After losing Left Eye last week, I was offered redemption. Left Eye saw I had the Q at Rock City, and was kind enough to give me another shot. 24 men arrived in the dark gloom of Pontiff, without lights, for a beatdown in the dark and damp. Bogey suggested we all hold hands and sing Kumbaya during the workout so no man gets left behind. Not a bad idea… The usual disclaimer and off we go.
We moseyed to the usual spot by the rocks for our warm-up COP.
SSH x 20 IC
IW x 20 IC
Windmills x 10 IC
Arm circles 10 forward 10 backwards IC
LSS x 20 IC
Mountain climbers x 20 IC.
Grab a rock and head to the track. We lined up on the 20 yard line of the football field for a rock circuit. I kept one eye on Left Eye the whole time…
Shoulder press x 15 IC, sprint to the end zone and back.
Rock curls x 15 IC, sprint to the end zone and back.
Rock rows x 15 IC, sprint to the end zone and back.
Rock squats x 15 IC, sprint to the end zone and back.
By this time, Cowbell could see what was coming…
Shoulder press x 10 IC, sprint to the end zone and back.
Rock curls x 10 IC, sprint to the end zone and back.
Rock rows x 10 IC, sprint to the end zone and back.
Rock squats x 10 IC, sprint to the end zone and back.
Shoulder press x 5 IC, sprint to the end zone and back.
Rock curls x 5 IC, sprint to the end zone and back.
Rock rows x 5 IC, sprint to the end zone and back.
Rock squats x 5 IC, sprint to the end zone and back.
Next we bear crawled from the 20 to the end zone, 20 Merkins in the end zone, and lunge walked back to the 20. Next circuit.
Chest press x 20 IC
Flutter kicks with rock held high x 20 IC
Chest press x 20 IC
Hello dolly with rock held high x 20 IC
Then we moved our rocks out to the 40 yard line, and teamed up in Pax of 3 for Merkin relays. 40 yard dash, followed by 15 Merkins, until the other Pax got back to you. 3 rounds of 15 Merkins, followed by 3 rounds of 10 Merkins, for 6 rounds total.
Circle up for some Mary.
LBCs x 20 IC
Box cutters x 20 IC
Dying cockroach x 20 IC
Penguins x 20 IC
Return your beloved rock back to the pile and run back to the flag for a percent finish. (Maybe 1 minute late according to Triple Shift, but his watch must be wrong.) Count-off, name-o-rama, announcements, intentions, and a prayer. I am grateful I did not lose another Pax member today. We were 24 strong throughout. Thank you for letting me lead.
As many New Orleanians might be aware, Hamilton has been playing at The Saenger for a 3 week run. As many F3ians might be aware, Da Parish and Rudy have a thing for musicals. So of course, the Hamilton workout was an obvious combination. And a plot was hatched – only publicized to those PAX that were In The Room Where It Happened….. So Hamilton and Burr signed up to Q the Mothership and Muscleship.
6:29am, PAX loitering around both flags wondering who was stepping forward to claim the Q. Especially loud grumbling at the Mothership flag from Jingle Vader, who repeatedly expressed his dislike for all things in Pop Culture.
6:30am, Rudy at Mothership and Parish at Muscleship give the disclaimers to PAX (most of whom seemed to be saying “Yeah, I figured.”). And both PAX took off to meet at the flag standing by a large box in the field in front of the museum.
And what was in the box? No – this isn’t a Brad Pitt “What’s in the Box?” scene. Instead, it was the exercise gear for the Qs…
And all the PAX grumbled and groaned, but still circled up in one large combined workout circle.
The Warmup – Qs alternating exercise callouts
16 SSH (Hamilton was 16 on arrival to US)
7 Burpees OYO as we begin spelling out Burr
21 Imperial Walkers (Hamilton was 21 when he became aide to Washington
Up/Downs to Burr’s cadence
30 Peter Parkers (Hamilton was 30 at the Constitutional Convention
Rocky Balboas to more of Burr cadence
Then (thanks to Mahatma’s good advice), PAX numbered off. 1s go with Hamilton (Rudy), 2s go with Burr (Parish). The Q vs Q Showdown begins…
Burr – Round 1
Dora 1-2-3 to Aaron Burr, Sir & My Shot. Pax 1 will perform the exercise while Pax 2 Burr Crawls to the 2nd tree & back.
Floyd Mayweather x 100 (2=1) – Hamilton upon meeting Burr advised he had recently punched the bursar of Princton
Squats x 200 – Burr advises Hamilton, Laurens, Mulligan & Lafayette that he’d rather sit than stand for the revolution
American Hammer x 300 – Hamilton does not throw away his shot and drops his American Hammer on Burr, Lafayette, Laurens & Mulligan
MerKING Wave/Burr Crawl to You’ll be Back
While PlanKING during the song sung by King George, pax will do a MerKING wave (1 merkin performed in a wave around the circle). When the last pax merks, the entire circle will Burr Crawl clockwise 1 rotation. Repeat the MerKING wave with 2 merks, Burr Crawl, etc until song is complete.
Mary to the song Guns & Ships.
Hold out your gun at Yorktown by holding a James Bond for :30 center/left/righ
Yorktown would not have been a victory w/out the French ships in the harbor. Hold your Boat/Canoe for :30 and finish out the song.
Hamilton – Round 1
Hamiltabata. 8 exercises, 45 seconds high intensity, 15 seconds of rest. To the songs Alexander Hamilton and My Shot
Happy Jacks (5 SSH, 2 Squat Jumps)
Absolution (8 count plank-position exercise)
Merkins
Imperial Squat Walkers
Lunges
T-Merkins
Outlaw
No Surrender (aka “The Genuflect”, in F3 Nola lexicon)
20 Count
To the 2:30 song Aaron Burr: Burpees. OYO. Go. Until the song ends. Yes, grumbly PAX – I mean it. Till the song ends.
20 Count
Mosey to the fountain for a version of the Cabinet Battle.
PAX 1 planks
PAX 2 dips x30 – with feet on PAX 1 back.
Flapjack.
Flapjack for x20
Flapjack for x10
Interlude
Both groups met at the lawn, and switched. Now the 2s go with Hamilton and the 1s go with Burr.
Burr – Round 2
Take a Break while we mosey to the Foundry
Time for an amRAP Battle while we hear Cabinet Battle #1
5 Pull ups, 10 Merkins, 15 Squats, Repeat until song is complete (3:35)
How are you going to Say No To This first American Political Sex Scandal. Hamilton was being extorted by James Reynolds while Hamilton had sex with his wife Maria. The first time it happened Hamilton gave Maria $30. Perform 30 reps (IC) of these 3 Big Sexy Exercises
Pickle Pounders
Wife Pleasers
Monkey Humpers
Mosey back to the flag…Mr Burr has business to settle with Hamilton. Your Obedient Servant
Hamilton – Round 2
Same as Round 1. Equal amounts of grumbling about the burpees. Some members of this group seemed to have an entirely different perspective on the Plank/Dip combo. Rudy suggests the Uptowners pull their minds out of the gutter.
Rudy does note that this routine was significantly harder the 2nd time around….
The Duel
All PAX meet back at the flag for the final 10-Count Duel. Qs alternate calling an exercise, making a ladder.
1 Burpee
2 Squat Jumps (then 1 Burpee)
3 Merkins (then 2 Squat Jumps, then 1 Burpee. You get the idea…)
4 Lunges
5 Country Crabs
6 Dr W
7 X Fit Merkins
8 Box Cutters
9 Turkish Getups
10 Rise Ups – Hold a Squat while Q counts down from 5, squat Jump, immediately return to Squat.
And with that, the F3 NOLA Tribute to Hamilton comes to a merciful close. Just a few minutes overtime.
Countoff and Name-o-rama, welcoming our new FNG Water Boy (named quickly before the uptowners could start suggesting based on Water Boy’s pronounced profession of selling Industrial Hoses).
Upcoming F1 / F2 this Thursday night at Greenway (6:30) and Wrong Iron (7:00).
Intentions called out, ask all of us to offer our own prayers for the intentions (spoken and otherwise) for all of our brother PAX. Finally, circle up for our closing prayer. Offer of thanksgiving for the glorious day God has given us, and for the grace of His wisdom to use this gift wisely.
Rudy and DaParish both thank the PAX for their merciful tolerance of this workout.
We have the honor to be your obedient servants….A dot Ham….A dot Burr.
On a beautiful, crisp Friday Morning, 20+ PAX gathered for a
Wolfpack Mountain beatdown. So with a
quick disclaimer off we….wait Amnesia reminded that we do have two AO’s
Uptown. So with a loud rally cry, two
strong PAX (Amnesia and Bad Moon) embarked on a moonlight ganter through the
nether regions of Uptown also known as Angry Wave or maybe we should rename
Angry Ripple??? I digress. Let’s Mosey!
To Touchdown Jesus for Warm-Up:
Hillbillies IC X20
Wide-Leg Mountain Climbers IC X15 (a new
exercise for F3 that YHC pilfered from OTF, Kong watch those eyes…KONG EYES
DOWN!)
Self-Love IC X20
Let’s continue warmup – PAX Line Up in straight line for:
High Knees till Q yells halt
Butt Kicks till Q yells halt
Kim Jung Un’s aka Supreme Leaders till Q yells
halt (a little mis-coordination on this one
by YHC)
Open Gates till Q yells halt
Mosey to Res Quad for 4 Corners PIMPS:
Pickle Pounders X 5 (2 is 1) then bear crawl to
Imperial Walkers X10 (2 is 1) then monkey humber
walk to
Merkins X15 then crab crawl to
PlankJacks X20 then sugar bear crawl (those
crawls weren’t sweet!) to
Starfish Crunch X25 (2 is 1)
Mosey to Mountain for Static
Climb Beatdown run forward up ramp and then backward up next ramp to each
flat:
1st Flat 2 minute Squat Hold
2nd Flat 2 minute Plank Hold
3rd Flat 2 minute People’s Chair
4th Flat 2 minute V-Up Hold
5th Flat 2 minute for PAX choice, Al
Gore’s or Leg Raises? PAX quickly chose
leg raises. Apparently those quads were
smoked (I’m looking at you Mr. Awesome). Leg Raises it is!
For all above static holds, if you break form at any point,
do burpees until 2 minutes is up.
Indian Run down to bottom and mosey back to flag…
Count-Off, Name-o-rama, Announcements, Intentions and
Prayer.
Don’t forget PAX, Beatdown and F2 event this upcoming
Thursday, March 28th. Meet at
intersection of Jeff Davis/Lafitte Greenway at 6:30 for half hour beatdown then
we’ll walk over to Wrong Iron for some F2.
It was a cold 40 so a PSA from Brown Bag Below 57 longs sleeves, below 50 pants and hat.
Quick mosey to the Zoos mud field and warm up of SSH, Mountain Climbers, Parker Peters.
We then formed into a line and did BLIMPS 5,10,15,… to the parking lot and back. As a group finished our squats we headed closer to the Zoo from some DORA.
The DORA 2 is 1;
100 Decline Mericans w/ Shoulder Taps (2 is 1 for taps) Thank you Tinkles!
200 Power Ups Left and Right (2 legs are 1)
300 Russian Twist (2 is 1)
Quick 20 dips then back to the flag or final minute of LBCs, Box Cutters, and Pickle Pounders.
23 PAX posted in the the dark at Rock City. The effects of the time change were felt as I tried to wake up and get ready to make the trek to Metairie. It was still so dark I could barely see who all had shown up in the dark gloom. At 5:30 The announcement and disclaimer were given and off we moseyed to the grassy area near the rocks for Warm-up.
Warm-Up
SSH x 20, Hillbillies x 20, Moroccan Night Clubs x 15, Fwd Arm Circles x 15 Rev. Arm Circles x 15, Mountain Climbers x 20
THANG1 :
Grab a Rock – Form 2 lines on the path, walk path around to the hill doing Left, Right, Center with Rock above head (don’t rest it on your shoulder!)
THANG 2
Dora 1, 2, 3 First stop at the Hill – Partner up –
100 Thrusters combined while PAX 2 goes over the hill and back, flapjack. Plank and wait for the 6
Mosey to the large field with your rock
200 Curls for the Girls combined while PAX 2 runs to tree line and back. LBC and wait for the 6
300 Chest Press combined while PAX 2 runs tree line and back. LBT and wait for the 6.
THANG 3
Circle up for a Merkin wave. Plank up, Q starts with 10 alternating arm rock push ups, next person starts on second rep and goes around. With 23 PAX there was lots of mumble chatter about the length of time planking.
6 MINUTES OF MARY
LBC’s x 43 – (My last beat down at age 43)
Flutter Kicks x 15, Penguins x 20, Dying Cockroach x 20, American Hammer x 15
Put up your rock and Mosey back to the flag.
COT
Count-o-rama, Name-o-rama, No FNG’s, Very disappointing because I love naming people and then hearing about it the next day. Announcements: Sunnyside for 2.0’s March 17 at Audubon Park – Drew Brees Playground. F2 at Wrong Iron March 21st 6:30 PM. Special Intentions, & Prayed it out with a sweaty ball of man, still in the pitch black darkness.
Always and honor and pleasure to lead this group of High Impact Men that motivate and drive me everyday to be the best I can be.
We posted for a beatdown at 6am in preparation for the REX ROYAL RUN 2019. We arrived to find it under 40 degrees and to find Fracsac and Two Yutes had already run a lap around the park.
A quick disclaimer – then we mosey’d over the bandstand. A brief warm up SSH x 20, imperial walker squats x 20, merks x 20, and peter pakers x 20.
Then we did a short mosey over to the row bars. Rows x 20, Burpees x 10, Plank Jacks x 20, and Parker Peters x 20 Burpees was the count.
Finally we mosey’d back to the pavillion. At the pavillion we did 20 decline merks, 20 power ups right, 20 power ups left, dips x 20 20 decline peter parkers –decline shoulder taps until the song ended
Started to notice people gathering at the front of the park – circled up for a DJ style circle of mary. Here we did 12 of each exercise: dying cockroach, freddies, protractor, lbcs, lbts, flutter, vups, nolan ryans and finished with o-marys.
As we were doing OMARY a few random dudes dressed up likes clowns came to stare at our Circle of MARY. Many odd expressions.
We finished our beatdown here and mosey’d over to the rex tshirts lady. I had to make sure that FRACSAC got a shirt. Once we got a BEEFY T, some champagne and OJ, and king cake from Hi-dough. Then REX showed up with the QUEEN of Carnival, they fired a cannon, and off we ran to do one lap around Audubon Park for 1.7 miles We closed with a pic and a COT.
Desperate to burn some king cake and booze, I decided to Q on ASH Wednesday so that I could beginning the healing process and recovery post-Mardi Gras. I wanted to start things off right with a nice little beatdown to get the ball rolling the right direction.
IT was a very cold 37 degrees and windy to start. I like to remind myself that they have 0 degree beatdowns in Pennsylvania and Minnesota but it doesn’t make me warm up.
We started off with a quick mosey over by the zoo. At the zoo we did a basic circle of pain warm up: SSH x 20, Reg Squats, x 20, Merks x 15, Mtn Climbers x 20, Peter Parkers x 20 On the way to this COP we lost GSpot- Nature calls when nature calls. We also gained 9 lives – meow!
Then we mosey’d to Audubon Statue. Here we did 20 Dips – did a lap, 20 dips did a lap, and 20 dips and did a lap. So 20-20-20.
After that we mosey’d up to the riverview at the FLY. Here there was all kinds of wildlife in the river. Probably a nutria. Angie’s swears it was a beaver. or a river otter or an eel or a snake.
At the river we did a ring of fire. Merks and bear crawls.
Then we did a mosey over the hill. At the hill Mariah was 100% sure he saw a fox but as we approached it was evident that it was NOT a fox but rather a cat. A huge cat but a cat. Not a jaguar.
At the hill we did 20 hillbillies and then 19 low country crabs – 18-17-16-15-14-13-12-11. Evens were hillbillies and odds were crabs.
Then we did a long MOSEY to Nip/Tuck’s pimp station. Guys did a BLIMPS and wait for the 6. Once the 6 arrived we all waited in plank while each PAX did pullups AMRAMP.
After we got through the entire PAX we mosey’d back to the flag – we had an extra minute for a mission impossible plank.
The early moring parade goers in Mid-City were treated to some sweet F3 eye candy on Saturday for the 4th annual Mardi Gras Mambo aka Endymion Run. Our krewe consited of 22 PAX eager to start the day off right and get in the carnival spirit. YHC had stewed on some new ideas for the past month and decided to incorporate a “float” consisting of a jogging stroller and boom box to be pushed along the route blarring some good ole Mardi Gras music to get the juices flowing. Some festive chatter started as the Dr. John and Professor Longhair tunes came on. Here’s a recap of our parade:
Warmup near The Peristyle: IW, Lunges, WM, SSH with “bead wave” capped off with the tradional Mardi Gras Mambo song providing the guidance for 2+ minutes of syncronized planking, merkins, and plankjacks….always a crowd pleaser! We followed with a mosey to City Park Ave and N. Olympia and stopped to go over the gameplan for the run topped off with burpees x10, just because.
Route Run – Leg #1: Run at your own pace down Orleans trying to stay in clusters. The float/stroller acted as the kaboose and stayed in the rear, similar to the speaker trucks following the Dance Connection, minus the purple fishnets. Once at Carrollton, turn around and sweep the six. T-claps to the PAX for taking turns pushing the float and also to the guys carrying two F3 shovel flags….Merica!!! Lots of intrigued and possibly jealous onlookers wishing they were running with us.
Route Run – Leg #2: Right on Carrollton all the way to Canal, at you own pace, sweep the six. The motivational cheers from the spot watchers kept coming.
Route Run – Leg #3: Back down Carrollton to Orleans veering off to the neutral ground for a COP. Some grumbling was heard when YHC started with LSS x20, PP x25, ISW x20, and Plankorama w/Merkins. Everyone survived and the moseying resumed.
Route Run – Leg #4: Run back on Orleans to our starting point on N. Olympia, sweep the six. Good to see lots of other running groups out there…”Happy Mardi Gras” and high fives were being dolled out right and left. Might even try to work in some beads for next year.
Lagniappe Leg #5: Once back along City Park Ave, we had enough time to take the long way back along Marconi for a peek at the floats, before heading back to the Great Lawn. A few guys were able to modify the run with a shortcut.
Great Lawn: YHC wanted to make sure all PAX were ready for the rest of MG season and in stellar bead catching/throwing shape, so out came a bag of beads stashed in the bushes. All PAX grabbed a good bead to throw and parterned up for “Bead Burpees” consisting of throwing beads 15 yards away to your partner, alternating with burpees. This was not well received by the PAX, I’m guessing due to the sloppy terrain and the presumption that we were only going to run that moring. After a minute of some hideousness with Bead Burpees, YHC felt the need to cut it short and move on to something more challenging. Next up we did a bead throw and bear crawl circuit across the lawn, followed by a lunge walk and bead throw back.
Mary: After getting rid of the beads, we had enought time left to knock out LBC x20, Flutter Kicks x30, and Plankorama.
COT: YHC was a tad woozy and run-drunk at this point so not sure of all the announcements and intentions. We did pray for, among other things, a safe Mardi Gras weekened. We also called out Amnesty for yet again missing the annual event he co-fathered. YHC forgot to mention that we consider striving to avoid over indulging this Mardi Gras season and instead focus on making the most of our time with family, friends, or perhaps ourselves, whether that be at a parade or elsewhere. While pigging out and/or getting hammered may be something many of us have been guilty of during the carnival season, we should consider throttling that back on the guilty pleasures and possibly replace them with something more meaningful and healthy….just a thought.
Thanks to the PAX for going along with my antics and helping to bring in the 4th “F”….FUN!
A nice brisk, soggy Monday morning in the park working off the copious amount of popeyes consumed over the weekend. 11 pax gathered for the disclaimer then a mosey to bandstand.
At the bandstand: SSH x20, MDC x10, FAC x10, RAC x10, PP x20, PP x20, MC x20, SJ x20
Mosey back to track with Medulla taking a extremely quick detour to the pristine facilities in the shelter.
On the track: Burpee at the running man going up by one to the 9th man: 45 total burpees
Three groups, three rotations at the rows: 1) rows, 12 squat jumps & flutter kicks, 2) rows, 12 Bobby Hurleys, & hello dollys, 3) rows, 12 LLS & RFMs – (after the 1st rotation a nice old lady ask if we wanted to “kiss down there” – unsure if she was looking for a good time or referring to her dog.) Nevertheless, the pax & especially the Q trudged back to the track a bit confused.
At the track: Reverse it: Running backwards to each running man 8 burpees down to 1, total of 36 burpees
At the row of lights, a quick two minute plank-o-rama
Mosey to the shelter for some bench work: RLSU x20, Dips x15, RLPU x20 (with an O face halt), Incline merkins x10, LLSU x20, Dips x15, LLPU x20
Yes, yes, YHC recognizes that Mardi Gras festivities started several weeks ago now (Hail Chewbacchus!), but it really starts in earnest today, Wednesday, with Nyx and Druids (geaux F3 Druids!). Why don’t we get some work in so we don’t feel so guilty with what we are going to do to our bodies in the next week? Oh, and we do need to get just a few more miles for RRR (looking at you F3 NOLA HNJ). With a short disclaimer, off we go!
Mosey to track form 2
columns:
March to High Kicks
till Q yells Halt then
IW I/C X15
March to Butt Kicks
till Q yells Halt then
Forward Arm Circles I/C X10 Reverse Arm Circles I/C X10
High Kicks (aka Supreme Leader’s aka Kim Jong-Un’s aka Un’s till Q yells Halt then)
Hillbillies I/C X15
Open Gates till Q
yells Halt then
Self Love I/C X10
All of the above were done in columns.
Mosey in Columns to
Row Workout station for:
4 station-workout
10 burpees is count
Plank Jacks
Rows
Peter Parkers
Cycle through until PAX completes all stations.
Indian Run to Fountain (watch out for ducks crossing) for:
Incline Merks I/C X15
SL Stand Ups LL Up I/C X8
Dips I/C X15
Decline Merks I/C X15
Dips I/C X15
SL Stand Ups RL UP I/C X8
Indian Run to Middle
Green for Jack Webbs I/C X11 (1 extra for Catfish)
Back to track for Indian Run to Pull-Up Station
10 Count Pull Ups
10 Pull Ups is count
Jump Squats
LBC’s
SSH’s
Cycle through until PAX completes all stations.
Indian Run to Shelter
RL Step Ups I/C X10
LL Step Ups I/C X10
Mosey around horseshoe back to flag.
Count-Off, Name-o-rama, Announcements (lots of Mardi Gras-themed workouts coming up, Endymion Run, Death Star Trench Run on St. Charles on Sunday, Tsunami/Rex Run on Mardi Gras day), and Prayer.
Thanks PAX for letting me lead. Have a safe and happy Mardi Gras!
