Category: Richmond, VA

  • Confused by Cold Cellars

    Eight First Watch regulars, including one who declared it may never get cold enough to wear his Patriots beanie, gathered in the parking lot waiting for some natural light. Since no natural light existed, we made our own fireworks. Off we went to the front of the school for:

    COP

    • 20x SSH
    • 1x Merkin
    • 10x Copperhead squats
    • 2x Merkins
    • 10x Mountain Climbers
    • 3x Merkins
    • 20x LBCs
    • 4x Merkins
    • 10x Hellicopters
    • 5x Merkins
    • 10x Monkey Humpers
    • 6x Merkins
    • 15x Arm Circles
    • 7x Merkins
    • 10x Lunges
    • 8x Merkins
    • 10x Something or others
    • 9x Merkins
    • 10x Heels to Heaven
    • 10x Merkins

    The Thang

    After a few PAX members dried off after COP, we moseyed back the other direction toward Lindsay. Despite a PAX suggestion for 31 minutes of Don Quixote’s, we did a downhill version of Love Hill. Partner up, one runs to the bottom then back up while partner is doing exercises. Exercises were crab walks, lunges, broad jumps. YHC drew the lucky straw and had Garbage Plate who apparently does crab walks on wheels.

    10 count then 11 Merkins.

    Different partner then back up the hill. Exercises were polar bears, duck walks, broad-jump burpees up to the top.

    10 count then 12 merkins

    Scurry back over to the parking lot, waiting for teachers to arrive, but no teachers today. We did 11s instead. Bernie sanders across the lot, then backwards up the hill for WWIIs. Forward run down the hill and across the lot for jump squats. Either Mr Rogers & YHC miscounted or everyone else cheated.

    13 merkins.

    Quick circle for 20x Freddie Mercuries before numbers, names, and Garbage Plate took us out.

    Announcements

    • Shoe drive has begun. Mr Rogers will collect at Dogpile. Ask around for other POCs for other regions.
    • Thanksgiving convergence @ Mary. More details to follow.
    • Tuck-a-ruck Friday @ Hoedown @ 18:45. See Lockjaw for deets.

    Have a great day fellas!

  • Taking a ride down Route 66

    10 Fearless men turned out this morning for a nice morning ride down Route 66….Here is how it went down.

    Mosey to the other side of the horseshoe for a warmup- helicopters, dead man hang, imperial walkers, merkins, LBCs

    mosey over to the tennis court for a 4 corners (prostitute style) – 10 mountain climbers, 20 merkins, 30 monkey humpers, 40 freddie mercury

    Then off to Route 66- run around the neighborhood with a burpee at the first intersection and adding another burpee at the next…..we traveled past 11 intersections with increasing burpees for a total of 66 burpees. there were no pit stops on route 66 and Wildcat was our pace car so we crushed this!!

    back to the clubhouse for a dora- 50 carolina dry docks, 100 high knees, 150 LBC

    finished the time off with a 4 corners around the parking lot ( prostitute style) – 10 LBC, 20 Squats, 30 heels to heaven , 40 box cuttters

    Time called.

    announcements- meals for shaw shank, thanksgiving Q, breaking bread

    Wildcat took us out in prayer

    Thanks to the group. always an honor to lead this group of guys who are pushing to better themselves every day.

  • I’m late, I’m late

    YHC forgot to post this BB for Timberwolf last week so this is the shortened version for Big Data

    Everything we did was ab related, Elevens, four corners, triple check

    BTTF

    NMS:

    Don’t forget to write your BB next time Doozy

  • Don’t forget to hit Publish

    4 men with scalding potatoes in hand decided to share in an epic Dogpile beat down.

    Warmarama: Upchuck: DQ, Imperial Walkers, Hand Release Merkins, SSH, reverse Scorpion Kicks, LBC

    The Thang:
    1. UpChuck: 4 Man Triple Check:
    Balls to the Walls, People Chair, Reverse Crunches, Run to Mercedes at back. X3

    2. Helix: Amphitheater
    18 – 1 Dips down
    1 – 18 Squats up

    3. Mr. Rogers: Imma try to hurt y’all on this Triangle
    Partner up.
    Round 1: P1 Bear Crawls the Triangle, P2 runs the Triangle. Switch.
    Round 2: P1 Lunges the Triangle, P2 runs the Triangle. Switch
    Round 3: P1 Broad Jump Burpess, P2 runs the Triangle. Switch

    4. Oyster: Rusty Cage 4 man triple check.
    Pull-ups, Jerkins, Dips, Run to hydrant and back. X3

    Mosey Back to Flag.
    Stop at the fish Bowl. 3 Burpees here, 3 Burpess on the other Side. Mosey on
    Stop for a Ring of Fire.
    Stop for Abs of Fire.

    BTTF
    Numberama: Namerama

    NMS: Excellent morning for a Hot Potato and 4 man Triple Checks. Well done Men.

    Announcements: Planning to bring Punisher out of Suspension this Monday. Let’s Go!!!!

    Oyster

  • DaVille 10K and Bulkhead Breakfast

    A clowncar(truck) of 4 posted with 4 DaVillian for a special 10k ruck at DaPile. Below is our route:

    We walked through 2 neighborhoods on trails and wrapped up at 7:30am.

    Numberama, Namermama, Opus took us out in prayer.

    We then posted at Bulkhead’s house for breakfast where we had homemade scones from Opus, a Kringle from the Clown car guys, Bacon, Sausage, Eggs cooked on a flat top with Irish cream coffee, Bourbon Coffee. Speakeasy, Mustang and Choo Choo showed up also for the 2nd F where we were also learning about cricket as Bulkhead had a game on for us to learn the rules, etc…

    We had a great visit and it was fun catching up with gents south of the wall.

    Have a great weekend and I hope to see you in the gloom soon…Cheers…CB!

  • PT Q

    The Q is coming off IR, so it was not much cardio…but a lot of abs and arms. (I know, you’re shocked)

    Mosey to Grid Iron for 4 rounds:

    1st- 100 Merkins (10 every 10 yards), but take a break at the 50 for 100 Abs (4 sets of 25 WWI, WWII, Crunchy, and Flutters). 2nd- Turn around in end zone and march back to original goal line, with 10 Staggered Arm Merkins every 10 yards. Don’t worry, a break at mid field for another 100 Abs (4 sets of Knee Ups, Side Crunches each side, Heals to Heaven, Flutter Kicks). 3rd- Took a break of arms and did 10 squats every 10 yards. But of course we stopped for 100 more abs. 4th- Only 50 yards of Chuck Norris, followed by a break of 100 more abs.

    Left the Grid Iron for the bleachers and benches: 2 rounds of 20 Dips, with 20 Bulgarians in between. Then 20 steps ups and 20 Derkins.

    Finished at playground for 2 sets of 10 Jerkins on the swings, 100 more abs, and some balancing and stretching

  • We didn’t get lost

    NIce taper run for the Currahee crew… YHC looked for the fastest route possible for the area and came up with a 4 miler. 10 pax and three 4 legged crotch sniffers took to the route. Anyone that know me, knows I can’t tell you a single road name that we ran, but everyone enjoyed a route that wasn’t in Raintree and didn’t run towards Broad. Lighthouse and Tonka can tell you the road names since it was their neighborhood.

    Thank you for running with me guys. Had a great 1/2 marathon today and beat the goal by 4 mins.

    SYITG!

    v/r

    John (Gypsy) Boles

  • The Adventures of the Nipple Ring Posse

    With the upcoming race and ruck over the weekend, YHC had advertised a Recovery Day at Twin Team. No burpees, no hand release merkins…….but we still managed to put in some work. Here is a brief summary for your viewing pleasure:

    To the Circle for Warm up:
    Side Straddle Hops, Arm Circles, Imperial Walkers, LBC’s, Alabama Prom Dates, (S)Crunchy Frogs, Shoulder Taps.

    Mosey the long way to the Track. PAX got to call out a 50 count ab exercise: LBC’s while in route.

    At the track: 50 Flutter Kicks followed by a couple of Hundred Meter Leg warm-ups: Can Openers, Butt Kicks, High Knees


    2 x 200 meters. Jog the curve, Striders down the straight away.

    Appalachian Lunge Walk in between the sets, plus 50 WWII Sit ups.

    50 count Suzanne Somers (RIP)

    Mosey to the back of the parking lot: 7 hill repeats followed by 50 Peter Parkers. Bear Crawl up the last hill.

    Back to the Flag for 5 minutes of Broga: Focused on hips and hamstrings.

    Numbers/Names/Announcements/Prayer Requests

    YHC took us out

    Final Thoughts: Enjoyed the workout this morning! Doozy is running the full marathon tomorrow and Don Draper (and others) are in the half – good luck to all! There was also a lot of buzz about the Ruck for Food – see slack for details. The backblast title is kind of a long story………

    SYITG

  • God Bless America with 11s

    On Veteran’s Day (Observed), 7 PAX members showed up to Satan’s Hill for a full body workout in honor of the soldiers that have fought and are currently fighting for our country. YHC got there a little early to pull out the cinder blocks for a variety of exercises. Unfortunately, the hill’s cinder block supply took a hit during the Iron PAX workouts (we are still waiting for Boberry to deliver us more) and only 7 blocks could be accounted for. At 5:29, the 7th PAX member rolled in, and all was right in the world this morning! God was looking out! Here is what went down:

    Warmup: Mosey to end of the parking lot and back to circle up for exercises including SSH, Michael Phelps, Imperial Walkers, Merkins, Butterfly Stretch and LBCs

    COP 1: 11s – Curls and Curb Dips, running the length of the parking lot

    COP 2: 11s – Dive Bomb Merkins and Bent Over Rows, running the width of the parking lot

    COP 3: 11s – WWIIIs and Plank Jacks, running half the length of the parking lot

    COP 4: 11s – Bulgarian Split Squats and Alabama Prom Dates with feet on curb, running the width of the parking lot

    COP 5: Circled up with cindys for the last few minutes for ring of fire. All PAX held cindy overhead, while 1 PAX member performed self-selected exercise x 11 reps.

    Time called for numbers & names.

    Announcements: Ruck with Food tomorrow launching from Twin Team at 6 AM, Breaking Bread in need of PAX members to sign up, Happy Birthday to the Marine Corps

    Prayer Requests to Hermes for a quick recovery from his surgery, all PAX members on the IR for whatever reason, and to the men and women serving our country for our freedom!

    I encourage all to reach out to someone you know who has served our country and thank them for their service tomorrow! Thanks for letting me lead this great group of men today! Go out and do great things fellas!

  • Feeling Lucky…


    Route:

    Below is the 5m Route. 4s head straight back to Mary after exiting Tuckahoe onto Grove

    6s do an extra loop around Hillcrest

    https://onthegomap.com/s/h5slamld

    Saab abides