at 50. But Lighthouse, Attila and Offshore came in to get the median age down to ~55. The exercises went like this:

    COP: DQs, DMH, Helicopters, Merkins, Plank Jacks and FMs. Mosey to back of school.

    Doras with 100 Sit and Press, 150 curls and 200 bench presses.

    Lindseys with squats and KB swings. Do a set move a few parking spaces and do a set and so on until we got back to home base. Mosey to the well-used bus loop.

    Overhead press, tricep pulls, rows, 2 count flutters, LBCs and run around the loop. There was a lot of modifying on this set of exercises. I had a hard time figuring out why there were so many modifications. I think I need to come up with a “List of Alternate ADA Compliant Exercises for my friends at the Circus.”

    Finished with a set of American Hammers and some stretching.

    Convergence at Dogpile at 7 a.m. on Tuesday 7/4. No announcements or prayer requests for today but lend a hand to a friend if they need help. Thanks for letting me lead.

    Fireman Ed

  • Riders on the Storm

    One of my daughters and I put together a meal for Saturday Breaking Bread. It consisted of barbeque grilled chicken, baked mini potatoes, salad and brownies. My daughter happens to have a learner’s permit so I said “Why don’t you drive to BB? Little did we know that we will heading down there right after a big storm left massive puddles on the roads. Even though no experience navigating the city part of Southside and massive puddles, she did a darn good job. She may have splashed a couple of diners in Westover Hills but better that than an accident.

    In terms of the food delivery, we were unfortunately unable to stay with the guests but Barbara was very kind and appreciative. I hopefully am teaching a lesson to my 2.0 about using your time and talents for those who are struggling. Here is a picture of our food in the kitchen.

    Happy to serve.

    Fireman Ed

  • Miata lovers club

    7 warriors descended upon River Road Baptist south to get a good workout in the books.

    COP: DQs, DMH, HRMs, MCs, FM (Freddie Mercuries AKA Flattulence Makers), ACs.

    Exercise 1: Mosey to speed bumps (5 burpees per speed bump), mosey to entrance – 20 2 count flutters, 30 box jumps and 40 SSHs. Long mosey to University and Ralston with 25 Carolina Dry Docks and 25 monkey humpers.

    Exercise 2: Elevens up the hill at University with diamond merkins and sumo squats (which after a while look like regular squats). Somewhat long mosey back to church parking lot with 20 WWIIs at each intersection and car dodging on Forest (Zing Fit must have had a special class this morning).

    Exercise 3: Curb crawl with bear crawls up to 5 down to 1. Not a well-defined curb at FW so some of us had to improvise. Mosey to home base.

    Finished with American Hammers and DMH.

    There will be a 7/4 convergence (love the heat). There was a bit of complaining about the # of steps (4500 per Handshake). Was our workout WTH worthy? There was a comment about preferring the disc golf workout. Maybe next time. Afterwards, a few of us went to coffeeteria and a lady drove up in an orange Miata and Ronnie was rather excited. Perhaps they can share Miata stories in the future.

    Thanks for letting me lead. Sorry there was no Jets theme today.

    Fireman/Fireperson Ed

  • Pickles and Balls

    11 fine gentlemen showed up for a workout but my workout took second fiddle to a large Pickleball tournament. One pickeballer thought we were gathering for the tournament or maybe he had a man crush on White Deer. The workout went something like this:

    COP: DQs, helicopters, HRMs, MCs, FMs and ACs. Mosey to field below the main field.

    Lindseys with merkins and WWIIs. Totals 100 of each exercise. Not too shabby. Mosey to bus loop

    Sets of pole smokers. 15 then 20 then 25. Mosey to basketball court which was redone just for Ed.

    Four corners with 10 burpees, 20 Lt. Dans, 30 squats and 40 SSHs. Mosey to soccer field in front of SPMS.

    Indian bear crawl. Everyone bear crawls in a line. Last person runs to the front and then bear crawls. Problem with this exercise is that White Deer bear crawls faster than half the PAX run and much faster than he runs. Mosey to pavilion by home base.

    Elevens with step ups and heels to heaven. Polly decided to take some time and talk to a friend playing cricket.

    Triple check with donkey kicks, dips and the pacer runs across the field and Bernies back.

    Finished with American hammers and LBCs.

    On 5/29 the day a friend of mine turns 50 there will be a Convergence at Tredegar a 7 a.m. Polly is trying to plan out a joint F3 workout and mixed cricket game. More to come on that. It was good to see Bodos make it to Gridiron and get Homer back. I am happy you all let me lead.

    Fireman Ed

  • Unit weight

    7 Regulars and 2 of Woodfin’s finest gathered for some KB work. As we waited for the lights to signal 5:30 Offshore was coming in lukewarm at 15 mph (have to obey the speed limit no matter what). At 5:30 we went like this:

    COP: DQs, helicopters, merkins, mountain climbers, LBCs, Mikey Phelps. Mosey to Pump Road side of school.

    Elevens with sit and press and rows. Mosey to main parking lot at MG.

    Lindseys with bench press and bicep curls for the middle-aged girls. The curls get pretty da%n hard. Stay in parking lot.

    Doras with 100 overhead press, 200 squats and 300 2 count flutter kicks. Back to home base.

    1 burpee followed by 2 overhead triceps, followed by 2, 4 and 3,6. Then Attila said “time’s up”.

    It was good to see Handshake and Senor Frog. Handshake was given a light weight that had a slight manhood shape resemblance. Handshake did not partake in using such weight and used a real KB.

    Convergence is scheduled for 5/29 at Tredegar. Be prepared to sweat going up the hills.

    God is good. All of the time. Thanks for letting me lead.

    Fireman Ed

  • The Ocho

    8 men descended on the warm confines of MGHS for a coupon workout. It was good for me to see Gypsy and Bedpan as I have not seen them in awhile. After the lights turned on, we were ready to go.

    COP: DQs, DMHs, merkins, FMs, ACs – I am a predictable COPer. Mosey to benches.

    Elevens with sit and press and step ups. Mosey to Pump Road side of MG.

    Curb crawl up to 4 back down to 1. the space is a little wider than most curb crawls. Either that or I am getting old. Mosey to main MG parking lot.

    Doras with 100 bench presses, 200 curls (this got hard after the first 100) and 300 2 count flutters – no coupon. Run around the fire hydrant median. Mosey back to home base.

    Do 10 lawn mower pulls each arm 3 times. Develop the back for pool season. Also do 10 squats, 10 calf raises with coupon and 10 swings. At home base, do some more DQs so you don’t pull something.

    Prayers for the families and friends of two young guys down in Southside who died in the car crash. Also prayers for those suffering from mental illness or significant physical illness. CSOP in early May at this location. Happy hour on Friday in SOJ. CPR class is now full. Thanks for letting me lead.

    Fireman Ed.