Category: Richmond, VA

  • 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

  • Alternating Partner 400s

    19 men and a 2.0 gathered on a perfect Tuesday morning by the lake of the University of Richmond expecting a casual jog through campus and beyond. What they got was a DaVille Takeover with Alternating Partner 400s on the turf fields. The PAX started with a Brocode run to the fields and then took a lap around them. The Pax then partnered up with runner of similar ability and for 28 minutes rotated running 400s around one of the fields. At the end, the PAX moseyed back to the VSF.

    COT – Name-O-Rama, Numberarama, Announcements, YHC took us out.

    NMS

    It was a pleasure for YHC to be at Spider Run again today and seeing so many PAX members that he has not seen for over 2 years. Today was the first of 7 monthly DaVille takeovers. The idea of the alternating 400s was borrowed from the Richmond Road Runners Club as part of their summer track series which begins next Tuesday. The website is https://runsignup.com/Race/VA/Richmond/SummerTrackSeries and the cost is $0. As challenging as this run can be, half the PAX was together at all times waiting for their partner to complete the lap which led to some good mumblechatter while trying to catch your breath. The turf fields were also great to run on.

    Welcome FNG Globetrotter. Globetrotter is BT’s 2.0 who is already a world traveler. Great job today!

    Announcements:

    • The Bridge will be held the 4th Saturday of every month. TYA asks that we all go at least once.
    • Breaking Bread needs a Q for the 4th Saturday.

    Well done today everybody!

    Gotta Run!

    Phonics

  • International Male

    YHC was pumped to swing down to the South side and pay some tolls to Q for NoToll as Part of the DaVille Tuesday takeover this month. Planted the shovel flag in brutal gravel by the Tennis courts brought my phone and wireless speaker for some workout tunes to enjoy with this mornings workout and here is what went down for 14 F3RVA gents!

    COP

    Mosey to the parking lot by the cell towers and circle up for 20 SSH, 10 DQ’s, 10 4ct American Hammers, 20 4ct LBC’s, 10 reverse scorpions, 10 scorpions, 20 merkins.

    THANG

    The tunes are cranking now so we go to 4 corners bro code style as everyone want to hang with the tunes…right?!? So Corner 1 – 10 squats, Corner 2 – 20 Flutter kicks (2 ct), Corner 3 – 30 single count lunges alternating legs and corner 4 -40 LBC’s. We repeat this two more times.

    Mosey to the soft grass divide into groups of 3 or 4 and perform a triple check. P1 – runs to opposite side of the field and back (timer) P2 – LBC’s, P3 – Personal choice upper body – plank, merkins, drydocks, etc. We rotate 2 more times so everyone has a turn to complete 1 set. We perform two more sets.

    Next we divide into 3 groups and form a personal Bermuda Triangle about 20 yards in between each corner. Corner 1 group(C1G) – bear crawls to corner 2 (C2G) – sprints to C3G – lunges to C1G. We repeat this 3 times.

    Mosey to the covered patio divide into different groups of 3. P1 – runs to opposite side of field and back (timer), P2 – Merkins and P3 bench dips (crushing the triceps on this routine). We rotate 2 times for each partner to get the exercise to complete the set and then perform 2 more sets.

    These gents are crushing this work out…and we still have time.

    Next we do 11’s using the width of the patio, 10 merkins, walk to other side 1 squat, walk back 9 merkins, 2 squats and continue to where we mosey back to flag and perform the 9 merkins and 2 squats(surprise switch), then 10 squats and 1 merkin to finish!

    Moleskin

    So you can imagine with CB music playing it will be all over the board from funk, to rock, to new wave…with a common excellent/unique percussion theme behind this music…I am a drummer after all. So a late 80’s tune pop’s up and YHC was thinking back to his college(let’s be real ‘Institute’) days and ordering cool trendy clothes from a catalogue titled International Male…back in the day we had no internet/amazon/google to buy things and the guys crushed YHC! We were laughing hard…check out the Wiki page(link at the bottom of this bb) if you really want to laugh…heck, they even made a movie about this!…What a gang of fun gents to work out with this morning. Humbly honored to lead, work out and have a laugh…great way to start the day!

    Glad to see Mr Roper and Fresh prince back to NoToll as I understand it has been awhile and keep coming back…I know I will…soon! Cheers…CB!

    International Male – Wikipedia

  • Here we go again

    Four regular brogii veterans descended upon the playing courts of No Toll to get the early morning creaks and pops out. A few moans and groans were audible throughout the workout as the PAX was hitting all the right spots. Extra long shavasana with a cool breeze seemed the perfect conclusion to mellow the morning. Good times gents. Shiplap has the Q next week.