Tag: First Watch

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

Ten strong came out to start of their June off right with a warm weather beatdown. It went like this:

COP in church front: SSH, don Qs, Hillbillies, Merkins, Flutterkicks, Scorpion Kicks. Mosey to back parking lot: Dora 123: 100 Burpees, 200 Flutterkicks, 300 Jump Squats.

Mosey back to Coupon drop zone and partner up again. 4 rounds of partner running loop while other did: 15 blocks swings, 20 Bench press, 20 Alabama Softball players. Switch partners and 3 rounds of everyone’ favorite: Block the Plank while other pax does 15 Heels2Heaven. Put coupons back, 2 min of Mary & Ring of Fire.

Annoucements: Bridge this Saturday morning. Clown car from West end leaving around 6:00 at Food Lion on Patterson. Let YHC know if you are in. Prayers for IR group, especially Blue Moon on his surgery today.

NMS: Plenty of sweat this morning. The 100 burpees for the Dora were met with applause. Shiplap is on his way to becoming a First Watch regular, and may be due an invite to the infamous FW text thread. Coffee afterward was 7 strong and where the BB title comes from. YHC had to audible on the coupon section since the site Q said we had ample coupons but not a consistent size.

Eight musky gringos took Riverside Drive by storm before the awakening. A dewey mist encapsulated the posh neighborhood. These are the tales that were spread by the engineer of the 527 freighter out of Toledo.

Short mosey to the corner of the parking lot for warmarama that included Invisible Jump Rope, Helicopters, DQ’s, Jazzercise, Dead Man Hang and Arm Circles. Everyone awake, lets roll:

The THANG:

Indigenous People Run down River Road to Highland. Rear sprints to the front and sets the pace. Luckily only a few motorists out mostly from the opposite direction.

Mailbox Roulette: Mosey down Highland Brocode style. 10 merkins for every mailbox on the right, 10 imperial squat walkers for every mailbox on the left. More residents on the left.

Partner Up on Westham Station: Runner runs to the 2nd no parking sign while partner performs various mobile exercises: bear crawl, lunges with a twist, broad jumps. This was so much fun we did it twice to make it to the corner of Westham and South Ridge.

South Ridge Lindsay: Back to the flag brocode style. At each intersection perform 40 reps of Carolina Dry Docks and LBC’s.

Still time on the clock? Mankillers: Time to get tone for SOJ takeover in a couple weeks. No sissy scorpion kicks or escalating four corners is allowed on the more cultured side of the James.

Time was called. Names, Numbers, Announcements, Prayers – Upchuck took us out.

Convergence on Monday at 7 – Brown’s Island. Ruck begins at 6.

Prayers for those families in Texas. Hold your family and friends today. Tell them you love them just so they know.

NMS: Great mumble chatter today. Good to see Shiplap out and about while House Party really making F3 work for him. Upchuck and Handshake brought both up to speed on First Watch traditions that occur on the regular. Hope to see you both again for the earliest and most entertaining AO. Thank you brothers for the opportunity to lead as it was good to see the happenings of the First Watch neighborhood.

Eight early risers bathed in the late season pollen while keeping the running to a minimum. After some jovial bantering about length and girth, off we moseyed to the back parking lot for:

COP

• 25 SSH
• 10 helicopters
• 15 arm circles
• 10 donalds
• 10 reverse scorpions
• 10 inverted scorpions

The Thang

Stay in the general vicinity for 4 sets of 25 reps of different exercises. Repeat 11 times. Exercises may have been:

• Star Jacks, merkins, squats, LBCs
• Imperial Walkers, dips, box jumps, freddie mercuries
• Mountain climbers, werkins, lunges, flutter kicks
• Hillbillies, carolina dry docks, monkey humpers,
• Tuck jumps, diamond merkins, jump squats, heels to heaven
• Repeat 1-5
• SSH, windshield wipers, calf raises, box cutters

Mosey back to the flag, stopping by the side of the church for 5 WWIIs at each sign. of course there were arguments about what constituted a sign.

Back to the flag for ring of fire, american hammers, and some sort of floating vessel until time expired.

Announcements

• Bridge and blood on 6/4. Sign up.
• Memorial day convergence at tredegar
• Need breaking bread volunteers this summer
• Daville takeover day coming up

Numbers, names, YHC took us out.

Have a great day!

Three FW Regulars attacked a different feeling FW workout this morning with many regulars Q’ing elsewhere because of Tuckahoe Takeover, one being on the IR, or just plain ole Fartsacking! Either way, here is what transpired for these three amigos:

COP on church patio:

SSH’s, Helicopters, DQ’s, LBC’s, Suzanne Somers L & R, Box Cutters, Dead Man Hang, Reach for the Stars.

Enough, let’s mosey up Ridge to Pinetree.

On Pinetree, 5 merkins for every sedan, 5 WW2’s for every SUV, 5 Monkey Humpers for every mini-van, 5 Burpees for every trailer.

On University, complete a Triple Check: Run up University to Pinetree and back, Jump Squats, Carolina Dry Docks.

Head over to the lake and cross footbridge over to the island.

Grab a bench: 10 x Incline Merkins, 10 x Step-ups, 10 x Dips, 10 x Decline Merkins

Grab a tree: 10 x Pole Smokers, 10 x Wilson’s Boxing Cockroaches

Mosey back over footbridge and up the hill to the Amphitheatre.

Start at bottom and head up the steps alternating with 5 Monkey Humpers at one step then 5 Squats at next step.

Head through campus back towards VSF with a traveling Lindsay: Heels to Heaven and LBC’s

Stop at Saab’s driveway for a little Honeymoon Suite action: Alabama Prom Dates, Wilson’s wife, Fudd’s wife, Saab’s wife and Pickle Pounders.

Back to VSF for Numbers, Names, Announcements and YHC took us out!

2.8 miles

Announcements:

HDHH at The Answer this evening at 5:30

SOJ Takeover in a few weeks

The Bridge on June 4

Blood Drive on June 4

Prayers for Honeydo’s back and Splinter’s 2.0’s injuries.

NMS:

What a gorgeous morning for a running beatdown! Light numbers were expected but it was no less entertaining than a regular FW oversharing beatdown, even though the main oversharers were not present. The owls around the lake were definitely creating some oversharing stories of their own. Baseball was a subject for the third day in a row for Splinter, as was running. Last Call was excited that YHC took us off campus yet again for another running workout. A UR student, professor, groundskeeper or visitor obviously has an ear wax problem with all of the Q-Tips that were on the island in the middle of the lake.

Nice work this morning, Splinter and Last Call! Enjoyed the fellowship!

YHC will be Q’ing for Tuckahoe Takeover the rest of the week somewhere. Stay tuned….

SYITG

Kubota

A lighter than normal group of 6 gathered today for a beatdown. 0500 hit and no Q so we launched for a Hot Potato.

Kubota – COP complete the some SOJ-esque exercises

Splinter – Tabata around the neighborhood. We started with 20 seconds of exercising then 20 seconds of running then switched to 30 seconds and 30 seconds

Bacon Bits – Triple Check lasting the complete 7 minutes, but not a second longer

Handshake – Block work: Curls, Pulls, Standing Block American Hammers, Triceps Curls, Presses. After 7 minutes YHC opted to blow past the 7 minute limitation and press on. Light stretching at the end because there was no Broga today.

Announcements – Kubota is planning a HDHH for Wednesday, May 11th. Likely to be at The Answer. Pigskins Blood Drive on Saturday, June 4th. The Bridge in Dillwyn on Saturday, June 4th. See Slack for any and all information.

Prayer Request – Upchuck and his family with the loss of his Aunt. Labrat with starting his treatments. Tryhards sister. Ukraine.

NMS – everyone was geared up for a Corned Beef Q but there was no Corned Beef, we hope he’s ok.

Blackblast title comes from a great Bacon Bits overshare story. Only those who post truly know what it means.

Seven First Watch blue bloods and 67% of WDog regulars converged to kick off Wednesday in F3RVA. 

Here’s what transpired:

Mobile COP (Westham-Club Vista-College-Westhampton-Crenshaw-enter the backside of UR Rec Fields)

• Imaginary Jump Rope
• Imperial Walkers
• Merkins
• Helicopters
• Ukranian Soldiers
• Copperhead Squats
• WWIIs
• Diamond Merkins
• Along Club Vista – 1 Burpee per SUV, 5 Merkins per Pickup, 10 Jump Squats per Car

4 Part Partner Dora

• 50 Pullups
• 100 Merkins
• 200 Monkey Humpers
• 300 SSHs

Mosey up River Road-College-Club Vista-Westham-back to the flag stopping along the way

• Mountain Climbers
• Freddie Mercurys
• On Club Vista – 2 Burpees per SUV, 10 Jump Squats per Car, 5 Merkins at Kubota’s Pickup

Mary

• Flutter Kicks
• Wilson’s Spaghetti Party
• Dying Cockroaches

Numberama, Nameorama, COT

MOLESKIN

YHC came in with a very loose plan for the day.  A mosey over to UR was the only thing really planned out.  Tuesday’s showers made YHC’s favorite UR hillside a little too treacherous for play.  Thankfully the rec fields were just moist enough to make it fun.  Half the Pax competed for first place during the Dora by skipping half the exercises.  You vs. you, but there was no prize on the line.  See Hitch for date ideas and to join his beach body transformation program.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Great to have the men of WDog at First Watch, come back anytime, 4:30 Broga, 4:00 Pilates, 3:30 Meditation, 3:00 Toothbrushing?

Seven swole studs braved the last cool bootcamp that always starts before anyone else, even if you are late. After some attempted Q disparaging that was handled quite well with appropriate levity, we got to work.

Mosey to COP all IC, all 4 count; 20x SSH, 10x DQ, 10x IW, 10x Merkin, 10x HRM, 10x Sky Reach Merkin,  10x HRM + Sky Reach Merkin, 10x ww2, 51 LBC, 10x Hello Dolly, 10x Rosalita, 5x Bohemian Rhapsody, 10x Freddie Mercury, 20x Arm Circle, 20x reverso, Hands up, Hands down, 10x seal claps, 10x overhead claps, 10x arm circle, 10x APD, 10x Tuscaloosa Trailer Park Twister. So out of shape YHC needed to run to catch breath.

5:20 Handshake arrives. First senior moment? No worries mate, there will be more.

Mosey to the south ridge rabbit warren. Longest 11s ever: Bro code. Squats and WW2; movement accomplished by alternating bearcrawl, Lunge, Bernies. Some Polar bears to spice it up but not over flavor. Broad jump burpee for last set until called. Mosey BTTF.

Handshake took us out. Prayers for LabRat and Try Hard.

Coffeeteria afterward.

NMS – Great to see the First Watch crew. Building up to YHC five year anniversary 4/22 and Earth Day. Sometimes not sure who really goes back and reads BB so YHCs normal method is to catch enough comments that PAX throughout the region build interest. “Guess you had to be there” is likely still the case, but what are you missing?  Are we really missing the toothbrush story?  YHC does not know.

Oversharing of the week goes the PAX member who will remain anonymous at this point. In brief, expected guests arrived 30 minutes early but were made to wait in the lobby until the previously scheduled meeting concluded discussion, the minutes reviewed, the action items assigned with names and dates, and handshakes finished. In other words, no Rodeo required. Yes Rodeo is a thing.  YHC’s fraternity has a story about a similar event where the more confined space of a dorm room should have led to a proper rodeo, but Dr. Zog, our hero, simply waved howdy to the unexpected guest and the bronc continued to provide an epic ride. That’s how we got to know Tex and what is better is that she was cool with that appellation.

For a gold mine of words that could mean something else in the context in which they are used (at this point, Upchuck observes that optimal diction is euphemism) please see Rodeo Terms: Cowboys, Events & More (carodeo.com) – if you know what I mean.

Announcements:

• Virtual FOB benefit 4/29 8p event.gives/fobf22, Gomer has a few extra tix, let him know if interested.
• Blood drive June 4 at Epiphany Lutheran.
• Sign up for Breaking Bread

3 more Qs left.  Get some!

Eleven pollinators converged earlier than most this morning to enjoy the yellow coziness of Tuckahoe. According to the river walkers and bikers, here is what was rumored to have occurred in the morning darkness.

Mosey to Henrico’s smallest park for Warm Up that included SSH’s, Heli’s, Imperial Walkers, Merkins, Planks (with calf stretches), Cherry Pickers, Dead Man Hang, Jazzercise and some other limbering up movements.

Mosey down South Ridge for Lindsay. Merkins and WWII’s were the call of the day, Brocode style stopping at every intersection to perform.

At the bottom of S. Ridge, turn around and partner up. Runner runs to Overlook and back while partner lunges. Switcharoo until everyone reaches Overlook. Slow mosey back to the parking lot with stops along the way to perform 30 monkey humpers and 30 flutters.

Back at the parking lot, collect a coupon for some Circle Block work. Timer is 30 curls, with everyone else performing a variety of block reliant exercises. Rotate clockwise for one rotation. Exercises included squat thrusts, bench press, squats, APD’s, LBC’s, swings, triceps, and some others that will go unmentioned.

Return the block to the pile and BTTF. 2 minutes of mary for some Heals to Heaven and Shavansena.

Numbers, Names, Announcements, Prayers, Bacon Bits took us out.

Prayers to DTH and his family along with Lab Rat.

NMS: Great mumble chatter this morning with Spring Break adventures. Seems like some First Watchers are becoming Citizens on Patrol, while others have poor timing on vacation planning. Great work this morning considering the yellow haze that was hanging in the air.

Five amateur waxing technicians who were not on Spring Break, pounded the roads and shaved the hills of First Watch on a slightly humid morning. Here is what went down:

Mosey to the front of the church for:

COP:

Helicopters, DQ’s, Hillbillies, Series of Dead Man Hangs and reach for the Stars, WW2 Sit-ups, Scorpion Kicks.

Long mosey up River Road to the Glenbrooke Hills neighborhood for:

11’s:

Traveling 11’s with Merkins and Heels to Heaven. Bear crawl the width of the road in between.

Lindsey:

Traveling Lindsey with Carolina Dry Docks and Squats.

PLT’s:

2 sets of 25 each partner.

Come around to Summit Rd and start up the hill. Stop about halfway and each PAX does 25 x Box Cutters then run down and back up. 15 x Heels to Heaven and run down and back up. 15 x 2-ct Flutter Kicks and run down to bottom.

Mosey back toward the VSF stopping at several points along the way for: Rosalitas, Pickle Pounders, Hello Dollies, Alabama Prom Dates, LBC’s, and some other ab exercises.

Back to flag with no time to spare.

Numbers, Names, Announcements and YHC took us out!

NMS:

Great work by the PAX this morning on a running workout that included a lot of exercises while on their back. Feels like YHC washed half of the road off of him in the shower. One pax member overshared during COP about experiences with hardwood floors, so YHC thought it was fitting to lay on the road a lot this morning and try to get the back hair trimmed some. A truck passed by while the pax was on the shoulder of River Road completing Alabama Prom Dates. We think it slowed some while it went past. Good to see Snuff out this morning. He couldn’t sleep, so the next best thing to do in that situation is to post somewhere early.

Safe travels to our Brothers who are at 90’s MTV Spring Break sites and Dollywood.

Have a great day, men!

Kubota