F3 New Orleans

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  • ‘21 Skinny Final – from Tinkles

    12 Pax needed a good sweat after a glutinous Christmas weekend. No place like the Skinny to start the week off and balance out the ongoing holiday fun. It was good to see a crew that was ready to work!

    Warm up: Mosey to grass zoo lot for warm up of SSH, Grass grabbers, Imperial Walkers, Peter Parker, Mountain Climbers, Parker Peters.

    Mosey to the levee for some hill work. Run towards the Corps building with going up and down the levee between each light pole.

    Mosey over to Carver Playground. Pax thinks this is a first. It’s good to get out in the neighborhood a bit. Suicides on the basketball court followed by some Mary and merkin ring of fire. 4-corner BLIMPs on the field. Good work.

    Mosey back to the park and the pull-up station. Four stations of work in rotation.

    Mosey back to the flag for count off, namorama, and COT. Great seeing everyone and thanks for the chance to lead!

  • MISTLETOE #1, with coupons – from Sandbar

    Disclaimer followed by a quick mosey around the parking lot. PAX picked up bricks from YHC’s truck. 2.0s mad about having to load the truck with bricks. Builds character though.

    Cusack walk (bricks held overhead, as if it was an 80s boombox) to Oak Alley for SSH IC to warmup, followed by windmills and grass grabbers. Then Nolan Ryans IC and CPRs OYO. (Curls, Press-Ups, Rows 30 each).

    M-I-S-T-L-E-T-O-E, with bricks. Pax paired up. One Pax did the exercise while the other Cusack walked to the second light pole. Each Pax did 30 of each exercise, then moved to the next while waiting for their partner.

    Merkins,
    Imperial Walkers
    Squats
    Twists – LBTs
    Louisville Lips, AKA Muhammad Alis, AKA Floyd Maywheathers
    Elf of the Shelf
    T- -can’t remember the T?!
    One Armed Pickle Pounders
    El BCs

    Pax then moseyed to the shelter, bricks in hand for some wall-chair dodo birds and wonderbras with bricks, IC.

    Back to the flag for COT.
    20 PAX.

  • MISTLETOE #1, with coupons – from Sandbar

    Disclaimer followed by a quick mosey around the parking lot. PAX picked up bricks from YHC’s truck. 2.0s mad about having to load the truck with bricks. Builds character though.

    Cusack walk (bricks held overhead, as if it was an 80s boombox) to Oak Alley for SSH IC to warmup, followed by windmills and grass grabbers. Then Nolan Ryans IC and CPRs OYO. (Curls, Press-Ups, Rows 30 each).

    M-I-S-T-L-E-T-O-E, with bricks. Pax paired up. One Pax did the exercise while the other Cusack walked to the second light pole. Each Pax did 30 of each exercise, then moved to the next while waiting for their partner.

    Merkins,
    Imperial Walkers
    Squats
    Twists – LBTs
    Louisville Lips, AKA Muhammad Alis, AKA Floyd Maywheathers
    Elf of the Shelf
    T- -can’t remember the T?!
    One Armed Pickle Pounders
    El BCs

    Pax then moseyed to the shelter, bricks in hand for some wall-chair dodo birds and wonderbras with bricks, IC.

    Back to the flag for COT.
    20 PAX.

  • F3 NOLA Convergence 2021 (a.k.a.”Crew Change”) – Mothership 2021-10-16 – from Reluctant Yankee

    A fine morning, with a change in the weather providing a fitting backdrop for the changing of the guard on the F3 New Orleans Leadership Team.

    Kicked off at the flag zone with naming of the F3 NOLA Rookie of the Year and F3 NOLA Man of the Year. These went to Almonaster and Hokie Pokie, respectively. High praise and congratulations to both of these high-impact men for their efforts during the past year!

    Yankee then kicked things off on the Great Lawn with:
    Side Straddles Hops x27
    Hillbillies (in honor of Hawg’s prom) x 20
    OYO burpees x10
    Side Lunges x20
    Low Country Crabs x20
    Dying Cockroaches x20

    Moseyed to the track where Hawgcycle took over. Hawg brought the hurt with a modified Dirty Mac Deuce featuring:

    Larry Craigs x12
    Sumo Squats x12
    LBC x12

    Pax then partnered up. One pax sprinted 200 m around the tracks while the other moseyed across, then vice versa. Pax reassembled for announcement of the new SLT.

    It was time. Time to give a speech that would last generations, a speech commemorating the past 7 years, and one that would empower the incoming SLT for what was yet to come. Reluctant Yankee reached deep within his well of indisputable high octane expressions, and it was there and then he passed the torch of F3 Nola to Fracsac and Catfish, his great words of wisdom spreading across the field of F3 Nola men, leaders of this Fitness Fellowship and Faith thing we simply refer to as F3. Did anybody write down what he said?

    Fracsac circled the pax up on the field and did 5 SSH IC, followed by 10 burpees OYO. Many thought Shock and Awe was in the works, but nay, just an attention grabber. Next up was the mental challenge.

    6 SSH IC followed by 11 more in silence, all must end with the Q or a penalty would be handed out. The Pax passed with flying colors….but did they?

    4 corners on the track with 10 x 8 count body builders on 2 corners and 10 x burpees on the other 2. Circle back up for mental challenge again.

    This time there was a failure, with 10 x 8 count body builders as the penalty. The pax completed it the next go flawlessly.

    Pax had had enough mental abuse at this point, so there was much rejoicing when the workout was handed to Catfish. Catfish gently led things forward with:

    8-Counts x10
    Low Slow 8-Count Squats x20
    Bonnie Blairs x15
    Mosey back to the Great Lawn, with a quick stop at the baseball field behind Tad Gormley to do some Jack Webbs (up to 13, 11 got skipped). Continued the mosey back to the Great Lawn.

    At the Great Lawn, LBTs waiting x15 for the six. Frac then came back for a rousing round of Catalina Wine mixers (x15) for the finish.

    Back to flag for COT.

    Announcements: Roast on the Coast Starting Nov 5; GoRuck Tough NOLA the following weekend on NOV 12; Almonaster Qing a Christmas charity effort related to Operation Sweet Tooth (details to come)

    Delicious coffee and breakfast followed. Thanks to all who assisted with preparation for this.

    Thanks to all who attended and assisted with today’s convergence, and stay tuned for further announcements from the new leadership team!

  • More Rarajapari – from Reluctant Yankee

    The PAX of uptown got some rarajapari on with RY as the Q. Ball and a partner. Mosey to John James Audubon.

    At the statue we did a mini – macdeuce 2 sets of 4 exercises x 12 (I struggled to hit 12 – not sure why I couldn’t remember)

    Then we long mosey’d to the HILL. At the HILL we lined up on the soccer field – 10 laps sprint to the other side jog back with 10 freddie merks/ 10 monkey humpers at the line.
    After 7 laps the train was getting too close.

    Sudden change – hustle to the other side of the train tracks so we don’t get stuck. Ran into a group of men exercising. El Wire with the attempted headlock.

    Mosey’d to labrynth but the clock was ticking – Douille had to bail. Made it to the flag one minute late – sorry my boys. Picked up balls and reset for next time.

    Reminder to be good humans and people. Gratitude for time and life.

  • Lawn Dart for Pinwheels – from Reluctant Yankee

    I took Squeal’s scheduled beatdown. We welcomed Stuart Hill aka Lawn Dart for his first beatdown.
    I wanted to bring the tooth fairy and the pinwheel to WPM.
    Started with a longish mosey to Tulane near McAllister.
    COP1: SSH IMP walker-squats, Dying Roaches
    Mosey’d to the Field at Yulman
    COP2: Tooth Fairy – pushups up the stairs while partner did low country crab
    COP 3: PINWHEELs on the Field at Yulman – Plank Jacks – maybe we should make this a new AO one day a week? Just a thought.
    COP 4: Headed over to Little WPM – 20 Russian Twists every floor to the top
    down the stairs and over to WPM
    RUN TO THE TOP OF WPM at each level we did 10 merks
    Down the stairs and back to the FLAG. We had to hustle! arrived 30 secs late.

  • 5 Years Of Brotherhood, Bonding and Burpees – from Belloq

    I woke up at 4:20 to a very special day. Eagerly got ready and made the 21-minute drive from the Lakefront to Audubon Park where I have only been to the The Birdcage once to celebrate our 6 Year Convergence last year. How appropriate that I celebrate the start of my 5th year where F3 NOLA truly planted it’s flag and grew? To my delight, I saw both Reluctant Yankee (site Q) and King Kong (Q last time I was at this AO) in the gloom so my confidence in help if needed was growing as I was beginning the disclaimer promptly at 5:29.

    My standard disclaimer expanded to tell the PAX why today was special…Biegnet’s (Matthew Joubert’s) 17th birthday, start of his Senior Year at Jesuit and my 5-Year Manniversary. The looks from the PAX was telling that many didn’t know who this foreigner was and wondered if I was going to talk the rest of the work out so we began…

    Moseyed to the field across Magazine.

    As I could see the confused faces of most of the PAX as they were still wondering who the hell was this guy, who allowed him to Q and how have they not met me if I have been around for 5 years. I decided to introduce myself by asking the PAX to circle up on me.

    Warm-up
    8-Count Body Builders IC X 20 (I could tell I would be popular from this choice moving forward)
    Arm circles front and back IC X16
    Seal claps IC X 20
    Overhead presses IC X 20
    Overhead arm claps IC x20
    Moroccan nightclub IC X 16 (dancing was allowed and welcomed)

    Initially my plan was to honor Shorty’s workout which had 16 reps but I screwed up the whole process because for the first time ever in the history of F3…8-count arm circles were performed.

    I then walked over to complete the circle for our final warm-up
    Low slow squats IC X 20

    The Thang

    Ring of fire Merkins/Plank switching to Monkey Humpers/Al Gore X 3 Rounds

    PAX became talkative so I threw in 10 Burpees

    Ring of fire Catalina Wine Mixers/Plank and Bonnie Blairs/Al Gores X 1 Round

    Merkincides
    10 Merkins, sprint to first tree, return to start for 10 Merkins, sprint to second tree, rinse and repeat to 5 trees out.

    PAX was less talkative so we did 10 burpees as a reward.

    Traditional Belloq Core Routine: (Borrowed from Jeff Cavalier)
    Halos Clockwise 30s
    Halos Counterclockwise 30s
    Reverse Corkscrew 60s
    Dynamic Plank 60s
    Chainsaw 60s
    Slow, controlled Big Boy Situps 60s

    Cool down

    Slow 8-count bodybuilders x 5 IC
    Stretch to sky with hands in air breathing deeply.
    Really, Really Slow Abe Vigodas IC X 5
    Touch toes

    Mosey back to the flag

    COT
    15 PAX
    Intentions for children, families and everyone dealing with going back to school. Giving strength to F3 Brothers in need of a friend(s) to lean on if they need support.

    A special thanks to Rudy for gifting me the greatest F3 name ever, Jingle Vader, Cowbell, Shorty, Bubba and Douille for being there for my initiation into the F3 brotherhood.

    “Btw, worst FNG naming process was held in the gloom today. Took over 10 min. Seems like none of us were on topic at all.” -Shorty’s BB 8/11/2016

    To start year 6, I’ll be back at Okawata for my Manniversary. Consider this an early invite. SYITG

  • Chancun… no passports needed – from King Kong

    I told Yankee that I will take the Q this Wednesday in honor of me missing my Cancun trip due to Covid Delta Variant.

    11 PAX showed up this muggy morning. First stop – short mosey to the fountain by Audubon Zoo, where we did the following warmups: SSH x 20, Ankle Grabbers x 10, Lunges x 10, Self Love x 10. The fountain reminds me hanging out by the resort pool with a margarita… but that didn’t happen.

    Next stop – moseyed to the main entrance of Audubon Zoo. I told the PAX that I hate to be rushed and running around on my vacation. I like to relax and stay put. So today’s focus is to stay in one place and work on our forms. So we did everything in cadence:

    Round 1
    20 SSH
    20 Air Squats
    15 High Knees
    20 Lunges
    30 seconds Rocky Balboa
    30 seconds Al Gore
    5 Burpees
    20 Crunches
    10 Merkins

    Round 2
    20 SSH
    15 American Hammers
    15 High Knees
    20 Lunges
    20 Shoulder Taps
    10 Burpees
    20 Mountain Climbers
    20 Jump Squats

    Short walk to the parking lot in front of the Zoo. We picked a great view on the beach and did 11’s. Start off one side with 10 jump squats and 1 hand-released merkin on the other side. Bear-Crawl in between. After 2 rounds of 11’s, Q noticed there were a lot of small pebbles / rocks on the beach hurting our hands…. therefore, we changed it to lunges and bunny hops in between instead of crawling. Next time, I will pick a different beach (maybe less of a view with soft sand).

    Finished the workout with a Round of Chancun, which included few exercises in Superman position. Moseyed back to the flag with some coconut water waiting for us before the COT.

    I am always grateful and thankful to be able to workout with you PAX on a regular basis. I hope to do this for a very long time.

    SYITG

    King Kong

  • Afternoon Delight! Ode to the Olympics! – from Almonaster

    F3 Olympics!

    PAX:
    – Subprime
    – Gabby
    – Douille
    – Doc Ock
    – Almonaster

    Mosey to Moana’s Island.
    Warmup:

    SSH – 20 IC
    Arm Circles -10 IC
    Reverse Arm Circles – 10 IC
    Imperial Walkers – 10 IC
    Balance on 1 foot for 10 seconds – Each Foot
    The Morpheus – 10 IC
    Grass Grabbers – 10 IC
    Windmills – 10 IC
    Mountain Climbers – 10 IC

    The Thang:
    Mosey to the Statue.

    Boxing.
    Rocky Balboas – 20 1 is 1 X2
    Apollo Ohnos
    Rinse and Repeat

    Gymnastics
    Pummel Horse – 30 seconds
    Olympic pose – 15 seconds

    Weightlifting.
    Incline Merkin – 10 IC
    Right Leg Step-up – 10 IC
    Decline Merkins – 10 IC
    Left leg Step-up – 10 IC
    Dips – 10 IC

    Gymnastics.
    Wall Sit – 30 seconds
    Wall Handstand Merkin – 5 OYO
    Wall Hang – 15 seconds
    Wall Handstand Merkin – 5 OYO

    Mosey to Oak Alley.
    Track and Field

    Sprint to 1st Pole.- Run it out and Return.
    20 Merkins – OYO
    High Jumps to Pole 1st Pole – Run it out and Return.
    Bobby Hurley’s – 20 OYO
    Broad jumps to 1st pole – Run it out and Return.
    Burpees – 10 OYO

    Sprint to 1st Pole.- Run it out and Return.
    20 Merkins – OYO
    High Jumps to Pole 1st Pole – Run it out and Return.
    Bobby Hurley’s – 20 OYO

    Mary
    Leg Lifts – 40 OYO, 1 is 1.
    Freddie Mercury’s – 40 OYO, 1 is 1.
    Russian Twists (Douilles) – 40 OYO, 1 is 1.

    Back to Flag

    Birthdays
    Anniversaries
    Announcements
    Intentions
    Prayer

    Thanks for the opportunity to Lead!

  • All the things a “Q” can bring – from Bieber

    An opportunity to Q is an opportunity for many things. There is the “Making a Fool of One’s Self” where you don’t correctly explain the exercise and no one seems to be doing the right thing. Then there is the, “Who the hell does he think he is?” mistake where the Q (me) assigns things that look good on paper, but ultimately suck. Then there is the dreaded “Too much mumblechatter” mistake where obviously things are way too easy and you need to pick up the pace. Lastly, there is the “Dude, you ain’t making too many friends” mistake where everyone is sucking wind and asking what time it is. Surprisingly, the Q this morning at the Skinny provided ample breeding ground for all of the above situations, and I have zero regrets. Thank you to the 21 Pax who shared in today’s fun. Here we go…

    Disclaimer, Mosey around the Parking Lot to Bandstand
    Warm Up In Cadence
    SSH X 20
    GG X 15
    Windmill X 15
    Leg Hug X 10
    Russian March x 10
    Calf Stretch X 10
    10 X Merkins OYO

    Mosey to the Track
    Shuffle Left/Shuffle Right/BackPedal/Sprint to Pull Up Bars
    4 Groups @ Rows, Burpees X 10, LBC’s, Merkins

    Shuffle Left/Shuffle Right/Back Pedal/Sprint to Bridge
    4 Groups @ Squats, Burpees X 10, Dying Roach, Merkins

    Carioca L, Carioca R, Jog (repeat to Golf Course)
    RL SU, LL SU, RL PU, LL PU (Count is as long as it takes for a group of 4 to do 10 burpees)

    Partner up, Jog/Sprint (repeat to Golf Course)
    Mary…LBCs, Freddie Mercury, LBT, Hello Dolly (count is as long as it takes for a group of 4 to do 5 burpees)

    Indian Run to Pull Up Bars
    Pull Ups, Burpees X 10, Imperial Walker Squats, Russian Twist

    Agilities
    Shuffles X 5…Hard Run Back to Flag

    Count-o-rama, Name-o-rama, Announcements…Gnarly Nutria, Intentions…