F3 New Orleans

Category: New Orleans

  • Opposites, a Track – from Honeysuckle

    With recent parts of February including such major holidays as Valentine’s Day and Presidents’ Day, and with It’s Only a Mile (aka White Meat’s VQ) being in the rear view mirror, it is only natural to forget that February is still Run Cajun Run and many of our PAX should be logging miles so that our team totals can exceed Ochoa’s or Hawg’s solo distances. Seven PAX would join YHC on the quest for a few more miles.

    Warmarama: SSH, Windmills, WMH, Imperial Walkers, High Knees, Butt Kicks, Tie Fighters F/R, Cherry Pickers, Lafayette Nightclubs

    Thang 1: Indigenous Run to the Loop of Sweet Grass. Drop off, do a burpee.

    Thang 2: Start with 1 perfect merkin. Run forward 2 lightpoles, Nur back 1 lightpole, Do 2 perfect merkins. The run and nur would remain at 2 and 1, respectively, but the perfect merkin count incremented by 1 each time. This essentially turned a ~1/2 mile loop into a 1.5 mile loop. Regrets were expressed at flatulence that would normally be left behind, yet had to be encountered when directions reversed. Tana’s nur speed was impressive. Several one-way hellos were said. Typical sweet grass stuff.

    Thang 3: Run back to the flag. Partner up. 100 LBCs, 100 Freddy Mercuries, 100 Leg raises. The partner not doing the exercise ran a lap. AB must have filled up with high octane that morning as he was passing folks up on the sidewalks.

    Thang 4: 30 seconds left, so run to the far side of the field and back.

    Pushup pimp awarded to White Meat by YHC for grinding out those perfect merkins. YJ prayed us out.

    As always, it is a privilege to spend these 45 minutes in the morning with these HIMs.

  • Steppin it Up – from Vagabond

    Buncha step-related work with a dozen plus exercises for both legs and arms (and some core) under gazebos and on bleachers with burpees.

  • Workout – from Vagabond

    Mr. Rogers Q was not in the neighborhood so I took it and did a modified dirty mcdeuce with rocks around gym with burpees sprinkled in.

  • Super Bowl Comeback – from Thighs

    After such a good Super Bowl experience for NOLA, I decided to do a few fun Super Bowl-like workouts to continue the good vibes.

    We started the beat down with dynamic warmups
    Butt Kickers
    Karokes (both sides)
    Frankensteins

    Then we mosey-ed to the stairs
    We did 2 min of Box Jumps up the stairs with a 45 sec rest.

    We mosey-ed back to the flag to do 2 min drills w/ 45 sec rests for the remainder of the workout.
    Inch Worm to Merkin
    Alternating Side Lunges
    Alternating Side Twist Lunges
    Plyo Merkins
    Burpee Box Jumps

    I min Plank

    Then we broke out the Mardi Gras cups to make a workout ladder. We shuffled up and over the Mardi Gras cups.
    Lateral Shuffle w/ a Merkin at each end
    Lateral Shuffle w/ a Star Jump at each end

    Then we did a set of Shuttle Runs with stations going all the way to the Cannon.

    For our final Super Bowl Exercise, we grabbed a football and sprinted to make catches and rotated the quarterback out.

    It was a good morning to see how we would do if we called upon to play in the Super Bowl. 😉

    We ended with the usual close out, sending us off with a prayer to make a difference in lives of those around us.

    Looking forward to next time!

  • Cold Wally Running – from Fracsac

    The Wally run happened the day after the Old Metry mosey with a temperature of 32 degrees with a brisk north wind creating a feels like environment of 21 degrees. Many topics discussed including a lot of new builds and homes for sale. Hawg suggested we purchase the John Goodman house for $5.5M and turn it into an F3 house. YHC graciously offered to give a $20, so I’m sure it’ll happen.

    SYITG

  • Trio of Gold – from Fracsac

    YHC reached out for accountability and 2 pax answered the call.
    At 0530 the disclaimer was given and the three of us hit the warmup pad for regular stuff. Upon completing the coveted tie fighters, Charmin recommended a side lunge with chinooks which YHC made happen.

    With ISI on our minds, complete 1 minute 90 degrees arm hangs 10 seconds at a time.

    Mosey to JPAC for some dirty Mac Deuce followed by a set off 11s

    Mosey back to pad for another 30 seconds of arm hangs.

    Thanks for joining me!

    SYITG

  • Monopoly VQ – from Monopoly

    At 6:30 Sunday morning after a welcome and disclaimer we faced the bacon to warmup with Abe Vigodas, Grass Grabbers, Tie Fighters, Imperial Walkers, hillbillies and a seated leg stretch my M showed me she called butterflies.

    After warming up with our stretches I treated the PAX to some music. We listened to Flower by Moby and each time the song said up we raised to the neutral squat position and each time the song said down we sank into an engaged squat and held until the next up in the song.

    We then proceeded to complete a set of 11’s on the museum stairs with merkins by the fountain and Bobby Hurley’s at the top of the stairs.

    We then circled the fountain for a circuit. Each PAX got to choose between two exercises and we ended up with: shoulder taps, American hammers, calf raises, box cutters, side straddle hops, big boy situps with a timer of dealer choice 6 count motivator or 10 8 count bodybuilders.

    With a little extra time to fill we started a second round of circuit with arm circles, v ups, step ups, LBCs, inverted rows,(one exercise forgotten to time) and the same timer.

    Q stopped the circuit part way through to make time for one more round with Moby. This time it was pushup position for up and superman position for down.

    We made our way to the side of the museum for 3 sets of Sunday Mornings then back to the fountain for a quick cooldown.

    We counted off, name-o-rama, announcements, intentions, and a prayer.

  • Hive Mind – from America’s Best

    Waramrama

    YHC was thinking of a story his old man told him years ago. He was at work, minding his own business, when some large bird (likely a Goose) slammed into his workstation at about 600mph, splattering blood everywhere. Oh, did I mention his workstation was the backseat of an F-4? Anyway, it shattered the canopy a bit, and (unbeknownst to them) knocked out their communications. Because he wasn’t getting an answer, Dad thought his buddy upfront was either dead or unconscious; his front-seater thought the same thing of him. So what ensued for several seconds was each man trying to take control of the stick, unsuccessfully because they were basically fighting each other. Eventually, they both figured out that the other was ok, somehow, just because they had trained for so long together.
    I got to thinking, when you train with some dudes, maybe you can start to think what they are thinking…

    The Thing 1:

    An exercise is assigned to each pair of partners.

    Each partner runs to opposite side of the runway and does part of the total number of exercises. The object is to get as close to the total number as possible. Double the absolute value of the difference between assigned reps and actual reps is the penalty. And to keep anyone from just trying to do exactly half, if both partners do the exact same number, the penalty is all the reps again.

    Round 1: 50 merkins
    Round 2: 40 bbs
    Round 3: 30 burpees

    By Round 3, I think most teams had figured out what their partners were doing and so they had to do very few burpees. YHC, however, didn’t realize that his partner (Tana) was cleverly doing one more than half the reps each time. Failing to see the pattern, and instead thinking he had been doing one less each time, YHC did 16 burpees. Tana had to ask me several times if I had really done 16… also saying to me more than once “I was doing one more than half each time.” I haven’t seen someone so visibly disappointed in me since I asked my dad to order me a Frappacino.
    So we had 15 penalty burpees each. We came here to get stronger, not smarter.

    Next Thang: Partners split up, creating two teams.
    Each team is given one band and has to come up with 3 songs by that band during a short mosey with merkins.

    Winning team does 10 merkins, loser 10 burpees.
    The twist: There is a song that links both bands. If both teams choose that in their list, they avoid the penalty (10 more of each). So you have to think about the other team’s music and choices too.
    Don’t think too deeply about your PAX’s music choices though; those Peter Gabriel and Depeche Mode rabbit holes can lead you to a dark place(possibly parked out by a lake).

    First bands: Foo Fighters vs. Pink Floyd or Tom Petty
    Team 2 chose Tom Petty but did not return with “Learning to Fly.” Team 1 identified 3 Foo songs, including “Learn to Fly.”

    Smashing Pumpkins, Genesis
    Linked songs: Tonight, Tonight and Tonight Tonight Tonight

    Justin Bieber, nirvana
    Linked songs: Sorry, all apologies

    Justin Bieber, Eminem
    Linked songs: Love Yourself, Lose Yourself

    Bruce Springsteen, CCR
    Linked songs: Born to run and/or Born in USA, Born on the bayou

    Radiohead, Stone Temple Pilots
    Linked songs: Creep (I know, I’ll get you next time Left Eye)

    We all did innumerable merkins and burpees, in spite of TexicoCat bringing the Bieber knowledge.
    Next time, it will be all country garbage songs. I promise, Dox.

    SYITG,
    AB

  • Workout Vaggy Style – from Vagabond

    Warmup

    30 reps and sprint to flag across field mosey back:
    pushups
    Sit-ups
    Squats
    Shoulder taps 2 is one
    LBCs
    Bobby Hurley
    plank jacks
    Flashers
    Lunges 1 is 1

    Pax choice
    Sunday Mornings
    Circle Burpee

  • Love Snack – from Vagabond

    Run around park do some burpees to gazebo

    Gazebo walk back and forth over table 9 reps declining to love songs skip song costs 5 burpees

    9 V ups 20
    8 Alternating toe touches 20
    7 Lunges 20
    6 Elbow planks 20
    5 Nitro Burpees (2 pushups 8ct) 10
    4 True sit ups 20
    3 Imperial Walker 20
    2 Northbound merkins 20
    1 Eight count body builder 10

    Soccer

    COT