F3 New Orleans

Category: New Orleans

  • How many Donkey Kicks can we do? – from Pool Boy

    Woke up to a light drizzle and thought the PAX count would be low but I was wrong. This group is tenacious! Disclaimer and then Mosey to the rocks.

    Warmups consisted of SSH’s, Imperial Walkers, Hillbillies, Grass grabbers, Mountain Climbers, Abe Vigodas, and 10 merkins.

    Mosey to the gym with a medium size rock –
    For 15 minutes we worked individually:
    10 Donkey Kicks
    10 Calf Raises with Rock
    10 Curls
    10 LBC’s with rock
    Run around the gym.
    Rinse and Repeat

    Partner sets-
    Set 1 – 75 Donkey Kicks. Partner runs around gym
    Set 2 – 75 Calf Raises with Rock. Partner runs around gym
    Set 3 – 75 Curls. Partner runs around gym
    Set 4 – 75 LBC’s with Rock. Partner runs around gym.

    Finish with some merkins and squats in the parking lot.

    COT – Many prayers were lifted up by the PAX.
    Thanks for showing up.

  • Afternoon Delight – 10-11-2023! – from Almonaster

    Bricks are our friends!

    PAX:

    – Couch
    – Bullseye
    – Almonaster

    Warmup:

    Modified warmup!

    Side Straddle Hops – 20
    Arm Circles -10 IC
    Reverse Arm Circles – 10 IC
    The Morpheus – 10
    Balance on 1 foot for 10 seconds – Each Foot
    Grass Grabbers – 10

    The Thang:

    We carried bricks with us and used them in most exercises.

    Mosey’s included arm exercises with the bricks.

    Mosey to the Incline Push/Pull Station.
    Squats – 20 OYO
    Hanging Rows – 20 OYO
    two sets

    Mosey to the band Stand.
    LBC’s – 20 IC
    Flutter Kicks
    LBT’s

    Seated arm exercises with the bricks.

    Supermans – 20 IC
    Crunchy Frogs – 20 IC
    Douilles – 20 IC

    Stretches

    Back to Flag

    Birthdays
    Anniversaries
    Announcements
    Intentions
    Prayer

  • Tsunami 23258 – from Sea Man

    We ran…we ran in two groups! Tsunami express went the usual route along levy to Oak and back via Calhoun (5.0). Tsunami Freight headed around fly and back (3.2)

  • Block City – from Mahatma

    Beautiful Morning in Metry
    YHC arrived 5 minutes early and decided to review an article and got side tracked, looking up it had just turned 5:30. With haste YHC jumped out the truck, grabbed 2 blocks from the back and headed to the cage. The Knots crew was already peeling off, and 6 pax awaited…..after a quick disclaimer (while tying shoes) we headed to the field.

    Warm Up variation of count:
    Windmills
    Good Morning Stretch
    Burpees
    SSH
    Mnt Climbers
    Peter Parker Peter

    Head to bleachers – Merkin climb up X 2 then transition to bleacher snake run 3 burpees at the gym end then work our way back 3 burpees on the other.

    Push up ladder with block crucible to finish, rinse and repeat

    Bear Crawl at 5 yard increments from goal line to the 50, then 25 merkins
    Mosey to the other end of the field – then mosey from goal line to the 30 – perform 10 Carolina Drydocks – bearcrawl to the other 30 – 10 more Carolina Drydocks sprint to the goaline.

    Somewhere we did Indian Runs with reverse block pass.

    Then block slide

    Finished with circle of block – curls and tricep extensions

    A little Mary mixed in. Back to the cage with 2 minutes unused – we filled it with 5 Burpees and some gas pumpers

    COT – Be a Good Samaritan

  • Glory Hogs – from Goose

    It was Day 2 of finding creative ways to rack up a ton of points in the Jurptober By-You Spreadsheet Challenge, so before it gets old, YHC decided to fill this beatdown with valuable exercises.

    As YHC and Pope parked in a relatively empty parking lot, we wondered if it’d be slim pickins for what YHC hoped would be an exciting challenge. But, AB quickly pulled up, and then Hypotenuse emerged from a truck that has not yet imprinted itself on YHC’s PAX radar. Then, thankfully, six more dudes flowed in, Honeysuckle wearing a new shirt that embodies the spirit of F3–it says “Honeysuckle” below a graphic from what looks to be an album cover from the early 70’s. Upon questioning, he revealed that Honeysuckle was/is in fact a band, but that no further details are known. By anyone.

    YHC was struck by the fact that, besides Smooth and Pope, this group was a totally different group than the one that posted yesterday morning. It’s awesome to see that we’re up to enough guys to have solid numbers despite the fact that people don’t typically post every day. But, it also meant that only the three of us would benefit from multiple days this week of jacked up beatdown points. So be it.

    After a warmup of the usuals, up to the full 20 reps since YHC is getting old, we moseyed to get coupons. Upon returning, the coupons were placed in the middle of the field so as to outline a square, about 10 yards across. After the needed two rounds of Jurps OYO, the square became a professional wrestling ring and the PAX partnered up for a Tag Team Royal Rumble. Here’s the rules:
    While Partner 1 cranked out a given exercise in the ring until he needed a break, Partner 2 ran around the track waiting to be tagged in. Exercises changed every five minutes. Men in the ring weren’t allowed to take breaks or rest–if you needed to stop/take a break, you had to run to your partner and tag him in. The Partner 2 got the chance to earn points while the timer ticked and famous “tag team” musical duos rocked the field via the power of Oontz (he did pretty well sitting up on top of a coupons).

    The exercises were: burpees, V-ups, merkins, Bonnie Blairs, Big Boi Situps, and curls. And, just like in professional wrestling, the glory only goes to the one in the ring, and though the Q clearly stated that there was to be no resting in the ring, there were still some glory hogs who seemed to be bent on intentionally robbing their partners of the opportunity to shine. This may have been because partners weren’t on the same Jurpee teams, or because of Oontz’s ability to drive men’s hearts with clarity and bass. it may have also been the quality of YHC’s Tag Team playlist, which expertly combined songs like “Whoomp, There it Is” by Tag Team, “Mrs. Robinson” by Simon and Garfunkel, and “Think About It” by Flight of the Conchords specifically to invoke the greatest possible interior response and enhance the brain’s capacity to log multiple numbers while continuing to count new reps and laps around the track (8 times = a mile). Nothing syncs the neurons like Kriss Kross followed immediately by the Dooby Brothers.

    When the sugar plant whistle blew at 6:00 (that’ll be a nice way to keep time for a few months), every man did his best to repeat his numbers in his foggy mind so they didn’t float away with the cool breeze. Circled up, counted off, Animal went to Cardinal (where it will likely hibernate for the winter), and Honeysuckle prayed us out.
    After prayer, a number of the PAX ran a few more laps to get finish out the second mile, and then we trickled out of the parking lot. Awesome work this morning, fellas! Y’all make it worth the effort!

    SYITG,
    Goose

  • Trading places. – from Charmin

    YHC took a different route today, choosing to go with the KNOTers. There were a cornucopia of conversations, from what planets were in the sky, to ways to increase tibia torsion, and the downsides of being a bitcoin mining owner.

    When we came back with mi it’s to spare and saw the runners stretching so maybe they decided not to run. Their leader Pai Gow wasn’t there to tell them what to do so who knows.

    Ended with a COT where we prayed for those suffering.

  • The Great British Beatdown – from Paradox

    “Everyone has a plan, till you get punched in the face by the iron fist of a 3 week old” YHC thought as he sent the mayday text to Goose at 5:10a “start the warm up then Jurp them boys and jurp them good!”
    Apparently newborn vomitus waits for no man and after some mischief was managed I put the Dox mobile into a hi 5th, ya hate to be late to a bake-off !!

    When the great creator of the Jurp (some circles only whisper his name as “the architect”) unveiled the Jurpee extra curriculars YHC thought they looked like a recipe’s ingredient list. I knew that could be used, but it sat in the “save for beatdown file” waiting for a spark. Stephen King says the creation of any good story starts with a cup (the content) and you just need to add a handle (the conflict/action) to carry it. When YHCs M reminded me of a fresh season of the Great British Baking Show I had just the Handle I needed. Ya see unlike more productive pandemic hobbies (Cardinal’s coffee roasting and Jeaux’s Peleton) YHC picked up this ultra addictive baking show. It had all the fine qualities YHC loves in a tV show. No plot, no characters to remember. Comedians hired to stir the pot. PLUS you can fall asleep in season 2 , wake up in season 7 and they are baking the same bread with the same quippy satire. No spoilers, no recap. Just pastry’s and focaccia and zero stress.
    Bliss

    In review : Cup plus handle plus prime time gloom= a bake off themed beatdown

    Duke! Get the bean footage!
    On your mark , get set , bake!

    Warmup –
    Completed by Goose as YHC performed burp cloth windmills and imperial wet diapers.

    The Signature Bake

    Dish : 2 pots of oven baked JurpeeLaya- Just add pax
    Serve fresh with a late Q.

    YHC rolled in hot after an agonizingly long ride behind a cane truck and picked up about 1.25 jurps in. This segwayed nicely into the explanation of the Jurpee as a classic signature bake. It’s familiar, repeatable, and you can present it with confidence even if Paul Hollywood says your jump sqats look stodgy and your leg raises are still raw in the center.

    The Technical Bake:

    Dish : The Paul HollyWebb

    Usually difficult with very little instructions involving complex ingredient ratios.
    Our bakers had to attempt a Paul Holliwebb bake that included a 1 mile run and some mixed Jack Webbs
    First at the port a jon for Bonnie Blair’s and Merkins.
    Increases by 1 and 2 till we finished with 6 Bonnie’s and 12 merkins
    (Total : 16 Bonnie’s , 30 merkins)

    There were zero complaints about the OctoberBest Merkin fest on Saturday
    German engineering at its best.

    Round 2
    V/ups / BBSU
    1 BBSU/2 BBSU till we got till 6 BBSU and 12
    (Total : 24 v ups ish
    (Memory is hazy here so please modify your numbers if that’s the truth in your heart)

    **at the time of this writing leg raises outside of a jurp will be put on trial by the Rienzi Inquisition.
    Goodness gracious , this ISI has more asterisks than the McGuire/Sosa homerun race ***

    Took it to Coupon Alley with a 3 burpee Indian Run on the way

    The ShowStopper

    The last bake of the show
    This one is everything you got
    All out , hammer down, no brakes.
    Which logically lead us to …

    The Diddle Death March ManMaker Mile brought to you by Betty Crocker

    Inspired by Diddles personal touch to close out a bd with nothing left but a puddle of pax.

    10 Manmakers
    Run to stage
    1 Burpees
    In Elevens format we decreases the manmakers and increased the burpees till time or death do us part.
    The plan was to make enough rounds to generate a mile but the pax were saved by the bell.
    In the great white tent of the British bake contestants are always up against the clock and todays bake was no different.
    Goose and Pope went pretty deep into the man makers and got Dox Hollywood handshakes.

    Smooth gets Star Baker for gutting out a heavy run Q and I think we hit 2.5 “Okays”

    Announcements
    Invigor8 Grant FB live event tomm 7pm

    Link will be on groupme

    COT and Popeye prayed us out

    Bulletin Board Material:
    Jurptown USA has formally changed its name to SmugVille City led by Mayor Goose.
    They sit on a mountain of points and dare a challenger to come and take the trophy.
    Do not let them go gently into the night !

    Here’s a Dox of Chocolates :

    Have you ever seen someone and just for a split second it wasnt how you usually see them. I know you are thinking “dox put the shrooms down “ but hear me out. Like in a crowded airport when you unexpectedly see a family member or as you pass a loved one in traffic. Sometimes just for a microsecond your brain sees them as any other stranger would. Then almost instantaneously your brain catches up and the recognition kicks in. And in that microsecond window of time you go from “complete unknown variable” to filling in all the experiences you have had with the subject in question. Then you have special moment of grace realizing the connection.
    Well this morning while rocketing down 308 behind the aforementioned cane truck I was too absorbed to realize I was already parallel with the stage. The opposite lane was full of another 2 cane trucks (Tis the season) and then suddenly cleared. There in the gloom were 7 men suspended in perfect jurp squat unison. Pushing past their own pain to help sharpen the one next to them. I’d never seen it like that , from the outside. It was glorious. For just that blink of time I didn’t know what it was. Then I smiled, pulled in and jumped into the fray, filled with gratitude for these high impact fellows.

    A privilege to lead men

    SYITG
    Dox

  • Columbus Day Dirty Dozen – from Bolt

    Arriving at the planted shovel flag with a WHOLE 5 minutes to spare yet seeing no pax I knew at least one other person was there. War Eagle and PVC were lurking in the shadows and as the disclaimer was given on this chilly morning we moseyed to JPAS (where War Eagle proclaimed no need for music=turn it up) to get the blood flowing for the warmorama of usual stuff plus a new one to War Eagle: Willie Mays.

    Columbus Day being the day of discovery that it is (or at least was until it became about pillaging for the millennial and younger generations) YHC hoped today’s BD would have the pax discovering how far they could push themselves—physically and mentally with the Dirty Dozen.

    The Thang
    Ascend the ramp to the second floor landing of JPAS. where we’d do 12 reps of an exercise before descending/ascending the stairs and add a second 12-rep exercise to the first for round two. Repeat where round three consisted of three 12-rep exercises for a total of 36 reps before the down/up stairs. 12 rounds ending with 144 reps across 12 exercises if you finish—we did not. We all got into round 11. War Eagle no longer cared about (or even processed the music) playing.

    Exercises/cumulative rep counts::
    Monkey Humpers 144
    Shoulder Taps 132
    Big Boys 120
    Bonnie Blair’s 108
    Merkins 96
    Leg Raises 84
    Scoop Squats 72
    Carolina Dry Docks 60
    Compound Ws 48
    Burpees 36
    Mountain Climbers 24
    SSH 12

  • Prost! An Oktoberfest Origin Story – from Yankee Joe

    The year is 1976. A piercing cry breaks through the pre-dawn gloom of the small hamlet in West Germany.

    “Nein, Frau Best, it’s ok… he’s supposed to look like that…”

    After several hours of counseling and education that you cannot “trade in” a baby, the young mother finally concedes. She brings the youngling home, hoping to place him in a side show or perhaps a “world’s hairiest baby” contest.

    A few months pass, and (as per German tradition) the infant is abandoned in the Black Forest with only a six-pack of Bitburger Pils.
    The memories of that youngling’s first year of life in that forest, memories only of beer, bears, and pain, fueled this morning’s beatdown. . .

    SSH
    Windmills
    Imperial Walkers
    Toy soldiers
    Arm circles
    Cherry pickers
    Butt kicks
    High knees
    Self love

    Mosey to the truck to pick up “Brew-pons”.

    Thang 1:
    German Volumetric Training (or YHC’s bastardization if it)
    10 exercises, 10 reps each. All Merkins, all the time
    In some particular order:
    Fingertip Merkins
    Diamond Merkins
    Crucible Merkins
    Sphinx Merkins (2=1)
    Man maker Merkins (2=1)
    Knurkins
    Creature Merkins (2=1)
    Superman Merkins
    Derkins
    Merkins

    (Aside: a German Merkin is a Gherkin, which is a small pickle. Nobody wants that.)

    Goose absolutely killed this, figuring out where the Merkin stations were as well as physically destroying the reps.
    YHC forgot where station 2 was, and self penalized himself with an extra set of Diamond merkins.
    And there was much grunting.

    Thang 1.5:
    Bear Crawl to Berlin. And back.
    Smooth Operator displayed superhuman ability here. Defying physics, he somehow bear-crawled downhill while on level ground.

    Thang 2:
    Make it Stop: Oktoberfest

    We began with WWIII sit-ups while German-language or German-centric songs play. Anyone who can identify the song, Artist, album, or year released, gets to change the exercise.
    Goose showed unprecedented music prowess by nailing both “Major Tom” and “Rock Me Amadeus” correctly (in spite of YHC erroneously thinking it was simply called “Amadeus”).
    Honeysuckle, the usual ringer for music knowledge, displayed his patriotism here by refusing to identity any of die Musik.
    Also, apparently every popular German language song was released in 1983. And who knew Lou Bega was from Munich?

    (Paradiddle’s contribution during this phase of the beatdown, while significant, consisted solely of gas and giggles.)

    Final Thang: Stein hold

    Brewpons are held out at chest level, Bruce Lee-style, emulating the traditional Oktoberfest Steinholding competition.
    ‘Lil Cuz won, reinforcing his steadfast love for his brewpon.

    GG to Paradiddle for reasons obvious to all.

    Brewpons to go.

    Cardinal prayed us out.

    Epilogue:

    The youngling, nourished on hops and barley, and fortified by merkins, emerges from the depths of the forest.
    Bear-crawling a few meters further, it rises up on its now-ample haunches, howling, “Ich bin Deuchlands Besten!”

  • Saders Beat Jesuit 15-3 … Rummel beat John Curtis in Overtime – from Hokie

    October 7th 7 of Diamonds

    Temperature in the 60’s greeted one FNG (Cabin Boy) , one down range (Face Plant from F3 Orlando) poster and 8 NOLA Pax

    After brief disclaimer we moseyed to Peristyle for warmups of

    15 SSH
    3 burpees
    27 hillbillies … the rumbles from Pax were heard “insinuating” to FNG the Q forgot to utilize voice inflection to stop at 20 or 25 and thus inflected to stop at 27

    Mosey to benches for
    21 four count step ups

    After YHC instructed Pax to report to 1st corner shelter of great lawn, the Q “educated said Pax” the validity of the 15-3 and 27-21 counts honoring the Two football big games last night

    BM beat Jesuit 15-3

    Rummel beat Curtis 27-21 in overtime

    The Thang …
    7 of diamonds with 4 corners of great lawn

    Mode of transportation between corners

    Mosey long right side of great lawn
    Lunge short side by Storyland
    Backwards mosey long side by City Putt
    Backwards lunge short side by peristyle

    Step ups at benches waiting on 6 to finish each round so we all would start & finish each round together

    Round 1 – 7 Burpees in each corner

    Round 2 – 14 HR Honest Shoulder Tap Merkins each corner

    Round 3 – 21 four count Star Toe Taps each corner

    Round 4 – in honor of Jesuit’s 3 points 28 three move honest big boys with left leg to chest, right leg to chest and then big Boi sit up

    Mosey back to flag for COT

    Thanks for allowing YHC the opportunity to Q

    Hokie
    Cabin Boy (FNG- lives in Pensacola)
    Face Plant (F3 Orlando)

    Bogey
    Catfish
    FracSac
    Heisenberg
    Thighs
    Tool
    Triple Shift