Author: Fireman Ed

  • Breaking Baked Ziti

    Fireman Ed and one of his 2.0s made baked ziti and brownies for the guests at Breaking Bread. Ed had no idea how many different cheeses went into baked ziti so after a few trips to different stores, he and his 2.0 (Olivia) were ready to go. For once, Ed actually followed his 2.0’s directions to the T and did not mess anything up. Add a salad and away we went. Even though we were unable to serve the guests, it teaches both of us a good lesson in gratitude. Below is a view of my 2.0 with a staff member at Breaking Bread. We will do this again (although I may need to bribe my 2.0 to lend her culinary skills). It is good to serve.

    Fireman Ed

  • Repeating is not a bad Q strategy

    I came on the relatively warm confines of MGHS (AKA the bomb shelter) to find the temperatures approaching a non-sunny 50 degrees, not bad for 1/19. 5 others joined me in a KB workout. I decided due to limited brain capacity to replicate the coupon workout I led yesterday but with kettlebells. I made a couple modifications.

    COP: DQs, DMH, HRMs, FMs and arm circles. I don’t vary the COPs very much. The FMs did drive a couple of backblasts. Mosey to bus loop.

    Triple check (we had 6 – awesome): Coupon bench presses, coupon flutters (switched to LBCs) and run around the loop. Mosey to run parallel to Pump.

    Elevens with sit and presses and merkins. Mosey back to bus loop.

    Four corners with 10 burpees, 20 2 count mountain climbers, 30 squats and 40 curls for the of age girls. Mosey to home base.

    Rifle carry across parking lot, run back, bear crawl back for coupon, rifle carry again.

    Ended workout with American hammers and DQs.

    Prayers for Attila’s family, Offshore’s friend, Corned Beef’s mom and anyone on the mend physically or mentally. There is the Frozen Triangle this Saturday where there are details a plenty on Slack. Also, Crucible is going to start 10K training on 2/11. Thanks for giving me the opportunity to lead.

    Fireman Ed

  • Wayne Chrebet – Mr. 3rd Down

    10 early risers arrived for a resurgence of the coupons. I being a cheapskate do not have a F3 shirt and with all of this talk of a great new shirt I decided to come in with my own ensemble. I went through old shirts and found a well-worn 1997 Wayne Chrebet jersey. Oh the good ole’ days of slightly above average JETS teams.

    The workout went like this:

    COP: DQs, DMHs, Merkins, MCs, FMs and ACs. Pick up a coupon (thanks Kubota for bringing them over). Mosey to triangle park.

    Triple check with coupon bench presses, LBCs and run around the triangle. Mosey to neighborhood (Culpeper St.).

    Elevens with coupon sit and presses and merkins. This took a while but Gumbo was leading the way. Mosey to parking lot.

    Four corners with burpees, 2 count mountain climbers, 30 coupon squats and 40 curls for the ladies. At this point there was mumble chatter about certain “experiences” in motor vehicles.

    Prayers for Corned Beef’s family as his mom likely suffered a stroke. Prayers for all those who are on the mend physically and mentally. Thanks for letting me lead after I backed out last week. We missed you Last Call.

    Cheers,

    Fireman Ed

  • 12s and 29s

    Four eager beavers including me took a tour of the roads around Mills Godwin high school.

    COP: DQs, helicopters, HRMs, FMs, DMH run the bus loop.

    Exercises: There were two dice and six exercises for each dice. First dice was for 12 reps. Second dice was for 29 reps. Dice 1 – burpees, sit and press, lawn mower pulls – 2 count, overhead pulls, sumo squats and halos. Dice 2 – bicep curls, bench press, flutter kicks with coupon – 2 count, LBCs – no coupon, SSHs – no coupon and dips – no coupon.

    We would mosey to different areas around the school sometimes having to lunge, sometimes rifle carry and sometimes just carrying the da#n coupon. We had the tendency to pick SSHs which made me ban SSHs. We also seemed to like sumo squats and lawn mower pulls. We made the estimated half mile trek around the school and still had time for a mountain climber, American hammer, DQ and DMH cool down.

    Prayers for Attila’s mother n law and Florence’s in laws. Convergence is at Dogpile at 6 a.m. (that is early) on 12/31. There is a run to different AOs in January. I forget the name of it because I sometimes am a bad listener. Just ask my M. It was great seeing Florence make the trip up north and I continue to be amazed at what Pigskin can do with a bad back at Triple Respect. And it is always good to see our site Q Attila.

    Hopefully Mike White can bring the Jets back to their winning ways this weekend. Do great things.

    Fireman Ed

  • Audibles for the Elders

    9 gentlemen worked out in the asphalt of Short Pump Middle School basking in the warmth of 28 degrees. First COP was a little DMH and some poor cadence DQ. Then we take a lap around the track to get warmed up. More COP included merkins, FMs and ACs.

    Exercise 1: Curb crawl to 5 and down to 1. Mosey to the bus loop.

    Exercise 2: One burpee per pillar (~15 total). Then 5 WWIs for each two pillars (~40 total). Then 5 CDDs per two pillars and lastly one HRM per pillar. Ed noticed the sychronization between Tater and Seymour. “Oh you went to Richmond, let’s do our exercises in the same cadence.” Mosey to basketball court.

    Exercise 3: Four corners with 10 jump squats, 20 sumo/helix squats, 30 jump squats and 40 sumo/helix squats. Mosey to tennis court.

    Exercise 4: Lunges to each of the four tennis courts (I forgot how big these 4 courts are) and run back. As we were doing this, Seymour requested that I channel my inner Peyton Manning and audible. Next bunny hopped and went back 2 courts and lastly crab walked and ran back 2 courts. Long mosey to front of Short Pump Middle School.

    Exercise 5: Triple check with initially donkey kicks, wide grip merkins and a run around the loop. I noticed that a few PAX were struggling so I audibled to wall sits, flutter kicks and a run around the loop. Mosey to home base.

    Ended with a few stretches and memories of early Gridiron. Join us next week as Chum B. has his birthday Q (ground and pound?).

    Prayers for Atilla’s mother n’ law and those dealing with physical and mental issues. Sunday evening is a Christmas carol singing blast. More details on Slack. We think Gypsy is still collecting shoes but he has a bunch so thanks. Remember the reason for the season and do great things.

    Fireman Ed

  • Oval Corners

    8 seasoned kettle bell warriors descended on the slightly warm and wet confines of the far West End. As Pigskin was arriving the workout went like this:

    COP: DQs, helicopters, merkins, FMs, and ACs. Mosey to bus loop.

    I called it four corners but someone had to point out that an oval has no corners. Either way, we did 10 of an exercise went 1/4 the way around the loop, did 20, went 1/4 round the loop, etc.

    10 burpees

    20 sit and press. White Deer complained about getting wet even though he wears several layers.

    30 overhead pulls

    40 overhead presses – take a lap

    50 bench presses

    60 curls for the ladies

    70 2 count flutters (in 2 sets)

    80 lawn mower pulls (in 2 sets)

    90 SSHs

    100 – sumo squats (in 4 sets)

    110 – LBCs (in 3 sets – 40, 40, 30)

    120 – one count American Hammers

    Finish with 5 burpees and more DQs to loosen us old farts up. Some happy hours are happening including one where HoneyDo displays his angelic voice with Christmas tunes at Fudd’s. Prayers for Pigskin to recover from his back issues and for comfort/peace for Attila’s ailing mother n’ law. Mike White for MVP. Do good things gentlemen.

    Fireman Ed

  • Median age for the boneyard – 49

    11 men of various speeds and ages showed up in the temporary gloom at Gridiron. It will be nice when the time changes next weekend.

    COP: DQs, CPs, HRMs, MCs, FMs, ACs (I tend to do the same COP exercises). White Deer gave his backblast of approval and a car was a few feet from hitting Chum. Mosey to secondary football field.

    E1: Elevens with WWIIs and Diamond merkins. Mosey to bus loop.

    E2: Pacer runs the bus loop and the rest alternate between HRMs, Flutter kicks, Jump squats, burpees, heels to heaven, Carolina Dry docks, Pole smokers, Lt. Dans, Dips and V ups. Mosey to basketball court.

    E3: Four corners with 10 burpees, 20 2 count MCs, 30 Plank Jacks and 40 SSHs. Back to bus loop

    E4: Repeat E2 Mosey to primary football field

    E5: Partner wheelbarrows across field run back, Bear crawl across field and bernie back, Lunge and Bernie back. Finish with a one minute elbow plank. Mosey to home base

    Finish the morning with American Ukranian hammers (where were you Lighthouse?) and some stretching exercises in front of henrico’s finest putting cones down for the pickle ballers. He approved. Beer mile tonight at Face Plant’s house. I need to sign up for November breaking bread.

    Good morning for a workout. Handshake hung out with my college ring dance date; I have not heard her name in 25+ years. Also good to see three PAX under 40 here. Let’s keep that going. Go Penn State (oh heck they are not winning today) and Jets! Enjoy your weekend.

    Fireman Ed

  • Bells and Colonoscopies

    4 well oiled machines descended upon the quiet confines of Godwin high school for some work with kettle bells. It went like this:

    COP: DQs, DMH, MCs, HRMs, FMs, ACs

    E1: Elevens with coupon step ups – 2 count and coupon squats. Good leg workout my friends.

    E2: Sit and press, tricep pull down, coupon flutters and the pacer runs around the loop. Do this twice.

    E3: Four corners with 10 burpees, 20 high pulls, 30 tricep presses and 40 skull crushers.

    E4: Couple sets of donkey kicks and balls to the wall, 15 and 20 DKs

    E5: Three sets of lawnmower pulls for those back muscles – 10 each arm up to 20 each arm

    Finished with a little stretcheroonie.

    Announcements: Beer mile on Saturday and looking for sign ups for breaking bread around Thanksgiving. Prayers for multiple PAX including recovery for Gypsy’s sister.

    I brought up the topic of having a colonoscopy scheduled right after Thanksgiving meaning if a lot goes in a lot will need to go out. Then the discussion went to the fact that the reah is better than puking. Being upper middle age can suck. Go Jets! Beat those Patriots for once.

    Prayers to all going through tough times.

    Fireman Ed

  • Presidential Fitness Test

    On a nice 60 some degree day, I thought now that school is back in session, let’s try a modified version of the Presidential Fitness Test. I think it was met with mixed reviews but that is cool.

    COP: DQ, DMH, Merkins, FMs and ACs.

    Mosey to track. First part of the Fitness test – 1 mile run. Results ranged from 7:15 to 8:40, not bad.

    Mosey to near typical field which had work done. 1 minute all of the sit ups you can do. Johnsonville knocked it out of the park with 65 sit ups!

    Mosey to playground and do all the merkins you can in one minute. I think someone was able to get to 60. We are not such an old group after all.

    Mosey to Strykers parking lot and do modified shuttle run. For those that participated, Fireman Ed was the slow one. He su%ks.

    Mosey to chin up bar. Do as many chin ups as you can in one set. I did nine; I think a couple hit 12. Nie work again. Back to playground we go.

    In honor of the first responders on 9/11 who climbed 110 floor at the WTC, we did a Dora with 110 2 count MCs, 220 squats and 330 SSHs. The other person ran to the second truck, did a burpee and then ran back.

    We finished with American Hammers, flutter kicks, heels to heaven, a round of Mary and some stretching. We then prayed for all those suffering from health issues including Gyspy’s sister. Convergence in 2 weeks at Gridiron at 7:30 a.m. and the “retreat” is after Convergence. Hopefully BRR went well for all participants. Praise for a so far successful neck surgery for my M, Firewoman Kate.

    Enjoy your weekend. Remember those that lost their lives on 9/11.

    Fireman Ed

  • Upsized my bell

    9 warriors descended upon the friendly confines of MG looking to do some bell sculpting. One PAX was really proud of going from a 25 pound bell to 35 pounds and I with my 30 pound bell am jealous.

    COP: Invisible jump rope, DQs, Scorpion kicks, FMs, ACs.

    E1: Curb crawl revised with a coupon to drag and instead of merkins do sit and presses.

    E2 and 3: Roll a die and do one of the following exercises depending on roll. Burpees, sit and press, coupon flutters, bench press, bicep curls, shoulder press, lawnmower pulls, tricep press, coupon squats, derkins and more burpees.

    We went through 3 x with a run around the loop in between and at the end and at the beginning. Lots of ground covered for a KB workout.

    Finished with 3 sets of DKs (15, 20, 25) and some MCs, something I thought of on the spot and some stretcheroonie.

    Praise and prayers for Lab Rat, Pinto, Blue Moon and friend of White Deer’s named Mark.

    Good to lead even with a few workout complaints from the PAX.

    Happy Birthday By Product. Free coffee for you.

    Fireman Ed