F3 New Orleans

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  • Just the Bell, Just to See How it Feels…

    Fresh off of a month of running for Run Ranger Run (congrats to everyone that crushed it), QIC decided to slow things down a bit, and focus strictly on kettlebell exercises. We circled up right next to the river for the following warm up all in cadence:

    SSHx20, Arm Circles F/Bx10, Imperial Walkersx20, Grass Grabbersx10, Abe Vagoda’sx20, Halosx10 each way. 

    We stayed in our circle and performed the following exercises all in a slow cadence:

    Single Arm x15 both sides, Single Arm Triceps x15 both arms, Double arm curlx20, Double arm Tricepx20

    After a short suitcase carry to the shelter the following was completed for the lower body portion of the workout, all exercises in cadence:

    KB swingsx20, Goblet Squatsx20, Bulgarin Split leg squatsx20 each side

    The PAX then suitcase carried to the soccer field for the following shoulder and core exercises all in cadence:

    Overhead Press x20 each arm, Rowsx20 each side, Romainian dead lift (this was interesting)x10 each side, Big Boy Sit Ups x 20, Thrustersx15 each side, Russian Twistx15 each side.

    We circled up for count off, nameorama, and prayer, then adjourned to PJs for coffee.

  • Off on the wrong foot

    Over a month ago I opted to sign some of the usual suspects on the Q sheet for The Chamber of Horrors and The Foundry, mostly consisting of members of the highly exclusive Lakeview Clown Car. I tried to be a good citizen and alert Holygrove Tuesday evening on Mumblechatter that he had the Q for The Foundry, in case he didn’t check the spreadsheet. In the event that he wasn’t able to/didn’t make it I would come up with a beatdown and fill in since I was the one who signed him up in the first place. However late last night Dirty Dell informed me that he was actually the Q, as I had inadvertently looked at the wrong week. Dell wasn’t able to make today despite his best intentions of having a 311-inspired beatdown. So I agreed to fill in as Q.

    All this was a precursor to the odd scene that took place outside my house at 5:15. Screw Top is the usual chauffeur for me and Shuffles for the north-side crew of the LVCC. No sign of either of them. At 5:17 I sent a text asking what was up. 5:19 I opted to just get in my car and go because I didn’t want to be late. I was glad to be joined by 9 men (Shuffles drove himself as well) at the virtual flag for what was sure to be a little bit of a different beatdown.

    Warm up:

    Mosey over to the track. Along the way to the back side of the track I called out carioca to the right, carioca to the left, butt kicks, and high knees. Circle up.

    • SSH x 20 IC
    • Windmills x 10 IC
    • Arm circle x 10 fwd/rev IC each
    • Track grabbers x 15 IC
    • Self love x 15 IC

    At this point Sheetrock who had also overslept decided to join us. Instructions were given to mosey to the pavilion by the festival grounds, sweep the 6 if needed once we get to the Children’s Museum. It was not needed as the PAX stayed tightly bunched.

    Tha Thang:

    1) Splint into 2 groups for some walk through exercises:

    • Lunge walk with a twist there and back
    • Toe Walk there
    • Heel walk back
    • Lateral monster walks there and back

    2) Crazy Indian – All 11 PAX got into balls to the wall position. First man ran around the outer edge of the pavilion until he reached the first available post and resumed balls to the wall. All remaining PAX hold balls to the wall position. Proceed like an Indian Run and once runner reached his post the next guy took off. Everyone took 1 lap around the pavilion. Much harder than I anticipated.

    3) Modified ring of fire – Everyone circle up and maintain a side plank position. One PAX performs 5 side leg raises and proceed until each member has done 5 reps and the circle was completed. 20 sec rest. Rinse and repeat to opposite side.

    4) People’s Chair and more – I feel like we hadn’t done this in a while so we did 5 versions of the People’s Chair for 30 sec each.

    • Feet flat (standard position)
    • Shift weight to ball of foot
    • Shift weight to heel
    • L Single leg
    • R Single leg

    5) Chicken Peckers – I found this on the exicon and the name alone made me want to try it. Basically it’s shoulder taps in a balls to the wall position. 15 reps IC.

    Mosey back to the virtual flag. Count off, name-o-rama, announcements, intentions, sweaty ball of man. Look forward to the next time and sorry for all the confusion on who was actually going to Q.

  • So this is 40… when do I get my old man strength?

    14 PAX posted for the Chamber on Monday, March 9 for a mostly perfect morning, little cool, little humid, mostly great anyway. YHC was born 40 years ago on Sunday, March 8, but was otherwise engaged on that day with a 10-year-old girls soccer tournament, so the celebration was moved to Monday.

    The plan was simple: cram in a decent workout and leave enough time for a quick ultimate frisbee match at the end. But Kuch, it’s dark, did you forget about daylight savings time? How are we going to see a damn frisbee? This is going to be the worst game ever. Why do you have such terrible ideas?

    Well, dear reader, never fear. I planned ahead:

    But first, the workout:

    Quick lap around the parking lot right into

    • SSHx20
    • Hill Billies x20
    • Windmillsx10
    • Mountain climbersx10
    • Something else x something

    Next, a quick tribute to 40. 40 burpees, 10 per minute, OYO. So you can take 6 seconds per burpee and do 40 slowly, or you can do 10 quickly and use the remaining 30 or so seconds to rest. Your call.

    Next, we hit the tires for a preview of the Ultimate Frisbee match. We separated into 2 groups of 7, each person gets 3 flips in, and sprints to the second tree and back while the next person is flipping and so on. Team Small Tire claimed more flips; Team Manly Tire claimed more, uh, manliness. After a few rounds of each, quick Indian run to the parking lot and back.

    And finally, it was time for the Ultimate Frisbee Showdown. I’d like to say Team Manly Tire dominated, but due to about 30 dropped frisbees on the goal line, the game ended in a 3-3 draw. Some on team Small Tire suggested the referee (YHC, also a member of Team Manly Tire) might have been biased and ruled Saban out of bounds when he really scored a TD, but unfortunately for Team Small Tire, those complaints were summarily overruled. A last second score sealed the tie.

    COT, Name-o-rama, and prayers of thanks for good health and for comfort and grace for those of us waging our own private battles. I know I’m healthier at 40 than I was at 30, and I know that’s because of F3, so as always, I’m truly thankful for all of you who push me to be better. – Kuch

  • 610 Stomp for Kuch 40th & Hokie’s 2 year anniversary

    The Thang ~ Part 1

    Run for 6 minutes ~ Stop for 10 pushups… Run 2nd 6 minutes ~ Stop for 10 pushups~~~ Turn around and repeat on way back to practice track ~~ 40 pushups for Kuch’s 40th birthday but he was in the office working early for a big deposition so he didn’t even know.

    The Thang ~ Part 2

    Run hard 100m, Jog 300 meters… stop and do 10 push ups ~ Run 200, jog 200, 10 more push ups… run 300, jog 100, 10 more push ups… run 400 and do 10 more push ups…. ~~ that’s 40 pushups for Kuch’s 40th birthday but he was in the office working early for a big deposition so he didn’t even know.

    For the overachievers ~ There was a part 3

    Run 800, 10 push ups… run 1200, 10 pushups, run 1600, 10 push ups, run 200 with 10 more pushups

  • Blimpin Aint Easy at WolfPack Mountain

    Fridays at Wolfpack Mountain are always a treat for those who love the quad and thigh burning pain an F3 workout can provide. There’s nothing like the delight of scratching and clawing your way to the peak of the Urban Oasis that is WPM!

    Quick 5:30 disclaimer, a brief mosey to the grass in front of Tulane for the pre-mountain warm-up. Warm up consisted of some usuals: SSH X 20, Windmill X 10, Grassgrabbers X 10, Hillbilly X 15, then an added bit of, dare I say, a deconstructed Burpee?? 10 Merkins in Cadence, 10 Jump Squats OYO, 8 Merks IC, 8 Jump Squats OYO, 6 Merks IC, 7 (a goof up) Jump Squats OYO. We then moseyed over to the base of WPM for the thang.

    BLIMPed up the mountain in the following manner:

    5 Burpees on the first deck followed by a backpedal up the ramp, run through the flat, SSH til the 6 arrives

    10 Lunges (2 is 1) on the second deck, followed by a backpedal, a run, and then a plank n wait for the 6.

    15 Imperial Walkers (2 is 1) on the third deck, followed by a backpedal, a run, and SSH

    20 Merkins, backpedal, run, plank n wait til 6

    25 Plankjacks, backpedal, run, SSH til 6 (we were now at the top)

    30 Squats, run to the other side of the mountain

    Then we partnered up and completed a round of 100 merkins, 200 dying cockroach, 300 flutterkicks. One partner ran down the stairs, and then across the lot and back up while the other partner exercised. Switcharoo until all reps are complete.

    We followed that with some benchwork…RLSU x 20, Dips X 20, LLSU X 20, Derkins X 10, RLPU X 20, Irkins X 10, LLPU X 20, Dips X 20.

    Back to the flag for count-o-rama, name-o-rama, COT. Thank the Lord for this opportunity, and thank the F3 brothers for making me a better version of myself!

    Then we had to go find my key that I lost along the way!

  • Oh, I’m the Q??? … and what is an EMOM?

    On Tuesday, I received a call from Boo Boo asking me about the upcoming Q I was leading at Popeye’s and letting me know he was on IR and unable to run and asking about the plan.

    I let Boo Boo know I would commit to little to know running and looked forward to seeing him.

    Let’s stretch

    At the age of 60, I really appreciate a good stretch both before and after our workouts.

    Downward Stretch SLOWLY and GENTLY extend the stretch with each exhale.

    Abe Vigoda x10, Grass Grabbers x10, Imperial Walkers x10, Arm Circles with Thumbs up x5 small, x5 medium and x5 large, Arm Circles with Thumbs down x5 small, x5 medium and x5 large, closed out with some lunge stretching looking over our back shoulder.

    The Thang ~ 3 Segments

    The Q came bearing gifts… 20# Ruck Plate, 30# Ruck Plate and 40# weighted vest

    1st segment ~ Pax 1 is the timer with a lap around the water (approx 400 meters), Pax 2 30# Curls, Pax 3 40# calf raises, Pax 4 Bear crawls low and slow keeping shins & back parallel to the ground, Pax 5 Sit ups with 20# plate on chest…. Rotate so each person got each of the 5 stations.

    2nd segment ~ Pax 1 is the timer with a lap around the water (approx 400 meters), Pax 2 30# Overhead presses, Pax 3 40# step ups , Pax 4 Reverse Lunges, Pax 5 Forward Lunges with 20# plate overhead…. Rotate so each person got each of the 5 stations.

    3rd Segment ~ EMOM Hokie Style!!! Some of the Pax told the Q they believe EMOM is one minute of exercise followed by one minute of rest. This Q stated there is plenty of time to rest when your dead 😉 Instead our EMOM was one exercise after another after another after another switching every minute…. Push ups, Lunges, More Push Ups, Bobby Hurley’s, Plyometric Push ups (accelerate on the up and get hands off the ground… clap if you can), Plank, Nolan Ryan’s R, Squats, Nolan Ryan’s L, Chair position

    The Cool Down

    More stretching for 5 minutes

    COT

    We lifted up prayer requests and gratitude. We are grateful for F3!

  • Renaissance 5… or was that 6

    Warm up

    As the sun rose on a glorious morning after the completion of Run Ranger Run, we started with easy stretching as about 1/2 the group was out late last night with the final RRR run and sushi. Our stretching included legs together and leaning over SLOWLY, extended our stretch with each exhale, followed by Abe Vigoda x10, Grass Grabbers x10, Imperial Walkers x10, Arm Circles x10 forward and then x10 backward, and finally a lunge stretch.

    The Thang

    FracSac, Belloq, Catfish, Tool and yours truly started with a slow jaunt around NOMA followed by

    50 Burpess, then another loop around NOMA.

    100 push ups, then another loop around NOMA.

    150 Lunges, then another loop around only 1/2 around NOMA… stop in the back for…. incoming Pauly D …. and …

    200 squats followed with 5 MINUTES of Sunday Mornings (10 air presses while in people’s chair position, 5 donkey kicks up NOMA wall, then one balls to the wall and press = a Sunday Morning) now rinse and repeat for 5 minutes

    The Cool down Stretch

    We returned to the flag and did 5 minutes of stretching lead by Belloq.

    COT

    We closed lifting up our injured F3 brothers and those battling cancer and other illnesses along with announcements including read your F3 e-mail 😉

    Coffeetria

    100% attendance of the original 5. Pauly D stayed in City Park to get the rest of his Sunday morning exercise completed.

  • Post RRR Wally Run

    With RRR finished, what would YHC do at the Wally Run? Run! A brief disclaimer, followed by the regular route where all 3 pax stayed together for a good run with some great F2.

    Finished 4 miles with 5 minutes to go, so the pax got some good stretches in.

    COT with count off, name o rama, announcements, intentions, and closed with a prayer.
    Good times!

    SYITG

  • Sloppy Seconds Ain’t My Style

    Today is March 2nd, which means we’re nearing the end of the (sometimes) cold season here in New Orleans. For those of you keeping track, and I’m sure you all are, my attendance has been spotty over the past several months in what can only be described as F3 hibernation. I loathe below-50 degree weather and do my best to avoid it, especially if its also been raining. I know many people hate the humidity here, but I’ll take the heat any day.

    Now, given the Calvinist nature of the Q assignment, we (usually) don’t select our own Q-ings, but are predestined according to the (presumed) foreknowledge of the AO site coordinator. And as such, I’ve only “reported for duty” on days when the temperature was 50+, unless I was predestined for Q-ing in the cold (see 11/13/2019). But it seems that Rock City AO coordinator Mahatma, in his grace and mercy, saw fit to elect me to Q on March second, a day that had no cold and no sloppy ground – really a perfect weather day.

    So it began with warm-up exercises in the traditional Rock City warm-up area. It was the usual bag of tricks:

    SSH

    Abe Vigodas

    Imperial Walkers

    Grass Grabbers

    Peter Parkers

    Arm Circles

    All @ 26 each. There appeared to be some great letdown among the PAX that 26 had no significance other than having an equal number of forward and backward arm circles. Sorry for those that thought that I might be honoring P.J. Williams or celebrating my 26th birthday…

    Next up we gathered our rocks and headed to the football field, where we paced 10 yards for every exercise, from the goal line, in reps of 15, in cadence:

    Curls

    Tricep Extension

    Merkins

    Chest Press

    Shoulder Press

    We then partnered up for a dash from the 50 yard line to the goal line and back, while the alternating partner worked to complete the following:

    Burpees x 50

    World War II Sit-Ups x 100

    Squats x 150

    Flutter Kicks x 200

    Rows x 300

    Finally, we reversed our 10 yards/reps of 15/in cadence to the original goal line, finishing with just enough time to return our rocks and circle up. I have to say, given my F3 hibernation as of late, I’m definitely not in the same shape I was in November. So much so, that I was fading badly on the last set of tricep extensions and apparently lost the ability to count. Fortunately, Mahatma stepped in and picked up my slack continuing the cadence. It reminded me of that scene in Casino when Joe Pesci is all coked out near the end of the film, and he starts to beat a guy to death, but then doesn’t have the stamina to finish, so one of his henchmen takes over to finish the beatdown. Only without the coke. Or murder.

    In closing, we had no announcements, only prayers for those in our F3 community and those connected to it, giving thanks and glory to God.

    *The title of this post was a line uttered by Danny Zuko (John Travolta) in the movie Grease referring to…well, not muddy fields or March 2nd.

  • Look Dad! Is that a squirrel? No son, that is a Monkey Humper!

    When I rolled up on Mothership Saturday morning, and everyone was staring at me, I was a little concerned that I had forgotten something, and I had, it was my Q!!! Lucky for me I always have a few workouts in my back pocket! 

    After the standard disclaimer and a short mosey to the great lawn, the warm up commenced, all in cadence:

    SSHx20, Grass Grabbbersx15, Self Lovex15, Mountain Climbersx20, Peter Parkersx20

    The pax relocated to the the front of NOMA for the next block of exercises, which was a short DORA 50, 100, 150 with the exercises being merkins, plank jacks, and monkey humpers, while the partner ran to the electrical box in the neutral ground in front of NOMA and back. Right as I said Monkey Humpers, Vagabon decided to give us all a scare as he hit the deck and was out for about 30 seconds. Hawg and Fracsac were on the phone with EMS, and within 10 minutes EMS was on the scene checking Vagabon’s vitals. Word to the wise, if you have the Q either have your phone, or as part of the disclaimer,  make sure one of the Pax has one handy. Vagabon’s vitals checked out, and Hawg facilitated getting him home. Thank you Hawgcycle! 

    While waiting on EMS to examine Vagabon, the pax did the following in cadence around the fountain:

    Right/Left leg step upsx 20 with Dips in between x 20

    Incline Merksx20 followed by more Dips x10

    At the conclusion of the last set of dips the Pax gathered in front of NOMA for Monkey humpersx10 in cadence.

    Then 11’s commenced with burpees and squats followed by more Monkey Humpers x10 in cadence on the very top step of the fountain. It was weird seeing your reflection in the pond, it must have been cleaned recently.

    The Pax then mosyed to the foundry, split into three groups and did the following: Pull ups x10 (pull ups were the count), LBTs, merkins. After we rotated through all three sets, the pax found something to stand on, and we did core engaged monkey humpers x 10 in cadence. 

    We then mosyed back to the flag, did some light stretching, and had count off, nameorama, and prayer. Seriously guys, please stay vigilant with your physicals. I’m far from perfect, but I have scheduled an appointment with my primary care physician, for a physical, which is 2 years overdue! I was lulled into the mindset of, hey I’m doing F3 on a regular basis, so I have to be healthy right? I hope the answer is yes, but I need to know for sure…