F3 New Orleans

Tag: Chewy

  • November heat wave

    CONDITIONS

    YHC arrived to the AO wearing his mukluks and balaclava this morning after all the chilly posts this week but got to dump them when the temps hit 60°F this A.M.

    DISCLAIMER

    Q delivered the classic disclaimer copied from our friend Einstein: “It’s obvious that I’m not a professional.  Be safe out there.”

    THE WARM UP Proper

    The assembled PAX warmed up with the following sequence, all exercises done IC.

    -Split Jacks 15X
    -Toe Touches (just in time for our amigo Chewy to roll-in hot)  10X
    -Hairy rockette kicks 15X
    -Ray Finkles 15X (tough to maintain balance)

     

    THE THANG Scramble style

    YHC fiddled with his fancy fitness tracker gizmo for a minute or two. Then the assembled PAX pounded out the 5k on our usual scramble route.

     

    THE THANG Phase 2

    Paul Cordes park has new exercise equipment which the PAX put to use after returning from our run.

    First they ran through a session of “Morning Call”
    One pax cranked through pull ups while everyone else did Merkins and held plank until our whole crew made it through the circuit.

    With only two minutes to go before the buzzer sounded PAX finished with AMRAP of lunges.

    Thanks Mandeville Parks and Rec for the new toys.  Don’t say big government never did anything for you.

    CountORama, NameORama, and COT

    Thanks to Sprockets for praying us out with encouraging words of thanks and praise.

    MOLESKIN

    Special T-Claps to Ringo who “hit for the cycle” Northshore style and posted four consecutive times.  He started the week as an FNG and is now a regular.

    Thanks F3-bros, for the fellowship, the beatdowns and for being willing to follow my lead.

  • Chilly morning

    4 pax met up at the Mandeville TH tuesday in the gloom.

    Ringo returned for his 2nd beatdown, he must be hooked.

    YHC was the only one dressed in full winter gear at the rest of the pax, decided that 33 degrees is warm enough for shorts.

    The Thang: Mosey to the tunnel;

    Warm-up:fwd lunge forearm to ground x 4, bkwd lunge with twist x 4, lateral lunge x 4 scorpion kicks x 10, mt climbers x 20 IC, Merkins x 20 IC

    -Uphill sprints x 6; YHC got smoked by the > 40 club!

    Mosey to Bus stop:

    -Box jumps x 10/ Plyo elevated merkins x 10

    -Step ups x 10/shld taps x 20

    -Pistol squat x 10/freak nasty x 20

    -Bulgarian Split squat x 10/vaults x 10

    Mosey to Tower:

    Sprint up with bear crawl around top/ Sprint up with lunge walk rinse and repeato.

    Mary: Eccentric situps  x 10; russian twist x 20, nolan ryan x 10

    Nameorama,  COT, prayer .

    Good to have Ringo in the mix, cant wait to try out the http://thepancakery.com on the next beach trip!

    Thanks guys for letting me lead.

    Chewy

     

     

  • Nice Fall Weather

    Toto’s Virgin Q

    Nice Fall weather in the 50’s with no humidity so a nice day to get a beat down and have some fun. Missing a few due to hunting so hope they got their workout in.

    Warmup:

    1. 20 Imperial Walkers
    2. Happy Jacks
    3. 20 Hill Billie’s

    Exercise:

    1. Clowney IC (4 jumping lunges, 4 merkins) 7 sets for Clowney’s jersey
    2. Ultimate Frisbee (down team had merkins, squats and lunges)

    Cool Down

    1. 20 LBC’s, 10 Merkins, 20 Freddie Mercurie’s, 19 American Hamer’s

    Fun activity and a good workout. Zoolander prepared with wearing his soccer cleats and Maverick happen to have receiver gloves on. We only lost 4 Frisbee’s during the game. We learned that the smaller Frisbee is easier to catch and there is a bigger field down the way to use next time!

     

  • Healing Rain

    It’s a different experience to be out in the pouring rain when you want to be, as opposed to when you’re forced to be. You’re awash in the life-giving waters that sustain and replenish, instead of the feelings of rush and panic that come with the mad dash from one shelter to another. You experience a youthful exuberance that brings appreciation and healing…healing rain.

    WARM (not really)

    all x15 (more or less) IC:

    toe touches

    imperial walkers

    windmills

    butt kicks

    THANG

    When WATERpik hit that 1st puddle, the illusion of keeping relatively dry shoes during this 5k was soaked by reality. The PAX moved along the route like a rivulette coursing down a muddy embankment in the Amazon Rain Forest towards the mighty river. As we ventured on,  Chewy and YHC  were left in the wake of the animalistic speed of the the cheetah,  the jaguar, and the gazelle. I’m certain a plethora of new neural pathways were formed as we did a regular thing in a new way. Apropo of nothing (or more likely the rain), Waterpik had to roll out early.  And so…

    MARY

    We concluded with 2 waterlogged rounds of Dice O Doom! 20 freak nasties (wild Q), 50 squat jumps, 50 alternating single leg lateral hops (as opposed to 50 more jump squats), 20 merkins, 25 burpees, 50 LBCs.

    Yours truly prayed us out

    Many thanks for posting in this healing rain!

  • Steve’s cameo

    3 pax posted Tuesday morning at the mandeville TH  including Steve, who was on his one week hiatus from Hollywood. Although claiming to have been mostly sedentary since early summer, he has not seemed to skip a beat.

    Even if it was just for a week, the pax were glad to have him back, as he and shooter have become 2 pillars of the north shore pax. These two are always consistent, always upbeat and positive, and ready to receive or deliver a beat down! YHC is definitely greatful for these two.

    The thang:

    warm up:

    fwd lunge with elbow to ground x 10

    bkwd lunge with twist x 10

    lateral lunge x 10

    plank walked x to 10

    sumo squat to stand x 10

    mosey to lakefront, past former captains cove, back up toward TH.

    Hip crossovers x 10

    scorpion kicks x 10

    maybe a few other things that yhc has since forgotten…

    COT, Name o Rama, prayer.

    See you again soon Steve!

    Thanks,

    chewy

     

  • Social Scramble

    6 PAX posted at the Scramble on this Gloom. Weather in the low 70s and unfinished business (Bushwacker) would supply the motivation for the PAX to set out at a sprinters pace as we charted our course through Mandeville.

    Started out with a warmarama
    Alternating IC 10-15 Good mornings, Toe Touches, Windmills, Smurf Jacks and Butt kicks..

    As we departed and approached Messina Street the PAX dispersed into pairs. Bushwacker and Garfield quickly jumped out establishing a pace less desirable to some but motivating to all. Chewy and Burgundy filed in order of the second pairing and the Q and Waterpik took the caboose. Charted our standard course and returned to the AO with Wacker confirming an 8:11 pace. Q picked the Escalator from the site for completion with 10 to go.
    10 box jumps, 20 Burpees, 30 Merkins 40 Squats and 50 lunges..

    We all admired the new construction of the play ground equipment at the park and expressed the joy of our ever growing tax base put to great use..

    Circled back at the flag for Count off, announcements and COT..

    Q prayed us into the day..

    Good luck to Burgundy and Bushwacker this Sunday at the Northshore half as well as Captain Sparkles..

    Appreciate the lead

    👍🏻👊🏻✌🏻

  • Fast times at the City Hall Scramble

    CONDITIONS

    66°; 90% humidity; 7:00 AM sunrise

    DISCLAIMER

    YHC isn’t going to say that he forgot to deliver the disclaimer, but if any personal injury attorneys ask you, the assembled PAX definitely understood that he was a rank amateur and shouldn’t be trusted with workout advice.

    THE WARM UP

    Northshore Q’s have been doing so much cool stuff, that YHC wanted to blatantly copy everything he could.

    Assembled PAX warmed-up with a feeble imitation of Turbo’s dynamic warm-up routine with a focus on walking quad stretches and hip stretches.

    Wait until YHC’s kids teach him how to set up a spotify playlist and he can copy Grundy’s sweet tabata jams mix-tape.

    THE THANG

    The assembled PAX scrambled through their standard 5k route.  Tclaps to Garfield and Bushwhacker for pacing us.  Northshore PAX know that this is SOP for Garfield and the Whacker is rounding into race day shape for his upcoming half-marathon.

    YHC didn’t keep detailed mile splits, but feels confident that the PAX responded well to the cooler weather and clocked some fast times.

    THE THANG – Part 2

    After the 5K, we returned back to City Hall for some work.

    The Pelican Challenge

    The first item was introduced to Northshore PAX, by our amigo the Pelican, who himself stole it from the Army’s new combat fitness test.   YHC set the timer for two minutes and the assembled PAX cranked out as many hand-release merkins as possible before time expired.

    Next we did 20 4 count tabletops in cadence, because every day is leg day.

    Rock-Paper-Burpees

    Finally, the PAX finished with 5 rounds of “rochamburpee,” which the lexicon defines as a game of rock-paper-scissors with burpees at stake. YHC observed some next level strategery among the PAX.  Never go in against a Northshore PAX with burpees on the line.  #Strategery.

    CountORama, NameORama, and COT

    YHC prayed for the assembled PAX

    Thanks F3-bros, for the fellowship, the beatdowns and for being willing to follow my lead.

  • return of the Ei

    3 faithful pax posted in the gloom this morning.

    Eiei came out from hiding toting a few extra lbs but  willing and ready for a challenge!

    The thang:

    warm up in parking lot:

    hip crossovers x 10

    fwd lunge w forearm to floor x8

    back lunge with twist x 8

    lateral lunge x 8

    hand walk x 4

    sumo squat to stand x 8

    mosey to the lake front with intermittent sprints

    and mt climbers in rough gravel x20 ic

    seawall

    irkins IC x 20

    leg extensions x 50

    dirkins x10

    mosey back with sprints interspersed.

    trailhead COM: LBCs, deadbugs, HTH, JF, glute bridges with reach x 20 ic

    cot, prayer, peace out.

    thanks guys for showing up and working hard!

    chewy

     

     

  • Some F3 Gratitude

    Simply put:  there is a 0.00% chance I would exercise so often and so vigorously without F3.  For that, I am very grateful!  For all of you, I am very grateful!

    We had a nice turnout in the gloom for today’s Scramble.

    Our warm up consisted of:

    SSH x 10

    High Knees x 10

    Butt Kicks x 10

    Wind Mills x 10 (all IC)

    With such a large group, we were able to spread out along our normal 5k route with groups of 2 or 3 running together.

    We finished up with enough time to spare to get some work in, so here’s what we did:

    merkins x 20

    rower situps x 20

    squats x 20

    putins x 20

    rower situps x 20 (again)

    leg raises x 20

    Count off, and thanks to Chewy for praying us out.

    Thanks for letting me lead, guys, and thanks for pushing me to greater heights.

     

     

     

  • F3 Thursday, Take 1

    There we were, gathered in the 73 degree gloom, preparing for pedo-strata combat like a small band of wearily tremulous skirmishers, ready to embark on Part 1 of, what would be for some, a 2-part F3 kind of day. The insights were keen, though the conversations garrulous as, with the under-the-wire arrival of Chewy, we were off without so much as side straddle hop or imperial walker.

    Perseverance was the battle plan of the day along the scramble route. For some it was giving it their all to keep up and catch up, while for others it was the sporadically concerted effort to not far out-pace the rest of the illustrious PAX. And for yet at least one other it was keeping his bowels under his own power.

    For those of us who are acquainted with the mastery of skill over his craft that Chewy has, there is a respect, admiration, and appreciation. Having tweaked his back in the arduously entertaining ultimate frisbee beatdown of his own design last Saturday, Waterpik, was quick to accept the grace of physical therapy-on-the-go that YHC, among others, have been the the recipient of. Further proving his worth, Chewy was tapped by YHC to take us out with 10 minutes of ballistic stretches and yoga, but not before Garfield and Coconuts were initiated into the Dice of Doom fraternity with 10 putins and 15 side straddle hops.

    For part 2, a Maverick-induced 8:00pm beatdown followed by F2 will be a fun change of pace this evening.

    YHC prayed us out with a disjointed rambling of appreciation and acknowledgement for the influence that we all have in others’ lives and they in ours, and how we are all held in one set of almighty hands.

    Thank you, gentlemen, for another rousing scramble!