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  • Oh, I’m the Q??? … and what is an EMOM?

    On Tuesday, I received a call from Boo Boo asking me about the upcoming Q I was leading at Popeye’s and letting me know he was on IR and unable to run and asking about the plan.

    I let Boo Boo know I would commit to little to know running and looked forward to seeing him.

    Let’s stretch

    At the age of 60, I really appreciate a good stretch both before and after our workouts.

    Downward Stretch SLOWLY and GENTLY extend the stretch with each exhale.

    Abe Vigoda x10, Grass Grabbers x10, Imperial Walkers x10, Arm Circles with Thumbs up x5 small, x5 medium and x5 large, Arm Circles with Thumbs down x5 small, x5 medium and x5 large, closed out with some lunge stretching looking over our back shoulder.

    The Thang ~ 3 Segments

    The Q came bearing gifts… 20# Ruck Plate, 30# Ruck Plate and 40# weighted vest

    1st segment ~ Pax 1 is the timer with a lap around the water (approx 400 meters), Pax 2 30# Curls, Pax 3 40# calf raises, Pax 4 Bear crawls low and slow keeping shins & back parallel to the ground, Pax 5 Sit ups with 20# plate on chest…. Rotate so each person got each of the 5 stations.

    2nd segment ~ Pax 1 is the timer with a lap around the water (approx 400 meters), Pax 2 30# Overhead presses, Pax 3 40# step ups , Pax 4 Reverse Lunges, Pax 5 Forward Lunges with 20# plate overhead…. Rotate so each person got each of the 5 stations.

    3rd Segment ~ EMOM Hokie Style!!! Some of the Pax told the Q they believe EMOM is one minute of exercise followed by one minute of rest. This Q stated there is plenty of time to rest when your dead 😉 Instead our EMOM was one exercise after another after another after another switching every minute…. Push ups, Lunges, More Push Ups, Bobby Hurley’s, Plyometric Push ups (accelerate on the up and get hands off the ground… clap if you can), Plank, Nolan Ryan’s R, Squats, Nolan Ryan’s L, Chair position

    The Cool Down

    More stretching for 5 minutes

    COT

    We lifted up prayer requests and gratitude. We are grateful for F3!

  • Renaissance 5… or was that 6

    Warm up

    As the sun rose on a glorious morning after the completion of Run Ranger Run, we started with easy stretching as about 1/2 the group was out late last night with the final RRR run and sushi. Our stretching included legs together and leaning over SLOWLY, extended our stretch with each exhale, followed by Abe Vigoda x10, Grass Grabbers x10, Imperial Walkers x10, Arm Circles x10 forward and then x10 backward, and finally a lunge stretch.

    The Thang

    FracSac, Belloq, Catfish, Tool and yours truly started with a slow jaunt around NOMA followed by

    50 Burpess, then another loop around NOMA.

    100 push ups, then another loop around NOMA.

    150 Lunges, then another loop around only 1/2 around NOMA… stop in the back for…. incoming Pauly D …. and …

    200 squats followed with 5 MINUTES of Sunday Mornings (10 air presses while in people’s chair position, 5 donkey kicks up NOMA wall, then one balls to the wall and press = a Sunday Morning) now rinse and repeat for 5 minutes

    The Cool down Stretch

    We returned to the flag and did 5 minutes of stretching lead by Belloq.

    COT

    We closed lifting up our injured F3 brothers and those battling cancer and other illnesses along with announcements including read your F3 e-mail 😉

    Coffeetria

    100% attendance of the original 5. Pauly D stayed in City Park to get the rest of his Sunday morning exercise completed.

  • The Wis

    The Wis

    Conditions

    Overcast, 63 F, Feels like 63 F, Humidity 90%, Wind 8 mph from the South

    The Thang

    27 Pax tried a new route today, crossed the Cabrini Bridge and then went over and back on the Wisner overpass.  We ended up on the back side of the track and ran laps for the 6.  Distance ended up being about 3.5 to get to the track.

    NMM

    • T-claps to the Ruckers that got started at 4 am and got in close to 8 miles – Hokie, Gideon, and Thumbwar
    • Good to see SFx this morning.  He also rucked.  Will rucking become a thing in NOLA? 
    • I like that this route involves the Wisner Bridge, but it’s a little short.  Maybe next time we do it we will add another small loop that involves the Bridge a second time. 

  • The Morning After

    15 pax showed up in the gloom, possibly still a bit hung over from a few too many brewskies watching the SB or maybe from the ongoing boycott party with the Who Dat’s one call away from making a run into the big game, again!  Regardless with the disclaimer made it’s time to work….

     We headed out the gate for a quick mosey around the track switching to a Bernie Sanders trot midway around with a bit of bewilderment until it was understood all were supposed to participate.  Then out the gate to the field circling up for a warm up.

    All in cadence x 12 or 20 or 10:

    Squats

    SS Hops  x 10 then after seeing the pax was a bit lethargic, QIC decided to entice focus with a Fracsac special, finish as a group on a silent count or punish work to follow – thanks in part to a “silent whisper of Marlin” the pax got into cadence focus and all stopped on 17

    Grass grabbers

    Peter Parker ( Hokie reminded QIC and FNG was in our midst and Rudy let everyone know he likes to pretend he really is climbing a wall)

    Scorpion kicks

    Arm Circles

    Grab a rock!

    After moseying over to the tree line instructions were given for our 1st task at hand:

    The 7

    Start with 1 front raise (mid waist raise your rock over your head) Then lower rock holding out front run to the center of the field.

    Each time PAX gets to this center point perform 5 squat presses

    Now run with Rock over head to the other side – complete 6 man makers – run back to the center with rock overhead at the center 5 squat presses then run back to the beginning side with rock out front.

    Continue this back and forth effort with numbers flip flopping  exercises and 5 squat presses in the middle until 1 becomes 6 and 6 becomes 1. 

    Now for the early finishers line up behind the starting point – SSH in cadence until 6 was in.

    Grab your rock and mosey to the parking lot – get a partner.

    Line up for some chess press to tricep over head press – 200 to 200

    PAX does chess press while PAX 2 walks post to post performs over head tricep presses – upon return flip flop until 200 of each are completed.

    Now for the early finishers line up behind the starting point – SSH in cadence until 6 was in.

    Return to you rock – for some Mary

    American Hammer x 12

    Gas Pumps with Rock in an upward press position x 12

    Bus Drivers x 12

    Front rock lifts x 10

    Time to return our rocks

    Mosey back to the flag – Rudy reminded me he want his full 45 minutes so with 2 minutes left we completed a ring of fire with a 10 merkin count off.

    Count off and COT

    Our FNG was welcomed and given is F3 name – Vagabond.

    Let us all aspire to inspire before we expire…..  We are all accountable; It’s an honor to lead

  • 4 corners and a VQ

    The morning after the crazy Ivan 5 PAX met in front of NOMA for YHC’s VQ. As it was about 20 degrees cooler than yesterday, YHC gave the disclaimer and started our warm up.

    Warm up 

    SSH x 20

    Abe Vigoda x 15

    Forward Arm Circles x 15

    Dying Cockroach x 15 

    Peter Parker x 15

    Parker Peters x 15

    With Warmup wrapped up, PAX Indian Ran over to the Great Lawn for: 

    Four Corners Escalator

    1st exercise in one corner, run to the next. 

    Burpees x 10

    Merkins x 20

    LSS  x 30

    LBCs x 40 

    After the 4th corner, PAX completed another set, this time working down the ladder. Running to a new corner and then: 

    LBCs x 40

    LSS x 30

    Merkins x 20

    Burpees x 10

    Pax then formed a line and Indian Run over to Roosevelt Mall for 

    Route 66– Jump Squats 

    Taking advantage of the concrete benches on Roosevelt Mall, PAX ran up one side of Roosevelt Mall with Jump Squats until the 11th Bench, PAX then crossed Roosevelt Mall for: 

    Route 66 – Decline Merkins + Dips

    PAX completed these and then it was a short mosey over to the back of NOMA for:

    Sunday Mornings

    10 Air Presses in the peoples chair, followed by 5 donkey kicks, on the 5th donkey kick up to Balls to the Wall with one merkin/shoulder press.  That’s one. Complete 5 total, with an extra if you finish early!

    COT

    Thank you all for making my VQ a memorable one. It won’t be the last. Apologies for the lateness of the BackBlast, my login got lost in spam. 

    Count off and Name-O-Rama, intentions and closed with a prayer. 

    100% attendance at Coffeteria.

  • Trading mental mistakes for Burpees

    YHC hasn’t been to the Mothership in awhile, and it was great to see 17 eager Pax ready to join in some pre-Crazy Ivan activity. First thing was the disclaimer, followed by a shout out to the Freedom Hammer, an honored prize from last year versus the North Shore.

    Mosey to the Great Lawn, taking the long way, circle up for the warmup

    SSH IC x 31
    Hillbillies IC x 20
    Grass Grabbers IC x 10
    Arm Circles x 20
    Peter Parker IC x 15
    Mountain Climber IC x 15
    Parker Peter IC x 15

    Have the Pax count off and remember their number…..for later

    Mosey to a long side of the Great Lawn for BLIMPS:
    Burpees x 5
    Lunges (each leg) x 10
    Imperial Walkers x 15
    Merkins x 20
    Plank Jacks x 25
    Squats x 30

    Continue until the lunges take you to the other side, each Pax completed 3 cycles. 15 Burpees so far…..

    Mosey to the cones set up on the Great Lawn for suicides:
    The cones are set up like a basketball court.
    Sprint to quarter line and back – 5 merkins
    Sprint to half and back – 5 merkins
    sprint to three quarter line and back – 5 merkins
    sprint full court and back – 5 merkins

    Next up was involving the cones again:
    Start at baseline and Burpee broad jump to quarter line, then bear crawl to half line, then peter Parker to three quarter line, then bear crawl to end.
    Note: bear crawl and PP are similar yet different…..

    Pax averaged 4 burpees, so 19 so far….

    Next up was a mental exercise to test the Pax when tired:
    YHC asks two pax for their number, say 5 and 12. We count SSH IC to 5 and complete 12 in silence, on YHC’s SSH. If all pax stop at the same time, we’re done. If any pax continue counting or fail to stop at 12, a penalty is administered.

    First penalty administered:
    SSH IC x 5
    10 Burpees OYO
    SSH IC x 5
    9 Burpees OYO

    Back to the mental test. Let’s say it was 3 and 11. Result? Next penalty was administered:
    SSH IC x 5
    8 Burpees OYO
    SSH IC x 5
    7 Burpees OYO

    Back to the mental test, and onto the next penalty….gotta stop when YHC stops!
    SSH IC x 5
    6 Burpees OYO
    SSH IC x 5
    5 Burpees OYO
    SSH IC x 5
    4 Burpees OYO
    SSH IC x 5
    3 Burpees OYO
    SSH IC x 5
    2 Burpees OYO

    One more chance for Pax to get it right: but one pax started counting during silent count…..
    Penalty followed….
    SSH IC x 5
    11 Burpees OYO…surely some Pax anticipated 1 Burpee….
    That was 65 more burpees, for 84 total

    Back to the cones for more suicides:
    5 Burpees, complete a full set of suicides like before, end with 5 burpees.

    That’s 10 more, so 94 total. If YHC has been counting, 6 more would have made it in…..

    A little Mary:
    LBC’s IC x 20
    Flutter kicks IC x 20
    American Hammer IC x 10

    Belloq, Willie, and Gabrielle take us out with some stretches…..

    Mosey back to the Shovel flag for COT:

    Count off, name-o-rama, announcements, intentions and closed out a prayer to the Sky Q.
    Name-o-Rama included the freedom hammer being passed around! South shore looks to hold the prized hammer for another year!

    SYITG!!




  • The Loop

    Conditions

    Overcast, 66 F, Feels like 67 F, Humidty 97%, Wind 5mph from SSE

    The Thang

    Run the two mile loop around Lafreniere stopping for occasional Circles of Pain

    • COP 1 – SSH x 20; Imperial Walkers x 20; Copperhead Squats x 20; Peter Parkers x 20; Windmills x 10
    • COP 2 – Bear Crawl 150 yards.  Turn around, 40 lunges, Forward Crabwalk as far as you can, Bear Crawl what’s left of the 150 yards back to the start.
    • COP 3 – Outdoor Gym.  Bernie Sanders (L-hang on the rings as long as you can).  Do 10 squats, then dead hang as long as you can.  10 more squats. 
    • COP 4 – Little Baby Crunches x 20
    • Along the way we stopped to do 10 Merkins in cadence as we waited for the 6.  Did 4 sets.

    NMM

    • After the bear crawls War Eagle let it be known that he believes I come up with my Qs on the drive to the AO.  Seemed like an insult.  I assured him nothing could be farther from the truth. 
    • Upon hearing that we were going to run the two mile lap, Hokie peeled off to work out solo at the outdoor gym.  He’s been dealing with knee pain and just received a cortisone shot.
    • I had a tough time coming up with a plan for this Q.  On the drive to the AO was when it hit me, let’s try to complete the loop.  Once I heard about Hokie’s cortisone shot, I should have modified my plan, but I didn’t.  That was a Q fail on my part.  It bothered me for the rest of the workout.
    • Luckily, things worked out.  The Disclaimer was late and hooked up with Hokie and they worked out together.  Still doesn’t excuse my poor leadership, but I’m glad it worked out.

  • The Day After

    LSU 45 – Clemson 28. And it seemed like it could have been much much worse than that.

    Tuesday morning, YHC expected a lighter-than-normal crowd at the Stomp, as many PAX would undoubtedly still be sleeping off the after-effects of The Stomping. And YHC wasn’t disappointed. OK, maybe a bit disappointed but not surprised.

    In the pea-soup, 8 hardy PAX arrived for their morning workout. 7 Regulars and 1 out of towner (welcome, 49er from Kentucky – and Thanks Hokie Pokey for shuttling another Hokie around!)

    30 Minute run down the typical route. 15 mins out and 15 mins back. Then lets get to the track. Holygrove bravely takes off with Shuffles and Catfish – I suspect he quickly regretted that decision. Eventually YHC caught up to him, and enjoyed the rest of the run – thanks for the F2 along the way! And thanks to Woz for pacing and pushing us!

    At the track for some speed work. But first – a brief recollection of this remarkable season

    • First 15-0 Season
    • Second Heisman Trophy Winner
    • Fourth National Championship

    Yup, 1-2-4. Sounds like a Ladder. So – lets finish up with the Sprint Ladder. 100, 200, 400, 200, 100 yard sprints. In between each, 100yd mosey/walk to recover.

    Back to the track for COT – prayers for discipline for all of us in facing our challenges, and for Mr. Holygrove (Alvin) in particular during his recovery.

  • King Cake Conditioning

    “If you get da baby, you gotta Q the next workout”

    January 5th is day of little significance, at least in all places outside of South Louisiana. For those of us fortunate enough to live in and around The Big Easy, it’s the last day that we, at least the purists, will have to hold out to the temptation of scarfing down a piece of king cake…..that’s cause the following day is King’s Day, aka Epiphany, when it becomes kosher to enjoy that tasty treat unique to our hometown. Plus it’s “officially” the end of the Christmas season making way for all things Mardi Gras! That being said, YHC thought it would be fitting to have a king cake conditioning theme for this morning’s Renaissance workout, focusing on cardio and core, in an effort to make room for the doughy goodness that is sure to plaque kitchens and break rooms throughout the region. Here’s how the morning went…

    Catfish was first PAX to arrive…t-claps for running there! Dax came on his bike…t-claps for biking there! Hokey drove up, despite a lingering knee ailment…t-claps for still posting! YHC had no pre-workout recognition other than having a rough game plan for the morning. Started things off with a warmup COP consisting of IW, AV, Toys Soldiers, PP, Side Lunges, and SSH.

    Then on to the meat and potatoes, or dough and cinnamon…

    51 days in Mardi Gras season this year, so that was our number of the day. Plan called for a total of 51 Burpees, 51 Big Boy Sit Ups IC, 51 Shoulder Taps IC, 51 Gas Pumps IC, 51 Box Cutters IC….and running approx 5.1 kilometers (3.17 miles). We broke up the run in 3 legs, stopping 3 times for 17 reps of each exercise. The moseying brought us throughout the park, structured so that the PAX that needed modification could do so.

    Ended up behind the museum for 2 rounds of obligatory “Sunday Mornings”, just to keep things kosher.

    Good times, great F2, ended with a COT and BOM. Perfect attendance at coffeeteria for deep conversation solving many of the world’s problems.

    Not many better ways to start a Sunday.

    Tool

  • Burnin’ Bearpies (Muscleship 2020-01-04)

    Lovely slight chilly morning at the Muscleship with 7 PAX: Tool, Hokey Pokey, Green Screen, Sogo, Organ Grinder, Hobbs, and Catfish (Q).

    Statrted with Windmills, grass grabbers, hillbillies, and side straddle hop, then moved to the treeline for some burpees and bear crawls. The exercise was to bear crawl two tree lengths, then do 5 burpees, plank and wait for the six, then two round of ring of fire, then peter parkers. Rinse and repeat with 10 burpees, two rings of fire, then parker peters. Again with 15 burpees, two rings, and plank jacks. Again with 20 burpees, two rings, and mountain climbers.

    Then moved back to the starting line doing bear crawls (2 trees), crab walk (2 trees), duck walk (2 trees), and frog jump (2 trees). Planked and waited for the six and did some shoulder taps.

    On our sixes for some freddy mercuries, flutter kicks, and LBCs, with some catalina wine mixers thrown in to keep the upper body throbbing. Moved to the fountain for right leg stepups, derkins, left leg stepups, dips, monkey humpers, and imperial squat walkers.

    Moved to museum steps for some “hop laps”. Exercise was to hop up the steps, do 5 jump squats (Bobby Hurleys), hop back down to start point, then do 5 bonnie blairs (2 is 1). Rinse and repeat with 10, 15, then 20 counts for each exercise.

    On to the front of the museum for 8-count bodybuilders. Return to the circle point for Jack Webb, then COT.

    This was a great one, thanks to all who attended!