Tag: Dry Socket

  • Triple Checking the Time

    Dark, Warm, and Humid at 5:30am.

    Mosey to field by zoo parking lot for Warm-up:

    • Side straddle hop
    • Pagodas
    • Hillbillies
    • Grass grabbers

    Main Event (causing Angie to check his watch three times hoping it was over): We lined up along the street side of the field for a “Jacob’s Ladder” type workout consisting of 5 reps on the start line, mosey to mid-field for 10 reps, back to start for five more reps, mosey to far side of field for 15 more reps, back to start for 5 more reps of the following exercises (one full set of each):

    • Burpees
    • Bonnie Blairs
    • Low Slow Squats
    • Shoulder Taps
    • LBCs on the lines, Bear Crawls on each leg up the field (total of 1.5 field lengths)
    • V-Ups
    • Merkins
    • Lunge walk from start to midfield, crab walk back to start, then Lunge walk from start to other side of field, crab walk back to start
    • Mosey to midfield, sprint back to start, mosey to far side of field, sprint back.

    (I may be forgetting a set or two)

    Back to flag, for COT: count-off, Name-O-Rama, welcoming of FNG Miller Gunn “Grinder” and prayers and thoughts, including intention and solid words of empathy from Sandbar for the parents of the 545 separated children split up at the border. Politics aside, each of us can easily imagine the horror of losing track of a child for only a few minutes at a department store, playground, etc. See the report from this morning’s news: https://www.npr.org/2020/10/21/926031426/parents-of-545-children-separated-at-u-s-mexico-border-still-cant-be-found or https://fox5sandiego.com/news/national-news/parents-of-545-children-separated-at-border-cant-be-found/

  • 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

  • Ascend and Launch (WPM 2020-08-14)

    Another excellent morning on the mountain with 24 PAX: Angie’s List, Chowdah, El Wire, G Spot, Jingle Vader, Moana, Mulligan, Sandbar, Wipeout, Eager Beaver, Gabrielle, Dry Socket, Quincy, Squeal, Shurly, Jadaveon, Tube Steak, Bad Moon, Mr. Peabody, Seaman, Bones, Shocker, Tinkles, Catfish (Q).

    Started with a mosey over to the base of the mountain. Warmed up with arm circles (both ways), Windmills (Abe Vigoda), Grass Grabbers, and SSH. Assembled at the base for the ascent.

    First leg was 10 burpees, run backwards up the first two inclines to the first flat. Planked and waited for the six with peter parkers.

    Second leg was 20 bonnie blairs, bear crawl to about the stairwell entrance, mosey to the incline, then backwards run to the next flat. Planked and waited for the six with Parker peters.

    Third leg was 30 merkins, duck walk to about the stairwell entrance, mosey to the incline, then backwards run to the next flat. Planked and waited for the six with shoulder taps.

    Fourth leg was 40 flutter kicks (one is one), crab walk to about the stairwell entrance, mosey to the incline, then backwards run to the next flat. Planked and waited for the six with Floyd Mayweathers.

    Fifth leg was 50 squats, crab walk to about the stairwell entrance, mosey to the incline, then backwards run to the next flat. Planked and waited for the six with Floyd Mayweathers.

    Sixth leg was 60 LBTs (one is one), bear crawl to the top of the mountain.

    Continued with Jack Webbs up to eleven, then did an excercise called Failure to Launch (hold Al Gore while Q counts down from 10, then get a solid jump up with knees to the chest.

    Took the stairs back down to the base, circled back up for some Catalina Wine Mixers. Back to the flag, finished out with a solid 2.5 minutes of 8-count bodybuilders.

    Excellent workout with a nice big group. Thanks to all who attended!

  • Opportunity Q

    Today’s Q-less AO provided someone an opportunity. As luck would have it, I took it. Perhaps feeling guilty of “fartsacking” it last week, perhaps knowing I haven’t seen the Q sheet since June…a quick “I’ll take it” at 5:31 and we were off..

    Disclaimer and mosey to the Kickball field in front of the Zoo for the warmup: SSH X 20, Hillbilly X 20, Mountain Climbers X 20, Peter Parker X 20

    The Thang Part 1:

    Mosey to the front of Zoo staring down the driveway towards Magazine St.

    Complete a lap of the driveway in a figure eight manner, forward run on the downtown side of the driveway, complete 10 burpees on the way down, backwards run on the uptown side of the driveway, complete 10 squats on the way back. Rinse and repeat for 15 minutes. Most of us completed 3 laps, some 4.

    Part 2:

    Grab some bench at the front of the Zoo…Right Leg Step Up X 15, LLSU X 15, 10 Incline Merkins OYO, Right Leg Power Up X 15, LLPU X 15, 10 Decline Merkins OYO, Bulgarian Split Squat (Right Leg) X 15, BSS (Left Leg) X 15, 10 Wide Merkins OYO

    Next we gathered for some Mary.

    LBC X 25, Flutter Kick X 25, Dying CockRoach X 25…Short Jog

    Real Freddie Mercury X 25, Nolan Ryan X 15, Sandy Koufax X 15, Jog to the Kickball Field

    Part 3:

    Merkin Ring of Fire…10 reps (ring of fire begins on 5)…3 total rounds.

    Back to the flag for Count-o-rama, Name-o-rama, announcements and intentions.

    Announcements: Q-Source Tuesday at the Felipes near Tulane. 7pm pre-discussion gathering, 730 discussion…check Mumblechatter for Zoom info. Also, on Tuesday the 18th the Q Source Meetup will involve a run with the 504th running group. Check Mumblechatter for details. TClaps to those who joined the meetup with Black Men Run and Son of a Saint on Saturday. Hoping to hear about more opportunities with BMR and SOAS in the future.

    Intentions: Continue to strive to be the best version of yourself everyday. Your community needs you…especially now. Special prayers for school leaders, educators, support staff, parents, and students as we all embark on this school year. I can’t even think of words to articulate the challenges that I know the families in our city (and beyond) will face in the coming weeks as school starts. School provides so much more than just curriculum and academic/technical training. For many of our students, the school building is the most consistent and supportive place they’ve known, a place for meals, a place for friendship, a place to be encouraged to “become the best version of themselves”…all that beyond the academic/technical learning. Let’s all pray that for the sake of that (in addition to a 160,000 and counting other reasons)…we get some flattening of the curve as quickly as possible.

  • Jinglefishes (Mothership 2020-08-08)

    Another balmy morning at the Mothership with 9 PAX: Moana, Sphinxter, Snooze, Fracsac, Rudy, Dry Socket, Machete (FNG), Heisenberg, and Catfish (Q).

    Started on the Great Lawn with some Abe Vigodas and Grass Grabbers. Then got in a little SSH, then arm circles, overhead claps, then seal claps. Moved to faces for peter parkers, shoulder taps, plank jacks, and a nice plank hold. Got back to feet to round out the warmup with 8-count bodybuilders.

    Lined up at south end of lawn for some Killer Bs (bear crawl, broad jumps burpees). PAX bear crawled 3 tree lengths, then broad jumped back, stopping to do 3 burpees after each 5 broad jumps. After first round, moved to sixes for flutter kicks and dying roaches. Did another round of Killer Bs, then to six for penguins and LBCs. Did a third round of Killer Bs, then to sixes for V-ups and Freddie Mercury.

    Crossed the street to the benches. Did a round of Back Webbs (decline merkins and Y-ups). Hit the benches for bulgarian split squats (one set each leg in cadence), box jumps, and dips. Added some box jumps for good measure, then did a round of Leg Webbs (Squat / Bonnie Blairs with 1:2 ratio like a Jack Webb).

    Moved to peristyle for calf raises. Then moved to monkey humpers, then donkey kicks. Did a bear crawl lap around the peristyle to rest the legs, then handstand presses. Got in some more Mary with tin snips, then a round of nickels and dimes (5 burpees, 10 hand release merkins in a minute).

    Back to flag for COT.