F3 New Orleans

Category: Backblasts

  • Afternoon Delight! – from Almonaster

    The Levee!

    PAX:

    – Coast Rat
    – FCOJ
    – SOGO
    – Almonaster

    Warmup:

    Mosey to the field with the soccer goal.
    SSH – 20 IC
    Arm Circles -10 IC
    Reverse Arm Circles – 10 IC
    Imperial Walkers – 10 IC
    Balance on 1 foot for 9 seconds.
    Grass Grabbers – 10 IC
    Windmills – 10 IC
    Mountain Climbers – 10 IC

    The Thang:

    Mosey to the levee.

    11’s

    Start with 10 Burpees at the bottom. Run up the levee for the first SSH. Until 11’s are accomplished.

    Mosey to Moana’s Island.

    Squats – 20 OYO
    LBC’s – 40 OYO
    Take a lap. Wait and plank for the 6
    X’s 3

    Mary.

    Flutter kicks – 20, 2 is 1 OYO
    Box Cutters – 20 OYO
    Russian Twists (Douilles) – 10, 2 is 1
    Merkins – 20 OYO 

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    Thanks for the opportunity to lead!

  • The Cindy Crawford – from High Rise

    On a lovely humid warm morning the brace men of F3 arrived for my first official Q in quite a while as I had been nursing a mild injury. I was limiting my F3 attendance to avoid further injury but I also had planned on this particular beatdown as a way to test out my injury and also push the men of F3 as we are all prone to do. Disclaimer was given and off we went.

    Warm up: Mosey around part of the track while performing high knees, butt kicks, and karaoke while on our way to The Foundry.

    Tha Thang: As everyone gathered at The Foundry I explained the workout for today. 30 minutes AMRAP of a full body exercise routine: 5 pullups, 10 merkins, 15 squats, 20 LBCs (1 is 1), and 25 calf raises. Thanks to the Exicon for helping me find this routine called the Cindy Crawford.

    After 30 minutes we moseyed back down Roosevelt Mall to the flag where we cooled down with some stretching.It was a pleasure as always to lead the men of F3 and I was glad to report that no further aggravation of nagging injury occurred.

  • Back peddlin’ – from Russo

    Pax of 4 ventured to Granny’s in Goldilocks weather (not too hot, not too cold) to see how much sweat YHC could drum up.

    Early mumble revolve around basketball, podcasts, 80s rock, and how Soundgarden has been around for almost 30 years now.

    Warm-up (all IC)
    SSH (20)
    Cherry pickers (15)
    Self love (15)
    Toe touches (15)
    Torso twists (15)
    High knees (20)

    Pre-thang 1 (3 rounds, OYO)
    Freak Nastys and Step ups (2 is 1)
    15x, 10x, 5x

    Pre-thang 2

    Bear crawl slaloms through the columns at Granny’s, 5 calf raises for each step up the pilot house, bear crawl around said pilot house, 5 calf raises for each step down, back pedal slalom (it’s a thing) back to start.

    Mosey to the tunnel of love for Thang:
    4 merkins, mosey down the tunnel, 3 merkins, back pedal up the tunnel, 4 merkins. Rinse and repeat four times.

    Mosey back to start for a quick round of Mary: a few more freak nastys, durkins, crunchy frogs IC (requisite since Cowbell posted), 6 inch drill IC (requisite with YHC), hands to heels IC, leg raises IC.

    COT, name o rama, and prayer to close.

    Reminder about both the Northshore convergence this Saturday and F3/FIA get together later in the month (4/29 @ 6:30 PM)

    Thank you to the Pax for pushing me, there were some superstars out there. Until we do it all again, SYITG!

  • INFERNO – 9 CIRCLES OF HELL – from Zoolander

    The Northshore beatdown on Holy Saturday was themed around Dante’s Inferno. A group of 18 Pax, including a guest appearance from the Southshore’s SOGO, descended upon the Lakefront for 9 Circles of Hell. Warmup exercises were completed in reverse cadence (4-3-2-1) to align with the date (4/3/21) and to remind everyone it was Cowbell’s birthday. We traveled 9 blocks, circling up at each one to perform the 66 exercises illustrated below. Lots of Mumble Chatter, especially at Circle no. 2. We finished at the shovel flag with some Absolution, completing 666 total reps (or there about) for the day.

    Announcements:
    – Northshore 5 year Convergence to be led by Waterpik on Saturday 4/10.
    – Fia/F3 mixer at the Gipper on 4/29 at 6:30pm.

    Cowbell prayed us out. Happy Easter to all.

  • A Family Affair – from Akbar

    Yhc and Grover arrived at the Milestone Marsh 10 minutes early this gloom to a clear night, quarter moon, and 48 degrees. As Grover slept in the car waiting for go time, QIC walked around the AO stretching from the prior week of pain. As the clock got closer to 5:15, there was still no one in site. Most of us have been close to or experienced a no show, and the thoughts were swimming through at this time. But as the AO was perused, there were messages inscribed on the court in chalk: Work hard, work harder, strive, grind. Then Grover emerged from his nap and we got to work, a father/son beatdown that went like this:

    Construction:

    Mosey down to the lakefront stopping at each street.

    Karaoke 30 Werkins

    Butt Kick 25 Merkins

    Skips 20 T Merkins

    High Knees 15 Cobra Merkins

    Mosey 10 T Merkins

    Mosey 5 Diamond Merkins

    Deconstruction

    Mosey back to the Marsh stopping at each block for deconstructed burpees – starting at 7 and descending to 1

    Squats, merkins, groiners, squat jumps

    Mary: IC x 10 LBC’s, leg raises, E2k left, E2k right

    YHC prayed us out.

    Till next Gloom – Akbar

    Moleskin

    YHC remembered the Q on the way to Grandmas in Hattiesburg Sunday and had to pivot quickly to get something in place. Just so happens this beatdown was the next one on my list. Modification was in store after a week of block beatdowns, intense shoulder work, and pruning 8 trees on Friday – but after a big Easter meal the modification would not happen. So more chest and shoulders it was.

  • Easter Sunday Funday – from Catfish

    PAX: Vagabond, Hokie Pokie, Pyro (NC), Abacus, Catfish(AOQ), Heisenberg, Landline (QIC / Memphis)

    The Scene:
    Beautiful Easter Morning. Clear skies and 57 degrees. YHC had never posted downrange nor Q’d outside of F3 Memphis, so I decided to kill 2 birds with 1 stone. AO Renaissance in City Park NOLA. A fancy pipe laden Shovel flag was flying at the fountain in front of the Museum of Art.

    Warmorama:
    Motivators from 6
    Tempo Merkins x 15 IC
    Tempo Squats x 15 IC
    Imperial Walkers x 15 IC
    Alternating Daisy Pickers x 10 IC
    Allowed the PAX to stretch OYO while I explained the next workout.

    The Thang:
    Bataan Death March Merkin Mile
    Line up single file for a slingshot style run. Last PAX drops and does 5 burpees then sprints to the front of the line. When last PAX in line gets passed, they drop and do 5 burpees. Rinse and repeat. We did this for about 1 mile stopping approximately every quarter mile for the following.
    Diamond Merkins x 25
    Hand Release Merkins x 25
    Wide Arm Merkins x 25
    Merkins x 25

    Bolt 45 (Or 90 if you’re counting actual reps)
    Top half Squat x 15 IC
    Bottom half Squat x 15 IC
    Full range squat x 15 IC

    Burp Back Mountain
    Partner up DORA style for 100 cumulative burpees. 1 partner does burpees while the other travels backwards up the stairs and forwards down the stairs x 5 times. Then they swap. Flutter kicks until all in.

    Captain Thor’s
    Jack Webb style. 1 to 4 Rep ratio.
    1 Big boy sit-up, 4 American Hammers
    2 BBS, 8 AH
    3 BBS, 12 AH
    Keep increasing reps each round until
    10 BBS, 40 AH. (A real ab burner/ crowd pleaser)

    Mosey to the back of the museum for a tradition at this AO called Sunday Mornings

    Wall squat with 10 overhead claps.
    5 Donkey kicks with feet above a line on the wall.
    On last donkey kick, go balls to the wall and do one inverted merkin. Rinse and repeat for 5 minutes.

    Mosey back to startex.

    COT:
    Are you accelerating in all 3 Fs? Are you cruising along and maintaining? If so you aren’t accelerating. Set goals, make a plan to reach those goals. A goal without a plan is just a wish.

    Prayed for our country and for 2 expectant mothers for a safe and healthy delivery.

    This was my first time posting outside of Memphis. The hospitality in NOLA is awesome. Met a bunch of great HIMs and shared some of what we do in Memphis. Thankful for the opportunity to be able to lead a workout in a new city and to get a little outside my comfort zone.

  • Watch your step? – from Shooter

    Ailing all week with the potential diagnosis of a broken foot YHC got the news Thursday he needed too go ahead and shed the boot 🥾 he had worn the previous 3 days.. Only problem now is the arrival and center stage monkey humper position of “Turbo Dawg” to lay out a Hershey squirt right in the center of the PAX. Which for whatever reason would find the PAX once again circling up around the damaged section of concrete for count and call and the addition of him emptying his bladder as if his territory was not marked up enough. “Watch your step!” Zoolander. YHC must have known the gloom would have presented these moments as Jose 10k arrived mentioning the fact of how his week started with a deranged axe 🪓 yielding fellow swinging it above head as the school week began. Be sure to ask him the next time you see him. As for the rest of us on top the parking garage we couldn’t resist the mention of #Floridaman by Russo to start reminiscing of the days of W&J broadcasting on B97 as Hammer recalls. The enormous “B” inflatable could be seen around town at car dealerships and on site broadcast events all around the Metro NOLA area and if there are still any 10% out there check them out on the 99.5 weekday mornings..

    Alright enough mumbling we can save for F2 at the Waffle House where the rest of the #floridamen meet before getting there assignments.. No judgement here just something I heard mentioned worthy of noting….

    Warmup
    All IC 10 Arm circles F/J, Cherry pickers, Toe touches, SSH, Windmills and Torso twists.

    Thang
    YHC parked his certainly Manly and always roomy Honda FIT a floor below with coupons for the beatdown. Stations were set with the dice of doom, jump rope, Ruck plate, the Black mystery bag, a wagon and a selection of light and heavy cylinder blocks..
    2 men alternate turns wheeling there fellow brethren up the ramp in the wagon completing a burpee at the top and returning for their pull back up. Rest of the PAX alternate through the station’s completing one arm plate swings, rolling your own destiny with the dice of doom, jumping rope, curls for the girls, squat thrusters, Tri-extensions and bag carries up and down the stairs.. Every man made it through each station and we finished with 3 mins to return the coupons to the FIT.

    We assembled back up top for countarama, namarama and COT with Russo closing us out in prayer.. Not quite sure why the PAX assembled back where we did, however I appreciate that we did because it certainly assisted with the naming of this backblast.

    Thanks for following my lead and until the next Gloom 👍🏼👊🏼✌🏼!!!

  • The Few and the Proud – from Baywatch

    2 PAX held down the fort this morning. Pop Tart and Baywatch.

    Warmup (all IC): 20 SSH; 15 grass grabbers; 15 hillbillies; 10 arm circles (forward and backward).

    Moseyed to the bottom of Wisner Mountain. Did the 3 total treks back and forth across the mountain with 7 8-count body builders at each end and 14 walking lunges on each trek at the top.

    After that, we split 50 burpees, 100 LBCs, 150 squats, 200 penguins, and 250 plank shoulder touches. One PAX ran up the bridge to the third light pole while the other PAX did the exercises and then switched until all completed.

    Moseyed back to the flag. Thanks to Pop Tart for suffering well with me on this Good Friday!

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  • Winters last gasp – from Waterpik

    Cool temperatures greeted the PAX this morning out at mandeville city hall. We took the regular route today, then hit the Play ground equipment for some exercises such as Merkins slow squats Peter Parker‘s 100s crunchy frogs.
    T-claps to shooter for showing up And riding the bike with us despite having a bum ankle

  • Afternoon Delight! – from Almonaster

    Exploring the AO!

    PAX:
    – Rudy
    – Almonaster

    Mosey to Audubon Tea Room.

    Warmup:

    SSH – 20 IC
    Arm Circles -10 IC
    Reverse Arm Circles – 10 IC
    Imperial Walkers – 10 IC
    Balance on 1 foot for 10 seconds – Each Foot
    Slate Tile Grabbers – 10 IC
    Windmills – 10 IC
    Mountain Climbers – 10 IC

    The Thang:

    Mosey to Hyams Fountain.

    Rocky Balboas – 10, 2 is 1 OYO  
    Decline Merkins – 10 IC
    Squats – 10 IC
    Rinse and Repeat

    Mosey to Labrynth.
    Incline Merkins – 10 IC
    Right Leg Step-ups – 10 IC
    Dips – 10 IC
    Left Leg Step-ups – 10 IC
    Rinse and Repeat

    Mosey to Avenger Field Parking Lot.

    Alternating Lunges – 20, 1 is 1 OYO
    Wife Pleasers – 20 OYO
    Split Squat Jumps 10, 2 is 1 OYO

    Mosey to Labrynth

    LBC’s – 20 OYO
    Scissor kicks – 20, 1 is 1 OYO
    Russian Twists (Douilles) – 20, 1 is 1 OYO
    Rinse and Repeat

    Mosey down Street to connect to Audubon Park Walking Path.
    Burpees – 10 OYO
    Big Boy Situps – 20 OYO 
    Burpees – 10 OYO

    Mosey 1 lap around parking circle.

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