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Tag: Da Parish

  • The Calm before the storm – from Mahatma

    Deciding where I planned to spend my Wed 4-21-21morning I saw that the Foundry needed a Q so why not!?
    12 pax showed up with the intention of starting the day with more than hitting the snooze and rolling out of bed.
    After a quick disclaimer we moseyed to the track for a warm up consisting of stretching, SSH, WM, something that Double Fudge new the name to, scuba kicks (not knee jerks) then off to the “core” event.
    Pax line up (1-12) at mid point of straight away. Pax 1 ran (50-75%) to mid point turn 1, once there he moved into lane 2 while pax 2 started his run, when 2 arrived he moved over to lane 2, pax 3 started and pax 1 started a run to the other end of the track (so 1/2 way around) moved into lane 3, once 3 arrived 4 started, 3 moved over, 2 started. This continued with a 3/4 then a complete full 1/4 mi (1 full run around the track). We completed it (some got a little extra core while waiting for pax to finish) but it wasn’t as “smooth” as it was mentally thought out to be, so rinse and modification – break into 2 groups of 6 then go in reverse – full loop, 3/4, 1/2, 1/4: it could be brought back with additional modification. On to more core – as pax finished there was a line forming in the outer lane, each figured out just join in and ever pax added their version of core to the effort. We finished with a 2:30 minute plank / merkin initiative. Then back to the flags for COT.

    Glad to see the crew and the opportunity to lead. We lift up DaParish’s buddy who passed suddenly as well as Disclaimer and his family. We ask for God’s Grace to lead with humility in engaging all who we come into contact with.
    God Bless – get ready for the H8 – you against you!

  • St. Paddy’s Day Brick Fest – from Rudy

    The Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/04wIJSMgALwapngjBJXwXP?si=dH03I0VjQ0qMJMSTUS5oqA

    11 PAX joined YHC for a St. Paddy’s morning fest. Humid, and warm. Good to see some old faces (looking at you Amnesty) and new (Sir Purr! Welcome back to workout #2!)

    Lots of green around the horn. Bongo didn’t get the message, but pointed to his light green light on his workout watch as if that counted. Catfish also didn’t get the message, but no PAX had the audacity to call him out for it. Much debate on whether Saban’s yellow-ish highlighter tank was closer to Green than Kuch’s Aqua Athleisure shorts. Thanks to Snooze and Da Parish for CLEARLY wearing their finery. The mom’s of the group (Ya Mom ‘n’ Dem, Mama’s Pride) – B- for effort on the attire front….

    Disclaimer, then open up the Pot o’ Gold (i.e., YHC’s Mini) to grab 2 of the red-colored Bars o’ Gold (i.e., “Bricks”). Head to the track.

    Quick warmup with some stretching, SSH and IW. Then b/c YHC had often wanted to try it – lets do Bat Wings with the bricks. That’s a good challenge. It will make a return appearance.

    The Thang:

    Queue up the Irish Music. We’ll rinse and repeat a tabata-ish workout. 4 Rounds of Exercises (45 seconds on, 15 second rest), then a Lap aruond the track (everything with the bricks).

    + Round 1: Seal Claps, Dying Brick-roaches, Lunges, 8 count body-builders.
    + Round 2: Floyd Mayweathers, Crunchy BrickFrogs, Calf Raises (awkward…), 8 count body-builders.
    + Round 3: Merkins, Irish Twists, Monkey Humpers, 8 count body-builders
    + Round 4: Newston’s Cradle, LBBCs (Little Baby Brick Crunches), Squats, 8 count body builders
    + Round 5: T Merkins, Brick-guins, Side Lunges, 8 count body-builders

    Back to the flag. YHC had grand ambitions of getting lots more 8 counts in. But I greatly underestimated the time it would take us in total to run a mile carrying bricks. So OYO over the course of the day – everyone owes about 300 more 8 counts (to commemorate the 1 year anniversary of the initial 8 count challenge, increasing by 1 per day until “No more covid restrictions for the great state of Louisiana”).

    COT: Countoff, Name-o-Rama (Sir Purr? Surr Pur?), Announcements and closing out with a prayer. YHC especially wants to thank the “75 Soft” group under whose strict tutelage YHC has been driven to keep reading his bible. Specifically, messages over the last few days have emphasized import of Evangelizing. Its not sufficient for us to just hear good works, or even do good works. We need to be inspiring others through our actions. That applies spiritually, professionally, personally. Thanks 75 Soft-ers.

  • A Well Thought Out & Executed Fountain Beatdown – from Da Parish

    YHC is well known for his well-planned and thoughtful beatdowns. This would be nondifferent.
    W/U – Lap around Mardi Gras Fountain and circle up in the lawn.
    • SSH
    • IW
    • HB
    • AC
    • MC
    The Thang
    • Mosey around Mardi Gras Fountain. Pick out a plaque and remember it. Circle back up on the lawn where the Q will ask you which Krewe you have chosen. The Q will then conduct an exercise that begins with the same letter as that Krewe. Since YHC has a vast knowledge of the Exicon, this would prove to be so simple that even the freshest of PAX could do it. Right?
    • Line up on the light post on the Lake for BLIMPS. Suicide to each blue light post and back performing the exercise and increasing in increments of 10 for each light post (Big Boy Sit Up, Lunge, Imperial Walker, Merkin, Plank Jacks, Squats)
    • Circle on the Lake for Mary
    Counterama, Namerama, COT
    NMS – Welcomed an FNG, Yezzy and congratulations on your upcoming bundle of joy.
    Thank you for the opportunity to lead,
    Da Parish

  • Leg Day? Arm Day? WHY NOT BOTH? – from Rudy

    Delightful and crisp Saturday morning, 40 degrees on YHC car thermometer. War Eagle pleasantly referred to it as “bone chilling” cold. Catfish referred to it as “perfect burpee weather” while he continued burpeeing as we waited for 630. Professor Smiley was in his typical marlin-esque winter gear, prepared for snowfall.

    6:30: 11 PAX (well, actually 10 pax. The 11th was JV who arrived around 635. But I digress) were off.

    Old Man Warm Up: Trying to get old man bones and joints working. Start with a slowsey around the great lawn. Circle up for some stretching (Windmills, Grass Grabbers, Self Love, Open and Close the Gate). SSH x30.

    The Thang #1 – Dont Forget Leg Day

    12 Squats. 12 Lunge walk steps. 12 Squat Jumps. 12 Lunge walk steps. 12 monkey humpers. Mosey back to where you started.

    (I hope Triple Shift appreciated YHC’s attempt to remind everyone to use good form on squats…)

    Repeat with 11. Then 10. Then 9. 78 Squats, Squat Jumps, Monkey Humpers. And 156 lunge walk steps. No burpees, though. SOGO was miffed that we only started at 12. I think he decided to start at 18. Rev It used his long legs to lunge walk roughly 1 mile…

    The Thang #2 – Guns a-blazing

    12 Hand Release Merkins. 12 Bearcrawl steps. 12 Carolina Dry Docks. 12 Bearcrawl steps. 12 Plank walks. Mosey back to where you started.

    Repeat with 11. Then 10. Then 9. 78 of all of these as well. But still no burpees. By the end, though, YHC’s Merkins were looking quite similar to his carolina dry docks. Just sayin’.

    The Thang #3 – Heart Pumping

    Line up on the sidewalk. 20 Mountain Climbers. Sprint halfway across the lawn for…. Yup, BURPEES. Start with 10. Mosey back to where you started.

    Repeat with 9 burpees. Then 8 burpees. Then 7. Da Parish groused the entire time that it was unfair punishment for those NOT doing MABA. YHC ignored him.

    The Thank #4 – Mary

    Circle up for some dealer’s choice Mary. Colonel Mustard showed off his ability to endure most anything, by asking whether we could go to the dry cement rather than sit in the wet grass. YHC obliged, by telling him to get on his 6 in the grass.

    Mustard, Sogo, Snooze, and Catfish took the PAX through some ab work before YHC called it off at 730. Back to the flag!

    PAX: Thanks for letting me Q. Its been a while, and I’ve honestly been a bit scared of doing it. Thank you Fracsac for pushing me to sign up for it, and making me get past whatever has been blocking me from stepping up. There’s a hidden life lesson in there as well – sometimes we all will need a push to get past whatever it is that is blocking us from moving forward. May all of us be willing to reach out for help, may all of us be willing to accept help, and may all of us always be looking for fellow people who need us to reach out and help them.

  • Lakeview vs. Pontiff II

    Three months ago the men of Lakeview, unannounced and uninvited, strolled into Pontiff on the day of the Wally Run and threw down the challenge to the men of Pontiff for an Ultimate Frisbee battle. Pontiff never stood a chance as Lakeview mopped the floor with a commanding win.

    Thus began a new tradition, the Lakeview vs. Pontiff Ultimate Frisbee War. Lakeview may have won battle one, but the war was far from over.

    28 men came out for the competition on a cold December morning with 26 men playing for three months of bragging rights. Pontiff playing in Miyagi Do whites and Lakeview playing in Cobra Kai blacks. 13 vs. 13 Ultimate Frisbee – no rematch has been anticipated so highly since Rocky and Creed.

    The Pax ran 2 laps around Pontiff Park (next match there will be some sort of penalty for the team with the fewest number of competitors to complete the 2 laps). Then we split for a standard game of F3 Ultimate. 5 merkins for each turnover. 10 merkins for giving up a touchdown.

    Team Pontiff came out with bang like Daniel kicking Johnny in the face by scoring the first touchdown in moments as YHC caught one in the end zone and even completed a second pass to appease the doubts of team Lakeview, and Pontiff was off to the races.

    Thanks to the quality play of Scantron and Two Yutes scoring strikes down the field – team Pontiff won in a blow out – 8-3.

    The war is now tied 1-1. The next match comes in March.

    -Rev Sox

  • Captain Seamus “Dirty” MacDeuce

    Captain Seamus “Dirty” MacDeuce

    The site Q graciously added YHC’s name to the Q sheet for an AO outside of his Parish and that he also seldom visits. However, the name was on the Q sheet and Q he must. YHC may have also forgotten about his scheduled Q until this morning at approximately 0500. The good news is that the Legendary Captain Seamus MacDeuce would provide.

    What do we really know about Capt Seamus “Dirty” MacDeuce. Born in Meade County, Ireland in 1786, MacDeuce would stow away on a ship headed for the United States at the age of 6. The crew named him “Dirty” as a result of finding him in the cargo hold among the manure. As we know from the published BB of 9/27/2020, “Do Not Do Murder Bunnies on Pavement”, he became a deckhand at the age of 12. It was then that he learned the navigation of the mouth of the Mississippi. Other than his wife, Latrina Bacardi MacDuece, and 12 children; MacDeuce had two loves; physical fitness and rum. Dirty would indulge in the brown bottles till and through nightfall; and then arise at 0530 to led his men for morning PT everyday. The routine was very standard; 12 glasses of rum, 12 exercises and 12 reps of each. Believing that strength without endurance showed weakness; he forced his men to run laps around the ship. While his dedication to physical prowess is how he is best remembered by the HIMs of F3; his heroics during the War of 1812 is how he best served. That, however, is another story for another day.

    W/U

    • SSH x 20
    • IW x 10
    • HB x 10
    • AC x 10 x 10
    • MC x 20

    The Thang – grab a rock and head to the track for the Dirty MacDeuce: 12 exercises, 4 sets of 3 (arms, legs, core), 12 Reps IC, lap around the track

    • Set 1 – Curls, Squats, Flutter Kicks
    • Set 2 – Overhead press, Lunges, Big Boy Sit Ups
    • Set 3 – Triceps Curls, Side Lunge, Rows
    • Set 4 – Front Lifts, Rocky Balboas, Russian Twist

    Return your rock and mosey back to the flag for some stretching.

    Monday is typically not on my schedule of Beatdowns and neither is Rock City or Swollfest or any coupon/rock based workout. However, I greatly enjoyed getting out there and being pushed outside of my typical routine. Thank you site Q for signing me up, and thank you for the opportunity to lead.

    Da Parish

  • All Wrong Stomp (610 Stomp) 2020-12-08

    Lovely day at the Stomp with 11 PAX: Tool, Kuch, Sheetrock, High Rise, Abacus, Da Parish, Jesus Juice, Snooze, Bongo, RevSox, Catfish (Q).

    Did a fairly standard run w/ burpees every 6 minutes. No complications, rest intervals, etc. Run, then 10 burpees on the 6 minute marks (6, 12, 18, 24, etc.). 20 minutes out, 20 minutes back.

    Did some Mary with LBCs, Leg Raises, and Dr. Ws.

    CoT. Broke a sweat, despite the chill! Thanks to all who attended!

  • Armistice 2020

    I looked for a good Veteran’s Day themed WOD and found 2 that I liked. I wasn’t sure how long it was going to take to complete (particularly Catfish) so the plan was to have everyone complete WOD #1 and then transition to WOD #2 with the left over time for AMRAP. Turns out WOD #1 was all that was needed.

    Warm up:

    Mosey around the traffic circle and end at the second intersection. Circle up.

    • SSH x 20 IC
    • Windmills x 10 IC
    • Arm circles fwd/rev x 10 each IC
    • Hillbillies x 15 IC
    • Peter Parkers x 15 IC

    Tha Thang:

    Everyone would need to grab a bench throughout Roosevelt Mall. The plan was to complete the WOD and record your time.

    11 rounds for time

    11 Mountain Climbers

    11 Squats

    11 Hand release Merkins

    11 Box jump burpees

    200 meter run (this consisted of running around the neutral ground to the bench opposite where you started)

    Kudos to Catfish as he was the only PAX to complete all 11 rounds. As the time approached 6:15 PAX were instructed to head back to the flag once they had finished their respective round for some Mary.

    Count-off, Name-o-rama, Announcements, Intentions, COT.

  • Roosevelt Mall Challenge

    So when I graciously handed off my Q a few weeks ago for the trail run antics of Saban, I was glad to take the Q back from Kuch who opted to take a day off in preparation for the H8! I assume. I had been contemplating a beatdown that was more run focused to avoid some strain on my aching neck. So that’s what I did. 3 men joined me at the flag and 1 opted to join in later on (more to come on this).

    Warm up:

    Mosey around the traffic circle on the side of Roosevelt Mall nearest Marconi, then circle up

    • SSH x 20 IC
    • Windmills x 10 IC
    • Hillbillies x 15 IC
    • Self love x 15 IC
    • Arm circles x 10 fwd/rev each IC

    Tha Thang:

    There are 5 intersections spaced throughout Roosevelt Mall. The goal was to perform an escalator of exercises while making back and forth throughout the Mall.

    Round 1: Run around the traffic circle and then perform 10 8-count Absolutions.

    Round 2: Run around the traffic circle then continue on to the next intersection where we perform 20 Merkins and back to the first intersection and perform 10 8-count Absolutions.

    Round 3: Run around the traffic circle then continue to intersection 3 where we performed 40 squats, back to intersection 2 for 20 Merkins, and then back to the start for 10 8-count Absolutions.

    Round 4: Run around the traffic circle then continue to intersection 4 where we peformed 80 LBCs, back to intersection 3 for 40 squats, intersection 2 for 20 Merkins, and then back to the start for 10 8-count Absolutions.

    Round 5: Run around the traffic circle then continue to the opposite end of the Mall for 160 Rocky Balboas, back to intersection 4 for 80 LBCs, intersection 3 for 40 squats, intersection 2 for 20 Merkins, and then back to the start for 10 8-count Absolutions.

    Unfortunately we were a little pinched on time so Round 5 was modified. We did not make it the full length of the mall for 160 Rocky Balboas but they were performed at intersection 4 along with the 80 LBCs. Once we had completed the 40 squats at intersection 3 it was obvious we would run out of time. So PAX was instructed to head back to the flag. This will be attempted at some point again in the future (exercise selection is subject to change) and we will complete it within the 45 min limit.

    Upon our arrival at the flag this very muscular, veiny, sweaty gentleman was standing there with a second flag. It was Belloq! He had the AO location incorrect so he took it upon himself to go for a run and once he noticed the shovel flag he opted to wait for the PAX so he could join in the COT.

    Count off, Name-o-rama, Announcements, COT. God Bless.

  • 6 Year Anniversary (10-14-2020) – The Birdcage

    Woke up early to this beautiful, cool, dry morning to setup the field in front of Audubon Zoo with our F3 flags. Then I moseyed to our usual Birdcage COT spot to meet up with 45 other PAX to celebrate F3Nola’s 6 year anniversary. Before the disclaimer, I told the PAX that this is our actual anniversary date, and The Birdcage was our very first weekday AO. We then headed over to the field in front of Audubon Zoo with our warmup exercises in cadence. To honor our 6 year anniversary, we started the day with 6 burpees OYO.

    1.) SSHs x 20

    2.) Windmills x 10

    3.) Self Love x 10

    4.) Imperial Walkers x 20

    5.) Peter Parker, Parker Peter, MCs x 15

    We divided the PAX in 2 groups in the middle of the field. One group was facing the Zoo while the other was facing Magazine Street. Each group had their own marker to reach to (which was about 50 feet away).

    Round 1 – moseyed to the marker and did 10 hand release merkins. Then moseyed back to the middle of the field and went back out to marker to do 15 hand release merkins. Then moseyed back to the middle of the field and went back to the marker to finish off with 20 hand release merkins. Then converged back to the middle of the field to wait for the Six (SSHs until the Six was done).

    Round 2 – similar routine as round 1 except we did 10, 15, and 20 big boy situps.

    Round 3 – similar to round 1 except we did 10, 15, and 20 jump lunges. Also, instead of running, we were side hopping.

    Round 4 – similar to round 1 except we did 10, 15, and 20 leg raises.

    Round 5 – similar to round 3 except we did 10, 15, and 20 squats.

    Round 6 – similar to round 1 except we bear crawled to the marker and moseyed back to the middle of the field with 20, 40, and 60 overhead air presses in between.

    Round 7 – similar to round 6 except we bunny hopped to the marker and moseyed back to the middle of the field with 5, 10, and 15 burpees in between.

    At some point during the workout, we saw a shooting star with a crescent moon in the backgound.

    Round of Mary

    We did the following in cadence:

    1.) American Hammers x 20

    2.) LBCs x 20

    3.) Hello Dolly x 20

    4.) Low Country Crabs x 10 (Yankee’s lead)

    5.) Dying Cockroach x 20 (Hawgcycle’s lead)

    COT

    We finished the beatdown with COT. Announcements and prayers. Someone mentioned Bogey is buying for everyone who shows up at the Deutsches Haus tonight. We thank Sky Q for giving us the strength everyday so that we can do this on a regular basis. Always grateful to be out in the AM with the PAX and hopeful for many years of this.

    Few of us had some F2 coffee at PJ’s on Magazine. Always entertaining conversations with the PAX. SYITG