F3 New Orleans

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  • Honoring Sgt. Joseph Bovia

    Sgt. Joseph “Joey” Bovia, USMC, was a native of Metairie, Louisiana.  He served in the Marine Corps for six years.  Sgt. Bovia volunteered for two deployments to Iraq and his last deployment to Afghanistan.  He was the leader of a combat engineering platoon and was building an outpost to protect an elementary school in Helmand Province, Afghanistan, when his unit was attacked by insurgents.  Sgt.  Bovia was killed in action on August 31, 2010, in the name of freedom and protection.  

    On June 7, 2019, 19 men of F3 (including FNG Dropout) converged at the Rock City AO to pay tribute to this hometown hero through a workout, with minor modifications, created by Sgt. Bovia’s fellow Marines. Sgt. Bovia’s parents were notified of the F3 tribute the night before and sent their deepest gratitude to the men of F3.  Sgt. Bovia’s parents were assured that his and their sacrifice would not be forgotten. 

    WARMUP x31: SSH, Grass Grabbers, Arm Circles, and Hillbillies

    The Thang x 31

    Push-ups, WWII Sit-ups, Burpees, Squats, Kettle Bell, Push Presses with rock (modified from 20 lb. wall balls), Mountain Climbers (4-count), and Pull-ups.

    During the workout, a train passed transporting military vehicles.  A sure sign Sgt. Bovia was with us and was touched by the tribute (see pics below). Thanks to all who supported this beatdown.  Expect to see it again.

    Thanks to Hawgcycle who enthusiastically modified the workout to fit the AO and organized the logistics so there were no log jams.

  • Post 4th firecrackers

    Hokey Pokey, Walleye, Triple Shift, Scantron, Billy Goat, Grimace, Medulla, Pai Gai, Mahatma, Babyface, Darkwing Duck, Fast Tax, Coin Star, Boo Boo, Shockey, Amnesia

  • Not Spartacus

    For those who expected Spartacus, they were disappointed……at first.  After the DISCLAIMER, let’s mosey and take a left out the gage.  In life you have to expect the unexpected.  We circled up in a parking lot by the backside outdoor gym.

    -SSH X 30 IC

    -IW X 30 IC

    -Mt Climbers X 30 IC

    -Arm Circles X 30 IC (15 ea dir)

    -LSS X 20 IC (hold at the bottom)

    Count off “1”, “2”, “1”, “2”…etc…  Form up in two columns, “1”s on left and “2”s on the  right.  Let’s Indian Run to the Rock Pile.  Grab your friend and head to the ball field.  Make two piles, “1”s and “2”s, then line up.  It’s time to move Boss Kean’s Rock Pile.  The pile was moved across the field.  When last rock left the pile, the pax moved to the end to keep going.  Time to move them back.  T-Claps to Mahatma challenging group “1” to see who would finish first….Group “2” did their 10 burpees.  YHC correspondent had the winners, Group “1” do 5 Manmakers…..they’re still trying to figure it out….

    Let’s head to the Spartacus Arena (the shelter). 

    -Shoulder Press X 20 IC

    -Squats X 20 IC

    -Curls X 20 IC

    -Step-Ups Right Leg X 20 IC

    -Step-Ups Left Leg X 20 IC

    -Chest Press X 20 IC

    -Shoulder Press X15 IC

    -Squats X 10 IC

    -Curls X 15 IC

    -Step-Ups Alternating Legs X 15 IC

    -Chest Press X 20 IC

    Times Up!  Take your friends home and mosey to the SF.  Plank and wait.  Countoff, namerama, announcements, shoutouts and a prayer. 

    WELCOME FNG-Coin Star

    Q: Amnesty

    PAX:  Boo-Boo, FNG-Coin Star, War Eagle, Hokie Pokie, Tanner, Dark Wing Duck, High Rise, Billy Goat, Left Eye, Marlin, Kuch, Bogey, Mahatma, Jingle Vader, Reluctant Yankee, Jesus Juice, Rugaroux, Smooth, Scantron, Madulaoblongata, M-Bop, Screw Top, Handgrenada, Amnesty-YHC

  • 1.7 Mile (or 2.57 for the fast ones doubling back for the six) Mosey Around Popeye’s

    Warm Up

    Started with lunges… knee low to ground and hands stretching up over head, gentle backwards run and cossacks

    The Thang

    Run out of parking lot and go right to running path

    1. Stop at .2 mile mark(across from Shelter #5) for another stretch… hands to ground, feet flat, walk hands out and do a Merkin. Slowly walk hands back to feet. There was some debate as to whether this stretches hamstrings, back or both depending on your age and flexibility ;-)… then Slow “Deconstructed” Big Boy Sit Ups 4 count x 19
    2. Continue on path to Dog Park (.4 mile mark) circling back for the six before “Deconstructed” Dips 4 count x 19
    3. Continue on path to playground (.6 mile mark) circling back for the six before Slow “Deconstructed” Merkins 4 count with hand releases at bottom x 19
    4. Continue down path to exercise area along W Napolean (1.0 Mile Mark) circling back for the six before
    • Scapular Pull ups with full arm extension AMRAP
    • Burpees AMRAP
    • Pull ups with full arm ur extension x 10 as timer
    • Squats low n hold as long as possible

    5. Continue top Shelter #8 on Right (1.2 mile mark) circling back for the six before Shoulder Taps x 19

    6. Continue to Fountain (1.5 mile mark) for Box Jumps or Step Ups x AMRAP before the clock would strike 6:13 and we would then …


    7. Continue to Flag (1.7 mile mark)

    COT

    We went through countoff, namearama and announcements:

    1. Read Yankee’s e-mail
    2. This Friday 12 noon at Galliano’s if you want to help plan F2 Picnic for Aug 3rd
    3. Next Thursday FIA/F3 Joint beatdown and F2. @Gatsby says he will reach out to Wrong Iron owner to pursue discounts
    4. Gnarley Nutria July 17th
    5. Summer Race Series July 24th
    6. @Gatsby put in a plug for F3 NOLA Swim and says he wants to target July 6th after MotherShip/MuscleShip and Coffeeteria (Save the date)
    7. Aug 3rd F3 F2 Picnic!!!!
    8. We then lifted up intentions for those dealing with cancer, illness, loss, and death. We also gave thanks for Gratitude.
    9. Thank you Sky Q for F3. Please help me have eyes to see the best in people; a heart to forgive the worst in people; a mind to forget the bad; and a soul to never lose faith in You!

    Thank you

    Thanks to Triple Shift for EH’ing me in March 2018. Thanks to Rev Sox for assigning me this Q. Thanks to each of you for helping me in my journey to get fit by 60!

  • NAME-O-RAMA

    NAME-O-RAMA

    YHC has been on the sidelines with a shoulder injury for the last couple of months, so he had plenty of time to plan for this particular workout at his beloved Popeyes. So as 10 men arrived in the sweaty, gloom it was time to roll at 5:30am. sharp. Wait….an FNG arrived at 5:31, so the Pax took off at 5:32.

    The Warm-Up

    YHC led the Pax on a short mosey to do a standard warm-up

    SSH -25

    Imperial Walkers – 20

    Shoulder Taps – 15 (should have been prepared for shoulder taps to aggravate my shoulder injury, but alas)

    Side lunges – 15 (someone needs to come up with a good F3 name for this exercise)

    Hillbillies – 20

    The Thang

    YHC saw another F3 Pax on Twitter spell their F3 names using an exercise to represent each letter. Since he had plenty of time between Qs, YHC made up his own version of the NAME-O-RAMA . Each Pax would do the exercises corresponding to the letters of his name. Once finished, the Pax with shorter names would find members with longer names and help them finish. All of the vowels were running exercises (in hindsight I should have come up with a better system to cut down on the amount of long runs. I hit 3.2 miles and I think other members ran longer than I did). It would have been nice to see the Reluctant Yankee here this morning.

    Check out the featured image of this post to see the whole alphabet and bring this to the other AOs in NOLA.

    YHC’s morning workout as an example:

    R- 20 Pull-ups E- Run to the F3 Flag and back V- 50 Big Boy Sit-ups S- 20 Burpees O – Run to the top of the bleachers X – 30 Box Jumps YHC then did another E – Run to the F3 Flag and back to hit Hokie Pokey’s last E.

    The runs were too long, so not every Pax finished and YHC committed one of the seven deadly sins of F3 by running the Pax back to the flag at 6:18am.

    The Close

    COUNTERAMA, NAME-O-RAMA, and the Pax named two FNGS. Chips’ 2.0 was named Frito Lays, and we also welcomed Voyeur into our ranks. Sweaty-Ball-O-Man lifted our prayers and thanksgiving to the King calling for mercy to our family and F3NOLA members in need and asking God to empower us to be the men He desires us to be.

  • F3: It’s more than a workout

    YHC volunteered for the Q this morning when Angie’s List couldn’t do it. One thing I love about F3 is that every man takes responsibility for their obligations. Members take their Q’s serious and when life gets in the way of them fulfilling their responsibility they make sure that someone fills in the gap. Likewise, YHC has never seen a Q go unfilled when a PAX member asks someone to step up. F3: It’s more than a workout.

    On this morning, YHC had prepared a game plan never seen at Rock City. After taking the long way to Pontiff do to a train stuck on the track, YHC ran up at exactly 5:30 yelling the disclaimer. The PAX left the flag and took a left turn heading south. Mumblechatter of YHC trying to be like Mahatma was heard from the back, but that would not distract from the beatdown ahead.

    The PAX circled up near the swings for the warm-up:

    SSH X 20

    Peter Parker X 20

    Imperial Walkers X 20

    Concrete Grabbers X 15

    Arm Circles X 10 forwards X 10 backwards

    THE THANG

    The PAX divided up into 3 groups of 3 for circuit work using the swing set, cover, and playground.

    The first circuit included Pull-ups, Irkins, and Underdogs.

    Pull-Ups X 15, 10, 5

    Irkins X 25, 15, 5

    Underdogs X 25, 15, 5

    The second circuit included Derkins, Alternating Leg Step-Ups or Box Jumps, and Dips.

    Each exercise X 25, 15, 5

    THE THANG II

    This would not be Rock City without a some rock work. Indian Run to the rocks. Pick a rock and circle up for a circuit including Curls, Rows, and Shoulder Presses X 25, 15, 5 each.

    Drop the rocks and head back to the flag for Mary.

    LBC X 20

    Dying Cockroaches X 20

    Time-Up

    At this point, YHC grabbed my cellphone to write down the names. When YHC looked there was six missed calls from my M. My 2.0 had a fever seizure and was being transported via ambulance to the hospital. YHC left before the COT.

    When YHC posted the news on Mumblechatter my M and I were overwhelmed by the response. Prayers, personal messages, and private texts have been sent all day including a personal visit from Bones while we were in the ER. Today my m learned and YHC was reminded that F3 is more than just a workout.

    F3 is friends, family, accountability, and a brotherhood rolled into one. We demand excellence and strive for every member to obtain it. We don’t shoot the wounded. We pick up the fallen brother, and we always have each other backs. We are F3 NOLA! We are F3 NATION!

    Thank you for allowing me to be a part of this great group and thank you for letting me lead.

  • Spartacus II…yet again

    DISCLAIMER, let’s mosey…Grab a rock, medium, one you won’t drop on your head…Let’s mosey to the shelter (cuz it has benches and a lovely aroma).

    Published by RY – due to Amnesty’s technical difficulties. Clearly I need to post at Rock City – so many PAX I haven’t posted with yet!

    COP:

    -SSH x 20 IC

    -Mt Climbers x 20 IC

    -Arm Circles x 20 IC (10 ea. dir.)

    -J-Lo’s x 20 IC

    1st Round (1min exercise, 15sec rest, 10 exercises:

    1.      Bulgarian Split Lunge (30 sec/ea leg)

    2.      Shoulder Press

    3.      Goblet Squat

    4.      T-pushup

    5.      Alternating Step-up w/rock

    6.      Squat Press

    7.      Side Lunge with Touch (Elf on the Shelf)

    8.      Merkins

    9.      Lunge and Rotation

    10.  Elevated Wife Pleasers

    Rinse and Repeat for a total of two rounds.

    times is almost up…send your rock home.  Times up, mosey to the SF…

    Countoff, namerama, announcements, and a prayer.  It was an honor to lead.  SYITG…

  • I don’t know what this is called, but….

    A great day for a VQ, relatively low humidity, nice breeze, and 3 partners in the un-gloom.

    Opened with some variety, shoulder tag was fun, alternating side shuffles. Abe Vigoda and the Sprinkler got us warmed up. Mosey to the Gazebo with a bonus run around the perimeter. Monkey humpers and Bat Wings to start. Trying to remember to lead a good cadence is always a challenge and not having a good bead on the official names of some exercises (hence the title). TClaps for the assistance of the PAX. Partner workouts Help a Brother up, Big Boy Situps (modified), assisted single leg squats, various Parkour type jaunts, hanging leg lifts, partner sit-ups rotating to touch elbows, Out of the pool, some other spontaneous static hold challenges. Mosey back to the flag for closing, intentions, announcements, BOM. Thank you all for supporting my VQ!

  • I think I can. I think I can. I think I can…

    YHC has longed dreamed of making it around the entire Lafreniere Park walking track in one workout. Two Yutes, Boo Boo, and Darkwing Duck emerged form the gloom to assist in my attempt to make it around the park.

    5:30 Disclaimer and mosey to the beginning of the walking track.

    The Thang

    The goal–Route 66 around the park stopping at each light pole.

    1st exercise: SS. When you pass a bench do as many dips as possible until you complete 66

    2nd exercise: Mountain Climbers

    3rd exercise: Imperial Walkers. Those who have completed dips begin working on 66 Irkins

    4th exercise: Peter Parkers

    5th exercise: detour form the route and complete 20 pull-ups OYO

    6th exercise: Back to Route 66 – Squats

    7th exercise: Merkins

    8th exercise: Overhand Claps

    At last, the dream of making it around the park in one workout died. It was not meant to be this day. A mosey through the park back to the flag two minutes late.

    Count-off, Name-o-rama, COT

  • A-B-C, Easy as 1-2-3 1

    Happy Birthday to me, Happy Birthday to Me, Happy Birthday to Da Parish, Happy Birthday to me.   YHC is not sure who started this tradition of Qing a PAX special day, but the gloom was not the first thing I wanted to greet on the first day of my 37th year.   But alas, I put my name on the spreadsheet, as I do every year. 

    The Thang

    • A – Abe Vigoda
    • B – Burpee
    • C – Catalina Wine Mixer
    • D – dying cockroach
    • E – E2K (elbow to knee)
    • F – Floyd Mayweather
    • G – Goofball
    • H – Hurpees (burpee with hand release merkin)
    • I – Imperial Walkers
    • J – J Lo’s
    • K – Knerkin (knuckle merkin) 
    • L – LBFCs (LBC’s while flutter kicking)
    • M – Monkey Humpers
    • N – Nolan Ryan’s
    • OP- Partner up for overhead claps+people’s chair & plank jacks
    • Q – quad stretch + hamstring stretch
    • R – Rosalita (while we listen to Bruce Springsteen’s Rosalita)
    • S – Seal Jack’s
    • T – Travoltas (while we listened to the BeeJee’s Staying Alive) 
    • U – Up Straddle Hop (1 legged SSH)
    • V – V Ups
    • W – Wife Pleasers
    • X – X Lunges (I just made this up.  2 forward & 2 reverse lunges forming an X),  
    • Y – Y’s (a higher than normal air press)
    • Z – Zombie crawl back to the flag.

    Thanks were given to the Sky Q for the ability to better ourselves this morning and give strength & patience to those who need it. Closed with the serenity prayer.

    Thank you for the opportunity to lead, SYITG,

    Da Parish, age 36