Author: 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

  • Talkative FNG

    7 Regulars, 1 Semi-Regular, 1 New Regular and 1 FNG descended upon the sunny confines of northwest Henrico for a summer beatdown. Tater embarked on a new strategy of greeting the FNG with a bro hug. Me thinks they have known each other awhile. Probation, one of our semi-regulars invited him to Gridiron.

    COP: DQs, CPs, HRMs, FMs and Supermen. Mosey to second field.

    11s: HRMs and WWIIs.

    Partner wheelbarrows, 25 2 count flutters at each side of the field. Mosey to parking lot on way to front of school.

    4 corners: 10 burpees, 20 jump squats, 30 2 count mountain climbers, 40 SSHs. Mosey to pavilion near home base.

    Lindseys with derkins and one count step ups. Each set required a job to the goal post and back. Mosey to home base wall.

    Triple checks (2), 1 was wall sit coupon presses, 2 – heels to heaven 3 – run around the parking lot. Second triple check was 1 – coupon bicep curls, 2 – elbow plank and 3 – run to benches and 20 LBCs (in honor of J’ville).

    Finished with a stretch and counterama.

    Prayers for Lab rat, Pinto, Blue Moon, J’ville and anyone else with COVID and/or on the IR. The title comes from our FNG – Will Call (had to do with a side ticket business) aka Xavier aka Mike or Mikey. Although he struggled at a couple parts of the workout he came in with gusto. Welcome aboard. Good luck to Mariner on his baseball tournament. Also, I found out that White Deer owns a white shirt. Thanks to HoneyDo for leading the Bridge today and for you all letting me lead.

    Do great things!

  • Discs with a coupon

    9 merry Pax including myself descended upon the outskirts of arguably the top university in greater Henrico County to embark on some disc golf with the help of a coupon and some exercise add-ons. According to the nine of us it went like this:

    COP: DQs, CPs, HRMs, FMs, ACs. Mosey with a couple of stops to the disc golf course – half mile trek. 2 carry the coupon while the others run. 25 2 count flutter kicks at the first stop with a switcheroo on the coupon. Then next stop is 25 heels to heaven. Switcheroo number two. Then 30 LBCs and on to hole 18.

    Hole 18 is a straightaway 220 foot uphill hole. 10 merkins per shot. The PAX did a decent job as no one appeared to shoot worse than 4 or 5. The Q had to get help in order to find his disc. Vamos to hole #1. this is a downhill 165 foot throw around a couple of trees. This hole requires 3 burpees per shot. The Q proceeded to throw a little bit to the right but we had a mix or pars, bogeys and perhaps even a birdie. Bear crawl ~100 foot to tee 2. Same process but with 10 jump squats per shot. This hole is a bit harder so mostly bogeys and doubles. Lunge ~150 feet to hole 3. Dogleg left about 200 feet with 10 Carolina Dry Docks per shot. Much to the chagrin of Handshake, we finished after that hole since we were 10 minutes from finish time.

    Mosey back with coupon and mountain climbers and plank jacks. At home base, do a burpee for total combined points on the 4 holes (I had 15). Finish with a long set of American Hammers and then a little DQ for stretching.

    I was impressed with the ease of moving the coupon around. Perhaps I need to add more coupons. The PAX did better overall than December. Prayers for continued recovery for Gypsy, Lab Rat, Pinto and Blue Moon. Do great things men!

    Fireman Ed

  • Dice Dice Baby

    Seven warriors gathered in the somewhat humid morning to get some k-bells moving. After hearing the latest from Pigskin, we did the following:

    COP: DQs, CPs, HRMs, FMs, ACs

    Mosey to bus loop. Roll the one dice. 1 – 10 burpees, 2 – 20 WWIIs, 3 – 20 Sit and Press, 4 – 20 lawn mowers each arm, 5 – 20 shoulder press and 6 – 20 High Pulls. Everyone gets to roll the dice; we even had a break to take a yog around the bus loop. Mosey by waiter’s carry to other side of bus loop.

    1-6 is same as before. Add in a second dice. 7 – 20 step ups total, 8 – 20 LBCs w/ coupon, 9 – 25 curls, 10 – 20 2 count KB hammers, 11 – Waiter’s carry for half the bus loop (this was extra challenging for me), 12 – 20 squats. Everyone gets to roll again and we did another yog and then had to roll extra to get squats and KB hammers.

    Triple check with bench press, coupon flutters and run around the loop. I confused the Chumster as he thought he had to do a bench flutter. Did another waiter’s carry to home base and ended with a DQ so we can stretch!

    Prayers for Pinto, Gypsy, Blue Moon, Lab Rat and anyone else on the IR. The fellas south of the James are coming next week so be ready.

    Have a great rest of the week!

    Fireman Ed

  • Ed brings a boring workout!

    12 SOJ studs and some dude from Tuckahoe converged on the sprawling estates of Huguenot High. Weather was quite nice, not quite 70 but I will take it. After a brief mosey down to the lowest elevation parking lot the workout went like this:

    COP: DQs, Helicopters, merkins, a few scorpion kicks (Pax loved it), FMs, ACs. Short mosey to a different corner of the parking lot.

    E1: 4 cumulative corners with 10 burpees, 20 WWIIs (w/ the burpees), 30 jump squats (w the burpees and WWIIs), and then 40 2 count flutter kicks. For some reason there was mixed feedback on these exercises. Short mosey to grassy hill #1.

    E2: Wheelbarrows up the hill for each person. I like the layout of grassy hills between parking lots at Huguenot. Mosey to next parking lot.

    E3: Doras with 100 HRMs, 200 Helix squats and 300 LBCs, Other partner runs 3/4 the way down the parking lot and back. Mosey to curb next to school entrance.

    E4: Curb crawl up to 3 down to 1 followed by a long lunge back towards home base.

    Moseyed near flag and finished with AHs, Heels to heaven and DQs.

    Announcements: 5/30 Convergence at Tredegar downtown, 6/4 Blood Drive at Epiphany Lutheran (see Pigskin for details), 6/4 Bridge – see Vinny for details, 5/28 – Puppy Pile at Rockwood post workout. September 11 – go with Doozy to run the steps of the Lincoln Memorial to the amount of the steps in the World Trade Center building.

    Prayers are with Gypsy, Try Hard’s sister, Lab Rat, Mr, Holland, Fresh Prince and Don Draper. I also am getting a CT scan this morning due to a condition I have. Hopefully like the past two CT scans, everything checks out OK. I had fun leading this group. I’d like to come back here again.

    Fireman Ed

  • We don’t count above 10

    4 Davilians and 1 member of the Tuckahoe Takeover team headed to MannDate to experience a good beat down. At 5:28 and 5:29 the Davilians showed up and we were ready to go.

    COP: DQs, Helicopters, merkins, FMs, ACs, Davillians don’t like to count above 10, not sure why.

    Mosey to middle of parking lot for Lindseys. Bench presses and WWIIs equaling 40. Mosey around half loop between sets. Mosey to bus loop.

    Dora with 100 sit and presses, 200 bicep curls and 300 2 count flutters with coupon

    Mosey to backyard area near bus loop.

    Double check (da$n it when you have 5 PAX) with lawnmower pulls and bear crawl across back yard to Bernies on the way back. Mosey back to home base. Do waiter’s carry each arm.

    Ended with AHs with coupon.

    Announcements: Convergence 5/30 – Tredegar, Blood Drive – 6/4, the Bridge – 6/4. Prayers are with Mr. Holland – shoulder surgery recovery, Gypsy – upcoming surgery, Lab Rat – cancer treatment and Lighthouse’s family in the Ukraine.

    It was good to lead somewhere different. Good group of folks up in Daville.

    Fireman Ed

  • Watch where you lay

    Tuckahoe Takeover is in full swing with a first time Q for me at Punisher. It was sunny and nearly 70 as Fireman Ed let the PAX explore the space.

    COP: DQ, helicopters, merkins, MCs and FMs

    E1: Four corners with 10 burpees, 20 WWIIs, 30 2 count MCs, 40 2 count flutter kicks. We had trouble finding a good WWII place devoid of acorns.

    E2: Explore the area with one dice. 1 or 2 means 15 HRMs, 3 or 4 means 15 Helix jump squat and 5 or 6 means 15 heels to heaven. I almost lied in dog feces hence the warning from Chum Bucket. Of the 5 rolls, the HRMs were the most popular. we went a long city block each direction and ended up back at Timmy Kane Linwood Holton Elementary.

    E3: On the field, do a full length bear crawl. EF busted out a second gear on that. Back with lunges. Back with crab walk and then back with Bernies. Rip Cord was annoyed that we have no Republican named exercises so there is now homework for all of us. Mosey to dandelion pavilion.

    E4: Sets of derkins, step ups and dips. Set 1: 10, 10 2 count and 15. Set 2: 15, 15 and 20 and Last set 20, 20 and 25. Mosey to side of school facing Laburnum.

    E5: Wall sits, donkey kicks balls to the wall and one minute elbow plank. Then wall sits with air press and more donkey kicks. Mosey to little grassy area near cars.

    Finished with AHs, merkins, LBCs and DQs.

    Announcements: 5/30 convergence at Tredegar downtown led by Gomer Pyle, 6/4 Blood drive at Epiphany Lutheran – Pigskin is leading, 6/4 Bridge workout – ask Vinny, lunch tomorrow at Joey;s in Innsbrook.

    Prayers are with Gypsy – upcoming surgery, Lab Rat – cancer recovery, and another PAX whose name I forget who just came out of shoulder surgery. It was good to Q a new venue and to meet Rip Cord.

    Have a fulfilling and productive week!

    Fireman Ed