F3 New Orleans

Category: Backblasts

  • Putting the 610 Back into The Stomp – from Hawgcycle

    Conditions: Partly Cloudy and 75 degrees. Humidity 88%. Wind 6 m/h from the SSE

    Pax: Abacus, Amnesty, Catfish, Cracklin’, Rudy, Saban, Tool, and YHC

    The Thang:
    • Traditional Bayou Route
    • 22 minutes out and 22 minutes back
    • 6 minutes of running. 1 minute of burpees and recovery. Repeat until you get back to the flag.
    • Seal the Deal

    NMM
    • The excitement was audible when I announced that we would be doing the traditional 610 Stomp workout.
    • Tool informed me that the 610 Stomp was rebranded as just The Stomp a few years ago. Remember when Radio Shack tried to just be The Shack? Hopefully we can learn from the mistakes of that once proud franchise. Like the TRS-80, the burpee is full of promise. Embrace it.
    • Amnesty was fired up after this workout. He and Tool were headed home to enter the next available Spartan Race, ironically, using a dial-up connection on Tool’s TRS-80.
    • Rudy and YHC were out in front to the turn-around. Rudy had informed YHC that he needed to slow down, because this was not a conversational pace. From that point on, YHC worked to keep that pace, knowing that Rudy would slow down, or at least stop talking.
    • I kid, I kid.
    • Saban was right there with us when we turned around, then he must have gotten spooked because he took off like a bat out of hell.
    • Catfish and Cracklin’ were right behind us talking about electron structures? Maybe I was hallucinating. It was muggy and we were running fairly fast, but I think they may have figured out Cold Fusion.
    • Much more productive than my conversation with Rudy, which centered around a large wart on my knee and the way it has changed in the past year.
    • Why did Saban take of so fast?

  • Burplevensies and Humple Pie – from Goose

    Another impromptu Tuesday morning at The Stage meant getting some quality time with Enron and Yankee Joe, and YHC was very much looking forward to that. Though, after crafting the beatdown last night, YHC was not looking forward to the down painment that it would require.
    After a few weeks of coming up with creative ways to get 100 burpees done in every beatdown, YHC still felt like he had some steam for putting together something new. This time, it would be “Burplevensies”.
    After a warmup of the usual (with some verbal wondering if we need to shake things up a bit, then really appreciating the fruits of the exercises we keep doing) including the now-typical mountain climbers and a bumper mosey, we lined up at the grass.

    Thang 1: Burplevensies
    Elevens with burpees on both sides. That’s right, both sides. The total would be 110, but to space things out a bit and add some variety, the transportation (25-ish yards) would change with every round. So, it would go like this:
    -10 burpees, bear crawl, 1 burpee, bear crawl back
    -9, carioca, 2, carioca
    – crab walk
    – nur
    – duck walk
    – side shuffle
    – bunny hop
    – mosey
    – frog hop
    – high-knee skip
    The pre-warmup mumblechatter included conversation about the men who haven’t posted in a while, and it was said about one guy, “I don’t think he ever really got over the hump.” Well, as we were reminded this morning, if we’re doing F3 right, we never really “get over the hump”. We’re always bumping up against our limitations. Pride at our “arrival” or some sort of measure of progress isn’t really doable when it’s always something different and we’re always humbled by having to dig deeper than we pictured. This is why I’m so grateful for F3–because this experience pulls us out of ourselves in a way that makes us strong, united, and joyfully self-deprecating as opposed to proud, isolated, and afraid of failure. Humple pie tastes so good! (Well, maybe not right away.)

    This was followed by a nice, long recovery mosey around Rich Man’s loop (the mumblechatter was minimal due to the need to conserve oxygen) and back to The Stage for about seven minutes of Mary: Wife Pleasers, LBC’s, Leg Raises, Hello Dollys, Nolan Ryans, and Penguins.

    Solid COT and YHC prayed us out. Super grateful for this morning, despite having to take a break on my way up one flight of stairs at the office!

    SYITG,
    Goose

  • This is Halloween – from Russo

    Lower 70s and high humidity this morning while we waited for a cool front that didn’t make it to Granny’s. 5 foolish mortals for Halloween fun a week out. It’s never too early.

    Warmup (all IC, even self love)
    – Sealjacks
    – Imperial walkers
    – Self love
    – Arm circles
    – Grass grabbers

    Thang

    (1) Ghostbusters
    High knees as the theme plays, with a plankjack merkin every time you hear “Ghostbusters”

    (2) Count 1-2-3 (perform exercise while your partner zombie walks the grass and back pedals back)

    100 Merkins
    200 zombie squats
    300 gas pumps

    (3) Bobbing for apples
    20-ish Pew kneels with a Kneel Diamond thrown in

    (4) Mummy Pyramid
    Using the benches:
    – 5 Durkins
    – 10 Urkins
    – 15 Freak Nastys
    – 10 Bulgarian split squats (2 is 1)
    – 5 Step ups (2 is 1)

    (5) Refill the candy bowl (Suicides / Shuttle Run)

    (6) Scary stories
    Designed to become a ghost story around an F3 campfire:
    (A) Join us in the Redrum: Murder Bunnies through the field
    (B) He sat straight up like he was possessed: Exorcist sit-ups (big boys, but your legs remain straight out in front of you)
    (C) You’ve sinned and need Absolution: lots of Absolution IC
    (D) We don’t like our babysitter: Mosey around Granny’s searching for Laurie Strode, practicing our stabbing form along the way
    (E) Camp Crystal Lake: Crunchy frogs IC, designed to be rows, like on a lake escaping Jason Voorhies

    COT, count, Name-o-Rama, announcements, and prayer closed us out.

    Thank you for indulging me in part I of the Halloween fun, with part II on Friday, especially if you weren’t feeling 100% physically or mentally. That’s what makes you a HIM.

    SYITG

  • Wally Sprint/Ruck – from Hokie

    9 Pax enjoyed the morning

    4 enjoyed the track led by PaiGow and 5 walked aimlessly through the neighborhood at a variety of speeds

    Strollers: Belloq
    Boo Boo
    Hokie
    Klinger
    McGyver

    Runners: Mambi
    PaiGow
    PVC
    Two Yutes

  • Like Cakes, Pillsbury Rises—Finally! – from Bolt

    YHC received a Sunday evening text from Pillsbury asking where I was posting in the gloom and a quick review of the Scrum showed a Q-less AO so I quickly signed up and let Pillsbury know. After texting a few PAX I knew were asking about our wayward brother of the gloom, I figured it would b a 2+ PAX beatdown and off to sleep I went. Pulling in just behind the man on the verge of being a Kotter, he admitted it’s been since before Labor Day that he posted—a stretch of time far easier to extend than to break, T-claps Pillsbury! Boo Boo came in hot and we commenced (predictably) with warmorama: RDE and a mosey to the squishy pad for the Thang:
    3 stations, rotating clockwise after 1 min. AMRAP/15 secs of rest for two circuits.
    Round 1:
    Step ups, tricep dips, Australian rows>rinse/repeat
    Round 2:
    Squats, incline merkins, LBCs>rinse/repeat
    Round 3:
    Reverse lunges, decline merkins, American Hammers>rinse/repeat
    Round 4:
    Side lunges, merkins, big Boi sit ups >rinse/repeat

    Based upon the grunting, huffing, gasping, and lack of mumblechatter I’d say each PAX pushed themselves to their personal limit which was YHC’s goal for an almost-Kotter’s return to the gloom, which was punctuated by an acknowledgement from Pillsbury that F3 NOLA really means it when we say, “No man left behind!” as he received several PAX’s outreach over the weeks of his absence—way to lead KennaBrah, PVC, etc.

  • Support Group for JBL – from Goose

    Still on a high from the convergence (and the van ride to and from the convergence) and the promise of a Kilo appearance, a record 8 PAX converged upon The Stage, mostly to console Paradox after what should not be mentioned (again) on record. But, I’ll go ahead and mention it anyway–JBL, in his opportunity of a lifetime performance, came up short. Really short. Thankfully, Coyote was there to make it all worth it and save the Thibodaux PAX’s convergence Q from total disaster, but JBL will never be the same.

    Warmup: the usual plus the pre-burpee mountain climbers, and the feel of 8 men in the circle at The Stage was awesome. YHC allowed some gloves to fall from his pocket instigating questions since there were no coupons in sight. (There was already some suspicion of a potential setup with some deep, devious plan devised by Anker to slowly and methodically break down the competition from within.)

    After the warmup, YHC suggested that all should retrieve gloves from their vehicles, and all were able to do so…blue and white ones…all of them. Burpees in the street was on the menu, and YHC knew that this particular street is a cheese shredder for human flesh.

    The Thang (Part 1) was a mosey around Rich Man’s Loop with 5 burpees EMOM for 10 minutes. Minutes seemed shorter than normal, but all kept up well enough, and 50 burpees were in the books.

    Part 2 consisted of three songs from the F3 Burpeepalooza list created a couple of years back for Make America Burpee Again, and these songs were chosen because they hadn’t yet been used much this year, and because their total burpees added up to 50.

    First: Red Solo Cup–overhead claps for the duration and burpees for every “Cup” and “Up” (total of 25)
    Second: This is Who I Am by Third Day–LBC’s for the duration and burpees for every “This is who I Am” (total of 12)
    Third: Get Back Up Again by Toby Keith (dedicated to JBL)–high knee skips (or “Running Man” skips if you’re Lil’ Cuz, or just trip over yourself if you’re Enron or Montana) for the duration, and burpees for every “Get Back Up Again” (total of 13)

    Part 3 was a 7 of Diamonds/4 Corners–add an exercise at every corner
    1. 7 merkins
    2. 7 merkins, 14 Bonnie Blairs
    3. The above plus 21 Big Boy Situps
    4. The above plus 28 Monkey Humpers
    The legs were done by the second corner, but all powered through with minimal grumbling.

    Part 4: Speed and Agility
    1. Sprint to the sidewalk and Nur back
    2. Carioca there and back (Also known as “Staring into One Another’s Eyes While Dancing”)
    3. Side shuffle there and back
    4. Bunny Hop there and mosey back (YHC was impressed by the effort on this one)

    Mary (IC): Freddy Merc x 31, Leg Raises x 15

    COT and Paradox prayed us out. Thanks for making it 8 STRONG this morning! It was awesome to have Kilo back and to offer prayers and camaraderie for his first day at the new job! And only six more days of burpees!
    SYITG,
    Goose

  • The Day After Convergence – from King Kong

    7 Pax attended to Sweaty Bells on this beautiful morning… clear sky with crescent moon very visible in the mid 60’s. Shame on you if you slept in after our huge breakfast at the Convergence. I need to work off those delicious biscuits and donuts.

    We started off with the following warm-up exercises: self love, windmills, hill billies, imperial walkers, SSHs, grass grabbers, then a slow mosey lap to the stop sign a back.

    We carried our bells to the field in front of the zoo. I set up 3 cones (one is the baseline, one in the middle, and the third is the other baseline) Every time we reached to the middle cone in one direction, we did 10 curls. On the way back, we did 10 triceps extensions at the middle cone). We did the following with the bells:

    1.) Goblet Squats x 15 IC at one baseline (suitcase carry in between)
    Prisoner get ups x 7 IC on the other baseline

    2.) Rows x 10 IC on each side (suitcase carry in between)
    Overhead presses x 10 IC

    3.) Chest Presses x 15 IC (suitcase carry in between)
    Hand on the bell merkins x 10 IC each side

    4.) Kettle Bell Swings x 20 OYO (overhead carry in between)
    American Hammers x 15 IC

    5.) Alternate Lunges x 20 IC (suitcase carry in between)
    Manmakers x 10 OYO

    We carried our bells back to the front of the zoo by the statue. Partnered up and did Dora 1, 2, 3:

    100 Step-ups with the bells
    200 alternate bell touches
    300 LBCs

    While one Pax doing the exercise, the other Pax ran to the stop sign and back. Flap jack until Dora is finished.

    COT – We prayed for Willie’s cousins both battling cancer. We also prayed for safe journey for both Stork and Dinghy as they set to sail off to the Caribbeans. Finally we prayed for Sphinxter as he’s preparing to have a shoulder surgery. Hope for a quick recovery and successful surgery. I am always grateful to have the physical and mental strength to do this on a regular basis. Never take it for granted.

    We had 2 additional Pax who joined us for Coffeeteria at Panola Cafe: Gabby and Sphinxter.

    SYITG!

    King Kong

  • Last Week’s Renny Redux (Renaissance 2022-10-23) – from Catfish

    Conditions – 65 F with a Cool Breeze (nice, just like last week!)

    The Thang

    Started facing the bacon with:

    Abe Vigodas x 10 (in cadence)
    Grass Grabbers x 10 (in cadence)
    Imperial Squat Walkers x 20 (in cadence)
    8-Count Bodybuilders x 20 (in cadence)
    Peter Parkers x 20 (in cadence)
    Shoulder Taps x 20 (in cadence)
    Parker Peters x 20 (in cadence)

    Moved over to fountain to continue the Chad 1000 prep started by Hokie in past weeks. PAX did a 5-minute routine that included the following:

    • Bulgarians (left leg) – 1 minute
    • Bulgarians (right leg) – 1 minute
    • Power-ups (left leg) – 1 minute
    • Power ups (right leg) – 1 minute
    • Step-ups (alternating) – 1 minute

    Rested the legs with Dips (in cadence x 20) and derkins (in cadence x 20). Ran a lap around NOMA, stopping at the stairs for calf raises (in cadence x 30).

    Rinse and repeat with the same 5-minute routine already mentioned. Rested legs this time with, LBTs (in cadence x 20) and flutter kicks (in cadence x 20). Ran a lap around NOMA, stopping at the stairs for calf raises (in cadence x 30).

    Rinse and repeat w/ 5-minute routine again. Headed to back of museum for 4.5 minutes of Sunday Mornings (1 Sunday Morning = 10 overhead claps in people’s chair, 5 donkey kicks, and 1 balls-to-wall press).

    Back to flag for COT.