Tag: First Watch

Five left the AO and were met with a runner joining as we crossed River. After normal COP spot and stuff we went down River to Gaymont. Stopped for WWIIs, then at bottom of hill time for a Triple Check: HRMs, Reverse Crunch, & run up hill. Mosey up to top of Gaymont and then down to Kubotas road with stops to do a Burpee for any outdoor Christmas lights.

Stop at Site Qs house for Dora 123: Merkins, Squats, LBCs. Back up Ralston to River. Stop a few spots along the way for some Mary. Back at parking lot: 2 Rounds of PLTs then 2 min of Mary. YHC took us out.

NMS: It was 3 PAX at 4:59 and Hitch & Handshake pulled in to make it a dreaded 5 PAX. The Q took off for the COP cursing the prime number 5 but then something arose out of sight: Saab appeared out of nowhere to make it an even 6 as we hit the COP. We stopped at Kubotas for the Dora assuming he was at he was away but apparently he was home while we were outside. No neighborhood children were woken up from sophmoric mumblechatter so not a repeat of last week. Nice to have 6 PAX out to start Christmas off right.

Merry Christmas!

16 men, so close to the record, joined to see what epic beatdown that THE Handshake could offer.

Mosey around Parking Lot to wait for Fudd and 1-800.

Mosey to the top of the Triangle for a Warmup and Drama. COP with a set of exercises from each of the PAX members. In the middle of the COP we heard the faint sound of someone yelling. YHC thought it might have been Kubota and Corned Beef since they had gone down the hill ahead of us, but apparently it was an upset neighbor reminding us that it was 5:00 AM.

Mosey the rest of the way down hill and get in groups for a Triple Check. P1 run to the first Sign after the Mailbox on the left. P2 Monkey Humpers. P3 HRM’s.

Bear Crawl approximately 30 yards.

Partner Up. (2) Sets of 2-Count Wilsons Boxing Dying Cockroaches.

Keep same partner. P1 does 5 Merkins, P2 Bernie’s up the hill. Switch.

Keep same partner, 20 Boo Yeah Merkins switch, 20 Partner WWII’s.

Mosey to the corner of Highland and S. Ridge. “Self Awareness” challenge. Each Pax Member completes WWI’s and then Moseys up the hill. Slower Pax members start the mosey at 10 Merkins, others 15, others 20, others 25, and lastly 30 Merkins. This would allow the Pax members to have a head start and hopefully we all meet back at the Parking Lot the same time.

At the Parking Lot we completed 2 minutes of Mary.

Announcements – Oyster made a really poor attempt to get someone to commit to the last Breaking Bread Q of the year followed immediately by an excellent attempt to get someone to commit to Q Breaking Bread thanks to the help of Kubota.

Prayer Requests – Hutton’s Dad, Fudd’s sister Mary, Roger Rogers M, YHC M’s Cousins Daughter – Charlotte.

NMS – YHC is thankful to Q First Watch, especially during the Season of Giving.

Ten enthusiastic and insightful human beings gathered in the post-broga gloom for this week’s edition of First Watch SZN of Giving. After some debate on whether or not Gomer was early or late, Handshake rolled in and off we went, determining that only our guest would be late today. Short mosey over to the not dry patio for:

COP

• 10x Helicopters – choose your own direction
• 10x Don Quixotes – apparently too fast at first, but just slow enough to greet our guest
• 25x SSHs – to perfection
• 10x Mountain Climbers – with no comments
• 10x Inverted Scorpion Kicks – to much fanfare
• 20x LBCs – just enough to get the joints lubed

The Thang

Slow mosey to the small back parking lot, ignoring a request from one PAX to show everything the AO has to offer. Up for debate, but the AO proper is the church. Everything else is bonus territory. Go ahead, change my mind.

We (read YHC) decided to do escalating 4 corners, compounding style. What does that mean? It means what I decided at the time. Small lot 4 corners, repeating previous exercises at each new corner. 10x merkins, 20x jump squats, 30x SSHs, 40x LBCs. Bear crawl between stations.

Use the full parking lot for round 2. HRMs, monkey humpers, plank jacks, reverse crunches. Bernie between stations

Use the full AO for round 3. Diamond merkins, lunges, mountain climbers, american hammers. Run between stations.

Mosey to the triangle park for a variation of triple check, competition style. Two partners run to the light and back while the 3rd does an exercise. If you beat your partner, guess what, you get to run again! Swap out a number of times. Exercises were american hammers, squats, something else everyone was excited about. Even thought the Q never said stop, the PAX eventually stopped. So we meandered back to the launch site for one quick round of ROF, dealers choice.

Numbers, names, YHC took us out.

Moleskin

YHC has missed this crew the past few months. Good to see everyone and to share in the season with some partially home-baked goods.

Thanks for coming out. Glad it never rained on us till the end.

Announcements

• 12 Days @ NoToll next Tuesday. Too late to participate in Secret Santa unless you get a waiver from Hutton.
• Clown car to the Bridge this Saturday. Regrets to Upchuck.
• Gomer & Pigskin accepting donations for Barnabas, see Slack.

Splinter out.

Eight studs survived the bitter temps to see what goods Santa Hutton had to deliver.

Here’s what transpired:

Mosey to the Church

COP

• Imaginary Jump Ropes
• Imperial Walkers
• Arm Circles
• Copperhead Squats
• Michael Phelps
• Merkins
• Freddie Mercurys
• Ball Lickers
• Inverted Scorpion Kicks

Long Mosey to the First Watch Armpit, adjacent to the Taint

• P1 – Run to Intersection and Back and Swap
• P2 – Lunge, Polar Bear, Broadjump Burpees, Repeato

Mosey back to the Armpit and Repeato

• P1 – Run to Intersection and Back and Swap
• P2 – Bearcrawl, Walkout Squats, Broadjump Burpees, Repeato

Lindsay back toward the SF

• Shoulder Taps/ Reverse Crunches

At Parking Lot

• Boxing Cockroaches – 3×20
• Mary
• Ring of Fire

Numberama, Nameorama, COT

MOLESKIN

The Green Pill is best left a surprise, so for this year’s Season of Giving the Red Pill was the suppository of choice.  The Red Pill generally has fewer side effects, just some minor diarrhea, nausea, and ED.  Those who suffered through were rewarded with a baked goods, their very own foreskin (one size fits most), and a rad Encino Man sticker to proudly display their fandom.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

• Magnum PI Day Saturday DogPile – wear a Hawaiian shirt
• Secret Santa – still one day left to join
• The Bridge – December 14^th – See UpChuck for details

…the gift of beer is just extra incentive!

15 thankful men beat the fartsack and “greeted the dawn of a new day”(-Patton Gleason, Hardywood, 40-something)

At the end of the workout, everyone’s “cups were full”(-Christian Craft, Flatline, 40-something, almost 50)

Circle up on church patio for:

COP: SSH’s, Invisible Jump Ropes, Arm Circles F&R, Freddie Mercuries, Inverted Scorpion Kicks, Ball Lickers (just because Saab was there), Regular Scorpion Kicks, 3 Burpees OYO

Mosey to the large parking lot for:

Build-a-Burpee Four Corners, Bro-Code:

Corner 1: 40 Kick-Outs

Corner 2: 30 Jump Squats

Corner 3: 20 Merkins

Corner 4: 5 Burpees

That was fun, lets run it back!

Team up for a:

Triple Check:

Partner 1: Run to church buses and back

Partner 2: Wall Sits

Partner 3: LBC’s

Three rounds, of course

Partner up for:

Partner Leg Tosses 2 rounds x 20 reps each

Find a new partner for:

Wilson’s Dying Boxing Cockroaches or something like that 2 rounds x 20 reps each

Mosey over to the Donkey Kick wall for:

Donkey Kicks, of course

10 DK’s, then bear crawl, 10 Hand-Release Merkins, then Lunge back. 3 Rounds

Mosey back to the VSF circle up for 4MOM:

LBC’s, Flutter Kicks, APD’s, Handshake’s Star exercise, Diamond Merkins, Fudd’s O-Face exercise, others…

Numbers, Names, Announcements and YHC took us out!

Fake News Thanksgiving History workout tomorrow at 45MOM!

Welcome to First Watch virgins, Saab and Wedding Singer! Glad you could join! Saab told the Lentil/Chick-Pea joke again for those that haven’t heard it before and for those who have heard it many, many times. Also, Saab has strong thighs. If you ever have to partner with him for Wilson’s Boxing Cockroaches, be prepared! O-Face exercise from Fudd was a good one. The workout started out with exercises that YHC hates doing and then realized that YHC hates them all.

Enjoy the Holiday Season and remember, this is the SZN of GVN. Enjoy the gifts responsibly and YHC will SYITG!

Also, 87% attendance at coffee after the workout!

Kubota “abides”(-John Crabtree, Saab or Sabb, 59)

11 warriors of the gloom emerged for this week’s installment of First Watch. Hutton had some solo yoga/nap/merkinfest prior and came ready to roll!

Over to the small triangle park and get wet early in the leaves for COP. Mobile workout the whole way down to Westham Station and back up the hill with an assortment of crowd pleasers throughout. We finished with a mary ring of fire.

YHC took us out.

Coffee is always a fine way to start any day, but especially Wednesday with this crew!

A generational blend of X’s and Z’s ventured onto the First Watch campus for a beatdown mixed with movie quotes, spring break destinations and other quality conversation gems that will remain discreet and anonymous. Here is how things went down.

5.30 strikes, lets mosey. Handshake coming in hot, let us circle back to collect. Down the dark path to the church parking lot, honoring various burpee traditions. Mosey around to the front of the church for introductions and disclaimers. Warm ups were in cadence and conversation with a few Dead Man Hangs, Invisible Jump Rope, Ukrainian Soldiers, Copperhead Squats, Merkins and DQ’s. Let us move along.

Mosey to the main church lot for escalating 4 corners – brocode style utilizing the entire parking lot. 1st corner – 10 merkins; Corner 2 – 10 merkins, 20 WWII’s; 3rd corner – 10 merkins, 20 WWII’s, 30 squats; 4th corner – 10 merkins, 20 WWII’s, 30 squats, 40 monkey humpers.

Wosey to the church steps. Partner 15’s. Timer runs to the dumpster performs 15 merkins, runs back to the stairs while partner performs LBC’s. Switch, with timer running to dumpster performing 14 merkins and so on. Everyone runs together to complete the last single merkin.

Mosey to the side parking lot for 11’s. Donkey Kicks and Squats with lunges between both to and fro.

Mosey BTTVF for quick 4 corners around the lot. 10 jump squats, 20 CDD, 30 mountain climbers, 40 SSH’s. Perfect timing for Names, Numbers, Prayers (Fireman Ed, Fudd’s Sister, those who are currently on IR), announcements (Chili cookoff). Kubota took us out.

NMS: Great way to start the cool morning. Hutton was the early riser by getting in some broga on the frozen tundra. YHC was called out for performing a perfectly executed 3 point turn getting into the lot. Always enjoy a conversation heavy beatdown with good laughs, lite jogging and little counting. Enjoy the libations fellas. Grill or cook until the bacon is cooked but not crisp. Plenty more if refills are requested. Always enjoy getting together.

Six strong and one weak teamed up for the 5th anniversary of First Watch and YHC’s 7th F3 anniversary. After Last Call was left scratching his head on who the Q was, this is what happened:

Mosey to the patio in front of the church for:

COP:

Dead Man Hang, Reach for the Sky, DQ’s, Helicopters, Jazzercises, LBC’s, Suzanne Somers Left, Flutter Kicks, Suzanne Somers Right, Alabama Prom Dates, Plank up for a couple minutes while YHC attempts to tell an abbreviated history of First Watch.

Staying in plank position, YHC tosses the potato to Honeydo who graciously has the PAX perform merkins x 10 in cadence.

Recover and mosey to the truck for coupon collection.

Mosey with coupons to the itty bitty tiny park and partner up for:

Sit-N-Press x 20

Then, partner up for a:

DORA: 100 x block thrusters, 200 x bench presses, 300 x Alabama Softball Players. Timer runs to traffic light and back. To YHC, this looked like it hurt.

Keeping same partners, perform three rounds of Block The Plank (always a fan favorite)

Honeydo tosses the potato to EF Hutton.

Mosey back to the far end of the parking lot and get new partners for:

Touch-a-Tree x 4 rounds. Exercises were Curls, Overhead Press, Tricep Extensions and Block Burpees

Hutton tosses potato to Handshake for the last five four minutes after a voluntary slow 20 count from Last Call.

Put all coupons back in truck except for one.

Circle up shoulder to shoulder in an outward facing direction for a new routine called the:

Circle Twerk. Pass coupon around the circle a few times to the left and then to the right in order to get Last Call’s body symmetrical. then do a couple curls and overhead presses while passing the coupon. Non-coupon holding PAX hold squat position. After a couple rounds of this, time is called, thank God.

Numbers, Names(all normal name deliveries except for one unmentioned pax member who used to be the Nan’tan), Announcements and Gomer Pyle took us out!

Announcements:

Tuckahoe Triathlon is in preliminary planning stage

FW SZN of GVN starts last Wednesday of November, unless Lockjaw wants to start it on November 20th!

Millennial of the Week needs to come back, but may need to be changed to Gen Z’er of the Week

Gomer Pyle is Quinquagenarian of the Week

NMS:

Nice morning for a dual anniversary beatdown. Thanks to all the FW regulars for making FW what it is (successful) and for the whole RVA PAX for helping make YHC what he is. Thanks to Honeydo for going in on this FW idea with YHC! Last, but not least, thanks to Handshake for reviving FW when it was fading. IYKYK

Go out and conquer the day!

SYITG!

Kubota