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River Road & Ridge

Eight Kayakers and One Paddle Boarder converged at 5:00am in the brand new parking lot at the new boat ramp at Huguenot Flatwater. According to the lone fisherman on the river bank next to the ramp, this is probably what happened: COP on nice new concrete area: SSH’s, DQ’s, Ukrainian Soldiers, Merkins, Scorpion Kicks RAMP FUN: Round 1: Bearcrawl the ramp around to the steps and run up steps. Round 2: Lunge the ramp around to steps and run up steps. Round 3: Left Side Shuffle the ramp around to steps and run up steps. Round 4: Right Side Shuffle…

Who: Pax with a kayak or canoe What: First Watch 3rd annual River/Kayak Workout When: Wednesday 6/22 @ 5:00am sharp Where: Huguenot Flatwater Boat Landing Why: Because it’s fun! One Hour Workout with Coffeeteria after at Starbucks We will push off no later than 5:00am Headlamps recommended Any Questions, hit me up. SYITG!

The SOJ takeover continues with the PAX placing bets on who would be the Q on this jungle-humid June morning. Kubota took the prize – it was YHC. Warmups – 25 Don Quixotes to go for the record. 20 Imperial squat walkers. Mirkins, LBCs, Rosalitas and some other nonsense. That’s the thing about First Watch, it’s early enough to pretend like we don’t remember exactly what happened. Bear crawl centipede with a very long route snaking up and down the stairs, through the hall and up the ramp, them down the stairs again. Mosey around back for a triple check…

2 First Watch regulars arrived early to put in the extra work before the beatdown. Hamstrings, back, shoulders and quads muscles were all expanded to full capacity followed by some much enjoyed Shavasana was interrupted by Splinter arriving blinded the PAX. Later it was revealed that Kubotas’ hamstring was a bit rusty and could use some additional work. Deshaun Watson can provide some recommendations. Great work this morning.

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 ropes10x Helicopters15x Imperial Walkers10x Shoulder Taps10x Mountain Climbers20x LBCs10x 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…

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 &…

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…

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 SSH10 helicopters15 arm circles10 donalds10 reverse scorpions10 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, LBCsImperial Walkers, dips, box jumps, freddie mercuriesMountain climbers, werkins, lunges, flutter kicksHillbillies, carolina dry docks, monkey humpers, Tuck jumps, diamond merkins, jump squats, heels to heavenRepeat 1-5SSH, windshield wipers,…

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…

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…

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