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Tag: Milestone Marsh

  • Tellier and Ants – from Akbar

    4 strong this gloom, hot as hades.

    WARM UP

    SSH x 20 IC
    X10 IC – IW, swimmers (freestyle), backstroke, grass grabbers, slow high knees, high knees

    Tellier WOD
    Dedicated to U.S. Sgt. Zachary D. Tellier, 31, of Charlotte, NC (USA) a combat infantryman with the 4th Squadron, 73rd Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, at Fort Bragg. He died Sept. 29, 2007, of wounds sustained while on a ground patrol in Afghanistan. The previous April, Tellier’s unit was conducting a mounted patrol when one of its vehicles drove over and detonated a bomb, which set the vehicle on fire, according to a statement from the 82nd Airborne. Tellier pulled two paratroopers out of the vehicle to safety, suffering severe burns to his hands. He was awarded the Bronze Star Medal with valor for his actions. After he was burned, Tellier jumped up in the turret to return fire, said Sgt. Michael Layton, a member of Tellier’s unit. A lieutenant made Tellier get out of the vehicle because of his injuries, Layton said. “Zachary Tellier has to be the biggest hero I’ve ever known or heard of, not just because of what he did, but because of his personality,” Layton said. “He came in the Army because he wanted to be around soldiers and serve his country, and he paid the ultimate sacrifice.” Tellier is survived by his wife, Sara Tellier of Atlanta, Ga.; his father, David W. Tellier of Groton, Mass.; and his mother, Pamela Rodriguez, of Falmouth, Mass.

    THANG
    1. 10 Merkin Plank Jacks
    2. 10 Merkin Plank Jacks, 25 Merkins
    3. 10 Squats,, 25 Merkins, 50 lunges
    4. 10 Squats, 25 merkins, 50 lunges, 100 LBC
    5. 10 8 count Body builders, 25 Merkins, 50 Lunges, 100 LBC, 150 squats

    21-15-9 x 2
    Curls, Dips, Decline Merkins

    Mary Crunchy Frogs, American Hammers x20

    Count, name, YHC prayed us out with intentions for my aunt Sally, speedy recovery for Rachel, those in Afghanistan, those in the military and their families.

    NMM: YHC was a little fuzzy brained this morning, not remembering what count body builders were. Probably because of Hawgcycle’s numerous 6 count BB last Saturday. Made some changes along the way, but still a tough beatdown. Near the end Waterpik did some LBC’s in ants. We started wiping off of his back. Of course, Hogsbreath knew of an initiation where the Mawe tribe puts bullet ants in gloves as an initiation for young tribe members. Great to have Yellow Snow back this Monday. Hogsbreath will be out for a few weeks, heading to Fort Brag.

  • Early Modification at the Milestone Marsh – from Akbar

    5 HIM showed up in the gloom this morning to get better. Including a FNG named Jay. For a hot minute, we thought it would be 3 Jays at the beatdown. Then Hogs and Pik joined us.

    Gloom Factor: Cooler than usual, clear skies

    Warm Up: Mission, Core Principles, SSH x20, IW x20, self-love x10, grass grabbers x10.

    THANG: Mosey around the block stopping at every 3rd light pole for 5 reps of said exercise, then adding reps ascending to 25, then descend every 3 back to 0 before starting next exercise.

    Exercises: Sister Mary Catherine’s, Merkins, Squats

    That was how it was supposed to go, but QIC modified very early after heavy breathing and legs burning by all – and took out the descending part to save for another time.

    We moseyed to the lakefront and up Noah’s Ark back to the Flag – picking up Edward again along the way for a block or 2 before he rode off into the night.

    Basketball court: Suicides. 10 SMC’s, 10 Merkins, 10 Squats, 10 LBC’s. Work back doing same thing to the beginning.

    Mary – Leg raises and hands to heels x 10 each.

    Our FNG was a little wobbly and worn out, so we all stayed on the six for COT. Hammer prayed us out.

    WELCOME YELLOW SNOW!

    Thanks for letting me lead – Akbar

    NMM

    Good weather, great mosey and tough workout today. Jay showed up after reading an article on F3. Grew up in Metairie, went to Rummell, went to Destin, FL after Katrina and opened some restaurants. Moved to Yellowstone and ended up in Montana for a while before coming back to Mandeville to be with his 95-year-old mom. EH goes to F3 Nation, glad to have him out.

    While moseying back to the flag, we passed Edward’s house. Waterpik and YHC were talking about the strange occurrence last week and wondered how we was. Then he came out of his house and worked out with us again. We saw a dead snake and had multiple conversations about our own snake experiences. Hogsbreath peered up at the sky at one stop and gave us a lesson on stars. Pointing out Orion, which means colder weather is coming. Hope he’s right.

  • A very non traditional FNG, Edward – from Waterpik

    It was the last lap around the block that things began to get really strange at the milestone marsh. YHC was just trying to kill off the last 10 minutes of the workout when when A man ran out with a sweat shirt and jeans And joined us as we jogged past his house. His name was Edward. YHC just assumed he would run for a block or so Them head back from whence he came. Boy was That wrong. Edward proceeded to do the exercises with us at each corner and stayed for mary. The problem was that Edward didn’t speak any English. And he seemed off (intoxicated?) as he started to clown around.

    By the time the beatdown was over, there would be no name O Rama for this FNG. I think the pax was just happy to get rid of him.

  • Heavy Metal – from Akbar

    The blocks were brought back to the Marsh today with a beatdown accompanied by Heavy Metal.

    Gloom factor: Hot, Humid, go figure

    WARM UP

    SSH x 15, IW x 10, Butt Kicks x 10, Arm Circles front and back x 10

    THANG – Start with 1 rep each and add a rep each round. Drop a rep if form is bad, go til time is out

    1. Swerkin: Feet in the swing, Merkin then knee tuck
    2. Block row
    3. Vertical Chest Press
    4. Curl
    5. Grave digger (block down on ground then over shoulder)
    6. Block squat

    Count, name. Shooter prayed us out. Prayers for my Uncle Jimmy who doesn’t have much longer, and his wife Sally and family; neighbor lady who is in a coma, Shooter’s friend Celia who is in hospice. Hogsbreath work crew is fighting COVID, a lot of people may be out for a while.

    Announcements: Tarpon Triathlon in Houma. Individual and relay teams available. This Saturday 7:30am at the Bayou Black Rec Center. CONTACT AMNESIA IF YOU ARE INTERESTED.

    Thanks for letting me lead – Akbar

    NMM

    YHC found the Swerkin on F3 Nashville’s site, it seems to be a staple over there. Pretty simple beatdown today, but difficult. Most of us got to around 15-20 reps, but still had some great conversations. Shooter told us about his trip to San Diego and the awesome weather, wishing we had the same here at the Marsh this morning. Great work today guys.

  • Akbar meets Solo and Cindy Crawford on the Payne Train – from Akbar

    YHC arrived early this gloom for a Hero beatdown, and by 5:15 there was still 1. With Cowbell out of town, no late arrival was expected so it was time for some Solo work to honor 2 fallen soldiers.

    Corporal Randy Payne and Corporal Matt Dinning were killed together on April 22, 2006 in Afghanistan while conducting a Close Protection mission, when the Armored G-Wagon they were riding in was struck by a roadside bomb near the Gumbad platoon house.

    WU – 10 Slow high knees, then 10 fast IC
    10 Slow Butt Kicks, then 10 fast IC
    10 IW, Hillbillies, self-love, arm circles, toe touches

    THANG

    The Cindy: 5 pull ups, 10 merkins, 15 Squats. Complete 5 rounds, 300-meter run, then 4 round, 3 rounds… down to 1 for time.

    Finished at 24:36.

    MARY

    What’s a Cindy without the Crawford?

    20 LBC’s, 25 Calf Raises, 5 rounds, 4 rounds, etc to 1

    COT – Corporal Payne and Minning, their families, those who serve our country, and past fallen soldiers. Shooter, Cowbell, and BBQ on vacation.

    Announcements: Amnesia’s 3 year anniversary at Granny’s tomorrow.

    Till next gloom,

    Akbar

  • Not Draggin’ Around – from Akbar

    YHC arrived at the gloom right on time after hitting the snooze this morning too many times. The AO was vacant, with one unidentified truck. Out walked Bypass and his FNG, Waterpik ran up as usual, and Hogsbreath was the last to make it 5. T Claps for the EH Bypass, in your second week nonetheless. Still burning from Saturday, there would be minimal shoulder work today.

    Warm up SSH, IW, Arm Circles (F/B), Self-Love x 10

    Short Mosey to the playground for Pull-Ups and Swing Tucks: 10, 8, 6 each OYO

    Thang : Mosey to the Lakefront wall. As we started, a man in his car rolled down the window and said “stop draggin’ arse!” That’s really the definition of a Mosey sir, so we did Mosey and stopped for some exercises

    Block 1 10 Apolo Ohno’s (2 is 1), 25 Merkins

    Block 2 10 Apolo Ohno, 25 Merkins, 50 Lunge walk (1-1)

    Lakefront 25 Dirkins OYO, 20 Freak Nasties IC, 20 Peter Parkers IC

    Mosey back to the court stopping along the way for:

    Block 1 10 Apolo Ohno’s (2 is 1), 25 Merkins

    Block 2 10 Apolo Ohno, 25 Merkins, 50 Lunge walk (1-1)

    Back at the beginning, line up on court for 10 Apolo Ohno’s, 25 Merkins, 50 Squats OYO. Move to center court for 50 LBC’s IC. Mosey to playground for Pull-Ups and Swing Tucks: 10, 8, 6 each OYO

    Mary Leg Raises, Hands to Heels x10 IC

    Count, Name, Welcome Deep Six!

    YHC prayed us out with thanks for health & leadership. Thanks for Deep Six’s service to our country and save travels on his trek to NC.

    Announcements

    Gnarly Nutria Wednesday at 9am. Meet at the old Winn Dixie/Acquistapace for Clown Car at 7:45pm.

    FIA/F3 Mixer will not happen this week. It’s been changed to every other month, starting in August. More to come.

    Thanks for letting me lead,

    Akbar

    NMM

    Bypass’s friend Danny was on his way from San Diego to Fort Pendleton in NC. A Marine, he was a beast. He must have done 50 pullups to our 10 at the playground. He loves to Scuba Dive, so Deep Six was appropriate for his F3 name. Bypass and Deep Six said they’d be at Grandmas tomorrow. Great mumblechatter as always on the mosey to the lakefront and back.

  • A Few Card Games – from Hogs Breath

    YHC showed up 5 mins prior and was greeted by the sight of a few pax milling about. We even had a FNG waiting for us!!

    The warm up

    We began with 10 IC mountain man poopers. How YHC found that warm up was by searching through the Exicon and picking funny names. Using the same formula, YHC went to the exicon on my phone began scrolling and had my M say “stop” and that became this mornings workout. So what we we ended up with;

    Boat / Canoe – 60sec
    Burp and Merk – 5 oyo
    Crab Jacks – 10 ic

    The Thang

    An Obama the length of the basketball court.

    Originally a coupon workout was planned, however YHC was told the coupons had been taken, again. At this point the city is probably moving them, if YHC had read the back last from 2 weeks prior YHC would have realized and could have brought some coupons….

    [If anyone wants we were going to preform a workout modified from an iron pax workout:
    10 man makers
    20 overhead press
    30 kettlebell swings
    40 curls
    50 incline merkins]

    So YHC was a great Q and adapted on the fly. Even thought YHC had previous said minimal running and mostly upper body, he had to modify! A Deck O’ Death was pulled out and various games were played:

    War: highest card was the exercise and the low number was added up. I.e. 9 of spades [low slow squats] and 7 of hearts so all pax performed 16 low slow squats.

    After everyone had a turn we moseyed to the Woodlake elementary school and back.
    Then we drew a poker hand and performed all exercises of the highest poker hand. A mosey back to the school.
    Then we drew cards and lined them up highest to lowest, and performed all exercises, and then drew a second round but went lowest to highest.
    At this it was time to wrap up.

    We welcomed, and named, Bypass, a new addition to our Northshore Pax! Named because he had heart surgery last April, he was EH’d by one of our Uptowner pax. Hopefully he’ll return out to us again!

    Ended with a COT with plenty of prayers for upcoming surgeries, travels, and allowing the Great Q to be leaders in our communities as we carry forward.

  • Impromptu 3rd F Beatdown – from Hogs Breath

    Checking the Q sheet after last nights fireworks I didn’t see anyone sign up. So I grabbed my Deck O’ Death (available at Mudgear) and headed out to Taylor Thomas Park. Planting a shovel flag five mins before, I was at least expecting one other pax to show….
    But alas at 0515 I was alone, so I began

    Warm-up
    50 self cadence SSH
    10 mountain man poopers
    10 Hillbillies
    10 toe kicks

    The thang
    Obama the length of the basketball court
    One lap around the block and then I began the Deck O’ Death, turning over a card I would perform said exercise, as I was sweating away in the muggy air I looked around at the refuse and litter left behind by the previous day’s Fourth of July. I can either complain about it, or I could improve my community and be an example and leader. Taking on one of the F3 tenants and “leave no [park] behind, but no [park] where you found him” after each card, I would sprint to a piece of litter, run to the trash can and back to center court to overturn the next card. After performing the nexts card’s exercise, I would rinse and repeat. I made it my mantra to clean the entire park by the time 0600 rolled around.
    I finished a sweaty mess, but accomplished the goal.
    And Pax, this is a beatdown I will be repeating!
    I ended with prayers for y’all! Until next time pax!!

  • Hold it now, hit it – from Akbar

    5 strong today with the Wacker of all Bushes and Steve in the mix. Noticing that everyone brought gloves without a reminder, YHC felt like laying off the blocks today for a traditional mosey to the lakefront and back. Listening to the Beastie Boys song Hold it Now, Hit It! last week, a thought emerged and became a beatdown.

    Warm Up: IW, Cherry Pickers, Self-Love, Grass Grabbers, Arm Circles (f/b), SSH, Torso Twist x 10 to 20

    The Mumblechatter started early, slightly delaying the start of the beatdown, and kept up all the way past COT. Pixie Stix’s lacrosse, Grover’s graduation dinner and work, weekend plans, trips, Bush’s tower of doom, are firemen are stronger than policemen? Billy’s departure from Reigers (will he actually post one day?); Sandbar’s trek across the lake from Nola to the Marsh last week (should we go knock on the FNG’s door? Its’ only 3 houses down) Baby Yoda making Bush chase balls, and then him. Pickleball is getting serious – how about taking all the courts one Friday night? YHC’s anniversary spend the night party with mama, most of us need more time weekly with our beloved wives. On and on, one of many things to look forward to every Monday at the Marsh.

    Time to get to work:

    The Thang

    Mosey down to the lakefront wall stopping along the way. Start with a 10 count hold mid exercise, then return to the top for ICx10 each. Example: Hold Al Gore for 10 count, then return to the top of the exercise for Squats x10IC. Exercises are below.

    Mosey to the playground

    1. Chin up, Supine Pull up

    Mosey to the swings for plank tucks on the swing x10 IC no hold

    Mosey to the lakefront, stopping along the way for:

    2. Stone Mountain, Shoulder Taps
    3. Squats, Monkey Humpers
    4. Dirkin, Freak Nasty
    5. Irkin, Freak Nasty
    6. Stone Mountain, Shoulder Taps
    7. Squats, Monkey Humpers

    There’s inherent danger when passing counts off because you know some jackwater will mess it up. In this case, you guessed it, Bushwacker brought out his painfully slow count in an Irish/Scottish voice during Monkey Humpers. More pain, more gain though.

    Mary: Merkins with 10s hold, Hello Dolly x10 IC low, mid, high, LMC x20, finish with 100’s (Hello Hummingbird)

    Count, Name, and YHC prayed us out.

    Announcements: WW2 trek sign up by July 4th; Gnarly Nutria July 21st

    Thanks for letting me lead, always enjoy a Monday morning at the Marsh.

    SYITG – Akbar

  • Request honored – from Waterpik

    YHC got a text from Jose 10k asking if an extensive amount of running was planned for Monday morning’s beatdown at the Milestone Marsh. Just glad to have a hard commit, YHC would have let Jose lead the workout if he wanted.

    After a Brief warmup consisting of AC, SSH, GM, the pax quickly got to work grabbing the saturated cinder blocks from their hiding spot.

    Beatdown consisted of 4 corners with the pax carrying the coupon (walking) to each of the 4 blocks surrounding Lamarque and Livingston Sts.

    The pax stopped at each corner and did a series of exercises consisting of squat thrusters, presses, goblet squats, big boy sit-ups, leg raises, kettle bell swings.

    After 2 laps around the block, we hit the pull-up bars for 2 sets of max out pull-ups (that’s like 3 for me).

    Then it was off to center court for mary.

    COT and YHC prayed us out. T-Claps to F3 Nola’s Sandbar who posted for the workout, even though his NS friend who was supposed to show up as an FNG stiffed his buddy due to a “cold.”

    Have a good week, guys.
    Thanks for allowing me to lead.