F3 New Orleans

Tag: Mayhem

  • The Rocks will keep you warm! – from Rudy

    Old Man winter returned with a vengeance. Hokie tried to avoid the workout, but fortunately he decided to show up to see what kind of train-wreck YHC had planned. 12 PAX got to experience a test run of some concepts that may never see the light of day again. Thanks to Gabby for inspiring this, and then even showing up to see it through.

    Mosey to the rock pile for a quick warm up of the usual things, then grab a rock and head to the football field.

    The goal of today’s workout is soft of Dora-esque, but different. Sharing the load, pondering the types of activities that may work for the “Grow Run” experience in October.

    Thing 1: Leave the rocks at one end of the field, mosey to the other end. 3 teams, each team has to complete 150 Merkins, 150 Bigboys, 150 Bonnie Blairs and 150 Overhead Presses (which meant someone had to run the field and collect rocks). How the teams divided the work was 100% up to them. After a moment to strategize (YHC’s favorite Jeff Probst-ism), Go. Team 1 was the winner, and got to choose a “reward”. They chose “1 lap”. Team 2 was second and got to choose their reward – oddly, they chose “burpees”. Team 3, YHC’s team, in DFL was left with the 3rd choice – “plank”.

    Thing 2: New teams of 3. This is a 10 minute event. On one sideline, 1 PAX does manmakers. On the other sideline, 1 PAX does thrusters. 1 PAX runs back and forth. Total # of reps is the winner. When PAX switch positions is entirely up to them, just always have 1 PAX doing each of the 3. Winner this time chose “plank”, 2nd place (much more wisely) chose “lap” leaving 3rd place with “burpees”.

    Get the rocks back to the pile and get back to the flag. Hand Grenada assessed a 1 burpee-per-second penalty to YHC for each second passed 615. Penalty assessment stopped around 120 burpees, YHC is still paying the cost OYO.

    NMM:

    It’s a treat to see Tenderloin joining in with the rock selection – pushing himself, challenging himself. And sincere thanks to Triple Shift who served as a personal trainer for Tenderloin – helping him get the most out of this workout, while he continues his F3 acceleration.

    YHC had the pleasure of being in a group with Pillsbury. That man pushed himself. Facing exhaustion, Charmin would nudge him along and he would dig deeper and do a little bit more. That’s the spirit of F3. Push ourselves along, and help each other do a little bit more than we thought we could.

  • Running and Stretching – from Bolt

    YHC pre-blasted the call for S&M throughout the F3 NOLA Nation and given the low temps and even lower amount of mumble chatter, save for Mayhem’s proclamation to run in the cold, I was pleasantly surprised to see numerous figures emerging in the cool gloom. Disclaimer and commence; if ur reading this to learn about the stretches, save urself the trouble and show up for the next one to DO the stretches!

  • He’s Not Heavy, He’s My Brother – from Bolt

    After warmorama of the usual with groiners mixed in to liven things up, form single file line and while YHC carries sand bag to the outside track pax do two burpees then last guy in line catches and assumes the sandbag, sending me to the back. If you wanna go fast go alone; if you wanna go far, go together and together is how we support each other when we all struggle mentally.

    Each pax had a turn with the bag, we ended at the rock pile to collect medium rocks and circle up on YHC where burpee timer is in the middle (x15) with Pax at different stations con roca: squats, tricep press, lunges, LBC, OH press, curls, rows, wife pleasers, merkins, reverse lunges, Penguins, SSH, plus sand bag chest press. Rudy opted to skip a song incurring a five burpee penalty for all just before Mambi was the timer; “Thanks a lot, Rudy” was his reply. Rudy actually experienced double punishment because the awful song he skipped brought an even worse song (Bolt’s playlist delivers again!) and no back to back skips—hahaha.

    Mahatma, as always, offered up encouragement to keep pushing ourselves. Today’s gloom, like life, had each pax pushing himself with something different than the men around him yet it was the shared struggle that bound us together because he’s not heavy, he’s my brother.

    Back to the flag grateful for F3 and the support of brothers in the gloom; welcome back (Kotter) Pillsbury and way to keep the consistency, Off Balance.

  • Don’t wait – Let’s Geaux – from Mahatma

    Typically Monday…..Blessed to be up for the start of a new week happy to be headed to the real RC. Pulled up 1 minute to spare walked into the bullpen and saw the look of something missing…..who’s the Q! Snooze but he’s a no show, who’s taking it – all it took was 3 seconds of silent indecision – it’s now 5:31 I’m Mahatma and your Q “Let’s Geaux”! To which there was well what about…..too late we were on the move to the rock pile.

    Circle up – pax community round robin warm up: most was the usual stuff yet one stood out by Kenabrah a combination of Imperial Squat Hillbilly FAILURE yet to his credit you don’t succeed without them. Triple shift had Tenderloin attempting one the warm ups which took him another 3 to get up from. Yet again success through making the effort out of a comfort zone.

    Everyone get a medium rock then mosey to the tree field – line up, everyone Kong to the other side. So many pax just love the idea that the original Kong is similar to “murder bunnies” come on man!!!

    Mosey to the front of the gym – everyone was warmed up now.

    Let’s Geaux
    40 OHP then drop your rock and head to the wall and perform 5 pecker to the wall hand stands
    Lap around the gym
    30 squats – 4 pecker to the wall HS
    Lap around
    20 front raises – 3 P to the wall HS
    Lap around
    10 man makers (Charmin is still trying to figure that out) – 2 P2TWHS
    Lap
    As Pax completed join in for rock mary
    ** while the above took place TripleShift and Kenabrah were inspiring Tenderloin to turn over a new mental leaf

    Pax on the wall 3 rounds of running man to sitting wall air press

    Rtn rocks

    2 – 3 rounds of Mary

    Head to the flag

    COT

  • Attention to detail….and Thumb War Turns 40 – from Bogey

    Disclaimer & then to the 50
    -Warm up
    -Bleachers – merkin ladder/pistol squats/pull up w rail
    -bear crawl/inch worm/lunges
    -gym – 1 lap around/donkey kicks/people’s chair w Air press/40 burpees
    -sprints…just a couple short ones
    -pavilion – sit ups/bench sit-ups /sit ups/bench sit ups
    -rock pile-rock work/dips/rifle carry squats
    -back to the flag
    -COT

  • I get by with a little help… – from Bogey

    This is F3, I’m Bogey….to the rock pile for a brief warmup. Then to the pavillion for Step ups(20 each leg) with Dips in between, multiple variations on sit ups using the bench to support the upper body-compliments of Kennah. Then to the Gym for calf raises, monkey humpers, and squats(25 each)….all over again, but 20 each this time. Leg over rail(right leg over and then left) back and forth for ten reps-Kennah strikes again. Lunge from black top, up stairs, and to the wall; people’s chair with 15 air presses-Mayhem special. Back to the rock pile for a Little Rock work and some Mary.
    COT – gratitude for the assist from my brothers.