F3 New Orleans

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  • 12 days of Christmas – from Waterpik

    With the week of Christmas upon us, a holiday themed beatdown was in order.
    After a brief warmup, YHC led the pax through the 12 days of an F3 Christmas with these exercises:

    Day 1: Imperial Squat Walkers
    Day 2: Hello Dollys
    Day 3: Groiners
    Day 4: Flutter Kicks
    Day 5: Jump Squats
    Day 6: Burpees
    Day 7: Imperial Walkers
    Day 8: Sister Mary Catherine’s
    Day 9: Merkins
    Day 10: Crunchy Frogs
    Day 11: Shoulder Taps
    Day 12: Side Straddle Hops

    Count, Name, Prayer

    Have a great week men! As always, I am a better man for participating in F3 and for knowing all of you.

    Waterpik

  • Plan B – from Akbar

    Gloomy morning and a great day for Ultimate Frisbee, F3 style. 14 PAX gathered with 3 doing the pre-thang 2 miler. Great to see Egg Toss back for another beatdown and Grover in town for a couple of weeks. It’s cold, rainy, dark – what could go wrong?

    Conditions: 42, Feels like 38, drizzling rain

    Warm Up

    IC x 10/20 – Torso twist, Copperhead squats, SSH, Apollo Ohnos (yes, IC), Leg Swings, Arm Circles, Hamstring stretches, Sit Through (Thor favorite), Imperial Walkers, Copperhead Merkins, T Spine Rotations

    Mosey toward the Gazebo for Thang 1

    – x10 IC Copperhead Merkins, Sit through

    Mosey toward the shaft for some frisbee warm ups:

    Lunge Walk, High Knee Hug , Drinking Birds, High Knees

    Wall:

    x10 IC Dirkin style Peter Parkers, Freak Nasties

    Mosey to the Shaft – High Skip, Backwards Run, Shuffle in varying distances

    Thang 2 – Ultimate Frisbee

    Regular Rules with intensification. Penalty exercises for 1st 5 Drops/OB: x10 descending to 2. After 5 drops, regular play – no penalty exercises. Ie: 1st drop 10 reps, 2nd 8 reps, 3rd, 6… down to 2. Regular play without penalty exercises until score.

    Penalty Exercises: Stone Mountains, Twinkle Toes, American Hammers, Merkins

    Scores: Scoring team holds plank while opposing team Bear Crawls back to kickoff position.

    Team 1 came out strong leading 3-2, then Zoolander threw the frisbee in the lake.

    Thang 3

    YHC realized we were on a makeshift football field, so we lined up at the end zone for:
    • Bear Crawl to midfield, 10 Merkins, Sprint to the Flag
    • Bear crawl to midfield, 10 Stone Mountains, sprint to flag
    • And so it went on with sprints, backpedals, exercises, and other forms of moseys.

    Thang 4

    Head to Gazebo, circle up for Copperhead Merkins and Shoulder Taps IC 10. And some other stuff.

    Mary

    Plank up for a round of: Copperhead Merkins, Mountain Climbers, Peter Parkers, Parker Peters x 10 IC

    Jane Fonda’s each side with single leg heal to knee, wife pleasers, LBC’s, Little Manny Crunches

    Count-o-rama, Name-o rama

    Announcements

    Run Cajun Run, Krazy Ivan, Franco’s Dip and Dash, Light up Trace ride at Covington Trailhead; F3 Camping trip Januaryish;
    – Russo has Q next Saturday for a Christmas theme.
    – Jose 10k leads the Battle of Nakatomi Plaza at the A1C Friday. Yippie Ki Yay

    Intentions

    Jose 10k’s school family battling cancer; Jose10k’s father in law Carl. Praise for good results on Waterpik’s M radiology results.

    YHC prayed us out with thoughts of managing our Kingdom around us, preparing to keep the enemy at bay. Fight, act decisively, remember where our strength comes from. Help us to be great Kings for our Concentrica.

    Coffeeteria at Book and the Bean

    SYITG – Akbar

    NMM:
    – Ultimate frisbee gave us great cardio, and about 180 reps in the game alone.
    – YHC had thought about what would happen if the frisbee went in the water, but never really acted on it as a plan B. I’m sure Russo could tell us the statistical chances of that happening.
    – Grover walked the plank to get the frisbee afterward as I prayed he wouldn’t fall in. Although it would have been pretty funny.
    – It’s only through continuous Q’ing that helps in an O.S. moment. We were already on the field, why not use it.
    – Lots of shoulder work today. I’m going to take a nap.

  • More About Reindeers – from Hogs Breath

    Apparently the month of December in Slidell must revolve around reindeers!!!

    (Also note, I’m only 5 days late with this this backblast!)

    So YHC left the house nice and early to only realize that I left my car window’s completely down! After running back inside to grab a few towels, I sat down on a sopping wet chair!!! YHC rolls in with a min to spare. Planting the flag we began!

    The warm up:
    Animal themed with some seal jacks, some alligator Merkins, some windmills and stuff!

    The workout;

    Began with YHC having to borrow Pass Interference phone to play Chick Berry 2nd best song 🎵 Run Run Rudolph🎵
    With run in place and then a squat every time “Rudolph” was said.

    The next followed in line for each of the Santa Reindeer.

    Dasher – we mosey’d some
    Dancer – breakdance merkins
    Prancer – skipped some
    Vixen – V ups
    Comet – star jacks
    Cupid – mosey’d some more for our hearts (YHC forgot to include this reindeer!)
    Donner and Blitzen – Dutch for ‘lighting and thunder’ so we did a capt’ hammer!

    Just enough time be able to mosey another lap and one more “Run, Run Rudolph”

    Ended with a COT

    I swear this will be my last Reindeer themed beatdown….of 2022 at least!
    And “My Ding-a-ling” is Chuck Berry #1 song!

  • A1C Cornucopia – from Einstein

    A cool 39.5 degrees at 5:15 a.m. atop the Justice Center Parking Garage. With the air so fresh, even a gaseous pax would prove ineffective.

    Warmup:
    all 20xIC: numerous
    then, off to the ramp for a backward run down the ramp, out to the street and up the stairs returning to our starting point

    Thang:
    using parking lot stipes as our template, and the four corners for core exercise pit stops, we did even more numerous things – hard to believe.

    All had fun

    Count-o-rama

    Rock-A-Chaw Fletch led us out with prayer.

  • Murder Bunny Tunnel – from Russo

    Mid 40s temps means it’s almost cold enough for sleeves…no way can I keep a straight face and say that. It’s never cold enough for sleeves.

    Hammer was ready as YHC arrived and was still putting on his shoes, soon to be joined by Akbar, Bird, and Whacker, making a nifty group of 5 for some splash pad fun.

    Warmup (all 10-20x IC)
    – Sealjacks
    – Toe touches
    – Grass grabbers
    – Self love
    – Hillbillies

    Thang

    11s
    Merkins and groiners as we moseyed the columns

    Over to the stage for 10 IC imperial squat walkers, and then to the bus stop for 20 IC freak nastys and 5×2 IC Bulgarian split squats

    Mosey to the tunnel, where YHC coined the phrase “Russo memorial tunnel run”: mosey down, side shuffle through, back pedal up. It’ll be a thing soon!

    That tunnel run lasted four rounds, followed by two rounds of walk down, murder bunny through, and sprint back up.

    Mosey back, along the way stopping for 10x IC leg raises and gas pumps, as well as 10 jump overs and 10 step ups at the bus stop.

    Back at start, we wrapped up with Mary: LBCs, crunchy frogs, Rosalitas, and wife pleasers.

    COT, Name-o-Rama, Announcements and Prayer closed us out.

    Keep an eye out on Slack for a potential Nightmare reschedule, and we lifter up Akbar’s friend Ned in Jackson.

    Thank you fine gentlemen for reading and joining me this morning. Yes, it selfishly was a lot of running, but the holiday weight I’ve gained is not going to lose itself. Your camaraderie was very much appreciated.

    SYITG

  • Just, the two of us!! – from Shooter

    Arrived on this cool clear morning at the Scramble to just one PAX.. The ole reliable, never late Waterpik loosening up.. With no Ruckers around YHC knew he would be thrust back into the the official Scramble of running.. So we completed a brief warmup of 15IC SSH, Toe Touches, Self love, Windmills, bridges, and alternating legs over back and leg swings front to back and side to side.
    Moseyed standard route minus to the point which left us with plenty of time at the end for some core and stretching. LBCs, 100s, alternating elbow to knee, hello dollies, wife pleasers, flutter kicks and some static stretches.

    Appreciate the mosey and mumble chatter with you Waterpik…. Good to get back at moseying and until the next Gloom..
    👍🏼👊🏼✌🏼

  • Big Things, Little Things – from Akbar

    4 strong for another muggyish beatdown before cooler weather comes in. Special guest from St. Louis, Blue note.

    PAX: Akbar, Barely Legal, BBQ, Blue Note

    Conditions: 71 degrees mostly cloudy

    Warm Up
    Extended toe touch, SSH, Arm Circles, Grass Grabbers, Imperial Walkers, Cherry Pickers

    Thang 1 Rock Garden
    X10 IC Copperhead Style: Chest Press, Shoulder Press, Triceps Press, Curl, Row, Prisoner Squat, American Hammers

    Thang 2 Mosey to the courthouse benches
    Stone Mountains x 10 IC, bear crawl to Smokehouse, shuffle back
    Freak Nasties x 10 IC, bear crawl to Smokehouse, shuffle back
    7’s Rocky Balboas and Bobby Hurleys. Climb stairs in between with 5 Calf Raises at top

    Thang 3 Mosey to front of Courthouse
    7’s Inverted Renegade Rows 2=1 and Supermans. Up the stairs with 5 calf raises at top
    Benches: Shoulder Taps x 10 IC, lunge walk to wall, return for Y Supermans x10IC

    Return to the Gipper for Mary of LBC, LMC, and Heals to Heaven

    Count, Name, and BBQ prayed us out.

    Announcements
    Run Cajun Run, Krazy Ivan, Franco’s Dip and Dash, Nightmare Before Christmas postponed – check Slack for updates, Light up Trace ride at Covington Trailhead; F3 Camping trip Januaryish; Ultimate Frisbee Saturday at the Lakefront.

    Intentions
    Aunt Sue – Leukemia; By buddy Ned in Jackson (in hospital for overdose); BBQ brother Ned (dog passed away)

    Thanks for showing up, it was fun. SYITG – Akbar

  • It’s a Small World…Small Enough for a Mini Murph – from Bushwacker

    The muggies we live with here greeted us in the gloom, and made temps in the low 60s feel not much cooler than a sauna. With the venerable Steve UNDER the weather, YHC grabbed the Q with all the excitement of a kid on Christmas morn! And so arriving to Russo and an FNG, courtesy of Chewy, was enough to spur on an arsenal of potential shenanigans. Ensuing mumblechatter revealed that, not only had myself and our FNG attended the same event the previous evening, but that our daughters were besties! And so Bestie was he named, until…

    WARMORAMA

    x10 IC:
    SSH, High Knees, Butt Kicks,, Imperial Walkers, Windmills, Cherry Pickers, Self Love

    THANG

    With the late (on time) arrival of Cowbell, we were off. The PAX mosied to The Marsh where we did OYO 5 rounds of 5 Pull Ups, 10 Merkins, and 15 Squats.

    Mosied around the block.

    Rinse and repeat before returning to Granny’s

    MARY

    Circle up on your 6: PAX does a continuous round of exercise, while each man took a turn running up the stairs, around the tower, and back. After around 2 rounds, we switched to the runner picking the exercise after each return.

    Freddy Mercurys, Flutter Kicks, Gas Pumps, Crunchy Frogs, LBCs, 100s, Penguins, Rosalitas…

    COT

    Count, Name, welcome Meat Sweats (aka Bestie)! Special intention for JV who is undergoing a sinus procedure. Chewy prayed us out.
    Many thanks for following the Wack on another wild ride!

  • Thor’s got nothing on these Pax – from Akbar

    YHC has been watching Limitless with Wicket this week, who still refers to him as Thor instead of Chris Hemsworth. We’ve been watching Thor do some pretty amazing things. Thor did this workout while on a Navy ship, and looked pretty tough. But the PAX today killed it with intensification.

    Conditions: 64 degrees, 100% humidity, cloudy

    Warm Up
    SSH, Arm Circles, Self Love, Grass Grabbers, Imperial Walkers

    Thang

    7 exercises – 10 rounds, walk it out 60s after each round, 450 reps total
    5 Squats
    5 Meter Bear Crawl – 16.5 feet – 3 point line to baseline. We intensified this to half court after 3 rounds.
    5 Sit Through’s – Bear crawl position, on toes, right leg across body while left hand is raised, switcheroo. 2=1. Similar to Apollo Ohno’s in Bear Crawl Position.
    10 Merkins
    10 Mountain Climbers – 2=1
    5 static Lunge, 5 each leg – hands or knees touch ground
    5 Apollo Ohno’s 2=1
    60s rest /walk out after each round.

    Playground

    Chin ups and Crunchy Frogs. 3 rounds x 10 or max. Last round midway hold on chin ups to failure.

    Mary

    LBC’s x20 IC

    Announcements

    Congrats to Grundy and M on the new baby born yesterday. Everyone is doing well. Run Cajun Run, Krazy Ivan, Franco’s Dip and Dash, Nightmare Before Christmas postponed – check Slack for updates.

    Intentions
    Aunt Sue – Lukemia; Jose 10k’s school family – 5 yr old dealing with cancer

    Count, Name, and YHC prayed us out.

    NMM
    • Thought this would actually be harder, but we do this stuff every day. Great work PAX

  • 11’s and missing Einstein! – from BBQ

    A mighty 3 at the A1C. A light mist at the start. Nothing to stop this PAX. The usual 11 warmups and 11 reps each. We moved to the top ramp and did 11’s. We started with 1 burpee at the top and 10 copperhead squats below and went 11 times. The way down was a run zig zagging between the posts. Lateral slides were added twice. The way up was mostly back peddling. The last run up was a sprint half way and coast the rest of the way. An Einstein favorite was done. A star jack every third parking line and add one stack each time. The total reached 10 on the last line. 11 freak nasties and one minute of LBC’s. Namerema went quick. Moby Dick prayed us out.