Tag: First Watch

13 men chose to knock this thing out right now in the latest edition of First Watch, F3RVA’s only AO with its own cult following. Temperatures remained 70 and sunny. According to the citizens concerned upon seeing men with cinder blocks in the middle of the night, the following might have happened:

THE COP (singular):

Mosey to the grassy knoll in front of River Road Church (a Baptist-type organization):

SSH’s x20 (4-count)
Merkins x5 (4 count)
Hillbillies x10 (4-count)
Merkins x5 (4 count)
Imperial Walkers x10 (4-count)
Merkins x5 (4 count)
Dead Man Hang x10 (4-count)
5 burpees
Alabama Prom Dates x10 (4-count)
Merkins x5 (4 count)

Mosey to the Parking Lot…grab a block (thank you to Site Q-bota for the new blocks):

For purposes of simplicity, the next 40 minutes of the Beatdown were conducted while carrying a block.

Mosey to South Ridge and Cameron. 20 curls.

Mosey to Cameron and Culpepper. Triple check.

PAX 1: Bernie Sanders up the hill; run back down.
PAX 2: Overhead press
PAX 3: Bench press

Mosey to Grattan and Culpepper. Triple check.

PAX 1: Option A: Bear crawl to the dump truck (sans block). Option B: Run to the pick-up (with block).
PAX 2: Little baby block crunches
PAX 3: Curls

Mosey to South Ridge and Cameron. 20 of something.

Mosey to the parking lot (far corner): 20 block exercises. Dealer’s Choice / OYO.

Return the blocks.

Mosey to the VSF for 3 MsOM.
30 Flutter kicks (4-count)
Reverse crunches
4 burpees

Announcements / Requests:

Firewoman Kate is having neck surgery tomorrow. Let’s hope for a successful operation and a quick recovery. Prayers for her and the whole First Responder family this week.

Gumbo and Rosie have something cookin’. It involves a Triangle. Look for more details and plan to attend.

Splinter is starting a new hammock rental business. See Slack for details.

Safe travels and a good time for everyone at the BRR. Let’s do this!

NMS:

YHC’s momma turns 83 tomorrow. When one raises 4 reasonably well-adjusted kids (or any number of kids) who have turned into halfway decent adults / parents, that deserves respect. Being a parent involves learning how to carry a little bit heavier load than we each planned (by analogy, the block). As we get older, sometimes life throws more blocks at us. Mom has gone through the last 12 years learning how to do things on-her-own (like many of our parents). Sometimes smooth; sometimes a little rocky, but always pushing forward. Happy birthday, mom.

A great eight came out for F3’s earliest workout. We had stars, clouds, humidity, and a little bit of oversharing. Due to some members wishing to recover from injury prior to BRR, YHC kept the mileage manageable.

Mosey across the parking lot for COP. Pick up some blocks and let the fun begin.

11s – Murder Bunnies across the parking lot while doing Merkins/Box Cutters as the exercises.

Triple Check – Wall sit, elbow plank, and 40 Monkey Humpers as the timer.

Half-Dora for 1 – 10 triceps extensions, 20 bicep curls, 30 bench press – all with the blocks. Lunge across the parking lot and back – 5 sets

100 two count flutter kicks

Beast with Blocks was called, though we got halfway through. Exercises were squats, Softball APD, and kettle swings.

Quick round of American Hammers.

Bodos took us out.

Eleven strong attacked First Watch this morning, before any of the other PAX at other AO’s even left their house. Here is what occurred:

Mosey around the parking lot in order to pick up Marv. Head over to Henrico’s tiniest park for:

COP:

Dead Man Hang, Reach For the Stars, DQ’s, Imperial Walkers, Copperhead Squats, Crab Cakes, LBC’s, Merkins

Triple Check:

Partner 1: Run the Triangle

Partner 2: Box Cutters

Partner 3: Squats

Mosey over to the big church parking lot and pair up for a:

DORA:

100 x WW2 Sit-ups

200 x Merkins

300 x Monkey Humpers 🙂

Timer runs to church buses and back

Mosey over to the coupon depository stopping for Speed Bump Burpees

Team up with each team collecting one of the new 42lbs blocks that Last Call graciously donated to the cause.

Two partners sit on the guard rail passing the block to each other side to side. Timer bear crawls to the curb and back. Switch up and Repeat 3x.

Deposit blocks back and head to the Shovel Flag for:

Numbers, Names, Announcements and Flo took us out!

NMS:

Solid crew this morning even with several regulars travelling, injured or fart sacking. The new blocks seem to be a hit, thanks to Last Call. YHC wasn’t planning on running much this morning only to see 2.4 miles on the Garmin when it was all said and done.

Prayers for Ronnie as he recovers from surgery on his elbow. No more elbow planking for him!

Thanks for taking us out this morning, Flo, and well said!

8 for coffee afterwards at Starbucks, where it’s easy to spend another hour hanging out with brothers!

Enjoy the day, men, and SYITG!

Kubota

A triple check friendly nine PAX were ready to go at 4:59:56 when a minivan barreled into the AO at reckless speed. After nearly hitting lil Blue, Bodos emerged from the fumes of burning rubber to make it a terrific ten. No 40 minutes of Triple check so we did:

COP: SSH, Don Qs, Imperial Walkers at an appropriate speed, Ukrainian Soldiers, Merkins, Flutterkicks, Scorpion Kicks

Mosey back to Coupon drop zone for a coupon count: 9 blocks and 10 PAX (thanks again Bodos!) so mosey to HCTP and partner up: Dora 123: 100 Thrusters, 200 Swings, 300 Block presses. 3 Rounds of 20 PLTs.

Stay partnered up: Murder bunny across field and back with partner running ahead and switch. Same thing back to start. Everyone’s favorite: Block the Plank: 2 rounds of partner doing 5 burpees. 2 more rounds with partner doing 15 squats. Take coupons back to drop zone. Partner up again: 1 pax does HRMs while other runs length of parking lot. Back to flag and finish with 1 min of Mary.

Announcements: Labor Day Convergence at Dogpile.

NMS: Nice to have 10 strong even with some FW regulars out for vacation, accumulating OSOTW material for their return to the Gloom. With FW now routinely in double digits even without Gumbo it is time for some more block donations. YHC will work on that this week since a few of the blocks are baby ones.

Bodos is the 1st pax to say he appreciated Block the Plank since it’s creation. YHC thinks it just needs more exposure than just FW. Maybe he’ll take that out to other AOs. Several PAX questioned the legality of Handshake’s murder bunny technique but it is quite effective. Coffeteria afterwards was sponsored by Kubota. He offered to buy a coffee for every post he’s done this year. The tab added up to $22.50.

A whopping 13 amigos pulled the early morning shift on the Tuckahoe Neighborhood Watch to determine if the predawn hours were any less swampy but found no such reprieve. With Handshake arriving early for Broga, Marv turned out to be the launch timer. The following was rumored to have occurred for your viewing pleasure.

Short mosey over to the church for warmarama, disclaimers and all legal documentation. Exercises included Invisible Jumprope, Helis, Dead Man Hang, Jazzercise, LBC’s, Hello Dollies, Rosalitas. No sweat dripping yet, lets begin:

COP 1: Mankillers: With everyone in position, YHC decided to bust out a fan favorite to burn some clock and determine the rest of the routine. Kubota could not contain his excitement and was thrilled with decision.

COP 2: Slow mosey to the coupon pile to collect some weight. Group of 3’s and 4’s all added up to a variety of Triple Checks. Many exercises in 3 sets with timer either running or block reps.

Numbers Names Announcements and Prayers – Kubota took us out.

NMS: After weeks of going off campus with plenty of miles logged, YHC had no plan except to avoid exercises named after states and tours around neighboring streets. Triple Checks seemed like a good way to encourage good mumble chatter and have some laughs along the way. Topics included, among others, timely slack posting, beach attire and scheduling the open house at Flo’s new Scotts Addition abode. Mankillers were just an added touch to bring some SOJ class to the group. Appreciative of the great numbers turning out in the humid temps. T-shirt ideas should be a flowin.

Eleven vehicles and nine Bros assembled for the earliest beatdown in RVA.

Here’s what transpired:

Mosey to the Church patio

COP

• Don Quixotes
• Copperhead Squats
• Hillbillies
• SSHs
• Jazzercises
• Diamond Merkins
• Mountain Climbers
• Heels to Heaven
• Crabcakes

Mosey to side of Church porch

• Snuff inspired Bear Crawl Mosey in and out of columns, up and down stairs, over the bricks, through a sprinkler, roughly 100 ft

Mosey to the end of Culpepper

Love Hill

• P1 – Run to Ross and S. Ridge and back
• P2 – Mosey toward P1 rotating Lunges and Polar Bears

Mosey to Thom and Culpepper

Auto Lottery (Circling Thom and Cameron exercise at each Automobile)

• Car x 5 Merkins
• Truck x 5 WWIIs
• Crossover x 5 Jump Squats
• SUV x 10 Monkey Humpers
• Van x 5 Burpees

Mosey back to parking lot

Mary

• American Hammers
• Wilson’s Spaghetti Party
• Alabama Prom Dates
• Burpees x 3 OYO

Numberama, Nameorama, COT

MOLESKIN

Marv was highly amused by Crabcakes for unknown reasons, but the Bear Crawl Mosey was no laughing matter.  The Automobile Lottery math proved difficult, almost as difficult as remembering which vehicle corresponded with which exercise.  Next time we’ll just do Burpees for all of them since there was not a van to be found.  Welcome back Abscess.  Quiet morning without big and little brother.  Cawfee Talk featured tales from Yellowstone.  Lockjaw recommends the Bison Burger.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Retreat 9/24 – Sign up for Cornhole

Eleven studs waltzed out and announced their presence with authority for a 5:00 run, err, Beat, down. Temperatures were sunny and 70. According to the groundskeeping crew at U of R, the following quite possibly happened:

Mosey to the Sprinkler-fed lawn in front of River Road Baptist. Groans. “It’s gonna be too wet.” Yep. Cold, wet, and sandy. Fun fact: it rained last night. Second fun fact: the sprinklers were on when Broga started. Third fun fact: the sprinklers turned off at 4:50.

Circle up.

SSHs
WWIIs (wet)
HRMs (wet)
Imperial Walkers
Hillbillies
Flutter kicks
Pancake toss (flip over x3)
Carolina Dry Docks
Something else

Let’s mosey. Q runs to the other side of intersection of River and Ridge. Headlamp goes out. Rookie move.

Mosey along River to Saab’s house. The man lives on River. What can we say? We know people with prestigious addresses. Do some exercises in his driveway to celebrate.

Mosey down River to U of R fields for the Main Event. The Michigan. In the dark. (See dead battery, headlamp).

100 yard sprint x 10 times

80 yard spring x 8 times

60 yard sprint x 6 times

40 yard sprint x4 times

20 yard sprint x2 times

10 yard sprint x 1 time

Breaks sprinkled to allow for recovery of breadth, stretching, and griping.

50 burpees called at the end. 11 groans heard…attendance taken and everyone is alive and able to breathe. Boom. Let’s mosey back to the VSF, Indian-run style, Kubota fast walk pace, stopping this time at Saab’s new neighbor’s house. Exercises.

Reform the line in the same order. Or, 5 burpees. PAX did the burpees.

BTTVSF.

5 MOM, with reverse crunches, flutters, Alabama Prom Dates, and more reverse crunches.

Numbers, names, and YHC took us out.

Announcements:

Great to hear Lab Rat is doing better. Can’t wait to see you back out there.

Let’s hope Tryhard’s sister continues to have good numbers.

Since YHC is slow to post this, sorry if you missed Roller Coaster this evening at 5/5:30 at Hillcrest. (Note: Copyright alert. Not sure what type of law school graduates are running hills in SOJ land now that Hunton’s finest have moved to the Promised Land, but those calling other AOs Roller Coaster best beware…this AO has been Roller Coaster for about 6 years. Time to checkity-check before you wreckity-wreck).

BRR…sign up. Good numbers. Fellas are getting in shape.

NMS:

Daniel joined us today. He’s 29, he’s a Scorpio (actually, we have No Idea what his Zodiac sign is and, in any case, No Idea is a different guy entirely), his wife is close personal friends with Marv’s wife, they go to church with Marv, and he runs a dental practice in Hopewell where he apparently treats jaundice in a lot of Union Army soldiers. Seems like an overall solid dude. Hope he comes back. Oh, and his F3 name is Abscess. Strong work today.

Corey Widmer “Suck It” Awards of the Day:

Hutton’s for his views on YHC’s physique. YHC suggests getting some Structure in your life.

Bodo’s for being Bodo’s. #coffee

Everyone who griped about getting wet at 5:02 a.m. only to find they were soaking wet (and stinky) at 5:35 a.m.

BTW, for anyone who has not been to Broga, it’s early, and it’s worth it. Thanks, Last Call. #solidstretching #sprinklers #marble

UpChuck spits the bit.

Eight Danny Noonan wannabees huddled in the normal gathering spot while the Q meandered around prior to launch. After all preparations were made, YHC walked up which immediately shut down mumblechatter. Wait three minutes to see if little blue would show up and then off we went for traveling COP.

COP

• Mosey to the end of the triangle for invisible jumprope x20
• Mosey to the next road for helicopters x10
• Mosey to the next road for suzanne somers x10
• Mosey to the next road for copperhead squats x15
• Mosey to the bottom of the hill for mountain climbers x10 and LBCs x20

The Thang

We tried a new creation today. Leap Frog. It needed some modification as we worked through it but YHC believes it was a success. Organize into groups of three. One partner runs up the hill 20 seconds, stops, and starts to do merkins. Second partner runs past the first partner 20 seconds. When your partner passes you, switch exercises from merkins, to jump squats, to WWIIs. Trailing partner does 10 WWIIs and then runs up past the first partner in leap frog fashion. It worked, hard to describe, but it worked. We went all the way from the bottom of the hill to the light.

Short mosey over to the parking lot for curb crawls, 1-5.

Another short mosey to the triangle park for a skills based challenge. Pax was 20 feet away from a 10 foot circle. Cycling through the PAX we had to try to chip a ball in the circle. In the circle, 20 LBCs. Just miss the circle, 5 merkins, completely miss the circle 5 burpees. Second round we eliminated the “just miss”. We did almost all burpees. Third round was a speed round with cumulative merkins for every miss. We did 8. Fourth round we ditched the club and just tried to throw it in the circle. 7 of 9 were successful so we did 2 merkins. BTTF.

Announcements

• TYA is off to the bridge this Saturday. Ping him if you are going.
• Lots of HDHHs not on Hump Day. Next one is Tuesday at Snuff’s house. See slack for details
• Prayers for our brothers that need our assistance. Reach out a hand to provide support.

Moleskin

YHC was unsuccessful in identifying his next captain’s choice partner. Everyone complained about not cutting the grass but what YHC learned is that everyone sucked at chipping. Maybe we should try putting next time, you know… night putting. Bacon Bits and Ronnie had the biggest scares. I thought their shots were headed for the house across the street.

Appreciate the opportunity to try something new fellas. Let each of us offer strong support for those around us no matter where they need assistance. That’s what this brotherhood is for. None of us is alone in our challenges.

SYITG fellas.

Splinter out.

Two guys named Jack and seven more did a whole lotta jackin this fine morn.

Here’s what transpired:

Mosey to the Church patio

COP

• Imaginary Invisible Jump Ropes
• Hairy Rockettes
• Copperhead Squats
• Arm Circles
• Heels to Heaven
• Merkins
• Plankorama
• Suzanne Somers L/R
• Freddie Mercurys
• Hello Dollys

Mosey to far corner of Henrico’s smallest park

Partner Jack Webb 1 – Upper Edition

• P1 – Run to traffic light and back
• P2 – Merkins/ Air Presses (1:4 ratio up to 10:40)

Mosey to Cameron and Culpepper

Partner Jack Webb 2 – Lower Edition

• P1 – Bernie up hill to street lamp and run back
• P2 – Jump Squats/ Monkey Humpers (1:4 ratio up to 10:40)

Mosey Cameron/ Thom Loop

Lindsay – Carolina Dry Docks/ WWIIs

Mosey back to parking lot near coupons

Partner Jack Webb 3 – Abs Edition

• P1 – Bear crawl from light pole 1 to light pole 2 and run back
• P2 – WWII/ Reverse Crunch (1:4 ratio up to 10:40)

Mosey back to flag

Ring of Fire

Numberama, Nameorama, COT

MOLESKIN

After Kubota’s warm up, YHC was total Zen today.  Not even the PAX’s constant eye rolls could kill the buzz.  There was a live Spiderman showdown meme when Ronnie realized there was another Jack amongst the PAX, welcome Flo.  With no prior knowledge of a two Jack post, YHC planned 3 Jacks of his own.  You can never jack enough at First Watch.  Where’s Bleeder when you need him?  With broken promises to win OSOTW by two returning vacationers, Last Call came through and saved the day.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Upcoming NoTolls – Ultimate and HR Derby

Retreat 9/24 – Sign up for Cornhole

7 had a blockbuster of a time at this week’s First Watch! Coffee was great too!