Category: Richmond, VA

  • Wilson is down!

    Another addition of Flex Friday went down at Satans Hill this morning and so did Wilson!

    COP- SSHs, DQs, helicopters, Dead Man Hang, LBCs, Short Mosey

    Grab a coupon – 45 mins of variation and Coupon rotation, of the following.

    Curls, Tris,Overhead Press, Bench, Mosey, WWIIs, 6 inches, LBCs, Rows, Lunges, Squats

    Numbers, Names, YHC took us out!

    NMS:

    WHile this morning was tough on the lifting, Wilson got the brunt of it by tweeking his back, speedy recovery brotha, hope it feels better soon! Honeymoon said he would mow your lawn for you if you needed it! Have a great weekend gents!

  • The Wild West End

    Five half-awake rock stars went on an expedition to find a lake to run around, multiple times. Early on the route, “Won’t you be my neighbor?” was heard from the woods and five became six.

    We ran downhill to the Raintree Swim and Racket club, ran 2-4 laps around the half-mile lake path, looked for Gomer and Gypsy in the pool, and then ran uphill all the way back for a 4-5 mile run depending on how many laps of the lake you did. We saw and heard lots of wildlife (cranes, hawks, frogs, whitesnake) which made the run different than the normal neighborhood routes. The fog on the lake was a nice touch.

    Conversations went something like this:

    – Where are we?
    – Corner of Bumfuck and You Got a Purty Mouth.

    and

    – The only chance we have to survive is to huddle together for warmth
    – I, for one, choose death.

    Uphill on the way back and doing laps on the same route were not the Pax favorites so next time we will do a track workout and just the laps.

    Thanks for letting me Q.

  • Hoops/Burpees/and Bets

    7 Hoopsters showed up to play some BBall and do Some exercises this morning at Twolf!

    COP – Helicopters, SSHs, DQs, Sucides, Dollys, Rosalitas, Freddys, LBCs

    Hoops with Consequences

    Team B of McGruf/POG/Shiplap lost the last bet, paid of by a run around the school.

    BTF – Numbers, Names, YHC took us out

    SOJ Takeover next week!

    Duke

  • 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

  • 12 frisbees and a set of stairs

    9 men gathered at this institution of higher learning this morning with 1 four legged friend and according to the dog this is what happened

    Mosey to the flag poles for COP

    DQ’s, Helicopters, Hillbillies, Merkins, LBC’s, Ukrainian Soldiers

    Mosey to the back of the school

    At the common area on the tiered steps there are 12 frisbees, 6 per side. Each frisbee has an exercise written on the painters tape, each HIM starts at one of the frisbees and does 10 of that exercise then runs around the common area staying on the concrete. Once that lap is complete you move to the next frisbee with 10 of that exercise and a lap, repeto until you’ve done all 12 exercises.

    Triple check time Partner #1 runs the same route as the previous beatdown, Partners #2 & #3 do Booyha merkins once partner #1 returns partner #2 runs and #3 & #1 continue the merkins. Once all 3 have gone switch to Booyha WWII’s once all 3 have gone switch to partner leg toss

    Mosey BTTF

    Numbers / Names DTH took us out

    NMS:

    Good to have Fresh Prince back in the mix for a beatdown, still need to continue praying for some of our other brothers on IR. DTH reported that Heartburn is going to be getting some surgery done on his jaw from a hard fall he took at Rock n Roll while chasing a frisbee. A couple Ultimate frisbee workouts coming to an AO near you, please be careful and look out for one another.

    Snuff has an animal recovery sanctuary going on in his back yard and will be opening it up to the public as a petting zoo in the near future, or at least that’s what Cooper said he was going to do.

  • Expanding the Brand

    YHC and Last Call took the Broga show on the road. First time bringing peace, love, and grunting to the FORGE. Wedding Singer stopped by for the grand finale and earned his data point. Did a full body workout including the now popular cross body hamstring stretches. Great way to get loosened up before Doozy’s epic beatdown.

  • Just a Walk in the Park

    A cool, but dirty, dozen worked out today. According to the squirrel that may have urinated on some of us during box cutters, these were some of our antics:

    -Lots of talk of Raptors

    -Huffing the new car smell

    -Lengthy and sweaty embraces by members of our Pax and members of a transient running group. What happens in the canyon, stays in the canyon….

    -A Wedding Singer doppelgänger spotting; other than being shirtless, waxed back, and neon orange shorts

    Thoughts go out to our Pax members who are recovering. Handshake took us out.

  • Red Light Special

    2 First Watch regulars arrived early to put in the extra work before the beatdown. Hamstrings, back, shoulders and quads muscles were all expanded to full capacity followed by some much enjoyed Shavasana was interrupted by Splinter arriving blinded the PAX. Later it was revealed that Kubotas’ hamstring was a bit rusty and could use some additional work. Deshaun Watson can provide some recommendations. Great work this morning.

  • I Won’t Take It Personally

    Four, that’s right 4, of the highest scholars briefly complained about the cost of used cars before we realized it was 5:00am. Mosey to the northeast corner of the back parking lot for:

    COP

    • 20x Invisible jump ropes
    • 10x Helicopters
    • 15x Imperial Walkers
    • 10x Shoulder Taps
    • 10x Mountain Climbers
    • 20x LBCs
    • 10x American Hammers

    The Thang

    Continue our mosey northward to a left on University. About halfway down University there were a few grunts and groans but general displeasure was withheld until we reached the bottom of University for 11s. Merkins & jump squats at the bottom and top of the hill. Bro code every two sets to make sure we left no one behind.

    Short mosey down Ralston stopping at Kingsbury for Splinter’s Triangle of Terror. Form a triangle at each point of the intersection. The 4th person bear crawls from station 1 to station 2 and that person continues the bear crawl to the next station. We went counter clockwise. Stations were burpees, squats, WWIIs. We did 3 complete rounds.

    Catch me if you can up Kingsbury to Gaymont. 5 merkins then catch your partner who is bernieing up the hill.

    South on Gaymont, stopping at the toothbrush swing for a final round of 11s. HRMs & WWIIs.

    BTTVSF where we did flutters and finished with Last Call leading shavasana.

    Numbers, names, various announcements, and YHC took us out.

    Moleskin

    There must have been some sort of convergence somewhere else that YHC didn’t know about as all but YHC + 3 of the regulars (and no visitors) were ready to launch at 0500. Excluding takeover week and ad-hoc broga sessions, this was the smallest First Watch since October. Clearly wasn’t because YHC was on the Q sheet.

    We witnessed a cat fight (not the good kind) as we were traversing back on Gaymont. Discussion ensued as to whether or not a owl could attack a cat or not.

    Until next time.

    Splinter

  • Michelle and Pipes and Faceplants!!

    Michelle and Pipes and Faceplants!!

    Six gathered at WDog, so did the humidity and the Gnats.

    COP
    Mosey to a grassy spot for a little warmarama.
    10x SSH, 10x DQ, 10x Copperhead Squats, 20x Helicopters, 20xArmCircles, 10x MichaelPhelps, 10x Merkins, 20x LBC, 20x Freddy Mercuries, 20x Flutter Kicks.

    THANG
    Mosey to the amphitheater for a stacking beasts. Flags were planted early so the PAX would know where to perform each exercise.
    6x Incline Merkins up / Derkins back down
    6x Squats, 6x Incline Merkins up / Derkins back down
    6x Flutter Kicks, 6x Squats, 6x Incline Merkins up / Derkins back down
    6x Skulls Crushers (each leg), 6x Squats, 6x Incline Merkins up / Derkins back down
    6x Jump Squats, 6x Skulls Crushers (each leg), 6x Squats, 6x Incline Merkins up / Derkins back down
    6x Monkey Humpers, 6x Jump Squats, 6x Skulls Crushers (each leg), 6x Squats, 6x Incline Merkins up / Derkins back down.
    Time ran out, Mosey back to the flag.

    MOLESKIN
    YHC had several things planned but the beast sometimes will suck up all the time. A stacking beast punches the sad clown in the face every single time. I needed it, you needed it. YHC was spent and drenched. The Mumblechatter was great today, Pipe Smoking, Michelle Obama, and what CSAUP can the 2 Faceplants compete for to determine who keeps their name. I vote Beer Mile!

    Bodo’s took us out!!

    Oyster