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  • Who Dat!

    Many PAX were hurting after celebrating a Saints Victory, and yet 19 men gathered in the gloom for a Monday Morning Beatdown.

    Warmup:

    Run around golf loop to bandstand

    SS Hop x 20

    Arm Circles x 10 each Forward and Backwards (with Seaman voice from the Pax)

    Grass Grabber x 10

    Peter Parker x 20

    Parker Peter x 20

    Since Seaman was not present to protest 10 Monday burpees were then called at the first light on Oak Alley. Next we Bear Crawled/Crab Walked/Lunge Walked to the Track where the Pax waited in a Low Plank for the 6. Much mumblechatter was heard regarding the long distance Bear Crawl.

    Next we ran to the Audubon Statue for some Dora 1-2-3.

    Durkins x 100

    Jump Lunge x 200

    Floyd Mayweathers x 300

    Those that finished were lead by King Kong in LBCs and then 50 Rocky Balboas.

    Finally we ran Fartleks down to Magazine alternating between a sprint and slow mosey at the Stop Sign for a total of 3 laps.

    Finally the beatdown finished with Dips, 20 LBCs and a mosey back to the flag.

    The workout concluded with a COT, a special prayer was said to lift up Bellhop and thoughts and prayers to Da Parish and his family.

  • Stompkwata

    Despite fair warning, 14 men set off into a pleasant September gloom this morning at Okwata. The warning: bring your running shoes, we’re trying something new. And so we did.

    Since we started doing Okwata, YHC has been wanting to run to the large Lakeshore Drive bridge for a change of pace. Today, we did it.

    It’s around 1.1 miles just to get there, so we had to be quick. We wrapped our warm-up into our mosey with some high knees, butt kicks, Super Marios, carioca, and Zombie walks.

    When we got to the bridge, the instructions were simple: 11’s with burpees at the bottom and merkins at the top. YHC had measured it out, and from base to center of the bridge is about 1/10 of a mile, so each “lap” would be 2/10 of a mile. No one quite completed the 11’s, but Breadsticks was close. Breadsticks seems to have found another gear lately. T-claps for that.

    T-claps to Two Yutes, who went back and swept the runners on the way there, giving them the instruction so everyone could get started. We called an end to the 11’s leaving around 12 minutes to return to the flag, and according to my calculations***, we arrived exactly on time. All in all, we ran about 4 miles, with about 1 mile of that being uphill, broken up with some burpees and merkins. We may try this one again during Run Ranger Run.

    Surge closed us out with a prayer. Thanks for trying something new with me today. – Kuch

  • Not Quite as Short, but Short Back Blast

    The Thang – IronPax Challenge

    Da Parish – 525

    Bogey – 525

    Gideon – 550

    Ya Mom ‘n Dem – 505

    Hobbs – 660

    Catfish – 720

    Count-off, Name-O-Rama, 3rd F

    YHC,

    Da Parish

  • The Best Chicken IronPax

    Popeyes not only holds the crown for the best chicken sandwich in the Fastfood wars but also holds the crown for the best location for the IronPax challenge.

    12 men came out in the heat and humidity to conquer the IronPax challenge and all 12 men finished the task at hand.

    Challenge One: The Killer Bs

    10 Yard Bunny Hop

    10 Burpees, 10 Bonnie Blairs, 10 Big Boy Situps

    10 Yard Bunny Hop

    10 Burpees, 10 Bonnie Blairs, 10 Big Boy Situps

    10 Yard Bunny Hop

    10 Burpees, 10 Bonnie Blairs, 10 Big Boy Situps

    30 Yard Bear Crawl

    Rinse and Repeat for 5 laps

    SoGo won the day with a time of 21:15 but all 12 men pushed themselves through the dirt and grass to complete the challenge. YHC, SOGO, Tua, Shuffles, and Tanner all completed the Challenge for the 2nd time this week and each improved on his time before. T-Claps to Tua for knocking 7 minutes off his Rock City time.

    The End

    Count-Off, Name-O-Rama, Prayer in the Sweaty-Ball-O-Man

    Thanks for the opportunity to lead,

    Rev Sox

  • Preseason at Da Chamber

    12 PAX were greeted with the perfect mix warm, muggy, and damp conditions at the new UNO site on Monday. Ideal setting to sweat out the celebratory weekend beers from a kinda-stellar Saints preseason victory on Sat followed by our little league dudes lighting it up in Williamsport on Sunday. YHC encountered Belloq upon arrival where we gazed upon the intramural fields at UNO, recalling our time spent out there mid-90’s playing sports for our respective fraternities, oftentimes with a cold beverage in one hand and football in the other. Yes, those were some glory days, but I think it’s safe to say we’re probably both in better shape now than we were then, at least we’d find out in the next 45 min. Perhaps our real glory days still lie ahead?

    YHC stepped in to Q the day before, filling in for Holy Grove who originally stepped up to help lead, but is on IR and hopefully will be back in the fold soon. Quick warmup included paying a little homage to the Easbank All-Stars for playing strong, displaying great teamwork, and making Louisiana proud. Scores = rep counts. YHC is no ESPN commentator but did my best with a recap of the LLBWS:

    SW/LA vs W/Hawaii    2-5      2 SSH- 5 Burpees

    LA vs NW/Oregon    3-2         3 WM- 2 Burpees

    LA vs MW/Minnesota  10-0    10 AC

    LA vs MA/New Jersey   4-1      4 Side Lunge-1 Burpees

    LA vs SE/Virginia   10-0             10 PP

    LA vs W/Hawaii   9-5  (US Final)     9 IW- 5Burpess

    LA vs Carribean Region 8-0 (LLBWS Final)    8 GG

    Next up, time to pay some even greater respect to Staff Sergeant Edwardo Loredo by knocking out the Loredo Workout, a Crossfit favorite and the “preseason” workout for the F3 Iron Pax Challenge.

    6 Rounds For Time:

    • 24 Air Squats
    • 24 Push-ups
    • 24 Walking Lunges
    • 400m Run

    Given the rainy forecast, YHC mapped this out to be done near the overhang at the front entrance to the UNO HPC Building, aka Chamber of Horrors, using the parking lot as our 400M lap, verified by Google. As the PAX started churning away, there were some pros and cons with our site. Pros included lots of dry pavement and a steady flow of puzzled student athletes tricking in the building for training. Cons included a rather slippery sidewalk for the walking lunges (hindering form for some) and what appeared to be a rather long 400M lap, despite what Google said. Anyway, we plowed through and several PAX pushed extra hard. T-claps to Shorty and Shuffles for blasting out of the gate and setting the bar…and t-claps to several others that YHC saw digging deep. All PAX managed to finish before the bell rang, with times ranging from 27:48 to 36:ish minutes.

    Great job knocking out a not-so-pleasant WOD. September is going to be a looooong month, especially if one opts to do the Iron Pax workouts multiple times per week. Hopefully we’ll all be faster and stronger come October….the H8 should be chump change. We capped things off with a COT. Afterwards we officially named the AO “Chamber of Horrors” which is the old nickname for the adjacent HPC building which has seen many a sweaty athletes and students alike for the past 50 years.

    NMM:

    1. It’s nice to have dry-ish feet.
    2. Pop Tart killed it and is filling Smooth’s shoes as a front runner.
    3. T-claps to Shorty for knowing when to listen to your body/stomach and throw in the towel. With other PAX recently going down or feeling ill mid-workout, a new addition to the Lexicon has been proposed by Da Parish…..Kenny Rogers (verb?) – Knowing when to hold em and when to fold em.
    4. T-claps to the PAX for posting and supporting the new AO. We pay back F3 not only by leading workouts, but by continuing to grow and spread the footprint…just like several guys did here when they kicked things off in NOLA.
    5. “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.”

    Thanks for the opportunity to lead and the motivation to keeping getting out in the gloom.

    Tool

  • You Better Have Glaucoma

    Conditions: 79 Degrees, 90% Humidity, Heat Index of 83

    Lots of good grass at Okwata and a fair amount of smoking this morning.

    Warmup

    Mandatory mosey through Louisiana’s smallest registered body of water, the sidewalk puddle just east of the shovel flag. It was good to get the shoes wet from the start so that there would be no worries about anything that might come later. We circled the Mardis Gras Fountain (where are the lights Latoya?) with high knees, carioca two ways, but kicks, and bear crawls.

    We then headed up the levee and proceeded west on the top of the levee. I almost ran over a local Shaman in Sukhasana. It would be helpful if all local Shaman wore blinking bicycle lights for safety.

    After destroying that dude’s Chi we pointlessly gathered on the leeward side of the levee. I was hoping to find some well manicured grass, but there was none to be found. So we planked for the six and headed back over the levee.

    The Thang

    11s on the levee. Burpees at the top Squat Jumps at the bottom. After you finish, run back up with anyone more than a lap behind you.

    10! – 10 merkins, 10 squats, 10 Sit-ups, 9 merkins, 9 squats,….1 merkin, 1 squat, 1 Sit-up

    House of Pain – Three lines at the pull-up bars. Each man does Bernie Sanders (L-hang on pull up bar for as long as you can), 30 dips, then go to the back of the line and do BLIMPS until you get back to the pull up bar. We did 2 rounds.

    Quadraphilia – 4 minutes up and down the levee always facing the lake #CrowdPleaser

    Mary – LBCs x 20, Flutter Kicks x 15

    COT

    Announcements: Extra Summer Series at Lafreniere. Anyone want to lead? 5-year Convergence 10/12 – Start working on your buddies that have been AWOL. New Monday Workout at UNO – Post this coming Monday.

    Prayers: Spouse facing surgery, Friends and Relatives with cancer, Praise for new grandchildren, prayers for those that have recently lost loved ones.

    NMM

    • Great to be back at Okwata. My odd race preparations have derailed my Okwata attendance over the past year, but it is still one of my favorite AOs. Glad Mahatma asked me to fill in for him.
    • Speaking of odd running habits, the Half-Fast running club sauntered by while we were at the House of Pain and gave me a serious case of #FOMO. They were running way too fast. I’m not going to be able to keep up when I return. It’s like a couple of new kids showed up to school when you were absent and the next day you no longer have a seat at the lunch table.
    • I still believe you haven’t really done 11s until you’ve done them on the levee at Okwata with burpees. Are you diggin’ me Uptown? River < Lake.
    • Usually time flies when you are having fun, but this seemed like an extra long 45 minutes. May have been the trip to the flag at the 15 minute mark that did a number on my cognitive functioning.
    • According to MapMyRun this workout was 3.8% more intense than my Popeye’s Q last week. #Acceleration
    • Mumblechatter award of the day goes to……JV the all-time champ. During Quadraphilia:
      • Me (in my Rah-Rah voice): C’mon men, you can do anything for four minutes!
      • JV: My wife would disagree.
    • T-claps to Room Service for leading us out with Flutter Kicks.
    • Happy Birthday Dad!
  • F3 Alabama Dad’s Camp 2019

    F3 Alabama Dad’s Camp 2019

    YHC has a Cousin-in-law, Happy F3 BHam, that was bringing his 2.0, Wild Guy, to F3 Dad’s camp. Seaman & Sandbar had attended in 2018 and came home with nothing by praise. YHC decided to bring the 2.1, Beauregard (4) up to Camp Crosby for the weekend.

    We arrived at Camp Crosby by 0700 for breakfast (moleskin – all of the food was great) and the beatdown began at approximately 0800. There was about 125 Pax & their 2.0’s present for the workout. The work out consisted of 8 Stations to be completed by a Pax & his 2.0

    1 – THE SILLY STATION – “Never overlook an opportunity to act silly and have fun” – Marty Rubin

    • Dads, share what is something really silly you have done
    • Kids, what is something really silly you have done
      • 25 Star Jumps
      • 30 Monkey Humpers
      • 25 4-Count Dying Cockroaches

    2 – SCHOOL CHALLENGES – “You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose.” – Dr. Seuss

    • Dads, tell your kid what you had to work the hardest on this past year
    • Kids, tell your Dad what you had to work the hardest on in  school this last year
      • Kids, choose one of the following three exercises for your dad to do: A. Merkins, B. Burpees, C. Big Boy Sit-Ups
      • Kids count Dad’s reps until Dad can do no more

    3 – MOUNTAIN CLIMBERS – “The greater danger for most of us isn’t that our aim is too high and miss it, but that it is too low and we reach it” – Michelangelo

    • Dads, discuss the importance of setting goals
      • Dads, share with your kid one goal for yourself for next year
    • Kids, share or come up with one goal for next year
      • Set a goal number of mountain climbers for Dad and Kids and do them

    4 – HELPERS – “Strong people don’t put others down…they lift them up” – Captain Underpants

    • Dads, when did you help someone this week?
      • When did you need help from someone this week?
      • Share the importance of giving help and seeking help
    • Kids, when did you help someone this week?
      • When did you need help from someone this week?
    • Dads, with one child on your back, bear crawl to the edge of the field and back
      • If you have more than 1 child, repeat with each child

    5 – FRIENDSHIP – “There is nothing on this earth more to be prized than true friendship” – Thomas Aquinas

    • Dads, share who was your best friend when you were your child’s age
      • What was it that made them your best friend?
      • How were you a friend back to this person?
    • Kids, who is your best friend? Why?
    • Facing each other, dads and kids do 25 pattycake merkins

    6 – VACATION – “Sometimes doing nothing, leads to the very best of somethings” – Winnie the Pooh

    • Dads, share your favorite vacation memory from your childhood
    • Kids, share your favorite memory from your last family vacation
      • Crab walk to the edge of the field and back (beach)
      • 25 4-count skiers (Snow-skiing)
      • 25 4-count mountain climbers

    7 – BABY MEMORIES – “It matters not what someone is born; but what they grow to be” – Albus Dumbledore

    • Dads, share with your kids what they were like as babies.
      • How did they like to be held?
      • What calmed them down?
      • What would you do in the middle of the night to get them to go back to sleep?
    • Carry your child in any position of their choosing while you run across the field and back. If more than 1 child, repeat until all kids are carried

    8 – ADMIRATION – “Every day, tell at least one person something you like, admire or appreciate about them. That is the key to happiness.” – Albert Einstein

    • Dads, what do you admire most about your child?
    • Kids, what do you admire most about your dad?
    • Dads plank; one at a time kids crawl under dad and jump over him 10 times. If > 1 child, repeat with each child
    • Dads, crawl under each child 5 times

    After the COP & COT open activities began in 2 areas, the waterfront & the Alpine Tower

    Waterfront activities

    • Launch off the Blob – The Lifeguard would not allow YHC, to launch his 2.0, but Beauregard had already declined the invitation from YHC.
    • Climb the Wibit – Beauregard proved to be a mountain man reaching the summit on several occasions
    • Jump on the Trampoline
    • Swim in the Lake
    • Canoe
    • Fish – Beauregard proved to be quite the cane pole angler.
    • Swim in the pool

    Alpine Tower activities

    • Climb the alpine tower
    • Giant Swing – Beauregard was a skeptic but fear would not limit his attitude.
    • Archery
    • BB Guns
    • Pipeline Slide – This would become Beauregard’s favorite activity of the weekend

    Saturday Evening was completed with a BBQ dinner, great talk by a Bham PAX whose name escapes me about being a HIM/Dad, and Dad vs. 2.0 Kickball Game. Beauregard kicked an inside the park home run and pitched a no-hitter to YHC. S’mores outside of our cabin would end the night and both YHC & Beauregard were checking our eyelids for holes by 2105.

    YHC highly encourages any PAX to participate in an F3 Dad’s camp whether in Alabama, North Carolina, South Carolina, etc.

    Moleskin

    • There was a lot of flag envy for the Muscleship flag. T-Claps Tool!
    • F3 Bham sells a patch that is half the Alabama state flag & half the F3 logo. The patch can be velcroed to a hat, sewn on a backpack, shirt, etc. Looked very cool with all the Pax sporting it. YHC is not very artistically talented but believes we should move in this direction. https://f3.mudgear.com/pages/f3-patches
    • More pictures and videos can be found on my personal Facebook or on a Google Pics page. https://photos.app.goo.gl/4A8BW1m4pNY7b17s9

  • Kicking Some Grass with The King

    It was a somber day on August 16, 1977.  Elvis Aaron Presley was just finishing up his morning glory when the King collapsed due to heart failure.  Today we honor that great American in the best way we know how; by empowering our bodies through exercise and our souls through listening to his music.  Elvis was a HIM before we know what a HIM was.  

    W/U

    • Side Straddle Hop x 42
    • Imperial Walkers x 20
    • Hill Billies x 20
    • Arm Circles x 20
    • Mountain Climbers x 2o
    • J Lo’s x 10

    The Thang – Complete each exercise for the duration of the song playing. 

    • Hound Dog – Doggie Paddle 2:15
    • Teddy Bear – Bear crawl & Crawl Bear suicide – 1:48
    • American Trilogy – Merkins x10, Staggeredx 10, Staggered x10, Diamond x 10, Wide x 10, Chuck Norris x10,  Crossfit x 10, – 4:28
    • Burning Love – Pure Burn (1. Face the fence 2. Get in the squat position 3/4 up while holding the fence; 3. On the balls of your feet (tiptoes);  Pulse 3/4 down to 1/2 (90 degrees) X 10;  Pulse 1/2 all the way down X10; Repeat) – 2:50
    • Blue Suede Shoes – 1 merk, 2 LBC, 3 Squats,  25 Rocky Balboa’s – 2:00
    • Can’t Help Falling – Tunnel of Love 3:02
    • Don’t be cruel – Burp & Merk  (add a merkin to each burpee) – 2:03
    • Marie’s The Name x 3 – We brought those who had not Qed to the middle to lead.  T-Claps to Breadsticks, Tug Boat, and Fast Tax

    Announcements –  IRON PAX!  Sign up at https://f3greenwood.com/ironpax-form/  We are currently in 2nd place by 11 Pax. 

    Intentions – Those with cancer, our new students starting another school year especially Brady Lefleur, those intentions unspoken and kept in our hearts.

    Thank you for the opportunity to lead, thank you very much!

    Da Parish

  • Blimping up Wolfpack Mountain

    It was a sticky morning at Wolfpack, there was a bit of milling around and a sense of restlessness amongst the PAX so we started with: 10 burpees, Then mosey to Loyola entrance for: SSH x 25 Windmill x 20 Red bull smurfjacks x 20 Mosey to the base of Wolfpack mountain BLIMPS to the (2 is 1) top, stopping at each end of the garage, repeating when complete with squats, in total: Burpees x10 Lunges x 20×2 Imperial walkers x30x2 Muricans x 20 Plank Jacks x 25 Squats x 30 Mary while we waited for the 6 Then plank to chatarunga runx30x2 Protractor for 2 minutes. Mosey to the benches at bottom of Wolfpack Real Fredy Mercury x 20 Crunchy Frog x 20 Mosey to holy name Stacked foot stagger hand muricans x15x2 American Hammer x 20, then doubletime to 40 Mountain Climbers x 20, the doubletime to 40 and good times were had by all.

  • Halfway to 70

    Can’t think of a better way to spend the day after my birthday than getting sweaty with a bunch of dudes.

    I never thought I would feel better at 35 than I did at 25. I owe it all to F3 and all of you guys for giving me a reason to wake up at 5AM and sweat my ass off. Big thanks to everyone that made it out to celebrate my birthday beatdown with me.

    Short jog to the Tulane sign and circled up.

    • 35 SSH
    • 15 Grass grabbers
    • 35 Mountain climbers
    • 15 Peter Parkers

    Mosey’d to the benches:

    • 35 Right leg step-ups
    • 20 Diamond derkins
    • 35 Left leg step-ups
    • 35 Dips
    • 20 Incline Merkins

    Mosey’d to the garage for the crowd favorite Indian Run all the way up.

    Once at the top of the mountain we split into pairs for some Dora. One person ran all the way to the bottom of the stairs and back up the other stairs while the partner did the following:

    • 50 Burpees
    • 100 Jump squats
    • 200 Shoulder taps

    Sang Kumbaya while we watched the sunrise and then mosey’d back to the flag for COT.