F3 New Orleans

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  • Go West and Burpee – from Fracsac

    6 Pax made a choice to take the DRP on their journey to get right and posted at the new site of the Whoopie View, aka Westward Ho, located at Lake Town where Williams Blvd ends. It was a chilly 43 degrees, but dry. With shovel flags planted, disclaimer was given, then:

    Warmup with 1/2 mile mosey followed by:

    Imperial Walkers IC x 15
    Grass Grabber IC x 10
    SSH IC x 20
    Bat Wings:
    •Fwd AC IC x 15
    •Rev AC IC x 15
    •OH claps IC x 15
    •Seal claps IC x 15
    •Moroccan NC x 31

    YHC stated he committed to a Burpee Free February, to which he received looks of doubt. That’s when YHC stated he misspoke, and corrected it with Free Burpee February: all burpees in February are free!

    Circle up for 5 minutes of EMOM for 50 free burpees.

    Mosey a little closer to the point for DirtyMacDeuce: 4 sets of 3 x 12 rep exercises (legs arms and core)

    Round 1: Merkins, big boi sit-ups, Bobby Hurleys
    Run a lap (to the left) around the circle at the point

    Round 2: Diamond Merkins, 8 count body builders, Flutter kicks
    Run a lap, staying left, around the circle

    Round 3: wide arm Merkins, SSH, LBC
    Run a lap, you guessed it, to the left

    Round 4: Catalina wine mixers, monkey humpers, tin snips
    Run a lap, stay left!

    Mosey back toward the flag, stopping at each shelter for 10 burpees OYO at each shelter, 3 stops in all.
    At the flag, 10 more burpees OYO followed by 10 dying cockroaches

    COT

    NMM

    • The new site has a lot to offer. The opening lap was a brief tour of what was there.
    • There’s lots of visibility at this location, and that will hopefully lead to growth from sad clowns in the region.
    • T-Claps to Heisenberg and Triple Shift for making the trek out to celebrate the new site.
    • MABA is looking to hit 1 million burpees, and YHC did his part by handing out 102 to each pax.
    • Added 1.8 miles to RCR/PC

    SYITG

  • Running in Circles – from Tinkles

    Selfishly, I wanted the miles and running workouts are pretty easy to Q. In past iterations of the February running challenge I found myself skipping the beatdowns and just running. With an all-time interest (t-claps to the HIM men who got us motivated) maybe the Q’s will find a way to blend the two. Today was an attempt at that.

    Warm up: SSH X 20, Grass grabbers X 20, couple of hamstring stretches

    The Thang: OYO laps starting at the bandstand and heading downtown on the dirt path to the main track where we headed toward the river and back uptown cutting back to the parking lot and main shelter (classic El Wire route). When back to the shelter do 10 merkins. Repeat and when back to shelter, dips X 10. Repeat and when back to shelter, decline merkins X 10. Keep that rotation going through as many laps as possible. Each lap was about .4 miles and several guys knocked out 11 laps with most hitting ten. Well done!

    Count off, namorama, and intentions. Prayer to help us be mindful of lifting up others. SYITG!

  • 7 Pax and a Whole Lot of Thangs – from Fracsac

    7 Pax made a choice to take the DRP on their journey to get right and posted at The Renaissance at 0630 to see what unique beat down YHC had in store. With a shovel flag planted, disclaimer was given, then:

    Warmup facing the Bacon:

    Abe Vigodas IC x 10
    Grass Grabber IC x 10
    SSH IC x 20
    Imperial Walkers IC x 15
    Hillbilly IC x 15
    Fwd AC IC x 10
    Rev AC IC x 10
    Michael Phelps IC x 10

    The Thang 1:
    Mosey to the grass area by the tree line.
    Variation of The Suck

    3 SSH, 3 Bobby Hurley’s, 3 Burpees for 3 minutes. Count out loud as each Pax completed a round.

    The Thang 2:
    Line up at the first tree. Burpee broad jump 5 times to second tree (mosey once 5 burpees complete) then bear crawl to third tree. Rinse and repeat x 4.

    The Thang 3:
    Route 66
    Starting at light post #1 do 1 Burpee. 2 Burpees at #2 light post, etc until reaching 11.

    The Thang 4:
    Mosey back to grass field.
    EMOM x 4 minutes x 10 burpees.

    The Thang 5:
    Mosey back to start of tree line and circle up.
    Catalina Wine Mixers IC x 10

    The Thang 5:
    Mosey to back of NOMA for Sunday Mornings x 5 or more.

    COT

    NMM

    • We completed approximately 150 burpees, some had more, some had less. Each Pax had more than 100.
    • The speaker has a psychological effect, it really works.
    •. YHC threw a couple stretches in, but didn’t feel like documenting.
    • Way to finish January strong!

    SYITG

  • Wata Windy Morning (Okwata 2021-01-28) – from Catfish

    A windy, chilly day at Okwata with 9 PAX: Triple Shift, Snooze, Saban, Kuch, YaMamaNem, Pop Tart, Griswald, Low Notes (FNG), Catfish. Started by moseying over to the dampened lake area for a warmup with Abe Vigoda, Grass Grabbers, and SSH. Continued with Imperial Squat Walkers, then moseyed over to the grass across the street to get away from the noisy wind. For the record, didn’t do much.
    On to faces for Peter Parkers and plank jacks. Back up to feet for five minutes of EMOM burpees.
    Moseyed over to the House of Pain for stations: Pull Ups, Merkins, Jump Squats, and Dips. 10 pullups was the timer, did 2 rounds. Moved to other side of the levee for a timed exercise with 20 Abe Lincolns at the bottom, Bernie Sanders up, 20 leg lifts, mosey back down. Rinsed and repeated for about 5 minutes.
    Back to the top of the levee for an Indian run down to canal, then looped back to the parking lot for another five minutes of 10 EMOM burpees. Back to flag for COT and naming of FNG. He’s a bass player, so Low Notes was the decision.

  • Blayne is a Bitch – from Saban

    I had looked on the Q sheet a few weeks back to sign up for the anniversary of my dad’s passing. Unfortunately there was another anniversary, High Rise had signed up to Q his two year anniversary. Guess it wasn’t meant to be…or was it. Early in the week, High Rise posted that he wasn’t able to take the Q so I jumped on it. Guess it was meant to be!

    I arrived slightly before 5:30 and was surprised to see 9 PAX getting ready to go and one PAX already on burpee #73! Nice work Catfish. A quick disclaimer and we were off. Stayed under the pavilion to get warmed up with:

    SSH X 20
    Imperial Walkers x 15
    Monkey Humpers x 15
    Peter Parker x 15
    Parker Peter x 15
    Mountain Climbers x 15
    10 burpees OYO

    Moseyed over to the mountain

    Let the PAX know that this was the anniversary of my dad’s passing. My dad was a fighter. He had cancer for over 15 years of his life. And each time a new bit of cancer popped up and things got tough he pushed through and overcame. He had it in his kidney, lost that kidney and recovered. He had it in his spine, lost feeling in his legs and was assigned to a wheelchair for the rest of his days but he continued to push. He had it in his knee so they cut off his leg but he pushed on. Even after the doctors issued him his last days. He pushed on for several more months! So what I have planned is going to be tough and will take most of us the whole time to finish but push through and fight until the end!

    This workout was inspired by Tinkles. It was my last workout before I found out that I had Covid. I had gone to Pontiff to support my uptown brother and this is what we did on a football field and it was really tough. I thought doing the workout up the mountain would add another element.

    I guess we can call these Mountain BLIMPS. Also, for some added fun I got to the mountain early to add the names of our late Wisner Mountain grafitti artists – Puke Dick, Dog Dix, Lucid, and of course Blayne is a Bitch. This created some great mumblechatter: How did Puke Dick get his name? Is Dog Dix French and pronounced Dog Dee? Was Blayne a girl or a boy? I guess we will never know…

    The Thang

    Run up 25 yards – 5 burpees – run back down

    Run up 50 yards – 10 burpees – run back down

    Run up 75 yards – 15 burpees – run back down

    Run up 100 yards – 20 burpees – run back down

    Rinse and repeat for Lunges, Imperial Walkers, Merkins, Plank Jacks, and Squats.

    About half of us finished. From there we moseyed back to the pavilion.

    COT, Count-off, Name-orama, announcements, and prayers. Prayed for everyone dealing with Covid and for everyone to be present to the loved ones that we still have in our lives. Thankful that my dads legacy can live on through F3!

  • Where’s the Workout? (Whoopie 2021-01-20 – from Catfish

    A late, but still effective, beatdown where Catfish comes to Kenner. 3 PAX in attendance – Fracsac, Mambi, Catfish (Q).

    Started on north side of levee with Abe Vigodas, Grass Grabbers, and SSH. Did some Imperial Squat Walkers, then moved to faces for Peter Parkers, Plank Walks, and Parker Peters. Back to feet for 5 minutes of EMOM burpees (10 per minute).

    Moved to other side of levee for a 5-minute (ish) timed exercise. PAX did 5 8-counts @ bottom of levee, then ran backwards up levee for 5 Dr. Ws at the top. Got through about 5 rounds of this, then went back down to north side.

    Got on our sixes for a round of Bruce Lee (Hammers, Leg Lifts, LBCs, Crunchy Frog, Penguins, and 100s). Did another 5-minute round of 10 EMOM burpees, then finished out with the Motivator.

  • Tsunami Mile Trial #3 – from Bieber

    Today marked our third mile trial at the Uptown Tsunami AO since we decided to copycat (sort of) the Wally Sprint. Perhaps in a time when COVID isn’t as rampant we can do a joint time trial with our cross-town brothers. On this Tuesday, however, the uptown usual suspects gathered at the starting line for 45 minutes that would see their heart rates peak early, and from there it was a task just to hang on.

    The Thang: .5 mile warm up followed by some light stretching, high knees, butt kicks, shuffles, and a sprint.

    1 mile at your best. Times ranged between 5:50 and 7:30 for the 7 runners.

    Next, we used the “Running Man” markers on the track at the park to fuel the rest of the workout, progressively speed up for 5 running men, jog for 5. That got us another lap around, followed by a .5 mile cool down.

    4.something miles total (depending on your watch)

    Excellent effort by all. Thanks for the opportunity to lead.

  • Some Things to Consider – from Tinkles

    I do not think I have ever actually taken the time to honor MLK day. Maybe in elementary school before it was holiday. Though back then it could have been mentioned in the context of replacing Robert E. Lee day. Embarrassing to admit, but of course change only comes when you are willing to take an honest look at things. I have never been against the holiday, though I certainly looked at it as a day off or an opportunity for a long weekend. But this is what we all love about F3. Of course, the challenges are physical en face, but those of us that stick with F3 realize that its being challenged in ways much beyond the physical are what keeps us coming back. I couldn’t be prouder of my 45+ minutes spent today with my brothers.

    I enjoy history and geography and was vaguely familiar with the story behind the Black Pearl neighborhood. I did not know that before it was the Black Pearl it was N-town. Before it was N-town it was N-town sans abbreviation. It was home to many of the domestic employees and laborers that powered to Uptown economy. It is now 67% white. Despite this changing demographic, it is still home to highest density of churches (not verified) that you will find in a neighborhood. One of those churches is Mount Moriah Baptist Church. Mahalia Jackson, the famous New Orleans gospel singer, got her start at this very church. The most pleasant surprise of my reading was that Mahalia Jackson sang the opening hymn before Dr. Martin Luther King’s ‘dream’ speech at the National Mall! I amazed at the blessings to be found should you be willing to look for them. Thanks to those who joined me this morning.

    The Thang:
    • Warm-up: SSH X 28 (mind fart, no meaning), Grass grabber X 20, IW X 20, Hillbilly X 20
    • Black Pearl neighborhood run and tour:

    o Broadway Mission Baptist Church: standard plank for 2 minutes
    o Mount Moriah Baptist Church: elbow plank for 2 minutes
    o Greater Pleasant Green Baptist Church: panther plank for 2 minutes
    o Plymouth Rock Baptist Church: side plank/arm raise 1 minute each side
    o Zion Travelers Baptist Church: contralateral arm and leg up and hold, 1 minute each side
    o Williams United Methodist Church: elbow plan/arm raise 1 minute each side
    o St. Charles Avenue Baptist Church: merkin ring of fire x 3

    • Drew Brees memorial, 9 burpees in front of Drew Brees’s house (it is F3 afterall)

    Back to the flag and few minutes late and with Landing Strip walking slow to avoid a mid workout poop (moop). Great talk lead by Sandbar about how MLK often spoke of the importance of communities coming together in times of crisis. Words that definitely apply today. Thanks for the opportunity to lead!

  • Renny Frost (Renaissance 2021-01-18) – from Catfish

    Frosty morning at the Renny with 7 PAX: Heisenberg, Hokie Pokie, Tool, Fracsac, Pop Tart, Dax, and Catfish (Q).

    Started with Abe Vigodas, Grass Grabbers, and SSH, then warmed up the legs with a round of the Motivator. Threw in some Imperial Squat Walkers for good measure. Moved to faces for Peter Parkers and Plank Jacks.

    Moved on to five minutes of ten EMOM burpees (50 total). Went back to faces for Peter Parkers and Mountain Climbers. Back to feet for 8-counts.

    Moved to the fountain for Dips, Bulgarians, Derkins, Bulgarians (other leg), and Irkins. Once done with this, got another 5 minutes of EMOM burpees in. Circled up again for a leg ring of fire with Al Gore/Jump Squats. Then did a standard Ring of Fire with Merkins and an active plank (move leg/arm out in sequence). On to the back of the museum for Sunday Mornings.

    COT. Coffeeteria @ PJ’s.