Author: Rudy

  • Cool Cardio at the Mothership – from Fracsac

    YHC took the Q at the Mothership knowing it was going to be a cold and miserable morning.
    With a brief disclaimer given, 6 pax headed to the peristyle. Bogey, Catfish, Triple Shift, PVC and YHC circled up for the Warmup.

    SSH, GG, and Hillbilly’s followed by a mosey to the Storyland entrance. Finished with some arm circles with Moroccan Night Club where dancing was enjoyed by all!

    EMOM x 5 With 10 burpees (50)

    The Motivator!

    Stations:
    10 cleans with Sweetness aka 60 lb sandbag(timer)
    Derkins – AMRAP
    Big boi sit ups – AMRAP
    Jump rope – AMRAP
    SSH – AMRAP
    Step ups – AMRAP

    EMOM x 5 With 10 burpees (50 more)

    Mosey to the big lawn for some more fun with sweetness. Pax helped to make this really suck:
    Plank up and pull sandbag thru all pax and back, last pax bear crawls to the end. Rinse and Repeat.

    Embrace the suck: 7 SSH, 7 Merkins, 7 Bobby Hurleys over and over for 3 minutes.

    Finish off with some Mary with a couple rounds of Burpees sprinkled in to hit 120 total.

    Back to flags for COT

    We were warm and far from miserable at the end. Thanks for posting with me.

    There was supposed to be a down range Pax, but not this day.

    SYITG

  • A1C is the Hexadecimal Equivalent of 2588 – from Einstein

    …and it just happens to be how old I felt after laying out for a few months.

    after some chit-chat and a short disclaimer we got to it…

    Warmup:
    all 20xIC: Toe Touch, Side Straddle Hops, Shoulder Rolls, High Knees, Arm Circles,
    Thumb Drives, Butt Kicks, Hi Jack Hi Jills, Neck Rolls, Smurf Jacks, maybe some more…

    Thang:
    Standard playday with core exercises at the four corners
    and using the parking lot stripes as a template:

    loop 1:lunge walk forward two stripes, lunge walk backward 1 stripe, repeat, traversing the upper deck
    loop 2:deep squat at every parking space, with a four count bounce
    loop 3:merkin at every parking space

    Count-o-rama

    Russo led us out with prayer.

    Thanks guys. Always extremely decent of you letting me lead.
    And thanks for the ride home Fletch

  • Lindsey who? – from Akbar

    YHC was early this gloom, committing to the 1 miler pre-thang but arriving to no one — just for a little while. An FNG joined me (EH’d by Hogsbreath) and we chatted until one by one they arrived from the dark.

    PAX: Akbar, Hogsbreath, Leroy (FNG), Moby Dick, Blue Note, BBQ, Barely Legal, Hammer

    Warm up: SSH, IW, Hillbillies, Arm Circles, Self-Love, Grass Grabbers

    Head to the block pile and pick out a coupon for 11’s.

    Curls, block carry across the gravel parking area, Shoulder Presses

    Put blocks down, mosey to the Justice Center for Lindsays, aka forties.

    Let’s call them high rep 11’s. Ex 1 is 30 reps, ex 2 is 10 – increases/decrease by 5 until finished. Total 200 reps

    Start at the benches with Freak Nasties x30; lunge walk to the stairs and do 5 calf raises; traverse up to the top of stairs for 10 Irkins then jog back. Rinse and Repeat

    Mosey back to the gravel parking lot via Kareokes left to the stop sign; Karaoke right to the silver pickup, then sprint to the flag.

    Finisher – 11’s of block rows and squats – no mosey.

    Circle up for no mary, but 10 Imperial Squat Walkers (I think).

    Count, Name, welcome Murdock!

    Announcements – see Hammer’s post on Slack for supporting The Nehemiah Project’s Endurathon – spots left to run. Held at Fountainbleu State Park, we will be camping in the group area both nights – so sign up to run and come on out for the party.

    YHC prayed us out with special lift ups for speedy recovery for injured pax, the War, Hogsbreath’s upcoming deployment to Thailand, and for an opportunity for us to shine light into others this week.

    Thanks for showing up and letting me lead!

    SYITG, Akbar

    NMM

    Wasn’t quite sure on timing for this one, but worked out pretty good if you don’t like Mary. Great to be back at the Gipper after being out of town.

    Hammer did a pre-pre thang run with the Nehamiah boys at 5, and headed up to The Gipper afterward.

    Leroy and Hogsbreat know each other from church, another Pax from Pearl River. He’s a medevac pilot currently working for Childrens. Mash and Murdock came out immediately, but YHC was a big fan of the A-Team and Murdock it was.

  • Let the Murph Training Begin … and Happy 4th HIMversary to me – from Hokie

    I am grateful to Bay Watch
    Big Willie
    Cheese steak
    MacGyver
    PVC
    Scooter
    Triple Shift
    Wife pleaser

    For joining me for our 1st The Murph training for this upcoming Memorial Day

    It is important to remember The Murph Challenge is more than just a workout. It is a tradition that helps push us, humble us, and allows us the opportunity to dedicate a bit of pain and sweat to honor LT. Michael P. Murphy (SEAL), a man who sacrificed everything he had for our freedom. Join us this year as we continue to help keep his legacy alive through The Murph Challenge with F3 NOLA.

    After a long intro and a short warm up we started

    Round 1 – 2 minutes
    1 pull up
    2 push ups
    3 squats
    REST for remainder of two minutes

    Round 2 – 2 minutes
    2 pull ups
    4 push ups
    6 squats
    REST for remainder of two minutes

    Round 3 – 2 minutes
    3 pull up
    6 push ups
    9 squats
    REST for remainder of two minutes

    Round 4 – 2 minutes
    4 pull up
    8 push ups
    12 squats
    REST for remainder of two minutes

    Round 5
    Two minutes of “Bernie/ Quaddrapheilia” on the levee

    Rounds 6-10
    Rinse & Repeat

    Rounds 11-15
    Rinse & Repeat Except close with 4 minutes of quadraphellia!

    YHC thanks you all for 4 great years of F3. I love you!

  • Pop goes the Beatdown – from Hogs Breath

    Pass Interference expressed interest in another beatdown, and he said he wanted to build muscle. So, YHC planned a “pop up” beatdown with coupons and no running.
    Warm Up
    SSH, Garth Brooks, Mountain Man Poopers, Flamingo stretch

    The Thang
    Four rounds of 30 on / 30 off
    Over head press; Bent over Row; Squats; and Coupon Dips.

    During this YHC turned on some music, this was “My Soundtrack” playlist off Amazon Music, so it was a nice mixture of all the music played from all of the devices that YHC family shares. A very eclectic compilation of 90’s Pop, 2000’s Hard Rock, Christian Praise band music, Children’s songs, and some 80’s Pop music!
    After the four iterations, we then mosey’d with our coupons to the old train station “Scoogin Corner” were we preformed a set of 11’s with Curls on one side, lunge walk through the station, and Derkins on the other side.
    We ended with a new exercise of “Grip, Rip, and Roll” pulled form the exicon.
    Of note this was the second beatdown for Murdock. I think we got a full fledge EH on this pax!

    Ended with COT and Coffeteria

  • YHC at the OG – from Fracsac

    YHC hasn’t been to the West Bank in some time, so a visit was in order. The Pax eagerly handed the Q of the OG to YHC.

    Short Bus, Slinger, FireFox, and T-Square were ready for what YHC had in store….so a disclaimer was given.

    Warmup consisted of regular stuff, minus The Moroccan Night Club, which was noticed and YHC was happy to hear! That will be fixed in the future!

    The Pax was a bit quiet, in need of Motivation!

    Motivator!! (Want more info? Just ask!)

    Mosey to the top of the levee for Route 66 with burpees.

    We couldn’t stop at just 66, so add 4 for 70.

    Mosey to the river steps for sets of incline merkins, step ups, box jumps, and dips.

    Back to the flag for some more cardio, Embrace the Suck! 7 SSH, 7 Merkins and 7 Bobby Hurleys over and over for 3 minutes. Goal was 8 rounds, some got close.

    Finish off with Mary, with a little Pax Choice.

    COT

    Loved visiting my brothers on the Wank!

    SYITG!

  • Bob the Builder – from Hogs Breath

    During Mardi Gras Break YHC took a trip to Akron Ohio and posted with the Copley AO. This beatdown was completely stolen from Akron F3.
    After a quick warm up. Both pax grabbed a coupon from the trunk of Hogs Breath car, and a rock coupon. The move was simple, one pax would mosey with the coupon across the field, then sprint back to the staring line. While the other pax rested, upon the return of the sprinting pax, the second would begin their coupon mosey, drop off the coupon on the far side and sprint back.
    In between the sets, each pax preformed 10 OH press, 10 squats, 10 chest presses.
    Second round was the same; pax 1 coupon mosey to drop off the coupon, sprint back. Pax 2 would rinse and repeat.
    15 OH press, 10 squats, 15 chest presses
    Third round of coupon mosey and sprints.
    20 OH press, 20 squats, 20 chest presses
    All pax then returned the rock coupons and preformed 25 sets of each coupon exercise.

    The morning mumblechatter from Pass Interference went something like “I don’t care what F3 Akron does, I hate sprinting with coupons!”
    Ended with COT and Coffeteria.

  • The Wally Ladder – from Fracsac

    The Wally Sprint is one of the most undervalued AOs in the region. YHC decided to step up and take the Q. The following was outlined, following the disclaimer:

    1 mile warm up

    Ladder work:

    100 meter race pace
    100 meter recovery

    200 meter race pace
    100 meter recovery

    300 meter race pace
    100 meter recovery

    400 meter race pace
    100 meter recovery

    Down the ladder and back up until time runs out.

    Welcome to our FNG – Welcome PVC!

    COT

    Good Stuff!

  • Sexual Healing to the milestones of Hogs Breath life! – from Hogs Breath

    So the Superbowl must of set some pax back….. probably nursing there hangovers, and even though YHC valiantly tried to pre-blast and exclaim that this was the kickoff to his birthday (the following day) celebration, only two pax showed in the gloom.

    Warm Up:
    Being that it was Valentine’s Day YHC began with a loving beatdown set to the classic romantic tune “Sexual Healing” by Marvin Gaye! The two pax faced each other in plank position and gazed into each other’s eyes, only to be interrupted each time Marvin sweetly crooned out “baby” and the pax would preform a Merkin. When the soothing sounds of “Sexual Healing” where whispered the pax would then preform a burpee. After 4:06, upon the songs conclusion, both pax coldly and tiredly looked at each other in the same manner that a couple looks upon each other right before they head into divorce court…..
    YHC then transitioned into the birthday story of YHC life, after-all this was the day before his 38 birthday;
    Each milestone was associated with an exercise, then like the passing of the years, the pax took a lap around the circle sidewalk.
    YHC was born in Ohio in 1984, so the pax performed 1 lap; 9 merkins; 8 squats; 4 v-ups.
    lap
    The next milestone was at the age of 3 moving to upstate New York. So 3 Newtons Cradles.
    lap
    At age 6 YHC moved to Detroit MI. So the corresponding exercise was 6 Derkins.
    lap
    At age 12, there was a move back to Ohio. So 12 lunges, there was a reason that it was lunges, but in my advanced age, I’m having trouble remembering the reason….I hate lunges……
    lap
    At 18 YHC joined the Navy. The first assignment was attending training to become an Interior Communication Electrician. So like any good Electrician, we avoided getting ‘shocked’ by ‘jumping’ out of the way with 18 SSH! Then YHC attending Special Warfare School, were many flutter kicks were preformed, so thus 18 flutter kicks!
    Lap
    At 19, YHC became a father, and he set himself in that predicament by preforming a series of moves, sooooo this milestone exercise mimicked the event that allowed him to be a father; 19 monkey HUMPERS.
    Lap
    Sadly, YHC first marriage ended in a divorce, so this round was a backwards sprint to the stage, much like being set back in life. But it’s okay, he turned himself around, so at the stage the pax turned around and sprinted towards a new…well a new exercise!
    At 24 he met his ‘solid’ mate, so much like her being the ‘core strength’ of his life, the pax planked for 24 seconds.
    At 27 he married this strong women, so to symbolize her strength the pax bear crawled around the shovel flag 3 times. No, its not because his M has a morning attitude worthy of a gumpy bear, parish that tought!
    For the next two milestone events, the births of his youngest daughters he asked his 3.0’s what their favorite exercises where;
    At 30 YHC welcomed Addy, aka “Doctor Barbie” (at least in the FIA circles) and she gladly exclaimed “Squat Thrusts” so 30 squat thrusts it was!
    At 33 YHC welcomed Lorelle, the third 3.0, and a true wild card. When YHC asked her what her favorite exercise was, she simply ran over to a brick in the flowerbed and began to pick up this coupon in a manner that resembled an upright row, so 33 coupon rows it was!
    The last exercise, was the last day of being 37 years old, so AC/DC “Thunderstruck” was turned on, and both pax preformed 37 Burpee’s.
    Ended with a COT and Coffeteria at Front Street Starbucks.

  • How 007 AO was born, and no it was not assassination!!!!! – from Pass Interference

    To fully give credit Q was both Pass Interference and Hogs Breath

    This BackBlast is like my wifes period (after 3 kids and a vasectomy) it’s better late than never! Trying to “accurately” record the short history of this newly minted AO.
    A Balmy high 40ish, several pax made the trek down to Slidell AO. Unfortunately the railroad track directly in front of Heritage Park was being resurfaced, so YHC tried to send out a last min text and warn all pax that they would have to circumnavigate to the backside of Heritage, and still the Co-Q Pass Interfernce was nearly late while he adjusted his cerebral compass to find the shovel-flag.
    Still this was the innagural Slidell AO flag planting, only 2+ years in the making!
    Warm Up
    Hogs Breath lead pax in a rousing warm-up consisting of some Hairy Rockettes, Mountain Man Poopers, Self Love and some other stuff…..
    The Thang
    Hogs Breath began by not being able to find his Deck o’ Death, so he improvised and made a quick adjustment using a gladware container and strips of paper. First pax would begin a sprint around the circle sidewalk, while the other pax would draw a slip of paper and preform said exercise. When pax one returned, all would take a break until the 90 second mark, then rinse lather and repeat.
    The Q was then handed over to Pass Interfernce, who led all in a complete confidence of sprints from shovelflag to the auditorium stage, some sprints and some exercises where involved!
    While during a mosey run, all pax began to think of Names, one of the CO-Q pointed out that Bayou Bonfouca, the waterway that Heritage Park rests against, was a filming location of a James Bond boat chase scene in “Live and Let Die”. The name “007” was thrown out and all pax stamped the idea. Thus 007 AO was christened!
    Ended with a COT.