F3 New Orleans

Author: Rudy

  • Where’s Mahatma? – from Vagabond

    We worked out
    It was great

  • Memorial Day Rock City 2025 – from Vagabond

    pax worked with rocks under gazebo for 20 exercises @ 20 reps apiece

  • Weeble’s Welcome Party – from Mayhem

    77 degrees, 93% humidity, no wind
    Party of 9, including an FNG, at the Renni

    Some PAX wanted to head up and face the bacon
    Not so fast my friend
    One lap around the fountain
    Now we can head up the stairs… always listen to the Q

    Normal warm-a-rama, including demonstrations for the FNG

    Mosey to the SW side for calf raises
    Ascend via the forbidden entrance
    2 minute plank
    Low slow squats
    Bear crawl down the ramp back to the foot of NOMA
    Descending merkins down 10 steps

    Mosey to the NW side
    Grab some wall
    Wall plank hands, lunge walk to cross walk, jingle balls (never again)
    Donkey kicks, lunge walk to cross walk, low slow squats
    Wall plank feet, lunge walk to cross walk, plank jacks
    Wall sit with overhead claps

    Mosey to front of NOMA for modified 11s
    Mayhem Merkins + Big Bois, broad jump in between

    Back of NOMA for three Sunday Mornings

    COT
    Happy Memorial Day
    Welcome Weeble
    Free to Lead
    SYITG

  • Merkin Math is Hard – from Mayhem

    75 degrees, 95% RH, 0 mph wind
    It was wet and not from rain

    Travelling from the East and not wanting to catch the train, High Rise was the first to arrive sometime before 5:20. YHC pulled up next and started running through the plans in my head. From 5:27 to 5:29 the PAX just kept coming with Thumb War bringing up the rear. 5:30 disclaimer and backwards down the track we went.

    After 150M total backwards mosey and 100M total mosey we ended at midfield.

    Quick Warm-A-Rama included GG, MMP (finally correctly demonstrated), IW, FM, PP, Crab Cakes (for Vagabond).

    First exciting effort amidst the mumble0chatter was Motivator-Merkins. Start with 10 motivators then 10 merkins. Count down from there to 1. Only 55 of each when completed. Zero sympathy.

    Next effort was the bear crawl inchworm. Two lines, planked, facing the playground. Last man bear crawls to the front and planks. Everyone goes twice. Boo-hoo the stickers… get over it. No complaining today.

    At the playground, we did the Rail Shuffle. Plank on the rail. We shuffled counterclockwise led by YHC . DOWN = merkin. TUCK = hop forward/back. Once the clock struck 12, all PAX took a turn performing 5 pull-ups.

    Next effort took place on the west side of the gym. Wall Plank with hands ICx20, Wall Plank with feet ICx20, Wall Sit & air presses. Rinse and Repeat, replace air presses with overhead claps.

    Next effort was on the baseball diamond. Circle up. Plank-o-rama. Alternating plank exercise and core exercise IC.
    Hip Slap – LBC
    Shoulder Tap – Freddy Mercury
    Merkin – Flutter Kick
    Put it all together and you get… MAYHEM MERKINS. One PAX at a time. One rep at a time. Twice around the circle of 13. Rest of PAX planking. This amazing exercise is still extremely difficult for some. I assume it is because they have to count all the way to 10… looking at you Mr Rogers, Kennah Brah, Rudy…

    All PAX spread out in the infield of the baseball diamond. A few PAX (Frac?) had to ask where the infield was located. Duck Joust… Duckwalk, arms crossed, knock fellow PAX down. Vagabond cheated… I mean won.

    Mosey back near the flag. Circle up because we ain’t done yet.

    Big Bang. Hold plank then explode up and do the exercise as fast as possible once I call it out. 3 burpees, 10 jump squats, 10 big bois. End with 15 Plank Jacks IC.

    COT
    Announcements – Greek Fest
    Intentions – Boo Boo’s SIL and Mess Hall’s MIL

    Enjoyed leading.
    SYITG!

  • School’s Out for Summer!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! – from Jose10k

    That is correct, it’s over, the year from hell is done! We kept it simple today. 10 Merkins, 20 Freak Nasties, 30 squats. Down 3 flights of stairs, then run the ramps back up. We did as many as we could in 35 minutes. Conversations including Mobys trucks, Einsteins coin collection, and Jose destroying students in the faculty/student basketball game! 5 minutes of Mary. COT, Murph at the Marsh on Memorial Day at 6 am. Moby Prayed us out
    STEVE, still waiting……Thanks for posting/reading. SYITG

  • Let’s go running – from Waterpik

    Simple: Waterpik, BD, and Cowbell ran to Giraurd St and Back.
    Shooter and Jose did the usual route.
    Akbar Rucked
    The end
    Murph at the Marsh Monday-6 am

  • Luv ya Mutha ‘n em – from Vagabond

    Warmup
    vagabond stretch
    Abe
    mountain climbers
    Grass grabbers
    Peter Parker
    Hillbilly
    Hip slaps plank
    Bob and weave

    Jump rope

    Bridge derkins

    Benches:
    dips x15
    step overs x30
    derkins x15
    Rocky balboas

    Oak tree ring of fire
    1 Mayhem merkin circle x3 around
    Al Gore 5 Bobby Hurley
    Low country crab x2 around twice

    Fountain partner up x4 rounds apiece
    Step ups while partner bear crawls around
    Backward step ups while partner bear crawls around

    Bridge partner up x3 apiece
    burpee + table step overs while partner runs bridge loop

    Soccer – respect pax vs no respect pax

  • Beat Down Vaggy Style – from Vagabond

    Back of museum wall work

    Moseying

    Benches at Roosevelt
    15 step ups 5 burpees
    15 dips 5 burpees

    Hill
    Derkins and ring of fire

    Sunday morning

    Mary

  • Deck of Doom strikes again! – from BBQ

    The deck of doom strikes again! A good warm up. Got the Thang we used a deck of cards. Each card represented the # of reps. We went round robin and each chose a different exercise. Moby Dick’s picks were a core theme. Fletch was heavy into Merkins. YHS had a hip therapy theme. The down rangers from Houston showed a little late. Pump Jack and Negotiator got some bad coordinates for The Gipper. They jumped right in and added some different exercises. We went an extra 5 minutes but still had 5 cards to go. Pump Jack was impressed by the respect x 1,2 and 3 in the PAX. Fletch prayed up out.

  • Rocky Balboa Returns (2-Year Manniversary Edition) – from Mr Rodgers

    Backblast: Rocky Balboa Returns (2-Year Manniversary Edition)
    QIC: YHC
    PAX: Too many to name, one less after Mustard’s ankle called it quits
    Conditions: Dry skies (for once), humidity set to “drenched”

    At 5:29 AM sharp, YHC gave a lightning-fast disclaimer (no actual lightning this time), and we were off to the rock pile. I instructed each PAX to choose a partner and a rock wisely—because no one wants to get stuck with a pebble… or a boulder.

    Warm-Up? Nope.
    Due to distance and time management (and possibly because warm-ups are overrated), we skipped tradition. Instead:

    Pax 1: 10 Side Straddle Hops

    Pax 2: Rifle carry the rock to the beatdown zone
    Switch and repeat until arrival. By the time we got there, Vagabond dropped a rock on Mayhem’s head, giving us a preview of the punishment to come. Shoulders were smoked. Mission accomplished.

    Exercise 1: “Rocky Balboa Returns”
    Pax 1: Run bleachers with your rock

    Pax 2: AMRAP — 5 Burpees, 10 Merkins, 15 Squats, Big Boys

    x3 Each

    💬 You’re the champ… until you drop the rock.
    Spoiler: several PAX were dethroned early.

    Exercise 2: “Stairway to Suck”
    Pax 1: Burpee broad jump at base, sprint up next stair set

    Pax 2: AMRAP — 5 Burpees, 10 Rock Thrusters, 15 SSH, LBCs

    x3 Each

    💬 It looks like a stairway. It feels like doom.
    Colonel Mustard’s ankle tapped out here. Respect.

    Exercise 3: “The Crawlinator”
    Pax 1: Bear crawl up ramp, run stairs, crawl to next set

    Pax 2: AMRAP — 5 Hellraisers, 10 Rock Squats, 15 Rock Shoulder Presses, Flutter Kicks

    x1 Each

    💬 Now featuring puddles of sweat to make bleacher crawling extra sketchy.
    Even YHC took off the weight vest. That says it all.

    Wrap-Up:
    Kid Rock blared. Sweat flew. Rocks were dropped. Bodies collapsed. Intentions were lifted to the Lord Almighty, and we dispersed knowing we earned this manniversary.

    Two years in, and still standing. Barely.