F3 New Orleans

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  • Sprints anyone?

    Birdcage crew was slightly smaller than recent days, but it was just the right size for this VQ. After taking some advice from Roots while standing around the flag I felt fully equipped to get this Q rolling. A standard disclaimer to an eager group of 16, and we rolled…Once we took off, the nerves of the VQ shook out and it was just another opportunity to push ourselves and leave this workout better than when we started.  I couldn’t have been more excited and honored to Q.

    A brief mosey followed by a warmup of…

    SSH X 20 IC, Merkins X 10 IC, Mtn Climbers X 15 IC, Hillbilly X 15 IC, Windmill  X 15 IC

    Short mosey to our “track”, or driveway, for the Q where we started a “BLIMP Plus” Routine

    Partner Up and Number off…

    “Partner BLIMPS Plus Chase”

    (5 Burpees, 10 Lunges, 15 Imp Walkers, 20 Merkins, 25 Plankjacks, 30 Squats X 2 with some jogs and sprints sprinkled in)

    Round 1: Partner 1 completes reps while partner 2 waits, once #1 is finished he takes off for a jog around the driveway entry to the zoo. Partner 2 begins and when complete busts a sprint to where partner 1 currently is. When caught up, partner 1 begins second exercise. After 1st complete BLIMP, roles reverse. #2 goes first and jogs, #1 goes second and Sprints to catch up.

    The six long sprints in between the “Sprint round” were a clutch addition to this routine.

    After a 10 count we continued the combined reps and sprints routine.

    Merkin IC X 10-Sprint 40Yds-LBC IC X 20-Jog 40 Yds

    Wide Merk X 8 IC-Sprint 35 YDs-Penguins IC X 15-Jog 35 Yds

    Diamond Merk X 6 IC-Sprint 30 YDs-Superman X 10 (Cadence=Up/Down “1”)-Jog 30 yds

    Next was some bench work oyo to catch our breath from the anaerobic blast of repeated sprints.

    10 LL Power Ups oyo

    10 RL Power Ups oyo

    10 Dips oyo

    8 LL Power Ups oyo

    8 RL Power Ups oyo

    8 Dips oyo

    6…

    6…

    6…

    Mosey to Oak Alley

    Whole group-Progression Sprints @ 40 yds X 3…Finish Strong!

    Jog to the Flag for COT and Counterama, Namearama, Announcements, BOM and Prayer!

    Thanks to all PAX for their effort in this Beatdown. Great job.

  • Stepping Up

    Does a back blast need to be timely? Just needs to prove we did something.

    In every circle we talk about getting better, pushing ourselves and each other to get better. To be better husbands, fathers, and leaders. I hear it all the time. It’s great, Leadership is aspirational! But it also requires action towards that end. Without action is is just a platitude.

    I’m a Michigan man and over the last week I’ve been bothered by the OSU situation. The dust has yet to settle and this is probably today’s cherry on our national discourse. But I’m disappointed in the failure of leadership to hold to a principle and make something happen. When I look at the pax of F3 I see great things, and I have renewed hope.

    Yankee was being a little self critical about the long email he sent out the night before. Long or short I love the emails. F3 just doesn’t happen, guys step up and make things happens quietly and in the greatest of ways. Every AO has a guy keeping the schedule going, they just do it and don’t make a big deal about. In the last email Yankee reiterated what I have been hearing around the flag for a few weeks now. If people want a new AO, step up, dedicate yourself to Qing it and it will happen. Step up and take action. Enough of the pontification…

    Started with standard circle, with arm circles reverse and forward, did some peter parkers, burpees and moseyed to the mountain.

    Started on level 2, on that gloomy muggy day. We lunged up the inclines, dashed (faster than a mosey slower than a sprint) to the turn where we did 15 Mericans. Rinse and repeat all the way to the top.

    At the top we did BLIMPS but with a 1 level down lap in between each exercise.

    Down the chute to the benches for some dips, decline Mericans, and some more dips.

    Mosey over to the softest grass for some call out Mary (Russian Twist, Hello Dollys, Pickle Pounders, and something else to round out the time.

    Finished at the flag on time with a sweaty ball of man.

  • Dirty MacDulla Mountain

    Full of nerves for my VQ, I woke up before my alarm even went off and decided to head out for the park.  I was the first one there beside one unfamiliar face in a F3 shirt wandering around the park entrance.  I quickly learned he was Snowflake from F3 Greensboro, NC and was looking for the AO.  FYI they have 30 workouts per week in Greensboro.  The PAX started to role in and we quickly determined we had 3 FNG’s today, one EH’d by Triple-Shift and the other by YHC, and a third had a shady story that he had been to F3 on the Northsore one time before, a long time ago, but did not remember his F3 name…Sure!  Disclaimer was given and we were off.

    Mosey towards Walnut St. Circle up at corner of park for quick warm up.

    SSH x20, Arm Circ. Fwd/Bwd x20 each, Hillbillies x20

    Short Mosey to the Neutral Ground, as we call it Uptown.

    THANG 1:  F3 NOLA Uptown Shameless Self Promotion – Medulla Style

    On St. Charles Neutral Ground – Run down neutral ground with B.L.I.M.P.S. workout at each intersection – Medulla Style – Being that YHC is usually the SIX of this speedy, run loving PAX, this would come to be the theme of this workout.  Count was modified: 6-Burpees, 12-Lunges, 18-Imperial Walkers 24-Merkins, 30-Plank Jacks, 36-Squats

    20 Count by Da Parish

    Mosey to the Wolf Pack Mountain

    THANG 2: Dirty MacDulla Mountain – SIX Levels of Beat Down

    Had PAX line up in 2 lines – NOT a chance in hell we Indian Run Up!

    Bear Crawl Indian Run – last guy does 6 Merkins before running to front,  Up to level 2

    2nd level – 12 Merkins IC, 12 Squats, 12 Rower Situps –  Basketball slide up to level 3

    3rd level –  12 King Kongs, 12  Bobby Hurleys, 12 Rower Situps  – Karaoka(sp??) up to level 4

    4th level – 12 R Hand Staggered Merkins, 12 Low-Slow squats, 12 Rower Situps – Backwards run to level 5

    5th level – 12 LHand Staggered Merkins, 12 Low-Slow Jump Squats, 12 Rower Situps – Prisoner run to level 6

    6th level – 12 Floyd Mayweathers, 12 Lunges, 12 Rower Situps  – Run to top

    Top Of the Mountain – 12 Merkins, 12 Squats, 12 Rower Situps

    Willie  – 20 count  —  Enjoy the View Boys!

    THANG 3: A Little Mary at the Top of the Mountain & Bench Work

    Dying Roach, x 15 Real Freddie Mercury x 15

    Mosey down stairs to benches.

    Dips x 15 , incline Merkin x 15, Dips x 15

    Mosey to flag

    Count-O-rama  23 PAX, Name-O-Rama- 3FNG’s

    Announcements, a few Special Intentions and Closed with a still out of breath Prayer.

    NMM

    Almost 6 months to the day was my first F3 workout.  I was pretty close to the heaviest I had ever been in my life, had just been to a shitty “healthy patient” doctor visit where I was told I was fat, and my BP was really high.   I knew I had to do something to change this downward trend.   My first workout was a WPM, that followed a HNJ Men’s Club Board meeting the night before, where Angies List put on the hard EH.   Earily similar for my VQ, another WPM following a HNJ Men’s Club Board meeting.  Huge difference, about 30 lbs lighter, much healthier, BP is back to normal, and I wasn’t already winded after the 20 SSH in warm-up.  I can’t thank all you guys enough for motivating me everyday to get out there and grind it out in the gloom.   I know I could not have done this on my own.  I still modify but I’m not ALWAYS the SIX anymore!

    Welcome back Three-Way (Kotter)  Glad to have you back after a month away this summer.  Hope to see you out there more often.

    Glad to have have Snowflake from F3 Greensboro, NC join us today.  Come back anytime!

    Angies List – Posted his F3 workout from the beach in Cozumel…I hope you didn’t re-injure your Labia!

    Welcome to our 3 FNG’s

    Dean Wormer – He is the Dean of Students at Holy Name – Dean’s name from Animal House

    Amnesia – PAX who couldn’t remember his Northshore name – Northshore – help us figure out who this guy is.  All I can remember is he was like 28 and had big sideburns.

    Flying J – He was wearing a Bucky’s Truck Stop shirt.

    Some munblechatter that these were probably not the greatest names, but when pressed to make final decisions YHC’s brain was still a bit oxygen deprived and just wanted to finish this up.

    Thank you all again for the opportunity to lead, it was awesome!

    SYITG!

  • Fore!

    As my fancy fitness tracking watch, I mean 15 year old Casio G-Shock, ticked near 5:30 the anticipation became palatable. The First Annual Officially Unofficial F3Nola Blimp Golf Tournament (sponsored by John Daly’s Grip It & Sip It) was almost underway.

    First we moseyed a bit to that Greek pavilion looking thing for some warm-up:

    Side Straddle Hops X 34
    Arm Circles X 15
    Reverse Arm Circles X 15
    Peter Parkers X 15
    Mountain Climbers X 15
    Parker Peters X 15

    Next we moseyed to the links for the main event. They say Blimp Golf predates its Scottish counterpart, but it fell out of popularity due to it being completely pointless. The rules are stupid and convoluted, you start at the first hole and do one set of BLIMPS with the par of the hole as the reps. Then you do 34 Merkins (because it’s my birthday and I like them). The first person to finish wins that hole and then you mosey to the next hole and repeat with hole number as the sets and the par as the reps.

    The first hole started out a little rough, mostly due to my poor explanation. After that we started cruising. Unfortunately I forgot to keep track of who won each hole, so I can’t give out the grand prize. I promise to do better next year. Our sponsor was kind enough to provide a delicious Grip It & Sip It Hard Tea for each hole winner though. Let me know in the comments if you won a hole and I will make sure you get one.

    After 5 holes we decided that the we were golfed out for the day and we moseyed to the benches:

    Dips X 15
    Right Leg Step-ups X 15
    Dips X 15
    Left Leg Step-ups X 15
    Derkins X 20

    According the Casio we had way more time left than I thought. The PAX recommended that we do some AB workouts. We headed back to the pavilion for some Ring of Fire:

    Nolan Ryans
    Real Freddy Mercurys
    Lots of other AB stuff

    Back to the flag for Count-Off, Name-O-Rama, Announcements, Intentions and Prayer.

    Big thanks to everyone for coming to my VQ and helping me out with my mistiming.

  • And we are done….just kidding, not really.

    So after a last minute exit from Chowdah for his VQ, YHC decided to step up and take the Q.  After planting the shovel flag in what was unusually hard dirt and the usual disclaimer, we were off.

    Mosey to the Kick-Ball Field in front of Audubon Zoo for Warm-Up:

    • Imperial Walkers X 20
    • Arm Circles Forward X15
    • Arm Circles Reverse X15
    • Hillibillies X20

    Next, short mosey to Soccer Field for:

    • 4 Corners – B.O.M.B.S – Modified (You’ll figure out why shortly)
      • First Corner – 5 Burpees
        • Defensive Drills R/L to
      • Second Corner – 10 OH Presses
        • Crab Walk to
      • Third Corner – for Modification #1 – 15 Monkey Humpers
        • Backward Run to
      • Fourth Corner – 20 Big Boy Sit Ups/Rower Sit Ups (PAX choice)
        • Bear Crawl
      • Back to First Corner for Modification #2 – 25 Side-Plank Leg Raises split between right and left sides

    This was so fun, Rinse and Repeat!

    Mosey to Shelter for:

    • The Cooper
      • 10 Burpees
      • 10 Merkins
      • 10 Squats
      • Run 1 lap from shelter to track and back (approx. 400M)
      • Decrease by 1 until done

    Now you know why YHC decided to modify the merkins and squats out of the B.O.M.B.S.  You’re welcome PAX!

    Now the above routine seems pretty straightforward and not that difficult.  Apparently not with 90 degree heat and what seemed like 110% humidity.  The Cooper should be renamed the Mumblechatter-Killer because it was pretty quiet amongst the PAX once we really got going.

    As we continued in our endeavor to get to the end of this never-ending routine, YHC realized not all the PAX would have time to complete.  So, modify!  YHC decided to announce that we would call it when the PAX leaders (I’m looking at you Douille, El Wire, Mariah and a few others) finished all their rounds.  Apparently, those same leaders misheard me and thought YHC said we would finish when they completed their CURRENT round.  You can imagine my amazement when I pulled into the shelter with a group of PAX waiting for YHC for the next THANG.  Of course, I quickly explained that we still had several minutes to go and let’s get to it.  Que collective groan.  Off we went for more rounds!  Lucky for the PAX we did run out of time so YHC called it.  That Cooper was something else.

    Mosey back to the Flag for Count-Off, Name-o-rama, Announcements, Intentions and Prayer.  Special thanks to all who attended and helped put on the F2 Picnic on Saturday.  A great F2 event.

    Thanks PAX for letting me lead!  What a great group of #HIM.

  • Banzai!!!!

    The opportunity to Q The Birdcage the morning of the Gnarly Nutria presented itself yesterday and I jumped at it.  Immediately, I started brainstorming my Kamikaze Q –  come in hard and heavy, destroy my legs, but take out as many Uptowners along the way as possible.  What would I do? 45 minutes of Monkey Humpers? Run 3 laps around Audubon? Sprint-o-rama? Boo-boo bear crawls?  Quadraphilia?  F3 provides lots of good leg breaking choices.  Unfortunately, my plan would be contingent on me being im better shape then these guys and that is unfortunately not the case.  Kamikazes can’t do much good if they don’t have the power to destroy their target.  It’s like a sacrifice bunt with two outs (which may have been a more apt name for this backblast).  In the end, I chose a path I could finish, at least almost.

    100 Burpee Warm-Up

    • 20 burpees
    • 20 Hillbillies, 15 Windmills, 15 Good Mornings
    • Burpees EMOM: 12, 12, 12,12, 10, 10
    • Parker Peter x 20, Monkey Humpers x 20, Daft Punk? x 28
    • 12 Burpees

    The Thang

    We moseyed aimlessly, as I was hoping to get everyone’s shoes sufficiently wet and slightly heavier.  Once I realized I couldn’t break them, this became my best opportunity for sabotage.  We ended up at the shelter for some Red Hot Chili Pepper.

    • 8 Bulgarian Split Leg Lunges with the right leg, 16 Derkins, 8 Bulgarian Split Leg Lunges with the left leg, 16 Irkins
    • 6 BSLLRL, 6 Derkins, 6 BSLLLL, 6 Irkins,  (G Spot disappears?)
    • 4….
    • 2….

    We then moseyed about 50 feet to open area for our last chance at some celebratory 3-6-3 exercises.  3 Super Slow Cadence reps, holding position at the end.  Then 6 regular cadence reps, holding position at the end.  Ending with 3 more super slow cadence reps.  We did squats, monkey humpers, merkins, right leg lunges, and left leg lunges.

    Mariah took over and finished us off with some Mary.  Hello Dolly x 25 followed by Flutter Kicks x 25 (feet don’t touch the ground), Freddie Mercuries x 25, oblique crunches (each side) x 25, and a Protractor (15, 45, 90, 45, 2, 15, 45)

    Back to the shovel flag, naming our FNG, and closing it out with a prayer

    NMM

    • I had good intentions, but I can’t say the mission was successful.  I’m going to need back up next year.
    • Perhaps I knocked out G-Spot, but that seems highly unlikely, seeing as he wears a weighted vest and was Larry Birding me the last time I Q’d.  His schedule is tight and he always leaves prior to the COT.  This time he left much earlier.  Yankee said it’s the first time someone’s gone AWOL Uptown.  I’m taking that as a compliment, although I’m pretty sure it wasn’t.
    • We didn’t run much today.  Some may think it’s because we have the Gnarly Nutria tonight, but I ain’t going to lie:  Being this close to the zoo, I had every intention of staying close to our cars.
    • FNG Ocho Cinco is from Cincinnati.  He couldn’t be Ocho Seis, cause we got one of those.
    • Speaking of, Happy Birthday to the aforementioned Ocho Seis.
    • I’m over three years in and still can’t do a complete Red Hot Chili Pepper.  It’s a goal.
    • Looking forward to tonight.  Here’s to having fun and World Domination.

     

     

     

     

  • The Skinny Backblast -SUPER 21s!

    It was a light showing after the spillway classic and the running of the bulls last weekend so we worked out extra hard for all those who fart-sacked. There was some concern about working out in from of the Zoo after the jaguar escape over the weekend. No one said it, but we all thought it “I don’t have to run faster than the Jaguar, only faster than you.”

    Workout totals were approximately 3 miles of running, 290 chest movements (mericans, dips), 150 abs.

    Quick warmup on our way out to the levee

    1. Side straddle hop – 25
    2. Arm circles – 20
    3. Stacked foot – staggered hand Mericans – 40 (20 per side)

    At the Levee

    1. Mountain climbers while partner lunges to the top of the levee and high knee runs back. Then upon return, both partners low plank run x 5 together, and partners switch. 1 iteration.
    2. Same as above but replace lunges with backward run up the levee. 1 iteration.

    Run to Zoo entrance

    At zoo entrance:

    1. Super 21s in pairs. Alternate mericans with situps, 1 and 1; 2 and 2; 3 and 3 etc to 21. Partner runs the loop and swaps out on count.
    2. Super 21s in pairs. Alternate dips with stepups. Step-up count in left leg + right leg = 1.

    Run to Skinny.

  • Macdeuce at The Birdcage

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  • Suicide Squad

    19 PAX woke up to this beautiful morning for a July beat down at the Skinny.  Started with our standard disclaimer, we went straight to the warm up.  All in cadence count – 25 SSH, 15 Forward Arm Circles, 15 Imperial Walkers, 15 Backward Arm Circles, and 15 Hill Billies.

    We moseyed off to the track to our first station.  We broke up the PAX into 4 groups with the following exercises.  Group 1 – 10 pull-ups (the count), Group 2 – lunges, Group 3 – merkins, and Group 4 – plank jacks.  We did one full rotation.  We then moseyed across Magazine Street to one of the fields in front of Audubon Zoo.  Magically, there were about 10 cones set up to resemble a flag football field.  Each cone was about 10 yards apart.  Because of the perfect set up, we decided to do some suicide drills.

    Suicide Drills

    1.) OYO – jog to the first cone, sprint back, 10 merkins.  Rinse and repeat to the 2nd and 3rd cone.  Total = 30 merkins.

    2.) OYO – Jog backwards to the first cone, sprint back, 10 squats.  Rinse and repeat to the 2nd and 3rd cone.  Total = 30 squats.

    3.) OYO – bear crawl to the first cone and back, 10 merkins.  Bear crawl to the 2nd cone and back, end with another set of 10 merkins.  Total = 20 merkins with nonstop bear crawl.

    4.) With a partner – facing each other, side hop / jog to the first cone and back, 3 burpees. Rinse and repeat to the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th cone.  Total = 12 burpees and a lot side-hopping.

    5.) *Iron Sharpens Iron Challenge of the Day* – With a partner – wheelbarrow your partner to the first cone, 5 rower or traditional sit-ups at the first cone.  Let your partner wheelbarrow you to the 2nd cone, 10 rower or traditional sit-ups at the 2nd cone.  Wheelbarrow your partner to the 3rd cone, 15 rower or traditional sit-ups at the 3rd cone.  Let your partner wheelbarrow you to the 4th cone, 20 rower or traditional sit-ups at the 4th cone.  Total – 50 sit-ups with alternate wheelbarrowing and crawling between partners.

    6.) OYO – jog to the first cone, sprint back, 10 merkins.  Rinse and repeat to the 2nd and 3rd cone.  Total = 30 merkins.

    7.) OYO – crab crawl to the first cone and back.

    We then completed the day with some more core exercises: dying cockroach IC x 20, penguin IC x 20, American Hammer IC x 17 (I tried to do 20 but didn’t happen).  We then moseyed back to the flag and finished right at 6:15 a.m.

    We ended with count-o-rama, name-o-rama, announcements/intentions, and prayers.  I feel very blessed and honored that I get a chance to lead the PAX.  Thank You for pushing me to post on a regular basis. And welcome back Chiquita!!!

    SYITG

    King Kong

     

  • LGBTcoQcurious

    Peaches was approached to VQ  and in fit of panic enlisted me, Angie’s List, into a Manage-a-Deux-VQ. I graciously accepted and even jotted down some exercises which I promptly left at home. Luckily Peaches was on top of his game and had many fun things planned for the PAX including music, running, running, running and a sunrise on Green Wave Mountian. After we had our picture made with a giant phallic bell tower in the background. How apropos.
    The Thang*-
    Disclaimer

    Mosey to TouchDown Jesus

    • 20 SSH
    • 20 Windmill
    • 20 Monkey Humpers
    • 20 Arm Circle

    Mosey to LBC Quad

    • BLIMPS-substitute LBC for Lunges
    Mosey to Turf Field
    • “I cant quit you” plank to Peaches-Plank/Peter Parker/PlankJack combo
    Mosey to Green Wave Mountian AKA BrokeBack Mountian
    • Indian run up, Stairs down
    Long Mosey to Benches
    • 11 Left leg step ups
    • 12 dips
    • 13 Right leg step ups
    • 11 dips
    Mosey to flag
    • 20 Mericans
    Count off/ nameorama
    announcements/ intentions
    Sweaty balls ‘o man
    *Somewhere in there was an “elephant walk” that Coast Rat enjoyed enough to praise later in a group text. Kinda bummed I missed that, I think elephants are pretty neat.