Tag: High Rise

  • 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 

  • Murph training with a twist – from Baywatch

    With my time in Nola winding down, it was nice to Q my last workout at Okwata. It’s been a pleasure to serve as the site AO the past few years. This morning proved to be quite pleasant with a nice breeze from the lake. After the pleasantries, we moseyed over to the waterfront for a warmup.

    SSH x 20
    Imperial Walkers x 20
    Grassgrabbers x 10
    Arm circles f/b x 10

    We’ve been doing Murph trading lately at Okwata, which we continued. But first…bear crawls! We lined up at a light pole and bear crawled to 9 consecutive poles stopping at each to do ascending burpees (1 at pole 1, 2 at pole 2, etc). That’s what I call a nice warmup for Murph training.

    Then it was off to the House of Pain. With tunes turned on and the timer set (1:30 per round), we did 15 rounds of 5 pull ups, 10 merkins, and 15 squats.

    Back to the flag for COT. As always, thanks for the push gents.

  • 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.

  • Cinco de Mayo Murph – from Hokie

    6 pax including an FNG, Seacrest, met for Murph training.

    15 rounds … 7 pull ups – 14 Merkins – 21 squats…

    The only thing tougher than 105 pull ups, 210 merkins & 315 squats was the naming process of our FNG Seacrest who plays and coaches lacrosse, got married and spent the 1st year in COVID lockdown, does advertising in the medical field, is based out of Philly … and then we discovered he auditioned for American Idol, alas Seacrest.

    Thank you for the opportunity to lead

  • Murph Training 100/200/300!!! – from Hokie

    Round 1 … 5/10/15 pull ups, push ups, squats in 2 minutes 10 seconds

    10 seconds rest

    Rounds 2-16 … 6/12/18 in 2 mins 10 seconds

    10 seconds rest

    Round 17 … 5/10/15 pull ups, push ups, squats in 2 minutes 10 seconds

    10 seconds rest

    Round 18-19
    5/10/15…5/10/15 … no timer

  • Murph Training 75-150-225 – from Hokie

    8 Pax fought mosquitos to get in 15 rounds of 5 pull ups, 10 push ups & 15 squats in 2 minutes 40 seconds or less each round with 20 seconds minimum rest between rounds I.e. Tabata

  • Murph Training Week 3 – from Triple Shift

    Started off with a warmup and then did 3/6/9/12 (pullups, merkins, squats, and lbc) in 2 min intervals and went up to 7/14/21/28 for round 1. From there we did a mosey around the parking lot then did 3/6/9/12 (pullups, merkins, squats, and leg lifts) in 2 min intervals and went up to 6/12/18/24. From there we did a modified Quadrafilia. Run backwards up the levee and then run back down for 5 burpees x 4. Finished off with with a countoff, namerama, COT, and a very beautiful sunrise!

  • Cub, Cub, Bear! – from Baywatch

    It was a blustery morning after a stormy night but 9 PAX made the trek to City Park. After the normal pleasantries, we moseyed to the track for a warmup:

    25 SSH
    20 Hillbillies
    15 Peter Parker’s
    15 Parker Peters
    12 Grass Grabbers

    Next, we moseyed to the Foundry for
    a quarter Murph. After all had finished, we ran over to the playground near the picnic pavilion for a new game called Cub Cub Bear. Heard of Duck, Duck, Goose? Well, this is similar, just with bear crawls. We circled up around the play ground with a plank as the static position instead of standing. As one person bear crawls around they tap each person saying cub or bear. If you get tagged as bear you must do 2 merkins then try and catch the other person while both bear crawl. The circle ended up being a little too large but the game was still fun. After everyone had been tagged, we moseyed over to the back of the art museum.

    Some of the PAX had never been to a Renaissance beatdown so I introduced them to Sunday Mornings. After several rounds we headed back to the flag for some Mary and COT. It’s always a pleasure leading you, brothers.

  • The 210 Stomp – from Rudy

    Its Twos-Day, 2/22/2022. As promised, a new route led to an easter egg on the Strava map (yes, a 2 mile out-and-back that formed a 2). And what better way to celebrate than by running in my tutu… Thanks High Rise for pacing and pushing me!

    And congrats to the Half Marathoners (Snooze, Kuch, Saban) who have really been pushing themselves through the Run Cajun Run!

     

  • The Track Can Be Fun Too – from Mama’s Pride

    With RCR in full swing, a few pax arrived early and ready to hit the ground running, pun intended.

    The group started out with a typical warm up of some SSH, Grass Grabbers, Windmills, Imperial Walkers, and Arm Circles. To keep gaining miles, we added 2 “Forks” to the warmup, which includes a run around the track where each pax sprints for the 100 m stretches and slowly jogs the turns.

    After the warm up, the group engaged in a crowd favorite – Mama’s Pride’s Ladder consisting of Merkins, Jump Squats, BBSUs, Commando Planks, and Kick Throughs. After each cycle, Pax rand 400m and performed 5 burpees. The workouts started with 15 reps of each exercise and added 5 reps after each run around the track.

    After 20 minutes, the group ran another lap and performed another Fork before finishing up with a friendly game of Ultimate Football.

    The pre-run group hit just at 4 miles, except for Saban, who decided he needed to run more because he’s Saban. Overall, it was as pleasant as it sounds.