F3 New Orleans

Category: Northshore

  • Not Draggin’ Around – from Akbar

    YHC arrived at the gloom right on time after hitting the snooze this morning too many times. The AO was vacant, with one unidentified truck. Out walked Bypass and his FNG, Waterpik ran up as usual, and Hogsbreath was the last to make it 5. T Claps for the EH Bypass, in your second week nonetheless. Still burning from Saturday, there would be minimal shoulder work today.

    Warm up SSH, IW, Arm Circles (F/B), Self-Love x 10

    Short Mosey to the playground for Pull-Ups and Swing Tucks: 10, 8, 6 each OYO

    Thang : Mosey to the Lakefront wall. As we started, a man in his car rolled down the window and said “stop draggin’ arse!” That’s really the definition of a Mosey sir, so we did Mosey and stopped for some exercises

    Block 1 10 Apolo Ohno’s (2 is 1), 25 Merkins

    Block 2 10 Apolo Ohno, 25 Merkins, 50 Lunge walk (1-1)

    Lakefront 25 Dirkins OYO, 20 Freak Nasties IC, 20 Peter Parkers IC

    Mosey back to the court stopping along the way for:

    Block 1 10 Apolo Ohno’s (2 is 1), 25 Merkins

    Block 2 10 Apolo Ohno, 25 Merkins, 50 Lunge walk (1-1)

    Back at the beginning, line up on court for 10 Apolo Ohno’s, 25 Merkins, 50 Squats OYO. Move to center court for 50 LBC’s IC. Mosey to playground for Pull-Ups and Swing Tucks: 10, 8, 6 each OYO

    Mary Leg Raises, Hands to Heels x10 IC

    Count, Name, Welcome Deep Six!

    YHC prayed us out with thanks for health & leadership. Thanks for Deep Six’s service to our country and save travels on his trek to NC.

    Announcements

    Gnarly Nutria Wednesday at 9am. Meet at the old Winn Dixie/Acquistapace for Clown Car at 7:45pm.

    FIA/F3 Mixer will not happen this week. It’s been changed to every other month, starting in August. More to come.

    Thanks for letting me lead,

    Akbar

    NMM

    Bypass’s friend Danny was on his way from San Diego to Fort Pendleton in NC. A Marine, he was a beast. He must have done 50 pullups to our 10 at the playground. He loves to Scuba Dive, so Deep Six was appropriate for his F3 name. Bypass and Deep Six said they’d be at Grandmas tomorrow. Great mumblechatter as always on the mosey to the lakefront and back.

  • Bunch of Dora’s – from Akbar

    16 PAX arrived at the Lakefront Saturday to get better. Today’s agenda would be simple, a Steve workout if you will. Dora 123 * 3. Great to be back with my brothers after a 10 day vacation.

    WU – SSH, Merkins, High Knees, Butt Kicks x 25. Grass Grabbers, Self-Love, Arm Circles (F/B) x 10

    THANG: 3 Doras, partners switch each time

    Mosey to the wall at Rips

    Dora 1

    Partner 1 runs to the top of the stairs at Rips, 10 Calf Raises, return to relieve Partner 2

    100 Stone Mountain (feet on wall)

    200 Freak Nasty

    300 Halleluiah Squat (hand up in the air)

    Mosey to the wall at the Gazebo

    Dora 2

    Partner 1 Bear Crawls to sidewalk, mosey back to relieve Partner 2

    100 Dirkins

    200 Gas Pumps

    300 Superman Rows

    Mosey back to the flag

    Dora 3

    Lightning round, partner 1 runs to the street and back, relieve partner 2

    50 Big Boy Situps

    100 American Hammers (2 is 1)

    150 Step Ups (1 is 1)

    Most were finished with 2 minutes left, but not all. QIC called recover and we circled up to honor The Manny with 25 Little Manny Crunches.

    Count, Name-o-Rama. Welcome Swole Patrol!

    NMM – T Claps to The Manny for making the trip from Picayune, great to see you brother. Manny will try and make 2 workouts a month going forward. And to Grundy for the EH of Swole Patrol, who walked up late with no fear and jumped right in. Going head-to-head in Bear Crawls with Swole was quite impressive, he gave it all he had. Chainsaw and Pickaxe teamed up with YHC for the lightning round, with impressive modifications and counts. Also great to see Bypass again for his 3rd beatdown of the week. We worked a lot more shoulders than I thought, mine are still burning at this writing. Hammer named Swole, reminiscing back to his working days on the West Bank – where he saw a stout dude in a truck with Swole Patrol emblazoned on the front. Good work men.

  • No Monkey business at the A1c!! – from Shooter

    Knowing YHC would be out the next 2 days I wanted to give the PAX something to remember. There was no Monkey business but there was Monkey Humpers which brought a comment from Moby that had the PAX in stitches 😂😂 for some of the warmup.. Don’t quite remember the exact statement but I believe he shared “They’ll be no Monkey Humping from me in my future.” or something along those lines.. Either way the PAX really enjoyed his statement and if you want to confirm just ask the next tome you see him..

    Warmup
    Variations of 10IC/20IC arm circles, Cherry Pickers, Windmills, Butt kicks, Mummy kicks, SSH, Toe Touches and of course Monkey 🐵 Humpers..

    Thang
    YHC planted a special delivery at the northern side base of the parking garage.
    You guessed it coupon Friday.
    Picking the 7 of diamonds ♦️ from the Exicon for today’s beatdown.
    The attempt was 7 rounds of exercise. Brief description four corners or in our case 4 lamppost. Increasing rep count by 7 each round to 28 and backdown to 7. For the Qs sake an audible was called for the 28 count exercise 😰😰. 4 rounds of each
    7 rep count each lamppost 8count body builder with a thruster replacing the Plank Jack Tanked.. 14 rep count kettle swings, 21 block Merkins, 28 curls for the girls, 21 chest press, 14 squat thrusters and time expires.. PAX carried the coupon at all times and between each round… T👏🏼👏🏼to all the men on this day for sticking with it and pushing through.. We all agreed that Tanked seemed to just be getting warmed up as he grunted through the finish line, however he graciously informed the Q he was feeling toward the end and the grunts were an assist to finish strong 💪🏼 💪🏼…

    Count, announce and COT with the Q closing out with intentions for my neighbor and prayers for Amnesia’s wife..

    Thanks for posting and and keeping me accountable you fine men!!

    Till the next Gloom 👍🏼👊🏼✌🏼!!

  • I’m not doing that – from Waterpik

    With 1 week remaining before the annual Gnarly Nutria, YHC figured it would be good to get a little extra mileage in today. When YHC announced that the route would include 2 laps around the neighborhood circle, Jose 10k said, “I’m not doing that”. And so there it was. One lap for Jose and 2 laps for shooter and YHC.

  • The (Birthday) “Cake Walk” – from Grundy

    One might ask why someone would willingly hang around a group of guys who without fail would say that they hate them at the end every workout. To continue to endure that type of verbal abuse for 4 and a half years seems insane. But on this specific July 10th, those words would not be obligatorily uttered any more. The word “hate” would be replaced by silence. On this specific day, YHC moved over into the realm of “Those Who Shall Not be Named” (Those Who Shall Not be Named = The age group of 30-49 where you earn no extra “hate” or “respect”).

    I was now free of hate but had strangely grown accustomed to hearing it! So, in order to receive the word I had heard every workout for 4 ½ years, I had to give the PAX another reason to “hate” me. No problem, that would be a “cake walk”.

    Pre-Thang
    Normal warmup sequence commenced In Cadence ranging from 10-30 counts.
    • SSH
    • Windmills
    • Good Mornings
    • Arm Circle Series

    The Q then took the PAX on a longer than typical mosey to Milestone Marsh where the cake walk would begin.

    The Thang
    Credit Zoolander for saying the week previously that it would be funny to create a workout sequence called the “cake walk” that actually was really difficult. Challenge accepted! Since the beatdown would be on the Qs actual 30th birthday, it just made too much sense to create a workout that had the word “cake” in it. After a quick poll via GroupMe from both the Northshore and Southshore, a quick list of most “hated” exercises were gathered. From there, the Q just worked in the number of the day “30” and the (birthday) “cake walk” was born.

    The cake walk goes like this. Start on the baseline of the basketball court, you will begin with 30 lunge pulses on the right side pausing on every fifth rep for a five count hold before continuing the reps. Continue until every rep is complete. Once finished, you crab walk to half court (you can thank Zoolander again for suggesting this one on GroupMe) to do 29 Sister Mary Catherines. Crab walk back to the baseline for 28 Carolina Dry Docks. Crab walk to half court for 27 Bulgarian split squats (right side). Crab walk one more time back to the baseline for 26 manmakers in cadence (a real crowd pleaser). After you finish that, this is where you can insert a ten count or two since there is no crab walk after the manmakers which means you will still be on the baseline of the basketball court.

    You repeat the sequence of descending reps of Lunge Pulses, Sister Mary Catherines, Carolina Dry Docks, Bulgarian Split Squats, and Manmakers starting now on 25. For every sequence of the 5 exercises, you switch which leg you would do for the lunges and Bulgarian split squats. So, in the second sequence you would do your left side. Continue this sequence until you do the last manmaker!

    Finishing this was quite a challenge and the lack of mumblechatter just further evidenced that fact. Although, legend has it that Barely Legal is still out there doing his speedy crab walks! The workout was done, and the time showed 7:29 AM when we finished the last manmaker. We were half a mile from the lakefront flag but the PAX was gracious with their sentimental Q on this day. We decided that despite the time, we would take a nice walk back most of the way to the flag.

    Once we arrived around the flag we were able to officially welcome our newest FNG Pro Bono! After that I was able to express my gratitude to a group of men who quite literally shaped the man I am today. A group who showed me that as we strengthened our bodies we were also strengthening our friendships, leadership capabilities, and character. I wouldn’t trade this group of men and the lessons I’ve learned for anything and am beyond honored to simply be a part of the group. And although I will never hear the required berating of “hate” after my name again, I will never stop feeling the care that I’ve felt from the first day when I showed up one Saturday morning back in February of 2017. A feeling of care that has continued to grow and which actually feels a lot like love.

    Until Next Time,
    Grundy (He Who Must Not be Named)

  • Can’t Count or Spell – from Einstein

    The Sun posted for a change this morning at the Gipper, after what has seemed like an endless string of rainy days.

    Short disclaimer …
    Warmup:
    all 20xIC: Toe Touch, Side Straddle Hops, Good Mornings, Shoulder Shrugs, Butt Kicks, Swimmers

    Mosey to the upper deck of the St. Tammany Justice Center parking garage
    Event; from the F3Nation Exicon: Hindenburg B.L.I.M.P.S.
    At the four corners of the parking deck, running to each corner
    4×10 Burpees
    4×20 Lunges
    4×30 Imperial Walkers
    4×40 Merkins
    4×50 Plank Jacks
    4×60 Squats (ran out of time to do this last one, the PAX will do this for homework – on the honor system)

    The PAX: Akbar, Barely Legal, BBQ, Cowbell, Fred Einstein, Jose10K, Moby Dick, Shooter, Turbo Tax

    Count-o-rama, Jose10K leads us out with a prayer.

    Thanks guys. Always fun to lead

  • 3…2…1…Blast off! – from Russo

    Pax of 4 in the gloom at Granny’s, where the “under construction” fences were up for an as-yet-undetermined project. Undaunted, we pressed on!

    Warmup (all IC, 10-20x)
    – sealjacks
    – cherry pickers
    – imperial walkers
    – toe touches
    – windmills
    – arm circles

    Thing before the Thang
    Having planned to use the benches that were now blocked off when the City of Mandeville built that wall, pax moseyed to Lafayette street to visit the Rusty Pelican for some brief tabata: 45 seconds each (not 45 minutes, Chewy, that would just be crazy) – – (1) Freak Nastys (2) Step Ups (3) Urkins

    A two block mosey back for The Thang:
    Something YHC called 3-2-1 Blastoff:

    3 reps at a column, mosey to the next column, 2 reps, mosey a column, one rep, then at the last column, up the pilot house for 10 calf raises and back down to start.

    Rounds – 3 merkins, 2 jump squats, 1 SMC
    3 shoulder taps, 2 Apollo ohno’s, 1 suicide squat
    3 plank jacks, 2 Bobby Hurley’s, 1 high knee/ super calf raise
    3 Peter Parker’s, 2 tuck jumps, one groiner
    3 werkins, 2 lunges or SMCs, one monkey humper

    Thing after the Thang:
    With a few minutes left, it was a good opportunity to complete a Motivator, if for no other reason than to rectify the count issues YHC had on the last one we completed. This Motivator went to 7 (not 11) and for the most part we counted successfully.

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

    Special note for a busy week upcoming:
    Wednesday 7-21: Gnarly Nutria
    Thursday 7-22: FIA/F3 mixer
    Friday 7-23: A1C one year anniversary and Pelican Park Pickleball (P3-4-F3?)
    Saturday 7-24: Thibodeaux road trip for a Q school with Goose

    Special recognition/ T claps to a returning Akbar who made it back from his adventure outwest and also to Bypass, who made it back after his first beatdown yesterday at the Marsh. Keep posting as you are able, sir, and we’ll be there to continue moving you forward, because as a reminder, we’re committed to leaving no man behind and no man where they are.

    SYITG

  • A Few Card Games – from Hogs Breath

    YHC showed up 5 mins prior and was greeted by the sight of a few pax milling about. We even had a FNG waiting for us!!

    The warm up

    We began with 10 IC mountain man poopers. How YHC found that warm up was by searching through the Exicon and picking funny names. Using the same formula, YHC went to the exicon on my phone began scrolling and had my M say “stop” and that became this mornings workout. So what we we ended up with;

    Boat / Canoe – 60sec
    Burp and Merk – 5 oyo
    Crab Jacks – 10 ic

    The Thang

    An Obama the length of the basketball court.

    Originally a coupon workout was planned, however YHC was told the coupons had been taken, again. At this point the city is probably moving them, if YHC had read the back last from 2 weeks prior YHC would have realized and could have brought some coupons….

    [If anyone wants we were going to preform a workout modified from an iron pax workout:
    10 man makers
    20 overhead press
    30 kettlebell swings
    40 curls
    50 incline merkins]

    So YHC was a great Q and adapted on the fly. Even thought YHC had previous said minimal running and mostly upper body, he had to modify! A Deck O’ Death was pulled out and various games were played:

    War: highest card was the exercise and the low number was added up. I.e. 9 of spades [low slow squats] and 7 of hearts so all pax performed 16 low slow squats.

    After everyone had a turn we moseyed to the Woodlake elementary school and back.
    Then we drew a poker hand and performed all exercises of the highest poker hand. A mosey back to the school.
    Then we drew cards and lined them up highest to lowest, and performed all exercises, and then drew a second round but went lowest to highest.
    At this it was time to wrap up.

    We welcomed, and named, Bypass, a new addition to our Northshore Pax! Named because he had heart surgery last April, he was EH’d by one of our Uptowner pax. Hopefully he’ll return out to us again!

    Ended with a COT with plenty of prayers for upcoming surgeries, travels, and allowing the Great Q to be leaders in our communities as we carry forward.

  • Simple little Mosey – from Shooter

    3 PAX journeyed through the streets of Mandeville this Gloom. At first it appeared to only be Zoolander and YHC until out of the darkness a double flagged what looked like a UFO came rolling in. Amnesia biked in 8 miles from home to join us. I have money 💰 on the fact that he registers more miles between run and bike to the WWII team challenge currently underway..
    Brief warmup 10IC Windmills, Toe Touches, self love, scorpion kicks and Torso twists..
    Changed our direction down to Villere taking a left to Girord to Lakeshore and back up West Beach with a left at Monroe and returning to the AO..
    Time was around 40 mins and with Qs Garmin being a little aggressive at 5 miles I will scale back and say we completed roughly 4 to 4.5..

    Amnesia closed us out in prayer..

    Until the next Gloom 👊🏼👍🏼✌🏼!!

  • “Flexing Fletch” with special quest “Butts and Balls!” – from Shooter

    After a week away YHC decided to sign up for Today and Thursday as the Q sheet remains empty for the most part.. After arrival YHC saw the likes of Fletch pulling in to Flex his posting abilities and shortly thereafter the likes of Jose (on summer vacation) 10k as I planted the flag.. To even up the PAX Mandeville’s own Chewy pulls in and we commence to get this party started..

    Warmup
    15IC Windmills, Toe Touches, Cherry pickers, self love, SSH and Butt kicks.

    Thang
    Moseyed along the streets of Mandeville to the Marsh stopping along the way at each corner for 5 Burpee (2x Merkin), 10 Merkins and 15 Jump squats. Realizing there was only 2 corners to get there we extended around the backside to gather 2 additional blocks to get some reps in. Upon arrival at the Marsh YHC planned on some actual BLOCK work, however it appears we have been sabotaged yet again by our fellow Mandevillians or our local parish workers simply following orders in the removal of our ditch baring F3 coupons. Maybe the Qs sight is deteriorating or the GPS coordinates in my mind is way off.. Nevertheless Jose 10k tried shining a light literally to no avail.. One could understand if the removal was for the purposes of grass cutting or Bush trimming but the area we were looking through certainly shows no sign of say a “Bushwacker!” Or by no means a pruning machine in “Tanked up!” Called an audible using the monkey bars for (3x)
    5 pull ups, 10 squat thrusters minus the coupon and 5 chin ups. Back to the streets for the return stopping along the way yet again this time for 5 8 count body builders, 10 Lunges and 15 Apollo onos..
    Returned at the pavilion for some core work. PAX held chillcut while each man moseyed up and around the flag pole returning till everyone completed. Next round alternating Nolan Ryan’s 5 each side and the same up and around.. Final was 10 OYO donkey kickoffs..

    Count, Annouce and COT

    Big thanks to my Lee road Cowboys for journeying down this morning..

    Don’t forget open to all Pickle ball at Pelican park on Fridays 630PM hosted by Chewy..
    Fun times for sure..

    Appreciate Fletch 🙏🏼🙏🏼 us out and until the next Gloom 👊🏼👍🏼✌🏼!!!