F3 New Orleans

Category: Backblasts

  • From Silence to Mayhem-2 – from Mahatma

    10 pax, including an FNG (Kyle) gathered to start the road to recovery – from the gluttony of the extended Thanksgiving weekend. No doubt YHC was confident it would not be a solo calorie burn as Hokie texted his committed presence while in route. After a quick disclaimer and a short mosey to an opening just of the track there was a quick stretch and warm up.

    Then to the surprise and delight of the pax, YHC gave calming instructions that for the next 10 minutes the work would be in silence, simply follow whatever exercise YHC was performing – SSH – Vups – Merkins – Squats – Burbee – Mnt Climbers – Toy Soldiers – LBCs continue to rinse and repeat as YHC continued.
    Complete mosey to the rocks, get one and line up for Indian Walk to the Hill.

    Split up 1/2 & 1/2 – drop rocks on either side meet on top for the instructions. It started as a 1771 where 2 exercises were to be done crossing to either side each time crossing either perform 5 merkins or 3 burpees – YHC intended for 3 rounds that included a bear crawl around the base yet his ability communicate clear instructions was a clear failure and slice of humble pie. The pax vocalized this clearly yet attempted to follow the folly of Mayhem even to give it a 2nd try. YHC accepts the failure as a learning experience and challenge to come up with better plan for a future beatdown!

    Grabbing our rocks we headed to the pavilion YHC spirts were lifted as comments were made that he came close to other highly respected HIMs who try to implement creative pax activities therefore taking our comfort zones to new levels. (Mahatma’s Mayhem will return for a 3rd attempt!)

    5 box jumps followed by a burpee x 5. Fast Tax was determined to put perform the pax by increasing his burpees with each round so 5BJs 1 Burpee then 5BJs 2 Burpees and so on……hard charger!

    25 leg lifted rock chest press
    20 WII sit ups

    Return the rocks.

    COT Kyle was tagged with the name “Mayhem” in honor of him holding his composure and seemingly gleefully for a return!

    Prayers or gratitude, grace and humility of service.

  • Tabata Bout It – from Goose

    Still moping from having missed the Turkey Bowl on Saturday, YHC was looking forward to seeing the PAX this morning and hearing all the details. And, after hearing the details, it only made me more sorry that I missed it. But, camaraderie forged in pain was to be this morning’s gift, and the four PAX who attended were gracious enough to join YHC in the suffering.
    Warmups of the usual with some added hillbillies to burn up some soreness in the hips. Then we were off in and Indian Run around Rich Man’s Loop with the last person doing 5 Apolo Ohno’s before running to the front.
    Upon returning, YHC wasted no time in firing up the Tabata timer (I like the “Smart WOD” app) for 29 rounds of 40 seconds exercising and 20 seconds rest. Many were harder than YHC imagined, and some were a little easier (though not many). The chest was good and fried by the end of it, as were the calves. Background music was nixed in favor of space for mumblechatter, but it ended up being 29 straight minutes of panting and grunting and some jerk constantly telling us we were only halfway there. It was awesome. Here’s the list of exercises:
    1. Line jump w/2 feet (jump side to side over a line in the concrete)
    2. Left foot line jump (dang)
    3. Right foot line jump
    4. Irkins (on the bricks on the stage for this and the next few)
    5. Derkins
    6. Box jumps
    7. Dips
    8. Bonnie Blairs
    9. Big Boy Situps
    10. Calf raises
    11. Backward lunges
    12. Mountain climbers
    13. Merkins
    14. Werkins (wide arm merkins)
    15. Side lunges
    16. Freddy Mercurys
    17. LBC’s
    18. Flutter kicks
    19. Hairy Rockettes (straight leg up to opposite extended hand, to one side, then the other, like the Rockettes)
    20. Diamond merkins
    21. Pickle pounders (low plank, not high–that would be weird)
    22. Carioca (back and forth across the concrete)
    23. Elbow to opposite knee situps
    24. Rocky Balboas (on curb)
    25. Knerkins (merkins on knuckles, a.k.a Chuck Norris merkins)
    26. Plank jacks
    27. Toe taps (high plank, reach through and touch opposite toe)
    28. Crab cakes (opposite of above–crab position, reach up and touch opposite toe in turn)
    29. Carolina dry docks

    Finished at exactly 6:15 for some COT and some heavy prayer intentions for a lot of folks going through some major stuff.
    It was a blessing to be out there with you gents!
    SYITG,
    Goose

  • 15’s & Release – from Hokie

    YHC finished hanging drywall on Saturday AM at 1100 and looked and saw a Q-less Renaissance on Sunday but would not HC

    YHC finished working at Charlie’s on Saturday PM at 2300 and looked and saw a still Q-less Renaissance on Sunday but still would not HC

    YHC got up at 0530 Sunday AM and looked and saw a still Q-less Renaissance on Sunday and decided to step up and HC

    As 0630 approached six pax, including Smooth, in from Spain; new pax member, Wapner; our N’antan, Fraq; PVC & MacGyver.

    We started with a disclaimer and welcome and Warmorama of SSH x 20, Slow Vigodas x 10 and grass grabbers x 15. While warming up 2 additional pax, Abacus & Vagabond, arrived.

    The THANG –

    15’s
    15 Burpess & 15 Mountain Climbers
    Then Mosey to Green box and
    15 American Hammers & 15 big Boi sit up

    Run back to NOMA

    repeat with round of 14’s 14 & 14 mosey to green box 14 & 14, mosey to NOMA

    Rinse and repeat for rounds of 13, 12, 11….

    At 0710 we gathered around “the bacon” for 25 “foot release” squats (squat to seated position and lift knees as high as possible) & 25 hand release merkins

    At 0714 we went up the stairs to “enjoy” Sunday Mornings against front wall of NOMA

    At 0715 we gathered for countarama, nameorama, announcements & prayer.

    Thank you for the opportunity to lead

  • Dejavu – from Mahatma

    YHC did NOT want to get out of the sack. Yet it was on a verbal commitment to Bolt of taking the Q. Pulling up at 5:27 there was no sign of activity stirring in or around the bill pin – no last minute headlights. At 5:33 YHC made the decision OYO recovery – headed back to the house made coffee and enjoyed the quiet morning on the porch.

  • Pre-feast calorie burn – from Mahatma

    It was 5:27 Cool and comfortable – YHC was staring into the darkness and no pax! The decision was made to position his truck for a 5:31 departure yet at 5:29 headlights coming…..white Dodge – YHC new it was a Frac sighting and pulled back into the parking lot. 2 more sets pulled in so our number doubled to 4!

    After disclaimer the outline for the beatdown was explained……simple enough don’t stop moving even when your waiting (SSH or Scuba Kicks). All movement was Indian Run style. Every 5 minutes we would halt whatever we were doing for a round robin set of Mary.

    Warm up – IR around the fountain – JackWeb then IR up the levee to the House of Pain – 3 rounds of 5 pull ups – IR to the end of the levee sharp turn down and across a VERY wet field for street sign dead lift – IR to the corner (quick instructions for 1 round of the “H8” Indian style of course – finishing at the corner we used another downed street sign for 1 round of rows – IR to the Seawall 2 rounds of Indian style push-up ladder – IR to the opposite end of Seawall then 2 rounds of 3 box jumps then1 burpee x 5 – IR back to the HofP 2 rounds of 5 pull ups – line up at the base of the levee 3 rounds of sprints up walk down the backside sprint back up. Finished with Frac leading the last round of Mary.

    COT – prayer of Thanksgiving!

  • The Turkey Bowl – from Paradox

    11/26/22 7:29 am EDW Stadium

    A youth sized Wilson football leaves the rocket launcher surgically enhanced shoulder of legendary quarterback Yankee Joe Montana. The game clock strikes 0:00 and the scoreboard is locked in a dead heat 0-0, the leather-bound vessel elevates in a tight spiral and cuts through the gloom of a misty bayou morning. A bird chirps. Fresh biscuits fill the air. It reaches the peak of its flight and underneath, each PAX fight for real estate to find its landing place. Its destination is a streaking Superfun(d) who has battled through the Yellow Team defense and found wide open spaces in the endzone. Time stands still, the fate of the F3 Turkey Bowl hangs in the balance….

    18 hours earlier…

    Text Thread
    YHC: F3 Turkey Bowl tomorrow, I’ll get flags. Can you bring an an American football?
    Yankee Breaux: Yea, going to Wally today to get black Friday deals on Icy Hot. What size, Junior?
    YHC: You bet. I can throw it clean over those mountains.

    14 hours earlier…
    Group Text with Tana and Yankee
    YHC: Check out this F3 turkey bowl jersey prototype (beaming with pride as YHC attaches pic of PDOX jersey I’d been stenciling for hours)
    Tana: Bro.. I’m gonna shoot you strait …that looks like it says POOX
    Yankee…..
    Tana:….
    YHC: No turning back, see yall in the morning. (*Googles Bible verses on Humility)

    6:00am YHC and Yankee setting up cones and feeling low expectations about turn out
    YHC : Can you play flag football with three people?
    Yankee: Who is the third? Tana had a few high APV brews yesterday, hes atleast 50/50
    YHC: Man , Goose is never gonna let me Q the special holidays again. Oh well it was a good run.

    6:29 am YHC and Yankee share a “yea this is gonna be awesome” nod as 10 PAX and one 2.0 FNG pour in from all corners to the Peltch gravel lot. The call of gridiron glory had not gone unanswered. Major Brat rolling in for his second beatdown! T Claps!. andddd a really special Welcome Back Kotter moment as Gordon strolled in with a fresh homemade F3 jersey and a twinkle in his eye. We got rolling with some standard warmups with somewhat proper cadence.

    THANG 1 WARMUP
    PAX Indian run with last man dropping off to do 5 Football Thrusters (thrusters holding a football, don’t overthink it) then runs to lateral pass the ball to the last man in the Indian run. If ball dropped we would suffer 5 burpees as a PAX. It took Cardinal approximately 3 microseconds to spot the morality loophole. “What if they drop it and nobody sees them?”. To YHCs knowledge there were only crisp albeit somewhat short passes and we made it to the EDW stadium with legs activated.

    Mosey to the Center Cards logo after an impromptu cone shuttle run.

    WarmUp Song
    “Are you ready for some Football?”…No not the one your thinking , sorry . I left Hank Williams Jr at home. We did Zombie Walks on the song with Burpees on “Football” to this version created by …checks notes….Mr. Lewis and D.O Dubb feat Dub Ruffin. You might want to google this one because its pure poetry.

    Mosey back to the endzone with a lateral cone shuttle run

    YHC had PAX line up shoulder to shoulder
    On Q call we passed the ball side to side
    On Down hold Al Gore, On Set we chopped feet, Then YHC blew the coach whistle and whoever had the ball got to call a PAX to go out for a pass. If caught 10 SSH, if dropped 5 burpees. PAX faired well here once in a rhythm. Gave everyone a chance to see what talents would be showcased in todays Main Event…

    Thang 2 The TURKEY BOWL
    Divide PAX by 1s and 2s and pass out yellow and blue flags
    BLUE TEAM: Montana, YJ, Cardinal, SuperFun(d), Wet Tap
    YELLOW TEAM: YHC, Major Brat, Lil Cuz, Paradiddle, Gordon

    The Rules were simple enough. Each possession starts on the 50. You get 4 downs, no first downs. PAX hold al gore in offensive huddle while PAX hold plank in defense huddle. Any turnover (on downs, interception, fumble) results in 10 burpees for offense and 10 SSH for defense. A touch down results in 10 burpees for defense and 10 SSH for offense.
    Yellow team took the first offensive possession after winning the toss and a lengthy explanation of an alien football backspin concept that must be a “down the bayou” thing. (still don’t get it)

    Yellow team with a turnover on downs to start after a failed flea flicker. Lil Cuz establishing himself as a field general early. Blue team started a steady drive and it looked like we would continue a Saturday tradition of watching Wet Tap do athletic things we usually only see on TV. Blue was threatening an early score leaning heavy on Taps speed and Tanas relentless trash talk.
    …That’s when Gordon decided enough is enough. As Tap was streaking for what looked like an inevitable score Gordon met him head on to force out of bounds. Unstoppable object..immovable force..we’ve heard this song before! Some bystanders say you could actually here the moment that Taps ear cartilage gave way. When the dust settled Team blue ate 10 more burpees and with blood in the water Team Yellow had the big Mo swing.

    HIGHLIGHTS
    -Paradiddle kept a great attitude despite not know much football lingo
    -Montana is light on his feet and has perfected the Lebron Crab dribble. Don’t let him get in open space.
    -Gordon with a contested 2 foot drag interception and we still are waiting on booth review
    -Legends continue to grow but pretty sure Wet Tap wasn’t allowed a vehicle as a teenager and just had to run to places. He was never late.

    We traded blows for the next few possessions but remained a tight defensive slobber knocker. YHC checked the applewatch game clock and gave blue team the 60 second warning. This would be the final drive…

    7:30am EDW Field Endzone
    The junior size Wilson descends on its path into the EDW endzone and finds SuperFun(d) ready to cradle it like a newborn baby. Crowd noises overtakes the scene as our perception returns to real time.
    The inaugural F3 Thibodaux Turkey Bowl had its victor. Blue team in Hail Mary Fashion!!

    Defensive MVP- Gordon
    Offensive MVP- SuperFun(d)

    Wrapped up on the field with our now traditional PAX clean up then mosey back to the flag.

    Welcome Lil Cuz’s FNG 2.0 –Pikachu!

    COT and Cardinal Prayed Us out

    Thanks for the opportunity to lead.
    Lots of great ideas for this one going forward and I think the Bowl series will be a staple.

    SYITG

    Pdox (POO-X 4 Lyfe)

  • Black Friday Edition – from King Kong

    I hope everyone had a Happy Thanksgiving. We had a feast at our 2nd Friendsgiving after Afternoon Delight. Whopper’s saying… “Wellness starts tomorrow.” I was expecting more Pax on Friday morning after all the food we indulged on Thanksgiving Day. I was surprised to see only 9 PAX (Elwire, Meatball, Popalock, BTU, Manchovy, Moana, Whopper, Moist, and Kong). The Q didn’t show up, and there is no way I was going to let Meatball take the Q. FYI – all he does…. run up the garage and do 10 burpees on each level on both sides of the garage. BORING. So I took the Q on the spot.

    We moseyed behind Gibson Hall and did our warm-ups: SSHs, Imperial Walkers, Hill Billies, Windmills, and Arm Circles.

    We then moseyed to PJs and did more warm-ups: Self Love, Slow Merkins, Slow Low Squats.

    We then moseyed to the Baby Garage. We Native American Ran up to the top. At the top, we did DORA 1, 2, 3. Exercises were 100 merkins, 200 Rocky Balboas, 300 American Hammers (2 is 1). While one partner was doing the exercise, the other partner ran down one level and back up.

    After Dora, we moseyed back down. We stopped on each level and did an exercise at each level as a group. 1st stop – 20 flutterkicks. 2nd stop – 20 Hello Dollies. 3rd Stop – Protractors. 4th Stop – 10 hand-released merkins.

    Next stop – to WPM. Ran up to the first level. We did a burpee under each beam on the 2nd ramp towards the 3rd level. We did about 10 burpees in total. Time was running out so we moseyed back to the flag.

    COT – Speaking of Thanksgiving, we are always grateful and thankful for our health, family, and friends. Keep up our mental and physical health so that we can continue to do this on a regular basis. Coffeeteria attendance was high. Gabby showed up at PJs even he didn’t attend the beatdown.

    SYITG

    King Kong

  • Burn that Turkey – from Fracsac

    Saturday after Thanksgiving at the Mothership brought a 60 degree Misty feel to the AO. The attendance was light with 4 pax: Carpool Downrange from Houston, Spaulding, Cheetos and YHC, but that didn’t stop us from turning up the heat to burn off that Thanksgiving meal!

    Warmup at the flag with regular stuff. Mosey to the peristyle with a stop at the truck to grab some toys:
    60 lb sandbag and rope

    Stations:

    Burpees x 10 with sandbag (timer)
    Battle rope
    Big boi sit-ups
    Donkey kicks

    People’s Chair on columns for 1 minute
    10 x 8 count body builders IC
    People’s Chair on columns for 1 minute
    Monkey humpers x 15

    Stations:

    Sandbag overhead lunge and squat x 5 (timer)
    Battle rope
    Freddie Mercury
    Bonnie Blair’s

    Mosey to great lawn for BLIMPS at each corner

    Mosey back to peristyle for a little Shock & Awe!
    SSH x 5 then 10 burpees
    SSH x 5 then 9 burpees
    Etc., etc

    Two rounds of taking turns rolling the exercise die. Jump squats, derkins, American Hammer, Skaters, and burpees all came up.

    Finish off with a little Mary.

    COT

    Good stuff!

    SYITG

  • Black Friday shopping – from Jose10k

    Okay, I’ll be honest, between Einsteins skater workout on Wednesday and the Turkey Trot yesterday, yhc legs were at bit jello. So our Black Friday shopping spree involved mostly upper body. Following a nice warm up of various stretches and exercises, we lined up for our Friday deals. First, we brought the coupons to add to the money saving opportunities. We had alternate merkins, rows, and curls for those customers waiting in line, while shopper 1 made a loop around the store in whatever fashion they choose. Most picked a light jog around, some skipped, back peddled, sprinted, and when I say some, I mean just hogs breath. 4 rounds of that, fireman carry your coupon back to the gipper, followed by a slow walk back to the top. Cot, Hog prayed us out. Syitg gentlemen!

  • Turkey Day Leftovers – from Russo

    Given the weather (slightly rainy), folks traveling, and day-after-holiday date, I thought I might be flying solo this morning, but like a shining light off in the distance, Quarterpipe moseyed to start to turn a table for one into a table for two for some Post-Thanksgiving leftovers. No turkey, all dessert for us!

    Warmup (10-20x IC)
    – Sealjacks
    – Toe touches
    – Arm circles
    – Good mornings
    – Cherry pickers
    – Butt kicks
    – Imperial walkers

    Thang

    Inspired by Grundy last year: Leftovers

    Timed reps – AMRAP in time given. The number of reps combined that are below the target, the Pax performs.

    So if the target is 30, and each of the 2 HIM does 28, we collectively do another 4 each. MATH!

    The menu:
    Jump squats: Time 30 seconds, target 40
    Merkins: Time 30 seconds, target 40
    Lunges: Time 1 minute, target 40
    LBCs: Time 45 seconds, target 50
    SMC: Time 30 seconds, target 40
    Big boi sit-ups: time 1 minute, target 35
    Burpees: Time 1 minute, target 25l
    Shoulder taps: Time 45 seconds, target 100
    Freak Nastys: Time 30 seconds, target 35
    Step ups: Time 1 minute, target 30
    Durkins: 25 seconds, target 30
    Jump overs: 30 seconds, target 30
    Squats: 45 seconds, target 40

    In between some rounds, we moseyed some, slalomed the columns some, and splashed around in the puddles from the overnight rain some.

    3 minutes or Mary, with crunchy frogs, penguins, and gas pumps wrapped us up.

    COT, Name-o-Rama, Announcements, and Prayer wrapped us up.

    Good times this morning.

    SYITG