Tag: First Watch

A lucky 7 beefcakes arose earlier than most to get their sweat on before the sun could peak above the trees. Perfect weather for an autumn smoker. As typical YHC promised a minimal running Q, this is it is rumored to have occurred.

5 am struck, lets mosey to Henrico’s darkest park. Warmorama included SSH’s, DQ’s, Helis, Arm Circles, Gumbo Style Freddie Mercuries and a Pax favorite – Scorpion Kicks. Warm, lets get started

Mosey to parking lot for a bit of 4 corners SOJ style (prostitute). 10 Lt. Dans (switched to lunges after round 2), 20 Bone Rubs, 30 Dancing Bears, 40 WWII’s.

Mosey to front of church stopping for a burpee check at each speed bump. A perfect number of Coupons were found for a TABATA workout. Circle up at your favorite cinderblock with everyone leading 4 sets of 20 second exercises AMRAP with a 10 second rest. Coupon included exercises were overhead dips, squats, curls for the girls, around the world, coupon run, chest press and the very popular American hammers.

Just enough time left to coupon carry BTTF to deposit coupon on the pile for future use.

Numberama, Namerama, Announcements – YHC took us out.

Announcements – Shoe Drive continues. Seems to be a bit of competition between Nanoregions. See your local rep to collect lightly used footwear. Prayers for Hightower, F3 brother from South Carolina that was seriously injured in the line of duty.

I may have missed other announcements so please see comments below.

Moleskin: YHC was hoping to get a 4 corner and Tabata workout in but the parking lot was a bit larger than planned. This led to the audible to lunges and elimination of decreased corners after WWII’s.

Tabata workout was a 1st for YHC but PAX came up with some great exercises and mumble chatter was excellent. Music is certainly recommended in the future. Thank you for indulging me in this effort. Luckily the coupons worked out perfectly.

Appreciate the regulars coming out and encouraging YHC out of the fartsac on a weekly basis as today was a glorious morning. Great chatter during and afterward, really shows why this is such a great group.

All in a mere 45 minutes at First Watch this morning as 6 regulars were met with clear skies and perfect 60 degree weather.

COP: SSH, Don Qs, Russian Soldiers, Merkins, Freddy Mercurys, Scorpion Kicks. Mosey to main lot for Dora 123:

100 Derkins, 200 Heels2Heaven, 300 Jump Squats while other runs the lot & back. Mosey back to Cinder block drop area and retrieve all 6. Head over to River Rd for an ill-advised Lindsey: Bicep Curls & Squats with run across road between.

Partner up again for 3 sets of 20 PLTs then 100 block presses & 50 Block swings. Overhead carry blocks back to drop zone.

4 rounds of sprints down the road then back to flag for 1 min of Mary. YHC took us out.

NMS: Lots of mumblechatter before, during, & after this am. First off kudos to Upchuck who was hauling on the Dora. Like hella fast, like way faster than Splinter fast. He rightfully was beaming on this newfound speed.

EF Hutton warned the pax upon arrival that the other end of a lot had a mangly fox who did not move for his car while pulling in, YHC thought it best to avoid that side lest we end up with someone getting rabies shots later today. At the end we were greeted by one of Henrico’s finest who shouted at us to get out of the road.

This morning’s weekly “Oversharer in the Gloom” Award goes to Splinter, wrestling the title from Handshake for last week. Only those who post will get the joke. Kubota reminded us that First Watch is coming up on 1 year. This little experimental AO has turned in to a favorite for YHC.

Announcements: Retreat this weekend, cornhole spots are still available. October we are gathering gently used shoes to donate. YHC will be the West end collector – see Gypsy pre-blast & Slack announcements. Malpractice posted on Slack about another opportunity to help Crossover Ministry. check it out. Also Upchuck posted about Breaking Bread starting back up – see Slack. LOTS of opportunities to help out right now with F3RVA – pick one or more and dive in!

4 Corinthian warriors of the Ancient Gloom volunteered to take up the First Watch, today consisting of Zeus’ perpetual mountain penance, “The Sisyphus.” (Credit: Mr. Holland) With several FW regulars called away on various forms of Family Duty, the PAX set off precisely at 05:00, collectively commenting on the particularly pleasant, precisely sunny and 70, weather conditions.

Mosey 30 yards to South Westham, Ridge, and some other street.

SSHs
DQs
S’s DMH
Downward Dog (right leg high, then left leg high)
Hip and hamstring stretch

Note the First Orange Disk marking the Top of the Hill. That’s the Return Point for each round.

Round 1: Run downhill on South Westham to the Second Disk. Bear crawl uphill to the Return Point.

Round 2: Run downhill to the Third Disk. Pick up a block. 25 curls. Leave the block. Run uphill to the Return Point.

Round 3: Run downhill to the Third Disk. Pick up a block. Continue downhill to the Fourth Disk. 25 Downhill Facing Derkins. Leave the block. Run uphill to the Return Point.

Round 4: Run downhill to the Fourth Disk. Pick up a block. Continue downhill to the Fifth Disk. 25 Uphill WWIIs. Leave the block. Run uphill to the Return Point.

Round 5: Run downhill to the Fifth Disk. Pick up a block. Continue downhill to the Sixth Disk. Quadra-Triple Check. One PAX runs back to the Fourth Disk. Other PAX rotate through Flutter Kicks, Box Cutters, and Block Presses. Leave the block. Run 20 Yards to the First No Parking Sign.

Park in the No Parking Zone – Complete 5 WWIIs at the next four No Parking Signs. Run to the Last No Parking Sign. Return to the Blocks.

Round 6: Pick up a block. Carry it up South Westham BTTF. Accumulate any Orange Disks and Blocks along the way. YHC thanks the PAX for their clean-up efforts.

Announcements:

YHC is taking up a collection to buy Handshake’s wife an electric toothbrush.

Ts&Ps for Florence’s MIL and Handshake’s Grandmother. Also, the entire Kubota Residence has been put under one of those 1970s Insect Infestation Nets for Fumigation purposes. YHC assures the PAX that no actual organisms will be harmed in this process; rather, they will be captured humanely and offered sanctuary on the Hardywood Family Farm, where the guineas, chickens, goats, alpacas, and bats will simply consume each organism to the point of its natural death.

NMS: YHC has been itching for several years to attend and/or Q this workout ever since Mr. Holland introduced it at Twin Team. YHC thanks Mr. Holland. Good stuff. Each round brought an additional level of grip-i-tude from the PAX.

For more on Sisyphus, https://www.ancient.eu/sisyphus/

UpChuck spits the bit.

Six strong found their way to First Watch on this glorious morning. After Swiper found the Pax in the correct parking lot, off we went to the front of the church.

COP:

SSH’s, Helicopters, Don Quixotes, Russian Soldiers, Scorpion Kicks, Merkins, LBC’s

Since Honeydo did not want to honor the Washington Football Team at Hoedown on Monday for their big win, YHC called out 8 Burpees on your own for the 8 sacks that the WFT defense collected on Sunday. Thnaks to EF Hutton for the idea of Sacks=Burpees instead of Points=Burpees.

Mosey down to the main parking lot for:

DORA:

Partner up and complete 100 x WWII sit-ups, 200 x 2-count Flutter Kicks and 300 x Squats. Partner runs to the church bus and back.

Head over to the dumpster enclosure for:

Triple Check:

Partner 1 = Balls to the Wall

Partner 2 = Box Cutters

Partner 3 = Bear Crawl to parking line, 5 Merkins, and Crawl Bear back.

3 rounds

Mosey around the back of the church, stopping at speed bumps to complete a Burpee at each.

Gather near the Shovel Flag for:

Weighted Stations:

Station 1: Lawn Mower Pulls with 35lbs KB

Station 2: High Pulls with Metric Weighted KB

Station 3: Swings with 25lbs KB

Station 4: Bench Presses with Cinder Block

Station 5: American Hammers

Station 6: Run the parking lot loop

Almost 2 rounds

MARY:

Spell “WASHINGTON FOOTBALL TEAM” with your legs while on your back

Rosalitas x 20

Numbers, Names, Announcements and YHC took us out!

NMS:

There always seems to be a rotating PAX at First Watch. A couple of the regulars decided to complete the IPC Week 3 challenge again this morning and head over to Heartbreak Ridge, but a couple of First Watch Kotters and a Newbie filled in the blanks. You can always count on 5 or 6 PAX hitting the very early workout. Temps were great and the PAX put in some good, hard work. Going from Balls to the Wall into a Bear Crawl with Merkins was kinda brutal. Or vice versa, Crawls into BTTW, same brutality.

Thanks for coming out early, men! Have a great day!

Kubota

6 of Richmond’s finest emerged the morning after Iron Pax to test their fortitude with another workout and this is what went down:

COP – stretching only, Saab style

Mosey with Coupon down Ridge towards the River, stop at intersection for a Triple Check. Partner 1 runs up the hill about 50/75 yards with their Coupon and back, Partner 2 does WWII’s, Partner 3 does Curls with their Coupon.

Mosey further down the hill and stop for some exercises. 50 2-Count Flutters, 50 Coupon presses, 25 Skull Crushers with Coupon. Repeat 2 Times.

Mosey further down the hill. Partner up for a Coupon Catch me if you Can. Partner 1 does 25 WWII’s, Partner 2 mosey’s up the hill with both Coupons until Partner 1 finishes the WWII’s then catches Partner 2. Repeat until back up at the top of the hill.

Grass patch at Ridge. 10 Merkins with right arm on the Coupon. 10 Merkins with left arm on the Coupon. 20 Merkins with both feet on the Coupon. A set of WWII’s with block, and a last set of Coupon presses and Skull Crushers.

NMS – After week 2 of Iron Pax YHC wasn’t interested in any beat down that he couldn’t control the exercises, so YHC grabbed the Q on Tuesday afternoon. Shortly afterwards Honeydo texted with laundry list of requests, so YHC of course was happy to oblige. YHC rolled in 2/3 minutes earlier than normal driving the M’s Mini Van. Upon parking YHC hit the Tailgate button and what YHC heard next was akin a sound a dying animal when Honeydo let out a shriek knowing that Coupons were going to be exiting the Swagger Wagon. Luckily for the guys, they were lighter landscape stones from YHC’s Retaining Wall.

Announcements: Retreat weekend of October 3rd. Shawn G Hogan Memorial Beer Mile coming up mid October. See Faceplant for date and Beer recommendations.

4:55 a.m. two PAX sat in their cars, reading.

YHC approached. YHC invited the PAX to a solid beat down. The PAX declined, preferring a restful morning at First Watch.

YHC confesses that Kubota did invite YHC to “double post,” apparently counting a 10 minute stretch-fest at First Watch as a “workout.”

4:56 a.m. YHC departed.

A quartet of toned studs arrived before the sun to take on the day at First Watch. As YHC arrived an attempted poacher was taking off after an attempt to hijack the PAX for a rival AO. Fortunately the PAX remained faithful to the temptation.

5 am called and off we went. This is what was rumored to have occurred according to the paper carriers flying along the road.

COP 1: Warmarama consisting of DQ’s, SSH’s, Cherry Pickers, Arm Circles

COP 2: 7 of Diamonds – Burpees, Shoulder Tap Merkins, LBC’s, Monkey Humpers, Heels to Heaven, Mountain Climbers, Merkins

COP 3: Lazy Dora with coupons: 100 Lt Dans, 200 Chest Presses, 300 Curls (called early due to time)

BTTF: YHC took us out

Announcements/Prayers: Labor Day Convergence on Monday at Gridiron, Florence Mother in Law going into surgery today, EF Huttons Father waiting for results on his scan tomorrow.

Moleskin: Mumble Chatter from Week 1 of the Iron Pax Challenge. Calling Burpees almost lead to a mutiny from the PAX as everyone was still burning from the brutal workout. Didn’t have time to finish the Dora but good work none the less.

Great to see the usual suspects at the AO this morning for some coupon work and a slow mosey around the church. Great work today gentlemen. Always good to get the workout in before the sunrise. Seize the Day boys.

In the absence of Kubota’s figurative Big Green Machine there sat Big Blue as YHC arrived.  In came Wojo and Handshake flaming hot.  Here’s what transpired:

Mosey to the common area. 

COP

• Freddie Mercurys
• Scorpion Kicks
• Merkins w/ Hooooold It
• Imperial Walkers
• Helicopters
• Copperhead Squats

Mosey to bottom of S. Ridge

Love/Hate Hill

• P1 – Run uphill to first street and back
• P2 – Exercise (Lunge, Polar Bear, Broad Jump Burpees)

Alternate until both partners reach the street

Bernie to Ross

Catch Me If You Can

• P1 – Bear Crawl, High Knees
• P2 – 3 Burpees and Chase

Mosey to Parking Lot

Ails of Rails (IC)

• Derkins x 10, Dips x 10, Pole Smokers x 10, Repeato, Repeato w/ Incline Merkins

Mosey to Church side lot

Honeydo Heaven (3 Rounds)

• P1 – Wall sit
• P2 – Donkey Kicks x 10, Karaoke over and back

Mosey out front

Mary

• Flutter Kicks
• American Hammers
• Alabama Prom Dates

Mosey to SF

Numberama, Nameorama, COT

MOLESKIN

One of the great things about First Watch has been the revolving door of PAX. Apart from the constant of Kubota and perhaps YHC, the numbers are consistently between 3 and 7 PAX, but seemingly never the same 3 to 7.  Several post enough to be called regulars, but there always seems to be a couple of PAX that are new or have only been out once or twice.  Awesome to have Swirly out for his 2^nd visit to the earliest and perhaps now darkest AO in RVA today.  Always fun when 2 lunatics in dark clothing highkneeing down the street can scare the heck out of a dog walker.  Welcome back to Mrs. Wojo.  Married life seems to have been good so far, except for that 1% of control he’s now lost. 

ANNOUNCEMENTS

CORNHOLE!  Anyone have some boards they can lend?

An elite 3 found coupons waiting in the COP. We did:

COP: SSH, Russian Soldiers, Flutterkicks, merkins, IMperial Walkers. Grab a coupon next to the road. Setup for Triple Check: SitNPress, Curls, and Lunge with Cinder block. 60 Block bench presses. Some Alabama Softball players, then leave block behind.

Mosey over to Cameron St and down. Way back 10 Merkins on mailboxes on left side, 10 WWIIs on right. Back to HSP (Henrico’s smallest park) and pick up coupon: KB Swings alternating hands, Squats. Over to RRB lot: Bear Crawl half lot, jog rest. Sprint length back to blocks in HSP. Some more Bench presses and Squats. Back to flag for 2 min of mary, shift 20 yards upwind thanks to EF Hutton. LBCs, Heels2Heaven, & American Hammers.

Announcements: 10k Friday morning at 5:15 or whatever your anticipated 10k finish time will be to get there at 6:15. Iron PAX week one starts next week, still plenty of time to sign up.

NMS: With 2 of our “softer’ regulars for First Watch at the beach this week YHC wanted to bust out some cinder blocks for a more challenging workout. Last Call and Hutton made it look easy. During the Block curls some of the PAX got flashbacks of Marmaduke’s bicep burner at Dogpile.

Five Strong hit the streets early this morning in the gloom to make themselves better before their 6am naps. Here is what transpired:

Mosey over to the smallest Henrico County Park that exists for COP:

Helicopters and DQ’s

No stragglers, let’s roll to the UR Amphiteater

5 Incline Merkins on each step down

Lindsey: 30 LBC’s at bottom run up to top 10 Jump Squats run back down. 25/15 20/20 15/20 10/30

Flutter Kicks for the 6

Lt. Dan Box Jumps on each step going up

Round of 10 Pole Smokers per PAX member while rest of PAX hold 6 inches, 45 degrees or 90 degrees

Exit Amphitheater and head down trails to the lake and mosey over the bridge to the island.

11’s: Dips on benches/Decline Merkins on benches

Lunge walk back over the bridge and take trail and College Dr back up to River Road.

Make a pit stop at Saab’s for 25 Monkey Humpers and 25 APD’s

Mosey back to VSF

Numbers, Names, Announcements and we all took ourselves out with the Lord’s Prayer.

NMS:

Way to work this morning men! Nice and warm at 5am. Thanks for changing things up and coming to First Watch this morning, Bodo’s! Always great to see the regulars Hutton, Last Call and Handshake. Don’t leave us hanging Honeydo, Splinter, Wojo, Lockjaw, Offshore 🙂

SYITG!

Kubota