15 strong at The Stomp for a straightforward run for my VQ.
The exercise: run 20 minutes out then 20 minutes in with 10 burpees at the halfway mark.
Following a quick explanation that consisted of the entirety of the previous paragraph and the obligatory disclaimer (for the record, I am not a personal trainer nor I am a professional one – thanks, Fracsac) we were off and running. Thanks to Rev Sox for taking the FNG under his wing and relieving me of my duties to explain the route.
Despite the conditions (extreme mugginess) and the midway burpees, all 15 finished strong with 3 minutes to spare. We stretched then circled for countoff, name-o-rama, intentions then prayer.
Three key observations:
1. @smooth is still fast;
2. given the thick and muggy air conditions, tank top Tuesday participants were at an advantage;
3. 10 burpees wreck havoc on pace.
Thanks to everyone for the encouraging words for my VQ. It is an honor to be part of the group. This exercise was not the most complicated or creative to lead, but it was still highly satisfy. Thanks for the push, @kuch and @craigjcordes.
The Skinny
T-claps to Rev Socks for bringing out Tua.
Turns out Tua’s wife went to Alabama so we got the name right (he went to LSU).
Did I already say burpees make running the second half of 20/20 more challenging?
Last week was technically supposed to be the official launch of the new Sunday AO, but Mother Nature prevented anyone beyond YHC from actually posting. With fair weather and high humidity, 6 men, including 1 FNG, met near NOMA to celebrate the actual official launch of the new AO. No kettle bells here, just a good old fashioned beat down was expected, as was promised on Mumble Chatter. YHC rolled in sort of hot, with only 3 minutes to spare. With the clock striking 0630, it was time for the disclaimer, and then a short mosey to the grass near the tree line for…..
Warmup SSH IC x 31 IW IC x 20 Abe Vigodas IC x 10 Grass Grabbers IC x 15 Arm Circles IC x 20 Peter Parker IC x 20 Mountain Climbers IC x 20 Parker Peter IC x 20
Thang 1 Instructions were simple…. Line up at first tree, bear crawl to the next tree and complete 5 Burpees Lunge Walk to next tree, and complete 5 Burpees Bear crawl to next tree, and complete 5 Burpees Lunge walk to next tree, and complete 5 Burpees Sprint back to first tree YHC was leading the way, and sprinted back to the first tree, with Tool right behind. Once back at the tree, Tool informs YHC that we may have skipped a part. Yes, we did. YHC did not follow his own instructions and left off the second lunge walk. Of course all Pax followed suit, as the Q is always right. However, once back at the tree line, we completed the lunge walk with 5 burpees to the first tree, and sprinted back. All was right in the world once again.
Thang 2 Bataan Death March on Lelong Drive Form a column for an Indian Run with the last man dropping for 3 Burpees then sprinting to the front of the column. Each Pax had the pleasure of doing it once with a regular Indian Run to finish at the museum.
Thang 3 Dora 1..2..3 Partner up 100 Burpees, 200 Squats, 300 LBC’s Cumulative exercise where Pax 1 starts and Pax 2 runs a lap around NOMA, then flap jack until complete.
Thang 4 Shock and Awe Some mumblechatter initially, but it didn’t last long SSH IC x 5 10 Burpees OYO SSH IC x 5 9 Burpees OYO …….. SSH IC x 5 2 Burpees OYO SSH IC x 5 At this point, most pax know what comes next. However YHC had a surprise. Instead of the anticipated 10 Burpees at the bottom of the ladder, YHC did a sudden change and incorporated another favorite exercise…. Catalina Wine Mixers IC x 10 (6 count) – It’s a real crowd pleaser.
With 3 minutes remaining, a few stretches to assist in the cool down.
COT Count off, Name-o-rama, name the FNG, Announcements, and closed it out with a prayer.
NMM
It took the Pax a long time to name the FNG. He’s going to work for Monster Energy Drinks, but we were drawing a blank, so Metry it became, as he lives there, and we don’t have one yet. If you don’t like it, too bad. You should have posted……
With the time it took to name the FNG, YHC decided we would let the name for the AO marinate in our heads, and any good options could be submitted on Mumble chatter. Since we want something to do with the museum, YHC came up with The Renaissance, or just Renaissance. Unless there is serious opposition to this proposal, it shall stand. The Renaissance was primarily a time of the revival of Classical learning and wisdom after a long period of cultural decline and stagnation. Sounds like a cure for Sad Clown Syndrome to me……it lends to the DRP.
Whenever YHC needs to bring a good beat down, burpees seem to do the trick. They are the perfect full body exercise.
With 3 Q’s in the last 4 days, YHC did not see 1 Shovel Flag…….just sayin’
Thanks for helping me launch the new AO. Somebody needs to step up and take the Q for next week.
A post following the Tchoupitoulas Bar-A-Thon is never easy, but 3 committed Pax (Sogo, YHC and Heisenberg) made it to bring the total Pax to a dozen. With the clock hitting 0630, time for the brief disclaimer, and then a mosey to the Great Lawn for……
Warmup
SSH IC x 31 Hillbillies IC x 20 Abe Vigodas IC x 10 Arm Circles IC x 20 Grass Grabbers IC x 10 Peter Parkers IC x 20 Mountain Climbers IC x 20 Parker Peters IC x 20
Thang 1
Dirty Mac Deuce….. Round 1 Merkins IC x 12 Squats IC x 12 Flutter Kicks IC x 12 Do a Lap around the Great Lawn
Round 2 Shoulder Taps IC x 12 Lunges IC x 12 Hello Dolly IC x 12 Do a lap around the Great Lawn
Round 3 Floyd Mayweathers IC x 12 Side Lunges IC x 12 Dying Cockroach IC x 12 Do a lap around the Great Lawn
Round 4 Diamond Merkins IC x 12 Monkey Humpers IC x 12 Tin Snips IC x 12 Do a lap around the Great Lawn
If anyone really knows this guy, you know that Catalina Wine Mixers usually make it into the DMD, but we were doing the exercises on the brick path, and YHC does not like the feel of elbows on brick. Knowing the Pax was itching to do this exercise, YHC moved the Pax to the grass where we performed Catalina Wine Mixers IC x 10. With the crowd back under control, time to mosey to the NOMA fountain.
Thang 2 Right leg step ups IC x 15 Dips IC x 15 Left Leg step ups IC x 15 Derkins IC x 10
Thang 3 Mini Dora 1…2….3 Count off, 1 and 3 partner up, 2 and 4, 5 and 7, etc. Burpees x 50 Squats x 100 LBC x 150 1 Pax starts exercise, Pax 2 runs the circle around NOMA
Thang 4 Mosey to the Tree line for some “Embrace the Suck!” 3 minutes of 6 x SSH, 6 x Merkins, 6 x Bobby Hurleys (over and over) During the exercise, Shorty recommended renaming the Bobby Hurleys to Zions. Shorty doesn’t post much and rarely has good ideas. At least he fixed one of those issues today…… Rinse and Repeat for 3 minutes of 6 x SSH, 6 x merkins, and 6 x Zions!
Mosey back to the VSF for the COT Announcements, Intentions, closed with prayer.
NMM
It looks like Smooth is leaving us soon with an awesome adventure to Spain! Good luck and come back and visit. Send us a photo of the shovel flag when you start the F3 there…..
Speaking of shovel flags, where are they? Someone must has several in their trunk……..
Glad to see Quick Draw back! Kotter!
YHC got the selfie, minus Hawg and Dax. Thanks for posting with me today, and for allowing me to be part of such a great organization. Coffeteria after at Cafe Navarre was awesome as always!
There was excitement oozing from GroupMe yesterday in anticipation of the party at Okwata. Bones was trying to draw the uptown crowd in. The lakeview clown car(s) all showed up! 16 Pax joined YHC on the lakefront to celebrate the day a legend was born. Brief disclaimer, then a mosey around the mardi gras fountain with butt kicks, high knees, and carioca.
Circle up on the grassy area for a warmup.
SSH IC x 49 – Hokie Pokie figured it out…… Abe Vigodas IC x 10 Arm Circles IC x 20 Grass Grabbers IC x 15 Peter parker IC x 20 Mountain Climbers IC x 20 Parker Peter IC x 20
Party favor 1
Mosey to the top of the levee for a disperse Indian Run. Last pax runs to the front and yells disperse and an exercise. Pax disperse either side of the levee, complete 3 of the exercise, and run back up the levee back in formation. YHC called it a little over half way through as time was a concern. Regular Indian run to a clear spot for:
Catalina Wine Mixers IC x 10 (Crowd pleaser) Disperse Indian Run is a challenge with 17 Pax. But no complaints here!
Party favor 2
Mosey back to a drier area for a little Shock and Awe (Happy Birthday to Me!) SSH IC x 6 10 Burpees OYO SSH IC x 6 9 Burpees OYO SSH IC x 6 8 Burpees OYO …….. …….. SSH IC x 6 2 Burpees OYO SSH IC x 6 10 Burpees OYO (cause we don’t do 1 Burpee) Nobody commented on the odd 6 SSH. YHC let an extra slide by the first time, but there was no chance of letting anyone actually know. So 6 SSH’s it was throughout…….
Mary Tin Snips IC x 15 Flutter Kicks IC x 20
Party favor 3
Mosey back to the levee for : Quadraphilia with 5 burpees at the top of the levee each time up. Completed approximately 5 minutes of this horrible evolution before time was up
Mosey back to the virtual shovel flag for countoff, name-o-rama, announcements, intentions, and closed out with a prayer to the Sky Q.
NMM
Thank you for showing up in force this morning and celebrating my birthday with me. A legend was born this day. That’s right, YHC shares a birthday with Janet Jackson………
15 strong at The Stomp for a rousing round of rarájipari. We divided into to 4 teams and YHC gave the obligatory disclaimer about the inherent dangers to your ankles. I then called out a destination that only a few were familiar with and the race was on.
The Thang
Two teams headed down Roosevelt Mall toward the museum and two headed the opposite direction. YHC gave the team of Screwtop, Shuffle, and Manscape some bad directions a couple of times which allowed our team of Bongo, Kuch, El Guapo, and me to catch up. Once we made it to the woods we could hear another team. After much wandering around in the Couturie Forest, the team of Tool, Fracsac, Rev Sox and Abacus made it to the top of Laborde Mountain first, where Tool being the HIM that he is, immediately started leading everyone in some Mary. After a couple of rounds of Mary there was still no sign of team four (Dirty Dell, Briefs, Room Service, and Half Nelson). Being up against the clock, YHC had everyone start race #2 back to the flag while I went deep into the forest to locate the Team Dirty Briefs. They were close. YHC led them to our city’s highest point for future reference and then we were off to the flag. When I caught up to the other teams, Team Screwscape Shuffle was nowhere to be found. They were about a mile ahead of everyone else. My team made the decision to take Marconi on the way back and we got to the flag with about 5 minutes to spare. Still no sign of the Screwscape Shuffle. We found them at 6:15 apparently running victory laps around City Park.
The Skinny
Mandals are freaking awesome for playing rarajipari. It’s as if the game was invented by people that wear them. Just ask Kuch about my sandwedge ability to get the ball out of the rough
T-claps to me, Bongo, and Kuch. We were on a team with El Guapo and he didn’t run off and leave us. Maybe he could have, but I’m going to believe that we hung with him out of our own improvement
Marconi is definitely the fastest way to Laborde Mountain. We will have to outlaw that route in the future.
T-claps to the Lakeview Krewe as they continue to successfully EH every man in the greater New Orleans area. This is Hall of Fame type EHing that we are witnessing by Screwtop et al., a la Reluctant Yankee 2015-16, 2017 Triple Shift, or the HNJ Flood of 2018.
T-claps to Rev Sox for rocking the tank on an unofficial Tank Top Tuesday.
Thanks to Douille for giving up his birthday Q so I could lead a 3-year anniversary beat down. I meant to give him a shout out during the work out and totally forgot so please tell him happy birthday next time you see him. I racked my brain to come up with a good workout involving the number 3 but none seemed to want to stick. I figured I’d catch my groove with something and moved on to the idea that I would provide a little F3 Nola 5/11/16 trivia.
Warm UP:
Disclaimer and quick mosey to the peristyle. It’s always refreshing to see America’s future lounging around the lagoon with a good vape in hand at 6:30. I must say I was a little jealous of the one guy with three girls but recalled that set up usually meant no deal was going to be sealed and buddy you might just need to pack it in the for night. Nonetheless I think they were curious of the pax and when one young lady started doing side straddle hops I lost the pax momentarily. We re-centered though and knocked out those SSH IC x 30, IW IC x 30, Grass Grabbers IC x 30, Peter Parker IC x 20, Mountain Climbers IC x 20, Parker Peter IC x 20, and something else.
The Thing:
Mosey around the way OYO to the little foundry. Plank and wait. Divvy into groups of 3: Al Gores, Pull-ups (count, 10), Dips. Rotate and repeat x 1.
Mosey further around the way OYO to the track.
Trivia fact one: 5/11/16 was a banner day at The Skinny. FNG’s included YHC plus Quick Draw (anyone spotted our favorite boy in blue lately?) and G-spot. Not sure who in the pax that day knew that ‘G-spot’ is a nickname for Greensboro, NC but the name caught on. I assume G-spot omits that nugget when detailing how he really got his name.
Anyway the pax has caught their breath by now and is ready to run a mile. Easy enough but catch 10 burpees at the start of each lap. On the last lap instead of crossing the finish line the leader stops 20 yards short of the finish line and the next guy stops 20 yards short of him etc, etc. Plank and wait and the 6 with sweep you up to the finish. This went ok.
Trivia fact two: I left my first beatdown with the name Tee-Tee. There was some trepidation in the name but urinary names can do that. My kids were stoked when I came home from the gloom and explained my new name. Well it didn’t last. Sometime between the post and the publication of the backblast (Shorty was Q so it may have been a bit) I was renamed Tinkles. Some backroom maneuvering but I think the right call was made.
Indian run to the NOMA fountain. Spirits were running high so no need for more trivia. Need was for: RLSU IC x 20, LLSU x 20, Classic Tinkles (someone else said it not me) IC x 20.
Partner up. Partner one stay and do modified LBC with feet on the bench. Partner two run around the now-open circular drive around NOMA. A pleasant mix of AC and paint fumes hung in the air around the museum. I almost vomited but survived. Switch.
Just enough time to catch a view of Muscleship doing classic Muscleship aka Indian Walk or something like that.
Mosey back to the flag with just enough time for some plank work on the side walk. We welcomed back Rudy from his butt cyst recovery run. Didn’t see any bloody discharge on the back of his shorts so I assume that it went ok.
Circle up. Trivia fact three: I was EH’d by Walleye with an assist from Roots. This gave me the idea of having the pax say who EH’d them during the namorama:
JV- Yankee
Rudy- Heisenburg
Catfish- F3nola.com
86- Tinkles
Angie’s List- Willie
Douille- Bagasse/Yankee
King Kong- Angie’s List
War Eagle- Baby Face
Two Utes- Hawg
Colonel Mustard- Seaman
Bongo- Maverick
Gabrielle- Seaman
Triple Shift- Triple Shift
Organ Grinder- Google
Fracsac- Maverick/Bubba
Heisenbery- Bogey
T-claps to Seaman, Yankee, and Maverick for topping list of EH’ers
Close with a prayer with special dedications to Fracsac’s mom, Triple Shift’s friend, and Moms. Thanks for the chance to lead and looking forward to another 3 years!
YHC was feeling the need to add some manliness to the Sunday routine. With the kettle bell movement in full swing uptown (see what I did there), YHC took the opportunity to bring a good old fashioned beat down to the World in the confines of City Park. What YHC did not account for was the wrath of Mother Nature. The lightning show died out around 0620, along with the rains, which made for a quiet and cool time in City Park. The only issue now was the high water. YHC drove slowly down the river called Marconi Drive, and made it to NOMA.
At 0630, YHC made a quick mosey toward the Great Lawn just in case there were Pax loitering about there, but nay, no Pax present. Mosey back to the big lagoon for a quick warmup of some side straddle hops and something else, then a run around the lagoon with some burpees. Mosey to the Foundry, where the path leading to the bike trail was over ankle deep with high water, keeping YHC from entering it. YHC did pullups, Burpees, and WW2 situps.
Mosey to the practice track, where Roosevelt Mall was hiding under the standing waters, but YHC hopped along the protruding islands and only had to endure a few moments of submerged feet. At the practice track, which was high and dry, YHC did some sprints on the straightaways, mosey on the curves, and stopped in the practice area for a few other exercises, like burpees and such.
Mosey back to NOMA for the virtual COT (tough to do COT with a single Pax). Announcements included the Bar-a-thon, but YHC reminded the Q that he was already signed up. Prayed for those that had damage from the waters and the storm, and that a quick recovery was in their future.
NMM
YHC managed a little over 4 miles, and racked up the only ISI point of the day. The new AO name shall remain unnamed, with a name coming in the very near future, one would hope, unless Mother Nature has something to say about it.
Strong showing of fourteen runners and four cyclists posted at the Stomp in City Park to get their usual Tuesday fix. With the annual Bar-a-thon just 10 days away, YHC figured the PAX could use some training to make sure the legs and lungs will be up to par for the pinnacle of F3 CSAUP events….liver training will be OYO in evenings. Since it wouldn’t be practical to squeeze in 6 miles, 6 bars, and 6 beers in the gloom, we opted for a “Bridge-a-thon” instead to include 6 kilometers, 6 bridges, and 6 rounds of burpees. Goal was 40 minutes, F2 encouraged, and awards to follow for various categories TBD. As the clock neared launch time, we recapped the 6K route w/burpees x10 at each of the 6 bridges: Start with normal run down Roosevelt Mall, across bayou, left on Moss St., left on Desaix Bridge, right onto Wisner overpass, run down paved path along bayou, hit Harrison bridge, turn around, pass in front of Pan Am Stadium down Zach Taylor Dr, left at underpass, then Henry Thomas Dr to Roosevelt Mall back to the flag, then sweep the six or start some Mary.
The PAX all completed the mission, some modified up or down, most with extra time for additional running and/or Mary. The guys on bikes embarked on a longer route and met us back at the flag, just in time for the “awards ceremony“. In true Barathon fashion, koozies were awarded for the following random categories, with the entire PAX coming to a 2-3 second consensus for each award:
Fastest Runner – El Guapo took home the chic Nyx koozie, since he was the manliest guy that morning and can best pull off using a girly koozie
Most Sophisticated/Best Dressed – Chips was unanimous winner with his tank top and bright orange shoes…he left with the fancy zip-up longneck koozie
Most Ordinary/Average PAX – After a breif debate, War Eagle took this title for the morning and left with the most average, used koozie that YHC could find in his garage.
Best Cyclist – Amnesia was awarded this by his fellow biking peers, I think for his speedy use of the Blue Bike.
Sweatiest Guy – This was to be the most coveted award since it meant you probably worked the hardest….went to Screw Top, who took home a custom, one-of-a-kind vintage F3 puffy foam koozie. T-claps for pushing hard!
T-claps to all, and sorry that everyone didn’t get a trophy.
COT included usual announcements, GiveNola details, and a reminder that while many of us might joke about beer drinking being a “sport”, YHC suggested we strive to do it in moderation and not let it get the best of us….and to be a help to others around us who may be slipping down that slope. We lifted up several intentions for those battling illness as we closed with a prayer.
Great to see lots of new faces lately consistently out in the gloom. And lots of good F2 as always. I was able to chat with a few guys along the run, which is always a good way to start the day. Also shout out to Dirty Dell who used his doctor skills to asses a downed PAX. Fortunately all was well.
On a warm, muggy morning that serves as a reminder of what’s to come in the next few months, 13 PAX (a Popeye’s record) gathered for YHC’s Q, motivated only by getting better and not missing YHC’s Q…. and maybe because Popeye’s was the ISI point today. Perhaps they knew there would be smashing involved.
Brief mosey to one of the workout areas with some high knees and butt kicks along the way, followed by a fast-paced warm-up of the following:
Imperial Squat Walkers x10
SSXx20
Arm Circlesx20
Parker Peterx20
Self love
The workout
8 stations using Tabata as a timer (20 seconds on, 10 seconds to rotate)
Turkish Get Up’s w/ 10lb Kb (became sweat angels when we “ran out of” a cinder block)
Jumping rope (with 2 recently purchased speed ropes, neither of which withstood the workout. This eventually became Rocky Balboas)
Pull-ups/hang from pull-up bar
Burpees (of course)
8 count bodybuilders (right after burpees because why not?)
Dips
Jump Squats (side note: while on vacation recently, I attended a yoga class that took place on a raft in the pool. One exercise was jump squats, and let’s just say the instructor’s form was a bit better than mine. He would squat down, jump up, turn 180 degrees in the air, and would drop back into a squat as he landed. This resulted in YHC falling off the raft several times, but being convinced this was the right way to do a jump squat. YHC encouraged everyone to try it this way today.)
Curl and press with cinder blocks.
A couple rounds in, and we were all feeling it, some more than others. And by some, I mean Hokie Pokey, who opted for a demonstration of strength during this exercise. And by demonstration, I mean he smashed the cinder block at his feet, and then stood over it like a DB who had just leveled a receiver coming across the middle. We all applauded this feat of strength, made certain modifications and mental notes, and moved on.
All in all, I think we got 5 rounds of this Tabata circuit in. For the first 3, we listed to Rage Against the Machine songs, but YHC made the mistake of throwing out a couple song choices to the Pax. Thus, our final round was done to “Video Killed the Radio Star”, compliments of Frac Sac. Thanks?
We moseyed back to the flag, down a coupon, for some stretching led by Mahatama, and then a bit of planking. We gave thanks for the day, and remembered to appreciate even the hot, muggy days.
Thanks to our Uptowners, Nip Tuck, Bones and JV who hopped on their flights this morning and made it all the way out to Lafreniere. And thanks for letting me lead. – Kuch
Well the ISI challenge brought a record crew to Colisseum Square run. 10 PAX headed out after finding the correct starting spot (bigger round fountain on the uptown side of the park.) Headed down to Melpomene then up to St.Charles for a run in the Neutral Ground. Fast group made it to Napoleon (others turned earlier) then down to Magazine and back to the start. Lead group paced at 8:10 mile with the last 2 miles under 8! At the imaginary flag- misordered name-o-rama and countoff and then a prayer for charity. Great morning!
