F3 New Orleans

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  • BBB (Bolt’s Beast Builder) – from Bolt

    Warmorama: Rapper’s Delight edition with an emphasis on the parts used in burpees. The Thang: 100 burpees for time and with the mantra of, “Leave No Man Behind, Leave No Man Where You Found Him” we will all continue supporting those still pushing themselves until the Six is in! Hawg led the pack, establishing himself as a beast with a time of 7:18. War Eagle opted for a couple laps after 1.5 burpees, Triple showed up coiffed and just after the main Thang ended—shocker. A game of FastTax’s brainchild, ultimate frisburpee, ensued, resulting in Thumb War’s consternation with the rule differences from the far less interesting ultimate frisbee. The end result was the non-R.E.D. Team lost 1-0.

  • Crawl Under a Train & Catch Me if you Can – from Hokie

    YHC texted via Mumblechatter at 0510 to avoid coming to el Diablo via Metairie Road due to a train being STOPPED and to come in via Airline.

    Meanwhile two Pax decided to add an adventure to their pre-workout ventures by crawling UNDER the damn Ol Train like they were in a Hank Williams song.

    At 0530 YHC tried to get a disclaimer in between repeated interruptions by some unnamed “two ply” and then held a VERY Brief warm-o-rama with Abe Vigodas and Grass grabbers before lining the Pax up for an exercise to complete the warm up… The exercise would be called “go under the train” based on the stories of War Eagle and Hand Grenada’s journey in this AM… we lined up on the goal line and inch wormed out towards the 50, did 5 merkins, stood up and rinse and repeated about a dozen times (some would say 60 merkins warmed up our shoulders)

    we then moseyed to the track, around the 50 yard line to start our adventures. Imagine six points on the track
    1. 50 yard line
    2. Goal line
    3. Around the end zone to the goal line across field from #2
    4. the 50 yard line across field from #1
    5. The next goal line
    6. around end zone to goal line across field from #5 and 100 yards away from #1 😉

    The THANG
    at each of the 6 points we would do 10 reps of exercise called out by the Q then another exercise while waiting on the six.

    We would then rotate through a series of “MODES of transportation” between points as follows
    1-2 above ~ Mosey
    2-3 above ~ Sprint
    3-4 above backwards mosey as fast as possible
    4-5 above Lunge walk
    5-6 above backwards Lunge
    6-1 Sprint

    Round 1 ~ At each of the six points we would do 10 Burpees and then Imerial Walkers while waiting on the six
    Round 2 ~ 10 Merkins and SSH while waiting on the six
    Round 3 ~ 10 sit ups with arms crossed and squats while waiting on the six

    Between 0601 and 0605, we stopped and did 4 minutes of calf raises with both legs, then just right leg, then just left leg, then both legs.

    YHC was pleased later in the day to see Hawg’s post in mumble chatter stating this type of format lead to an elevated heart rate for a good portion of our morning.

  • Kindergarten Day! – from PVC

    Warmorama
    Low slow squat
    Abe vigoda
    Peter Parker
    Parker Peter
    Hill billy
    Imperial walker
    Self love
    Butt kickers

    10 each
    Merkins
    Bear crawl
    Big boy sit ups
    Lunge
    Grass grabbers

    5 each
    8 count body builders
    Motivators
    Monkey humpers
    Mountain man poopers

    10 each
    Merkins
    Bear crawl
    Big boy sit ups
    Lunge
    Grass grabbers

    Frisbee
    2 teams each start at same end zone in efforts to reach the goal without dropping the frisbee. 2 defenders allowed to cross to other side. Once point scored opponents do 5 each 8 count body builders
    Totaled approx 2mi.

    COT
    Welcomed FNG and named him Faux Pas

  • Monday morning at The Scrum – from PVC

    Warm o rama
    Low slow squat
    Abe vigoda
    Peter Parker
    Parker Peter
    Hill billy
    Imperial walker
    Self love
    Butt kickers

    Mosey

    Step ups

    Mosey

    Lunge
    8 count body builder
    Bear crawl
    Big boy sit up
    Lunge
    Flutter kicks
    Bear crawl
    Squat
    Run backwards

    Mosey

    Dora style
    8 count body builders
    While partner ran up the stairs at JP performing art building

    Mosey

    Coupons
    Overhead press, bench press , curls
    Dips

    Coolorama
    Low slow squat
    Abe vigoda
    Peter Parker
    Self love
    Butt kickers

    COT

  • May the 4th be with You – from Boo-Boo

    YHC was finally able to get a Q spot for El Diablo around Rudy, Hokie, and Fast Tax who are locked in a race to be the first to add their name to the miniature bat Hawg received 10 years ago for being one of three attendees at a Zephyrs game.

    YHC lead the PAX on a short mosey to the field for a warmup consisting of ordinary warmup exercises. I added in MNCs since Frac was in attendance. Since there wasn’t 100% dance compliance, a 10 burpee penalty was imposed.

    As YHC was ready to move into the meat of the beatdown, he was met with significant resistance for not including Imperial Walkers in the warmup since it was May the 4th. Being a man of the people, YHC obliged to stop the bellyaching of the sci-fi sect of the group.

    With smiles on their merry faces, YHC led the group to the track for BLIMPS as a mode of transportation to the rock pile bc a mosey just wouldn’t be sufficient. The typically quiet and non-judgmental Rudy pointed out that YHC substituted plank jacks with another exercise. The poor guy forgot that modification is acceptable in the F3 world, and we were still able to spell BLIMPS correctly.

    Upon arrival at the rock pile there was the typical banter regarding rock size. PAX were instructed to figure it out as it is not YHC’s place to judge another man’s rock!

    Off to the 50 yard line for 10 Rounds of Tyson, which consisted of all exercises in cadence. At some point Macgyver showed up late and rockless. Initially he was instructed to rifle carry the “bat” until instructed otherwise, but Triple Shift quickly seized the opportunity to shed his oversized rock by switching with Macgyver. Other PAX, namely Rudy, also took advantage of the opportunity to share/shed his rock with the lad.

    While that was fun, all good things must come to an end. PAX returned their rocks to the rock pile and gather for some Mary in the vicinity of the rock depot.

    Mosey to the flag exactly on time! COT, prayer, OUT!

    It’s always an honor to lead HIM! Thank you for the opportunity.

  • An Impromptu Morning – from Fast Tax

    El Diablo 5/18/2022

    As YHC was getting ready to head to El Diablo this fine morning, it dawned on me that I was supposed to Q. Only two PAX were present as I rolled up to the meeting area, and I remember thinking “good, only 2 witnesses to YHC’s lack of planning.” Nevertheless, that was not meant to be as Hawg walked up as we were moseying to the rock pile and Rudy rolled in (4 minutes late mind you) followed by 3 others. Time to get the creative juices flowing with some impromptu creativity…

    Warmups consisted of SSH, grass grabbers, Nancy Kerrigan’s, Arm Circles, Crab Merkins, and of course, Hairy Rockettes, preceded by two penalty burpees incurred by Boo-Boo.
    After selecting medium rocks, we headed to the shelter for the first thing YHC could think of, Stations of the Chest.

    As there were 8 of us, each picnic table was a station (some had two) with an assigned exercise: Tricep Extensions, Overhead Press, Curls, Rows, Bench Press, Absolutions, Merkins, and Burpees. Initially YHC set the reps at 15, but after some input from Bolt, the Burpee station was the timer. Rotate and repeat until all stations were visited. It was apparent that, as Bolt basked in the compliments on his form, Rudy was feeling a little left out.

    As the exercise wrapped up, YHC had a flash of inspiration for the second event…let’s play chase. We set our rocks down and headed to the hill as I hastily put the concept together. The slope of the hill was the boundary (could not venture on flat ground) with one PAX being “it” and chasing the rest. Whoever was caught had to do 5 burpees, everyone else had to do 3 burpees. Though the concept could use a few beneficial tweaks, it seemed to work fairly well. After several cycles it was time to move on to the next PAX guinea pig event, which Bolt adroitly named 45 Degrees of Self-loathing.

    Holding a 45 degree angle with feet on the wall, PAX perform 4 count shoulder taps IC with a push up at the end.

    The final event was a series of exercises in the chair position holding our rocks with backs against the wall. After each 15 rep exercise (curls, overhead, etc.), we passed our rock to the PAX on the left, with YHC making changes (tweaks) as we went along, rotating cadence caller and direction of rock shifting.

    After dropping off our rocks, we paused for some unordinary stretches (swan dive and manatee) and headed back to COT for name-o-rama, announcements, intentions, and prayer.
    Followed by Coffeteria.

    YHC would like to express his appreciation of the PAX willingness to be guinea pigs for his new creative exercises and their impromptu nature!

    Thanks for the fellowship! SYITG
    Bolt, BooBoo, Fast Tax, Hawg Cycle, Hokie, Mambi, Pike Al, Rudy

  • Good Morning……Burpees – from Fracsac

    It’s been a long time since YHC visited the 610 Stomp. Good morning burpees needed to make an appearance during Frac Week, and the Stomp was just the place to make it happen. Rules are simple, stay as a group and say Good Morning to everyone we see. A Good Morning reply is 5 burpees, no reply is 10 burpees and harassing a pedestrian is 15 burpees. YHC was the only one that came close to harassing a paddle boarder, that’s not technically a pedestrian.
    3.5 miles and 100 burpees later we met up for the COT.

    Fun times!!

    NMM

    Come on out to the Foundry for the final appearance from BayWatch before he moves.

    RevSox was especially fond of the Burpees, even more so than Bongo.
    Hawgcycle is even going to have Breadsticks print some shirts commemorating this iconic event.

    Frac Week continues…..

    SYITG 

  • Lil Somethin’ Somethin’ – from Vagabond

    5 pax did boot camp + 3 Double Nickel training for 10 miles

    16 descend to 0 by 2s
    – big bois
    – merkin
    – side squats

    Rock / coupon – timer runs with or without rock around perimeter of great lawn – partner up… every team has coupon off the ground entire time
    – burpees
    – curls
    – overhead press
    – kettle bells
    – X factor
    – lunges
    – jump rope

    50 step ups R/L

    COT

  • Double-Nickel Training Begins – from Hawgcycle

    I’m not sure if you have heard, but the inaugural double-nickel is happening in August. This brain child of F3 NOLA’s own, Rudy Tootie Fresh and Fruity is soon to become to 55 year old men what Bar Mitzvahs, Quinceaneras and Debutante Balls are to the youth of the world.
    The excitement for the double-nickel has been palpable the past few weeks as we have all eagerly awaited the official start of our training regiment. There was a soft opening on Monday with some strength training, but it got real on Tuesday with the start of our training runs.

    Rev Sox and I decided to bring back the Parten Patrol, the Tuesday morning run from YHC’s house to The Stomp (3.5 miles). We posted our Launch time and received three commitments to join us. Kuch, planned to drive to my house, Rudy would meet us as we passed his street and we would meet Tool in the middle as he started toward us from his house.

    Rev Sox and I, dressed in our Tuesday attire, stepped off at precisely 0453. Kuch was nowhere to be found. We later learned that he got lost on the way when an Ambulance passed by and he instinctively ran after it.

    When we passed Rudy’s street, Rudy was not there. I called him immediately.

    Rudy: Who is this?

    YHC: Who do you think it is? Where are you?

    Rudy: Oh. Good morning Hawg. I’m in an Ambulance on my way to Ochsner. I’ve been coughing up blood all night. I was still planning on running with you all. I got to the meeting spot a little early, but Noelle called 911. The ambulance picked me up on Metairie Road. I was too weak to fight them off.

    YHC: How are you going to finish the double nickel if you can’t fight off a couple of paramedics?

    Rudy: I know. I have a long way to go. What is that?!?

    YHC: Huh?

    Rudy: Some guy in a tank top is chasing us. I have to go. The smaller lady paramedic is giving me the stink eye. I’ll see if I can escape at the next stop and join y’all. If not can you take the Q?

    YHC: Lady Paramedics?

    Rudy: …Dial Tone

    I informed Rev about the tickle in Rudy’s throat and we proceeded toward the Stomp, eagerly anticipating our rendezvous with Tool. We were expecting to meet him a little sooner than we did, but at least Tool didn’t let us down like the others. We met him about 3 feet from the start of the Stomp.

    I took the Q and with my Bachelor of Science in Mathematics I was able to easily divide 45 minutes evenly, instructing the Pax to run out 22 minutes and 30 seconds and then come back at the same exact speed. This saves us from having to do five minutes of Mary at the end of a running workout, like we often have to do when someone with a lesser understanding of mathematics leads.

  • Qsource Ruck – from Fracsac

    A Qsource ruck was held where men experienced the 1st F, embraced the 2nd F, and shared the 3rd F. There were some runners that ran. Be on the lookout for next week Qsource!