Author: Ronnie

8 hearty souls emerged from the frozen gloom to join the QIC for a chilly beatdown. The car read 19 degrees as we departed the parking lot. Here’s what went down.

COP – SSH, Don Q, Ukrainian shoulders (or soldiers depending on your preference), attempted hill billies, arm circles, LBCs and Merkins.

Then depart for the UR Greek theatre with some exercises along the way.

At the theatre, we did ascending incline merkins, descending dips, ascending box jumps, and then ascending burpees.

On the way back to the flag we stopped at the triangle for a triple check but sadly ran short of time to complete.

Nameorama, numberama, and Handshake took us out with a somewhat passive aggressive prayer.

Announcements – Pigskin is leading the Bridge; frozen triangle coming up.

Ronnie out.

10 early risers emerged from the Gloom to embark on a muggy beatdown Ronnie style.

COP – SSH, LBCs, Arm Circles, Helicopters, Ukrainian soldiers, dead man hang, and merkins.

Then we moseyed to the neighborhood to complete some exercises based on what type of car we found. The pax was quite enthusiastic.

Next, we went back to the parking lot for a Dora with merkins, LBCs, and squats.

A quick cool down with wall sits and dips, and then 4 corners with burpees, merkins, LBCs, and monkey humpers.

Back to the flag for a quick circle of fire.

Numberama, nameorama, and the Q took us out.

Prayers for Last Call’s buddy with a recent cancer diagnosis.

A hearty 9 fellas emerged from the gloom for a glorious day at First Watch. Here’s how it went down:

Mosey to the church for a COP – SSH, Don Q, Ukrainian soldiers, reverse crunches, LBCs, merkins, and Dead man hang.

Triple check – merkins, flutters, and run to the street.

Mosey to the back of the church with a few burpees along the way. Partner up for some PLTs – 2 sets.

11-s merkins and LBCs.

Then 4 corners – burpees, jump squats, flutters, and LBCs. Next we found some wall space for People’s chair and balls to the wall.

We tried out a few wind sprints with some merkins at the end, with some karaoke and skipping to keep it interesting.

Mosey back to the parking lot for a brief round of Mary.

Numberama, nameorama, and the Q took us out.

Prayers for Splinter’s son who turns 16 and for Splinter’s check book after paying the insurance bill.

Weather was just about perfect and spirits were high. Until the next time.

Three First Watch regulars watched as our visitor, Boberry, took a new route to the parking lot (hopefully the Church doesn’t have a Ring doorbell). Once the group was assembled, this is what went down.

COP – SSH, Ukrainian soldiers, hillbillies, merkins, reverse crunchies, and arm circles.

Next, mosey around the church and then a Dora – merkins, LBCs, and flutter kicks.

Over to the church steps for 3 rounds of dips, chair sits, and balls to the wall.

Then it was off to the parking lot.

1. Run the length of the lot with a merkin count down from 10 to 1
2. Several rounds of karaokes
3. Several rounds of skipping, Bernie Sanders, lunging
4. Some runs with American hammers at the end
5. Burpees on every other parking space.

Back to the flag for a merkin ring of fire.

Numberama, nameorama, and Last Call took us out.

Announcements:

• Homegrown Half this Saturday at Robious Landing Park. See Slack for details.
• Sign up for pickle ball tournament.

Always fun to lead this crew. With many of the FW regulars out leading other AOs, the mumblechatter was kept to a minimum.

A somewhat hesitant, post-Halloween crew of 7 showed up this morning. The Q sensed a lack of enthusiasm, but the pax soldiered on. Here’s what went down:

Mosey to the triangle for COP: SSH, Ukrainian soldiers, Don Quixotes, merkins, and LBCs.

Off to the neighborhood where we looked for Halloween decorations. Houses decorated on the left = 5 merkins; on the right = 3 burpees. The pax was less than happy, but a mutiny was averted.

After making our way back to Ridge Road, we headed to the Church parking lot for People’s chair and balls to the wall. Then 3 sets of dips with planking in between. Then two rounds of 4 corners – 10 merkins, 20 squats, 30 monkey humpers, and 40 American Hammers.

We then headed back to the flag for a ring of fire with American Hammers and merkins.

Announcements – merkin challenge month (We did around 100? this morning).

Glad to finally get back on the Q sheet. Thanks for hanging in there this morning. Ronnie out.

A hearty crew of 10 emerged from the gloom to celebrate the season of giving at First Watch. A quick reminder not to hurt ourselves, and we moseyed to the parking lot for COP – SSH, Don Quixote, Ukrainian Soldiers, LBCs, Arm Circles, and Merkins.

We split into pairs for a DORA – 100 merkins, 200 reverse crunches, and 300 squats.

Next, over to the church for three sets of wall sits and 20 dips.

Then, off to the back of the church for 4 corners (10 burpees, 20 merkins, 30 monkey humpers, and 40 two count flutters). It was so much fun, that we did it again with 5 additional reps added to each corner.

On the way back to the Flag, we did 2 burpees for each candle in the church. There was much rejoicing for the additional burpees. We bear crawled up the hill and then moseyed to the Flag.

A ring of fire was conducted with LBCs, American Hammers, and merkins.

Numberama, Nameorama, and the Q took us out. Gifts were handed out in the form a Redneck survival kit (a Coors Banquet Beer, 2 slim jims, and a lottery ticket).

Announcements – Caroling at Fudd’s on Sunday at 6 p.m. – RSVP required. HDHH at Fighting Gravity on 12/21.

A hearty group of 10 emerged from the gloom for another edition of a rusty Ronnie Q. We mosied around the back of the church and then circled up for COP.

SSH, Ukranian soldiers, Don Quixote, imperial walkers, helicopters, merkins, LBCs.

Next, we did a Dora with 100 reverse crunches, 200 LBCs, and 300 squats.

Then over to the Church steps for three sets of dips with chair sits in between.

We followed this up with some windsprints at 50%, 72%, and 91.7% speed. For good measure, we did a burpee at each parking place in the row.

We then traveled back to the parking lot for a triple check: flutter kicks, LBC’s, and run a lap.

Numberama, nameorama, and the Q took us out.

Announcements: Humpday Happy Hour at PBR on Chamberlayne.

NMS: The title refers to an interesting college story from Splinter. Thanks to everyone for coming out. Without a moon, First watch may be tied with Tuckahoe as darkest AO.

A quieter than normal group of 10 appeared for my first Q of First Watch. After the opening statements, here’s what went down:

COT – SSH, Don Quixote, Arm Circles, Russian Soldiers, LBCs.

Next, a 15 foot mosey to the other side of the parking lot where we did bear crawls from one side to the other with merkins increasing from 1 to 5 and back to down again.

Head across the street for some balls to the wall and wall sits. Then 3 rounds of dips with a quick run to touch a tree between sets.

Mosey to the back of the school for a Dora of 100 merkins, 200 squats and 300 flutters. Then several rounds of running from jogging up to sprints with one round of burpees at the end. Finally, back to the flag for 5 minutes of Mary and a merkin ring of fire.

Numberama, nameorama and the Q took us out.

Announcements – still time to sign up for the corn hole tournament.

NMS:

Even though I was properly instructed, the Q utterly failed to overshare and my lack of oversharing likely led to a lack of oversharing from the rest of the group. We will do better next time.

The absolute love for my 2001 Miata continues. In fact, Handshake insisted on getting his picture taken with it. The rest of gathered around as well. Handshook looks really excited! Now he knows: Miata Is Always The Answer.