F3 New Orleans

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  • Frac-Cycle – from Mahatma

    The disclaimer……yet stressed if you don’t push yourself beyond your comfort zone you’ll never leave it.

    This is the Frac-Cycle beatdown – most guest it contained burpees and running but what kind of running was not immediately known and how many burpees would surprise us all.

    Added incentive – 4 minute timer so whenever the dawg barks – 4 burpees and continue what you were doing.
    Short mosey to our starting spot – Warm Up
    SSH
    Grass Grabbers
    AbVagoda
    Toy Soldiers
    Smurf’s

    Several rounds of timer: 4 burpees

    Mosey over the levee to get things started:
    1. Baby Hill with 5 rounds of Quadrophilia

    Move back to the levee set the cones – all future effort for time. Pax lined up for 3 rounds each, 1st round set the time to beat after – 10 sec lower than round 1, otherwise more burpees.
    2. Diamond – all running with 3 merkins at the top, run down – 6 rounds – restart as soon as last pax reached the bottom. 30 secs rest between rounds 3&4
    Timmer burpees

    3. L – bear crawl, shuttle to Quadrophilia – 5 merkins at the top, run down – 3 rounds
    4. L – rinse and repeat shuttle to the right 3 rounds
    5. Broad jump midway, finish with Kong to the top – 4 burpees run down 3 rounds
    6. Quadrophilia up midway – shuttle over then bear crawl to the top at an angle 10 gas pumps run down

    Finished with 3 round full levee Quadrophilia sprint to the top.

    Walk over levee – Boo Boo lead mosey back (kenna bra sprinted).

    1 minute plank and merkin finisher.

    COT – a lot to be thankful for.

  • 5 years and counting – from Fracsac

    17 Pax including 2 FNG’s and 1 Down Range from ENC made a choice to take the DRP on their journey to get right and posted to Okwata to help YHC celebrate 5 years in F3. With a shovel flag planted, disclaimer was given, then:

    Mosey toward the fountain just like the good old days, carioca around the fountain and circle up on the grass for a warmup:

    SSH IC x 31
    IW x 15
    Bat wings x 15 IC of AC, OC, SC and MNC (dancing during Moroccan NC), finished with 20 count Iron Cross before dropping those aching limbs.

    Mosey back to the fountain for:

    Double Shots with Jack Webb at the Barre.
    1 merkin with 2 air presses in people’s chair
    2 Merkins with 4 air presses….
    3 Merkins with 6 air presses…..
    …….
    10 Merkins with 20 air presses in people’s chair.

    Mosey to the House of Pain for stations. The pax first cleaned up the trash……

    Station 1 – Pull-ups AMRAP
    Station 2 – Step ups AMRAP
    Station 3 – Big Boi Sit-ups AMRAP
    Station 4 – Bear crawl up levee, 5 burpees, mosey back down (Timer)
    Rinse and repeat

    Mosey to open area of grass for the much anticipated Shock & Awe! There was much rejoicing!
    5 x SSH IC
    10 burpees OYO
    5 x SSH IC
    9 burpees OYO
    Yada Yada Yada……..
    5 x SSH IC
    3 burpees OYO
    5 x SSH IC
    2 burpees OYO
    5 x SSH IC
    10 burpees OYO (we never do 1 burpee!)

    Mosey to the top of the levee for a disperse run. Form 2 columns, last pax runs to the front of column and yells “disperse” followed by an exercise. The pax run down their side of the levee, complete 3 of the exercises, and run back up top to continue. There were 8 count BB, Burpees, and even some Catalina Wine Mixers!

    For the final 2 minutes, we did Quadraphilia AMRAP! Then return to the flag.

    COT and naming of FNG’s

    NMM

    – Welcome Lighthouse and Blue Clause!
    – Honored to have Waterboy from ENC join us and he even brought an FNG!
    – Thank you to each of the pax that joined me to celebrate my 5th year of F3.

    Thank you for pushing me and making me better! SYITG!

  • Da Plane! Da Plane! – from Fracsac

    9 Pax made a choice to take the DRP on their journey to get right and posted to the Westward Ho!!
    There was a new theme for the beat down that had all pax rejoicing! Anytime an airplane was heard, all would do 10 burpees. With a shovel flag planted, disclaimer was given, then mosey for:

    Warmup

    Airplane! 10 burpees OYO

    IW x 15
    GG IC x 12
    Abe Vigodas x 10

    Mosey to the levee. Start off with Jacob’s Ladder:

    Run up levee, 1 burpee, run back down
    Run up levee, 2 burpees, back down
    Continue up to 7.

    Mosey to a grassy area for a pax choice. YHC asked Bogey to choose between M and J. With M being the choice, it was time for:

    Motivator! Basically a deconstructed SSH from sets of 10 down to 1. #CrowdPleaser

    Next Papa Smurf was asked to choose between J and S. He couldn’t pass up the J, so:

    Jack Webbs

    1 merkin, 2 air presses
    2 Merkins, 4 air presses
    Continue up to 10 Merkins and 20 air presses.

    Plane!! 10 burpees

    Mambi had to choose between T and D. He enthusiastically chose D:

    Plane! Hey that’s the same plane! Overruled! 10 Burpees!

    DirtyMacDeuce

    4 rounds of 3 x 12 rep exercises, an arm, a leg and a core. Run a lap after each round. The lap was up and over the levee.

    Merkins, Big boi sit-ups, squats
    Lap
    Shoulder Taps, flutter kicks, Bobby Hurleys
    Lap
    Floyd Mayweathers, tin snips, burpees IC
    Lap
    Catalina wine mixers, LBC’s, 8 count body builders IC
    Lap

    War Eagle looked up and said Senior Q, Da Plane, Da Plane!! YHC thanked Tattoo…err….War Eagle….and 10 Burpees!
    YHC lost count of burpees…🤷‍♂️

    COT

    NMM

    -YHC was excited to see 9 Pax at Westward Ho! Thanks for coming out.
    -There was a light rain that cooled us down
    -Congrats to War Eagle on his 2.1 on the way, due 31 December! Solid tax credit!!🤣. Maybe you had to be there…..

    SYITG

    Thanks for the opportunity to be a part of this awesome brotherhood!

  • Shuffle the Deck – from Stiletto

    The Westward Ho always gives ya a nice breeze to go with the beatdown!

    8 PAX at the Treasure Chest. Started with intro and Mosey toward the Pier.

    Warmup:

    15 Each

    SSH
    Grass Grabbers
    Imperial Walkers
    OverHead Claps
    Seal Claps

    The Thang: DECK OF DEATH!

    Face Cards are x15, Deuces are x20, Joker is x100 LBC’s

    Hearts: Big Boy Sit-Ups (Fracsac really wanted Burpees)
    Diamonds: Knuckle Merkins (Love you Heisenberg)
    Clubs: Squats
    Spades: Mountain Climbers

    We went counter-clockwise to grab cards. We grabbed 2 cards per exercise instead of 1 for a little push! After every rotation of all 8 guys grabbing cards, we ran a lap around the pier.

    We went through the whole deck with 8 min to spare for MARY.

    Crunchy Frogs (Mahatma)
    Dying Cockroach (Mambi)
    10 Snips (FracSac)
    LazyBoy (HOKIE)
    Flutter Kicks (Pai Gow)
    American Hammers (Heisenberg)

    COT:

    Announcements and a word of encouragement about pushing out the voices of shame in our day-to-day schedule and life.

    Prayer and Dismissal

  • The Calm before the storm – from Mahatma

    Deciding where I planned to spend my Wed 4-21-21morning I saw that the Foundry needed a Q so why not!?
    12 pax showed up with the intention of starting the day with more than hitting the snooze and rolling out of bed.
    After a quick disclaimer we moseyed to the track for a warm up consisting of stretching, SSH, WM, something that Double Fudge new the name to, scuba kicks (not knee jerks) then off to the “core” event.
    Pax line up (1-12) at mid point of straight away. Pax 1 ran (50-75%) to mid point turn 1, once there he moved into lane 2 while pax 2 started his run, when 2 arrived he moved over to lane 2, pax 3 started and pax 1 started a run to the other end of the track (so 1/2 way around) moved into lane 3, once 3 arrived 4 started, 3 moved over, 2 started. This continued with a 3/4 then a complete full 1/4 mi (1 full run around the track). We completed it (some got a little extra core while waiting for pax to finish) but it wasn’t as “smooth” as it was mentally thought out to be, so rinse and modification – break into 2 groups of 6 then go in reverse – full loop, 3/4, 1/2, 1/4: it could be brought back with additional modification. On to more core – as pax finished there was a line forming in the outer lane, each figured out just join in and ever pax added their version of core to the effort. We finished with a 2:30 minute plank / merkin initiative. Then back to the flags for COT.

    Glad to see the crew and the opportunity to lead. We lift up DaParish’s buddy who passed suddenly as well as Disclaimer and his family. We ask for God’s Grace to lead with humility in engaging all who we come into contact with.
    God Bless – get ready for the H8 – you against you!

  • And then there were 3 – from Rudy

    Dreary, Soggy and Rainy am. YHC was silently hopeful that no one would show as he sat in his car in the rain watching the time tick by. 5:21. 5:22. 5:23. Maybe I’ll be able to head home. 5:24. Up in the mist, YHC sees one runner go by and thinks “What a fool”. 5:25. YHC realizes that runner is Hawgcycle. Sigh. So YHC gets out of the car, steps into the rain in order to fulfill his obligation. And at 5:29 Mahatma rolls in hot, seeming to savor the chance to workout in the rain. YHC is not sure the last time he saw such a big smile on Mahatma’s face (it could be, however, that he’s awaiting the call to announce his new grandbaby. you be the judge).

    Since YHC is still generally afraid of the rain – lets just grab a rock and head to the gazebo.

    Tabata workout, using the playlist YHC and kids put together over the quarantine. Interesting mix of classic rock (YHC), Taylor Swift-ish pop (daughter) and eclectic whatevers (son).

    10 exercises. 45 seconds on, 15 rest. Repeat x3. Curls, Sit Ups, Squats, Mountain Climbers, Shoulder Pres, V Ups, Step Ups, 8 Count BBs, Rows, Twists.

    One highlight – Hawg also recalling the Epic SNL performance of Faith No More. That was a seminal moment in YHC’s early musical journey…

    Had a few extra minutes, so a few wall sits with curls to pass the remaining time.

    Return the rocks (tossing them into the puddle to see how big a splash could be made), then return to the (virtual) flag for Count Off, Names, and close with a prayer. Blessings especially on Disclaimer as they prepare to welcome a new baby to the world!

  • Rock’n out on 311 Day – from Fracsac

    Ok, so no 311 played, but probably should have! 3 Ruckers and 3 runners converged at Pontiff to get right. 3 ran and 3 rucked like Bosses!

    COT

    SYITG

  • Fasting & Penance – from Thumb War

    Pax of 8 started the workout in 35 degrees and at 6:35 as half the Pax were running back to the flags from their 5:30 pre-workout ruck.
    We warmed up with the following exercises IC:
     SSH x 25
     Grass Grabbers x 15
     Arm Circles front x 10
     Arm Circles Back x 10
     Mountain Climbers x 20
    The Pax rucked up and starting Rucking at a fast pace on the jogging path towards Vintage. Along the way to West Esplanade and back totaling 2.92 miles, we halted at about every 5 minutes and the did following exercises:
     Squats – 21 Reps
     Front squat presses – 21 Reps
     Merks – 21 Reps
     Overhead Lunge – 21 Reps
     Squats – 21 Reps
     Front squat presses – 21 Reps
     Merks – 21 Reps
    Back to the flags at 7:31 for some Mary:
     Freddy Mercs – 25 IC
     LBC’s – 25 IC
     Hello Dolly – 15 IC
     Plank hold for 1 min
    COT where we named Triple Shift’s 2.1 Jonah “Smash”. Finished with intentions and prayer, which focused on using this Lent to improve ourselves. Thanks, Vagabond, for the invite to Q.