Hot, humid morning out at the Renaissance with six PAX: Hokie Pokie, Belloq, Heisenberg, Vagabond, Ozark (FBG), Catfish (Q).
Warmed up in front of the museum with Abe Vigoda, Grass Grabbers, and SSH. Added some imperial squat walkers. Moved to faces for Peter Parkers, Plank Jacks, and Parker Peters. Back to feet for 3 ring of fire rounds holding the Al Gore position and doing bonnie blairs (2 is one)
Set up an OYO exercise: hop up steps. 5 burpees, then back down for 10 hand-release merkins. Did this 3x, then did a lap around the museum. Did V-ups waiting for the six.
Gathered up around the fountain for dips, step ups (both legs), Derkins, Bulgarian Split Squats (both legs), and Irkins.
Moseyed to back of museum for 7 rounds of Sunday Mornings (people’s chair +10 overhead presses/claps, 5 donkey kicks, 1 balls-to-wall press).
Back to flags zone. Freddie Mercuries, Flutter Kicks, and burpees to finish out.
COT, names the new FNG (Ozark), then off to PJ’s for coffeeteria.
Another 610 Stomp in the books. According to some quick calculations this makes the 251st consecutive-ish Tuesday that some form of F3 PAX has posted for a running workout in that spot. T-claps to all for keeping The Stomp going strong!
Thirteen men showed up, 10 looking to run and 3 looking to branch off for a low impact beatdown. Good to see a few faces not normally seen at The Stomp….good to see Da Parish sporting and pushing the spiffy new F3 Patch hat…good to see Belloq getting in his usual pre-thing run….good to see Shorty in the gloom for his monthly F3 appearance. This week we opted to mix it up the running a bit by centering the workout around a timed 2 mile run/race in lieu of the NOTC 2 Mile Summer Series races that have been a no go so far this year. Lots of us enjoy those, and enjoy striving for faster times, racing against ourselves, and perhaps racing against each other.
Started off with a warmup mosey to the Festival Grounds track near The Foundry. Next a quick COP with IP, WM, and PP to make sure everyone was good and loose. Then on to the track for 2+ loops, giving it AYG, stopping when at 2 miles. T-claps to Mahatma for stomping on the pedal…that dude is a beast!
The PAX finished with the following times: Bongo 15:52, Mahatma 14:36, Colonel Mustard 15:02, Belloq 16:15, Shorty 15:34, High Rise 17:12, Tool 16:58, Da Parish 18:28, Snooze 18:00, Sheetrock ??
From here we moseyed the scenic route around the Big Lake to the front of NOMA when we reconvened for an Indian Run back to base, and made sure the entire PAX stayed together…no man left behind. High Rise capped things off by demonstrating proper form for a minute of hip flexor stretching. Although we didn’t get in quite the distance of typical Stomp, it seemed to be a good mix of easy, conversational running along with a chance to go full throttle and focus on speed. We’ll do it again, once in July and August.
T-claps to the banged up PAX for still posting and getting in a beatdown.
T-claps to Mahatma and Colonel Mustard for representing the Marine Corps well with the top two times.
T-claps to Snooze who has become a regular the past few weeks.
T-claps to all ten PAX who seemed to all push hard on the two mile run.
This 50-year old virgin got the first taste of Q-world with a strong showing of “respect” from a GREAT group, including those from The View who closed shop to schlep over to Pontiff. After greeting in the track-side cage, moseyed to the rock pile for warm-up and rock choice. Then onward to the field for 20+ minutes of 11’s while the thunder rolled in. By the end of the Thang the sunrise was covered by rain clouds which opened to cool the pax from the humid 90-degree heat. After recovering during plank and Al Gore, ended with a few more routines in our circle of gloom. COT and naming of the FNGs, DoorDash and Poppa Smurf.
WARMUP
20 4-count side straddle hop
10 4-count forward arm curls
10 4-count backward arm curls
10 4-count grass grabbers
10 4-count windmill
14 4-count peter parker
THANG
11’s:
-Rock in the middle
-Plank Jacks
-Bear Crawl
-Rock Squats (with your heels on the ground says Mahatma!)
-Big Boy Sit-up
-Rock Shoulder Presses
-Lunge back to Start
LAGNIAPPE
Al Gore – 1 min
Plank – 1 min
Ring of Fire: Bonnie Blairs + Al Gore
X-Cross Body Rock Lifts– x10 right/left
Modified Reverse-order Jack Webbs OYO
Looking forward to the next Q! Very grateful to be part of this great group @ F3 Nola.
A lovely (albeit moist) morning out at the Renaissance with 7 human PAX and 1 canine PAX- Hokie Pokie, Belloq, Vagabond, Chips, Gideon, DJ Diver, Tool, and Catfish (Q).
Started in front of the Museum with windmills, grass grabbers, and side-straddle hop. Moved to faces for Peter Parker Peters. Back to feet for Imperial Squat Walkers, then back down for Plank Jacks and Mountain Climbers to round out the warmup.
Moved to the sidewalk for Route 66 with burpees, then to the fountain for step-up, derkins, step-ups again, then dips.
Moseyed to the field to the tree line. Bear Crawled two tree lengths, did 5 burpees, then bear crawled back. Circled up for dying cockroaches, flutter kicks, and little baby twists. Did another bear crawl length (one tree this time), 5 burpees, and bear crawl back.
Back of museum for 7 Sunday mornings. Back to flag zone for Jack Webbs to 7, then burpees to finish. COT, then coffeeteria @ PJs.
Ten PAX posted in City Park to get their Wednesday off to a good start. On the heels of Memorial Day, YHC thought it would be fitting to incorporate a Hero WOD, especially for those of us that missed The Murph days before. Here’s what went down:
Mosey to the practice track for a quick warmup consisting of SSH, IPW, WM, and AC. Then YHC filled the crew in on who Loredo was:
U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Edwardo Loredo, 34, of Houston, Texas, assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, based in Fort Bragg, North Carolina, was killed on June 24, 2010 in Jelewar, Afghanistan, when insurgents attacked his unit with an improvised explosive device. He is survived by his wife, First Sergeant Jennifer Loredo; his daughter, Laura Isabelle; his stepdaughter, Alexis; and his son, Eduardo Enrique.
The Thang: Loredo WOD, push hard, AYG, check your time at the end, boomer friendly tunes played for added motivation.
6 Rounds For Time
24 Air Squats
24 Push-Ups
24 Walking Lunges
400 meter Run
All PAX finished in the 20-something minute range, a few times were estimated:
Saban 21:00, Walleye, 23:08, Tool 26:29, Bogey 24:05, Kuch 24:44, Beignet 25-ish, Full Nelson 25-ish, High Rise 23:35, The Undertaker 25:30, Belloq 22:50
We did some round robin Mary until all PAX finished, then a few more rounds for the female onlookers, who mumbled something along the lines of “where’s that handsome guy named Sheetrock?”
Capped things off with 4 minutes of Plankorama, with first 2 min in silence to pay a little more homage to Staff Sargent Loredo and our fallen soldiers.
The View (not YHC’s favorite name) is a great AO with lots of potential. YHC aimed to change things up a bit, and actually planned a beat down the night before. 4 eager men awaited the Q to begin, so with 5 of us ready, a disclaimer was given, and we moseyed to a warmup spot doing high knees, butt kicks and Carioca. Warmup:
SSH IC x 31
IW IC x 15
Abe Vigodas IC x 10
GG IC x 10
AC IC x 20
PP IC x 20
MC IC x 20
MP IC x 10
Jack Webb
‘merican x 1 followed by 2 air presses
’merican x 2 followed by 4 air presses
.......
’merican x 10 followed by 20 air presses
Mosey to the bench and picnic table for Stations
Station 1 - ‘mericans
Station 2 - squats
Station 3 - derkins on picnic table
Station 4 - step ups on bench
Station 5 - Run to levee, bear crawl up, 5 burpees, run back down (timer)
Rinse and Repeat
Head to the shore to grab a rock.
Curls x 10
Rows x 10
Elf on the shelf x 10 Right
Elf on the shelf x 10 Left
Squat thrust OH press x 10
OH x 10
Return the rocks
Circle up for Mary:
Flutter kicks x 20
LBC x 20
Tin Snips x 10
Freddie Mercury x 20
Crunchy Frog x 10
Mosey back to VSF for 1 minute plank.
COT
Count off, name-o-rama, announcements, intentions and closing prayer.
Thanks for posting with me today and pushing me to be better.
Due to all the recent changes that have taken place as a result of Covid-19, I figured what’s one more change, right? F3 has proven, if nothing else, to be very flexible with modifications to AOs and exercises. So instead of meeting at our newly baptized Monday AO in front of the Children’s Museum, I opted to meet at the House of Pain steps away from our usual Okwata AO. Tool (and some others) had previously installed 3 pull up bars so I figured with all the playgrounds still roped off this would be a good place to perform our Murph.
6 PAX met at the HoP, instructions were given for The Murph, timer was started, and off we went. For our 1 mile loop we simply ran along the lakefront/sidewalk towards Canal, U-turned to head back towards the pumping station, and then U-turned back towards the HoP. 100 pull-ups, 200 Merkins, and 300 squats were done. Then run another mile. In the midst of our exercises Gideon decided to join us for a few rounds during his morning run. And there was even a drive-by appearance by Hawgcycle and Rev Sox during their morning run.
Final times:
Saban 41:00
Sogo 41:20
Walleye 44:45
Catfish 45:30
Belloq 48:52
High Rise 50:00
After resting for a few minutes and drinking some water to hydrate (thanks Sogo), COT was done where we took time to remember those lost in the line of duty. Never forget!
Lovely day with 10 PAX at city park as we continue to re-commence with our regular F3 workouts: Bongo, Gabby, Hokie Pokie, Belloq, Beignet, Da Parish, Tool, Heisenberg, Rudy, Catfish (Q).
Started on the Great Lawn with Abe Vigoda, Grass Grabbers, and Arm Circles to get stretched. Broke a sweat with side straddle hop, some deep lunges, and 8-count bodybuilders.
Moved to faces for Plank Jacks, Peter Parker Peters, and Mountain Climbers. Rounded out the warmup with 8-count bodybuilders.
Moved to the Great Lawn treeline, partnered up for BOMBS (modified with V-ups instead of Big Boys Situps, and Jump squats instead of squats). Count was cumulative (w/ partner) 50 burpees, 100 overhead claps, 150 merkins, 100 v-ups, 50 jump squats. One partner did exercises while other ran to end of field, did one burpee, and ran back.
Moved over to peristyle for a “column conveyor”: hand stand on columns in a line, last person in the line bear crawls to the front (like an indian run). Did one brutal round, then a few handstand presses. Grabbed a bench for dips, then calf raises at the columns, then donkey kicks on the columns, then box jumps.
For the end, busted out the F3 deck and did some Card battle. Each person got a card, paired up with someone else. Cards were shown, higher card was the exercise, with the combined #s the number of reps.
Renaissance comes from the French word renaissance, from re- ‘back, again’ + naissance ‘birth’ (from Latin nascentia, from nasci ‘be born’). Since our temporary hiatus from public posting, F3 is now blowing & going in small, socially distant, workout groups. We are in the Renaissance of F3 and what better way to celebrate my 37th day of birth than Qing the Renaissance.
Disclaimer – “Welcome to F3. My name is Da Parish, and I’m probably still drunk”
The Thang
Burpees – 10 on your own
Imperial Walkers x 37
Run around the Museum
Time to do 10 more Burpees
Hillbillies x 37
Derkins x 10
Ascending Merkins x 10
Derkins x 10
Ascending Merkins x 10
Derkins x 7
Ascending Merkins x 10
Derkins x 10
Ascending Merkins x 7
Y not do 10 more burpees
Line up on the tree line at Tree 0. In a suicide format, run to tree 1 and back to tree 0 and perform 1 rep of the exercise chosen by the PAX. Then run to tree 2 and back to tree 0 and perform 2 reps of the exercise chosen by the pax. Then to tree 3 and so on until completing all of the trees or time runs out.
8 Count Body Builder
Burpees
Crunchy Frogs
Catalina Wine Mixer
Flutter Kick?
I forget the other 3 (this is why a BB should be written immediately)
With 5 minutes remaining, head to the back of NOMA for 5 Sunday Mornings. 1 Sunday Morning consist of….
A wall sit w/ 10 over head claps
5 Donkey Kicks
On the 5th donkey kick hold a Balls To The Wall
1 Shoulder Press
Count, Namerama, Announcements, COT
Thank you F3 for surviving the Great Quarentine of 2020 and I can’t way to see all of your faces in the gloom.
Something has been going on in the last couple months that just doesn’t seem right. I haven’t had proper care for much longer than that, but at least I have good company every week, that is until sometime mid-March. You see, there is this awesome group of Men that make me feel like I have purpose. They don’t just sit on me or leave trash all over me. They really care. Not like that so called “groundskeeper” that doesn’t know anything about grass. I’m only about 10 years old, so I’m still trying to figure things out.
I’m sorry, let me introduce myself! I’m the Great Lawn, and I was shown some serious Respect this last Saturday, 16 May. It’s been rare to see these fine Men gather here as of late, except for F3 Fest, which was a total blast by the way! That guy Tool really knows how to throw a party….
The one they call Fracsac gave a disclaimer, had the men count off and remember the numbers, and then brought all 12 Men to my domain Saturday morning in what he referred to as a Phase 1 celebration. I guess that means F3 is back, which is awesome. I missed these Men. Well most of them anyways. I try not to play favorites, but have you met that Rudy guy? But I digress……
There was a warmup:
SSH IC x 50 – wait a minute….Why more than 31? I’m confused
IW x 20 IC
GG IC x 10
AC IC x 20
PP IC x 20
Then they moseyed to one side of me for the first Routine:
Blimps – Starting on one side, do an exercise, run to the other side of me, do the next exercise, then run back. You get it, right?
Burpees x 10
Lunges x 10
IW x 15
‘mericans x 20
Plank Jacks x 25
Squats x 30
Then he had then split up by even and odd numbers, using the count off from the disclaimer. It was a real disaster, but so was the Routine:
Start at each corner…..it was so bad, we’ll just say they did Burpees x 10, and 8 count body builders IC x 10. Probably something else too, but we just need to get past this one. I thought this Q was educated……
Mosey back to one of the corners for next Awesome Routine:
DirtyMacDeuce!
Round 1
‘mericans x 12
Squats x 12
Bigboi situps x 12
Run a lap around me
Round 2
Shoulder Taps x 12
LBC’s x 12
Lunges x 12
Run a lap around me
Round 3
Floyd Mayweathers x 12
Bonnie Blairs x 12
Freddie Mercury x 12
Run a lap
Round 4
Cataline wine mixers x 12
Jump squats x 12
LBT’s x 12
Run a lap
The next Routine was a test of mental fortitude:
Spoiler alert, it didn’t go well
The Q would ask for 2 numbers from the pax. One was for the number of SSH IC, the other was for SSH in silence, ending in unison with the Q. A failure would result in a penalty.
After 4 rounds of 10 penalty burpees, the Q called it. But on the bright side, the Pax got to do 40 more burpees! Good times!
Finished with some Mary.
Ended with a COT
I overheard some new Respect from the Pax, apparently the one they call Fracsac turned 50! Wow, how did that happen?
That must have been a real downer to turn 50 during a pandemic. As it turns out, that guy had a pretty awesome day. After enjoying some coffeteria at the re-opened Café Navarre, several of the Pax surprised him with a drive by birthday and visit! What an awesome organization F3 is! I wish I could get up and join them. Maybe someone will put some good grass on me……
SYITG
Coffeteria at Cafe NavarreBirthday Drive ByBirthday Ride ByAwesome F2 Surprise
