Tag: First Watch

Three glorious Clydesdales slogged through the early hours of First Watch.  Here is how it went down:

• COP
  • SSH
  • IW
  • Ukrainian soldiers
  • Helicopters
  • Arm circles
  • DMH
  • Suzanne Somers
  • Merkins
  • LBC
  • Penguins
  • APD
• Mosey to the side street for a 3x check
  • Run
  • HRM
  • WWII sit-ups
• Mosey into the neighborhood for a 3x check
  • Run
  • Crab Cakes
  • LBC
• Mosey back to the parking lot for a 3x check
  • Run
  • H2H
  • Squats
• COT with YHC taking us out

Great work from the Clydesdales, sluggish but showing up.  T-claps to Handshake and Senor Frog for making a COP cameo after Broga.  The last 3x check included 3 deer, fine specimen who stuck around until the very end.  Their speed was much different from the PAX, provided a great contrast.

Convergence at Gridiron on Saturday.

God is good all of the time!

Attila

A Sensational Six found the finest prime, manicured real estate in Tuckahoe to enjoy a leisurely beatdown that was rehearsed and played out to perfection. Here is how things went down.

Mosey to Henrico’s smallest park to the lush and pristine turf located on the south end of the park. Salutations and disclaimers were properly detailed with a warm up that included SSH’s, Helis, Jazzercise, Dead Man Hang, Michael Phelps, LBC’s and some light broga. All seemed warm and ready, no need to wander far.

Partner up for a Dora. Timer runs down to the base of Culpepper and returns. 100 merkins, 200 squats, 300 LBC’s.

Triple Check Time. Timer skips a portion of Westham Parkway up to River, running the remainder. Exercises included WWII’s & Pickle Pounders (modify to Monkey Humpers if desired).

Brocode 7’s. Jump Squats and Carolina Dry Docks. Lunge up a portion of Ridge towards River, Bernie Back.

BTTVF for a quick stretch session. Numbers, Names, Announcements and Prayers. YHC took us out.

Events: Deliverance Q next week at FW. Kubota leads the armada across the river to enjoy a romantic sunrise. Bring your own dinghy. 4th of July Convergence at Grid Iron. If you show up on the 5th, you missed it.

NMS: With Deliverance postponed a week due to water levels, Q sheet was open so YHC took advantage to control a leisurely beatdown staying close to home but avoiding the church parking lot. Park was plush and enjoyed by many. Finest Dog park in Tuckahoe. Mumble Chatter was on point as expected. Variety of topics including sleep patterns, travel adventures and a possible sighting of Handshakes towel mistress. Well done fellas. Thank you for the opportunity to lead.

6 gentlemen emerged from the gloom to join YHC for some First Watch fun. 3 were on the IR/walking/rucking team. The remaining 4 enthusiastically moseyed on.

COP:

SSH, Ukrainian soldiers, arm circles, helicopters, merkins, and LBCs in the triangle.

Mosey to the UR practice field. Line up on the end line and do 3 sets of 5 reps of exercises. The PAX’s enthusiasm was palpable when burpees were called out, followed by jump squats, and LBCs.

Next – triple check with four – flutters, monkey humpers, and run to the end of field. The energy with this crew was electric.

Mosey around to the goal post for a quick pull up (no takers joined YHC), then we found a nice bench for 3 sets of dips and incline merkins.

The attempted shot put was scrapped and we moseyed back to the flag (with EF Hutton catching a sprinkler stream right in the face). A quick ring of fire with American hammers, then we caught up to the walkers and brought them home.

Numbers, Names, Announcements and YHC took us out.

NMS:

Pure joy, energy, and downright love for working out was felt throughout the workout.

SYITG!

Ronnie

Not really the dawg days of summer with temps in the 50s.  Take it while you can get it.  Here is how it went down at First Watch.

• COP
  • SSH
  • IW
  • Ukrainian soldiers
  • Helicopters
  • Arm circles
  • DMH
  • Suzanne Somers
  • Merkins
  • LBC
  • Penguins
  • APD
• Mosey to the parking lot for a Dora meets 4 corners; 20/40/60 reps at each corner with one repeat corner
  • 100 HRM
  • 200 monkey humpers
  • 300 LBC
• Mosey to the side of the church for 3 rounds of partner wheel barrow with 10 derkins
• 4x check
  • Run
  • Wall sit
  • Dips
  • WWII sit-ups
• Mosey back to the parking lot for COT with YHC taking us out

A little ground and pound for the First Watch team today as we processed the romantic possibilities of a 2 bedroom condo in Hoover, AL.  1-800 peeled off to visit the taint, which seemed to be ready to accommodate only 1 visitor today.  As always, mumble-chatter was next-level for this AO. 

God is good all of the time!

Attila

Seven men of questionable judgment posted forth in The Gloom to experience the pre-dawn mist that is First Watch. Temperatures remained 70 and sunny. According to Handshake’s high school sex crush, the following might have happened:

COP: mosey to the corner of Westam, South Ridge, and Cameron…50 SSHs, Dead Man Hang, downward dog, left leg high, right leg high, 10 hand-release merkins…

…mosey to the corner of South Ridge and Country Squire (coincidentally, Country Squire was Handshake’s nickname at VMI, and it’s inscribed on his travel sized Confederate Flag, handy for trips to foreign destinations, such as West Point, NY, USA). Semper paratus. YHC digresses… exercises included monkey humpers, squats, WWIIs.

…Mosey to South Ridge and Ross. Exercises included more hand release merkins, American Civil Wars (heels to Heaven plus a sit-up), and LBCs.

…Mosey to South Ridge and Overlook…more exercises, including merkins, Hello Dolly’s, and some other stuff.

…Mosey to the yellow sign most of the way down South Ridge for some other exercises…

…Mosey to the first of 6 signs at The Bottom of South Ridge (and emerge from the fog)…

Partner up for Partner Suicides.

Round 1: merkins and run to the first sign.

Round 1: WWIIs and run to the second sign.

Round 1: LBCs and run to the third sign.

Round 1: Monkey Humpers and run to the fourth sign.

Round 5: SSHs and run to the fifth sign.

Back up the hill…

…stopping at the sign (10 HRMs), the first street (10 HRMs and 20 WWIIs), the second street (10 HRMs, 20 SSHs, and 30 LBCs), and the fourth street (10 HRMs, 20 SSHs, 30 American Civil Wars, 40 LBCs).

BTTVSF.

Numbers, names, and YHC took us out.

Prayers for Charlotte, Fudd’s sister, and about 3 groups YHC didn’t catch.

Announcements: need a Q for Breaking Bread this weekend. If you have not done this, you should. This is F3RVA’s volunteer event…it has been for 9 years…YHC encourages you to sign up.

Update your emergency contact information on Slack.

NMS: Coffeeteria a good time as always. Some VMI stories from the 1980s sometimes sound like they could have been VMI stories from the 1880s.

0430….Recon to the area with some PAX already parked=Broga!

Kubota was parked checking emails and we caught up while Westhoe arrived in dawn’s early light. GP assisted with time keeping. YHC owns no Garmin!

0500 (or there about)….time to mosey around the church to COT= 50 SSH, Dead Man Hang, L leg over R leg dead man hang, R leg over L leg dead man hand, 18 Copperhead Squat, on your 6, 6 inches and hold, 18 LBC, and 10 Merkins. Mosey to the back of church.

4 corners- 50 SSH, 100 LBC, 150 Squats, 200 Monkey Humpers. Mumblechatter was high and by the time PAX hit 200 Monkey Humpers, audible was called, and 200 Arm Circles. YHC has always thought that high mumblechatter means PAX should run more. Less talking.

Mosey down the Taint aka Ridge Road S. Running….and then waiting for the 6…PAX planked with 10 Merkins performed. Mosey to bottom of Ridge, plank and hold 6 inches. Time to run back up Ridge. Mumblechatter was great and half way up..audible and PLT, 50 per PAX member.

Circle up in the parking lot with 1 minute left…..merkins AYG!!

Numberama, Namerama,

Announcements:

Memorial Day Convergence, 0700, Dogpile

Call a friend and check on them.

NMS:

2000 post for Handshake! Fantastic job brother!

EF Hutton has posted to First Watch 28 weeks in a row!

Mumblechatter was great and YHC obviously misses the connection with Ronnie and various other continual stories.

Honeydo said something about our wives and I cannot remember exact words….but….it was funny.

Thank you to fellow brothers who posted this morning for YHC and the ability to say, “Respect.”

I truly appreciate the brotherhood, friendship, and workouts with you men.

Loud and Proud,

Flatline

7 men at First for some Coupon Fun

Man 1 uses (2) of Senor Frogs Cock Rings and Moseys around the Parking Lot while the rest of the group does Coupon exercises. Rotate after each man runs. Overhead Presses, Curls for the Girls, Block Swings, Around the World, Chest Presses, Overhead Rotations, etc. Two Rounds

Four Corners: Mosey to corner 1 for 10 HRMs, Mosey to corner 2 for 20 WWII’s, Mosey back to corner 1 for 10 HRM’s, Mosey to corner 3 for 30 LBC’s, Mosey back to corner 2 for 20 WWII’s, mosey to corner 4 for 40 SSH’s, mosey back to corner 3 for 30 LBC’s. Do 20 Block Presses and then do 40 SSH’s again.

Circle up for some Mary.

Announcements – Memorial Day Convergence at Dogpile at 0700 on Monday, May 25th. Flatline has the Q this Saturday at Dogpile.

Prayer Requests – Avery Peay’s passing and his family. Charlotte and the Evans family, Roger Roger’s FIL, Wojo’s Mom, Fudd’s sister, Mary.

NMS – Great morning with the crew. Sorry to have missed some of the Homies.

The ideal prime number of 9 enjoyed the pristine conditions of the FW gloom. The anxious Pax awaited for others to join, but no takers toastaly arrived. Here is how things went down.

Mosey to Henricos smallest park for introductions and instructions. Warm ups, all in conversation, included DQ’s, helis, jazzercise (with toe taps), dead man hang, imperial walkers, squats, Ukrainian soldiers followed up with some additional helis. All seemed loose so we mosey on.

Stop at Country Squire for mailbox roulette. 5 squats for mailboxes on the right, 5 merkins for those on the left brocode style. FW clubhouse opportunity coming soon. After reeling in Wojo and Froggy from their gazellest speed, we halted at Ridge.

Lindsay was called with 30 LBC’s/10 dry docks. Stop 2 additional times with numbers modified accordingly, ending up at Overlook. Mosey up a portion of Overlook for Triple Check alley.

Triple Check 1 – Timer runs to the cul de sac. Jump Squats and WWII’s.

Triple Check 2 – Timer skips to the dumpster. Mountain CLimbers and Lt. Dans.

Mosey back down to Ridge for another Lindsay BTTVF. APD’s and Flutters. Numbers need not matter due to vehicular traffic, brocode style with various stops at intersections.

Numbers, Names, Prayers, Announcements. Kubota took us out.

Prayers for Charlotte and her family. Be nice to others.

Memorial Day Convergence at Dogpile 7 am.

NMS: Great morning and mumble chatter. Ronnie certainly deserves oversharing award following his adventures in Austin. Recommendations for great karaoke bar with Joker inspired DJ and a triple level western themed club with various mountable amusements. Jokes continued throughout the beatdown. YHC had more running planned with the Highland Loop but good stories trumped this plan for a more brocode style beatdown. Good time with great laughs throughout the morning was just what was needed. Incredible coffee followed with Hutton providing the dirty looks for single user encamping a 6 seater table. Well done fellas. Thank you for the opportunity to lead.

Handshake parked in Kubota’s spot and set off the following chain reaction.

Moseying COT

• SSHs x 14 for Falcon
• Don Quixotes
• Imperial Walkers
• Helicopters
• Hand Release Merkins
• Flutter Kicks

Auto Bingo (Mosey down Culpepper to the northern Taint)

• Cars/ Crossovers – Merkins x 5
• SUVs – Squats x 5
• Pickups/ Vans – Burpees x 2

Love Hill

• P1 – Run to Ross and back
• P2 – Bearcrawl, Lunge, 5 SSHs/5 Steps
• Booyah Merkins x 6 at each flip

Dora 1-2-3

• P1 – Bernie to Thom and Run Back
• P2 – Carolina Dry Docks, Monkey Humpers, LBCs

Mosey back to Parking Lot

Get Railed!

• P1 – Lunge across half of parking lot
• P2 – Incline Merkins, Dips, Decline Merkins on Rail

Mosey back to VSF

Mary

• Freddie Mercurys
• APDs
• Hello Dollys
• SSHs x 14 for Falcon plus 1 for the Ranger in the Sky

Numberama, Nameorama, COT

MOLESKIN

Backblast title has nothing to do with anything in the workout, but YHC somehow got on the topic of wrasslin at coffee and was whisked away to the good ol’ days when we ran the high school halls telling everyone to “Suck It” with a crisp crotch chop.  Also showed the boys my 4^th grade class photo rocking my favorite Bushwhackers t-shirt.  Don’t ask about my Koko B. Ware t-shirt, still hurts.  Lastly of note, Wojo has partied with the Nature Boy and lived to tell the tale.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Memorial Day Convergence – details to follow

Prayers for Charlotte