F3 New Orleans

Author: Da Parish

  • Everyone Loves Jailhouse Rock, a Tribute to the King.

    Everyone Loves Jailhouse Rock, a Tribute to the King.

    In Tupelo, Mississippi, on January 8, 1935, in a two-room shotgun house in East Tupelo, then a separate municipality that some called the “roughest town in north Mississippi,” Elvis Aaron Presley was born. Times were hard in the U.S., especially in the South, when Elvis Presley entered this world. To be born poor then was not unusual. What was unusual about Elvis at his birth is that he was a twin. His twin brother, Jesse Garon, did not survive, making Elvis what is called today a “twin-less twin.”

    W/U

    • SSH x 35
    • HB x 35
    • IW x 35
    • AC x 18, Reverse x 17

    The Thang

    Don’t Be Cruel

    • Burp & Merk to 10 Merkins

    All Shook Up

    • Sit on your “throne” like Elvis and in COT style state your Hospital Name, F3 Name, & Favorite Elvis Song.   Hold until the end of the COT. (Jailhouse Rock is the clear favorite among F3 PAX. I’m sure it had nothing to do with the fact that it was the first song mentioned).

    We Can’t’ Go on Together with Suspicious Minds

    • Lunge Indian Run from track to road, then Indian Run to NOMA

    Find your twin Jesse Garon Presley for Dora 1-2-3

    • 100 Merkins
    • 200 Squats
    • 300 LBCs

    Indian Run back to the Flag.

    Counterama, Namerama, COT.  Happy Birthday Elvis!

    Thank you for the opportunity to Lead, Thank you very much,

    Da Parish

  • Not Quite as Short, but Short Back Blast

    The Thang – IronPax Challenge

    Da Parish – 525

    Bogey – 525

    Gideon – 550

    Ya Mom ‘n Dem – 505

    Hobbs – 660

    Catfish – 720

    Count-off, Name-O-Rama, 3rd F

    YHC,

    Da Parish

  • I Get by With a Little Help from My 2nd F

    T-Claps to Heisenberg and his EH of YHC 3 years ago on this day. The Gloom was a hot one when YHC arrived at the Peristyle with a yeti and absolutely no idea what he was getting in to.  Bubba was the Q and brought the Pax up the loop for a hot, no shade, warm up.   When then traveled to the bridge outside Cabrini for a merkin/plank jack ladder.   YHC was the six all morning and the words of encouragement (although they fell on deaf ears b/c I didn’t know what FNG was but nonetheless) were reassuring.   A silver-haired man in a UGA shirt moseyed back w/ YHC to a large COT; without him being there, YHC would’ve gotten back in the truck and went home.   In the COT, Heisenberg tried to push the Rolling Elvi correlation in the FNG naming ceremony; but the Bogey only heard “Chalmette” thus Da Parish was brought into the F3 Nation.  YHC wants to thank all the PAX that were there that day; b/c I found my new gym, and later did I learn how much more F3 truly is.

    YHC loves the new gym.  There are no dues; but the only payment is the downpainment and the opportunity to Q.  The best way to pay back what you are given is to be a leader.   That is why every year, YHC marks the calendar for August 27 as the QIC.  Without Yankee, Bubba, Heisenberg; that first day would’ve been a terrible experience with no return.   A F3 Beatdown is not complete without all 3 F’s; Fitness, Fellowship, and Faith.

    The Thang

    Run the traditional 610 Stomp Route up the Bayou.   Every 6 minutes turn around and run back to the 6 and complete 10 Burpees together, LNMB. 

    Thank you Belloq, Jesus Juice, and Uncle Si for the F2 during the run; and thank you F3 for the opportunity to lead.

    Your Humble Correspondent,

    Da Parish

    Molesking – On 8/27/16 YHC weighed 258.5 lbs, 29% Body Fat and 34.1 BMI

                               8/27/17 – 234.2, 24.8%, 30.9 BMI

                               8/27/18 – 246.3, 29.8%, 325

                               9/27/19 – 246ish

  • F3 Alabama Dad’s Camp 2019

    F3 Alabama Dad’s Camp 2019

    YHC has a Cousin-in-law, Happy F3 BHam, that was bringing his 2.0, Wild Guy, to F3 Dad’s camp. Seaman & Sandbar had attended in 2018 and came home with nothing by praise. YHC decided to bring the 2.1, Beauregard (4) up to Camp Crosby for the weekend.

    We arrived at Camp Crosby by 0700 for breakfast (moleskin – all of the food was great) and the beatdown began at approximately 0800. There was about 125 Pax & their 2.0’s present for the workout. The work out consisted of 8 Stations to be completed by a Pax & his 2.0

    1 – THE SILLY STATION – “Never overlook an opportunity to act silly and have fun” – Marty Rubin

    • Dads, share what is something really silly you have done
    • Kids, what is something really silly you have done
      • 25 Star Jumps
      • 30 Monkey Humpers
      • 25 4-Count Dying Cockroaches

    2 – SCHOOL CHALLENGES – “You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose.” – Dr. Seuss

    • Dads, tell your kid what you had to work the hardest on this past year
    • Kids, tell your Dad what you had to work the hardest on in  school this last year
      • Kids, choose one of the following three exercises for your dad to do: A. Merkins, B. Burpees, C. Big Boy Sit-Ups
      • Kids count Dad’s reps until Dad can do no more

    3 – MOUNTAIN CLIMBERS – “The greater danger for most of us isn’t that our aim is too high and miss it, but that it is too low and we reach it” – Michelangelo

    • Dads, discuss the importance of setting goals
      • Dads, share with your kid one goal for yourself for next year
    • Kids, share or come up with one goal for next year
      • Set a goal number of mountain climbers for Dad and Kids and do them

    4 – HELPERS – “Strong people don’t put others down…they lift them up” – Captain Underpants

    • Dads, when did you help someone this week?
      • When did you need help from someone this week?
      • Share the importance of giving help and seeking help
    • Kids, when did you help someone this week?
      • When did you need help from someone this week?
    • Dads, with one child on your back, bear crawl to the edge of the field and back
      • If you have more than 1 child, repeat with each child

    5 – FRIENDSHIP – “There is nothing on this earth more to be prized than true friendship” – Thomas Aquinas

    • Dads, share who was your best friend when you were your child’s age
      • What was it that made them your best friend?
      • How were you a friend back to this person?
    • Kids, who is your best friend? Why?
    • Facing each other, dads and kids do 25 pattycake merkins

    6 – VACATION – “Sometimes doing nothing, leads to the very best of somethings” – Winnie the Pooh

    • Dads, share your favorite vacation memory from your childhood
    • Kids, share your favorite memory from your last family vacation
      • Crab walk to the edge of the field and back (beach)
      • 25 4-count skiers (Snow-skiing)
      • 25 4-count mountain climbers

    7 – BABY MEMORIES – “It matters not what someone is born; but what they grow to be” – Albus Dumbledore

    • Dads, share with your kids what they were like as babies.
      • How did they like to be held?
      • What calmed them down?
      • What would you do in the middle of the night to get them to go back to sleep?
    • Carry your child in any position of their choosing while you run across the field and back. If more than 1 child, repeat until all kids are carried

    8 – ADMIRATION – “Every day, tell at least one person something you like, admire or appreciate about them. That is the key to happiness.” – Albert Einstein

    • Dads, what do you admire most about your child?
    • Kids, what do you admire most about your dad?
    • Dads plank; one at a time kids crawl under dad and jump over him 10 times. If > 1 child, repeat with each child
    • Dads, crawl under each child 5 times

    After the COP & COT open activities began in 2 areas, the waterfront & the Alpine Tower

    Waterfront activities

    • Launch off the Blob – The Lifeguard would not allow YHC, to launch his 2.0, but Beauregard had already declined the invitation from YHC.
    • Climb the Wibit – Beauregard proved to be a mountain man reaching the summit on several occasions
    • Jump on the Trampoline
    • Swim in the Lake
    • Canoe
    • Fish – Beauregard proved to be quite the cane pole angler.
    • Swim in the pool

    Alpine Tower activities

    • Climb the alpine tower
    • Giant Swing – Beauregard was a skeptic but fear would not limit his attitude.
    • Archery
    • BB Guns
    • Pipeline Slide – This would become Beauregard’s favorite activity of the weekend

    Saturday Evening was completed with a BBQ dinner, great talk by a Bham PAX whose name escapes me about being a HIM/Dad, and Dad vs. 2.0 Kickball Game. Beauregard kicked an inside the park home run and pitched a no-hitter to YHC. S’mores outside of our cabin would end the night and both YHC & Beauregard were checking our eyelids for holes by 2105.

    YHC highly encourages any PAX to participate in an F3 Dad’s camp whether in Alabama, North Carolina, South Carolina, etc.

    Moleskin

    • There was a lot of flag envy for the Muscleship flag. T-Claps Tool!
    • F3 Bham sells a patch that is half the Alabama state flag & half the F3 logo. The patch can be velcroed to a hat, sewn on a backpack, shirt, etc. Looked very cool with all the Pax sporting it. YHC is not very artistically talented but believes we should move in this direction. https://f3.mudgear.com/pages/f3-patches
    • More pictures and videos can be found on my personal Facebook or on a Google Pics page. https://photos.app.goo.gl/4A8BW1m4pNY7b17s9

  • Kicking Some Grass with The King

    It was a somber day on August 16, 1977.  Elvis Aaron Presley was just finishing up his morning glory when the King collapsed due to heart failure.  Today we honor that great American in the best way we know how; by empowering our bodies through exercise and our souls through listening to his music.  Elvis was a HIM before we know what a HIM was.  

    W/U

    • Side Straddle Hop x 42
    • Imperial Walkers x 20
    • Hill Billies x 20
    • Arm Circles x 20
    • Mountain Climbers x 2o
    • J Lo’s x 10

    The Thang – Complete each exercise for the duration of the song playing. 

    • Hound Dog – Doggie Paddle 2:15
    • Teddy Bear – Bear crawl & Crawl Bear suicide – 1:48
    • American Trilogy – Merkins x10, Staggeredx 10, Staggered x10, Diamond x 10, Wide x 10, Chuck Norris x10,  Crossfit x 10, – 4:28
    • Burning Love – Pure Burn (1. Face the fence 2. Get in the squat position 3/4 up while holding the fence; 3. On the balls of your feet (tiptoes);  Pulse 3/4 down to 1/2 (90 degrees) X 10;  Pulse 1/2 all the way down X10; Repeat) – 2:50
    • Blue Suede Shoes – 1 merk, 2 LBC, 3 Squats,  25 Rocky Balboa’s – 2:00
    • Can’t Help Falling – Tunnel of Love 3:02
    • Don’t be cruel – Burp & Merk  (add a merkin to each burpee) – 2:03
    • Marie’s The Name x 3 – We brought those who had not Qed to the middle to lead.  T-Claps to Breadsticks, Tug Boat, and Fast Tax

    Announcements –  IRON PAX!  Sign up at https://f3greenwood.com/ironpax-form/  We are currently in 2nd place by 11 Pax. 

    Intentions – Those with cancer, our new students starting another school year especially Brady Lefleur, those intentions unspoken and kept in our hearts.

    Thank you for the opportunity to lead, thank you very much!

    Da Parish

  • A-B-C, Easy as 1-2-3 1

    Happy Birthday to me, Happy Birthday to Me, Happy Birthday to Da Parish, Happy Birthday to me.   YHC is not sure who started this tradition of Qing a PAX special day, but the gloom was not the first thing I wanted to greet on the first day of my 37th year.   But alas, I put my name on the spreadsheet, as I do every year. 

    The Thang

    • A – Abe Vigoda
    • B – Burpee
    • C – Catalina Wine Mixer
    • D – dying cockroach
    • E – E2K (elbow to knee)
    • F – Floyd Mayweather
    • G – Goofball
    • H – Hurpees (burpee with hand release merkin)
    • I – Imperial Walkers
    • J – J Lo’s
    • K – Knerkin (knuckle merkin) 
    • L – LBFCs (LBC’s while flutter kicking)
    • M – Monkey Humpers
    • N – Nolan Ryan’s
    • OP- Partner up for overhead claps+people’s chair & plank jacks
    • Q – quad stretch + hamstring stretch
    • R – Rosalita (while we listen to Bruce Springsteen’s Rosalita)
    • S – Seal Jack’s
    • T – Travoltas (while we listened to the BeeJee’s Staying Alive) 
    • U – Up Straddle Hop (1 legged SSH)
    • V – V Ups
    • W – Wife Pleasers
    • X – X Lunges (I just made this up.  2 forward & 2 reverse lunges forming an X),  
    • Y – Y’s (a higher than normal air press)
    • Z – Zombie crawl back to the flag.

    Thanks were given to the Sky Q for the ability to better ourselves this morning and give strength & patience to those who need it. Closed with the serenity prayer.

    Thank you for the opportunity to lead, SYITG,

    Da Parish, age 36

     

  • Improv at The Foundry

    YHC has not been extremely active on the Q sign up sheet.  This is kind of been disappointing b/c being the Q is the only payment that F3 truly request.   After so much that has been given to YHC, he feels that he owes much more.   Of course, he has his excuses, but if he were being completely honest, there is no excuse.  If you can post, you can Q.   When today’s scheduled Q did not show, YHC seized the opportunity to lead and to pay back F3.

    W/U

    • SSH x 30
    • IW x 10; HB x 10
    • AC x 10; reverse x 10
    • PP x 10; PP x 10
    • J Lo x 10
    • Take a Lap around the Track

    The Thang

    • Route 66 down the mall – Derkins
    • Mosey to the side wall of NOMA
    • Peoples Chair – List your F3 Name, Favorite Mardi Gras Krewe, Favorite Mardi Gras memory #HailThoth
    • Mosey to the Foundry
    • 4 stations x 12 – Big Boy Sit-ups, Rows, Dips, Merkins
    • Run around the neutral ground by Christian Brothers & back
    • 4 stations x 12 – Dying Cockroach, Lunges, Squats, Step Ups
    • Mosey to the Track
    • Partner up. Partner 1 mosey across infield, Partner 2 Spring 1/2 the track. Switch on the other side. (2 laps)
    • Mosey to the Flag

    Annoucements

    • Amnesty has a quarter Keg of the Official F3 Beer, Shovel Flag. He will host an F2 Event on Wednesday 2/20 1800 at his home, 136 Middle Park Pl. New Orleans. (YHC could be up for a Pre-F2 Run)

    COT – Lots of intentions were mentioned today for personal friends, F3 families, and thanks were given for our fortunes.

    Thank you for the opportunity to lead, SYITG

    Da Parish

    NMM – Plenty of PAX are members of Mardi Gras Krewes. YHC rides w/ the Krewe of the Rolling Elvi (in Muses only), as well as Krewe of Thoth (float 9a, last man, top deck). YHC loves hearing the crowds and especially his name or see a sign. If you feel comfortable, share your Krewe & Float w/ the PAX.

  • 610 Stomp #180 – Stretch You Big Dummy!

    Some of us are born flexible and some of us are born…well, not. Either way, good running requires good stretching before and after the actual running. I’d first like to thank the good people at Runner’s World as well as the folks at Google for helping me create this Q.

    W/U – Complete each exercise from tree to tree

    • Quad + Piriformis Walk
    • Hip Opener
    • Arm Circles
    • Frankenstein Walk
    • Karaoke Run right over left
    • Karaoke Run left over right
    • Hold a Downward Dog for the 6

    Routine was a modification of Runner’s World “The 5-Minute Warm-UP Routine You Should Be Doing Before Every Run”

    The Thang

    • Run the Traditional Route and be back for 6:10.  YHC got in 3.6 miles with some great mumble chatter & F2 from War Eagle. Thanks for the push!

    C/D

    • Hip-Flexor Stretch
    • Hamstring Stretch
    • Piriformis Stretch
    • Lower Back Stretch #1

    https://www.runnersworld.com/training/g20862016/cool-down-routine/

    Announcements

    • F1/F2 event this Thursday at Wrong Iron.  DownPAINment will begin at 18:30  sharp. 
    • This Thursday & Every Thursday is the Lakeview Running Club.  Meets up for 18:30 for a 5K or more run followed by complementary Jambalaya Girl & Cash bar.    

    Intentions

    • A family friend & fellow Holy Cross grad, Jacob Stetchmann, fell 34 floors to his death in Honolulu.   Please keep his soul and his family in your prayers through this difficult time. 

    Thank you for the opportunity to lead – Da Parish

  • 610 Stomp #172, The Christmas Lights

    It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas, everywhere you go….except City Park.   YHC took extra care and effort to create a Map My Run Route for a Christmas 610 Stomp.  This route would take the PAX down Roosevelt Mall and Lelong Dr and along the City Park Walking path next to the small lagoon so that we could witness the lights and celebration of the Holiday Season.   I have attached a few photos below of the sites witnessed this morning.

    Here are the lights at the corner of City Park Ave and Carrolton
    Here are the lights hanging in the trees as we crossed Anseman Ave near the City Park Ave. Entrance
    The PAX mid stride as we admired the lights in the Peristyle
    Here’s me taking a selfie directly in front of the Celebration in the Oaks entrance. 
    The rear view of the Botanical Gardens.  Aren’t they magnificent?

    The PAX reached the flag and then turned around to sweep the 6.  As a team, we entered the practice track for 1 lap and circled up for some Mary (IC)

    • LBC x 24
    • Penguins x 24
    • Wife Pleasers x 24
    • Flutter Kick x 24
    • Dying Cockroach x 24
    • Plank (Center, Left, Right)
    • Merkins x 12    

    Mosey Back to the flag for Counterama, Namerama, and COT.   Today YHC requested that we keep request intentions in our hearts and speak those intentions of thanks to the Sky Q for the fortunes we have received.  Thank you for the opportunity to lead.  SYITM

    NMM – YHC has contacted City Park via a public tweet and requested that the lights be turned on from 0515 till sunrise.   Now, we play the waiting game. 

  • Krazy Ivan Training at the Stomp

    It has been said that the only reason the World wins the GN is due to the Northshore presence.  Is that true?   Well then how would that explain a World victory at the 2019 Krazy Ivan?!   A GroupMe was sent to the Stomp runners to show up sleeveless and handsome.  Thank you all for getting that at least half right.

    The route would be similar to that of the Turkey Day Race.  North on Marconi, South at the roundabout, East to NOMA and up Lelong dr, back down through Roosevelt mall and sweep the 6s. Seal the deal with 10 burpees, 25 LBCs, 10 R Alabama Prom Dates, 9 L APDs.

    Counterama, Namerama, T-Claps to the Sky Q for the gift of the Day.

    Thank you for the opportunity to lead, SYITG

    Da Parish