Tag: First Watch

8 redwoods started off their Wednesday in the earliest way possible in 70 and sunny RVA with a stop just north of Westhampton Station. With a crisp gloom and 0500 start it was “go-time” as the PAX moseyed along burpee speed bump row toward the  church parking lot.

COP

No FNGs? Push yourself and don’t hurt yourself.

Circle up for SSHs, imperial walkers, DQs, scorpion kicks, LBCs.

The Thang

Exercise I – Dora Triangles

Mosey to Henrico’s smallest parklet for a Dora.

100 Hand release (not handshake release) merkins, 200 plank jacks, 300 monkey humpers. algore for the six including some broga stretching.

Exercise II – Hold The Coupon Line

PAX moseys to back to the parking lot, grabs and coupon and lines up in one parking spot per station. 2 rounds, rotate through the following exercises.

Coupon swings, Coupon plyo merkins, coupon curls, coupon step ups coupon push presses, coupon goblet squats, coupon burpees, coupon lunges, pace car runs the perimeter of the parking loop.

back to the flag for 2 minutes of mary.

Numberama, Namerama, YHC took us out.

Please lift up Mrs. Upchuck and the extended family on the overtime with the MIL and those unnamed.

Freed to Bleed May 1, BRR sign ups underway.

Strong mumble chatter today including musings of Small engine repairmen , The whereabouts of handshake , and the train conductor who kept hitting snooze.

enjoyed coffeeteria afterwards. Thanks for letting me lead Gents!

Seven strong hit First Watch this morning with the Q not really having a plan. After the local owls, who are obviously horny, started up their hooting, this is what went down.

Mosey to Small Henrico Park for COP:

Helicopters, Dead Man Hang, Spread your legs Dead Man Hang, DQ’s, Copperhead Squats, LBC’s, Crab Cakes

Mosey on down S. Ridge to Westham Station for:

Circle up for SSH’s to 5 in cadence then to 20 in silence. Thanks, Honeydo.

Next, a round of 11’s:

Reverse Crunches and Merkins. 10 different stations along Westham Station.

5 Burpees OYO for Honeydo’s SSH screw up.

Collect Bacon Bits and work back down Westham Station with a set of Lindsey’s.

LBC’s and SSH’s. 5 different stations along Westham Station.

Send Bacon Bits back up the hill to the VSF

Partner Up and complete two rounds a piece of wheelbarrows back up S. Ridge

Complete an all-out 100% Sprint to catch up with Bacon Bits

Another round of 11’s along 10 stations back up S. Ridge. WW2’s and Jump Squats.

5 Burpees OYO

Mary in the parking lot: (15) 4-ct American Hammers, (15) 4-ct Flutter Kicks, (15) 4-ct Heels to Heaven

Numbers, Names and YHC took us out!

Announcements:

Blood Drive

BRR

Daville Relay

There is a new AO over on the Eastern Shore. Name of workout is “45 Minutes of Assawoman Canal.” See Upchuck if interested.

NMS:

Nice morning for another traveling bootcamp. Bacon Bits got a nice little workout in and is healing up. A little oversharing on the mosey down S. Ridge by Handshake about his vaccine shot he got at Wal-Mart. It felt like we were playing a game of keep away from Bacon Bits for most of the workout and then we had to play a game of catch Bacon Bits if you can on the way back up. Coffeteria at Starbucks afterward consisted of talk about BRR and the economy. Thanks for going for coffee, UPC, EFH and LJ!

Have a great day all!

Kubota

7 early risers including yours truly thought “5:30 is way too late, we need to start at 5” and showed up on a mild morning (not quite 70). Before we started we had a little difficulty finding the coupons which worried the Fireman. However, someone took the effort to neatly stack them for us.

COP: Take coupon to normal COP space. DQs, CPs, ACs, SKs, and Merkins.

Elevens with curb derkins and heels to heaven. During this exercise, Upchuck and Handshake were practicing poor social distancing by doing some sort of wrastlin’. The governor would be very disappointed in you two. For some related reason EF got into a detailed description of how hockey fights work.

Four corners with 10 HRMs, 20 coupon benches, 30 2 count mountain climbers and 40 LBCs with block somewhere on top.

More elevens with coupon shoulder presses and 2 count American hammers.

Another four corners (I know, not very creative) with 10 burpees, 20 coupon squats, 30 coupon step ups total and 40 2 count flutter kicks

Mosey back to home base and put the coupons away nicely.

I title the backblast “New Beginnings” because I start a new job tomorrow. Also, after we sin we have the opportunity to repent and start anew.

Announcement: This Saturday there will be a cleanup at Evergreen cemetery on the east part of town. See Doublemint for details or go to that backblast. Do great things gentlemen.

A quartet of hardened studs awoke to the sunny and 70 conditions found only at the early shift of RVA AO’s. 5.30 came so off we went.

Mosey to church for warmarama that included DQ’s, Helis, Russian Soilders, Imperial Walkers, Freddie Mecuries, Rosalitas and Dead Man Hang. Everyone dry lets hit it.

COP 1: Staying at the church for Mankillers.

COP 2: Mosey back down Ridge to Country Squire. Partner up for Dora. 100 Carolina Dry Docks, 200 WW2’s, 300 Squats. Timer runs 1/2 back up Ridge towards River and back.

COP 3: Country Squire 100’s – Each member performs 100 exercises then runs to next marker along Country Squire. Exercises included Merkins, Flutter Kicks, Mountain Climbers, LBC’s, Mountain Climbers, Calf Raises. Buttkickers, Bernie Sanders, Karoke were performed between the markers.

Mosey back over to the church for 2 minutes of Mary including Alabama Prom Dates and Hello Dollies. Numbers, Names, Announcements. YHC took us out.

Announcements: HDHH tonight at West Creek Hardywood 6-8ish. Bring 2.0’s and M’s.

Boberry is heading up a blood drive in May. More details upcoming.

NMS: Not much conversation this morning. Seems that Mankillers at the start set the tone for a quiet morning. Tough Dora on wet pavement rubbed off the high school tramp stamp. 100 merkins were also not a crowd favorite. One PAX was called home for a plumbing emergency. Hopefully he made it with minimal incident. Always good to see everyone.

Five Non-Wee Lads arose this fine Irish morn with visions of clovers and shamrocks dancing in their heads.  Here’s what shenanigans transpired.

Mosey to Church patio

COP (IC)

• Dead Leprechaun Hang
• Jazzercises
• Helicopters (would it be highly inappropriate to rename these Kobes?)
• Imperial Walkers
• Squats
• HRMs
• Freddie Mercurys
• Reverse Scorpion Kicks

Mosey through the parking lot over to Cameron and Culpepper

Lucky Dora

• 100 Merkins, 200 Flutter Kicks, 300 Riverdance Hops (Bernie up the hill after each 25/50/75 of the exercises– 12 Berns total)

Mosey the loop Culpepper-Thom-Grattan-Cameron-S.Ridge

• 10 Merkins per left-side mailbox, 20 Lass Humpers per right-side box

Mosey back to the parking lot

Mary

• Irish Hammers
• Heals to Heaven
• APDs

Numberama, Nameorama, COToast

MOLESKIN

Attempting a deep fake, YHC dropped the hint that Green was in today’s forecast.  Whether it was the weather, the threat of the Green Pill, or too much toothbrushing, a smallish crowd for a St. Patrick’s Day First Watch.  No worries, the PAX was lively and bright like that first Guinness of the day.  Speaking of Guinness, Last Call couldn’t let the biggest drinking day of the year get started without a toast.  Appreciate the refreshments.  If so inclined YHC recommends you Hooligans check out Derry Girls on Netflix, a show about a group of schoolgirls growing up in early 90s Ireland.  It should make you laugh, unless of course you’re English.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

See TYA about BRR

Congrats to Ed on the new gig

See UpChuck about Breaking Bread

Seven strong swore off the fartsack and came out to find hospitable temps and dry ground. We did:

The COP: SSH, Don Qs, Russian Soldiers, Merkins, Reverse Cruches, Scorpion Kicks. Over to the main RR lot for Triple Check (+1) of: Run to baptist bus and back, HRMs, Jumps Squats. Mosey back to Coupon drop zone (thanks Last call!) for some coupon 4 corners:

Corner 1: 60 Block presses, 40 Squats. Corner 2: 30 Curls and 40 AL softball players.

Corner 3: 40 Overhead presses while other PAX Elbow planks with block on back (aka Block the Plank) Corner 4: 20 WWIIs with block and 40 lunges.

PAX had some much fun why not Repeato. After 2nd round then another set of Block the Plank while other PAX does 40 Block swings. Back to flag & YHC took us out. Continues prayers for Upchuck’s MIL.

NMS: EF Hutton shared that he slept poorly last night but posted anyway so expected YHC to make it worth it. Either he made the right choice or Handshake did by fartsacking, we’ll let them decide. This was declared a no-headlamp beatdown so Splinter opted out as well.

Last Call’s donation of blocks are of the full size & weight variety. Upchuck is underwriting Coupon insurance. For just $1 a year you can get coverage for any coupon damage, unless your Bodos – his premium is $50.

Bacon Bits 10k training starts next week.

Nine early birds, including one First Watch neophyte, gathered under the waning gibbous for a moderately heckled Q. After the board minutes were approved, off we went down South Ridge stopping at Country Squire for:

COP
SSH x15
Helicopters x10
Imperial Walkers x15
Copperhead Squats x15
WWIIs x10
Merkins x10

The Thang
Short jaunt around the bend, stopping at the first mailbox for descending count burpees. Run to first mailbox, 5 burpees, run back to where we started 4 burpees, continue until 1 burpee. Yes, that’s correct, 15 burpees.

Putter up Country Squire, across River, to a right on Club Vista. Stop about a third of the way for descending merkins. Run to lamp post, 10 merkins, run back to where we started for 9 merkins, continue until 1 merkin. You guys count well, 55 merkins.

Promenade the rest of Club Vista, with Handshake resisting the urge to jump on a 9 year old’s bike, left on College then left on Glen Parkway up the left fork. Stop about half way for descending jump squats. Run to lamp post, 20 jump squats, back to where we started for 15 jump squats, 10, 5, then Al Gore. No one counted, but that’s 50 jump squats.

Stroll up Club Vista, stopping at Westham for 30ish count helix squats before continuing north on Westham. Left on Pinetree, stopping about half way for LBCs. Run to lamp post, 40 LBCs, back to where we started for 30 LBCs, 20, 10, then Al Gore. I doubt anyone really cares, but that’s 100 LBCs.

Drift back to the north church parking lot for 4 corners. 10 burpees, 20 merkins, 30 jump squats, 40 LBCs. Repeat with 10 burpees, 20 merkins, 30 jump squats, repeat with 10 burpees, 20 merkins, repeat with 10 burpees. That’s 40 more burpees, 60 more merkins, 60 more jump squats, and 40 more LBCs, but who’s counting.

Saunter back to the south parking lot, avoiding additional burpees, for 2 minutes of American Hammers and Flutter Kicks.

Numbers, names, YHC took us out.

Moleskin
We all have our reasons for consistently posting, some spoken, some unspoken. Today we celebrate those spoken reasons including a PAX member that has lost nearly 40 pounds in 3 months. Another for taking Dryuary to the next level, for no other reason than to make himself a better person. We are all motivated in different ways. Today my motivation was to lead. To lead us to do things that some may not particularly enjoy, or that seem hard at first glance. Today, we did those things to make each other better men. Let’s not waste that energy and go out in the world and make those around us better people as well.

Enjoy the day gentlemen. Always a pleasure.

Splinner, eh. hem… Splinter. Out.

10 strong gathered for early morning exercise and chit-chat at First Watch. After Handshake completed the pre-workout circle, this is what transpired:

Mosey to the teeny-tiny, Henrico County park for:

COP:

SSH’s x 20, Helicopters x 15, Russian Soldiers x 10, DQ’s x 10, WWII’s x 15, Suzanne Somers x 10 each side, Dead Man Hand x 10

Mosey down River past Saab’s to the UR Football practice fields.

The BEAST:

Round 1: Carolina Dry Docks

Round 2: Heels-2-Heaven

Round 3: Deep Squats

Round 4: Hand-Release Merkins

Round 5: Crunchy Frogs

Round 6: Ball Dippers

Full Length of field with Plank-o-rama or Al Gore-o-rama in between rounds to wait for the six.

Head over to the hill for:

Clock-Work Merkins

1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12 clockwise rotation.

Stay near hill and partner up.

Partner 1 runs up hill to fence and back while partner 2 is doing Lt. Dans.

Three rounds.

Circle up on field for Mary: LBC’s x 15, Reverse Crunches x 15, Wide, split stance Alabama Prom Dates x 15, Pickle Pounders x 15

Five minutes left, mosey back the 1/2 mile to the VSF

Numberama, Namearama, Announcements and YHC took us out.

Announcements:

Breaking Bread needs Q’s from May on through the end of the year. Sign up on the Q sheet. Any questions, see Upchuck.

NMS:

Nice 32 degree morning had the field nice and crunchy especially for the crunchy frogs. YHC wanted to incorporate the field hockey goals into the workout to be used for pull-ups, but they were turned around and unable to be used. Probably a good thing, because I’m sure they were slick with ice. Not much oversharing this morning. Handshake seemed to have a low-key birthday yesterday. Toothbrushes were not an issue last night. The real winner on his birthday was his kid dropping his first poop in the potty (this was shared on Facebook evidently).

Nice work done by all this morning. This PAX continues to amaze and keep First Watch going strong. 10 seems to be the new average number to beat. Everyone have a great day!

SYITG!

Kubota

Ten of Tuckahoe’s finest huddled around the pine cone parking lot for a little banter prior to today’s excursion. Some even hurled pine cones. Better than hurling other projectiles. Regardless, this is what we did, for the most part:

The Thang
Short mosey to the front of the church for disclaimer and light warm up COP:

15x Invisible Jump Ropes
15x Imperial Walkers
10x Knee Pulls (with ample form description)
10x Donald Quixotes
21x SSH, 5 in cadence, 16 in silence
5x Burpees b/c Honeydo chose not to count

Barely a shimmy to the north parking lot for COP 2

Bolt 45s
15x Leg Thrusts
Repeat one more time

Stroll over to University via River, stopping at Gaymont for the start of today’s favorite exercise series. Three exercises with decreasing (then increasing) reps, stopping at three places on University. Gaymont, bottom of the hill, then Ralston. Exercises were Jump Squats, Cross Leg Mountain Climbers, Ball Dippers. Back and forth until we did the following sets of reps:

11/20/20
9/18/18
7/16/16
5/14/14
3/12/12
1/10/10
2/11/11
4/13/13
6/15/15
8/17/17
10/19/19

Stroll back Gaymont, stopping at the bottom for random American Hammers while we collect the 6. Continue up Gaymont, back to the pine code lot for triple check. Peoples Chair, Calf Raises on the curb, 10x single leg APDs as the pace car.

Circle up for 10x Monkey Humper ROF.

Numbers, names, no announcements, and an attempt by YHC to take us out.

Moleskin
YHC believes everyone was anticipating more oversharing given our proximity to Valentine’s Day. No takers this week, in fact, there was limited mumblechatter throughout the workout. Therefore, YHC is awarding OSOTW to YHC. Yes, I give myself an award. Narcissism is in vogue.

(Fake) apologies to those that experienced both Hoedown and Heartbreak followed by this workout. I was reminded yesterday of how Bleeder punished us with a full-on merkin workout on 12/1 one year after everyone just completed Merkin November. So I said to myself, “SELF!!! Why not continue the leg punishment this week for those that have experienced it”.

Adiós muchachos. Viajes seguros, UpChuck.