Author: Kubota

  • Don’t be a Grinch!

    Don’t be a Grinch!

    7 strong hit the earliest, darkest and toughest Wednesday Running/Kettlebell Snatching/Kayak Rowing/Saab’s Driveway Molesting/Over-Sharing Bootcamp in the region. Here is what went down on the morning of Christmas Eve Eve.

    COP in front of church:

    Helicopters, DQ’s, Imperial Walkers, Merkins, Crabcakes, LBC’s

    Head West on River Road to a right on Ralston

    WWII’s sit-ups OYO at the River Road Hills entrance

    Mosey down Ralston to the Grinch-Mobile and complete some Hand-Release Merkins, Lt. Dan’s and Flutter kicks while glowing in the multi-colored lights of said Grinch-Mobile

    Mosey a little ways further to YHC’s house and grab two coupons from the ditch. Complete some Crunchy Frogs with coupons

    Keep coupons and mosey down to Keymaster’s house and partner up for a DORA. 100 x Merkins(with coupons), 200 x American Hammers(with coupons), 300 x Squats(with coupons). Partner Bernie Sanders'(with coupons) up the Ralston hill and run back down to switch.

    Mosey a ways and perform a Lindsay on the way back to the flag.

    30/10, 25/15, 20/20, 15/25, 10/30 Heels to Heaven and Carolina Dry Docks

    Burpee Shuffle

    Mary consisting of Box Cutters, Rosalitas and Reverse Crunches

    Numberama, Namearama, Announcements and Lockjaw took us out!

    Thanks for coming out guys and great work. Yes, I was planning on keeping the coupons until the end but I thought my hands were going to freeze and break off. Major audible had to be called.

    No over-sharing this morning from the group, just hard work and determination. Well done!

    Merry Christmas, all!!

    SYITG!

    Kubota

  • Masks Required on Campus!

    Masks Required on Campus!

    Seven strong attended and conquered the latest edition of First Watch. Chilly temps awaited the PAX, but it didn’t take long to warm up into a nice sweat.

    Hot Potato Q was the call and EF Hutton started us out with:

    Mosey east on River Rd and stop at Saab’s driveway for Deadman Hang x 15

    Continue down River and bust through the hedges onto the UR practice field. Circle up for:

    COP:

    DQ’s, Copperhead Squats, Jazzercizes, SSH’s, Freddy Mercury’s, Hand-Release Merkins

    Stay circled up for:

    Hutton Humpers:

    1 x Jump Squat/4 x Monkey Humpers

    2/8, 3/12, 4/16, 5/20

    12 Merkins in cadence

    6/24, 7/28, 8/32

    5 Burpees OYO

    9/36, 10/40

    Mosey over to the shot put/discus circle and partner up for:

    Decline Merkins on bleachers while partner runs/switch up

    Dips/Run

    Incline Merkins/Run

    Dips/Run

    EF Hutton tosses potato to, none other than, Splinter. Splinter realizes he has been tossed the potato two weeks in a row now and doesn’t really know how to react. He gathers his thoughts and emotions and has us mosey into campus(without masks) to a parking lot.

    Grab your favorite pebble-filled parking spot and plank walk-right, crawl bear, plank walk-left, bear crawl around your parking spot four(!) times.

    Staying in your parking spot, complete windshield wiper merkins back and forth in your spot. Forgot the total.

    Starting in your spot, Polar Bear, 4 Mt. Climbers, Polar Bear, 4 Mt. Climbers, Polar Bear, etc, etc.

    Enough of this craziness. Splinter tosses the potato to YHC. Mosey down Crenshaw toward Westhampton Way stopping along the way to look at a hill that YHC wanted to Bernie Sanders a few times. YHC and Hutton learn the hard way that there is a swamp at the bottom of the hill, so change of plans.

    Mosey down the roads, back to toward the flag, performing a travelling Lindsay consisting of LBC’s and Carolina Dry Docks. Complete last set in Saab’s driveway. Now it’s time to molest Saab’s driveway with Pickle Pounders, Alabama Prom Dates and some Suzanne Somers.

    Back to the flag for:

    Numberama, Namearama, Announcements and Last Call took us out!

    NMS:

    A few of us thought that Splinter was going for Burpee 11’s again when he received the potato, but it wasn’t to be thank God. Maybe in 12 months when he gets the potato tossed to him again. Hutton has an exercise named after him now which is his favorite version of Jack Webb’s. It was nice to be on the cold practice field again after a long absence. The parking lot work was brutal to YHC’s shoulders, then YHC prescribed a shoulder exercise within the Lindsay(why not?)

    Nice morning to be out and to get our day started on the right track. No UR students gave us evil looks for being mask-less. Evidently, that wasn’t the story at Spider Run.

    Enjoyed it, men! Have a great day!

    SYITG!

    Kubota

  • Gerry Q’s take a week off

    Gerry Q’s take a week off

    12 strong posted at Mary this morning wondering what happened to the age 50+ Q’s that had been leading lately. There would be no appearances by Abe Vigoda or Esther Williams, but TYA and Saab would make up the difference.

    COP at Sarah’s Corner:

    Don Quixotes x 10

    Helicopters x 15

    Russian Soldiers x 15

    SSH’s x 25

    WWII’s x 15

    Crab Cakes x 15

    TYA leads Ball Lickers x 20 count from Swirly

    Mosey to front of the school for:

    Triple Check:

    Partners 1 and 2 perform Partner Leg Tosses

    Partner 3 Bear Crawls to trees, perform 5 merkins, crawl bear back to partners.

    3 Rounds

    Al Gore for the six

    Mosey to the blacktop for:

    4 Corners:

    Corner 1 = 40 Deep Squats

    Corner 2 = 30 Carolina Dry Docks

    Corner 3 = 20 Lt. Dan’s

    Corner 4 = 10 Hand Release Merkins

    Elbow Plank

    “Saab, give us a 20 count”

    “Saab, give us a 20 count”

    “SAAB, GIVE US A 20 COUNT!!!!” 🙁

    Mosey over to the tennis courts for:

    DORACIDES (Deconstructed Burpee Edition)

    100 x Leg Thrusts

    200 x Merkins

    300 x Jump Squats

    Partner runs the tennis courts suicide style stopping at three lines for 1 burpee, 2 burpees, 3 burpees

    Mary for the six

    45 seconds back to the flag!

    Numberama, Namearama, Announcements and YHC took us out!

    Announcements:

    Capital Trail CSAUP starts tomorrow. See TYA if interested.

    Shoe Drive continues

    45MOM Gerry Q’s start back up next Thursday with Swirly leading 🙂

    NMS:

    Thanks for coming out this morning and celebrating YHC’s three year F3 Anniversary. YHC is very grateful for the friends/brothers that he has made and for your continuing to push me to higher levels.

    Also, thanks for enduring a Q by a PAX member that is still under 50 years old at Mary. YHC knows that’s a rarity!

    Everyone have a great day and SYITG!

  • First Watch 6-Pack

    Six strong found their way to First Watch on this glorious morning. After Swiper found the Pax in the correct parking lot, off we went to the front of the church.

    COP:

    SSH’s, Helicopters, Don Quixotes, Russian Soldiers, Scorpion Kicks, Merkins, LBC’s

    Since Honeydo did not want to honor the Washington Football Team at Hoedown on Monday for their big win, YHC called out 8 Burpees on your own for the 8 sacks that the WFT defense collected on Sunday. Thnaks to EF Hutton for the idea of Sacks=Burpees instead of Points=Burpees.

    Mosey down to the main parking lot for:

    DORA:

    Partner up and complete 100 x WWII sit-ups, 200 x 2-count Flutter Kicks and 300 x Squats. Partner runs to the church bus and back.

    Head over to the dumpster enclosure for:

    Triple Check:

    Partner 1 = Balls to the Wall

    Partner 2 = Box Cutters

    Partner 3 = Bear Crawl to parking line, 5 Merkins, and Crawl Bear back.

    3 rounds

    Mosey around the back of the church, stopping at speed bumps to complete a Burpee at each.

    Gather near the Shovel Flag for:

    Weighted Stations:

    Station 1: Lawn Mower Pulls with 35lbs KB

    Station 2: High Pulls with Metric Weighted KB

    Station 3: Swings with 25lbs KB

    Station 4: Bench Presses with Cinder Block

    Station 5: American Hammers

    Station 6: Run the parking lot loop

    Almost 2 rounds

    MARY:

    Spell “WASHINGTON FOOTBALL TEAM” with your legs while on your back

    Rosalitas x 20

    Numbers, Names, Announcements and YHC took us out!

    NMS:

    There always seems to be a rotating PAX at First Watch. A couple of the regulars decided to complete the IPC Week 3 challenge again this morning and head over to Heartbreak Ridge, but a couple of First Watch Kotters and a Newbie filled in the blanks. You can always count on 5 or 6 PAX hitting the very early workout. Temps were great and the PAX put in some good, hard work. Going from Balls to the Wall into a Bear Crawl with Merkins was kinda brutal. Or vice versa, Crawls into BTTW, same brutality.

    Thanks for coming out early, men! Have a great day!

    Kubota

  • Lit

    Seven strong hit the schoolyard this morning to make the start of their day count. After Keymaster showed up to make it an uneven number of PAX, this is what went down:

    Mosey around the Commonwealth, Hanover, Westmoreland block to loosen up. Circle up in front of the school for:

    COP:

    Dead Man Hang Regular, Right over Left, Left over Right

    Russian Soldiers

    Copperhead Squats

    Imperial Walkers

    LBC’s

    APD’s

    Crabcakes

    Mosey to the track for:

    4 Corners around the track:

    Round 1: 20 dips, 15 decline merkins, 10 burp-ups, 5 pull-ups (audibled to Jump Squats because of the lake under the pull-up bars)

    Round 2: 20 incline merkins, 15 jump squats, 10 burpees, 10 Lt. Dans

    Mosey over to field for:

    Touch-A-Tree DORA:

    Partner up and complete as a team 100 x HR Merkins, 200 WWII Sit-Ups, 300 SSH’s. Partner runs and touched 2 different trees along Cary Street each trip.

    Mosey over to Cary and Commonwealth for:

    Burpee Road:

    2 burpees at each light pole on Commonwealth from Cary to Grove

    Mary:

    Reverse Crunches

    APD’s

    Numbers, Names, Announcements and Shiplap took us out!

    NMS:

    Everyone was surprised to see Hitchhiker appear in the gloom after he had to cut his Q short yesterday after he rolled his ankle. We guess he didn’t want to lose track of Swirly in #bigdata standings.

    Larger numbers this morning than what YHC had guessed because of Bone Thugs’ VQ. YHC hopes it went well over at The Forge. Bodo’s enjoyed having YHC Q two days in a row and Shiplap continues to post regulary and make himself better! Well done, Shiplap! Always good to see YHC’s neighbor, Keymaster in the gloom and to see Westham’s strong duo of Pucker and Upchuck! Well done, all!

    “Question of the Morning” goes to Hitchhiker: “In English, how do you describe a light post that is shining light?”

    Have a great day!

    Kubota

  • First Sweat

    Five Strong hit the streets early this morning in the gloom to make themselves better before their 6am naps. Here is what transpired:

    Mosey over to the smallest Henrico County Park that exists for COP:

    Helicopters and DQ’s

    No stragglers, let’s roll to the UR Amphiteater

    5 Incline Merkins on each step down

    Lindsey: 30 LBC’s at bottom run up to top 10 Jump Squats run back down. 25/15 20/20 15/20 10/30

    Flutter Kicks for the 6

    Lt. Dan Box Jumps on each step going up

    Round of 10 Pole Smokers per PAX member while rest of PAX hold 6 inches, 45 degrees or 90 degrees

    Exit Amphitheater and head down trails to the lake and mosey over the bridge to the island.

    11’s: Dips on benches/Decline Merkins on benches

    Lunge walk back over the bridge and take trail and College Dr back up to River Road.

    Make a pit stop at Saab’s for 25 Monkey Humpers and 25 APD’s

    Mosey back to VSF

    Numbers, Names, Announcements and we all took ourselves out with the Lord’s Prayer.

    NMS:

    Way to work this morning men! Nice and warm at 5am. Thanks for changing things up and coming to First Watch this morning, Bodo’s! Always great to see the regulars Hutton, Last Call and Handshake. Don’t leave us hanging Honeydo, Splinter, Wojo, Lockjaw, Offshore 🙂

    SYITG!

    Kubota

  • Wednesday Hill Run/HDHH 6/24/2020

    We ran hills, we ate hot dogs, we drank beverages and we solved problems.

    It was fun.

    We will do this again on July 29.

    SYITG!

    Kubota

  • First Watch Duo

    Two strong swung some KB’s this morning at First Watch.

    COP:

    Dead Man Hang

    DQ’s

    Helicopters

    Imperial Walkers

    Heels 2 Heaven

    Merkins

    Super 21’s w/ KB’s:

    SUPER 21’s

    21 x American Hammers, High Pulls, Halos, then Lunge Walk to grass and back.

    20x, LW, 19x, LW, 18x, LW, 17x, LW 16x, LW, 15x, LW, 14x, LW, 13x, LW, 12x, LW, 11x, LW, 10x, LW, 9x, LW,8x, LW, 7x, LW, 6x, LW, 5x, LW, 4x, LW, 3x, LW, 2x, LW, 1x, LW

    Alternate KB’s every two rounds so each PAX can experience the 35 pounder. Switch from American Hammers to Sit-n-Press towards the end in order to work some different muscles.

    Numbers, Names and YHC took us out.

    Enjoyed it, EF Hutton! Thanks for keeping me from possibly going back home.

    Have a great day!

    Kubota

  • Welcome to “Hoetown”????

    Welcome to “Hoetown”????

    10 strong converged on the AO formerly known as Hoedown. YHC hadn’t posted to this AO in a looooonnnnggggg time and upon introductions during COP, welcomed the PAX to “Hoetown” After a couple of giggles, this is what transpired:

    COP:

    SSH’s x 20

    DQ’s x 10

    Russian Soldiers x 15

    Copperhead Squats x 15

    Merkins x 10

    LBC’s x 25

    Mosey to the back field for:

    Doracides (Deconstructed Burpee Edition):

    Partner up and complete:

    100 Hands on ground kick feet back (1st third of a Burpee)

    200 Merkins

    300 Jump Squats

    Runner runs to first cone and performs 1 Burpee runs back to baseline, then runs to second cone and performs 2 Burpees then runs back to baseline, then runs to third cone and performs 3 Burpees and runs back to baseline, then switch with partner.

    Al Gore for the six

    Head over to little playground wall and complete a:

    Dips/Monkey Humpers Jack Webb:

    1 Dip/4 Monkey Humpers ……. 10 Dips/40 Monkey Humpers

    Head over to blacktop and complete a:

    Hand Release Merkins/Air Press Jack Webb:

    1 Hand Release Merkin/4 Air Presses …… 10 Hand Release Merkins/40 Air Presses

    Head over to school wall at the Triple Check area for:

    10 Donkey Kicks, Bear Crawl to curb, 10 WWII’s, Crawl Bear back

    20 Donkey Kicks, Lunge to curb, 20 WWII’s, Reverse Lunge back

    30 Donkey Kicks, Butt Kickers, 10 WWII’s, Reverse Butt Kickers back

    Mosey over to Shovel Flag

    Time Up!

    Numberama, Namearama, Announcements and YHC took us out!

    Announcements:

    Wednesday Hill Run/HDHH this Wednesday at Kubota’s house. 105 Ralston Road, Richmond, VA 23229. 5:00 – 5:30 pm start.

    Greenbow’s son is recovering from a broken arm which occurred at the beginning of vacation last week. Prayers for him and hopefully surgery will not be necessary.

    Doozy’s Mother-In-Law has passed away. Prayers up to him and his family, especially his M.

    NMS:

    It was nice of Fudd to drive over from Colorado this morning to welcome YHC back to Hoedown! Appreciate it! Yes, YHC’s shoulders are sore, too! Mostly because YHC is more out of shape than the rest of the PAX. Trying to get some more posts in during the week besides the early Wednesday First Watch workout. T-Claps to Splinter for running over from his house in Countryside and running back. Where are you on I-81 right now, Bot-e-tot County? 🙂

    Way to work hard this morning, men and have a great day!

    SYITG!

    Kubota

  • The “Crabtree”

    Three First Watch newbies and two veterans hit the mean streets of River Road this morning in the very early gloom. After Hardywood and BT worked their way around the back of the church trying to find the correct parking lot, it was time to roll.

    Mosey to the front of the church for:

    COP (early ’80s edition):

    Deadman Hang Regular, left leg over right leg, right leg over left leg

    Helicopters

    Don Quixotes

    Russian Soldiers

    Jazzercises

    Suzanne Somers’ both sides (a Hardywood favorite)

    Freddie Mercury’s

    Mosey down River Road and make a stop at Saab’s driveway.

    Face away from house and complete 20 Monkey Humpers

    Mosey down River Road some more until the little bat cave entrance to the UR Football practice field.

    Examine the beautiful turf and set cones up for:

    Doracides – Deconstructed Burpee Edition

    Partner up and complete:

    100 Hands on ground kick feet back (1st third of a Burpee)

    200 Merkins

    300 Jump Squats

    Runner runs to first cone and performs 1 Burpee runs back to baseline, then runs to second cone and performs 2 Burpees then runs back to baseline, then runs to third cone and performs 3 Burpees and runs back to baseline, then switch with partner.

    Hand Q over to EF Hutton. EF Hutton stares at the 7 man football sled and makes a comment like “I really want to use that sled for something” but instead heads over to the field hockey goals. Grab a field hockey goal and complete a Pull-Up/Monkey Humper Jack Webb. 1 Pull-up/4 Monkey Humpers 2/8 3/12 4/16……10/40

    10 minutes left, time to head back up River Road.

    Stop at Saab’s house for 15 Alabama Prom Dates in cadence. Admire the sweat angels in Saab’s driveway.

    Head back to the Shovel Flag and circle up for:

    Burpee Ring of Fire (like we haven’t done enough Burpees yet.) Each pax call out 1, 2 or 3 Burpees without repeats.

    LBC’s x 20

    6 inches or 60 inches, whichever you prefer for 30 seconds.

    Time up!

    Numberama, Namearama, Announcements, and YHC took us out!

    Announcements:

    EF Hutton’s Father’s surgery went well though he has a long road to recovery. Please pray for him.

    Shakedown’s surgery went well and he is now in recovery/rehab stage. Please pray that he heals up correctly and is back out with us soon.

    Hardywood and DTH are leading the July 4th Convergence on July 4, 2020 at Brown’s Island/Tredegar. 6am this year. It’s too damn hot at 7am!

    Offshore is leading the 3rd F Bible Study on Tuesday, June 9 at 8pm on Zoom.

    NMS:

    It was great to see some new faces at First Watch this morning. Swirly was his usual early self parking at 4:30 so he and YHC got to catch up for a few minutes. Hardywood and BT had trouble finding the correct parking lot even though YHC texted very good directions to them yesterday.

    This First Watch workout is now called “The Crabtree” YHC wanted to name it “The Saabski” but Swirly informed me that is the offical name of the Spider Run route that was run yesterday. Maybe one day, Saab will step out of his house and run the 1/4 mile to the AO and join us 🙂

    Plenty of Burpees and Pull-ups this morning and the Pax crushed them. Well done all! Hardywood and EF Hutton left at 6am to head over to WDOG where Hardywood was the Q and both were after an early Wednesday morning Double-Dip!

    Have a great day all and SYITG!

    Kubota