F3 New Orleans

Tag: Grandma's House

  • Dora The (Lonely) Coupon Explorer – from Steve

    It was my own damn fault – I knew Russo was out this week, probably waiting in a long line for a $40 hot dog and working out the cost efficiency of those lightning lane passes, and yet still YHC failed to send out the bat signal to Chewy or Shooter or Bird or any other potential Granny pax.

    I got there early to set up the coupons and knock out a few merkins, so when start time came and went, YHC had worked up enough of a sweat that the thought of returning to bed wasn’t as appealing. The blocks were already out, so might as well get some use out of them:

    100 Overhead Presses (sets of 25, 4x)
    200 Curls (sets of 40, 5x)
    300 Chest Presses (sets of 50, 6x)

    15x calf raises between sets, and sometimes a slalom the columns (when you’re solo, there’s a lot of cheating going on…). The lesson for me was clear – sure, I can do it alone once, maybe twice. But for a month? No. Eight years? No way, definitely need the men of F3 for that kind of accountability. I appreciate and am grateful for you fellas, whether you’re there or not!

  • Weekday Wild Q!! – from Shooter

    Picking up the Q at Granny’s proved to be Wild in many ways. First off was the continuation of conversations about Madonna from Saturdays beatdown… Which by the way aged YHC, but probably not to the point made about 130 years referencing things I won’t state here.. See Jose10k, we know how to keep it clean on the BB for Granny… Secondly it was Wild to get a Quarter pipe sighting on our journey through Mandeville along with a shoutout good morning to the PAX… I know the question you all are wondering, did he join the PAX? 😬
    Let’s just say we may not have another post from QP until he thinks of another AO to create and handoff to the PAX to run TBD.. 😂
    Third, there is something Wild and eerie about a cyclist cruising the trace in the dark morning hours blasting Beethoven, as he cruises around passing the PAX not once but twice..

    Enough chatter and here’s the details.. Warmup was variation of 10IC GM, Arm circle’s, Superman’s, Scorpion kicks, bridges, self love and Cherry pickers..

    Wackers dice came along for the Wildness on this Gloom and the Wild Q presented itself on multiple occasions. PAX moseyed around stopping at various points to roll the dice.. Jump squats won the day with multiple reps, as well as mixes of Merkins, Donkey kickoffs, some stretch’s, gas pumps, MCs, Peter Parker’s, calf raises, Rock balboa’s, bunny hops, SSHs and some others I probably missed… Returned to Granny’s with a min plank to close.. Announced the BEAST with the same somber responses of consideration with exception to Russo.. Wacker that’s your Q to launch the EH tentacles!!🦑

    Appreciate the post and safe travels to Chewy for his trip to Mexico..🇲🇽

    Until the next Gloom 👍🏼👊🏼✌🏼!!!

  • Brevity is…. Wit – The Simpsons – from Steve

    If yesterday’s rambling, stream-of-conscious BB was in the vein of Donald Miller, today we’re shooting for Raymond Carver (or Chewy):

    It was dark and humid and there were merkins.*

    Tunnel, backpedal, more merkins.

    Selling books, AI refrigerators, termite swarms, the lost AO of Abita Springs.

    And. More. Merkins.

    Jane Fondas back at the flag, Russo closed us out.

    *Carver’s famous editor would’ve scratched out every line but the first one. I just can’t bring myself to be such a purist.

  • Tabatta Tuesday – from Chewy

    Tabata Tuesday
    Seven PAX met up last Tuesday at the Mandeville Trail head for a Tabata Tuesday workout. Exercises included jump rope, agility ladder, side, straddle hops, mountain climber, lunges, and a flight of steps.

  • Four Corners of The Apocalypse – from Steve

    Well, I’d hardly call it an “apocalyptic” beatdown. Nor was it truly a “four corners” (more like 6). But hey, sometimes you need a title just to get these things off the ground.

    Marsh-style beatdown on this humid Tuesday (delayed bb here, so this was before out little cool front), moseying to the lake with a stop at each intersection for 15x merkins, 15x lunges, 15x flutter kicks IC. You know you’re firmly middle-aged when conversations yo-yo between healthcare costs and the financial viability of art galleries with wine bars. Other, more fun topics were surely mused over, but hey, YHC is 45 – I can’t remember what happened a week and a half ago.

    Once at the lake, we headed to the Rip’s staircase for calf raises x5 each step. Chewy, Russo, and YHC were there for (and very likely contributed to) the demise of the previous set of stairs at Rips, so it’s good to see that these fairly new ones are still holding up. Then it was over to the wall for some step ups, freaks, step downs, freaks, Bulgarians, freaks, all x12 IC. And back to Rip’s for more calf raises.

    With time closing in, we headed back, this time foregoing the merkins and lunges at each intersection, but stopping once at the midway point and knocking out the flutter kicks all in one go. Once back, COT, nameorama, and Chewy prayed us out. Thank you gents for the camaraderie, and for posting regularly – it pushes me to do the same.

  • Four Corners of The Apocalypse – from Steve

    Well, I’d hardly call it an “apocalyptic” beatdown. Nor was it truly a “four corners” (more like 6). But hey, sometimes you need a title just to get these things off the ground.

    Marsh-style beatdown on this humid Tuesday (delayed bb here, so this was before out little cool front), moseying to the lake with a stop at each intersection for 15x merkins, 15x lunges, 15x flutter kicks IC. You know you’re firmly middle-aged when conversations yo-yo between healthcare costs and the financial viability of art galleries with wine bars. Other, more fun topics were surely mused over, but hey, YHC is 45 – I can’t remember what happened a week and a half ago.

    Once at the lake, we headed to the Rip’s staircase for calf raises x5 each step. Chewy, Russo, and YHC were there for (and very likely contributed to) the demise of the previous set of stairs at Rips, so it’s good to see that these fairly new ones are still holding up. Then it was over to the wall for some step ups, freaks, step downs, freaks, Bulgarians, freaks, all x12 IC. And back to Rip’s for more calf raises.

    With time closing in, we headed back, this time foregoing the merkins and lunges at each intersection, but stopping once at the midway point and knocking out the flutter kicks all in one go. Once back, COT, nameorama, and Chewy prayed us out. Thank you gents for the camaraderie, and for posting regularly – it pushes me to do the same.

  • Wild Q seems fitting!! – from Shooter

    Granny proved to be not only Wild with the weather but also Wild with the dice. Knowing this weather will not remain much longer, YHC was still able to provide some general perspiration with his beatdown this morning for the PAX.. As Chewy stated at the end of our morning the one shirt beatdowns are soon to be done and over for sometime..Our full blown summer and humidity will be here to stay, so it was quite pleasant to enjoy this Gloom with its unusual coolness under the breezeway of the trailhead..

    Warmup
    All 10IC Grass grabbers, Good Mornings, SSH, selflove, Torso twists, Butt kicks, high knees, Cherry pickers, arm circles and Abe Vogadas.
    Moseyed around the block and returned for the Thang
    Grabbed our coupons and some dice..
    PAX took turns rolling in between each stated coupon exercise.
    50 Shoulder press
    Wild Q Burpees 5
    15 one right arm rows
    20 4x SSH
    15 left arm rows
    20 4x SSH
    20 squat thrusters
    5 Merkins
    Mosey around and returned.
    30 curls for the girls
    Wild Q 20IC mountain climbers
    20 goblet squats
    Wild Q 10 Eight count bodybuilders
    15 Elf on the shelf right
    Wild Q 10 IC gas pumps
    15 Elf on the shelf left
    25 IC Putins
    Mosey around and returned
    50 chest presses
    Wild Q 10 Eight count bodybuilders
    20 tricep extensions
    10IC Putin’s
    20 Kettlebell swings
    10 Burpees
    10IC Block pleasers

    YHC may be missing some or also might be out of sequence but close enough..

    Felt like a good balanced routine and beatdown and until the next gloom 👍🏼👊🏼✌🏼!!!

  • If A Tree Falls …. – from Steve

    … in the forest, and no one is there to hear it, does it make a sound?

    What is the sound of one hand clapping?

    And of course, the age old question: if there’s a Block Party at Granny’s and only one Pax posts, is it still considered a party?

    To answer that, I pose to you another question: does a bear $#@! In the woods? Is the glass half full, or half empty? Why did the chicken cross the road?

    Sorry, too much caffeine this morning. Yes, it was a solo post at Granny’s this morning, but the party raged on regardless (though the coupons stayed in the car). Sensing that YHC would likely be without company this morning, I started before the bell rang with 20 merkins and 5x calf raises up each step of the pilot house. Another 20x merkins. Step ups, step downs, Bulgarians, x12 IC each. 20x merkins. 5x calf raises up each step again.

    At this point, it was clear there’d be no late-comers, so YHC headed to the Marsh for half Murph: 1 mile run to Lakefront and back (passed Garfield’s crew, who are still out there pounding the pavement), then over to the newly padded playground for 50x pull ups, 100x merkins, 150x squats. Finished up with another set of step ups, step downs, Bulgarians, and freak nasties, x12 IC. Then one final set of 20x merkins.

    Reminder that Zoolander’s annual Marsh Madness is this Saturday.

    And one last one: if a vampire bites a zombie, does the zombie become a vampire or does the vampire become a zombie?

  • Why Do Today What You Can Put Off Until Tomorrow? – from Steve

    Well, for starters, because you’re gonna forget half your backblast. Kids, don’t procrastinate – write your backblasts as soon as you get home – not after you get off work, two days later. What I do remember… well, it was chilly! A surprising 39 degrees and you will not hear me complaining. (YHC will, however, complain and curse Louisiana in a month, once that heat hits. I agree with Pelican, we should hibernate in the summer.)

    So with just Russo and I for the second Tuesday in a row, we kept it simple: deconstructed burpees at each intersection on our journey through the streets of Old Mandeville (and back of course), and then half a Murph once we hit the Marsh.

    As is often the case with me, conversations tend to turn towards my love-hate relationship with all the various animals my family has forced upon me. A terrifying sequel to Pet Semetary could easily be filmed in my backyard with all the animals I’ve buried under our trampoline – cats, a rabbit, frogs, snakes, dwarf hamster, fish, hermit crabs. Seriously. Hopefully it’s not a sacred Native American burial ground.

    Anyway, my complaints about my cats barfing all over the house were dwarfed by Russo’s incredible story of his cat partially coughing up a piece of string that subsequently had to be pulled out by his wife – inch by never-ending inch – while birthday party guests gathered around and watched in horror. I imagine a similar scene played out in one of the Poltergeist films, but you’d have to consult our cultural encyclopedia The Hammer for confirmation.

    Anyway, Russo and I were able to solve City Hall’s fiscal crisis during our half Murph (nice new soft pad replacing the Marsh mulch, btw!), as well as come up with a 10 point plan for how to tackle the ever-growing concern of AI. It’s incredible what can be done when you set your alarm for 4:45am. Hmm. I guess I did end up remembering most of it. Maybe procrastination ain’t so bad?

    Russo, thanks for the being the rock of, not one, but TWO AO’s. You da man. Appreciate you and your steadfast commitment!

  • Bare bones backblast – from Russo

    Back to the good grind after what felt like months away this morning. Great weather in the low 50s, and good chatter with Steve as YHC jumps back into a normal routine.

    Warmup (all 10x)
    – good mornings
    – Self love
    – Seal jacks
    – Grass grabbers
    – Cherry pickers
    – Imperial walkers

    Thang
    No real rhyme or rhythm this morning, just laps around Granny’s, starting at the benches where it was 10x (mostly IC):
    Freak Nastys
    Durkins
    Step ups (2 is 1)
    BSSs (2 is 1)

    Over to the pilot house for 3 calf raises each step, then lunges from start to garbage can, followed by a short bear crawl, and a straightaway back pedal.

    Rinse and repeat 3 or so more times all of it, and you have an idea of our morning accomplishments.

    Mary (all 15x IC)
    – LMCs
    – gas pumps
    – Flutter kicks
    – crunchy frogs

    COT, NOR, Announcements, Prayer, in that order. Prayer focused on our family and friends that we continue to lift up.

    SYITG