F3 New Orleans

Tag: Bolt

  • When Nature Attacks – from Bolt

    YHC employed the most effective anti-fartsack remedy know to pax: sign up to Q upon heeding Chaos Monkey’s Sunday afternoon call to action. Rapper’s Delight wasn’t the same without Frac but a total of four pax reveled in it anyway with the usual: Abe SLOWgodas, hip circles, SSH, 3 penalty burpees for crappy cadence, MMPGM, PP, Tie fighters, OH/Seal claps. Mosey to JPAX for coupon retrieval where Space Cowboy began his encounter with nature’s first attack—wasps in the coupon hand hold, luckily no stings.
    The Thang 9/2/24 (a la Rudy):
    9 exercises
    2 rounds
    24 reps/exercise

    Rows
    Curls
    Heel taps over block 2:1

    Carolina Dry docks
    Skull crushers
    Box cutters

    OH press
    Goblet squats
    X factor 2:1

    Nature’s second attack occurred during the first round of skull crushers when a lizard exited the new coupon via Space Cowboy’s forehead.

    With time winding down it was coupon return followed by KnOT/mosey back to flag for COT.

  • A lot of If’s – from Boo-Boo

    Bolt was trying to rally the troops and challenged Charmin to show up. YHC agreed to HC and Q but only if Charmin and Frac showed.

    A 10-minute warmup consisting of typical warmup exercises such as Abe Slowgotas, IW, Mountain Man pooper with a GM, grass grabbers, arm circles, etc.

    Mosey to JPAX for another version of HIIT. Everyone grab two blocks and to the flag poles.

    7 rounds of 10 reps all exercises with a block

    Goblet Squats

    American Hammer

    Shoulder taps

    Lunge with a twist

    Deficit Merkins

    Run up the stairs and down the ramp

    1 -minute rest

    Blocks put away and mosey back to the flag for COT. Out!

  • QThighs (champ) v QThumbWar (challenger) – from Mahatma

    The date Friday 8/16
    The place Pontiff Playground – Metry LA
    The event Thighs from the OG vs ThumbWar from parts of Lakeview and Metry

    YHC wanted to get out early in case there were any pre bout instructions – the bullpen was dark except a lone silhouette planting a flag emerging quickly with an enthusiastic smile of pinewood ready for the battle. Then coming off the field ThumbWar with a determined look of a well trained challenger. YHC checked his watch with only 5 minutes there was just a handful of Pax and still no Thighs, yet within a minute the bullpen was crawling with Pax like ants on a misplaced foot at Okwata!

    At 5:29 YHC suggested some general etiquette to help ensure the instructions were heard…..limit the “jaw jacking” or “jack jawing” the MS translation of Handgranada.

    After quick disclaimer we were off on a Mosey to the rock pile. 3 minute warm up
    SSH
    Side Lunge
    Mnt Man Poopers
    Shoulder Taps

    Round 1 ThumbWar – had pax team up and grap a medium rock then head to the field.
    With cones in place some sort of Dora

    Round 2 Thighs was still reminiscing over the Olympics to which we did a variation of exercises to each letter x 10 then x 5

    Round 3 ThumbWar it’s a “core focus” hop stop exercise crawl stop exercise length of field – rinse and repeat

    Round 4 Thighs (this is where I think the Pax was a bit unhinged in following instructions) still with a Olympics focus -sprint in place
    -back stroke
    -karate kick
    -merkin boxing

    Time called with 4 minutes left YHC attempted a 1 minutes bonus round to ensure if there was a potential for a draw this may leave a lasting impression….so what do we get “stretching”!

    On to COT – the vote wasn’t close 17-3, yet 3 of the 17 (RougaRou, Scantron and TripleShift) didn’t even participate but must have seen the action from their NOTs vantage point to emphasis there is still no repeat winner. Congrats to the new champ ThumbWar and much respect to Thighs for showing up in hostile territory with no OG support.

    Next up ThumbWar vs Angie’s List 9/13 at WolfPack Mnt

  • Who’s your Partner – from Charmin

    Who’s your partner

    Warm-o-rama:

    Slow-vagodas x 10
    Grass Grabbers x 10
    Low Slow Squats x 10

    Arms:
    Forward x 10
    Backwards x 10
    T-clap x 10
    Seal Claps x 10
    Chinooks x 15
    and the fan favorite: MNC’s x 10

    The Thang:

    Pax were instructed to find a partner.

    Heading towards the playground, there must always be one person running forward and one person KnOTing. Up to the pax to figure it out.

    Along the way, the PAX were required to take a detour since the Jefferson Parish Park Department decided to start doing some construction work last week and didn’t clean up their mess.

    As a recovery, YHC exhorted to the PAX the importance of circling back for your partner, even if they seem to be going backwards.

    When we get to the playground making sure to instruct pax on hanging leg raises instead of pull ups, set up as usual expect for two people. Doing wheel barrels where one person shoulder shrugs the other’s legs. Timer is 20 shrugs.

    Two rounds of that, and we Get back to warmup pad traveling same way but completing the loop, and thus avoiding the construction.

    Stopping at JPAX to face away from the police station for 10 IC Monkey Humpers.

    Mary:

    Partner leg swings
    Penguins
    Bolt-Lead Protractors
    Appreciators

    COT

    Focused on us being there for our partner, being considerate and gracious when we think they are going backwards, and to be thankful when they circle back for us.

    P.S. YHC wants to thank all the LaSalle regulars (non-F3) for pointing out that YHC left his phone at the playground and for leaving it there.

  • No Downrangers – from Charmin

    Much to everyone’s chagrin, there were no Downrangers, however there were 5 ruckers and 3 runners for a total of 8 pax who beat the battle of 15 degrees and made it out.

  • Hey MacGyver, does HC=Home Catnapping!? – from Bolt

    4.5 got after S&M + 6.5 ran (Charmin was the .5 x 2) = 11 got better in the gloom.…except MacGyver; apparently he redefined “HC.”

    Expand our circle through EHing and Kotters. Who haven’t u called lately that you should…?

  • “A Bottle of Kaopectate” and HYDRATE! – from Bolt

    While we were minis Scrum fixture, Space Cowboy, due to kidney stones (hydrate!), Madoff, after prodding by Charmin, returned to the gloom for the first time in about two months. It was super muggy and I’m pretty sure the pax were already soaked before we even started the warm-up, which of course included the bolt warm-up theme song. Frac’s favorite line would prove to be almost predictive as Madoff pushed through the restart button that comes with being a Kotter. Luckily, he did not actually splash Merlot, but certainly felt like he was headed there.

    Warmorama:
    Hip Circles (clockwise) x 5 (in cadence)
    Hip Circles (counterclockwise) x 5 (in cadence)
    Abe SLOWgodas x 10 (in cadence)
    Open/close the gate each side x 10
    Tie Fighters x 15 each way
    Good mornings x 10
    Abe Vigodas x 10 (in cadence)

    The Thang

    KnOT/Mosey to JPAX for 5 min EMOM 10 burpees
    Recover with 1 minute focused sound counting
    8 count step ups x 20
    Irkins x 25
    LSS x 15
    3-man Coupon Dora: 100 skull crushers at bottom, 100 curls up top at opposite ends of route
    one man/block atop landing with second man timer who runs down ramp to third man at flag poles, picking up the count as third man runs up stairs to pick up count from first man. Upon completion of reps, exercise switches to blockees at both stations.

    Return blocks and KnOT/Mosey to garden of abs for v-up ring of fire (base position 12” off ground) followed by 10 burpees OYO. Finish with one minute of protractors. COT

  • You have to CRAWL before you can LUNGE – from Mayhem

    Conditions: 80 deg F with feels like temp of 84 deg F due to the 90% RH = perfect summer morning for a beatdown

    Anxious to kick off the day, YHC arrived at 5:15am. Quick check on the field to make sure it was not too sloppy. By 5:30am we had a total of 11 including an FNG c/o Bolt. By 5:33am we had a dirty dozen as Triple joined us on Triple time.

    Mosey to midfield for warmups: AV, GG, PPP, Crab Cakes, Tie Fighters, smurf jacks

    Bear CRAWL 50 yards to end of the field
    Mosey to the rock pile, grab a rock that you can do a bunch of thrusters with

    Mosey with rock to the parking lot

    A form of 11s OYO
    10 burpees, 1 thruster, lunge walk to next tree with rock
    9 burpees, 2 thrusters, lunge walk to next tree with rock
    10 stops covered 100 yards
    Felt the burn halfway through
    Then 200 yard jog (back to start, back to finish)

    Core Dora, partner up
    One PAX exercises, other PAX grabs any rock and travels about 60 yards and back
    100 big boys
    200 V-ups (later modified)
    300 LBCs (almost finished)

    Grab a rock, two single file lines, indian “run” (more of a mosey)
    Our lines were about as straight as when we all learned it in preschool

    Back to COT, a few sprinted, all were gassed

    Counterama, Namerama, Name the FNG, Announcements, Intentions, prayed it out

    Thanks for the opportunity to lead! It was a good one!

    Welcome Kingfish to the F3 brotherhood!
    Shout out to Squints for his first ever post at Pontiff!
    Shout out to Pinewood who came from the West Bank and has an 8:00am final exam today… good luck!

  • 5:1’s – from Charmin

    Started with 5 Ended with 6.

    Runner’s ran the Ruck Route, Rucker’s Ran, Overall it was a great day to push ourselves.

    YHC needed to push himself and Bolt was happy to oblige with a Walk 5 Minutes/ Run 1 Minute and YHC TRUSTED that he would do just that.