F3 New Orleans

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  • Skinny Legs and All – from Sandbar

    YHC needs the regular leg day, in my lifelong pursuit of a buckeightyfive.
    Quick Disclaimer followed by a slow mosey up to the clubhouse, around the parking lot, over to the bandstand to scare the ducks, and then up and over the stand. Many pax modified the up and over.

    Warm up with SSH IC, Grass Grabbers and Windmills.
    Mosey to the benches in the shelter. Then we did several sets, each followed by a mosey through the parking lot.
    1st Set
    -10 Left Leg Shrimp Squat OYO
    -10 Right Leg Shrimp Squat OYO
    -10 Sissy Squats OYO
    -10 Goblet squats IC with butt to bench.
    Run down to the parking circle and then run backwards.

    2nd Set
    -10 Bulgarian Splits Left Leg IC
    -10 Bulgarians Right Leg IC
    -20 Jump squats OYO
    -15 calf raises, each leg IC
    Run to the clubhouse, run backwards through the lot and back to the shelter.

    3rd Super Set
    -10 RL Lunges IC
    -10 LL Lunges IC
    -10 RL side lunges
    -10 LL side lunges
    -10 RL back lunges
    -10 LL back lunges
    Run to the clubhouse, karaoke left down through the middle of the lot, karaoke right on the far side, then backwards through the middle to the clubhouse.

    4th Set
    -10 Left Leg Glute bridges IC
    -10 Right Leg Glute bridges IC
    20 monkey humpers OYO
    Then pair up for reverse flutter kicks on the bench. One pax swims with the legs extended off the bench and the other PAX does 50 LBCs. flapjack.
    10 quad hip extensions left and right leg IC.
    Run to the clubhouse, karaoke left down through the middle of the lot, karaoke right on the far side, then backwards through the middle to the clubhouse.

    5th Set
    -10 RL steps ups, 10 LL Step ups, 10 RL power ups, 10 LL power ups, Adding a hop to the top of each IC exercise. Then Angie’s List took us out with LBCs

    Back to the flag. Count-off, Name-o-rama, Announcements and Intentions. My sons (13 and 15) enjoy participating in F3 from time to time and I thank God for all of the pax that set such a fine examples for my sons of how to be a man in the world – for their families, in various careers, and as leaders in their communities.

  • Power of 10 – from Sandbar

    Only 5 PAX on this labour day. Started with the standard disclaimer, followed by
    10 burpees and 10 merkins, OYO
    PAX then mosied across Magazine to the field.
    10 burpees and 10 merkins OYO.
    Warmup of 10 SSH, 10 Grassgrabbers, 10 Windmills IC.
    10 burpees and 10 merkins OYO.
    Mosey to parking lot next to the field.
    10 burpees and 10 merkins OYO.
    PAX then completed a lunge walk across the parking lot, and back. Then an iterative broad jump across the lot. Then side lunges across the lot, one for each leg.
    10 burpees and 10 merkins OYO.
    Mosey to the statue in front of the zoo.
    10 burpees and 10 merkins OYO.
    Mosey to the levee.
    10 burpees and 10 merkins OYO.
    Pax assembled at the base of the levee in the tall wet grass, and then completed 10 sprints up the levee, walk back down each time. After the 10th sprint up,
    10 burpees and 10 merkins OYO.
    Mosey back to the statue.
    10 burpees and 10 merkins OYO.
    Pax then took the benches for 10 Bulgarian Split lunges (RL then LL), 10 step ups with a hop at the top (RL then LL), 10 power ups (RL then LL), 10 box jumps OYO.
    10 burpees and 10 merkins OYO.
    Mosey back to the flag, but fortunately there were 2 minutes left.
    10 burpees and 10 merkins OYO.
    110 burpees. 110 merkins.
    Thanks to Yankee, Peppa, Vandalay and Hellfire for going 110% today.

  • Resist the PSL – from Sea Man

    PSL’s are coming and only a gun show will stop them!

    Mosey around the lot to pickup late arrivals Tube Steak and Willie (of course) and to the field in front of the zoo for standard warm up and Tantric Arm Circles.

    On to the statue for the Dora
    100 Shoulder Taps 2:1
    200 Dips
    300 Inclined Mercs

    Followed it up with Lunge back pedal around the loop while partner did LBCs, LBT to the Right, LBT to the left.

    Back to the field for Jack Web’s. After much whining about 10 we finished our 10 tantric Arm Circles and on to the flag.

  • March of the Penguins – from Willie

    As the month of March approaches its end, so does the March of the Penguins CASUP (1000 Penguins per day in the month of March). Special shout out to @Sandbar, and @Sogo for accompanying me on this journey. Also, a big thank you to the Qs this month who added extra penguins to their workout. That does not included @Douille who did 3 total penguins at Misty Mountain last Saturday.

    Yours truly rolled into the workout right at 5:30AM, dressed in a Penguin onesie, with Welcome to the Jungle blaring on the bluetooth speaker. My standard music rules applied. The PAX can skip a song with a 10 burpee penalty for the entire group. After the standard disclaimer, we moseyed to the field for a warm up, all in cadence.

    SSH x 20
    Imperial Walkers x 20
    Mountain Climbers, Peter Parkers, Parker Peters x 15 each
    Self Love OYO for 1 minute
    Arm Circles Reverse/Forward x 10
    Hillbillies x 20

    The PAX then made it’s way to the statue in front of the zoo, and partnered up for a not so traditional DORA. The only exercise was 600 Penguins 2/1. Partner 1 ran the small loop while Partner 2 banged out penguins. We had 2 skips during the DORA, resulting in 20 burpees. The skipped songs were “Living on a Prayer” by Bon Jovi and “Spoon Full of Sugar” from the Mary Poppins sound track.

    The next transition was a run to the bandstand where the PAX circled up on stage for the Name That Tune challenge. The songs on this playlist are all songs that we know and love, but they are sung in a Lounge Singer style by the one and only Richard Cheese. The PAX did 30 Penguins 2-1 while the song played, then the PAX to the left had to guess either the song title OR the original artist. Get it right and we continue with penguins, a wrong answer gets the PAX 20 merkins. Some of the songs played were hits like, “Baby Got Back”, “Gin and Juice,” “Brass Monkey,” and “Been Caught Stealing” just to name a few. The PAX did pretty well as we only had 2 wrong answers resulting in 40 merkins. With 6:15AM approaching we made our way back to the flag for the standard COT.

    It is a pleasure to lead these men in a workout, and I appreciate the PAX indulging me in my crazy ideas.

    SYITG

    Willie

  • Mutual Admiration Society – from Quincy

    Uptown tundra at 50° could not keep 10 men away from the delights of the Gloom! We started our warmup completing Side Straddle Hops, Peter Parkers, Windmills, Grass Grabbers. We jogged to the statue of John James Audubon to impress him with arm circles at the insistence of Seeman, both counting up and counting down to show the famous bird man what the birdcage brothers can do. We continued Mathlete style doing Crazy 8’s in the parking lot with 10 Burpees, 20 Merkins, 40 Bonnie Blairs; counting down by subtracting 1 Burpee, 2 Merkins and 4 BB’s a round, Angie’s List said it looked good on paper, and I was proud to lead you nowhere while running in circles. Kong pointed out we were not going to finish my master plan on time as we did a few LBC’s, Russian Twists between sets, we ended with the 5/10/20 set.
    Appreciate all of you for posting!
    Double appreciate all those who were able to give blood yesterday: 54 donations at Children’s, the goal was 40!

  • Short Circuit – from Reluctant Yankee

    Today the Q was mine and what a nice treat to show up with a FNG and Chardonnay pulling a Kotter and joining us in the GLOOM! Man the 10 degrees cooler was a total game changer for my energy at the beatdown.

    Quick disclaimer – and then 22 MEN did the difficult thing and posted for F3 Birdcage at Audubon Park.

    We ran the mini loop by the club house for a warm up and then a quick COP warm up with SSH, Imperial Scott Walkers, Mtn Climbers, Dying Roaches, and Bird Dogs x 20

    Quickly set up a SHORT CIRCUIT –
    Station 1 in the benches –> Dips, Bulgarian Split Lunge L/R, Irkins and Derkins, and Seated Squats (x 20)
    Run to Station 2
    Station 2 SUICIDES in OAK ALLEY
    Run to Station 3
    Rows and Plank Jacks x 25
    Run to Station 4
    Pull Ups x 10 or Negatives
    Run back to Station 1

    Back to the BANDSTAND
    6 MIN OF MARY
    LBC, LBT, Lil baby obliques, Hip Dips L/R, Wife Pleasers, O Mary, Flutters, and Low Country Crab x 20

    Thanks for the opportunity to Q today!

  • Brick by Brick, redux – from Sandbar

    WARM UP and Merkin-0-rama
    Mosey the parking lot to the truck to distribute 2 bricks per PAX. PAX moseyed across the street to the field in front of the zoo. 20 merks OYO. SSH IC, 10 merks OYO. 20 Grassgrabbers IC, 10 merks OYO. 20 Windmills. 10 merks OYO. 20 hillbillies IC. 10 merks OYO. 20 Imperial Walkers IC. 20 Merks OYO.
    THING 1 – BLIMPS (with Bricks) at the corners of field, 5-10-15 etc, 2 is 1.
    PAX then slow moseyed to the green wall outside the zoo, with curls on the way.
    THING 2 – Grab some Wall. Dodo Bird (With two bricks assume the People’s Chair, brick in each hand and at rest down your sides is the default position. In cadence Wonderbra (assume the People’s Chair position. Start with bricks close to body at chest level. Push bricks up over head fully extending arms, bring bricks back down to chest position, then push them straight out in front until complete arm extension reached. Return to starting position). 2 sets of 4 count 10 each. 10 count between. Then the PAX finished with some balls-to-the-wall decline merks, with elevation to the
    THING 2 – PAX paired up for CBGB (Carolina Drydocks, tricep extensions, Brick-flys, trap shrugs ), one PAX lifts while the other runs with the bricks up two lights and back and flapjack, until all PAX complete.
    Line up two rows for Indian run back to Oak Alley. Circle up for Mary – Angie led on 30 4 count LBCs. Then 35 4-count Freddy Mercurys. Then 40 4 count penguins, then LBOs. Finish with 10 more merks OYO.
    COT
    Back to the flag for countoff, name-o-rama, announcements and intentions.

  • Classic Skinny – from Reluctant Yankee

    Today we arrived to the AO Q-less. I stepped up and took over.
    Fun AM because James Vaicius aka Reluctant Tiger decided to join me for a holidy early wake up call. Memorial day TAP for all men killed and wounded defending the US in combat or in defense. And to their families.

    So we ran the parking lot and circled up at the bandstand for a COP.
    SSH, Imp Walker Squats, Roaches, and Mtn Climbers x 20
    Then we ran to the row bars.
    Row bars x 20 was the count. The other groups were burpees, lungees, and shoulder taps
    Then we ran to the bridge: side shuffle, open the gates, toy soldiers per running man
    At the bridge we did Monkey Humpers, LBCs, Peters and Parkers x 20
    Then we ran to the benches
    At the benches we did step ups L/R, dips, Decline and Incline Merks, and R/L Bulgarian Split lunge,
    Then we prisoner ran to the field by the golf course. Explained Mary.

    Here we did O’Mary, Flutters, LB Obliques L/R, and Freddies x 20
    Then we ran to pull ups. Indian Run.
    Each PAX did 5 -10 pull ups then we planked until the 6.
    Then we did HORSES to the STABLE on the golf cart track.

    Happy to do some F3 with these guys. Lots of celebration of Sphinxters successful crawfish boil. And to WIllie’s crawfish.
    Sad that I missed it!
    SYITG

  • Step Back, Security Coming Through – from Willie

    One of the ways we earned money for our fraternity was to work as security guards for concerts at the UNO Lakefront Arena. I was able to see several great bands over the years! I created a playlist for this workout of songs from bands that I worked security for back in the 90s. Not all of the shows were for popular bands, so there are a few doozies in the playlist too. If one of the PAX wanted to skip a song, the entire PAX did 10 burpees. Only one skip was allowed at a time, you cannot skip two songs in a row. Oduls hit shuffle, and we were off, “Everything Zen” by Bush blaring, on our way for a warm up at the base of the big mountain. The following were done in cadence:
    SSHx20, Imperial Walkers x20, Arm Circles F/B x10, Grass Grabbers x10, Hillbillies x20

    Between Arm Circles and Grass Grabbers, “Children Will Listen” by Barbara Streisand played and was promptly skipped by Jingle Vader. 10 Burpees for the PAX.

    Next we broke into two lines and did an Indian Run to the 4th floor. YHC was running with the speaker in the center of the lines to make sure everyone was enjoying the music.

    Once we were on the 4th floor, we circled up for a Monkey Humper ring of fire. This was hilarious to watch! The PAX were holding Al Gore, one Pax did 20 MHs, the next started at 10, and so on… Next was a more traditional Merkin ring of fire with a 15 and 10 split while we are all holding plank.

    Before starting the Merkin Ring of Fire, ole Babs struck again with “You Don’t Bring Me Flowers.” Couch skipped, PAX did 10 Burpees

    We proceeded to the top of the Mountain mosying on the flats and running backwards on the incline. At the top I called for a 20 count from Manchovy. We had a mid-workout stretch (We don’t stretch enough) immediately following.

    The next thang were BLIMPS down the Mountain. 5 Burpees to start on the top floor, then 10 Lunges on the next floor down, followed 15 IWs, 20 Merkins, 25 Plank Jacks, and 30 Squats on the 1st floor. We hit a run of good music, so there were no more skips to this point.

    Next we ran to Rosy Palm Court for a little Mary all exercises in cadence. I led off with Penguins x15, Angie’s List was next with 30 LBCs, King Kong with 20 Hello Darlenes, Gabby with 15 Crunchy Frogs.

    Right when we were about to head back to the flag, Douille called skip on “Hey Jealousy” by the Gin Blossoms… The PAX did 10 Burpees. No one plays the villian role better than Douille!

    We ended with a COT then adjourned for coffee at PJs. Its always an honor to lead this group of great men!

  • Hands free – Argentina won the cup! – from Reluctant Yankee

    YHC had the Q for a Monday chilly skinny. 18 PAX circled up for a quick disclaimer kind of and we were off joined by a FNG-soon to be named Hands Free – Headlocked by Whopper.
    Took off to big field across from Zoo.
    Warmup COP SSH x 20, Imp Walkers x 20, Shoulder Taps x 20, and Roaches x 20
    Run over to the Audubon statue for a modified Dora.
    Partner up – Plank Jacks for #1 while #2 runs a lap – then flip flop
    Then Dips for #1 while #2 runs a lap – then flip flop

    Then we ran to fly by the river for a COP –> walking plank, hip dips, jlos, and nolan ryans

    Then we ran to the hill. Merks 20 run over the hill drop 4 and do 16 merks repeat and drop by 4 again to 12 drop to 8 and drop to 4.

    Indian run off the FLY – RUUUUUUUUUUUUUUNNNNN! TRAIN.
    We didn’t make it – TRAIN blocked us but lucky us only one car.

    Ran to the LABRYNTH. I swept the 6 with the 29 year old FNG -Hands Free and even though he said the workout wasn’t hard he was suckin air a la Jingle Vader. LOL.

    At the LAby we did 20 Dips, 20 Wife pleasers using the bench and 20 decline merks.

    Ran to the flag for the complete 2.35 mile loop.

    Nice Monday gloom!
    Always fun to lead. See you on Friday for my next FROZEN Q.
    Peace – and Gratitude.
    RY