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  • Interval Training at the Marsh

    Emerging from the darkness were Cowbell and Shooter and it was time to get underway. College baseball chatter filled the humid air in the gloom at the Milestone March as the PAX converged- ready to get the week started with a beatdown.

    Cowbell reported he bolted off to Oxford, MS this weekend to catch his Ole Miss Rebels in action, and YHC and Shooter had been following the LSU Tigers in their quest for a return trip to the Super regionals, and hopefully, Omaha, for the College World Series.

    After a brief warmup consisting of Arm Circles (forward and reverse, softball, beachball), YHC led the PAX over to the playground equipment for a quick set of 10 pull-ups.

    Next, mosey to Lakefront, to the corner of Lakeshore Dr. and Marigny St for a set of 5 timed runs around the track at Maringy St on 2 minutes time. Each lap took about 1:20, so we had about 40 secs rest in between each lap.

    Next, we hit the stairs at Rips for some up and overs. One man goes up and over, while the F3 bros on the ground do some work… (merkins, jump overs, squats, Hello Dollies, Flutter Kicks, Calf Raises).

    Let’s head to the seawall for some Derkins, Freak Nasties, Box Jumps.

    With about 5 minutes to spare, YHC led the PAX back to the Marsh for count off, COT. YHC prayed us out. Thanks guys for empyting the tanks with me this morning and pushing me to become better in the process. I am always appreciative of the opportunity to lead this inspirational group of men.

  • First at the Marsh for ole EiEi Oh? Literally/Figuratively

    YHC arrived at the Marsh to the sights of an unfamiliar truck.. As I exited, so did one EiEi now that’s a pleasant surprise but certainly a welcomed one.. Then the likes of another arrival not seen in sometime with Pelican pulling in as Steve and Bushwacker make there way to center court.. Of course the Marsh would not be complete without the pillar of Monday posts Water Pik rolling in right on time.. We circle up at center court to warmup for our “Marsh 500” on this heavy humid Gloom.. Not sure of the track temperatures but most of the PAX would soon be cooling things down with much perspiration as we embark down Lamarque street..

    Warmup

    15 IC Toe Touches

    10 IC Good Mornings

    15 IC Windmills

    10 IC Arm circles forward/reverse

    15 IC SSH

    Thang

    Assembled on Lamarque for the first bit of instruction. Simple Mosey to the first cross street for our 1st of only 5 exercises.. 20 8 count body builders OYO, as the YHC knew that he would not be able to maintain an accurate count as we progressed down Lamarque. Corner 2 20 8 count body builders, 25 Merkins. Moseyed on to our next block 20 8 count body builders, 25 Merkins, 34 Squats. By this point Q was beginning to wonder what possessed him to elect 8 count body builders as one of the exercises, but then Bushwhacker noticed the Ragnar t-shirt YHC was wearing which states “It’s not crazy if we all are doing it!” On to the fourth corner for 20 8 count body builders, 25 Merkins, 33 Squats, 50 Plank Jacks.. Arrived on the 5th corner at Lakeshore and Lamarque for completion. 20 8 count body builders, 25 Merkins, 33 Squats, 50 Plank Jacks and 100 LBCs.. By this point the objective of the PAX is to just complete in whatever order necessary or as we like to say modify to your abilities… PAX began some mumble chatter of a possible Uber pickup, which made the YHC feel as though he had delivered a quality product for a great price… “Marsh 500” complete 5 corners, 5 exercises and 500 Total reps.. Moseyed our 1/2 mile return to the court arriving with 2 mins to spare for a chill cut Plank followed by 10 IC J-lows..

    Glad to have all you men post this Gloom, especially EIEI. Looking forward to seeing you at other AO’s as well 👊🏻!!

    count, announce, COT

    👏🏻👏🏻 to EIEI for closing us in prayer!!

    Always appreciate the Gloom with you brethren of F3!!

    👍🏻👊🏻✌🏻 til the next Gloom!!

  • Mother’s Day Hangover

    Never has the PAX been greeted by a larger amount of refuse at the Marsh. Obviously, it was a raucous affair for mother’s day at the park. As YHC was going about the all too routine affair of picking up the AO, Shooter pulled up and slowly ambled from is sleek ans sporty Honda Fit. Waterpik trundled up in his reliable SUV shortly thereafter. And just when we thought the roster had settled at three, the n0w-familiar truck of Cowbell illuminated the court with its headlights. Having just signed up the previous day, QIC navigated his way through the mist of hesitation that lay at the foot of the unpropitious beat down his slightly demented imagination had conjured up. (It was worse than it sounds…)

    WARM

    x15 IC:

    Toe Touches

    Cherry Pickers

    Air Presses

    Arm Circles (10 F, 10 R)

    High Knees

    Butt Kicks

    THANG

    At the corner of Lamarque and Livingston, the PAX dropped for 10 Merkins IC. Then we did another 10 Merkins IC. We followed that up with yet another 10 Merkins IC. That abuse continued until 5 sets were complete, at which time we mosied southbound to the corner of Lamarque and Monroe. There, we did the same set count with Squats. Upon completion, the jolly band of brothers skipped back to the previous corner, and proceeded to rinse and repeat. Heeding Cowbell’s mention of Q’s core prowess, it was off to center court for:

    MARY

    50 LBCs

    40 Freddy Mercury’s

    30 Putins

    20 Hello Dolly’s

    10 LMCs

    20 Heal Pulses

    30 Flutter Kicks

    40 100s

    50 Heal Taps (or Penguins)

    COT

    Waterpik prayed us us out, and Shooter welcomed Cowbell to his 1st visit to the Marsh and surprised us all with a new batch of hid very own beef jerky! Eat your heart out Steve and Captain Sparkles!!!!

  • 2 is Company

    The Marsh has been relatively quiet lately, and yesterday was no exception. There were no transients, very little trash. Betting on a light turnout, YHC took a page from Chewy’s book by bringing the jump rope to the beatdown.

    After a brief warm up of SSHs, Arm Circles, HKs and BKs, we headed over to the monkey bars for 2 sets of pull ups x 20. Partner 1 does 20 pull ups and P2 spots P1, as necessary. Rinse and Repeat.

    Mosey back to the court to jump rope. P1 does an exercise (Merkins, 100s) while P2 does 100 reps with the jump rope.

    Finish up with 4 corners: each block stop for a quick exercise. 10 Burpees, 30 Merkins, Crunchy Frogs, Sprints, Putins, Bulgarian Split Squats.

    YHC prayed us out.

    Thanks, Steve, for joining me in the Gloom.

    SYITG.

    Pik

  • Three’s Company…Plus an 80lb Ball of Concrete

    Arriving a little early to tackle what would most certainly be an unfortunately large amount of litter waiting at the Marsh, YHC was also greeted by an itinerant millennial hanging out. We exchanged a few pleasantries and he was extended a beat down invite before Shooter and Pik simultaneously rolled up.

    WARMUP

    All x15 IC:

    SSH

    Toe Touches

    High Knees

    Slow Squats

    Cherry Pickers

    Windmills

    THANG

    In homage to our IR Marsh regular Coconuts, the PAX hit the intersection for 10 burpees every minute on the minute for 5 minutes, followed by a run 1 block south down Lamarque and back. Next was 20 squats in the same fashion plus the run.

    Lurking in the shadows behind the basketball goal waiting for an opportune time to make a startling appearance was one of Mathlete’s 80lb atlas balls from a Saturday beat down several months back. Round 1: while one man did ball rolling suicides, the other 2 planked. Round 2: zig zag rolling from one post to the next and back while non-rollers did LBCs. Round 3: ball carrying suicides while the others did cherry pickers.

    COT

    Q prayed us out, overwhelmed by the example of challenges displayed by our visitor, and grateful for the blessings of tenacity, determination in the face of adversity, and the support that we all give and receive every day.

    Thank you, gents, for giving me another chance to grow in my leadership!

  • Round Robin Roll around!!

    With an early morning text sent out asking for assistance with the Q, 3 of Northshores core arrived at the Marsh with sights of left over Easter eggs scattered throughout the AO, as if someone had forgotten where all the eggs were hidden.. This crew was sure to find the remaining few and dispose of them properly before we would proceed with our beatdown..

    YHC took the first 15 min with the warmup and mind readings of the other 2 PAX over to the playground equipment..

    Warmup

    SSH IC 20

    Windmills IC 10

    Imperial walkers IC 20

    Toe Touches IC 10

    Butt kicks IC 20

    Donkey kick-ups OYO 10

    Thang

    5,10,15 pull-ups, Merkins and Squats reducing by 1 down 4,9,14/3,8,13/2,7,12/1,6,11 and closed with 5,10,15..

    Passing of the baton to Steve who took the PAX to the street for some 4 corner action.. PAX moseyed to the first completed 10 hand release/T Burpees, 20 Squats and 30 IC Flutter kicks. Sprinted the next block, upon arrival the welcoming of a 10 count and then R/R. Mosey to the next R/R and Sprint the final with Bushwacker red lighting the jump only to still smell defeat as Steve and the YHC cranked it up a notch, R/R…

    Arrived back at the AO for the pass off at which Bushwacker announced Bear crawl suicides.. Upon completion the sound of possible Bunny hop suicides filled the air to pay tribute to the recent holiday, however an audible was called to a different type of suicide.. We will call this one the barrel roll suicide modifier.. For those who have seen the movie Grown-ups with David Spade and Adam Sandler imagine the scene as Spade rolls down the hill in the tire and is abruptly stopped by police officer Shaquille O’Neil directing traffic and instantly splash Merlot’s…. Let’s hope this one leaves the mind of Bushwacker for any future Qs..

    With 6 mins left we take center court on our six to finish out with alternating call of Mary. Bushwacker 25 IC Little Manny crunches, Steve 25 IC Wife pleasers, YHC A,B,C,D holds various calls and closed with Bushwacker 25 IC Freddie Mercury’s…

    Count, announce, COT

    Thoughts and prayers to those in the tragic event that took place on Easter Sunday with the bombings in Sri Lanka..

    👊🏻✌🏻 Till the next Gloom!!

  • We Interupt Your Regularly Scheduled Beat Down for Some YOGA

    As YHC laid his head down last night, he thought about why, after getting 12ish hours of sleep in the last 85, along with running almost 17 trail miles of sweet Georgia terrain topped off with more liquor than he had consumed in the entire last year, he was going to wake up in the 4 O’clock hour. To put it simply, he can’t get enough of F3!

    That being said, this would not be any old beat down. Those in need go for restorative yoga indeed!

    WARMORAMA

    With supportive Steve handling technical difficulties, we started with some nice N easy…

    Toe Touches

    Abe Vigodas

    Imperial Walkers

    THANG

    Down Dog picked a million-in-one time to be glitchy, so with the other technical difficulties handled, it was You Tube to the rescue. Our 40 minute yoga session was lead by an attractive , soft-spoken, slave mistress and torturess. With no mats, the tough PAX really took it on the knees! Still it was just what the doctor ordered, and we closed with set of slooooow Toe Touches.

    COT

    Q prayed us out with all the thanks and appreciation that we who are so blessed should have. Thanks, guys, for showing up and ,especially Pik, for not walking away shaking his head, at the mention of a yoga-ful beat down.

    And speaking of Pik, T-claps to the leader of the Northshore H8 for running a charity 5k at a blistering sub-8 minute pace this weekend! (just because he felt like it)


  • MARSH MADNESS

    In honor of the recently completed NCAA Championship, QIC devised the inaugural F3 Northshore Marsh Madness that paid homage to none other than former U of Arkansas head coach, Nolan Richardson, whose teams’ up tempo and intense pressure defensive style was known as “40 Minutes of Hell.”

    With lighting and thunder behind us, the light rain subsiding, and many regulars crushing Ragnar, our group of 7 got started.

    Quick Warmorama around the invisible shovel flag consisted of Sweet 16 x Toe Touches, Side Straddle Hops, Bobby Hurleys, Makhtar N’ Merkins (6 count Makhtar N’Diayes followed by a Merkin). Maverick came in hot at the end of the warm up to round out the Pax of Elite 8.

    Pax moseyed ¾ miles to the Milestone Marsh, home of F3 Northshore’s Monday morning beatdown. Following instruction, Pax partnered up into 4 x 2 man teams at each corner of the court with a basketball. Each team was to complete the following exercises in sequence accumulating to total.

    • 150 x Burpees

    • 300 x Squats

    • 150 x Big Boy Sit Ups

    • 300 x Air Presses

    • 150 x Merkins

    •  300 x Lunges

    Meanwhile, 1 member of each team backpedaled with their basketball to half court, performed a Bobby Hurley, and drove to goal for a shot of his choosing: layup (1 point if sunk), free throw (2 points if sunk), or three point shot (3 points if sunk). Shooters marked their points using the first letter of their F3 name with sidewalk chalk. The competition was to end when the first team completed all exercises and all members of the team planked on the sideline and yelled “Halt!”, but no team was finished by 0715, so QIC called it in respect of time.

    Total team points and individual team member points were tallied. The SW corner represented by Bird and Sparky had the most combined points (81).

    The highest scoring individual from each of the 4 teams were Bird, Stockboy, Toto, and Zoolander. The Final Four were summoned for a 5-shot “Around-the-World” shoot out, while the rest of the Pax lined the 3-point line performing side straddle hops (so as to simulate fans in the stands trying to distract the shooter). After the 4 rounds and sinking 3 of 5 shots, Zoolander emerged as the soon to be never remembered 2019 F3 Northshore Marsh Madness champion! We’ll see if the prestigious title can be defended in a year or so.

    Time was short, so the Pax of Elite 8 moseyed back to the meeting spot.

    Counterama, Nameorama. Welcome FNG Joel who sank 16 three pointers and is now known as Bird.

    QIC prayed us out. Thanks for following my lead today men. See you in the next Gloom.

  • Three Amigos

    YHC arrived at the Marsh for 0450 on this cool Gloom. As the 0500 start time approached the normal illumination of headlights glowing through the streets of Mandeville were indeed lighter than normal.. With usually the likes of Bushwacker arriving in his winters finest on cool mornings and Coconuts already standing at center court awaiting the instructions of the Q. However, neither brethren were present on this April fools to partake in the action the YHC had in mind.. But indeed 2 of the Qs most consistent and loyal Amigos (Steve and Water Pik) showed right on time as if their intent was to fool the Q into believing this Gloom might be a Post all alone..

    Warmups

    IC 15 Windmills, Good mornings and Toe Touches.

    Thang

    Moseyed to the Treen center around the corner from Grandmothers house for the only make believe track loop of sorts the YHC could think of. The work on tap would be The Sheldon Cooper, found in the list of exercises. 10 Burpees, 10 Merkins, 10 Squats and 10 Big boy sit-ups followed by a lap around the track.. R/R 10,9,8, ……. and lagniapped witb a close of back to the top with 10.. When all said and done PAX completed roughly 2.5 miles of track and 65 each exercise for a total of 260 reps in approximately 30 mins.. Moseyed back to the Marsh for the close.

    15 IC Swing crunch’s, 15 IC Little Manny crunches and a series of Jane Fonda’s each side straight leg 15 IC followed by toe to knee 15 IC and pulses 10 IC..

    Count, announce, COT

    Appreciate you Amigos for the post and following my lead..

    YHC closed with the prayer..

    👊🏻💪🏻✌🏻 Till the next Gloom..

  • The Trifecta and Smart-Sackin’ Steve

    With a pre-announced smart sack strategy, YHC knew The Marsh would be Steveless. And with a congressional psychology strategy (ask for more than you need then negotiate down to what you want;), Shooter was a lock. The rest of the PAX was going to be a mystery. The rest of the PAX turned out to be The reigning Northshore H8 champion, Waterpik! With a trifecta achieved, we began…

    WARMORAMA

    15xs IC:

    Toe Touches

    Cherry Pickers

    Torso Twists

    Imperial Walkers

    High Knees

    Butt Kicks

    Fire Hydrants

    Scorpion Kicks

    THANG

    We started at the monkey bars with 4 “as long as we can” rounds of this month’s ISI of flexed arm hang/dead hang

    Inspired by the consistently frenetic quality of Saturday’s H8 beat down, QIC lead the guys around the block 2 times, with a high rep exercise at each corner:

    50 merkins

    50squats

    100 LBCs

    50 lunges

    50 100s

    50 jump squats

    50 freak nasties (a la conveniently placed neighborhood bench)

    50 freddy mercurys

    10 burpees

    MARY

    The PAX finished with some well-deserved and much-appreciated yoga stretches

    COT

    Q took us out with appreciation of his F3 bothers and the day full of possibilities and opportunities. Many thanks, guys, for your diligence an effort. There can be no one to lead if there is no one to follow.