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  • Shurley you Jest ~ VQ/Farewell Q – from Hokie

    Shurley joined F3 NOLA on 10.14.19 after being EH’d by Sea Man. Hurricane Ida sent him evacuating to KCMO where he has been Plucking the Duck selling supplemental insurance to companies and their employees, much to the dissatisfaction to The Duck.

    He was in town to help his family pack and relocate and 12.19.21 was going to be his farewell to F3 NOLA.

    Your’s Truly discovered Shurley had never Q’d and coerced him to step up so he could be Freed to Lead in KCMO.

    After some amount of confusion changing cadence during the warm ups of Abe Vigodas x 10, Grass Grabbers x 14 and SSH x19 (10.14.19) we moseyed to the grassy field for The Thang.

    Starting at the 1st tree, 10 reps of Peter Parkers
    Bear Crawl two trees then 14 reps of Mountain climbers
    Bear Crawl two trees then 19 reps of Daniel Son (Stand on one leg, kick while switching legs… aka Daniel Son Crane kick)
    10.14.19 complete for his start date
    Now turn back towards NOMA to start 12.19.21 portion

    12 reps of Whacky Jacks with Vagabond
    Bear Crawl two trees then 19 reps of Goofballs with FracSac
    Bear Crawl two trees back to our starting point then 21 reps of Dying Coach Roaches with Mambi

    2 burpees for the two years of F3 Fun

    Rinse and repeat except change the distance to three trees in honor of Shurley’s 3 2.0’s

    Rinse and repeat a 3rd time until 7:05 when we stopped and honored Rummel’s class of ’92 with both Mambi and Shurley with 92 Shoulder Taps (we at least thought of Vagabond as per did #87)

    Heading back to the back of NOMA for Sunday mornings until time ran out.

    COT included lifting up Mahatma’s friend Stephen Lindsey & his family as Stephen gets ready to join Our Heavenly Father at the eternal banquet table. We also lifted up Shurley and his family and their new life in KCMO where we all expect Shurley to step up and lead and plant new AO’s

    Shurley closed us out with a heart felt gratitude for his time with us in NOLA.

  • 3 Wise Men – from Hokie

    3 Wisemen were seen preparing for His birth by traveling with “gifts” on their back. They traversed from Kenner towards the City and every 10 minutes stopped for 12 squats 18 lunges (December 18th) and 7 legs crossed merkins (as children have their fingers crossed these next 7 days waiting for gifts). Out 30 minutes and back 30 minutes.We closed praying for Steven Lindsey & his family as he prepares to enter through the Pearly Gates. We also prayed for those struggling in their marriages and prayed with gratitude for Colby & Camille. Thanks Mahatma & Vagabond for joining me.

  • Battle of the Bulge – from Hokie

    The Q was caught up reading The MiniVan Centurion and had to come rolling in hot but made it with 2 minutes to spare…. Reminder, the Q’s should be present at least 10 minutes before workouts to ensure guests are greeted.

    We started with a mosey to the Mardi Gras Fountain where we did warmup.

    The Warm Up

    SSH x 15
    Hillbillies x 15
    Abe Vigoda x 15
    Grass Grabbers x 15
    Mosey to the top of the levee for an explanation of Battle of the Bulge
    Dec 16, 1944 – Jan 25, 1945

    12 (for December) Hokies (Lay on your back with heels and backs of hands on ground like a giant X. Lift torso and bring in legs to a cannon ball position. Then back to X and repeat)

    Quadrophelia (aka Bernie Sanders) up the levee and at top of levee do

    16 Hand release merkins

    Bear crawl down levee toward street and do

    44 Squats and plank for the six (12.16.44)

    We took a brief moment to reflect on the start of the Battle of the Bulge was December 16, 1944.

    We then discussed the Battle’s end date of January 25, 1945 so we could then do

    1 (for January) Burpee

    Quadrophelia (aka Bernie Sanders) up the levee and at top of levee do

    25 Shoulder taps (2 is one) then

    Bear crawl down levee towards lake and

    45 Jump Squats and plank for the six.

    We took a brief moment to reflect on the start of the Battle of the Bulge ended January 25, 1945. So during the Battle of the Bulge there was no break so we did everything again without a stop after the 44 squats. 12.16.44 – 1.25.45 then plank for the six.

    Now that we all have the exercises down for the Battle of the Bulge, we discussed each time up and over the levee AND back again is one round and switching to talking about our beloved Saints, a round would be comparable to a quarter and since there are four quarters in a game, we will rinse and repeat 4 more times! (12.16.44 – 1.25.45 ) x4.

    Let the Football portion of the Battle of the Bulge begin so (12.16.44 – 1.25.45 ).

    At the end of the 1st quarter, our Q (the coach), eliminated bear crawls and modified the game plan to running down the levee.

    So the 2nd Quarter we ran instead of bear crawl (12.16.44 – 1.25.45 )

    Looking at his watch, the coach (aka the Q) made a half time adjustment for the 3rd quarter and switched all six exercises to 10 instead of 12.16.44 – 1.25.45 so 10 Hokies, quadrophellia, 10 hand release merkins, run down, 10 squats, 10 burpees, quadrophellia, 10 shoulder taps, run down and 10 jump squats….

    End of the 3rd quarter and looking at his watch the Q decided to run the 2 minute drill for the 4th quarter

    2 Hokies, quadrophellia, 2 hand release merkins, run down, 2 squats, 2 burpees, quadrophellia, 2 shoulder taps, run down and 2 jump squats….

    Timing was perfect for a mosey back to the flag where High Rise helped us recover and educated us on injury prevention with some mobility.

    Thank you for the privilege and honor to Q

  • The 12 Days of FITmas (El Diablo edition) – from Bolt

    With a couple PAX keying off my self-promoting post offering the Bolt 3M guarantee, 7 PAX joined YHC in the gloom for a peek at what’s in my sack, like good little boys anxious for their gifts! Upon the disclaimer we moseyed to the goal line where we circled up for the warmup. At some point during the warmup War Eagle and Rougarou snuck in as if I didn’t see them—COAL for you; those who are late do not get fruit cup!

    Warmup IC: SSH (25), Abe SLOWgodas(10), arm circles forward/back, tclaps, MNC (all 20x), self love (15); Toy soldiers, Hillbillies (20x), Grumbling from Rudy about the length of warmup (hey, Rapper’s Delight is 7+ minutes—my Q, bro!)

    YHC explained each day of Fitmas would be performed alternating between the 50 and goal line via mosey (Day 1) and each day represented a different exercise and the corresponding number of reps matching the day of Fitmas, followed by each previous days’ exercises/reps. As PAX completed their mosey to the 50/goal line to await the six they were treated to milk and cookies, if milk and cookies were, in fact, SSH which allowed all PAX to open the next day’s gift from their Q together.

    Day 1: Mosey
    Day 2: Diamond merkins
    Day3: Shoulder Taps (2:1)
    Day 4: Reverse Lunges (2:1)
    Day 5: Burpees
    Day 6: Squats
    Day 7: Merkins
    Day 8: Big Boy sit-ups
    Day 9: Flutter Kicks
    Day 10: LBCs
    Day 11: Plank Jacks
    Day 12: Mtn. Climbers (2:1)

    Mosey to the bleachers and celebrate the eight crazy nights of Hanukkah with what else? Up and down a Merkin ladder of course, rungs one through eight adding a rep on the way up and decreasing a rep on the way down.

    Mosey to flag and circle up for Mary: 20 LBCs, 25 dying cockroaches, 30 penguins, 35 LBT. Don’t think I didn’t notice some unnamed PAX NOT performing reps at various points and Bogey even gave me a little side eye that I could only interpret as, “You gotta be Fitmas-ing kidding me!?” as he took a breather—or four…

    COT; honored to lead this group of fine men and thankful for each of you for pushing me—forward is the direction we go!

  • The Wood – from Rev Sox

    After YHC’s run on Tuesday, he was exhausted. He comforted himself with the knowledge that tomorrow was Wednesday, and he could take the morning off, sleep in a few minutes, and do some reading.

    At 12:06pm on Tuesday, YHC received a text
    Hawg: Reminder that you have the Q at El Diablo tomorrow.
    YHC Response: Oh I forgot.
    Hawg: You are good? You can do it?
    YHC Response: None sent

    YHC awoke at 4:50am this morning with zero desire to run around Pontiff park and lift rocks. YHC wanted to sleep. YHC wanted to sleep and read. Thanks to Hawg and his stupid texts, he got out of bed, dressed for F3, walked out into the rain, and drove to Pontiff Park.
    YHC prayed a simple prayer on his drive to Pontiff. “Please Lord keep everyone home, so YHC doesn’t need to Q this morning. Encourage my brothers to rest or at least go to other AOs today.” In the Lord’s goodness, He did not give YHC the answer he sought. 7 Pax join YHC this morning.

    Following the most encouraging disclaimer in F3 NOLA history, “I don’t want to be here. I am not looking forward to this, and I made no plans for this workout. This is obviously not a professional workout. Don’t hurt yourself.” The Pax was off to mosey to the rock pile.

    The Warm-Up
    SSH – 27
    Imperial Walkers – 20
    Shoulder taps – 20
    Annies – 20
    Hillbillies – 20

    At this point Mahatma mentioned that he brought the wood, so YHC made an audible and decided to do something from different from his initial workout plans of nothing. Pax! Mosey to Mahatma’s truck.
    Sadly there were only six wood pieces in the back of Mahatma’s truck, so with eight Pax in total, YHC went the Dora route to make use of the wood.

    Dora on the Football Field
    Pair off for 100 rows, 200 curls, 300 chest press all with the wood. The partner runs forward to mid-field and backwards on the return trip to his partner while the partner knocks out the exercises.

    Route 66 but Not Really
    Drop the wood off at the flag, mosey to the rock pile, grab a rock, and go to the field lined with trees.
    10 trees are our markers. One shoulder press with rock at tree one. Two shoulder presses at tree two… Between the trees do one genuflect after the shoulder presses and then lunge walk to the next tree. Final set with 10 shoulder presses, so not a true Route 66.
    Return your rocks

    Mary
    Flutter kicks – 20
    Wife pleasers – 20
    Hello Dolly – 15
    Penguins – 15
    Mosey Back to the Flag

    The Closing
    Count-Off, Announcements, Intentions, Prayer in a Sweaty Ball of Man
    Thank you men for allowing YHC the privilege to lead. He didn’t want to be there, but as always, the men of F3 make YHC a better man, and he can only hope to do the same for all of you.
    And Rudy said my book is the 2nd best book he has ever read after the Bible.
    – Rev Sox

  • Remembering Pearl Harbor on this 80th anniversary of December 18, 1941 – from Hokie

    On this day we welcomed Triple Shift, War Eagle, Short Bus, T-Square, McGyver and Netflix to remember and honor Pearl Harbor … on December 7, 1941, the residents of Honolulu, Hawaii, awoke to the sound gun fire. At 8 a.m. that morning, Japanese planes flew over Pearl Harbor – the U.S. Naval base located just outside the Honolulu – and dropped bombs on the harbor and the surrounding airfields. More than 1,500 crewmen died and two battleships sank to the bottom of the harbor. USS Arizona (BB-39) and USS Oklahoma (BB-37)

    The Warm Up on this 80th anniversary… 80 reps
    20 Imperial Walkers
    20 Side Straddle Hops
    10 Slow Vagodas
    15 Forward Arm Circles
    15 Backwards Arm Circles

    The Thang

    B.O.M.B.S. – 12 reps at 7 Stations with 19.41 yards (12.07.1941) of Mode of Transportation between the 7 stations

    7 Stations with 12 reps at each station as we moseyed down the mall. At end, do shoulder TAPS waiting on the six

    President Franklin D Roosevelt said, “December 7, 1941 — a date which will live in infamy — the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan.”

    B – Bicep Curls | 19.41 yards of Rifle carries with coupons between each station
    The attack killed 2,403 service members and wounded 1,178 more, and sank or destroyed six U.S. ships,. They also destroyed 169 U.S. Navy and Army Air Corps planes. The Japanese losses included 29 aircraft, in addition to five midget submarines, and 129 attackers were killed and one taken prisoner

    O – Overhead Press | 19.41 yards of Lunges with coupon between each station
    USS California
    A number of other boats were sunk in the attack, but later recovered and repaired.
    M – Merkins ~ Staggered | 19.41 yards with mosey carry coupon any way you want
    USS West Virginia
    USS West Virginia (BB-48) was sunk by six torpedoes and two bombs during the attack on Pearl Harbor, but in May 1942, was salvaged from the seabed by draining the water from the hull.
    B – Burpees | 19.41 yards with mosey carrying coupon on shoulders like a ruck carry
    USS Cassin and USS Downes
    USS Cassin (DD-372) and USS Downes (DD-375) were Mahan-class destroyers. The two destroyers were in dry-dock at Pearl Harbor during the attack, when an incendiary bomb ignited fuel tanks on Downes. Cassin slipped from her keel blocks and rested against Downes which were both destroyed by uncontrollable fires. Both ships were considered lost, but their machinery and equipment were salvaged and sent to Mare Island Navy Yard where entirely new ships were built around the salvaged material and given the wrecked ships’ names and hull numbers.
    S – Squats | due to time… we stayed and did 80 squats on the 80th anniversary

    USS Oglala
    USS Oglala (ID-1255/CM-4/ARG-1) was a minelayer and was the flagship of the Pacific Fleet Mine Force. Japanese torpedo planes of the first attack surge hit the cruiser with a single torpedo, and Oglala rapidly took on water and sank. She was later salvaged in 1942 and continued service until 1965 (after being redesignated as an internal combustion engine repair ship ARG-1).

    COT
    Discussion on December 18th and whether event was purely social or workout included
    1st mention of crazy Ivan… date to be confirmed (speculated as January 15th)

    Thank you for opportunity to pay respect to all those who have served and do serve.

  • The timely demise of Judge Boudreaux T Hawg, III – from Mambi

    Q v Q. Reluctant Yankee proved just how reluctant he is by backing out (presumably out of fear, though the claim was an “illness” or “injury”). So who would step up to face the formidable champion, Judge Boudreaux T Hawg, III? Who dared to face the swift and sure hand of justice? When what to our wondering eyes should appear, but a raving lunatic in a Mini? Yes, Rudy-Clause emerged from the dense fog at the last minute carrying a bag of toys for all the PAX. And with that, let the games begin.

    Warm Up: Don “Mambi” King kicked off with a welcome and a warmup. SSH, IW, some arm circles, and such. But he quickly handed control to the reigning Q champion to start the main event. But the good Judge was obviously cowering in fear of the imposing form of his opponent, and tapped out. So Rudy-Clause had the opening.

    Thing 1: Naughty and Nice. 6 PAX were obviously naughty. Its clear that Triple Shift and his ilk are on track to have empty stockings this year. They were sent off to collect coupons. The Nice PAX (here’s looking at you, Hokie!) instead got to collect gifts from Santas bag. And what should they find? Bricks! Each Naughty PAX pair up with a Nice PAX. Naughty PAX: start thrusters. Nice PAX: how about some Floyd M’s with the bricks, then a 10 yard out-and-back bear crawl. Naughty PAX griping about the unfairness of it all. So swap with your partner. Time for one more round: Naughty start with Brick-pees, Nice get some Wonder Bras (push them bricks out, then push them up) with an out-and-back Crab Walk. Trade off again, but we ran out of time. Rudy-Clause suspects that the host was skewing time in favor of the reigning champ.

    Thing 2: The Good Judge explains that the only way to shut Rudy up is to enforce a “Mouths Closed” rule. So all PAX start following the judge on a run. If you mouth off, you have to drop and start burpeeing. Surprisingly, Rudy and all the PAX kept quiet, though Bolt and Hokie decided to stop for burpees rather than continuing to run. Frac, however, kept running despite talking in the back of the line. PAX followed the Judge to U-Turn and pick up the missing PAX, stopping for some burpees too. Then continue on to the Mountain for some Obnoxious Exercises (emphasizing what the Judge claims is the “Obnoxious banter” of his foe). Rudy pointed out that some times, exercises just need a little clarification. And with that: Crawl-Bear up the mountain. Think that was obnoxious? How about Walk Crab up the mountain (Gabby calls it quits and just decides to walk). Oh, but the judge wasn’t done yet. He devised an insidious child’s play game – “Somersault Up the Mountain”. RevSox seemed very confused by this one, and just started rolling around in the grass after smacking straight out of his lane into another PAX. Oh, TIMES UP.

    Thing 3: Rudy-Clause starts by observing the recent lessons of his beloved coach Kelly: what better way to care for the kids in ones care then by ABANDONING THEM IN THE HOUR OF NEED. The Santa Clause robes stripped bare, Rudy-Kelly stands before the PAX sporting his new LSU gear. Lets celebrate “Big Game Brian’s” history of success at ND with some over-and-back exercises with numbers called out from the BK era. 0 National Championships (stand there). 1 Freakish southern-faux accent (over and back). 3 losses in CFP (8 ct body builders). 5 losses to “power 5” teams (burpees). 8 losses to “academic peer” institutions (carolina wine mixers). 11 losses to Top 10 teams (BBSU). 21 vacated wins (SSH). Don King calls time before we get to cumulative 72 point losses in CFP. Mahatma greatly appreciated this new insight into his favorite coach!

    Thing 4: Took a little while for this one to come together for the good Judge. Rudy speculated that this set probably looked better on paper than in practice. But lets give it a shot. 3 PAX on the ground holding bricks. A 4th PAX lay across them. Then the PAX try to “bench press”. Everyone got a turn laying, everyone got plenty of turns pressing. One more “Max Out” with 2 PAX together pressing one standing PAX. Most of the PAX got to bench press Fast Tax, who weighs 88 pounds. But when Rudy Clause went down for the count, the good Judge doled out the worst punishment – putting his own 211 pounds on the blocks. A valiant effort by Pai Gow and Rudy but they barely moved that massive load. And with that – time’s up.

    The good Judge gave an impassioned closing argument, explaining just how much of a HIM his opponent was (many thanks!). Rudy Clause seemed surprised by the need to make a closing argument, and could only muster a “Merry Christmas – do you want presents or not?”

    COT: 12 PAX count off. Plenty of confusion on just how to state name, F3 name and age. You’d think this group of veterans would know this by now. Plenty of intentions, including specifically Minute Rice – for strength through a health challenge, and for embarking on a new life with his bride.

    Then the final tally was in – at first, it looked as if the Judge may have fooled enough jurors with his smoke screens of lies and fast talking. Would it be a hung jury? But no – in the end, the PAX voted for the restoration of Christmas this year and sent the Judge packing.

    Come join the Q v Q next month (next year) to see if The Shrimp Man (King Kong) answers the bell!

  • The Arrival of Christmas Spirit – from War Eagle

    YHC arrived early to the beautifully lit Huey P Long Ave in Gretna. I had promised an arrival of Christmas spirit, so with a funny Christmas sweater and elf hat, YHC along with 8 other HIMs disappeared into the gloom.

    We mosey a few blocks for a traditional-ish warmup:

    Abe Vigodas
    Mahatma Smurfs
    Hillbillies
    SSH
    Arm Circles
    Moroccan Night Clubs (for Frac)

    On to the Gretna Christmas tree for a distribution of presents…

    Each year, my M surprises me with the 12 days of Christmas.

    I thought I would share the love with my own version of the 12 days of Christmas starting at the Christmas tree a sign read, “Bear Crawl” to the next sign.

    The second sign read:

    2-Burpees
    1-Bear Crawl

    The signs continued down the mall. The final sign read:

    12 – 12 count Body Builders
    11 – American Hammers (both sides)
    10 – 8-Count Body Builders
    9 – Mountain Climbers (2=1)
    8 – Squats
    7 – SSH
    6 – LBCs (4-count)
    5 – Merkins
    4 – Lunges (Alternating)
    3 – Leg Lifts
    2 – Burpees
    1 – Bear Crawl

    We mosey back to the flag for a round of Lazy Bois

    COT

    Prayers for those with cancer