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  • Flicker Ball 2023 Installment – from Zoolander

    15 proved fit for the 2nd flicker ball installment in 3 years on the North Shore. The game warm-up included two rounds of a lung-busting core medley (mountain climbers, V-ups, supermans, squats with jumps, and side-touches) and some soccer ball Merkins. Teams were arranged based on age with Wicket and Barely Legal captaining a Juniors versus Seniors match-up. The game went back-and-forth, needed instant replay at one point to dispel a goal debate as heated as Crystal or Tobasco, and even a flawless Scissors Move was sighted within the Junior’s ranks (Zoolander). Fancy moves were no match for Akbar and the Senior’s stiff defense. In the end, Dangerfield’s Zioned shoe was all it took to unleash his barefoot speed with Senior ace’s Bird and Waterpik on his flanks. The Senior’s long-range shooting, including Jose 10k’s Steph Curry range peppering, bested Cowbell’s golden cleats and the Junior’s fancy playmaking, leaving the Juniors bent over gasping for air and petitioning for a re-match. The work-out ended with the introduction and naming of the newest member of F3 North Shore, “Brexit.”

  • Core Workouts allows you to see your D*** – from Mobydick

    Yes sir, you read it correctly. The inspirational quote and motivation behind today’s workout came from Moby’s moment on the commode. Thanks to core workouts, he’s slimmed down to where he could see his MobyDick again. That’s the kind of mumble chatter you get at the A1C gentlemen, why aren’t y’all posting here more often. You get stories about Mathlete’s alter ego, Kenny Rocks, proportional comparisons of stomach and johnson’s, grumble grumbles of past merkin inspired beatdowns, Zoolanders amazing physique and ability to do merkins with both hands and feet in the air, and of course, death matches between us and the splashpad. But today, it was all about MobyDick, and his deck of death.
    The usual A1C crowd circled up to begin the beatdown, when up the ramp came the sight we’ve missed for quite sometime. We were finally joined by our long, lost brother, BBQ. Are PAX was complete, we could begin.
    Warm-ups: SSH, windmills, head rolls, oblique stretches, all in cadence
    The Thang: Deck of Death (Core style) Hearts 5 count, Diamonds-10 count, Clubs-15, Spades-20. Round Robin style. You flipped the card, you pick the core exercise. With a joker being pulled with a heart, diamond, spade, and a club on it for a 50 count. The chatter was positive and upbeat, the fellowship was great as always, and the beatdown will most certainly have me cursing out Moby tomorrow morning. Thank you Moby for picking up the Q for me, I honestly thought I was going to be a scratch for today. Thank y’all for posting and/or reading this backblast. Truecoat has the Q tomorrow. SYITG

  • Ramp Work at The A1C – from Einstein

    A pleasant 70 degrees at 5:15 a.m., at the A1C, atop the Justice Center Parking Garage.

    Warmup:
    all 15xIC: toe touch, ss hops, good mornings, imperial walkers, neck rolls, high kneees, butt kicks, arm circles, scissors, smurf jacks, etc.

    Thang:
    Set of Elevens on the up-down parking ramp;
    merkins at the top, jog to bottom of ramp, squats at the bottom, back-peddling half way up ramp then turn and sprint to top.

    Then to the parking lot stripes with star-jack-jumps at every other stripe increasing the jump count by one each time. Core work at the corners.

    Count-o-rama

    SoGo led us out with prayer.

  • You don’t skip leg day – from Jose10k

    YHC has been working out with his wife everyday since his return from the Caribbean. However, he did sleep in on Wednesday, which was leg day. Katie hasn’t let me forget that I skipped leg day, so here we go…

    Warm-ups: ssh, windmills, grass grabbers, self love, torso twists, arm circles, high knees, butt kicks

    Thang: 4 corners with a twist

    Cooper Head Squats at each corner, 15 count. Lt. Dan the long stretch, two lunges, 1 squat, 4 lunges, 2 squats, etc…

    Sumo Squats at each corner, 20 count. Lt. Dan the long stretch..

    Side lunges at each corner 25 count on each leg, Lt. Dan the long stretch.

    Great conversations with all, including our newest member of the A1C fight club, our very own Magnum PI (dark wing duck). Still, where is BBQ?

    Finished up, COT, Moby prayed us out. SYITG

  • The artist formally known as “Jose10k” – from Jose10k

    I arrived to the A1C, driving through a downpour of rain, ready to work out. The skies opened up and cleared. I got out of my car and began warming up when my partner in crime, Moby, arrived. Now Moby, in a second life, was Bob Breck. He informed us of the incoming storms, so we went down to the second level to get out of the way of the storms that never did show up. I offered an olive branch to the notorious Russo. An offer of a truce, to get together and work out the differences between the splash pad and the A1C. Russo scoffed at me, and I believe pulled a Sampson towards me by “biting his thumb at me” So, the rumble is still on.
    We need to continue training for the cage match with the rowdy group from the splash pad. I don’t know if it’s at the level of the greasers vs socs rumble, the sharks vs the jets, the hatfields vs the mccoys, maybe even to the level of tom vs jerry. The talking is getting serious, so the training must get more intense. I heard that the splash pad was using the ancient teaching of Miyagi Do karate: wax on, wax off, paint the fence, sand the floors…, so we at the A1C knew how serious these gents were. We knew where we had to get our training from: the only practical source of knowledge of men our ages: 80s movies. Should we practice kicking banana trees like JVD in Kickboxer, running up snow covered mountains, splitting firewood a la Rocky Balboa in Rocky IV, or maybe increasing our cardio with some giant piano dancing like Tom Hanks did in Big? Perhaps even bring in bicycles to train like they did in RAD. Too many to choose from for just one beat down, and plus, did I forget to mention, I am leaving tomorrow to fly to the Caribbean to get married. I am not crushing myself this morning. I will save those epic training sessions when I get back, so hold onto your butts…
    Warm-up: ssh, torso twists, self love, windmills, grass grabbers, arm circles, hi jack, hey jills,
    Beginning: bruno mars think I’m gonna marry you, simple concept, ssh for the song, drop for a burpee each time the word Marry is sung.
    I promised Katie that I wouldn’t kill myself, so I kept it simple. 4 corners, 10 merkins, 15 squats, 20 big boy situps at each corner. Bear crawl the width, back peddle the length halfway, turn and sprint the rest. After that, round robin tabata, 45 seconds on , 15 second rest. The conversations were excellent as always. Including retirement, job opportunities, and of course, 80s classic movies. Including the hilarious Grumpier Old Men, National Lampoons, and of course, Kickboxer.

    COT, mention of the Inferno tomorrow, Hammer prayed us out. Everyone have safe travels, have great celebrations with your family and friends, and I will see you on the other side Ray. The next time I see y’all, I will be a happily married man. SYITG!

  • DICTATOR DECK OF DOOM – from Einstein

    A slightly muggy 67 degrees at 5:15 a.m., at the A1C, atop the Justice Center Parking Garage.

    Warmup:
    all 15xIC: toe touch, ss hops, imperial walkers, neck rolls, high kneees, butt kicks, shoulder press, ankle rotate, hi jack hi jill, arm circles, scissors, hillbillys, etc.

    Thang: Deck of Doom – using card deck, caught on the fly, at the KREWE D’ETAT parade .

    Each of the Pax is assigned a suit. When their suit is pulled – they pick out the exercise, and whatever number turns up – that’s the amount of reps.
    with this twist added – if the same suit shows up on the next card turn, the count doubles, triples, or in one instance this morning “fourples.”
    The idea was to keep it lite, this morning, so all would be fresh for the upcoming FURY, but it turned into a sweat fest.
    Jose-10K kept us focused on the high math.

    All had fun…with mumble chatter about BBQ missing in action, with speculation of what action could posible keep him from posting at A1C.
    then the fun stopped when Moby Dick blasted us with a “wendy’s chili special.”

    Count-o-rama

    DarkWingDuck led us out with prayer.

  • LET’S GET READY TO RUMBLE!!!!!!! – from Jose10k

    The cage match of death challenge has been accepted. Russo threw down the gauntlet, and the boys at the A1C answered the call. The Pelican and Russo in one corner, Jose and Moby in the other. Dipping our hands in glue, then into shards of glass (Kickboxer style). The boys at the splash pad don’t know what they’ve gotten themselves into. Y’all know him as Moby, but on the street he goes by many other names: “The Master of Disaster” , “The King of Sting”, “The Dancing Destroyer”, “The Prince of Punch”, and “The Count of Monte Fisto”. The Pelican needs to fear him. We have the upper hand, we’ve got an ace in the hole, we’ve got Turbo Dog. A five pound vicious Kujo ball of aggression. Today was just another day to prepare for the showdown for Friday beatdown bragging rights.
    Warm-ups: various stretches, nothing special
    The beatdown: KISS (keep it simple stupid) 4 corners (10 merkins, 15 squats, 20 lbcs), rinse and repeat 5 times.
    Moby prayed us out.
    Tomorrow, Marsh Madness
    following weekend, the convergence known as the Fury.

  • Happy St.Patrick’s day 2023 – from Jose10k

    What a fine morning to celebrate St. Patty’s day. Of course there was a warm-up, of course there was music (Irish Celtic Rock), and of course Moby was there too. I mean, he and I are preparing for a cage match against Russo and the Pelican. I like our odds.

    There once was a fellow O’Doole, Who found little red spots on his tool, His Doctor a cynic said Get out of me clinic, And wipe off that lipstick you fool!
    THANG ONE
    4 LEAF CLOVER
    4 corners with 5 burpees each, bear crawl the short lengths, back peddle the long portions

    There was a young lady named Bright, who traveled much faster than light. She set out one day in a relative way, and came back the previous night

    THANG TWO SHAMROCK RUN
    Exercises:
    Squats x 20
    Hand-Release Merkins x 20
    Air Presses x 15 IC
    McParker Peters x 15 IC
    Reverse Crunches x 20 (Rocky Balboas alternative)
    O’Lunges x 15/leg
    Carolina Dry Docks x 20
    Kangaroo Kicks x 15/leg

    There was a young man from Savannah Who died in a curious manner, He whittled a hole In a telephone pole, And there…electrified his banana

    THANG THREE: Celebrations has gone too far
    Drunk from drinking too many Guinesses: Nolan Ryans 20IC
    Arrive home to the misses: Wife Pleasers: 20 IC
    She declines your advances, so you decide to hump the monkey: Monkey Humpers: 20 IC
    She gets impressed with your form, so she invites you back in: Pickle Pushers 20 IC

    : There once was a nympho named Jill who tried dynamite for a thrill. They found her vagina in North Carolina and bits of her boobs in Brazil

    Finish up with some round robin Mary: leg lifts, squats, calf raises, LBC’s, Al Gore Thorougoods, Rosalitas
    COT: extra thoughts for the runners of the endurothon, Happy Hour in Slidell to come. Akbar prayed us out. Afterwards, the group reflected on how important F3 is to them, and how grateful they are to be a part of it. Each aspect has it’s importance. It was an honor to lead y’all, and the limericks I have written are much cleaner than the ones BBQ told us. Happy St. Patty’s day to you all. SYITG

    A pirate, history relates, Was scuffling with some of his mates, When he slipped on a cutlass Which rendered him nutless, And practically useless on dates

  • Parkour-Plan B – from Jose10k

    YHC arrived with a great plan in his head involving coupons. It was intense, it was difficult, it was like Dante’s inferno, but it was not to be. I was quickly informed of the lack of coupons available at the Gipper to preform said workout. Oh well, a secondary workout had to be made, so I called for a plan B. When you’re flying by the seat of your pants, nothing sounds better than a Plan B.
    Warm-ups: SSH, torso twists, grass grabbers, good mornings, arm circles, self love, al gore thorogoods.
    The Thang: Mosey to the courthouse. Time for some Parkour Dora. Partner up: 100 merkins (50 each), 200 squats, 300 lbcs. Partner one climbs up the railing hand over hand up the ramp, alternating which hand leads, while partner 2 completes the exercise.
    Finished it up with 5 burpees. Back to the parking garage for 2 calf raises each step all the way up to the top. Finished up with 9 minutes of Mary. Each participant called out their core exercise in cadence.
    Moby prayed us out with intentions to SoGo’s family and all those intentions not spoken.
    Endurothon next weekend, April 1st Fury.

    Thanks for letting me lead brothers, and welcome to the A1C Sogo and Dark Wing Duck. SYITG

  • Hit the Bricks! OR When Everyone’s Falling Apart, It’s Time to Push ‘Em Harder – from Bushwacker

    With May weather showing up in February, who knew we would get more 50s in the morning! It was a welcome way to start a challenging beat down on what will prove to be a gorgeous day! For YHC, this morning was about putting my money where my mouth is. There have been some grumbles about the same people signing up to lead the same workouts, and, to be quite honest, the work outs and moral are suffering. How creative, challenging and dynamic can a Q be with his beat down, when he’s lead the same one on the same day 30 out of the last 40 times?! So Bushwacker’s name was added to the sign up sheet and he brought the pain! (maybe a little too much?)

    WARMORAMA

    With Q running a little behind setting up props for the main-ish event, Zoo lander was kind enough to get things started with some Toe Touches and 1 or 2 other exercises. QIC continued with: IC 5 Torso Twists, x10 High Knees, Butt Kicks, Scuba Steves, Mountain Climbers, Shoulder Taps

    THANG

    OYO 100 Lunge Walks towards the west, then mosey to The Shaft.

    1st and 10:

    Markers were set up on the sea wall at 20′ intervals (not enough room for 10 yard intervals). Starting at the 1st marker each man started 11’s with 10 merkins and 1 Burpee in the same place. After, sprint to the last marker and recovery run back to the second marker for 9 Merkins and 2 Burpees, sprint to the end, recovery walk to marker 3, etc. etc. When finished, return to the start and Plank or core exercise to wait for the 6. It was as the process was being explained that Grundy graced us with his presence.

    After all the PAX (and then Jose) had finished, they took advantage of the markers to run Suicides (or Gaskets, Wind Sprints or whichever moniker you prefer).

    Next was a mosey back to the Gazebo, which was when Grundy revealed his inhaler on account of a mild asthma attack! He eventually made it to find Akbar’s Ring of Fire in progress. Whereas the Ring of Fire is a circle of Planks where each man drops for a Merkin as the count reaches him, Akbar’s version consists of a Merkin followed by a leap to to your feet and a hop with hands raised, all in a Burpee-ish fashion. 50 some-odd counts later, the Pax returned to 100 Lunge Walks OYO then mosied the rest of the way to the flag.

    By this point JV was stealing Jose’s grumble thunder regarding all of this darn running, on account of a lingering mystery injury to his foot/ankle. At the flag: 25 Jump Squats OYO, on the wall for: IC Freak Nasties, Irkins, Dirkins, and 25 OYO Box Jumps, where the acutely winded Grundy barked his shin on the cocnrete wall. EMT Todd was on sick leave, and since almost-Eagle Scout Baby Yoda was not present, the always prepared and ever dependable Zoolander leapt into action grabbing a first aid kit from his truck for a little BLS work on the twice-felled Grundy.

    Mosied to Noah Ark and circled up for a variation of Global Warming, where Holding AL Gore, each Pax counted off as they popped up (or squatted lower) individually, counting to 100.
    Mosied back to the flag for…

    MARY

    IC x25 Flutter Kicks, 20 Hello Dollys, 20 Wife Pleasers, 25 Freddy Mercurys, OYO 100 100’s

    COT

    Count, Name, we lost a few of our brethren along the way in Waterpik, Bird, and Grundy, though some came back, in the ineffably resilient Grundy,and some joined late, in Maverick, and later, in Cowbell (Starsky). Speaking of joining us, even though YHC missed his latest actual return last week, welcome back Cotter in Butt Splice! He was kind enough to pray us out on this lovely lovely day.

    The Endurathon benefiting the Nehemiah Project is coming up on March 17-19 at area 3 group camp at Fontainbleau Sate Park. Support the F3 team by sponsoring a loop, or joining in running a loop with Jose, Hammer, Speedy, or Tank. There will be camping Friday and Saturday night so bring the fam!

    The Fury, the Northshore’s 7th anniversary convergence will be on Saturday April 1 starting at 6am on the Lakefront. 12 45 min beat downs, 12 Qs, every hour on the hour! Come for 1, 2, or 12 like Tank. Drinks at the Barley Oak to follow at 6pm. See Slack for the sign up sheet to see who will be Q and to let F3 know which beatdowns you wish to attend. Let’s get a crowd all day long!

    And finally, making this thing – OUR thing – the best it can be, as well as the most attractive to sad clowns and other guys who generally might consider joining us, it takes the effort and dedication of all the PAX. If, excuses aside, your schedule legitimately allows it, consider coming out to a week day beat down and see your brothers more than once a week. As long as Ive been in F3 I can truly say that getting up has been treacherously challenging some mornings, but not once have I EVER regretted getting to a beatdown!
    And while we’re at it, let’s give Russo, Akbar, Shooter, and Waterpik a break and commit to a few Qs. Sign up and let’s get as full as we can a month out each month.

    Big congratulations to Amnesia who, rumor has it, has accepted job offer in Pennsylvania, and to Cowbell and Mrs Cowbell who are expecting TWINS!!!

    Gentlemen, I remain humbled by the opportunity to lead such a fine group of guys, and appreciate your willingness to follow that sometimes fickle, sometimes grueling, sometimes non-sensicle lead

    Bushwacker Sr.