F3 New Orleans

Author: Rudy

  • Broken promises – from Shooter

    With hopes of a surprise post from the reinvigorated Nacho Libre YHC quickly realized the morning would be absent with his Broken promise.. However, I will give credit as he has posted twice this week in hopes of claiming those Saints tickets from Chewy.. Q would soon rely on the regulars instead as I pulled into the parking lot to the sight of no one at first. Then Hogsbreath rolls up while Waterpik comes moseying in through the darkness and then a surprise post from Cowbell with his boat in tow… Dedication right there 👊🏼 much respect Cowbell as you could have easily skipped but your ever determination to always Accelerate is most impressive..

    PAX gets through some warmup all 10IC Grass grabbers, Windmills, Scorpion kicks, Superman’s, Slow Squats and SSH..
    Phat Johnson joins the PAX and we start our Mosey through Mandeville. Waterpik graciously modified his pace to hang with YHC as Phat Johnson and Cowbell bolted out. Hogs Breath rucked through the streets as we all returned. Finished up with Core 20IC LBCs, alternating Left and Right cross crunch, Flutter kicks, Hello Dollies, Rosalitas and Mountain climbers..

    Thanks for posting and following my lead..

    T👏🏼 to Hogs Breath for closing us in 🙏🏼 and sharing about his post in OH over the past week and how the PAX demonstrated sheild locking at the AO. Sounds like a great way to allow us men to share what can be challenging us for the week or month and relying on other men within the PAX for support.. I know I am grateful for the wonderful friendships and brethren I have met through the years with F3.. So I want to encourage the men reading this backblast to reach out to those men around their circles and motivate them to get out and post.. As Yankee likes to say in the emails the best way to headlock is to signup and Q then it allows them to feel comfortable knowing you will be out there..

    Till the next Gloom 👊🏼👍🏼✌🏼!!!

  • Unofficial Start of Summer at The Gipper – from Einstein

    Warm and humid for the gathered PAX, this Wednesday morning at The Gipper

    Short disclaimer …
    Warmup:
    all 20xIC: SSHops, TTouch, HBillys, GMornings, IWalkers, SShrugs, MKicks, Swimmers

    Event #1: Partner up for a running count of 50 box jumps, 100 lunges, 150 skater hops. While one partner exercises, the other runs the courthouse stairs up, and around the half block, then trade places.
    Event #2: Atop the parking garage, 1st and 10, with 10 burpees, sprint, 1 merkin, jog back, then 9 burpees, sprint, 2 merkins jog back,…etc; ad nauseam

    The PAX: Akbar, Barely Legal, Bean, Cowbell, Einstein, Moby Dick, Nacho Libre, Mr. Shooter, Turbo Tax

    Count-o-rama, AKbar leads us out with a prayer.
    Thanks guys. Always fun to lead

  • Da Plane! Da Plane! – from Fracsac

    9 Pax made a choice to take the DRP on their journey to get right and posted to the Westward Ho!!
    There was a new theme for the beat down that had all pax rejoicing! Anytime an airplane was heard, all would do 10 burpees. With a shovel flag planted, disclaimer was given, then mosey for:

    Warmup

    Airplane! 10 burpees OYO

    IW x 15
    GG IC x 12
    Abe Vigodas x 10

    Mosey to the levee. Start off with Jacob’s Ladder:

    Run up levee, 1 burpee, run back down
    Run up levee, 2 burpees, back down
    Continue up to 7.

    Mosey to a grassy area for a pax choice. YHC asked Bogey to choose between M and J. With M being the choice, it was time for:

    Motivator! Basically a deconstructed SSH from sets of 10 down to 1. #CrowdPleaser

    Next Papa Smurf was asked to choose between J and S. He couldn’t pass up the J, so:

    Jack Webbs

    1 merkin, 2 air presses
    2 Merkins, 4 air presses
    Continue up to 10 Merkins and 20 air presses.

    Plane!! 10 burpees

    Mambi had to choose between T and D. He enthusiastically chose D:

    Plane! Hey that’s the same plane! Overruled! 10 Burpees!

    DirtyMacDeuce

    4 rounds of 3 x 12 rep exercises, an arm, a leg and a core. Run a lap after each round. The lap was up and over the levee.

    Merkins, Big boi sit-ups, squats
    Lap
    Shoulder Taps, flutter kicks, Bobby Hurleys
    Lap
    Floyd Mayweathers, tin snips, burpees IC
    Lap
    Catalina wine mixers, LBC’s, 8 count body builders IC
    Lap

    War Eagle looked up and said Senior Q, Da Plane, Da Plane!! YHC thanked Tattoo…err….War Eagle….and 10 Burpees!
    YHC lost count of burpees…🤷‍♂️

    COT

    NMM

    -YHC was excited to see 9 Pax at Westward Ho! Thanks for coming out.
    -There was a light rain that cooled us down
    -Congrats to War Eagle on his 2.1 on the way, due 31 December! Solid tax credit!!🤣. Maybe you had to be there…..

    SYITG

    Thanks for the opportunity to be a part of this awesome brotherhood!

  • How to Not Win Friends and Influence People – from The Hammer

    On Friday afternoon, as my thoughts strayed from work, and found their way to my F3 brothers, I noted Bushwhacker’s bat signal that the Lakefront had no Q for the following day. Unacceptable! I leapt at the opportunity to lead such finely honed machines and volunteered to take the proverbial bull by the horns.

    Later that Friday evening, as Bushwhacker destroyed me in Pickleball while local pros Chewy and Nacho gave YHC pity looks, we discussed the following morning’s beatdown. Shortly thereafter, Zoolander texted to inquire if the beatdown would be “burpee heavy”, as he was already 2 scotches in. Apparently YHC’s reputation for continual, repeated, full body movement exercises is well-established because he later assured me he cut himself off at 5, though I thought I detected a faint Highlands brogue in his speech.

    Anyway, 15 strong, including FNGs (Xerxes and Snapper) posted. And away we go…

    Warm Up:

    SSH x 15
    Butt Kicks x 10
    Cherry Pickers x 10
    Arm Circles x 10
    I think one more exercise…

    Thang:

    Mosey towards the beach, stop at Noah’s Ark for 15 Derkins, 15 Irkins oyo…then continue to the beach for…the most intense Battle of the Poles since Jaworski and Bartowski faced off in the early 80s.

    We split into teams of 2, though this was an individual exercise. To quote those motivational sages of Rocky lore, Survivor, “Its you against you”, and “though his body says stop, his spirit cries, NEVER!”

    The Main Event:
    Descending ladder of 8 count body builders. YHC did this once in my spare time and hated it, so I knew others would feel likewise. It goes like this — Each 8 count bodybuilder consists of merkin, plank jack, and groiner movements, so we began descending rounds from 10 to 1.
    Round 1: 10 bodybuilders (Each bodybuilder required 10 reps each of merkins/plank jack/groiners). Thus, to complete this round, one would have done 100 of each movement (10×10).

    Good news: Each round descended by one not only in bodybuilders, but also reps of each movement, thus:
    Round 2: 9 BBs (9 of each movement per rep = 81 each of Merks/PJ/Groiners)
    Round 3: 8 BBs (64 merks/PJ/Groiners)
    Round 3: 7 BBs (49 each)
    …you get the picture. By the Round of 5, it was actually quite refreshing.
    For those that finished, like Sir Whacker, I believe that translated to 387 reps of each movement. (check my math)

    Between each round, we ran about 50 yards to tag a swingset pole and run back.

    We called it about 7:23, and did an Indian Run back to the flag. Said Pledge of Allegiance, and moved our minds and hearts upon the heroic men and women who gave it all so we have the luxury to recreationally torture ourselves. Though best known for one of the most annoying earworms of the early 90s, Billy Ray Cyrus got it right in his song “Some Gave All”:

    “All gave some, but some gave all. Some stood true for the red, white, and blue, and some had to fall. If you ever think of me, think of all your liberty and recall…some gave all”

    YHC prayed us out, lifting up brothers Hog’s Breath, Jose, and welcoming FNGs Xerxes and Snapper. Welcome guys!

    Thanks for letting me lead. It is always a privilege. God Bless!

  • The Murph Recovery Run – from Baywatch

    4 PAX gathered in the gloom for run to stretch sore muscles from the Murph Challenge.

    Started with the normal pleasantries and proceeded with the normal route down Roosevelt towards Bayou St. John. 20 minutes out and 20 minutes back with a catch: 10 burpees at 10 minute mark; 20 up downs at 20 minute mark; 30 corkscrews at 30 minute mark; and 40 leg raises at flag at 40 minute mark. Finished it off with 2 minutes of LBCs.

    #Kuch #Catfish #BackedUp #Baywatch

  • Grandma had a long, rough weekend – from Carpool

    In town to visit grandma, but no one was home at grandma’s house. So YHC did a solo beat down memory lane.

    Warmarama
    25 SSHs IC
    15 IWs IC
    10 Abe Vigodas IC
    10 grass grabbers IC
    10 little baby arm circles IC
    Flapjack
    10 big baby arm circles IC
    Flapjack
    Run around the block

    The Thang
    11s – hand-release merkin burpees and Lane Staleys (IE downhill burpees) with 50 steps bear crawl in between each round, switching to 26 lunge steps halfway through)

    Run around the block

    10 irkins IC
    10 derkins IC
    10 freak nastys IC

    25 calf lifts IC

    12 rounds up the steps

    5 irkins IC
    5 derkins IC
    5 freak nastys IC

    TAPs to all my Northshore friends. Hope you guys are well.

  • Young Bloods @ the Renny – from Catfish

    Nice cool morning at the Renny with 9 PAX. Started in front of the museum facing the bacin with Abe Vigodas, Grass Grabbers, SSH, and 8-counts.

    Moved to fountain for some right leg power-ups, dips, left leg power-ups, and derkins. Got on faces for Peter Parkers and J-Los.

    Grabbed a round of 11s with jump squats and bonnie blairs (2 is 1), going from the fountain and bunny hopping up the museum steps. Then grabbed some nickels and dimes – one-minute rounds of 5 burpees, 10 hand-release merkins, SSH to finish the minute).

    Moseyed to the field for burpee suicides. Did four tree lengths with 5 burpees at the starting line, then concluded with 10 burpees.

    Back of museum for 5 rounds of Sunday Mornings (5 overhead claps in people’s chair, 10 donkey kicks, one balls-to-wall press).

    CoT, coffeeteria @ PJs. Well done PAX, and welcome to our FNGs HokieMon and King Prawn.

  • Catfish of the Mists – from Catfish

    Great get-together this morning with 12 PAX at the Misty Mountain.

    Started by moseying over to the lawn across from the audubon entrance. Warmed up with Abe Vigodas (Windmills), Grass Grabbers, and a hearty round of the Motivator.

    Moseyed over to the base of the mountain for some plank action: Peter Parkers, Shoulder Taps, Parker Peters. Split into two lines for Indian Run at the top.

    At the summit – nice long round of Bat Wings to heat up the shoulders. Brief rest, then 15 burpees OYO. Attempted to follow it up with a Dora 1-2-3, but turned into a Dora 1-1-1 with 100 Catalinas, 100 jump squats, and 100 flutter kicks (2 is 1). Non-exercising partner did a “vertical loop” down the stairs, across the lot, then back up.

    Moseyed back to flag for CoT.

  • Burpees and Levees just feel right – from Fracsac

    5 Pax made a choice to take the DRP on their journey to get right and posted to the OG. YHC traveled way o’er yonder on the West Bank, wondering who would show following a late night of crypto talk. With a shovel flag planted, disclaimer was given, then:

    Warmup

    SSH IC x 31
    IW x 15
    GG IC x 10
    AC x 15, fwd and back
    Peter Parker IC x 15
    Mtn Climber IC x 15

    Mosey to the levee, which is incredibly steep! Start off with Jacob’s Ladder:

    Run up levee, 1 burpee, run back down
    Run up levee, 2 burpees, back down
    Continue up to 7 burpees
    That’s 28 burpees so far…

    Mosey to top of levee for some 11’s. There just happens to be 11 light posts, so can’t pass it up!

    Burpees is the exercise and broad jumps are the movement between posts. Start at 1, end at 11.
    That’s 66 more burpees….94 total thus far..

    With the mighty Mississippi River receding from the steps, take advantage and incorporate into the DirtyMacDeuce…

    4 rounds of 3 x 12 rep exercises, an arm, a leg and a core. Run a lap after each round. The lap was down the riverside levee, across the bottom, then back up.

    Round 1 – merkins, flutter kicks, squats
    Round 2 – Floyd Mayweathers, Hello Dolly, low slow squats
    Round 3 – Catalina Wine Mixers, Freddie Mercs, Bobby Hurleys
    Round 4 – Diamond Merkins, tin snips, and 12 Burpees

    That brings the burpee count to 106….

    Finish with a little Mary and Planking…..

    COT

    NMM

    -YHC committed to doing the OG the week prior. What a great group of Pax on the West Bank. Sign up and change your view of the city!
    -The late night crypto talk kept most in the fart sack, but not Vagabond, host of the gathering the night before! Well done!

    SYITG

  • Tabata II: Electric Boogaloo – from Russo

    Pax of 7 were met with humidity and mugginess at the A1C today. Undeterred and unplanned, pax gave a hastily thrown together Tabata a go to celebrate the last day of school for the year!

    Warmup (all IC, between 10x and 20x)
    – Sealjacks
    – Cherry Pickers
    – Mummy Kicks
    – Windmills
    – Imperial Walkers

    Thang
    Tabata (multiple rounds, 45 seconds on, 15-ish seconds off, interspersed with laps around floor 4 of the garage)
    – Shoulder tap merkins
    – Crunchy frogs
    – Jump squats
    – Peter Parker’s
    – Derkins
    – American Hammers
    – Lunges
    – Air presses
    – Calf Raises
    – Bulgarian Split Squats
    – Urkins
    – LBCs

    With a few minutes left, pax wrapped up with Mary: Hello Dollys, Leg Raises, Gas Pumps, and Penguins.

    A great time was had by all!

    COT, Name o’rama, announcements, and prayer closed us out.

    Special mention of the Memorial Day Murph (5:15 AM Monday at the Marsh, corner of Livingston and Lamarque, coffee to follow?) and our thoughts and prayers to Jose for his knee MRI on Monday.

    Thanks to all for the fellowship and fun from the fellas on a Friday.

    SYITG