F3 New Orleans

Tag: Milestone Marsh

  • Crickets at the Marsh!

    Abbreviated beatdown done as a sad clown. Consisted of brief warm up followed by Merkins, Squats, LBCs and Burpees in descending order from 20,15, 10 and 5 sprinting baseline to baseline. 4 rounds of (5) pull-ups with cylinder block chest presses (20). Ran a mile and that’s a wrap..

  • Pete and Repeat

    Conditions: Balmy 58 degrees

    Pete and Repeat went to the Marsh for a beatdown.  Pete went down after finishing 6 exercises and 60 reps. Who was left? Repeat.

    Repetition can be a good or bad thing, depends on what you are repeating. Today, it was a good thing.

    WARMORAMA

    SSH, Imperial Walkers, Toe Touches, Arm Circles (front, back, small, big)

    Warm up run to stop sign and back

    YHC had trouble counting which produced uneven counts for each warm up: 12/12/14/12/8.

    Mumblechatter:

    Overwhelming excitement for Lane Kiffin and the Rebels (at least for YHC and Cowbell); If you take the back seat out of a huge van you can put a crib in for a newborn; Saints loss / 3 men and a 10 second facemask to get Kittle down

    Pick up coupons (notably heavier than those at the Gipper). Wiki posted which was referenced often.

    THANG

    6 rounds; 6 exercises, 10 reps each, run to stop sign and back; Increase by 1 rep each round

    Exercises

    Burpees; Coupon Shoulder Raises; Coupon Bicep Curls; Derkins; Coupon Goblet Squats; Coupon Triceps Raises; Run

    Cowbell was out of the gates in Gazelle fashion after round 1. After a slow 1st round Bushwhacker came in stride, while YHC, Goose, and Pick stayed even until the end. Shout out to Bushwhacker for even showing up after the Hundo training and a lakefront beatdown 2 days prior.

    MARY   

    YHC lost count of time due to a small watch font and bad eyes. Bushwhacker kept counting down 3 min, 2 min, 1 min while I was thinking we had until 6:15 and we could get at least another round in. Cowbell asked if we were going to do Mary – que to stop. After returning coupons, Mary was 30 seconds of LBC’s OYO.

    COT

    Count-O-Rama | Pray out

    Although we did not reach our lofty goal of 6 rounds because of time constraints, it was a great way to start the week. Bush and Cowbell finished 1 round ahead of YHC, Pick, and Goose. As a team, we totaled 948 reps and ran 8.8 miles in less than 45 minutes.

    I couldn’t have finished 1 round 6 months ago when I started with F3. The opportunity to lead my VQ at the Marsh, was a Milestone for me indeed.

  • Good to be Back, Men!

    For various reasons, YHC has been away from the gloomy streets of Old Mandeville, unable to post at the Scramble and the Marsh (YHC’s 2 favorite AOs) on a regular basis for the last 3 months. But today was different! YHC was excited to be back out ratting the streets with some of his runnin podnuhs. Here’s to hoping for more posts in the future.

    Here’s a LOOSE description of what went down and who was there to attest.

    Warmup: SSHs, BKs, HKs, Imperial Walker Squats, GMs.

    Thang: Mosey over to workout Equipment for 3 sets of Pull ups x 5, alternating w/ 10 squats.

    Mosey to Lakefront, stopping at each intersection for some exercises: Putins, Leg Raises, Crunchy Frogs, Merkins, Mountain Climbers, Peter Parkers, Al Gores, Chill Cut Planks. Then off to Rips for some up and over work before heading back to the Marsh to close out.

    Thanks to the always loquacious Bushwacker for praying us out!

    Good to be back out there in the gloom with you men. F3–Always pushing ahead, always pushing forward!

  • Blockheads

    It’s been said that the definition of insanity is doing the same thing and expecting different results (or there-abouts). Though I’m not sure if it’s insanity or simple forgetfulness that leads YHC to return time after time to the Marsh with core on the brain, only to leave with a torn up tail bone. And what’s worse, there’s always a few venerated manic Marshers who bare the burning brunt of said absent-mindedness when they get in the shower post-beat down.

    That being said, this gloom was no different, other than the PAX drilled deeper to the core by adding cinder blocks to the equation (to be used at individual’s discretion).

    WARM UP

    50 SSH IC

    50 Imperial Walkers IC

    MAIN EVENT

    Captain Thor – 1:4 ratio of Big Boy Sit Ups to Putins. OYO to 10:40

    That was all that was needed to sufficiently abrase collective coccyx of the PAX, and so a transition was made from basketball court to grassy section. (too little, too late)

    Dr W – 8 count exercise starting with Hello Dolly to Rosalita with a sit up through spread legs x10

    E2K – L side x20, R side x 20

    Growing Pains – OYO 30 LBCs, 30 Big Boy Sit Ups, 30 count Superman

    Hatching Butterfly – soles of feet together, hands over head, sit ups x25?

    Heavy Freddys – Freddy Mercurys with cinder block. Hammer and Q were awestruck by Steve pressing his block for each rep, until we realized he had the “non-regulation” block. T claps were still in order for the extra effort.

    After returning the coupons to their not-so-secret hiding place, a casual-paced run to the lakefront and back gave way to full disclosure of Hammer’s impending bundle of joy! A happy new year indeed.

    COT

    Hammer prayed us out, and YHC asks for prayers of blessing and good health for baby Adair #4 from all of you out there in F3 Northshore land.

  • Making It Up as We Go Along

    After checking that at least one other man would show, YHC picked up the still unclaimed Q for the Marsh before heading off to bed. Head to pillow, the 1st and last line of thought before plummeting into restful oblivion was of secreted cinder blocks!

    WARMORAMA

    all IC x13 (for Mackenzie’s sister and to best Steve by 1):

    Imperial Walkers

    Abe Vigodas

    Toe Touches

    Fire Hydrants

    Scporpin Kicks

    THANG

    Partner up at the baseline. 4 rounds, with each partner getting a chance at each core exercise – while P2 runs a suicide: LBCs, Freddy Mercury’s, Flutter Kicks, 100s

    Long-Distance 11s:

    Starting at the intersection of Lamarque and Livingston, 10 cinder block man makers, run to intesection of Livingston and Marigny for 1 3-count Mountain Climbers. 9-2, 8-3, etc.

    COT

    Count, Name, and Garfield lead us out invoking blessings on all things important to the PAX.

    Thanks for following this pied piper without a plan or a road map! It’s good to know we always leave better than we arrive.

  • The No Power Menu

    10 men braved the Olga aftermath to see what was on the No Power Menu this past Saturday.  YHC may not be able to remember much of what was actually on the menu, but I can tell you what was not on the menu: a fun game of mud football wasn’t (or, really, any “fun” in general); a beatdown with a clear vision wasn’t; and a fast cup of strong coffee at coffeeteria wasn’t either.  But more on that later.

    First, there was much mumblechatter and confusion as to what exactly happened to Wacker.  He had posted on the GroupMe that Olga had “slipped in last night and screwed things up.”  But many men hadn’t heard that the tropical storm had been named and so, naturally, thought a Russian woman had slipped into Bush’s bed.  Obviously, there was a lot of concern and alarm until it was revealed Olga was “not the Russian lady he did that run with a few weeks ago.”

    Now, the beatdown.  Nevermind that YHC can’t remember the specifics of the warmorama (it’s pretty much the same 15 or so exercises anyway, right?), more of note was that it had to be the darkest warmorama on record.  With the power out in the entire neighborhood, it really couldn’t be any darker (unless, of course, we lost the light coming from Hammer and Pik’s phones).  YHC kept thinking, how can we do anything in this darkness?  No bear crawls, no suicides – what are we gonna just sit in a circle and do side straddle hops all morning??

    So… after some SSH’s, we carefully tread over to the playground equipment for a round of 7’s: pull-ups to merkins.  Then over to the benches for a second set of 7’s: Freak Nasties to Bulgarians (admittedly, Bulgarians were a bit ill-conceived due to the awkwardness of having to do each leg).

    Then carefully back to center court for a set of 1 minute AMRAPs, dealer’s choice: we went around the circle and each man picked an exercise.  I can’t remember the exercises: there were merkins, there were jump squats, there were burpees, oh, and then Maverick showed up about this time and made us do Merkins again.

    After that, Tank mercifully took the Q for a moment, just as light was starting to peek through.   He had us do runs across the court, with a merkin at each end.  About 5 laps here to get the heart rate going.

    YHC took the Q back for what I thought could be an interesting one: partner up for the slowest Catch Me If You Can ever.  P1 will inchworm down the block, P2 will perform 10 merkins, 10 squats, and 10 LBCs, before bear crawling to catch and replace P1.  YHC thought it would be fun to go sightseeing down the block (now that there was light) where there were downed power lines, fallen trees, frantic cars, and all sorts of other fun stuff to dodge.  But the wise Hammer pulled us back to the safety of the court.  This exercise turned out to be not so fun in the end anyway.

    Then we split into two teams of 5 and did a relay race across the court.  Jose ran so fast that I think he ran straight outta the court and into the home across the street, but he did seal the tie for his team.  So, 20 burpees for all.

    And… what else?  Ah, we finished with a round of Mary: again, a 1 minute AMRAP, dealer’s choice, around the circle.  And again, YHC cannot recall the exact exercises, but does remember that Pik had us do calf raises, because I remember thinking, “this isn’t core,” but hey, fair game nonetheless.  And Turbo had us do Scuba Steves.  And Jose pulled out his fave – Jane Fondas, 1 minute each leg to close it all out.

    COT where Tank took center stage to announce the Hundo, which is gaining some traction despite its utter insanity.   You gotta love these guys.  Akbar prayed us out and then we were on our way in search of coffee.  Despite the citywide outage, this group of stragglers wouldn’t take no for an answer and found the local Waffle House to be incredibly accommodating despite the lack of power.  T-claps to our cheery waitress, who put up with Hammer’s constant tea refills and a bunch of sweaty guys that had no intention of eating.  In the company of these men, that weak, slow-drip coffee was some of the best I’ve ever had.

    So while we may never know if those eighteen year olds were able to pull their truck out with bungee cords, like much in life, some things are just better left to the imagination.  Gents, thanks for the opportunity to co-lead with Tank, I believe I can speak for both of us when I say that it’s a privilege and honor that we don’t take for granted.

    Like the men of F3, Waffle House plans for the expected, but is prepared for the unexpected.

  • Wait…You Were Serious?! Tales From The Tabata Trio

    So, YHC thought it would be a brilliant idea to run 5 miles to the Marsh this gloom (yes I was serious), which it was. Except for the tragic water bottle to the knee injury, almost being run off the trace by the brightest bicycle light in the world, and the cramping caused by running the entire way with a shovel flag that kept trying to fall apart. All of which became the final nail leading today’s beat down going from an intense feat of athletic stoicism featuring the Marsh’s newest mega coupon, an outrageously enormous tire (which has already been stolen after only 2 weeks and no opportunities to use it) to a casual, mumble-chatter filled , Shooter-less tabata session in which YHC’s perfectly apropos Halloween costume ideas for Akbar and Steve were blown apart by the awesomely anticipated Obi Wan Kenobi and Fat Sweat-Pants-wearing Spiderman costumes, featuing family coordination.

    ANYway…

    WARM O RAMA

    Steve covered the warm up while Q…uh…took care of some… business – returning in time to rock out some Imperial Walkers.

    THANG

    Tabata cycles of 4 sets of 20 seconds of reps with 10 seconds rest in between each set. Exercises included Merkins, LBCs, Lunges, Reverse Lunges, Reverse Crunches, Freddy Mercurys, Scorpion Kicks ans more Imperial Walkers.

    COT

    Count, Name, Akbar prayed us out, and we are certainly blessed. This Halloween be sure to be on the lookout for Akbar and his light saber and Steve with his slice of pizza!

    Gentlemen, thanks for posting and playing a few rounds of “Bushwacker says”. And Steve, thanks for the ride home…looks like I won’t need a knee replacement after all! (yet)

  • Easy like Monday morning

    Cowbell and YHC have often discussed the misery of Monday mornings at the Marsh. Typically they’re not the most difficult beatdowns of the week, but coming off the weekend, as Lionel Ritchie would tell anyone who’d listen, they’re never easy, easy like Sunday morning.

    In fact, this beatdown was designed purposefully to be easy, and it still wasn’t easy. If that makes any sense whatsoever.

    After a quick warmorama at center court (consisting of toe touches, arm circles, good mornings, windmills, ssh’s) we took a mosey.

    This whole thing was a mosey, in fact – up the trace, to Jackson, down to the lakefront and back – with the stipulation that we’d stopped at (most) intersections to perform a 1 minute AMRAP of an exercise. From what YHC can remember, it was something like:

    • squats
    • LBCs
    • merkins
    • mountain climbers
    • flutter kicks
    • freak nasties
    • knee ups (1 min each leg)
    • burpees
    • jump squats
    • monkey humpers

    And then back in time to hit the pull up bars for 20 oyo.

    Abbreviated mary of Freddie Mercs and leg raises, and Akbar prayed us out. Thanks men for posting and for the opportunity to lead, as you know, I wouldn’t be out there if it wasn’t for you guys!

  • You Say You Want a Revolution…How About a Few?

    Pulling up with a few ticks to spare, YHC found a relatively old guard Marsh reunion (given the off kilter schedules of the last month or two) with Shooter, Steve and Waterpik gathered center court. As we got started, 2 more wagons came skidding in ever so strategically.

    WARMORAMA

    10xs IC:

    Toe Touches

    Windmills

    Butt Kicks

    Torso Twists

    THANG

    Gathering at the monkey bars, the PAX cranked out 4 revolutions of:

    5 Pull Ups

    10 Squats

    15 Merkins

    20 Mountain Climbers

    25 LBCs

    Run around the basketball court

    Rinse and Repeat 3xs then plank until the last man returns, then offical 30 plank clock starts.

    All told, that made 900 reps: 60 Pull Ups, 120 Squats, 180 Merkins, 240 Mountain Climbers, and 300 LBCs.

    The PAX unloaded Santa Cowbells coupons of cinder blocks and an enormous tire to stow away at the Marsh for future use.

    MARY

    34 Freddy Mercurys without a minute to spare.

    COT

    Count, Name, Shooter prayed us out with a special intention for one of our own. Please add your prayers to this special intention this week.

    Thanks for following my wacky lead, guys! Y’all make me a better me.

  • IPC Pick your poison

    Arrived to the AO with the sights of a Mathlete a newcomer to the Marsh.. Grundy and Cowbell arriving shortly there after. I walked off 50 yards and planted the shovel flag south of the basketball court. Thankfully Grundy showed for moral support this Gloom, but most importantly to keep YHC accurate in the script of what was required on this final IPC. Q had crossed thoughts that the coupon carry was only completed after each round of 300 reps was complete, however the always accurate Grundy corrected that quickly and the PAX got to it..

    Kudos to Cowbell ringing the bell with the best time of the morning, followed by Mathlete 6 mins after and the YHC 4 mins after that.

    All in all the great thing about this challenge was the fact you could mix the combinations of the assigned exercises to your own strengths and weaknesses.. Definitely leg intense on this IPC verses weeks past..

    Q prayed the PAX out!!

    👍🏻👊🏻✌🏻 Till the next Gloom!