F3 New Orleans

Category: New Orleans

  • Christmas Coal-Hauling (Mothership 2021-12-25) – from Catfish

    Conditions – Rather Warm for Christmas Day

    The Thang

    A nice little F3 / Stone Foundation beatdown with Wyldcat representing for the ladies this morning.

    Quick Mosey over to the parking lot for a warmup:

    Abe Vigodas x 10 (in cadence)
    Grass Grabber x 10 (in cadence)
    Imperial Squat Walkers x 20 (in cadence)
    8-Counts x 20 (in cadence)
    Peter Parker Peters x 20 (in cadence)
    Burpees x 5 OYO

    Went and looked under the trees around the fountain to see if Santa left any gifts there. Found some lumps of coal (rocks). Grabbed a few and circled up under the trees for:

    Curls x 15 (in cadence)
    Shoulder Press x 15 (in cadence)
    Curls x 15 (in cadence)
    Chest Press x 15 (in cadence)
    Flutter Kicks x 15 (in cadence)
    Curls x 15 (in cadence)

    Moseyed to the benches at the corner for:

    Low slow Bulgarians x 15 (in cadence)
    Derkins x 15 (in cadence)
    Low slow Bulgarians other leg (in cadence)
    Dips x 15 (in cadence)

    Moseyed to back of museum for:

    Donkey Kicks x 15 (in cadence)

    Moseyed to the museum and grabbed some stairs for:

    Calf Raises x 20 (in cadence)
    Side leg raises x 15 (in cadence)
    Side leg raises (other leg) x 15 (in cadence)
    Calf Raises x 20 (in cadence)

    Front of museum for 4x jack webs, starting at eight, adding four merks each round. Got up to 20.

    Back to flag zone for CoT.

  • Rocks or Blocks – from Kuch

    YHC made the trek to Metry to Q Rock City for another LVCC member who could not make it. The reception was positive – everyone agreed YHC was a clear upgrade. Well, I think that was implied with comments like “oh, you’re the Q” and “so you’re actually going to lead a workout today?” You had to be there

    We moseyed to the warm-up area for some warm-up exercises and some 8-count bodybuilders, which I guess are now a warm-up exercise for F3 Nola anyway. I think Triple Shift was a little late (workouts start promptly at 5:30 AM sir), but it might have just been that he needed some heavy machinery to move his rock.

    Next, we hit the field for some sprints and exercises. Bring the rock once, leave it for the next one. We did some curls, rows, thrusters (with rocks) as well as some burpees, merks, etc… without a rock.

    Next, we hit the hill for 11’s with heavy freddies (rock side) and burpees on the non-rock side. Everyone went hard and we just about finished before heading back to the rock pile. While we waited for everyone to arrive, we did some merry, including a set of 50 flutter kicks IC for a little added fun. Gotta bring the lagniappe.

    Back to the flag at 6:15 for COT. I was sore the following day, which reminds me that I need to hit other AO’s more often to get more variety. Rocks are different from blocks, and I suspect they force you to employ more stabilizer muscles because they’re unwieldy. So thanks to my Metry friends for reminding me of that.

  • MISTLETOE, part deux (F3 traditional arr. By Sandbar, at a Caroling Pace) – from Sandbar

    Pax were forewarned that by the end of the beatdown, they would be the jolliest bunch of a-holes this side of the nut house.

    Mosey down St. Charles and back to Loyola. Warmups in front of the crèche. SSH, grassgrabbers, windmills. PAX divided into 4 groups, each had to select a carol they knew and could lead bc F3 is about leadership!

    Group 1 led the first mosey to the mountain with “We wish you a Merry Christmas.” Group 1 ran out of verses before we reached the mountain.

    At the mountain, PAX reformed for a Native American Run, and Group 2 led dashing through the garage while caroling with “Jingle Bells.” Running while singing is HARD.

    At level 5 we stopped for the 6 and did 15x Parker Peters, Mountain Climbers, and Peter Parkers IC. PAX reformed into a wassailing group and Group 3 led “All I want for Christmas is my 2 front teeth,” in honor of Bieber’s crash on Oak St. on Tuesday. It lasted for about 50 yards.

    On the top deck, PAX paired off for flapjack M-I-S-T-L-E-T-O-E. One pax did the exercise, while the other went down the stairs on level and ran back up.
    Merkins
    Imperial Walkers
    Squats
    Twists (LBTs)
    Louisville Lip
    Toe Taps (Penguins)
    Elf on the Shelf
    One leg calf raises
    El BCs

    After MISTLETOE, Group 4 led the caroling into the stairwell, with the 12 Yats of Christmas. YHC and other transplants only knew the traditional lyrics, but neither effort improved the other.

    Back the flag for COT.

  • Christmas Nostalgia on Canal St – from Sandbar

    YHC changed up the traditional route for a few Christmas stops. Text gathered below from various sources. Letmegooglethatforyou.com

    WWII MUSEUM – Andrew Higgins Blvd.
    From 1944 the true story of how American and German soldiers actually spent the night together in a tiny cabin in the Ardennes Forest, along the German-Belgian border, on Christmas Eve during the Battle of the Bulge. The senior german soldier said, “It is the Holy Night and there will be no shooting here.” The next morning he gave a compass and a map to the Americans to find their way home.

    ON TH LEVEE by the Aquarium
    Quick stop for the bonfires. Intended to light the way for “Papa Noël,” the Cajun Santa Claus, on his airborne journey to the area. Or, according to some sources, the bonfires may have also been a way of lighting the path to the nearest Catholic church for Midnight Mass. The origins of the bonfires tradition is unclear. They may date back to French Marist priests who came to Louisiana just after the Civil War to teach at local cottages, and adapted an ancient tradition that’s found throughout western Europe. Oral histories dating to the 1880s include mention of these fires.

    Then up Canal Street and all the glowing palm trees and the center of New Orleans Christmas tradition for over 100 years.

    DH Holmes 819 Canal (founded 1842, 800 block)
    What is now the Hyatt. The DH Holmes Christmas display was a must-see during the holidays. Also the clock which hung over its entrance was a favorite place for friends to arrange a meeting. All you had to say was “I’ll meet you under the clock” and everyone knew what you meant. A statue of Ignatius Reilly now stands under that clock.

    Maison Blanche (921 Canal)
    Now the Ritz Carlton. This department store was founded in 1897 by Isidore Newman, an immigrant from Germany. Maison Blanche is perhaps best remembered for introducing the locally popular Mr. Bingle (1948) Christmas mascot and for its landmark flagship store on Canal Street.

    We ran by the Roosevelt and YHC for a moment contemplated running through it’s bright and shiny foyer, but thought better of it.

    SEARS ROEBUCK 201 Baronne St.
    From the 1940s through 1979, Sears and Roebuck had a 4 story santa over the entrance, and it was a must stop and must see during the shopping rush along canal.

    Fast pace back the flag. Thanks for joining the nostalgic celebration and my birthday Q.

  • MISTLETOE #1, with coupons – from Sandbar

    Disclaimer followed by a quick mosey around the parking lot. PAX picked up bricks from YHC’s truck. 2.0s mad about having to load the truck with bricks. Builds character though.

    Cusack walk (bricks held overhead, as if it was an 80s boombox) to Oak Alley for SSH IC to warmup, followed by windmills and grass grabbers. Then Nolan Ryans IC and CPRs OYO. (Curls, Press-Ups, Rows 30 each).

    M-I-S-T-L-E-T-O-E, with bricks. Pax paired up. One Pax did the exercise while the other Cusack walked to the second light pole. Each Pax did 30 of each exercise, then moved to the next while waiting for their partner.

    Merkins,
    Imperial Walkers
    Squats
    Twists – LBTs
    Louisville Lips, AKA Muhammad Alis, AKA Floyd Maywheathers
    Elf of the Shelf
    T- -can’t remember the T?!
    One Armed Pickle Pounders
    El BCs

    Pax then moseyed to the shelter, bricks in hand for some wall-chair dodo birds and wonderbras with bricks, IC.

    Back to the flag for COT.
    20 PAX.

  • MISTLETOE #1, with coupons – from Sandbar

    Disclaimer followed by a quick mosey around the parking lot. PAX picked up bricks from YHC’s truck. 2.0s mad about having to load the truck with bricks. Builds character though.

    Cusack walk (bricks held overhead, as if it was an 80s boombox) to Oak Alley for SSH IC to warmup, followed by windmills and grass grabbers. Then Nolan Ryans IC and CPRs OYO. (Curls, Press-Ups, Rows 30 each).

    M-I-S-T-L-E-T-O-E, with bricks. Pax paired up. One Pax did the exercise while the other Cusack walked to the second light pole. Each Pax did 30 of each exercise, then moved to the next while waiting for their partner.

    Merkins,
    Imperial Walkers
    Squats
    Twists – LBTs
    Louisville Lips, AKA Muhammad Alis, AKA Floyd Maywheathers
    Elf of the Shelf
    T- -can’t remember the T?!
    One Armed Pickle Pounders
    El BCs

    Pax then moseyed to the shelter, bricks in hand for some wall-chair dodo birds and wonderbras with bricks, IC.

    Back to the flag for COT.
    20 PAX.

  • 5 For the Ruck/Run – from Rev Sox

    3 runners, 2 ruckers/walkers for the Wally.

  • Foundered It! (Foundry 2021-12-22) – from Catfish

    Conditions – Rather Chilly

    The Thang

    Quick Mosey over to the pad for a warmup:

    Abe Vigodas x 10 (in cadence)
    Grass Grabber x 10 (in cadence)
    8-Counts x 20 (in cadence)
    Peter Parker Peters x 20 (in cadence)
    Burpees x 5 OYO

    Mosyed to other side of track, got on sixes for:

    Flutter Kicks x 20 (in cadence)
    Leg Lifts x 20 (in cadence)
    Flutter Kicks x 20 (in cadence)

    Kept moseying around the back road to the foundry. Grabbed 10 burpees at the entrance to the Celebration in the Oaks tunnel, then another 10 at the exit.

    Stopped at Foundry for an OYO quarter murph. Grabbed some LBTs and Pengin Toe Taps while waiting for the six.

    Moseyed to the museum and grabbed some stairs for:

    Calf Raises x 20 (in cadence)
    Side leg raises x 20 (in cadence)
    Side leg raises (other leg) x 20 (in cadence)
    Calf Raises x 20 (in cadence)

    Moseyed to back of museum for:

    Donkey Kicks x 20 (in cadence)

    Moseyed back to flag zone. Did a modified jack webs, starting at four, then doubling each round. We got to 16. 5 OYO burpees for the finish.