F3 New Orleans

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  • More Kettlebells Baby! – from Boo-Boo

    Three men assembled in the gloom for a kettlebell-themed beatdown.

    Warmup consisted of Abe Vigodas x10, Thai fighters x15, Parker Peter/Peter Parker x15, Grass Grabbers, Mountain Man Poopers x15

    Scantroned (Scantronned- awaiting adjudication by Hawg) to JPAS where kettlebells awaited for a 30-second AMRAP and rest for 30 seconds. Three round per sequence.

    Sequence 1 x3:
    25 lb KB swings
    35 lb Gobblet Squats
    45 lb over shoulder throws

    Sequence 2 x3:
    Deficit merkins using 25 lb KBs
    35 lb Triceps extensions
    45 lb Sandies (Blockees using a sandbag)

    Sequence 3 x3:
    25 lb Gorilla rows
    Burpee crossovers (American Hammers using the 35 lb KB)
    45 lb curls

    Sequence 4 x4:
    25 lb Racked Overhead presses
    35 lb KB swings
    Big Bois hold the 45 lb bag

    Carried heavy things back and dropped off at YHC’s vehicle on the way to the flag.

    COT: Prayers for Frac and his family, Space Cowboy’s friend, and Boo-Boo’s SIL.

    Leading such a fine group of men is always an honor and an opportunity to grow. Boo-Boo out!

  • Routes to Fitness – from Mayhem

    53 degF 81% RH 4mph SE

    Beautiful conditions for YHC’s Renaissance VQ

    I knew I wouldn’t be alone since I picked up Thumbwar on the way… though I did not expect to enjoy a party of 18 total PAX. Let’s go to work.

    6:29 and Heisenburg and Fracsac were already starting their MABA burpees. YHC informed them that we had at least a few coming.

    Disclaimer at 6:30 provided and to work we went.

    Warm: face the bacon for a beautiful sunrise, windmills, grass grabbers, mountain climbers, peter parkers, tie fighters, fie tighters, mayhem merkins (10-count hip slap shoulder tap merkin – exicon worthy)

    11s of Motivaters and Burpees

    Route 66: big bois broad jumping between trees, Rudy was first (like ND in the beginning of the playoffs)
    Mosey to the second trash can and back, some were brave enough to touch it
    Route 66: merkins bear crawling between trees, not allowed to stand, Rudy was not first (like Notre Dame at the end of the playoffs)

    To the bacon, partner up, bonnie blairs with timer partner making loops and doing burpees, then step ups with timer partner reversing the loops

    Traditional Sunday Mornings 3x

    COT

    RCR, OMM, IOM – just sign up, everyone needs a t-shirt

    Prayers for Fracsac’s family, Pai Gow’s family, El Mundo’s family, Colonel Mustard’s friend’s family, an unannounced (today) present PAX’s personal intention, YHC’s unannounced personal intention, all those suffering from mental health issues, all those intentions held deep in our hearts

    Happy to have the opportunity to lead. Look forward to more.
    Special thanks to the other 17 PAX for sharing their morning with me. I needed it.
    SYITG

  • The Natty That Wasn’t – from Rudy

    32 degrees this am. One last night of freezing temps. YHC was parked in by his son, so instead of the Mini, Rudy Jr’s Jeep was the car of choice. Gotta say – I love the heated steering wheel. 15 PAX (including 2 DR visitors) braved the cold to join up at the Mothership.

    YHC had signed up for this Q on the hope that he would be celebrating the first Notre Dame National Championship in 36 years. Alas, while the Irish put up a good fight, it wasn’t meant to be. So the pre-planned Natty Q will remain on the shelf until next year. But YHC still brought the full Irish gear to stay warm and celebrate a good year.

    The Thang:

    Head to the Peristyle for some warm up exercises. The usual stuff. Some PAX grumbled that we didn’t do enough Peter Parkers, so YHC attempted to address their concerns with the Parker Peters.

    Head to the Great Lawn to celebrate MABA by getting our 100 burpees in.

    BUT FIRST: to please Catfish, lets go roll around in the frost covered grass for a quick round of X Factors. 12 PAX held a plank while waiting for Mayhem, Bongo and Triple Shift to decide to join on the grass (somehow, they thought “Circle up on me” meant “Go lie on the bricks over there”)

    OK, back to the Thang. 10 rounds. Each round starts with 10 Burpees, then “mode of transportation” to the cones (about 40 yards out), followed by Mosey back.

    Run, Nur (backwards run), Bear Crawl, Crab Walk, Lunge Walk, Duck Walk, Karaoke, Broad Jump, Partner Wheelbarrow (x2)

    NEXT: Mosey over to the rocks and partner up. At this point, YHC owned up to the fact that these next exercises were untested, but he’d read about them online. Lets try it and see what happens. Each exercise for 90 seconds.

    * Rock-passing Russian Twists
    * Leg Circles around partner’s feet (i.e., you both do leg circles but don’t hit each other)
    * Rock-passing Lunges (crowd favorite)
    * Partner Squats (only about 30 seconds – this one won’t be seen again)
    * Rock-passing Russian Twists the other way
    * Rock-passing back-to-back Wall sits
    * Might have been one more, can’t recall

    Mosey back to the Flag for COT.

    Several PAX praying for recent losses. Frac’s mom. Colonel Mustard’s good friend, Officer Bobby from SH, YHC’s FIL’s good friend Chip. It’s a natural part of life to be celebrated, but doesn’t always make it easier for those of us still here. Welcome them home, Lord. And grant us peace and serenity in their absence.

  • Bat Legs and the DIce of Doom – from Heisenberg

    Warm up
    IW 25, grass 15, windmills 10, ssh 25,

    Bat wings (arm circles, over head claps, seal claps, Moroccan night club)

    Bat Legs (up downs, forward kick, back kick, forward-back kick, clock wise circles, counter clockwise circles, bicycles) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gsraDAFRdoQ

    Time Killer
    2 burpees at each light pole stopping at 10, return to fountain

    AI generated The Dice of Doom – Red dice determine the base number of burpees, black dice modifies
    Black Result
    • 1: Subtract 2 from the base number (minimum of 1).
    • 2: Add 2 to the base number.
    • 3: Halve the base number (round down).
    • 4: Double the base number.
    • 5: Perform the base number PLUS a 30-second plank hold.
    • 6: Perform the base number MINUS 1 and add a push-up to each burpee.
    We played 10 turns and added another 45ish burpees to bring the total to 85 for the day.
    Wall Angle Stretch
    Sunday Mornings
    Prayer for intentions and serenity

  • Motivating Yellboy – from Mayhem

    48°F, 3mph NE wind (feels like 38°F when you’re wet with sweat), 70% humidity

    PAX were a mix of anxious warriors and confused early risers who mistook this for a yoga class… and an FNG

    Warm-O-Rama:
    Windmills: 10 reps, which started with a demonstration to which Frac said ‘even little kids know how to do windmills’
    Grass Grabbers: 10 reps, which did not start with a demonstration, to which Frac said ‘why aren’t you demonstrating’, but then he attempted to touch the grass but just bent forward and looked like a confused flamingo
    Peter Parker Peters: 20 reps
    Tie Fighters: 10 reps count up, 10 reps count down
    Back on your face for a Mayhem special (I think it is new to all, and I think it will stick): Hip Slap Shoulder Tap Merkins, it is a 10-count exercise, 10 reps

    Thang 1: Snake the Bleachers with Some Mary
    Time to snake up and down the bleachers. But since we’re in F3, we added some Mary in between. 15 BB, half the bleachers, 15 V-ups, half the bleachers, 15 BB, half the bleachers, 15 V-ups, half the bleachers, 15 BB. 10ish bonus burpees for Kilo for finishing first.

    Thang 2: Sevens with Motivators-Burpees
    Start with 6 motivators and 1 burpee then 5 motivators and 2 burpees and so on.
    Motivator: full SSH, star hop, leg only, and a bunny hop

    Thang 3: BLIMPS
    This is when things really started getting… interesting. Blimps are just a nice way of saying “burpee but with a little extra ‘why did I do this to myself’ factor.”
    Rd1- 20 each (burpee, lunge, imperial walker, merkin, plank jack, squat) at each cone, with mode of transportation being bear crawl (of course), then mosey to midfield cone and back to start
    Rd2- 10 each, with mode of transportation duck walk (Triple not present to demonstrate proper form), then mosey to midfield cone and back to start
    Rd3- 5 each, but in the form of shuttle runs to each of the 6 cones then mosey to midfield cone and back to start

    But wait, there’s more…

    Thang 4: Ring of Fire
    We ended with the classic Ring of Fire. Three rounds. Al Gore to squats. Plank to merkins. Al Gore to burpees. The “fire” quickly turned into “fire in my quads.”

    Bogey enjoyed this beat down so much he claimed I stole his script for his upcoming Q on Monday.

    COT:
    We circled up, not to share deep philosophical musings, but to recover from the sheer trauma of the last 45 minutes and to get to know and name our FNG. Welcome, Yellboy! Kudos to Kilo for EH’ing. If Yellboy is half as committed as Kilo then we got ourselves another great PAX.

    Prayers for Boo Boo’s sister-in-law, Leigh Whitman’s family and Pai Gow’s father.

    Great to lead and try new things!
    Sign up to Q!
    Make it a point to EH this year!

    SYITG

  • Roosevelt Mall’in – from Vagabond

    Warmup

    Drag or carry tree trunk

    8 counts and burpees along the way

    Roosevelt Mall x 10 up/back
    Dips
    Step ups
    Merkins

    Little hill: Bernie Sanders x2
    Bobby Hurley x5
    burpees x5

    Grab coupon x12
    curl
    rows
    squats
    kettle bells
    tricep extensions
    goblet squats
    overhead press

    Football pass with burpee penalty

    Jump rope relay suicide while last guy brings to back and runs to the front

    Back for mor 8 counts

  • Royal Huddleston Burpee, and other esoterica – from Sandbar

    Before YHC achieved 49 for a second time in December, he led the PAX on a 110 burpee challenge with some levee fun thrown in at the Birdcage. Not wanting to be redundant YHC did some digging on the Burpee we have all grown to love, and found out we are doing it wrong. Royal Huddleston Burpee Sr. was a physiologist who invented (arguably) one of the most effective exercises of all time in 1939 for his PhD thesis in Applied Physiology at Columbia Teacher’s College. The burpee is a squat thrust with a stand in between repetitions. Anything added – pushup (merkin) or a jump – is a modification of the original.

    In pouring rain the PAX ran to Wolfpack and did some warmups of SSH, Windmills, Grass Grabbers, Toy Soldiers, Hillbillies and Imperial Walkers. Then the PAX proceeded through various elements of military physical fitness tests.

    1. The first test – 50 burpees OYO

    The exercise was popularized when the United States Armed Services made it one of the ways used to assess the fitness level of recruits when the US entered World War II.[3] Although the original test was not designed to be performed at high volume, the Army used the burpee to test how many times it can be performed by a soldier in 20 seconds[3] – 8 burpees in 20 seconds is considered poor, 10 is fair, 13 or more excellent. The Army also considered that a soldier fit enough for the rigor of war should be able to perform 40 or 50 burpees non-stop in an easy rhythm.

    Then Pax paired up, one to exercise, one to count.

    2. Second Test – Army Physical Fitness Test – 2 minutes pushups.
    3. 2 minutes situps.
    4. Pax then ran sprints of about 200 yards for an element of the Bar Or test of the IDF. a Sprinting in a straight line 150 meters then turning and sprinting back another 150 meters. Regular infantry must complete it under 50 seconds.

    PAX then moseyed through even heavier rain to the ROTC pullup bars to complete that element of the Army Ranger test. Ranger Test – For soldiers attending the Ranger Assessment and Selection Program (RASP) (to join the 75th Ranger Regiment) a special Ranger Fitness Test is conducted for all age groups, which is separate from the Army Physical Fitness Test. The test is pass/fail and involves push-ups, sit-ups, chin-ups, and a five-mile run. Push-ups and sit-ups are to be performed within 2 minutes. Pax also completed another element of Bar Or test – the dips. Below is the entire Bar Or in case some PAX would like to challenge themselves.

    “Bar Or” – The official IDF fitness test
    1) Pull – Ups (palms facing out) – Regular infantry are required to do at least 7 with a 7 kilo weighted vest.

    2) Dips – Regular infantry are required to complete at least 11. (without weighted vest)

    3) Trap Bar Jump Squats – 7 reps of 60 kilo

    4) Sprints – 300 meter sprint ( usually performed after the 3 kilometer run) Sprinting in a straight line 150 meters then turning and sprinting back another 150 meters. Regular infantry must complet it under 50 seconds.

    5) 3000 meter run (1.86 miles) – Regular infantry must complete it under 15:33 minutes in basic training and under 14:30 in advanced training.

    Back to flag, COT.

  • The Levee Will Keep You Warm – from Fracsac

    Pinewood rallied the Pax the night before and encouraged a strong showing at Okwata. 8 Pax heeded the call including YHC.
    Upon a quick check of the Q sheet at 0528 YHC noticed it was still empty, and by 0529 Okwata had a Q.

    Conditions: 35 degrees and dry with a cold NE wind bringing the feel like temps into the 20s.

    Brief disclaimer with a mosey to Canal for the warmup.

    The thang:

    11s up and over the levee in the bike lane on Canal. Hand release merkins on one side and burpees on the other, always stopping at the top for 5 x SSH.

    Thanks for coming out and keeping Okwata going!

  • Burpeepalooza: Heisenberg would’ve loved this one… – from Bolt

    It went like this: YHC showed up to the last “chapter” of the Tu pamphlet (book) club…sans BD where Boo-Boo remarked he had been slacking which was interpreted as a cry for accountability and who was I to not oblige!? Space Cowboy unwittingly dragged me into MABA Monday so I offered to Q Wednesday with a promise to deliver the RDA of burpees, penance for not doing anything Tu, and accountability to all pax posting.
    The gloom came after a short night of sleep and a very cold, windy morning to accompany my bad attitude and sore body (courtesy of Space Cowboy); the pax were counting on me and guilt/obligation brought me here. The playlist demanded what we’d do—Burpeepalooza!
    Warmorama with Mosey to JPAS, Rapper’s Delight (of course): Abe SLOWgodas, OH/Seal/FAC/RAC, Self Love, LSS, Willie Mays Hayes, SSH, Sampson Stretch, finish with 10 burpees IC even though the Q called 5 (do what I do/say during, not before the action…)
    The Thang: A group of songs requiring burpees on a certain word/phrase with different body movements for each song. Leveling up burpees between songs to honor Heisenberg. All pax did at least 155 burpees (playlist below), mosey back to flag and burpee on the six. COT

  • Burpee Ladder of No Regret – from Space Cowboy

    Weather: Temp 40 degrees with gusts up to 28 mph

    With the front barreling through the area, I did not expect many PAX when I arrived at Kennarie Ridge. But, it was no surprise that Bolt, Fracsac, and Kenna Brah showed up for our burpee BD in support of MABA. I gave the disclaimer and we headed to JPAX to seek shelter from the wind for our warmups:

    Samson Stretch x10
    Low Slow Squats x10
    SSH x20
    Forward Arm Circles x10
    Backwards Arm Circles x10
    Overhead Claps X10
    Imperial Walkers x10

    The Thang – Burpee Ladder (down only) of No-Regrets
    Start at front of JPAX
    15 burpees
    Run 400 feet to back of JPAX into the wind gusts!
    14 burpees
    Run 400 feet to front of JPAX
    13 burpees….
    Same pattern until we reached 1 burpee
    TOTAL: 120 burpees and 1 mile run

    KennaBrah then introduced an exercise that I cannot describe but we named it, Gluteus Rampus. Gluteus Rampus x 5. Ask Kenna Brah to demonstrate at your next workout or party!

    Headed back to flag with a mix of high knee claps and KOT. At flag, we completed several lunges and 15 more burpees bringing the total burpee count to about 135.
    COT