F3 New Orleans

Category: Backblasts

  • I Wanna Go Fast- Mario Kart – from Paradox

    Strong showing in the gloom of the stage on a cool bayou morning with 4 PAX for our first 5:30a beatdown. Goose supplied the coups, Kilo made seven traffic violations on his way in and Perc rounded out the group and told the Monday meetings they can wait. This beatdown creation comes from my longtime love of mario kart and a recent run club variation I picked up while cruising the deep web for beatdown inspiration (please exercise caution typing “car themed beatdown” into your googler). YHC has been letting this pot of pain simmer for a few weeks in the beatdown laboratory. An extra merkin there, a dash of burpee here and the concoction was ready to serve to a hungry PAX.

    Warmorama IC 10-15 counts
    SSH, WM, IW, Chinooks, Cherry Pickers, Self Love, High Knees, Butt Kickers
    New Feature: Deep Squat Dislcaimers (nothing worse than dead air). We aired our grievances and discussed how poor form on burpees turns you into a GroupMe castaway.
    *followed by a brief track mosey so the PAX could get a feel for the course.

    Thang 1/Extended WarmUp

    A few songs to get the Pax into a racing state of mind:

    Low Rider: Hold plank with slow merkins on “low rider”
    Mustang Sally: headed to the pavilion for Mario power up steps on “sally” ( future note add incline merkins on non sally time or mustangs, I could feel the internal mumble chatter for not adding more pain)
    FUN, fun , fun- Beach boys: Coupon Calf raises on song, Coupon OHP on FUN

    Its time for the main event…THANG 2

    Mario Kart Rules
    There are 8 stations designated by neon cones placed at intervals on the track. Underneath each cone are 3 banana peels. Each peel contains an exercise. At each cone you will select a banana peel and complete the exercise then advance to the next station with standard mosey as your mode of transportation. Exercises may include the following:

    LIGHTNING-yell lightning and all PAX doing smurf jacks while the card flipper sprints 1 lap on track
    BLUE SHELL: All pax do 7 burpees
    RAINBOW ROAD: mosey to bumper, sprint back
    *if you arrive at a station and flip a banana with a currently being used prop, hold plank until ready

    All Pax were given a green turtle shell token. Each token has the power to be handed to another man and end his current suffering and advance him to the next station. Use them wisely. Leave no man behind, but no many where you found him.
    We got started and used our guesses at how many “funs” were in the last song to determine pole position. (39 )was correct, Perc was closed with 32, Goose used his typical price is right theory with a high 56 and Kilo with a nice lowball 26.
    Starting with station one, 30 second plank and 15 second rest, deployed men at 15 second intervals into the track: Perc, Kilo, Goose, YHC.
    Many Blue Shells were endured, Lightning attacks were numerous. With great power came greater responsibility. I think this one will be a staple and we can add wrinkles as we go. (See attached picture for rotation setup).
    Wrapped up Lap 2 Blue shells at 6:15. (where is our sunrise?!)

    BIOSTATS:
    YHC Max HR: 162 : rainbow road sprint?
    MumbleChatter: a calm 32%
    Lost in Translations: 0? YHC had less coffee, so the speech was clear

    Continued prayers for Ukraine/Russian Conflict, Happy house hunting to Kilo (let him know if you have a hot real estate tip!)

    COT and Goose prayed us out,

    Appreciate the extra savings time effort fellas. It’s a great privilege for me to lead.

    SYITG

  • Alone but with integrity – from Kenna Brah

    Simple warmup
    Since I was alone, me and my trusty ruck plate got to work
    10 reps 10 times
    OHP
    CURLS
    ROWS
    SQUATS
    TRICE EXTENSION
    DEADLIFT

  • Perfect F3 weather – from Kenna Brah

    4 PAX bravely faced the elements in the shadows of Thrillville
    Appetizer:
    Mosey to the GYM
    Arm Circles
    Tin Soldiers
    Imperial Walkers
    Twists

    A version of Route 66
    On the jogging path
    10 Walking Lunge to next light – 10 Merkins for 3 lights
    Bear Crawl next two lights – 10 Merk at each light
    Rev walking Lunge next 3 lights – 10 merks again
    At the entrance
    3 station Rotation: 10 rep 5x
    On your SIX and backup without using hands
    Below parallel leglifts while on an elevated flat surface
    Slow Squats
    2 PAX left their phones in the open when rain came, so we hustled back to the Gym to complete the action
    Finished with Mary
    COT

    Thank you!!

  • Pre St. Party’s Day – from Almonaster

    Pre-St. Patrick’s Day Celebration!

    PAX:

    – Almonaster
    – Old Bay
    – Chiquita
    – King Kong
    – Couch
    – Gabby
    – Willie
    – Douille
    – Subprime

    Mosey to Tulane breezeway by Freret

    Warmup:

    SSH – 10 IC
    Arm Circles -10 IC
    Reverse Arm Circles – 10 IC
    Imperial Walkers – 10 IC
    The Morpheus – 10 IC
    Balance on 1 foot for 10 seconds – each
    Grass Grabbers – 10 IC
    Windmills – 10 IC
    Mountain Climbers – 10 IC

    The Thang:

    Mosey to the Grotto.
    Wall Crawl Incline Merkins – 10 IC – Switch halfway
    Right Leg Step-up – 10 IC
    Leg Lifts – 10 IC
    Take a Lap.

    Submarine Merkins – 10 IC
    Left leg Step-ups – 10 IC
    Flutter Kicks – 10 IC
    Take a lap.

    Dips – 10 IC
    Squats – 10 IC
    Box Cutters – 10 IC
    Take a lap

    Partners – all of the ledge holding feet.
    Air Crunches – 10 IC
    Air Twists – 10 IC
    Air hangs – 3 sets at 20 seconds

    Mosey to the Newcomb Building

    Steps – Run to the top
    Hops – to the top
    Repeat

    Mary
    Mosey to the building with the swings.
    LBC’s – 20 IC
    Freddie Mercuries – 20 IC
    Hello Dolly’s – 20 IC
    Douille’s – 20 IC

    Back to flag!

    Thanks for the opportunity to lead!

  • Cool Cardio at the Mothership – from Fracsac

    YHC took the Q at the Mothership knowing it was going to be a cold and miserable morning.
    With a brief disclaimer given, 6 pax headed to the peristyle. Bogey, Catfish, Triple Shift, PVC and YHC circled up for the Warmup.

    SSH, GG, and Hillbilly’s followed by a mosey to the Storyland entrance. Finished with some arm circles with Moroccan Night Club where dancing was enjoyed by all!

    EMOM x 5 With 10 burpees (50)

    The Motivator!

    Stations:
    10 cleans with Sweetness aka 60 lb sandbag(timer)
    Derkins – AMRAP
    Big boi sit ups – AMRAP
    Jump rope – AMRAP
    SSH – AMRAP
    Step ups – AMRAP

    EMOM x 5 With 10 burpees (50 more)

    Mosey to the big lawn for some more fun with sweetness. Pax helped to make this really suck:
    Plank up and pull sandbag thru all pax and back, last pax bear crawls to the end. Rinse and Repeat.

    Embrace the suck: 7 SSH, 7 Merkins, 7 Bobby Hurleys over and over for 3 minutes.

    Finish off with some Mary with a couple rounds of Burpees sprinkled in to hit 120 total.

    Back to flags for COT

    We were warm and far from miserable at the end. Thanks for posting with me.

    There was supposed to be a down range Pax, but not this day.

    SYITG

  • A1C is the Hexadecimal Equivalent of 2588 – from Einstein

    …and it just happens to be how old I felt after laying out for a few months.

    after some chit-chat and a short disclaimer we got to it…

    Warmup:
    all 20xIC: Toe Touch, Side Straddle Hops, Shoulder Rolls, High Knees, Arm Circles,
    Thumb Drives, Butt Kicks, Hi Jack Hi Jills, Neck Rolls, Smurf Jacks, maybe some more…

    Thang:
    Standard playday with core exercises at the four corners
    and using the parking lot stripes as a template:

    loop 1:lunge walk forward two stripes, lunge walk backward 1 stripe, repeat, traversing the upper deck
    loop 2:deep squat at every parking space, with a four count bounce
    loop 3:merkin at every parking space

    Count-o-rama

    Russo led us out with prayer.

    Thanks guys. Always extremely decent of you letting me lead.
    And thanks for the ride home Fletch

  • Lindsey who? – from Akbar

    YHC was early this gloom, committing to the 1 miler pre-thang but arriving to no one — just for a little while. An FNG joined me (EH’d by Hogsbreath) and we chatted until one by one they arrived from the dark.

    PAX: Akbar, Hogsbreath, Leroy (FNG), Moby Dick, Blue Note, BBQ, Barely Legal, Hammer

    Warm up: SSH, IW, Hillbillies, Arm Circles, Self-Love, Grass Grabbers

    Head to the block pile and pick out a coupon for 11’s.

    Curls, block carry across the gravel parking area, Shoulder Presses

    Put blocks down, mosey to the Justice Center for Lindsays, aka forties.

    Let’s call them high rep 11’s. Ex 1 is 30 reps, ex 2 is 10 – increases/decrease by 5 until finished. Total 200 reps

    Start at the benches with Freak Nasties x30; lunge walk to the stairs and do 5 calf raises; traverse up to the top of stairs for 10 Irkins then jog back. Rinse and Repeat

    Mosey back to the gravel parking lot via Kareokes left to the stop sign; Karaoke right to the silver pickup, then sprint to the flag.

    Finisher – 11’s of block rows and squats – no mosey.

    Circle up for no mary, but 10 Imperial Squat Walkers (I think).

    Count, Name, welcome Murdock!

    Announcements – see Hammer’s post on Slack for supporting The Nehemiah Project’s Endurathon – spots left to run. Held at Fountainbleu State Park, we will be camping in the group area both nights – so sign up to run and come on out for the party.

    YHC prayed us out with special lift ups for speedy recovery for injured pax, the War, Hogsbreath’s upcoming deployment to Thailand, and for an opportunity for us to shine light into others this week.

    Thanks for showing up and letting me lead!

    SYITG, Akbar

    NMM

    Wasn’t quite sure on timing for this one, but worked out pretty good if you don’t like Mary. Great to be back at the Gipper after being out of town.

    Hammer did a pre-pre thang run with the Nehamiah boys at 5, and headed up to The Gipper afterward.

    Leroy and Hogsbreat know each other from church, another Pax from Pearl River. He’s a medevac pilot currently working for Childrens. Mash and Murdock came out immediately, but YHC was a big fan of the A-Team and Murdock it was.

  • Let the Murph Training Begin … and Happy 4th HIMversary to me – from Hokie

    I am grateful to Bay Watch
    Big Willie
    Cheese steak
    MacGyver
    PVC
    Scooter
    Triple Shift
    Wife pleaser

    For joining me for our 1st The Murph training for this upcoming Memorial Day

    It is important to remember The Murph Challenge is more than just a workout. It is a tradition that helps push us, humble us, and allows us the opportunity to dedicate a bit of pain and sweat to honor LT. Michael P. Murphy (SEAL), a man who sacrificed everything he had for our freedom. Join us this year as we continue to help keep his legacy alive through The Murph Challenge with F3 NOLA.

    After a long intro and a short warm up we started

    Round 1 – 2 minutes
    1 pull up
    2 push ups
    3 squats
    REST for remainder of two minutes

    Round 2 – 2 minutes
    2 pull ups
    4 push ups
    6 squats
    REST for remainder of two minutes

    Round 3 – 2 minutes
    3 pull up
    6 push ups
    9 squats
    REST for remainder of two minutes

    Round 4 – 2 minutes
    4 pull up
    8 push ups
    12 squats
    REST for remainder of two minutes

    Round 5
    Two minutes of “Bernie/ Quaddrapheilia” on the levee

    Rounds 6-10
    Rinse & Repeat

    Rounds 11-15
    Rinse & Repeat Except close with 4 minutes of quadraphellia!

    YHC thanks you all for 4 great years of F3. I love you!

  • Pop goes the Beatdown – from Hogs Breath

    Pass Interference expressed interest in another beatdown, and he said he wanted to build muscle. So, YHC planned a “pop up” beatdown with coupons and no running.
    Warm Up
    SSH, Garth Brooks, Mountain Man Poopers, Flamingo stretch

    The Thang
    Four rounds of 30 on / 30 off
    Over head press; Bent over Row; Squats; and Coupon Dips.

    During this YHC turned on some music, this was “My Soundtrack” playlist off Amazon Music, so it was a nice mixture of all the music played from all of the devices that YHC family shares. A very eclectic compilation of 90’s Pop, 2000’s Hard Rock, Christian Praise band music, Children’s songs, and some 80’s Pop music!
    After the four iterations, we then mosey’d with our coupons to the old train station “Scoogin Corner” were we preformed a set of 11’s with Curls on one side, lunge walk through the station, and Derkins on the other side.
    We ended with a new exercise of “Grip, Rip, and Roll” pulled form the exicon.
    Of note this was the second beatdown for Murdock. I think we got a full fledge EH on this pax!

    Ended with COT and Coffeteria

  • YHC at the OG – from Fracsac

    YHC hasn’t been to the West Bank in some time, so a visit was in order. The Pax eagerly handed the Q of the OG to YHC.

    Short Bus, Slinger, FireFox, and T-Square were ready for what YHC had in store….so a disclaimer was given.

    Warmup consisted of regular stuff, minus The Moroccan Night Club, which was noticed and YHC was happy to hear! That will be fixed in the future!

    The Pax was a bit quiet, in need of Motivation!

    Motivator!! (Want more info? Just ask!)

    Mosey to the top of the levee for Route 66 with burpees.

    We couldn’t stop at just 66, so add 4 for 70.

    Mosey to the river steps for sets of incline merkins, step ups, box jumps, and dips.

    Back to the flag for some more cardio, Embrace the Suck! 7 SSH, 7 Merkins and 7 Bobby Hurleys over and over for 3 minutes. Goal was 8 rounds, some got close.

    Finish off with Mary, with a little Pax Choice.

    COT

    Loved visiting my brothers on the Wank!

    SYITG!