F3 New Orleans

Category: New Orleans

  • Baker’s Dozen

    Pre-thang – pulled up to a bunch of dudes hanging out on the AVENUE.  No flag upon arrival until I requested one.  I saw a FNG – chilling waiting and ready to go.  Today was Forrest’s Q but he got stuck with a last minute job so I quickly filled in for him.  Lots o’ ducks blocking us from our normal spot – I had to tell them to leave so we could plant the flag!  Started to worry about a duck diarrhea redeux.  A beautiful morning at 65 degrees and cloudy.

    Thang:  An abbreviated mosey to the Tulane sign.  We did our first COP there–ALL exercises will be divisible by 12’s today.  IC except Lunge jumps –SSH x 24, Mtn Climbers x 24, Chuck Norris x 12, Lunge jumps x 24 OYO, Hillbillies or Hawgs x 24

    Mosey to WOLFPACK MTN.  Go straight up the MTN via the Stairs.

    At the top did a little PLANK O RAMA.  Left arm up, reverse plank, right arm up, regular, elbows, southern gent, regular, yankee agressor and elbows.  4 min 30 secs.

    Then we divided into groups of two.  I was #13 so I went alone with the first person to finish.  Run 1 stairwell lap.  Down a the stairs – over to the back stairs – then up those stairs, and then over to the PAX.  (1 lap).  The other partner did x 12 merks, x 24 lbcs, and x 36 squats.  Repeat that cycle until your partner returned.  We only did two laps.  Next time I Q a Friday – we are going for 4 laps!

    I was hoping for a beautiful sunrise today -but unfortunately it was overcast and cloudy.  At this point we circled up for a longer than 6 min, 6 min of mary.

    1.)  Dying Cockroach x 24   2.)  Peter Parkers x 24  3.)  Russian Twist x 24  4.) Flutter kicks x 24   5.)  Jane Fonda left x 12, 6.) Jane Fonda right x 12  7.)  Parker Peters x 24  8.)  Hello Dolly x 24

    We then mosey’d back to the Flag.  At the FLAG – we were 2 mins early so we held plank again for 120 secs.

    COT–> Prayed for the women in our lives – Mothers, Wives, Sisters and Daughters.  What can we do to be better for them?

    TCLAPS to Taylor aka Mulligan who came out in the gloom to workout.

    ANNOUNCEMENTS:

    1.)  Lets raise some cash to fight prostate cancer:  MO’VEMBER with Hawgcycle, RY and …I think Bogey!  Grow your stache or if you are chicken to let out your inner Selleck – you can donate here

    2.)  Pancakes after the workout on 11/14 with Amnesty and Side FX.  Amnesty has the Q–too.  That means pullups.

    3.) Start brainstorming a good December/Christmas CSAUP now.

    4.)  Jackson Day race via the NOTC Jan 3rd Sunday 830AM  Jackson race

     

  • Blackjack

    Pre-Thang:

    Shorty rolled in early, blasting Lil Wayne from the factory speakers of his mid-sized sedan. The rest of the PAX then began trickling in one by one. When 5:30 a.m. rolled around, a non-convergence record of 20 men had assembled in the morning gloom.

    The PAX made a short mosey across the street for a Circle of Pain with a blanket of fog slowly lifting from the dew dampened ground.

    SSH x 20, Mountain Climbers x 20, Imperial Walkers x 20, Peter Parkers x 20.

    On the mosey back across the street, Rocky Top appeared out of the fog, joining the PAX and giving us 21 (Blackjack, get it?)

    The PAX gathered by the row of 12 light poles near the track for a drive down Route 66.

    Round 1, Low Slow Squats at each light pole. After the requisite eleven light poles were hit, a sprint to the end of the row of lights, plank up, and wait for the six. With six in hand, a walk to the pond behind the bandstand for Hip Slappers x 5 each hip, Incline Merks x 15, dips x 15. Sprint back to first light pole near the track.

    Round 2, Lunges – plank up, and wait for six. Walk back to the bandstand for some more Hip Slappers x 5 each hip, LBCs x 20, Merks x 20. Sprint back to first light pole.

    Round 3, Squat Jumps – sprint to end, plank up, and wait for six. Back to the bandstand for some more Hip Slappers x 10 each hip, LBCs x 20, Derkins x 15.

    Another sprint down the row of lights. Bear Crawl from the first light to the third. Backward Crab Walk from the third light to the fourth. Lunge walk from the fourth light to the fifth. Get some well deserved water and plank up for the six, then mosey to the flag.

    At the flag, take a count, name-o-rama, shout outs and prayer.

    Nice work fellas!

     

     

  • 610 Stomp #12 (NOPD can’t stop us now)

    Seven veteran 610 F3 Stompers and one FNG showed up in City Park which showed all the ill effects of a long weekend rocking out to Ozzy, Florence and the Machine, etc. complete with weed smells wafting through The ‘Hood (ask Amnesty).

    The Thang

    It started like any other 610 Stomp with 4 F3ers taking the Road Less Traveled (4.5 miles) which truly did make all the difference (thank you Robert Frost) and 4 F3ers modifying to 3.3 (or so they thought).  Everyone breaking after every 6 minutes of running for one minute of the combination of burpees (up to 10) and walking.  As they reentered the part of City Park south of 610 on Henry Thomas Drive, the modifiers were confronted with an 8 foot high chain link fence blocking the road as they resurfaced from the 610 underpass.  As you might guess, they quietly complied when the rent-a-cop used his last little piece of authority to turn they away, extending their run to over 4 miles as they continued to Marconi and reentered the park on Roosevelt Mall.

    YHC led the charge for the other 4 F3ers and would not allow a want-a-be NOPD officer to break his stride on Henry Thomas Drive, quietly opening the fence and flying past before the man behind the plastic badge could finish his bite of Maple Bacon Log.  YHC finished just a few seconds ahead of the first modifiers.  The remaining 3 followed suit and finished close to the rest of the modifiers.

    Shout-outs

    Yankee’s Aunt with Stage 4 Breast Cancer

    Baby Brook, had a rough couple of days being readmitted to the hospital and undergoing an open heart procedure which had complications

    Disclaimer: Any disrespect for legal authority that may be construed from the comments herein are simply for humor and not the true feelings of YHC toward any badged officer of the law (ATF Officers included) or security guard.

  • Mondays at the Cage

    Six men started the week off right by gathering at the birdcage this morning. This marked the first Monday at the cage and a split from the guys who like rocks a little too much. Much to YHC’s surprise, our good friends at Audubon upgraded all the workout stations along the track. YHC will look to incorporate more of the fun (and somewhat medieval looking)  contraptions into future Monday workouts. Let’s mosey…

    Mosey to the landing in front of the bandstand for a COP:

    SSH x20, IW x20, Mountain Climbers x20 & LBC x20

    Move over to the step for OYO:

    Incline Merks x10 left leg up, x10 right leg up then x10 box jumps

    Mosey to the new row bars for OYO 2 sets:

    Rows x10, Lunges x10 & Squat jumps x10

    Mosey & Sprint to the fountain by going off the track markers, Mosey 3 then Sprint 1

    Step up Right x 25, Dips x20, Step up Left x25.5 (tclaps to Capt. Morgan for shouting halt) & Derkins x10

    Indian Run to the 14th green for a COP but not before 5 quick pull ups at the new bars

    Hello Dollys x20, High Dollys x20, Real Freddie x20 & Penguins x20 (you look like a penguin)

    Indian Run halfway to flag for a 20 count breather then mosey on home. With the fall back in time this weekend, traffic on the track was heavy. Maybe everyone comes out Monday then gives up. We’ll see on Wednesday…

    Gave thanks for our health and the ability to push ourselves on a somewhat cool Monday morning. Thoughts and prayers on keeping a positive attitude throughout the week.

     

  • Love Thy Neighbor

    TClaps to the 10 pax who set a New Orleans record today for a Monday workout:

    Amnesty, Tool, Shorty, Hotty Toddy, Jingle Vader, Bogey, Marlin, Heisenberg, Haw, and Maverick

    An extra impressive turnout given that for the first time in New Orleans there were 2 simultaneous workouts going on in different parts of the city.  A testament to the growth of F3 in New Orleans.

    The end of daylight savings made it a little brighter than usual.

    Started the warmup with side straddle hops, hillbillies, and arm circles.

    Grabbed an appropriately sized rock and Indian Run on the track.

    We pushed through our series of weight exercises:  shoulder presses, curls, and rows (x20 each).

    Mosey to the hill (probably the highest point in Jefferson parish) and here’s where love thy neighbor came in.  Carry your rock across the hill, drop it, 10 burpees, pick up your neighbors rock, carry it back across the hill, 10 bench presses, switch rocks with neighbor, repeat.  On each rep the number of burpees drops by 2, the presses stay the same.

    Grab original rock, mosey to picnic tables for peoples chair and more shoulder presses with the rock, switch rocks, repeat. Then leg ups (x20) each leg.

    We dropped the rocks off and had a round of Mary before wrapping up.

    Great workout – thanks to everyone for coming out.

     

  • Get Me Off This Crazy Train

    Today was an anniversary of sorts for YHC.  It was one year ago tomorrow that I Qed my first workout.  It is the 50th time I have Qed this year, which was the inspiration for the workout.  You’d think I would be better at it by now.  In Freed to Lead Dredd said he got good at leading PT after about 10,000 times, so only 99,950 to go.

    This one seems to have been an all-time low.  As I pulled up to see several normal looking men gathered around the shovel flag, YHC began to think the costume I was wearing was a very bad idea.  It doesn’t appear that F3 is something that you should wear a costume to, even if it is Halloween and even if you are in New Orleans.  Well, it is far from my first bad idea, and is certainly not my last.

    #T-claps to Side Effects for stepping up and translating the disclaimer for the PAX since my celebrity impersonation was only good in that it was unintelligible.

     The Thang

    • Mosey to the Great Lawn for the Warm-up COP
    • Warm-up COP: SSH (It’s just a bloody jumping jack) IC x 50; LBC IC x 50; Big Arse Arm Circles IC (Forward x 25 and Backwards x 25); Toe Raises IC x 50; Imperial Walkers x 50; 10 Burpees in 1 minute OYO x 5
    • Lunge Walk 25 each leg; Spiderman walk x 25; Lunge Walk 25 each leg; Spiderman walk x 25
    • Mosey NOMA Fountain
    • Low Slow Dips IC x 25 – 15 – 10; Right Leg Step Up IC x 25; Left Leg Step Up IC x 25; Decline Merkin OYO 25 – 15 – 10
    • Mosey to Roosevelt Mall
    • Planks – Each hold 50 seconds: Elbows, Right Arm, Left Arm, Inverted
    • Mosey to CBS Football Field
    • Bear Crawl 50 yards, Forward Jameis Winston 25 yards, Arears Jameis Winston 25 yards, Crawl Bear 25 yards, breathe, Crawl Bear 25 yeards
    • Mosey to the pavilion by the lady bug
    • Flutter Kicks IC x 25 – 15 – 10.
    • Mosey to the flag

    Moleskin

    A lot of #mumblechatter going on this morning in addition to my impersonation.  YHC’s verbal description of an IW, elicited lots of comments and laughter.  Not sure exactly what I said, but it didn’t make sense and it made Vader Jingle.  A few of the other  quotes included “This is still the warm-up?” “50 burpees sounds like a great way to warm-up,” “I just want to know WHY,” “You’re an a$$hole.” “You should have spent more time on the workout and less on the costume,” “Very original” (as we did low slow dips for the third time), “I can’t wait to get off of this crazy train,” “which would you rather have Crabs or Bunions?”

    Shout out

    Prayers go out friends and family facing cancer, Goose’s son’s upcoming surgery, Honeybees Mom’s tinnitus, and a successful Down Syndrome Walk.

    Great turnout today.  Let’s keep the momentum going, keep taking advantage of the opportunities before us, and make something great.

     Announcements

    New workout this Monday at Audubon in addition to the Monday workout at Pontiff.

    -Hawgcycle

  • The Day the Q Almost Died

    About 12 men met at the AO in the gloom, but by the time we reached the second pearl on the string, the PAX was 15 strong.

    The Thang

    WarmUP COP at the Flag
    Exercises in Cadence
    Side Straddle Hop x20
    LBC x20
    Imperial Walker x20
    ‘Merkin x15
    Low Slow Squat x20

    Mosey across St Charles into Tulane
    karaoke about 15yards each direction to warm up the hips
    Indian Run to the NROTC pullup bars

    Circuit in teams of 3, two rounds
    first round, burpees on the count with 10, second round, just 5 burpees

    burpees
    ‘chair’ dips
    merkins
    pullups
    box jumps

    Mosey to Loyola’s West Garage
    sprint up the stairs
    #tclaps Reluctant Yankee, first to the top

    This is where YHC realized a mistake had been made. YHC was ready to be finished with the workout, but it was only 18min old, 27min were still to be told.

    So, we caught our breath with a few minutes of ‘Mary’
    all exercises in cadence

    the real Freddie Mercury x20
    flutter kicks x20
    toe touch LBC x20
    right hip raise x15
    left hip raise x15

    Lineup for wrestler’s stance walk. Walk back and forth about 12yards

    Mosey all the way down the ramp, plank up for the six.
    Quicker mosey back to the front of Tulane

    Bear Crawl 15yards
    Crab Walk 15yards
    Lunge Walk 15yards
    Bear Crawl 15yards

    Mosey back to the flag

    1 minute left = #suddenchange (10 burpees)

    Circle of Trust

    Prayers requested for Agassi’s soon to be Aunt, and for Agassi’s wedding/marriage tomorrow!
    #tclaps Agassi!

    Remember Psalm 23

    The Lord is my shepherd
    I shall not be in want.
    He makes me lie down in green pastures,
    he leads me beside quiet waters;
    he restores my soul.

    He leads my in right paths for his name sake,
    and even though I walk through the valley of the shadow, I will fear no evil,
    for you are with me.
    Your rod and your staff, they comfort me.

    You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies,
    you anoint my head with oil,
    my cup overflows.

    Surely goodness and mercy shall follow my all the days of my life,
    and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever.

  • Comments on the Mud Run

    As the comment function has been disabled on the actual Mud Run backblast, which is fine (author’s discretion), I just wanted to provide a separate venue for those that have further comments to be able to make them, if they are so inclined. I don’t have any comments because I wasn’t there, but I support (and occasionally instigate) discourse and the sharing of opinions. So away you go.

    P.S. Please read the Ranger backblast. It’s mildly amusing.

  • Audubon Lagniappe

    Fourteen men assembled in Audubon Park this am to get their normal Wednesday fix with a bit of lagniappe.  YHC’s last two Qs included a landmark tour and history lesson of City Park so the pressure was on to do the same for Audubon.

    Disclaimer included the usual F3 lingo along with YHC’s warning that some of the history lesson soon to be given would most likely included errors and would only be as accurate as what he read on the interwebs.  Audubon Park is not YHC’s “homefield” so there was definitely some “craming” the night before to brush up on the days of old.

    The Thang:

    Short Mosey to the bandstand for warm up.  YHC informed the PAX that in 1871, The City Of NO acquired the land (formerly a sugar cane plantation) with intentions to an urban park.  That was 144 years ago so that was the number of reps for this COP all IC:

    SSH x 24

    Windmill x 24

    Arm Circles x 24

    IPW x 24

    Plank Jacks x 24

    Monkey Humps x 24 (these brought the burn)

    Mosey over to the soccer goal for round two.  The 1884 World’s Fair was held on the ground we were standing so YHC felt the need to pay tribute to that by splitting up into four groups, rotating clockwise to complete 2 rounds of the following with a 1-8-8-4 rep count (well sort of):

    1 x One Arm Plank

    8 x Low Low Slow Squat

    8 x Peek-a-boo Pull Ups on goal post

    4 x Triple Merkin Burpee  (timer)

    Mosey over the levee to the banks of the mighty Mississippi River where YHC reminded the PAX of the Great Flood of 1927 which was the greatest river flood in US history, displacing over 600,000 people and triggering massive flood control.  We also talked about the Flood Control Act passed in 1928 that prompted new levee standards and brought The US Army Corps of Engineers on board to tame the Mississippi River.  Those years set the tone for our 6 minutes (or 4 minutes?) of Mary all IC:

    19 x Boxcutter

    27 x Russian Twist

    19 x Pickle Pounder

    28 x LBC

    Mosey back to flood protected ground to spend some quality time with the concrete bench in front of the Zoo, where we talked about two relevant dates in the park’s history.  The first was 1914 when The Audubon Commission was established to maintain and develop the park.  Two years later in 1916, the Audubon Commission constructed a large flight bird cage which was the first of many animal attractions that laid the footprint for a world class zoo.  COP included the following IC:

    19 x Left Leg Step-ups

    14 x Dips

    19 x Right Leg Step-ups

    16 x Inclined Merkins

    Mosey to the field for a Sudden Change w/Lagniappe consisting of 21 BURPEES to recognize the fact that October is Breast Cancer Awareness month as well as Down Syndrome Awareness month.  This was a spin on the “Burpees For Boobs” initiative with the Spartan Race with a rep count of 21 to give a shout out to those with Trisomy 21 a.k.a. Down syndrome.  (Props to YHC’s 11yr old son with DS)

    Mosey back to the flag.

    Shout out and prayer geared to those with cancer, special needs, and health ailments.

    YHC enjoyed leading.  Trying to remember and relay accurate information while gasping for air is art form that I’m gradually trying to figure out.

    Tool

     

     

     

  • Important F3 Gear Holiday Dates

    Something to forward along to the Ms and family of the men of F3 nation:

     

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