F3 New Orleans

Category: Northshore

  • It’s Raining (High Impact) Men – from Steve

    Many a Northshore pax can tell you how often we’ve had a forecast of rain only to post and be pleasantly surprised at how narrowly we avoided it. I can’t tell you how many near misses I’ve had over the years.

    But Tuesday was not one of those days.

    Jose took off for his usual pre-thang in a mild drizzle only to arrive back at 0515 to a full on downpour. YHC was surprised anyone showed up at all. But really, I shouldn’t have been – this guy has somewhere around 120 posts under his belt this year, and that’s only the confirmed posts. He’s probably got another 20-30 unrecorded because as he reminds us constantly, yes, us Mandevillians don’t write backblasts.

    Well not today, good sir!

    Usual warmorama and then into a pyramid style beatdown, where we’d start at one side of the corridor with a set of 10 exercises, increasing as we went until we hit the stage (which was always a peoples chair with 40 air presses), and then we’d then decrease on the other side of the trailhead back down to 10.

    Exercises were:

    10 burpees
    20 merkins
    30 squats
    40 air presses
    30 squats
    20 merkins
    10 burpees

    10 big boys
    20 merkins
    30 leg raises
    40 air presses
    30 leg raises
    20 merkins
    10 big boys

    10 SMK (2:1)
    20 m humpers
    30 lunges
    40 air presses
    30 lunges
    20 m humpers
    10 SMK (2:1)

    10 Carolina dry docks
    20 Mike Tyson’s
    30 dying cockroaches
    40 air presses
    30 dying cockroaches
    20 Mike Tyson’s
    10 Carolina dry docks

    At some point Jose had to leave, but he had done his job. YHC would’ve easily returned to the fartsack had no one posted, but now, wet and sweating, there wasn’t much of a choice. Just finish the damn thing.

    Thank you Jose for the accountability and continued commitment – appreciate you brother!

  • Ruck was the right call!! – from Shooter

    The Gloom was crisp and cool, so 7 HIMs decided to take the pill to get after it.

    Warmup was a mix of 10 & 15 IC of Imperial walkers, Hillbillies, Grass grabbers, seal claps, seal jacks, toe touches, butt kicks and slow squats..

    YHC decided to join Ringo as he was the only Rucker around.. Wise choice by the Q for two reasons. One was the soreness lingering from the previous beatdown at the Gipper with Dinghy but the second was the best as it allowed me to catch up in chatter on how things have been with Ringo..

    Sent the gazelles out on the traditional route with two loops and this included the savage Jose10k. I heard in closing he has joined forces with Steve for the Turkey trot and will be present Turkey morning at the Scramble as well.. What discipline and dedication is all I can say..

    All arrived back at the same time 0555 where we dropped to our 6 and completed E to Ks, flutters and penguins ending with a PAX choice ring around the circle of shoulder taps, plank jacks, Peter Parker’s, merkins, groiners and donkey kicks..

    Closed with the FINAL Turkey announcement for the Scramble, COT.

    Until the next Gloom!!!

  • Mandevillians Don’t Wite Back Blasts – from Bushwacker

    Or so Jose claims, but today Jose didn’t run…

  • A Rocking BBQ – from Jose10k

    You know it’s going to be a good beatdown when BBQ comes rolling up with the windows down, music up, rocking out to classic Rock. That’s how we roll at the A1C. Other AOs don’t appreciate the music, some frown at the noise YHC brings with him (side eye to Zoolander), but the A1C embraces it. In fact, we incorporate it into each workout. And if you been paying attention to Hammer, Van Halen is the key to uniting the world. If you don’t believe me, reach out to him.
    Warm-up: The usual
    The Thang: Moseyed over to the courthouse for a descending ladder. 10 burpees, run to the benches, 10 freak nasties, run up the stairs for 10 copperhead squats, run around the courthouse. Repeat with 9 reps of each exercise. Back to the top for some Mary and COT.
    Turkey Trot is coming, Tyson vs Paul Fight tonight. Thanks for letting me lead, thanking for reading, thanks for rocking out with me. Zoolander, music is not our enemy. We can unite together under the flag of Van Halen.

  • BLOCKIES at THE GIPPER – from Einstein

    A bit muggy at The Gipper this morning ~ 72 degrees.

    WARMUP: all IC15x; toe touch, side staddle hops, arm circles, neck rolls, side to side stretch,
    hi-jack hi-jills, butt kicks, high knees, scissors, backward lunge, forward lunge, smurf jacks, etc.

    THANG: 3 sets of block work, mostly in cadence x15, separated by a run around the long block.

    SET 1: curls, overhead press, rows, side stretch lift left, side stretch lift right
    RUN

    SET 2: big boy sit-ups with block on chest, vertical press, wind shield wipers, push up onto block-push down alternating sides, merkins
    RUN

    SET 3: modified imperial walker with the block, block squat, farmer carry around the triangle right arm,
    farmer carry around the triangle left arm, rifle carry around the triangle,
    rifle carry to return the coupon blocks.

    time expires

    DARKWINGDUCK prayed us out.

  • Bleeping Walls of Jericho, VQ – from Ballz Deep

    As the light dappled across lake Ponchartrain, it was clear in @Chewy’s eyes he regretted posting. In fact, on this day, @Ballz Deep’s VQ, I think he regretted EH’ing me 9ish months ago.

    Arm circlesx10forward/x10backward, hillbilly walkersx10, ass grabbersx10 (thanks @Jose 10K I need to practice that Exicon!), windmillsx10, and side straddle hopsx25 for the warmup. I empathize with @Brexit, as English is his second language, in learning cadence. That stuff is hard!!

    Mosey’d to The Shaft, where accelerated fitness awaited us.

    Main Workout: Shuttle Run “bleep test” and Wall of Jericho.

    Shuttle Run level + Wall of Jericho had to equal 12. i.e. – level 5 shuttle run finish, leaves you with 7 rounds of the Wall of Jericho workout. Wall of Jericho (7 exercises of 7 reps +1 lap around cones and The Shaft) were Plank Jacks, SMKs (2 is 1), Burpees, Air Squats, Mountain Climbers (2 is 1), American Twists (2 is 1), and Flutter Kicks (2 is 1).
    A round of 7s (mtn climbers and flutter kicks) plus Indian Run and a plank-0-rama closed us out.

    Chance, Buttsplice’s nephew, joined us! FNG named WetSocks, for his astounding ability to run from the Shaft to Homebase in a pair of socks.

    P.S – I believe I’m forgetting the 16th PAX. I’m sorry. Reply if you remember, and I’ll edit/add you.

    SYITG!

  • I chose the path less traveled – from Jose10k

    Runners ran, some of us took a wrong turn

  • Lib-Tards ASSEMBLE! – from Bushwacker

    So I was trying to keep up with Russo all morning. I really thought I had him for a while there. I thought there was no way he could beat me. I was wrong. In fact, I was foolish to think that I was ever in competition with one of the princes of the F3 sweat kingdom!

    WARMORAMA

    X10 IC: SSH, TRUE Abe Vigotas (Mr. Shooter;), IWs, Torso Twists, LRCs

    THANG

    Being we three, 1 man did cumulative 100 SMKs (1is1), 200 Monkey Humpers, 300 SSHs
    Meanwhile, in a rotating fashion amongst the three amigos, 2 men slalomed the columns, ran up the stairs and returned.

    Mosey to bus stop for:
    X10 IC: Hop Overs, Freak Nasties, Derkins

    Mosey to Tunnel where, in mirror image of the 1st routine, two men performed rounds of Freddy Mercurys and American Hammers while each man individually ran down the ramp, did 3 Burpees, Bear Crawled up the opposite ramp, did 3 SSHs, backwards ran back down the ramp, then turned and ran up the ramp to the start.

    No Mary, as we squeezed all the juice (and sweat) out of the 45 minute beatdown. And being a good steward of our time together, QIC landed the plane just in time for COT

    COT
    Count, name, Steve prayed us out in an inspired fashion that likely impressed the Bible Study out of Russo, with intentions for Jose, Katie, and her family in their trials.

    I’m sorry to have missed Pelican, though I suspect some conspiracy to avoid a Splashpad that would demand a pound of flesh (or sweat), but I appreciate getting in the trenches with the Shmedium Wacker and my fellow Raider. Until next time, gents…..

    SYITG

  • Morning after election night – from Fletch

    Q arrived to the Gipper to an empty parking lot. Soon BBQ showed up and the other pax straggled in.
    Warmup: 15 reps. in cadence, cherry picker’s, imperial walkers, merkins, arm circles forward and back, toe touches, shoulder taps, hillbillies and Peter Parker’s.
    Thang: 2 lunges, each leg and 1 burpee to the corner. Moseyed around the block back to the Gipper. Each pax grabbed a coupon and performed 15 reps of curls, presses, rows, round the world, both directions and crunches and mosey around the caboose. 2 more rounds and 2 mosey’s finished us out. Stashed the coupon’s and circle of trust with BBQ praying us out. Thanks for letting me lead

  • Swamp Sweat: The Humidity Hustle with Usual HIMS at the A1C – from Jose10k

    In the sticky, hot air, this workout keeps it simple. Start with 5 minutes of warmup stretches to shake off the sluggishness. Then dive into a set of “11s” on a ramp: Freak Nasties at the top, Merkins at the bottom, with every journey down and up testing your agility—backward runs, karaoke, side steps, sprints, and more. Once done, tackle the classic Lt. Dan to the bottom and back up. Finish strong with 10 minutes of core work at the top. COT. Sign up to Q boys!
    Thanks for the read/post this morning. When is the cold front going to come? Where’s Fletch? When is Bushwacker going to post? These questions and more, next week…