F3 New Orleans

Author: Rudy

  • Leg Day? Arm Day? WHY NOT BOTH? – from Rudy

    Delightful and crisp Saturday morning, 40 degrees on YHC car thermometer. War Eagle pleasantly referred to it as “bone chilling” cold. Catfish referred to it as “perfect burpee weather” while he continued burpeeing as we waited for 630. Professor Smiley was in his typical marlin-esque winter gear, prepared for snowfall.

    6:30: 11 PAX (well, actually 10 pax. The 11th was JV who arrived around 635. But I digress) were off.

    Old Man Warm Up: Trying to get old man bones and joints working. Start with a slowsey around the great lawn. Circle up for some stretching (Windmills, Grass Grabbers, Self Love, Open and Close the Gate). SSH x30.

    The Thang #1 – Dont Forget Leg Day

    12 Squats. 12 Lunge walk steps. 12 Squat Jumps. 12 Lunge walk steps. 12 monkey humpers. Mosey back to where you started.

    (I hope Triple Shift appreciated YHC’s attempt to remind everyone to use good form on squats…)

    Repeat with 11. Then 10. Then 9. 78 Squats, Squat Jumps, Monkey Humpers. And 156 lunge walk steps. No burpees, though. SOGO was miffed that we only started at 12. I think he decided to start at 18. Rev It used his long legs to lunge walk roughly 1 mile…

    The Thang #2 – Guns a-blazing

    12 Hand Release Merkins. 12 Bearcrawl steps. 12 Carolina Dry Docks. 12 Bearcrawl steps. 12 Plank walks. Mosey back to where you started.

    Repeat with 11. Then 10. Then 9. 78 of all of these as well. But still no burpees. By the end, though, YHC’s Merkins were looking quite similar to his carolina dry docks. Just sayin’.

    The Thang #3 – Heart Pumping

    Line up on the sidewalk. 20 Mountain Climbers. Sprint halfway across the lawn for…. Yup, BURPEES. Start with 10. Mosey back to where you started.

    Repeat with 9 burpees. Then 8 burpees. Then 7. Da Parish groused the entire time that it was unfair punishment for those NOT doing MABA. YHC ignored him.

    The Thank #4 – Mary

    Circle up for some dealer’s choice Mary. Colonel Mustard showed off his ability to endure most anything, by asking whether we could go to the dry cement rather than sit in the wet grass. YHC obliged, by telling him to get on his 6 in the grass.

    Mustard, Sogo, Snooze, and Catfish took the PAX through some ab work before YHC called it off at 730. Back to the flag!

    PAX: Thanks for letting me Q. Its been a while, and I’ve honestly been a bit scared of doing it. Thank you Fracsac for pushing me to sign up for it, and making me get past whatever has been blocking me from stepping up. There’s a hidden life lesson in there as well – sometimes we all will need a push to get past whatever it is that is blocking us from moving forward. May all of us be willing to reach out for help, may all of us be willing to accept help, and may all of us always be looking for fellow people who need us to reach out and help them.

  • Disco Rumble – from Hogs Breath

    We began with a quick discussion between hogs breath and Jose 10k about who would Q this am. Hogs Breath assured the pax he would lead. About this time BBQ pulled in blasting his high school disco alma mater. Jose 10k decided to take this as a challenge and began a musical chorus to Berger’s, Abba and other disco greats!

    The warm up:
    15 mountain man poopers
    20 imperial walkers
    10 toe touches

    Jose then lead the pax to mosey and collect some coupons. After we returned to the height of A1C we began our “royal rumble!!!”
    Hogs breath put 80 seconds on the stopwatch and pulled out the “deck o’death”! The rumble began as a card was over turned, while the pax were completing the listed exercises, a single pax would take his coupon and run the perimeter of the A1C rooftop. If the pax completed the course prior to the stopwatch expiring the pax would take the remaining time to rest. Then the next pax would pick his coupon, a card overturned and the pain would commence again. Miraculously not a single Club card (these are core exercises) was overturned. The majority was hearts (cardio) and Spades (legs) with a few diamonds (arm) thrown in for good measure.
    At 0546 Jose 10k had to depart. Recognizing that the rest times were getting shorter and shorter…. we played a round of”F3 poker” were all pax drew 5 cards and the “winning” poker hand was the next round of exercises. BBQ turned over a pair of 6 so we completed 2 rounds of:
    Backward run
    Lunge walk
    Flutter kicks
    Jump lunges
    karaoke

    Ended with a count-o-Rama, circle of trust and announcements.

  • Ruck’n to the Kenna Line Brah – from Vagabond

    After doing warm-up exercises and 60 EMOM burpees at the start (in the 38 degree wind, some modified), …to mix it up from the typical View beat downs, the four pax rucked 1-2 miles with 25lbs +/-. Stopped along the way for dips, decline shoulder taps, step ups, etc.

    Circled up for COT and prayer. Rucking is great for the “third F”- Fellowship.

  • Holding Down the Fort – from Vagabond

    The “frequent flier” Renaissance pax were at Jackson Day Race so we had two newcomers for the windy beatdown in the 40 degree chill. After doing some stretches, moseyed around NOMA then down the park entrance doing 10 warmup exercises along the way, about every 20 yards.

    THANG:
    20 reps of two exercises at each end of field, declining by 2 reps at each interval until reaching 2:
    – squat jumps touching ground with both hands, then jump raising both hands above head on the jump
    – big boi sit-ups at other end of field
    – Going to/fro each end of field, crawl through the “bear crawl” zone each way + 3 burpees in middle going both ways

    Onward to close with 3 reps of Sunday Mornings behind NOMA

    Circle up for COT, prayer

  • Burpees Are Our Friend – from Jingle Vader

    Mosey to MOMA, with a sudden change with 10 burpees; arrive with 10 more burpees. Warm up: 29 ssh, 20 grass grabbers, 20 hillbillies, arm circles: 20 forward, 20 back, 20 overhead, 20 seal, 20 moroccan nightclub. End the warm-up with 10 more burpees.
    Thing 1: Burpee-looza Route 66 to the front of the park with a mosey between each lamppost; Merkin Route 66 on the way back with lunges (sorry, dudes) between each lamppost. More burpees while waiting for the six.
    Thing 2: Around the fountain, 10 box jumps OYO, 20 dips, 20 power ups right leg, 20 derkins, 20 power ups left leg.
    Mosey to the Peristyle for a warm-down: 20 dying cockroaches, 20 hello dollys and 10 Dr Ws. Close with 10 final burpees.
    So that was at least 106 burpees. MABA: Make America Burpee Again!

  • The Cold 45 – from Mambi

    YHC looked at weather app the night before and noticed a cold 45-degree morning. This is when YHC decided to avoid the northside of the levee. As well as offer a Dry feet workout for those that have been concerned with wet feet. Also instructed All PAX to meet on the street and to plant the Flags at the street. *A flag planted by the street indicates the workout will happen in the neighborhood and not at the levee.
    At 5:28 am YHC Moseyed to the starting point and planted the flag.
    YHC gave a disclaimer, then moseyed in the neighborhood to the corner of Stonia Rd and Caryota Dr. 30.031033586828578, -90.21847078211286

    Warmup
    SSH IC x 20

    Moseyed to 1st light pole
    Arm Circles Forward IC x 10
    Arm Circles Revers IC x 10

    Moseyed to 2nd light pole
    Grass Grabbers IC x 10
    Moseyed to 3rd light pole
    Abe Voigodas x 10

    Moseyed to 4th light pole
    Mountain Climbers

    The THANG
    Moseyed to the corner of Caryota Dr. and Vintage Dr. 30.029642618558267, -90.21796987957707
    Using 11 trees on the canal side of Vintage, Route 66 with Air Squats
    Moseyed to the Corner of Washingtonian Dr. and Vintage Dr. 30.029771493317188, -90.22004218327574
    The Exicon doesn’t have this workout listed. So, a little explanation.
    With 4 PAX and 4 light poles for 4 different exercises. Lunges, Carolina Dry Docks, LBCs, Air Squats x 10 at each station.
    PAX stay in order 1, 2, 3, 4
    Round 1
    All PAX started at 1st light pole doing Lunges.

    When Pax 1 completed 10 Lunges he moseyed to the 2nd light pole and did 10 Carolina Dry Docks,
    while PAX 2, 3, and 4 continue to do Lunges.
    When PAX 1 completed 10 Carolina Dry Docks he moseyed to 3rd light pole and did 10 LBCs
    While PAX 2 moseyed to 2nd light pole to do Carolina Dry Docks
    While PAX 3 and 4 continue to do Lunges.
    When PAX 1 completed 10 LBCs he moseys to the 4th light pole and did Air Squats until the last PAX completed the round.
    While PAX 2 moseyed to the 3rd light pole to complete LBCs
    While PAX 3 moseyed to the 2nd light pole to complete Carolina Dry Docks
    While PAX 4 continue to do Lunges
    When PAX 2 completed LBCs he moseyed to the 4th light pole and did Air Squats until the last PAX completed the round.
    While PAX 3 moseyed to the 3rd light pole to complete the LBCs
    While PAX 4 Moseyed to the 2nd light pole to complete Caroline Dry Docks
    When PAX 3 Completed LBCs he moseyed to the 4th light pole and did Air Squats until the last PAX completed the round.
    While PAX 4 moseyed to the 3rd light pole to complete the LBCs.
    When PAX 4 Completed LBCs he moseyed to the 4th light pole and did 10 Air Squats to end the round

    Round 2
    Rinse and repeat
    But the order changed
    PAX 2,3,4,1
    Round 3
    Rinse and repeat
    Order changed
    PAX 3,4,1,2
    Round 3
    Rinse and repeat
    Order changed
    PAX 4,1,2,3

    Returned to the corner of Caryota Dr. and Vintage Dr. 30.029642618558267, -90.21796987957707
    Sticking with the light poles theme all PAX Moseyed north to the 1st light pole.

    1st light pole 10 x imperial squat walkers, wait for everyone to complete then moseyed to next light pole
    2nd light pole 10 x Smurf jacks, wait for everyone to complete then moseyed to next light pole
    3rd light pole 10 x Merkins, wait for everyone to complete then moseyed to next light pole

    Moseyed back through the neighborhood to the Flag, not so fast, stopped on our way as each PAX called out a core exercise.
    Starting with Pai Gow led Leg extensions x 20
    Moseyed then Kenner Brah led Superman’s x 20
    Moseyed then Vagabond led J.Lo’s x 20
    Moseyed then YHC led Dying Cockroach x 20, 2 min high plank, end at 6:15.

    COT:
    Count off
    Name-o-rama
    Announcements
    Intentions
    Prayer
    Great way to end the work week thank you for attending. Please sign up to lead the Star at The View in the next coming weeks.

  • King’s Day 2021 – from Tool

    Twas Wed Jan 6th, aka King’s Day, aka Epiphay, aka Twelve Night which, among other things, marks the official start of Mardi Gras Season and first day to officially eat king cake. Ironically twelve PAX showed up to hone their minds and torsos in preparation for weeks of sugar and carb consumption. Here’s what we did:

    Disclaimer, followed by the plan for the day, followed by a mosey down Roosevelt Mall with a warmup pit stop:

    IW, WM, Bead Wave (overhead wave w/calf raise), toy soldiers, AC, self love

    Mosey to the LCM parking lot to recognize MABA and the month of the burpee with burpees x10, burpees x9, then a mosey to the track

    PAX circled up for a circuit to ring in 2021 with (21) one minute AYG rounds of various exercises with a 15 recovery in between. Added twist was to call out at each increment of 5 as to keep everyone on course.

    T-MERKINS
    SIDE LUNGES R
    BOX CUTTERS
    SIDE PLANK KNEE TO ELBOW R
    BUTTERFLY SITUP
    HIP SLAPPER
    SQUAT

    Cool down lap around the track.

    Rinse & Repeat first 7 rounds with added bonus of dirty talk from Sheetrock to offset the music/power outage on the tunes and timer.

    Then 7 one minute rounds of BURPEES AYG. T-claps to Catfish for claiming the title of “King” of the morning with 140-ish total burpees!

    COT that included prayer intentions for the Brehm family, the Vega family, guidance to focus on positive not negatives, along with a festive and safe carnival season.

    Always great to lead.

    Tool

  • The Wally Run and The Weagle – from Fracsac

    10 Pax made a choice to take the DRP on their journey to get right and posted at Pontiff at 0530 on a Thursday. YHC gave a disclaimer, then instructed those committed to the Wally Run to start running! Those 6 took off and never looked back. The 4 remaining moseyed half the track and into the parking lot deep within Pontiff for:

    Warmup
    Imperial Walkers IC x 15
    Abe Vigodas IC x 10
    Grass Grabber IC x 10
    Bat wings
    – Fwd AC IC x 15
    – Rev AC IC x 15
    – Seal claps IC x 15
    – OH Claps IC x 15
    – Moroccan Night Club IC x 31 (dancing encouraged)

    The Thang
    DirtyMacDeuce

    Burpees x 10 OYO
    Merkins IC x 12
    LBC’s IC x 12
    Bear crawl 20 yards

    Burpees x 10 OYO
    Catalina Wie Mixers IC x 12
    Big Boi Sit-ups IC x 12
    Bear crawl 20 yards

    Burpees x 10 OYO
    Wide arm Merkins IC x 12
    Dying Cockroaches IC x 12
    Bear crawl 20 yards

    Burpees x 10 OYO
    Staggered arm Merkins IC x 12
    Flutter kicks IC x 12
    Bear crawl 20 yards

    Mosey to the gym building

    Jack Webb on the wall
    1 merkin with 2 air presses in people’s chair
    2 merkins with 4 air presses in people’s chair
    3…..
    4….
    Yada yada yada
    10 merkins with 20 air presses in people’s chair

    Mosey back to parking lot

    EMOM burpees
    With 40 burpees in the bag, YHC set the EMOM timer for 8 minutes.
    That’s 120 for the day!

    Return to the flag and rejoin the Wally Runners that ran 4 plus miles each

    COT – raised up several intentions including our brother Kimchi for the heartbreaking loss of his son Xavier.

    NMM

    • The Weagle is a much welcomed venue for those of us forced to limit our running

    • The field was extremely muddy from the recent rain. YHC didn’t want to destroy it, but placed 2 cones there to see what sort of psychological effect it would have….it worked. It did not go unnoticed!

    SYITG