F3 New Orleans

Category: Northshore

  • Something Two – from Hogs Breath

    YHC arrived speeding in to muggy air and a quiet 007. A min after two headlights of Pass Interference work car bobbed in the gloom.
    The warm up began, nothing spectacular, some imperial walkers, grass grabbers, etc.
    the Thang: a run with a few deck of death cards thrown in. Of course on Pass turn to pull a card, he pulled a 300m sprint! That took it out of us!
    Larger, rinse, repeat for 30 mins! Then Coffeteria at Starbucks.
    It’s been a busy and hectic week, thanks for staring this week off good!

  • Gorilla me soft and steady!! – from Shooter

    The Gipper brought back memories and traditions one hasn’t experienced in sometime but certainly missed.. With Jose10k EHing the night before for a prethang miler, Steve texting Wacker and I the night before for a carpool meeting at the old WD parking lot and Fletch making an appearance on his off week from work.. The foundation of PAX in Barely legal, Einstein, Mobydick and Sonny are always rewarding to start the Gloom with at the Gipper. PAX welcomed DR UpChuck 🤮 from Birmingham who accompanied us on the Prethang as well.. The Gipper AO has always been a favorite of YHC and recent shifts in commitments has changed the availability for regular post but the last two weeks have been very rewarding and refreshing.. Thank you Gipper crew for the post and always for the great chatter that follows…

    Warmarama
    Prethang miler
    10IC Arm circles, Cherry Pickers, Imperial walkers, Toe Touches, Windmills, and SSH.

    Thang
    PAX picked up coupons and shouldered to the courthouse for the Gorilla complex and Gorilla Humpers..
    Gorilla Complex is 8 curls for the girls, 8 one arm kettle swings (different in the Exicon), 8 shoulder presses and 8 Merkins. Moseyed down the greenway on side the courthouse to the other entrance and completed 8 Gorilla Humpers. R/R 8 rounds..
    PAX finished up and returned the coupons to their resting place and assembled at the flag for a close of 5 OYO Body Bag Builders.. (YHC sure to use those more often)

    Times up for count, announce and COT!!

    Appreciate the Gipper and the Foundation of PAX for the post and until the next Gloom
    👍🏼✌🏼👊🏼!!!

  • The Walking Wounded – from Russo

    Shooter kindly left out from the Scramble backblast that YHC took a dive right at the outset of the run.

    We’re talking “Had a nice trip? See you next fall.” Stop, Drop, and Roll territory. I imagine from a viewer standpoint, one might think I had some experience with movie stunts with the way my body gracefully tucked into a ball and successfully executed a half side / half forward roll, elegantly regained my footing, and stylishly picked my stride back up. These things happen when a Rucker is forced to become a runner.

    Because he’s a standup guy, Shooter asked later in the run if I was ok, and I was. Not even my ego was bruised, because that would require me to take myself seriously. It was more important to give our DR visitor Dingey a memorable post to take back to NC. I didn’t feel any after effects until later in the day, when both my big toe and wrist felt some pain from the morning mishap. Popping a couple Advil, I thought “ooooh, tomorrow is going to be interesting if I can’t use my hands or feet.”

    Undaunted, I arrived at the Pad ready to give it a go. I thought about fartsacking and resting up. The combination of Murph Monday, Steve destroying my soul while smiling on Tuesday, an eventful Scramble, and an impending Lakefront Saturday with Coupons (Zoopons?) made me question whether I should submit my hobbled body through another beatdown. Alas, a confirmation from Bushwhacker that he would post meant YHC had to as well.

    Right under 70 degrees to start. ‘Whacker didn’t want me to feel alone in posting at less than 100%, so he braved a cold / bronchitis / pneumonia / COVID to offer me some company. My plan was to go back to basics at the Pad, highlighting the various areas that make it (and by extension Granny’s) so unique.

    Warmup (10x IC)
    – self love
    – Toe touches
    – Grass grabbers
    – Cherry pickers
    – High knees
    – Sealjacks

    Thang

    Pilot house
    – Calf raises (3 each step)
    – Mexican jumping beans
    – Ladder (2 forward, one back)

    Columns
    – Suicides (5 merkins at each stop)

    Benches
    – 10 IC Freak Nastys
    – 10 IC step ups

    Bus Stop
    – 10 BSSs (2 is 1)
    – 20 jump overs
    – 20 urkins

    Stage
    – Tabata (45 seconds, then 20 rest)
    – Monkey Humpers
    – Squats
    – Mummy kicks
    – Gas pumps

    Grassy Knoll
    – Jack Webbs (up to 7)

    Trailhead grass
    – Lt. Dans

    Mary (all 10x)
    – Penguins
    – Flutter kicks
    – Crunchy frogs
    – LMCs

    COT, Name-o-Rama, Announcements, Prayer, in that order, wrapped up our morning.

    SYITG

  • A Trio of Tabata – from Jose10k

    Cool morning, perfect temperature for a tabata. The usual crowd showed up, so YHC opened up the trunk of his car for some props. Some coupon work up on top of the A1C. 45 sec on, 15 sec break round robin tabata. The music was blaring, and the workout began. Exercises from squats, shoulder presses, wife pleasers, a ton of core, a lap around top, calf raises, shoulder presses, triceps, etc… Dark Wing prayed us out. Remember, bring your gloves and a coupon to Zoolanders beat down tomorrow, probably won’t be any music though. Later gents.

  • Downrange PAX brings energy! – from Shooter

    Awoke to another exceptionally mild morning on this 1st of June. YHC can only hope these days continue, however the truth is that one of these mornings will come and the temperature will still be in the 90s from the previous day. When this occurs it will be interesting to see how much more of Russo’s perspiration can be captured in his already soaked attire. It did however allow for conversation with downrange PAX Dinghy about the challenge Jose10k and Zoolander completed awhile back.. Not sure after explanation what was thought, but soon after he returned to his vehicle with a little more urgency as Russo rung out his shirt..

    Warmup
    10IC Grass grabbers, Toe touches, Peter Parkers, Parker Peters, Mountain climbers, SSH, Selflove, and 3 second hold squats.

    Thang
    Off to the same route as last week, yet instead of turning left off of Antibes we turned right and moseyed to east causeway approach returning back to the AO with 10 mins to spare.
    PAX used pull-ups for a 1 min timer as the rest completed core. Different core exercises consisted of LBCs, flutter kicks, alternating right over left knee F/J, 100s, and chill-cut plank.

    Appreciate Dinghy for closing us in prayer and safe travels to him on the return to Durham..

    Until the next gloom 👊🏼👍🏼✌🏼!!

  • Murph at the Marsh on Memorial Day – from Jose10k

    It’s as simple as the title: we had a Murph at the Marsh on Memorial Day. You have to love the alliteration. 26 total showed up for the annual event. Hogsbreathe began with a history of the workout, his own personal experience, which we greatly appreciated. It was fun watching Zoo’s face as each car pulled up. He so graciously offered up his beautiful outdoor kitchen for breakfast afterwards. A huge shout out to his wife for helping prepare breakfast for a bunch of smelly men. Warm-up followed by the murph. COT, 2 FNG’s, (welcome Pole Dancer and Flex Seal), followed by Hammer praying us out. Thank you all for posting and the fellowship as always. Happy Birthday Pick!

  • Efficiency – from Akbar

    YHC has been working with Whacker helping cut yards for the past month. One thing that I’ve learned is the efficiency in which he works. Active, productive, profitable, skillful, decisive, effective, valuable, proficient, organized. It’s not like when we cut our own yard: chilling to tunes, stopping to talk with the neighbors, maybe looking forward to a cold beer afterward. This is an operation to get finished as soon as possible.

    For example, tight and wide. You cut the smaller spaces first toward the street, then the larger ones working back toward the house – this makes clean up more efficient. Don’t cut other people’s grass, even it’s a patch of grass the size of a shoe box. If you do, you’ll get yelled at by a screaming man running toward you with a weed eater. Snake mow only when the grass is shorter, box cut when it’s growing to make clean up more efficient. Mow the edges of the yard first, watch out for protruding or non-protruding items in the yard (stumps, toys, power lines). Don’t wear dark sunglasses.

    Drive fast in between jobs – rolling stops are permissible at stop signs. Blow grass with the wind. Eat something, drink lots of water, and don’t use the bathroom until the jobs are finished.

    In pondering these recent adventures, efficiency was on the mind. What kind of beatdown covers all the bases without being too complicated? 7’s and 11’s

    PAX: Akbar, Wicket, Jose 10k, Hogsbreath, Zoolander, Russo, Minnow, Maverick, Bird, Grover, Hammer, JV, Trucoat, Waterpik, Sogo, Brexit

    Warm up x10-20 IC:
    SSH, Mountain Climbers, Mummy Kicks, Grass Grabbers, Windmills, other stuff

    Thang:
    Mosey up and down the Lakefront, stopping for 7’s, then 11’s, rinse and repeat. All exercises started on the wall, with a 60 foot mosey to the sidewalk to perform exercise #2, then a mosey back.

    7’s Dirkin, Army Crawl, Mountain Climber
    11’s Freak Nasty, flying nun (lunge walk with arm circles), Twinkle Toes (Al Gore calf raise)
    7’s Wall Jumps, Bear Crawl, Hand Release Merkins
    11’s Stone Mountain, High Knees, Renegade Row

    7:19 am, Lightning round
    7’s Bouncy Squats, run, Superman’s
    11’s Al Gore Shoulder Clap, run, Scuba Steve’s

    Indian run back to the flag for Mary

    Mary
    Mountain Climbers x20 IC, LBC’s x20 IC
    30 Merkins OYO courtesy of Wicket

    Name, count, and YHC prayed us out.

    Announcements
    Memorial Day Murph at the Marsh Monday, Jose has Q with Coffeeteria after
    Hogsbreath retirement party at Faubourg Brewing June 10, 5-7

    NMM
    • Great to have Brexit join us again
    • One thing YHC loves about 7’s and 11’s is the Mumblechatter. There was a whole group on the far side that quoted movie lines pretty much the whole workout. Gives you a chance to catch up with everybody, like switching conversations on a speed date, but you aren’t trying to date the other dude.

    Thanks for following my lead. SYITG – Akbar

  • The gangs all here – from Fletch

    Arrived at the AO to find 3 pax waiting. After greeting them, Jose 10K noticed we were all wearing black F3 shirts and resembled a “gang”! Hoping no one would break out in dance, Jose 10 K did a jig similar to a “West Side Story” fight scene. Time to get started!
    As we started warming up in rolls Maverick, true to his name, late and wearing a blue F3 shirt.
    Warmup: IC 10count
    SSH, Toe touches, Merkins, Imperial walkers, Grass grabbers, Shoulder taps, Hillbillies, Windmills, Peter Parker’s.
    Thang: mosey around the caboose and back.
    BLIMPS,, 5 Burpee’s, 10 Lunges ic, 15 Imperial walkers ic, 20Merkins, 25 plank jacks, 30 Squats and mosey around the caboose.
    Getting coupons, we proceeded with an EMOM workout 6 burpee’s, 8 block swings, 10 squats and 12 merkins. After 2rounds, mosey around the caboose. 2 more rounds and time was up. Jose 10K prayed us out. I am honored and thankful to be a part of F3. Thanks for the lead. See you in the gloom

  • The Dynamic Duo has turned into a Triumphant Trio – from Jose10k

    Nice and cool weather this morning, 60 degrees, I’ll say it again, 60 degrees. Amazing weather this morning. Like the scramble, there was no Q this morning, just enough push to get me up this morning. Yes, I am on summer vacation. Yes, I normally post at each beatdown this time of year, however, Shooter called it perfectly in his backblast. I am a married man now, and I currently have a workout routine with my beautiful wife. However, I am Qing this Monday morning at the Marsh, a murph on Memorial Day (a f3 tradition). Anyways, there was a beatdown this morning.
    A typical warm-up
    Then we decided to leave the a1c, and venture outward. We stopped on the side to do Hammers favorite, Bulgarian split squats followed by some freak nastys. We continued to mosey to the side of the courthouse, where we back peddled for a block to the back/front of the courthouse. Time for a round of some Rocky Balboas. Short mosey to the benches for some more bulgarian split squats, then calf raises (3 per step) up the court house. Mosey back to the parking garage for calf raises up to the top followed up with 10 minutes of Mary. COT, Moby prayed us out. Akbar has the Q tomorrow, Murph on Monday morning, I believe 6:30 am start time is what everyone is voting for.

  • No Q? No problem! – from Shooter

    With a blank on the board PAX will still show, so AO responsibilities include the occasional self EH no matter how many mental excuses come to mind.. Whether it be wanting to rest a little more hitting the snooze or simply making the assumption someone else will take it attitude, which every PAX out on this Gloom would have done most willingly.. Especially the likes of Q Master Russo, who has single handily kept the splash pad a float for the last few months.. PAX agreed that the old Jose10k would have clearly began his annual return of posting every Gloom now that school is out for the summer, then again a name change (Jose10Katie) changes a man. Let’s face it most all of us have been there.. We love you Jose10k, Jose10Katie or whatever your first F3 name happened to be…. 😬😬

    Light warmup
    10IC and 20IC SSH, Imperial walkers, Grass grabbers, arm circles, neck rolls and Toe Touches.

    Runners only out and down East Causeway to Monroe, down Monroe turning on Antibes and a left at the stop sign around the circle and returning. 3.5 total with all PAX.
    Time for Mary WW1 with legs spread 15 OYO, straight led and knee up crossing elbow F/J, 10 Merkins OYO, LBCs 10IC and Superman holds for 5 seconds to 10 and ended with Flutter kicks.

    Appreciate the Hammer praying us out and until the next Gloom 👍🏼👊🏼✌🏼!!