F3 New Orleans

Tag: Kilo

  • Motivating Yellboy – from Mayhem

    48°F, 3mph NE wind (feels like 38°F when you’re wet with sweat), 70% humidity

    PAX were a mix of anxious warriors and confused early risers who mistook this for a yoga class… and an FNG

    Warm-O-Rama:
    Windmills: 10 reps, which started with a demonstration to which Frac said ‘even little kids know how to do windmills’
    Grass Grabbers: 10 reps, which did not start with a demonstration, to which Frac said ‘why aren’t you demonstrating’, but then he attempted to touch the grass but just bent forward and looked like a confused flamingo
    Peter Parker Peters: 20 reps
    Tie Fighters: 10 reps count up, 10 reps count down
    Back on your face for a Mayhem special (I think it is new to all, and I think it will stick): Hip Slap Shoulder Tap Merkins, it is a 10-count exercise, 10 reps

    Thang 1: Snake the Bleachers with Some Mary
    Time to snake up and down the bleachers. But since we’re in F3, we added some Mary in between. 15 BB, half the bleachers, 15 V-ups, half the bleachers, 15 BB, half the bleachers, 15 V-ups, half the bleachers, 15 BB. 10ish bonus burpees for Kilo for finishing first.

    Thang 2: Sevens with Motivators-Burpees
    Start with 6 motivators and 1 burpee then 5 motivators and 2 burpees and so on.
    Motivator: full SSH, star hop, leg only, and a bunny hop

    Thang 3: BLIMPS
    This is when things really started getting… interesting. Blimps are just a nice way of saying “burpee but with a little extra ‘why did I do this to myself’ factor.”
    Rd1- 20 each (burpee, lunge, imperial walker, merkin, plank jack, squat) at each cone, with mode of transportation being bear crawl (of course), then mosey to midfield cone and back to start
    Rd2- 10 each, with mode of transportation duck walk (Triple not present to demonstrate proper form), then mosey to midfield cone and back to start
    Rd3- 5 each, but in the form of shuttle runs to each of the 6 cones then mosey to midfield cone and back to start

    But wait, there’s more…

    Thang 4: Ring of Fire
    We ended with the classic Ring of Fire. Three rounds. Al Gore to squats. Plank to merkins. Al Gore to burpees. The “fire” quickly turned into “fire in my quads.”

    Bogey enjoyed this beat down so much he claimed I stole his script for his upcoming Q on Monday.

    COT:
    We circled up, not to share deep philosophical musings, but to recover from the sheer trauma of the last 45 minutes and to get to know and name our FNG. Welcome, Yellboy! Kudos to Kilo for EH’ing. If Yellboy is half as committed as Kilo then we got ourselves another great PAX.

    Prayers for Boo Boo’s sister-in-law, Leigh Whitman’s family and Pai Gow’s father.

    Great to lead and try new things!
    Sign up to Q!
    Make it a point to EH this year!

    SYITG

  • Proposal Q – from Kilo

    YHC woke up this morning to a weather report from his soon to be best man who said “it’s freezing rain, are we doing this?” The reply “of course. F3 is rain or shine.” Today being YHC’s second Q and the day of the big ask, decided to keep it simple and do another Mogadishu Mile to remember the fallen of Blackhawk Down. It was rainy but warm and 9 HiMs started out for the warmarama and then to the thang.

    Pick up a rock, get to the gazebo

    4 rounds:
    19 ground to overhead
    19 front squats
    19 push-ups (one hand on the rock, then switch so 38)
    15 burpees
    run a 1/4 mile.

    All this was done with smiles and joy and the promise to show up this afternoon and try to talk some sense into my future fiancé. It’s a great day to have a great day, gentlemen.

    COT and Announcements as well as a welcome to FNG, Freaky Fast who drove 12 hours yesterday for the occasion.

  • What’s better than 23-10? – from Rudy

    Temp: 42, Winds: 70+ mph (or that’s what it felt like).

    Hand Grenada looked around and asked “Who’s Q?” He should have known better, as YHC was decked out in full Irish gear, waiting to celebrate a long-overdue victory over an SEC team in a game that mattered. Grumbling from everyone, expect the latest Johnny-come-lately Bandwagon-hopping Irish fan, Hawg. As expected, Mahatma arrives in full LSU gear, celebrating his big win over a different green-and-gold team in their bowl game. Kilo chose this day to NOT wear his ND gear (though he stripped off outer layers to reveal the ND garments later). Two entirely hooded and disguised PAX opened their face masks just enough to reveal Pool Boy and Bogey, then closed up and recovered all exposed skin.

    After announcing the Irish theme, the PAX took off for the rocks. We passed a leprechaun-like figure in the gloom; Triple Shift grudgingly agreed to join us, as his KOT krewe had apparently abandoned him.

    Slow Stretches to warm up. Abe’s and Grass Grabbers both x7 (ND as a 7 seed), followed by 2 burpees (Georgia as a 2 seed). 23 Imperial Walkers to loosen the hips, 10 burpees. Then grab a rock and head to the football field.

    The Thang: 23-10. 23 reps, bearcrawl 25 yards (Architect astutely observes that it should have been 23 yards), 10 burpees, bearcrawl back. (Though Mr. Rogers seemed to replace a bearcrawl with a 100 yd dash out and back, in a 30lb vest)

    Overhead press, curls, rows, chest press, squats, kettle bells, BBSU, Monkey Humpers, Gas Pumps.

    Had to modify halfway changing bearcrawl due to time constraints. And because Mayhem positioned himself directly in YHC’s bearcrawl path

    Return the Rox, and Mosey back to the flag to meet the (absent…) KOT gang right at 615. Finish with COT – prayers for healing on the feast day of St. Andre Bessette.

  • Stack Attack – from Hawgcycle

    Conditions: 57 degrees, Humidity 98%, Wind 2.2 mph form ENE

    It’s been a while since I have been the Q. I dusted off a favorite Pandemic Exercise, the Stack. There is more recovery built in than most F3 workouts. The idea for the recovery is based off the chapters about Maximum Sustained Power in the book Primal Endurance that Turbo Tax recommended to me years ago. The idea is to basically get a weight that is hard to lift, wear yourself out lifting it, then recover so that you can give it your all again.

    The Thang:

    Warm up – SSH x 20; Grass Grabbers x 10; Imperial Walkers x 15; Merkins x 10; Squats x 10; Peter Parkers x 15; Abe Vigodas x 10

    The Stack:
    • Hell Raisers x 5
    • Hell Raisers x 5; Shoulder Press x 10
    • Hell Raisers x 5; Shoulder Press x 10; Squats x 15
    • Hell Raisers x 5; Shoulder Press x 10; Squats x 15; Curls x 20
    • 2 min Recovery – Tree Pose
    • Hell Raisers x 5; Shoulder Press x 10; Squats x 15; Curls x 20; Rows x 25
    • 2 min Recovery – Planks and Bridge
    • Hell Raisers x 5; Shoulder Press x 10; Squats x 15; Curls x 20; Rows x 25; Chest Press x 30
    • Stretching

    There was a 20-30 second recovery between each exercise in addition to the 2-minute recovery between sets starting after the 4th.

    Back to the flag to join up with The Boge, who had requested a private KnOT session with Scantron.

  • Who’s the Q? – from Kenna Brah

    WIth the expected Q not present, 3 PAX headed to KOT/KettleBell combo and 2 went for a run.

  • Who’s the Q? – from Kenna Brah

    WIth the expected Q not present, 3 PAX headed to KOT/KettleBell combo and 2 went for a run.

  • Hawg’s Birthday – from Charmin

    All came out to celebrate Hawg. Some Ran, Some Rucked, others just showed up. All had a good time.

  • Hawg’s Birthday – from Charmin

    All came out to celebrate Hawg. Some Ran, Some Rucked, others just showed up. All had a good time.

  • Charmin and the Runners – from Charmin

    As per usual, the Runners came and killed their workout from Coach Gregg.

    YHC did a nieghborhood lap that felt faster than normal. It may have been the cooler air. Here’s to hoping that the weather get’s even cooler!

  • Unlucky #13 – from Architect

    Q woke up eager to push the PAX with a memorable workout in honor of his daughter’s 13th birthday. To the Q’s delight, there were 13 PAX in the gloom, can’t ask for a better sign.

    Warm-a-rama with 13 of everything.

    Rocks selected, mosey to parking lot.

    13 Big boys, 13 Merkins, 13 Squats, 13 OH Presses, Run 50 yards
    Repeat….13 times

    Ended with 13 Burpees as icing on the cake.

    COT with special focus on Men’s Mental health.