F3 New Orleans

Author: Rudy

  • Round Robin at the Gipper – from Einstein

    With no one signed up to que, a Round Robin was to ensue.

    Moby started off the confusion with his slow cadence jumping jacks making us all look like a bunch of uncoordinated ballerinos. The warm up smoothed out as we made it around the group a couple of times.

    DarkWing called an audible and we went and grabbed the cinder block coupons. Each pax chose a coupon exercise and mixed in with a few laps, time was up before we new it.

    Moby prayed us out with intentions for BBQ’s nephew – a new kidney transplant recipient.

  • IPC week 0 @ the Coliseum – from Honeysuckle

    YHC plus four PAX arrived at the coliseum in the black, star lined night.

    Warmarama
    SSH, arm circles, cherry pickers, windmills

    Wet tap marked the 200 m turnaround point.

    Right before the EMOM timer was started, popeye dropped this gem: you know, it’s possible to get into an endless burpee loop. With that segue, the pax immediately had to chew on this as the burpees started.

    Some time during the first half, smooth operator began coughing and the only question was bottle of red, bottle of white? We would later learn that he swallowed an insect or some grass, and it was not a symptom of thruster madness.

    YHC was questioning several things during this event, but the overwhelming feeling of claustrophobia kept things moving forward because they had to. EMOM to the left of me, exercises to the right. No amount of pleases could shield us. A break would mean one step closer to the burpee doom loop.

    Overall, the Pax agreed that the most surprising part was the amount of time taken up by the 5 exercises at the EMOM beep. Regardless, every one put forth a consistently high level of effort until the end. Eventually, the 6 arrived.

    Blue tube passed on from wet tap to popeye. Word on the street is that week 1 IPC is putting on and removing it. Wet tap prayed us out.

    Good luck to the Saturday crew.

    Syitg,
    Honeysuckle

    I heard it through the honeysuckle vine
    —did paradox hack into valve’s Spotify? It may not be that hard now that he’s stealing their WiFi.
    —the mowed track at the coliseum worked out well for this workout. The jury is still out if YHC will develop a belly rash
    —smooth did not use gloves today!

  • WOD at da Scrum – from Fracsac

    4 pax committed to continuous improvement through shared suffering in the gloom. Boo Boo posted the night before he was gonna show up and see what happened. YHC took the Q at 0500. Let’s see what happens!
    Disclaimer given, then mosey to the warmup pad for the regular stuff sans speaker.

    Mosey to the soccer field stopping at YHCs truck along the way to grab some cones. After avoiding the rabid dog (#IYKYK), we successfully grabbed said cones and continued the mosey.

    5 sets of cones set up 5 yards apart.

    1st cone
    10 burpees

    2nd cone
    10 burpees
    25 ‘mericans

    3rd cone
    10 burpees
    25 ‘mericans
    50 lunges

    4th cone
    10 burpees
    25 ‘mericans
    50 lunges
    100 big boi sit-ups

    5th cone
    10 burpees
    25 ‘mericans
    50 lunges
    100 big boi sit-ups
    150 squats

    Start from the beginning again to sweep the six

    Times up, back to the flag

    CoT

    NMM

    This was a fallen soldier WOD:

    Army Sgt Zachary D Tellier
    Died Sept 9, 2007 serving during operation Enduring Freedom

    31 years of age from Charlotte, N.C.; assigned to the 4th Squadron, 73rd Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, N.C.; died Sept. 29 at Firebase Wilderness, Afghanistan, of wounds sustained when insurgents attacked his unit using small-arms fire.

  • Ladder Leg Day – from Jose10k

    YHC sent out the invite last night with the whiteboard of dread to the group. Manny was the only HIM to take the red pill with me. This morning’s workout was like being in a steamy jungle gym with a splash of fantasy football chatter and LSU pride. It was a ladder workout, again. I know, I am not a creative as Steve or Russo. I stick with the golden oldies, unless we’re talking about music. 10 reps of each exercise, followed by one lap between each round. We kicked things off with step downs then lunges that made us question why we ever left bed. Then, the monkey humpers made sure our neighbors were definitely wondering what on earth we were up to. Just when we thought it couldn’t get weirder, dirkins and freak nasties cranked up the awkwardness—and the sweat. Stone Mountains had us feeling like Rocky on those steps, but less “Eye of the Tiger” and more “Why is it so humid?!”

    Burpees made an appearance, just to make sure we were sufficiently miserable, followed by American Hammers and big boy sit-ups that left us questioning our life choices. The run was supposed to be the cooldown, but with the humidity, it felt like swimming through a hot soup.

    Meanwhile, the conversation ranged from debating which fantasy football picks would lead us to victory, to lamenting LSU’s recent ups and downs. All in all, it was a morning of pain, sweat, and football small talk—a perfect start to the day!
    SYITG gentlemen.

  • Power of 10 – from Sandbar

    Only 5 PAX on this labour day. Started with the standard disclaimer, followed by
    10 burpees and 10 merkins, OYO
    PAX then mosied across Magazine to the field.
    10 burpees and 10 merkins OYO.
    Warmup of 10 SSH, 10 Grassgrabbers, 10 Windmills IC.
    10 burpees and 10 merkins OYO.
    Mosey to parking lot next to the field.
    10 burpees and 10 merkins OYO.
    PAX then completed a lunge walk across the parking lot, and back. Then an iterative broad jump across the lot. Then side lunges across the lot, one for each leg.
    10 burpees and 10 merkins OYO.
    Mosey to the statue in front of the zoo.
    10 burpees and 10 merkins OYO.
    Mosey to the levee.
    10 burpees and 10 merkins OYO.
    Pax assembled at the base of the levee in the tall wet grass, and then completed 10 sprints up the levee, walk back down each time. After the 10th sprint up,
    10 burpees and 10 merkins OYO.
    Mosey back to the statue.
    10 burpees and 10 merkins OYO.
    Pax then took the benches for 10 Bulgarian Split lunges (RL then LL), 10 step ups with a hop at the top (RL then LL), 10 power ups (RL then LL), 10 box jumps OYO.
    10 burpees and 10 merkins OYO.
    Mosey back to the flag, but fortunately there were 2 minutes left.
    10 burpees and 10 merkins OYO.
    110 burpees. 110 merkins.
    Thanks to Yankee, Peppa, Vandalay and Hellfire for going 110% today.

  • Attendance Award: Uptown Pax – from Bolt

    8 pax assembled for various activity with “down rangers” from Uptown. There was running, S&M, and whatever Chaos Monkey was doing with his sandbag.

  • When Nature Attacks – from Bolt

    YHC employed the most effective anti-fartsack remedy know to pax: sign up to Q upon heeding Chaos Monkey’s Sunday afternoon call to action. Rapper’s Delight wasn’t the same without Frac but a total of four pax reveled in it anyway with the usual: Abe SLOWgodas, hip circles, SSH, 3 penalty burpees for crappy cadence, MMPGM, PP, Tie fighters, OH/Seal claps. Mosey to JPAX for coupon retrieval where Space Cowboy began his encounter with nature’s first attack—wasps in the coupon hand hold, luckily no stings.
    The Thang 9/2/24 (a la Rudy):
    9 exercises
    2 rounds
    24 reps/exercise

    Rows
    Curls
    Heel taps over block 2:1

    Carolina Dry docks
    Skull crushers
    Box cutters

    OH press
    Goblet squats
    X factor 2:1

    Nature’s second attack occurred during the first round of skull crushers when a lizard exited the new coupon via Space Cowboy’s forehead.

    With time winding down it was coupon return followed by KnOT/mosey back to flag for COT.

  • Putting in the Work on Labor Day – from Mayhem

    5:30am 76 degrees 90% RH
    No need for a disclaimer as @Maytag and I know the drill

    We headed to the flagpole south of the south endzone
    Faced the flag and listened to Chris Stapleton’s Star Spangled Banner (stolen from @Chips)
    All warmup exercises were done counting the first 5 aloud, followed by the remaining 10 in silence to appreciate the song on this Labor Day
    SSH, GG, WM, PP, TF, FT

    Mosey to the bleachers for snake run followed by 10 burpees OYO (stolen from @Mahatma)
    Mosey to the field where the cones were setup

    Webicide Rd1:
    Bear crawl 5 yards, 1 merkin, bear crawl 5 more yards, 2 merkins, 5 more yards, 3 merkins, etc.
    Total bear crawl 50 yards, Total of 55 merkins

    Webicide Rd2:
    Lunge walk 10 yards, 2 jump squats, lunge walk 10 more yards, etc.
    Total lunge 80 yards, Total of 60 jump squats

    Mosey to the gym

    Grab some rail for 3 rounds of 20 calf raises, regular, toes out, toes in

    Jackass Burpee Web: 1 burpee, 2 donkey kicks, 2 burpees, 4 donkey kicks… to 6/12 for now

    To the parking lot for some cardio and mary
    Rd1: Pax 1 runs backwards 100 yds while Pax 2 does Big Boys, fj
    Rd2: Pax 1 karaokes 100 yds while Pax 2 does Freddie Mercurys, fj
    Rd 3: Pax 1 side shuffles 100 yds while Pax 2 does leg lifts, fj

    Jackass Burpee Web: Return to the wall for 7 burpees and 14 donkey kicks

    Mosey back to the cones on the field

    Webicide Rd3:
    Crab walk 10 yds, 2 crab cakes (2 is 1), crab walk 10 more yds, 4 crab cakes, etc.
    Total crab walk 50 yds, Total crab cakes 30

    Webicide Rd4:
    Duck walk 10 yds, 2 squats, duck walk 10 more yds, 4 squats, etc.
    Total duck walk 50 yds, Total squats 30

    Back to the flag

    Count, Name, Announcements (annniversary/convergence), Intentions

    Said an Our Father for all those great dads out there and all of those that could use a little extra help!

    Thanks for showing up @Maytag

    I assumed many would be busy on this Labor Day… but I do know of one in particular that fartsacked, whom shall remain nameless.

    SYITG!

  • The three little pax – from Safety Valve

    It was a beautiful morning. The stars shone bright.
    But, only three little PAX decided to put up a fight.
    Those three little Pax were in fact not so little.
    They all thought they were as mighty as Diddle.

    Pope with his 17, I mean 16, year old endurance.
    Goose there with his unwavering reassurance.
    YHC just trying to keep up with them wondering if he has enough life insurance.

    Dox was ridding his house of Covid.
    While all the others just fartsacked-the-bed.
    AB was neither seen nor smelled.
    Lil Cuz stayed where he dwelled.
    Enron was busy dreaming of crunching some numbers.
    White meat had fallen into a deep slumber.
    Honeysuckle was tending to his hive.
    Yankee Jeaux, are you still alive?

    Those three mighty PAX did great deeds.
    In fact a total of 55 Burpees.
    Three miles they ran by each empty lot.
    Afterwards they completed 55 Goblet squats.
    They continued to push and continued to strive for more successes.
    In the end they did 55 overhead presses.

    #Renewyourvalves
    Funnest beatdown ever… This group is awesome. There will always be at least one person to stand by you. Thank you to Goose and Pope for being those men today. Enjoy the extra day off and the extra time with family. We will get back to work tomorrow.

  • UNO!!! – from Bushwacker

    The dry hot days have given way to rainy humid misery. But turn that frown upside down, boys. It’s time for Fun n Games! A late night/early morning Wack signal sent the PAX converging at the Marsh.

    WARMORAMA

    IC x10: SSH, Windmills, Torso Twists, Scorpion Kicks, Fire Hydrants L/R, Self Love, Cherry Pickers

    THANG

    Two groups, each with a deck of UNO cards circled around their respective decks. A card would be flipped and the resulting actions would be taken based on card type, color and/or number:

    Red: Burpees
    Blue: Jump Squats
    Green: Gas Pumps
    Yellow: Freak Nasties
    Draw Two: add 2 reps to next card flipped
    Draw 4: add 4 reps (“stacking” was instituted in case of more than one Draw card in a row)
    Wild: 10 reps of any exercise the PAX chose
    Skip: skip the next man
    Reverse: change direction and go back to previous man

    The pain added up in cumulative fashion with some thick decks to get through. When a group got finished, they Planked for the remaining group.

    Next came 11’s – SisterMary Katherine’s (1 is 1)/T Merkins

    MARY

    IC x 20: Hammers, LMCs, Flutter Kicks, ?
    100 100s OYO
    Plank until time

    COT

    Count, nameorama,

    Never Forget 9/11 5k September 14 at Covington Trailhead. Link to registration was posted on Slack.

    Grundy will be hosting a Spartan beatdown at his house at 8am featuring obstacles and endurance, apps 2 hours 9/21(I believe)

    2024 turkey trot is going down, sign up and come keep Jose company!

    I appreciate you fellas, coming along for another episode of Wacker’s wacky, fun and games!