F3 New Orleans

Category: New Orleans

  • Tabata and a little Controversy at the Foundry…

    Hear He Hear He! The rap master is writing his much anticipated back blast after the most controversial AO in a while!

    Lets first off by saying that the Q apologizes to anyone who was offended by NSFW music. I have heard the “mubble chatter” all week and will make a “minor adjustment” for my next Q. Let me be clear and say that the hip hop music genre will not be going away, but the language will be more inclusive. With that said, I want to personally thank the many people who appreciated the genre of music and even came up to me to thank me for such a great workout.

    Here is the workout:

    28 PAX gathered at the foundry for a Wednesday beatdown.

    Warm Up:

    Jumping Jacks

    Wind Mills

    Grass Grabbers

    Mountain Climbers

    Arm Circles

    Indian Run to Foundry

    Q placed several workout tools: Agility Ladders, Jump Ropes, resistance bands, and resistance straps.

    We then started our Tabata workout

    Tabata: 25 /10

    4 rounds

    9 exercises

    Speed ladders (1 foot in and out on each square)

    Merkins

    Pull Ups

    Oblique twist with resistance bands

    Dips

    Side lunge with resistance straps

    Flutter Kicks

    V-UPS

    Jump Rope

    We finished up with a  count off, name of rama, and a circle of trust.

    We welcomed two new FNG’s: Tugboat and OTC

    I look to my next Q so I can blare me some Brittany Spears!

  • Apparently you just run

    What a lovely day for a brisk run around Audubon.

    We started with two laps around the park stopping at the Magazine entrance each time for 10 pull-ups and the St. Charles entrance for 10 burpees.

    After the run we circled up at the St. Charles entrance for some Mary:

    • 20 Penguins (FEET TOGETHER AND TOUCH THOSE HEELS)
    • 20 La cucharachas
    • 20 WW2 Sit-ups
    • 20 Mountain Climbers
    • 20 Peter Parkers with 10 second holds every 5

    We had 3 minutes left so we headed to the benches for 20 dips.

    Back to the start for COT

  • Halfway to 70

    Can’t think of a better way to spend the day after my birthday than getting sweaty with a bunch of dudes.

    I never thought I would feel better at 35 than I did at 25. I owe it all to F3 and all of you guys for giving me a reason to wake up at 5AM and sweat my ass off. Big thanks to everyone that made it out to celebrate my birthday beatdown with me.

    Short jog to the Tulane sign and circled up.

    • 35 SSH
    • 15 Grass grabbers
    • 35 Mountain climbers
    • 15 Peter Parkers

    Mosey’d to the benches:

    • 35 Right leg step-ups
    • 20 Diamond derkins
    • 35 Left leg step-ups
    • 35 Dips
    • 20 Incline Merkins

    Mosey’d to the garage for the crowd favorite Indian Run all the way up.

    Once at the top of the mountain we split into pairs for some Dora. One person ran all the way to the bottom of the stairs and back up the other stairs while the partner did the following:

    • 50 Burpees
    • 100 Jump squats
    • 200 Shoulder taps

    Sang Kumbaya while we watched the sunrise and then mosey’d back to the flag for COT.

  • Sandbagging it

    Started with a short jog to the Tulane sign and circled up.

    • 20XSSH
    • 20XWindmills
    • 20XArm Circles
    • 20XReverse Arm Circles
    • 20XPeter Parkers

    Ran back to the park and grabbed the sandbag that I stashed earlier.

    Started running on the track while doing something I like to call “no bag left behind”. The idea is that one person takes the sandbag and the group runs on the track. The first person to run pass a “running man” on the ground has to run back to take the sandbag from the person holding it. Repeat until you get to he next exercise.

    No bag left behind to the drinking fountain by the greens. Circled up for some Mary while passing the bag around.

    • LBC
    • Freddy Mercury
    • American Hammer

    More no bag left behind to the monkey bars and split up into 3 groups and did the following:

    • 10 Pull-ups as the count
    • Dry docks
    • Pass-the-bag which is basically just throwing the bag around.

    Back to the track for no bag left behind again. Stopped at Magazine street entrance. For 10 OYO burpees.

    No bag left behind back to the flag for COT.

  • Typical, Humid, Summer 610 Stomp Morning

    What is also becoming typical on Tuesdays is the large PAX and participation we continue to see and grow through F3.  This is despite even adding a Monday morning running workout.  This is a good thing.

    The workout was very simple:

    15 minutes out and back,  traditional route via Bayou St John.

    Then directly to the track for 10 minutes of running the straights,  jog

    curves.

    Then some stretching exercises, LBCs,  and a “slant” hold for that last 5 minutes.  Some folks haven’t stretched since high school.

    Count off, Nam-a-rama, Announcements, COT.

    Always a privilege to lead with such a great large group of like minded individuals.

    From San Jose, CA see you in the gloom and on the radio,

    Bongo

     

  • EMOMs can’t stop us

    This week, we welcomed a new brother, Fracsac, to our AO and to the BestBank 😉 by doing some morning EMOMs.

    Pic courtesy of Freelancer

    At the Master Melvin AO, we have 5 stations. After a quick warm up, we did 5 minute EMOMs at each station together.

    Station #1:

    • 10 – Step-Ups
    • 10 – Merkins
    • 10 – Leg Lifts

    Station #2:

    • 5 – Derkins
    • 12 – Donkey Kicks (each leg)
    • 10 – Bicycle crunches

    Station #3:

    • 6 – Broad Jumps
    • 15 – Dips
    • 10 – Merkin Toe Touches

    Station #4:

    • 5 – Jumping Lunges
    • 5 – Burpees
    • 20 – Plank Jacks

    Station #5:

    • 15 – SSH
    • 20 – Mountain Climbers
    • 20 – Flutter Kicks

    After we completed the lap around the 5 stations, we did a cool down including our newly named “Thighs” stretch. (No relation 😉 )

    We circled up, did name-a-rama and made some good plans for the future.

    It was a tough workout! But we worked together, motivated each other, and got through it!

    Everyone should come out to the Best Bank and try out the Master Melvin AO.

  • Mosey to the Chickens

    QHC thought it was a joke when RY posted that QHC was to be Q at Popeye’s this morning.  QHC had been there only twice, and pretty sure that at least once he got there only by accident.  With a sly smile across Rev Sox’s face, no PAX was fessing up.  So with a disclaimer, the PAX were off.

    Warm Up:

    • Side Straddle Hops 20xIC
    • Low Slow Squats 20xIC
    • Imperial Walkers 20xIC
    • Mountain Climbers 20xIC
    • Merkins 20xIC

    With the roosters crowing away and time to mosey, QHC announced that the PAX should mosey to the chickens.  QHC didn’t see any chickens, but lots of geese, which smell like hell.  Get past them ASAP!, and continue to the Popeye Foundry.

    At the foundry, a round of fun.  The PAX divided up five routines: PAX One did 15 burpees as the timer, PAX Two pullups, PAX Three box jumps, PAX Four pirouettes/twirl-girls (jump up and try to get a 360 twirl), and PAX five hanging dips.  Rotate around.  Then rinse and repeat but with just 10 burpees as the timer.  Because it was so much fun, rinse and repeat with a mere 5 burpees as the timer.

    Slow mosey to the adjacent field for a round of Elevens–moseying between two trees, at one end doing merkins from 10 down to 1 and at the other end doing jump squats from 1 up to 10.  QHC was getting tired, so Rev Sox did a stellar countdown from 20 with a few fractions in between.

    Mosey back to the warmup spot in the grass for some Mary:

    • LBCs 20xIC (last five fooled the PAX because QHC slowed the cadence down so everyone else stopped for a round or two)
    • Flutter Kicks 20xIC
    • Penguins 20xIC
    • Russian Twists 20xIC
    • Dying Cockroaches 20xIC

    Mosey back to the flag for QHC’s surprise: today’s Iron Challenge Iron special: a full, feet-flat-on-the-ground, balls and butt just an inch or so off the ground, stretch-your-spine squat for a full 2:20.

    And it was time.  Count Off, Name-O-Rama, Announcements (such as they were, all PAX professing to have signed up for F3 Greenwood’s Iron Challenge), and a COT thanking our Sky Q for his infinite gifts.  JV

  • Slogging with the Best

    PAX think that YHC doesn’t like to mosey.  Well, they’re mostly right, because it sux.  Anyway, you gotta keep the PAX on their game.  So JV-style (not too extreme, nothing Mariah- or Bieber-like), today’s wet and soggy Birdcage includes moseying.  I mean it’s wet out there; might as well enjoy running through it.

    Warm-Up in the slosh in front of the zoo:

    • SSHs 57xIC
    • Kim Jong Uns 20xIC
    • Imperial Walkers(?) 20xIC
    • Low Slow Squats 20xIC
    • Merkins 20xIC

    Mosey up to the levee on the fly for some Elevens.  Start with one merk at the bottom of the hill and ten squat jumps at the top; continue until 10 merks at the top and one squat jump at the top.

    Mosey farther down (up?) the levee to pair up for patty-cake merkins.: 20 each hand.  Apparently, the PAX was incapable of counting and finished before YHC and his partner, Douille.  So rinse and repeat–correctly this time.

    Mosey to the Maze (or, as YHC was corrected, the Labyrinth) for Circle of Mary:

    • LBCs 20xIC
    • Flutter Kicks 20xIC
    • American Hammerx 20xIC
    • Dying Cockroach 20xIC
    • Penguins 20xIC
    • Big Boy Sit Ups 20xIC
    • Hello Dollys 20xIC
    • some other ones I no longer recall.

    Mosey back to the flag through the puddles for a minute (or two, maybe) of plank to finish at 6:15am at the dot (plus or minus).  Count Off, Name-O-Rama, Announcements and thanks for the soggy morning.  It was more moseying than YHC likes, but it’s good him. 

    I hope I got all the PAX.  Video notwithstanding, YHC thought there were 23 PAX.  But other PAX assured him there were only 22.  If YHC weren’t a ludite, he might actually know how to properly record a video.  So if I missed you, humble apologies.  Thanks, JV

    Nip Tuck, Peppa, Quarter Pipe, Quincy, Reluctant Yankee, Sandbar, Squeal, Three Way, Willie

  • My first Okwata Q

    21 PAX gathered for my first Okwata Q on a gloriously humid morning, although a slight breeze was present so it made for a much more tolerable beatdown. Since the grass on the levee is still well over a foot high and plenty saturated from all the rain we have been having I opted have the PAX stay mostly on cement today, much to the dismay of couple members of the PAX. Disclaimer was given at our usual location and we moseyed over to the intersection for some warm up.

    Warm Up (all done IC):

    • SSH x 20
    • Windmills x 10
    • Cement grabbers x 15
    • Self love x 15
    • Arm circles fwd/rev x 10 each
    • Imperial Squat Walkers x 15

    The Thang #1: PAX was split into 2 groups (1 group had 3 members due to the odd number). 1 member of the PAX would run up the hill in stated direction while partner stayed at the bottom and performed an exercise. When partner 1 completes the lap swap with partner 2.

    • Lap 1: partner 1 run uphill facing forward, partner 2 high plank
    • Lap 2: partner 1 side shuffle facing neutral ground, partner 2 L side plank
    • Lap 3: partner 1 Bernie Sanders, partner 2 R side plank
    • Lap 4: partner 1 side shuffle facing sidewalk, partner 2 plank clocks (right arm move hand back and forth from 1:00, 3:00, and 5:00 positions; left arm move hand back and forth from 11:00, 9:00, and 7:00)

    While planking Hokie Pokie asked if I had plans on performing the 20 sec worth of squats for ISI today. I told him I was unaware but would work that in for later in the beatdown.

    The Thang #2:

    Mosey over to the benches for some alternating upper and lower body exercises. Burpees are the counter.

    • Burpees x 15 reps
    • L step ups
    • Derkins
    • Calf raises
    • Dips
    • R step ups
    • Shoulder taps
    • Squats jumps

    Thankfully PAX is intelligent enough to avoid some standing water with exercises so not all exercises were performed on or in front of the bench in order to stay as dry as possible. After this it was time to mosey back to the flag for some Freddy Mercury x 25 reps and the ISI challenge for 20 seconds, with proper form demonstrated by Mahatma. Count-off, name-o-rama, announcements, intentions, and sweaty ball of man.

    Thanks to all the men who got out in the gloom for my first Okwata Q. Hopefully it was worthwhile. Can’t wait to do it again.

  • Thunderstruck

    5:25 and there was some light rumbling in the distance and a few drops of rain, but not enough to audible or change the plan of attack… at 5:30 a half-assed disclaimer was given and 13 of us were off, picking up a few stragglers and a loose pit bull mix along the way.


    Easy mosey around the parking lot to the bandstand for some warm-up in cadence:

    • SSH x20
    • Peter Parker x20
    • Merkins x 15
    • Low slow squat x 20

    To picnic tables under cover and pair up: 

    While partner A runs Oak Alley to track and back around parking lot, Partner B does exercises

    • Lap 1: steps ups
    • Lap 2: dips
    • Lap 3: incline merkins
    • Lap 4: squats
    • Lap 5: Freddie Mercurys

    Gather the six then head through the darkness to the track. Indian run to bridge, and squats while we wait for the 6.

    Over and into Audubon Park Golf Course for some Mary (staying low to the ground to avoid being struck by the lightning that seemed to be quickly approaching)

    50 LBCs, 40 Flutters, 40 Rosalita 

    Across the golf course, meandering aimlessly in the wind, rain and lightning to far side track, then a quick check of the clock showed that I’d blown the whole thing and leadership was disintegrating so we hustled back to the virtual flag by 6:15. (So much more planned but will need to wait for next time.)

    In total, 3.5 miles.

    COT in the rain and thunder.

    Announcements are in Yankees email from Sunday night, and there was not much time for chit chat due to the weather⚡️⚡️. Not sure what happened to the pit bull, but he wasn’t at COT so didn’t get a cool nickname like Pluto, Ocho-Cinqo or Sick-balls.

    Until next time, 

    Mariah

    Xo

    PS – Would be great to see more of F3 NOLA get on Strava…

    https://www.strava.com/activities/2592739771/embed/24565a44ddd42216cce35fe54be90da8c4165a94