F3 New Orleans

Author: Rudy

  • New Year and a New us! – from Hogs Breath

    So here we are! YHC arrived just as Duracell, DR from Baton Rouge, arrived.
    We planted the flag and had some mumble chatter, about each of our holidays, on this foggy morning.
    We warmed up with some imperial walkers, SSH, some worlds greatest stretches.
    Introduced Duracell to a Monday Motivator (like new years, a countdown from 10 to 1; 10 SSH, 10 half SSH, 10 legs only SSH, 10 hops….9 SSH, 9 half SSH…you get the idea)

    The thing was simple and a deck o death, with coupon carry around the circular sidewalk. We started with a lap, when the pax realized they were over zealous with the amount of weight they were trying to carry! So the we went halfway around. Stopping halfway to perform each deck of death carry!

    We enjoyed the mumble chatter and ended with COT and coffeteria!

    Looking foreword to 2023!

  • Fireworks and Infections – from Goats in the Machine

    As I arrived to The Stage YHC was not sure what exact pain and hilarity would ensue. I armed myself with a deck of death and the knowledge of coupons in route. Regardless of what was to come, I was determined to serve anguish with a side of joy.

    I am not sure if it was the wet shoes, soggy, gloves, or the mental prep for Exodus 90; but YHC was in an extremely choleric mood. Unfortunately, the lack of post Beatdown mumble chatter about “strain” from the whoop-gang has made me more vindictive and deceitful. Additionally, I’m starting become convinced that “strain” is what happens after your first cup of coffee is consumed in the morning.

    Warm-o-Rama
    The usually suspects w/ 11 reps for each as to warn the pax of their fate. YHC, had one miscount. All pax are welcome to do 3 backwards arm circles at home.

    Thang 1.1
    11’s coupon curls and tricep extensions. YHC felt it was important to show solidarity with all of the sad clowns and their New Year’s resolutions by working glamor muscles. YJ questioned the sex appeal of triceps. YHC explains the importance of looking swole to the sad clown in the pew behind him when he puts his arm around his M in mass.

    Thang1.2
    3 rounds of Infection. Cardinal showed his crab walk skills once again. Superfund was a shoring sleeper victor.

    Thang 1.3
    Big Bang. Exercises were dictated by deck of death. Paces from the center matches the value of the card pulled.

    Thang 2.1
    11’s coupon overhead press and BBSUs. Mumble chatter was muffled by the 3rd round.

    Thang 2.2
    Big band deck of death again

    Mary with Iron wheel to the finish. Pax stalled with SSH, plank, high knee, back plank, and butt kicks while PAX chose their favorite Marys. YHC noticed a lot of monkey Humper, J-Lo, pickle pounders, and wife pleasers as the wheel turned.

    COT and goose prayed us out.

    Happy Nee year to all. I had a great time with the group of men who showed up in the gloom this morning.

  • The End is a New Beginning – from Mahatma

    New Years Eve 2022
    Warm up X 22
    Or 11 then 11
    Scantron stretching
    SSH
    AbVagooda
    Cherry Pickers
    Mnt Man Poopers

    11 silent – keep silent and thoughts focused on following the Q as to transition to exercises:
    SSH
    Bend and thrust
    Merkins
    High plank
    Plank Ups
    VUps
    Repeat continuously until 11 minute alarm

    365
    3 Deconstructed Burpee (slow to Qs cadence)
    6 Box Jumps
    5 rounds

    Red Barchetta h

    365
    3 Merkins
    6 Donkey Kick
    5 Rounds

    2 rounds of Indian Merkin (T-Rex helped to lead his team to “a” win)
    Losers 5 burpees

    Stretching and Mary
    Obviously there was some mumble chatter as to athletic stretching?!
    X Factor
    Gas pumper

    COT
    The end has always been the beginning
    Cheers to looking forward into 2023

    F3 note – Catfish experience: In NOLA you may consider hiding your keys other than top of your tire, rim or tailpipe.

  • New Year’s Day 2023 Edition – from King Kong

    What a foggy New Year’s Day on 1/1/2023!!! I arrived to the AO at 6:28 a.m., and not a single soul was in sight. Maybe the fog scared them???? Or I just couldn’t see them in the thick mist. I could only see few feet in front of me. I was ready to Q a solo New Year’s Day beatdown…. then I saw headlights slowly getting brighter as they got closer. Subprime and Willie rolled up…. moments later JV arrived….. joined by Bullseye and Catfish. What a way to start of 2023 with couple first timers for Sweaty Bells.

    Warm-ups: Self Love x 10 IC, Windmills x 10 IC, Arm Circles x 10 IC, Grass Grabbers x 10 IC, Hill Billies x 10 IC, Imperial Walkers x 10 IC, MC x 10 IC, Halos x 10 clockwise and 10 counter, Around the World x 10 clockwise and 10 counter.

    The 2023 New Year’s Day Edition Thang:
    We set up under the cover in front of Audubon Zoo.

    1) Curls x 23 IC, Kettlebell Swings x 23 OYO, Goblet Squats x 23 IC
    Suitcase carried the bells to the parking lot and back.

    2.) Tricep extensions x 23 IC, Flutterkicks x 23 IC, Alt. Lunges with the bell x 23 IC
    Overhead carried the bells to the parking lot and back.

    3.) Rows x 23 IC, Bello Dolly x 23 IC, Jump Squats with the bell x 23 OYO
    Did curls all the way to the parking lot and back.

    4.) Overhead presses x 23 OYO, LBCs with the bell x 23 IC, Side Lunges with the bell x 23 IC
    Did tricep extensions all the way to the parking lot and back.

    Dora 23
    Partnered up. While one Pax was doing the exercise, the other partner was walking with the bell (dealer’s choice) to the parking lot and back. Some were doing overhead carries, some were doing curls, etc.

    We did the following exercises cumulatively between the partners.
    Manmakers x 23
    Leg Raises with the bell x 23
    American Hammers with the bell x 23

    We finished the day with some wall sit exercises. While we were sitting in a squat position with our backs against the wall, we did curls x 23 OYO and then held the bell above our head for 23 seconds.

    COT – Happy New Year! We pray and hope 2023 will be just as good as 2022 if not better! We never take our mental and physical strength / health for granted so that we can continue to be HIM. We prayed for safe travels and that Tulane will pull off a win at the Cotton Bowl.

    Roll Wave!!

    Gabby joined us at coffeeteria as usual.

    SYITG

    King Kong

  • After this 1st &10 YHC gives you the rest of the year off! – from Wiford Montana

    YHC was ready to make a splash to close out the year thankful to be a part of F3 Thibodaux. This was my first Peltch que and after a quick consult with my Dr. (POOx) I was ready to launch into the workout. 11 guys showed up, 1 new guy in the mix but new no longer, Welcome Splinter to the PAX!

    Warm up: all the usuals from a Tana warm up which means a total failure to launch and awkward silence and I ask myself why is no one counting… o wait that is suppose to be me. We were loose and ready now.

    Indian Run: all the way around the peltch last man hits 5 meekins as JBL brought the straight smoke with hits from the 70’s

    Ode to Anker: Lil Ed blues song
    2 monkey humper on monkey
    2 bunny hops on rabbit
    1 good morning on lion.
    *Spoiler alert: the monkey ends up eating the rabbit

    1st and a looong 10
    Run to goal and then ladder to every yardage
    10: man makers
    20: burpees
    30: merkins
    40: Thrusters
    50: Big boys
    60: squats
    70: plank jacks
    80: seal jacks
    90: ssh
    100: flutters

    We met back at the 50 to do 50 press ups and curls till I called it. Special t claps to all who got covered in a fair bit of mud and I felt the power from doing this together at each 10. Great job PAX this one in conjunction with the mud was something I have not yet done, only due to the extreme bass and tones of JBL hitting the journey songs pushed us through. Dox and JBL had the prescription we all needed.
    My last act in 2022 as YHC is to give the rest of the year off from F3 beatdowns!
    COT and Enron prayed us out!
    It’s been a year fellas glad to be here with each of you.
    Tana

  • Only 2 at the A1C – from Fletch

    Took a shooter workout and modified it a bit. Jump rope at the bottom of the ramp, chains at the top, kettle bell at the other end. 60-40-20 reps at each station while partner 2 did 10-20-30 of chest, core, and lunges . Four rounds total, and it was time. No one from Atlanta showed up here either Russo

  • Nutcrackers and Arm Jackers – from Russo

    Right under 60 degrees to start. No one had a correct solution to the riddle, so it was a Pax of 1 for the Warmup and 1st round of the Thang until DR visitor from Charleston, Crawfish, made it a party of two. Interestingly enough, the potential DR visitor from Atlanta didn’t make it, so hopefully next time.

    Warmup
    – SSHs
    – Toe touches
    – Grass grabbers
    – High knees
    – 3 calf raises at each step up the pilot house

    Thang

    Tabata: 1 minute each with bricks, 30 seconds rest, 3 rounds, each of which was followed by two trips of Slalom the Columns.

    -Arm curls
    -Cherry pickers
    -Hallelujah squats
    -Arm circles
    -Triceps extensions
    -Milk maids

    Nut crackers down the columns, followed by 10 IC Crunchy Frogs with the bricks, and then 10 side to side Merkins with the bricks, rinse and repeat 10 more Crunchy Frogs and Merkins.

    COT, Name-o-Rama, and prayer closed us out. Remember co-Q’s tomorrow at the Lakefront are Pickaxe and Chainsaw. Luigi’s and Boom shacka-lackas for everyone.

    Until the next time, SYITG.

  • Frac Had A Heart Attack! – from Charmin

    YHC has been meaning to Q and to lead for a little while now so when I saw the Q sheet was empty for today I decided to grab it. I also had some songs in mind so I was itching to Q.

    Warm o Rama with some of the regulars.

    SSH x 20
    IW x 20
    Hillbillies x 20
    Grass Grabbers x 15
    Peter Parkers x 10
    Parker Peters x 10

    Songs:

    The monkey and the rabbit

    2 Monkey Humpers when you hear Monkey
    2 Bunny Hops when you hear Rabbit
    1 Good Morning when you hear Lion
    Seal Claps otherwise

    Contact by Phish
    1 Burpee when you hear the Road (24 Total Burpees)
    10 Burpees when you hear “it’s been towed”
    Morracan Night Clubs otherwise

    Dora
    67 Burpees
    200 Squats
    300 LBC’s
    Timer is one person running to 50 yards and back

    Wave of Merkins
    Circle up, get into plank position, first person does one merkin, then the next person to the right does a merkin, stay in plank position the entire time otherwise. Should look like a wave flowing around the circle, until you get back to the first person who then performs 2 merkins, repeat all the way up to 6 Merkins thanks to Mahatma’s encouragement.

    Frac ended up having a “heart attack” at the end with ~5 minutes left. The pax, while realizing the situation was pretend, knew what to do. Kenner Brah understood the assignment a little too well but other than that I think we are mostly prepared incase someone has a heart attack.

    We debriefed the situation in the COT.

  • Ruck or Run – from Waterpik

    With weather in the low 60s and rain on the horizon, seven packs sit out for a 5K this morning.

    3 Ruckers shooter Russo, Jose 10k

    4 runners : YHC Zoolander bird speedy Gonzalez

  • A Taste of Tuesday – from Enron

    The Stage was set with an unexpectedly larger amount of rain than forecasted coming down in the darkness, making it feel necessary to give the PAX that can’t make it to Tuesday’s beatdowns a little taste of what it’s like. Additionally, after missing this week Tuesday Tough beatdown, YHC was ready to step up the action for Thorsday. “Yankee Joe, stop trying to make Thorsday happen, it’s not going to happen”. Anticipation increased upon hearing the night prior that Cardinal would be making his triumphant return to action from injury. And after receiving medical clearance from Paradox’s wife, a new pair of Nike Pegasus’, and listening to him give a 10-minute speech on why we should all be in attendance for the beatdown today, along with some EHing on the Groupme, and side texts. Cardinal … fartsacked. Resulting in disappointment that resonated all the way to Chackbay. Thus, later nominating him for fartsack of the year at the inaugural Thibby awards. In other fartsack discussion, after YHC requested for Paradox to bring JBL, he was nowhere to be found. Resulting in a potential allegiance shift to another speaker along with some last-minute changes to today’s routine. Although it felt like we were missing quite a few familiar faces including the mentioned absences above, the beatdown began with 7 PAX.

    PAX: Goose, Superfun(d), Lil’ Cuz, Paradox, Piccadilly, Fence Post, and much later, Kilo

    Warmup: The usual minus a bumper mosey

    Thang 1:

    The Burpee Mile:

    1 mile run through rich man’s loop stopping every quarter mile. Each stop was the following:

    1) 20 burpees
    2) 15 burpees
    3) 10 burpees
    4) 5 burpees

    The burpee mile was tough enough to make YHC appreciate the rain that was coming down steadily at this point.

    Thang 2:

    DORA 1-2-3

    Partner up and grab 1 coupon per pair:

    100: Partner 1: Overhead presses
    Partner 2 : carioca to the sidewalk and back and flapjack with your partner taking over on the count to 100
    After the first set, Goose (aka the Paxville Grinch), was feeling so strong that he grunted and slammed the coupon to the ground shattering it to pieces, intimidating the remaining PAX before quickly carioca’ing into the dark and rain.
    Next, out of the dark rainy gloom from a vehicle never seen before by any of the PAX, and most likely repossessed from a previous job, Kilo arrived and jumped right into the work.

    200: Partner 1: Coupon Curls
    Partner 2: Nur to the sidewalk and back, flapjack until 200 is reached

    300: Partner 1: SSH
    Partner 2: 1st round – lunge walk down mosey back, round 2 bear crawl down mosey back, rinse and repeat

    Thang 3: This is where a great song was planned on being played but will have to be forced into another beatdown in the future due to the lack of a consistent audio source.

    Thinking quickly, the dice from YHC’s custom F3 Christmas present from his M were presented. Until time was called (about 8 minutes). The PAX alternated rolling the dice while Siri called out random numbers 1-30 for the amounts of the exercise printed on the dice.

    COT and Lil Cuz prayed us out. Thankful for all the guys that came out and toughed it out in the rain this morning.

    SYITG,

    Enron