Tag: First Watch

We merely sniffed the Taint today, or maybe it was a combo of 4-day old lobster tails, garbage, and raw sewage.

Here’s what transpired:

Traveling COP to the Devil’s Nipple?

• Don Quixotes
• Imperial Walkers
• Helicopters
• Copperhead Squats
• Arm Circles
• Overhead Claps
• Seal Claps
• HRMs
• Flutter Kicks
• LBCs

Lindsay

• Carolina Dry Docks/ Freddie Mercurys

Double Trouble

• P1 – Run to turnaround point and back (3 houses up on the right)
• P2 – Jump Squats
• 10 Booyah Merkins and Flip
• Mosey to first turnaround point
• P1 – Run to next turnaround point and back (3 more houses on the right)
• P2 – WWIIs
• 10 Booyah Merkins and Flip
• Mosey to second turnaround point

Repeato 1 more round

DORA 1-2

• P1 – Bernie up the hill and run back
• P2 – 100 x Merkins, 200 x Monkey Humpers, no time for 300

Mosey back to VSF

Mary

• Box Cutters
• APDs

Numberama, Nameorama, COT

MOLESKIN

A lot of commentary on Splinter’s new mode of transportation.  Seems like jealousy to YHC.  Someone asked if it took premium gasoline to which Handshake commented, “that thing doesn’t take gas, it runs on sunshine and rainbows.”  That may be true.  Proceed with caution if you find yourself at the intersection of Ross and Culpepper, nasty.  YHC is sure we did 2000 of something today, perhaps we ran that many meters.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Prayers for Charlotte

It has been a few weeks and many excuses but YHC finally returned the friendly confines of First Watch to enjoy the comradery, humor and humidity. No Q on the sheet at 4.54 so lets make it this official. Many regulars and new faces, atleast to me, joined in for a legendary beatdown to some.

Moseyed to the point of the triangle for introductions and disclaimers followed by various exercises some in cadence, others in conversation. Good times were had by most.

Continue down to Country Squire to begin the Lindsay back up to River Road. Exercises included LBC’s and Carolina Dry Docks. Cross over River Road avoiding early morning commuters along the way. Mosey down to Club Vista cut thru for a proper Dora. 100 merkins, 200 squats, 300 LBC’s while timer runs to River and back.

Catch me if you Can. Partner performs 2 burpees and chases after skipper who is heading in the direction of the triangle park. Switch and repeat.

Mosey back to the parking lot for a quick 4 corners. 10 HR merkins, 20 jump squats, 30 2 count flutters, 40 monkey humpers.

BTTVF for an Ab ring of fire. PAX holds canoe while rotating exercises completed by each person. 90 seconds of broga until time was called.

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

Prayers for Handshakes M’s niece going thru new treatments. Good luck to Honeydo on todays scheduled backyard inspection.

Summer tour rolls on. Whitesnake leading a crew to the Bridge on Saturday leaving from various points at 5.30 and 6. See slack.

NMS. YHC has been MIA for many weeks for various reasons (100 days of May, beach week, bad back, too hot, too humid, rain, etc.) but glad to be back at FW for what has been too long. Good to meet Maurice for the 1st time along with many of the regular tales. Mumble Chatter is always the highlight and today did not disappoint. Good to get back at it and thank you to the boys for giving me the opportunity to lead. Good work fellas.

If there was ever a day for participation trophies, it was today.  5 Clydesdales joined forces in the muggy, post-holiday week gloom.  Here is how it went down:

• COP
  • SSH
  • Ukrainian soldiers
  • Tempo squats
  • Helicopers
  • DMH
  • Merkins
  • WWII sit-ups
  • FK
  • Mosey to turn off the lights on Handshakes truck
  • Scorpion kicks
  • HRM
  • CDD
• 5 covered stops with 20/40/60 reps of an exercise
  • 100 HRM
  • 200 squats
  • 300 LBC
• Slow mosey the parking lot

Kubota walked as he continues to nurse the knee.  Good work from the rest of the PAX.  Some mornings the biggest battle is just showing up.

Continued prayers for Roger Roger, Fudd’s sister Mary, Fireman Ed and Senor Frog’s father-in-law.  Join Whitesnake that the Bridge on July 19^th. 

God is good all of the time!

Attila

Four noble warriors greeted the muggy and wet gloom of First Watch in order to attack the hump day.  Here is how it went down:

• COP
  • SSH
  • IW
  • DQ
  • Helicopters
  • Arm circles
  • DMH
  • Merkins
  • FM
  • APD
• 5 covered stops with 20/40/60 reps of an exercise
  • 100 HRM
  • 200 squats
  • 300 LBC
• 3 exercise, repeat 4x
  • Wall sit with rotation of 15 air presses, milkers, Muhamed Ali’s and jazzercise
  • 80 total leg lifts
  • 40 total Mike Tysons
• Mosey back to the parking lot for COT with YHC taking us out

Great start to the day as the PAX worked on all parts of the body – arms, abs, and legs.  We stayed relatively dry but worked up one helluva sweat. 

Prayers up for Senor Frog’s father-in-law as he gets cancer treatments. 

Convergence on Friday at 7 am at Atlee HS.

God is good all of the time!

Attila

10 early risers looking to sweat off some excess found their way to First Watch and bellied up to the counter for a heaping, steamy, thick bowl of Gumbo. The menu included:

Warm-up lap around the parking lot and circle up for COP, including your ordinary course warm-ups and some amazing grunting and growling from the PAX.

Mosey over the the church steps for 3 rounds of exercises:

• 10 derkins on the steps – lunge across the bricks – Al Gore for the 6 – 1 Burpee
• 10 fast feet, 10 derkins – lunge – Al Gore – 2 Burpees
• 10 gas pumps, 10 fast feet, 10 derkins – lunge – Al Gore – 3 Burpees

Mosey down the way to the wall for 11s – 10 Donkey Kicks – run across – 1 Box Cutter – repeato swapping reps until 1 and 10.

Mosey around to the back steps and partner up for a Proper Dora. Partner 1 runs around the parking lot while Partner 2 does 1 merkin, 2 squats, 3 SSHs = 1 rep. Flapjack and add up the reps until you reach 100.

Mosey back to the Flag for 3 minutes of Mary with Hello Dollies, Rosalitas, Freddie Mercuries and 30 seconds of American Hammers.

Numbers, Names, Prayers and COT

Announcements –

• Summer Tour is in full swing. Check Slack for locations.
• First Watch launch will be moved to Flatwater for time on the River next week, pending water levels.
• HR Derby at Huguenot Little League, Tuesday July 15 – don’t go to NoToll that day or your will be lonely.
• Homegrown Half – Aug. 16 – see Slack or Draper for details

Prayers for health, healing and peace.

No More Gumbo For You!

Sixteen of my gloom brethren gathered for the third day of “it sounds like a good idea to sign up for three days in a row of Qs” Splinter Q. After a few hot brogans moseyed across the street and the stream of cars finally stopped with Hitch coming in hot, off we went for a quick loop around the lot before convening at our normal COP gathering place.

COP

• 25x SSH
• 15x Arm Circles
• 10x DQs
• 15x Copperhead Squats
• 10x Hillbillies
• 15x LBCs
• 10x Inverted Scorpion Kicks

The Thang

Quick mosey to the back of the church for today’s main festivities. Super 21s was called.

• 1-5 merkins / squats / box cutters
• lap around the lot
• 6-10 werkins / lunges / WWIIs (random burpee thrown in there for the cheaters)
• lap around the lot clockwise
• 11-15 diamond merkins / mountain climbers / LBCs
• lap around the lot
• 16-20 CDDs / side lunges / HTH (helicopters thrown in there for the cheaters)
• mosey back to the COP area
• 21 merkins / squats / box cutters

BTTVSF for numbers, names, and YHC took us out.

Moleskine

YHC missed his anniversary Q a few months ago and contemplated recreated his first workout again. With a few in the PAX ailing and likely unable to run that distance, an audible was called. My inner Chum Bucket was creative last night and I recalled a few Super 21s we did at Punisher that I always hated. Hated because they were hard, got the heart rate up, yet didn’t require a lot of running. Thus Super 21s today. You can all text Chum and thank him.

Mumblechatter varied today from high school baseball results and discrepancies between single count and double count (where was Upchuck when we needed him). YHC forgot the reference to national corn on the cob day, perhaps Last Call will pay homage soon.

Coffeeteria was great as always.

Have a great Wednesday everyone. Welcome to our FNGs. See y’all soon.

Splinter

Seven stalwarts posted early to First Watch, even our Site Q made an appearance, as well as some coupons. We did:

COP: SSH, Don Qs, Ukrainian Soldiers, Merkins, Flutterkicks, Scorpion Kicks.

Mosey to parking lot for 4 corners. 1st round: Burpees, HRMs, Jump Squats, LBCs. 2nd round keep the count growing by 10: Carolina Dry Docks, Flutterkicks, SSH, Dead man hang.

Over to side lot: 3 rounds of 10 Donkey Kicks, Bear Crawl, 10 HRMs, Lunge back. Mosey back and pick up Cinder Blocks and over to the fresh cut grass of Henrico’s smallest park. Partner up. 1 partner run to stoplight and back while other does: Block Swings, Block presses, Thrusters, Boat & Canoe. PAX had so much fun 1st round so let’s Repeato. Back to flag and 1 min of Shavasna.

NMS: Solid group of veteran PAX this morning. A good way to celebrate 10 years of posting. Coffee after was a blast as always.

A Three Dog Night Me v. Me workout in the rainy gloom of First Watch.  Here is how it went down:

• COP
  • SSH
  • IW
  • DQ
  • Helicopters
  • Arm circles
  • DMH
  • Merkins
  • APD
• 5 covered stops with 20/40/60 reps of an exercise
  • 100 HRM
  • 200 squats
  • 300 LBC
• 3 exercise, repeat 5x
  • Wall sit with rotation of 15 air presses, milkers, Lalanes, Muhamed Ali’s and jazzercise100 total leg lifts50 total Mike Tysons
  Jack Webb with Chuck Norris merkins and air presses
• Go to car and go home

Rain and summer tour claimed the First Watch PAX.  YHC signed up for the Q in hopes that it would encourage a brother to leave the fart sack.  No so much.  No mumble-chatter today.

God is good all of the time!

Attila