F3 New Orleans

Tag: Rev Sox

  • We’re All Stupid

    Last night, Kenner Bruh declared his intention to fart sac at 8:40pm, so the call went out for a replacement Q for the View. At 9:06pm, YHC volunteered to take the Q, because he had a stupid idea that he wanted to try at the View. As it turns out, the men of F3NOLA are stupid who like to do stupid things. With the promise of nothing more than an unknown stupid F3 workout, the largest number of men ever came out for a beatdown on July 8, 2020 as the View hit 11 participants for the first time. On to the stupid.

    The Warm-Up

    SSH – 20

    Imperial Walkers – 21

    Arm Circles – 20

    The AOC

    Last Wednesday there were 11 large piles of trash and refuse spread across the lake shore from the flag to the Treasure Chest Casino. The distance from pile one to pile 11 was 1.1 miles. YHC planned to use the trash piles as the markers for the longest circle of pain ever at the View. YHC calls it the AOC, a series of Al Gore, Global Warming inducing exercises performed next to the rising waters of Lake Pontchartrain. It’s Stupid.

    Do you know what else is stupid? Whoever cleaned up those trash piles along the lake shore is stupid. YHC crested the levee before dawn this morning and nearly fell down in tears as his precious garbage piles were gone! Never fear, adjustments must be made. Now there will be a round of Circle of Pain every 1/10 of a mile on our run from the flag to the Treasure Chest Casino with a new exercise at each stopping point.

    Circle up for 10 merkins as the other Pax hold Al Gore

    Run 1/10 of a mile

    Circle up for 10 Catalina Wine Mixers as the other Pax hold a plank

    Run 1/10 of a mile

    Circle up for 10 Hello Dollies as the other Pax hold Al Gore

    Rinse and Repeat until the Pax arrives in front of the Treasure Chest. The rest of the exercises: burpees, Wine mixer without the merkin, smurf-jacks, merkins again, American hammers, and Nola Ryans. Can’t remember other exercise YHC called out.

    Jack’s Elevens

    The Pax is now 1.1 miles from the flag, and we need to get back by 6:15. The trip back will be 11s. Stop every 1/10 of a mile and do ascending Jack LaLannes, 1 at stop one and 11 at the flag. The Pax safely arrived with all 11 members at 6:16am. YHC humbly asks for your mercy for going over by one minute.

    The End

    Count-Off, Name-O-Rama, Announcements, and Prayer

    Thank you men for doing stupid with me and for pushing each other to get better day by day. Remember to be in prayer for our sick and injured. We need these men back to push us and call us out if we have slacked off during their absence.

    Be strong and be kind today,

    Rev Sox

  • Happy Independence Day!

    Happy Independence Day!

    On July 2, 1776 the Second Continental Congress passed the Lee Resolution declaring our independence from Great Britain and King George! Down with the British! Seeing the immense significance of this declaration of independence, John Adams wrote a letter of prophecy to his wife Abigail predicting future celebrations on the 2nd of July. Adams wrote of July 2nd that on this day following generation will celebrate our freedom with Pomp and Parade…Games, Sports, Guns, Bells, Bonfires and Illuminations from one End of this Continent to the other.

    So to celebrate this momentous day in the fulfillment of Adams’ prophecy, the 2nd Annual F3 NOLA Independence Day race was held at Pontiff Park at 5:30am on July 2, 2020.

    13 laps around the track or 3.25 miles to glory

    1. Belloq 24:32
    2. War Eagle 25:10 PR
    3. Rev Sox 26:11
    4. Double Fudge 27:53
    5. Pai Gow 28:51
    6. Vagabond 31:04
    7. Mambi (12 laps) 29:25
    8. Tool (12 laps) 30:04
    9. Hokie Pokey (10 laps)

    Tclaps to Belloq on winning the 2nd Independence Day Race and to War Eagle on running the fastest 5k of his life.

    Ultimate Frisbee

    The Pax split into two teams for Ultimate Frisbee to celebrate Independence Day with games!

    Shirts – War Eagle, Double Fudge, Mambi, Vagabond, and Tool

    Skins – Belloq, Rev Sox, Pai Gow, Hokie Pokey, and Tool

    The shirts won a close, hard fought game by a score of 4-3.

    The End

    Close it out with Hostess Independence Day treats, Count-Off, Name-O-Rama, Announcements, and Prayer

    Thanks for allowing me to lead and putting up with my stupidity,

    Happy Real Independence Day,

    Rev Sox

  • Oh, I’m the Q??? … and what is an EMOM?

    On Tuesday, I received a call from Boo Boo asking me about the upcoming Q I was leading at Popeye’s and letting me know he was on IR and unable to run and asking about the plan.

    I let Boo Boo know I would commit to little to know running and looked forward to seeing him.

    Let’s stretch

    At the age of 60, I really appreciate a good stretch both before and after our workouts.

    Downward Stretch SLOWLY and GENTLY extend the stretch with each exhale.

    Abe Vigoda x10, Grass Grabbers x10, Imperial Walkers x10, Arm Circles with Thumbs up x5 small, x5 medium and x5 large, Arm Circles with Thumbs down x5 small, x5 medium and x5 large, closed out with some lunge stretching looking over our back shoulder.

    The Thang ~ 3 Segments

    The Q came bearing gifts… 20# Ruck Plate, 30# Ruck Plate and 40# weighted vest

    1st segment ~ Pax 1 is the timer with a lap around the water (approx 400 meters), Pax 2 30# Curls, Pax 3 40# calf raises, Pax 4 Bear crawls low and slow keeping shins & back parallel to the ground, Pax 5 Sit ups with 20# plate on chest…. Rotate so each person got each of the 5 stations.

    2nd segment ~ Pax 1 is the timer with a lap around the water (approx 400 meters), Pax 2 30# Overhead presses, Pax 3 40# step ups , Pax 4 Reverse Lunges, Pax 5 Forward Lunges with 20# plate overhead…. Rotate so each person got each of the 5 stations.

    3rd Segment ~ EMOM Hokie Style!!! Some of the Pax told the Q they believe EMOM is one minute of exercise followed by one minute of rest. This Q stated there is plenty of time to rest when your dead 😉 Instead our EMOM was one exercise after another after another after another switching every minute…. Push ups, Lunges, More Push Ups, Bobby Hurley’s, Plyometric Push ups (accelerate on the up and get hands off the ground… clap if you can), Plank, Nolan Ryan’s R, Squats, Nolan Ryan’s L, Chair position

    The Cool Down

    More stretching for 5 minutes

    COT

    We lifted up prayer requests and gratitude. We are grateful for F3!

  • Sloppy Seconds Ain’t My Style

    Today is March 2nd, which means we’re nearing the end of the (sometimes) cold season here in New Orleans. For those of you keeping track, and I’m sure you all are, my attendance has been spotty over the past several months in what can only be described as F3 hibernation. I loathe below-50 degree weather and do my best to avoid it, especially if its also been raining. I know many people hate the humidity here, but I’ll take the heat any day.

    Now, given the Calvinist nature of the Q assignment, we (usually) don’t select our own Q-ings, but are predestined according to the (presumed) foreknowledge of the AO site coordinator. And as such, I’ve only “reported for duty” on days when the temperature was 50+, unless I was predestined for Q-ing in the cold (see 11/13/2019). But it seems that Rock City AO coordinator Mahatma, in his grace and mercy, saw fit to elect me to Q on March second, a day that had no cold and no sloppy ground – really a perfect weather day.

    So it began with warm-up exercises in the traditional Rock City warm-up area. It was the usual bag of tricks:

    SSH

    Abe Vigodas

    Imperial Walkers

    Grass Grabbers

    Peter Parkers

    Arm Circles

    All @ 26 each. There appeared to be some great letdown among the PAX that 26 had no significance other than having an equal number of forward and backward arm circles. Sorry for those that thought that I might be honoring P.J. Williams or celebrating my 26th birthday…

    Next up we gathered our rocks and headed to the football field, where we paced 10 yards for every exercise, from the goal line, in reps of 15, in cadence:

    Curls

    Tricep Extension

    Merkins

    Chest Press

    Shoulder Press

    We then partnered up for a dash from the 50 yard line to the goal line and back, while the alternating partner worked to complete the following:

    Burpees x 50

    World War II Sit-Ups x 100

    Squats x 150

    Flutter Kicks x 200

    Rows x 300

    Finally, we reversed our 10 yards/reps of 15/in cadence to the original goal line, finishing with just enough time to return our rocks and circle up. I have to say, given my F3 hibernation as of late, I’m definitely not in the same shape I was in November. So much so, that I was fading badly on the last set of tricep extensions and apparently lost the ability to count. Fortunately, Mahatma stepped in and picked up my slack continuing the cadence. It reminded me of that scene in Casino when Joe Pesci is all coked out near the end of the film, and he starts to beat a guy to death, but then doesn’t have the stamina to finish, so one of his henchmen takes over to finish the beatdown. Only without the coke. Or murder.

    In closing, we had no announcements, only prayers for those in our F3 community and those connected to it, giving thanks and glory to God.

    *The title of this post was a line uttered by Danny Zuko (John Travolta) in the movie Grease referring to…well, not muddy fields or March 2nd.

  • The Wis

    The Wis

    Conditions

    Overcast, 63 F, Feels like 63 F, Humidity 90%, Wind 8 mph from the South

    The Thang

    27 Pax tried a new route today, crossed the Cabrini Bridge and then went over and back on the Wisner overpass.  We ended up on the back side of the track and ran laps for the 6.  Distance ended up being about 3.5 to get to the track.

    NMM

    • T-claps to the Ruckers that got started at 4 am and got in close to 8 miles – Hokie, Gideon, and Thumbwar
    • Good to see SFx this morning.  He also rucked.  Will rucking become a thing in NOLA? 
    • I like that this route involves the Wisner Bridge, but it’s a little short.  Maybe next time we do it we will add another small loop that involves the Bridge a second time. 

  • Time Trials at the Stomp

    Since we do all this damn running anyway, we might as well see how we’re doing, right? There is some good research that suggests setting real goals and regularly tracking progress increases our chances for success. So let’s do it. Today: a 5k

    Of course, there is also the matter of a beautiful hammer adorned in freedom and f3 stickers that we would like to hang on to. Perhaps the “men of the Wally run” or the weekend crew will actually bring it out to the Stomp for all to enjoy next time.

    In no particular order, here are the times submitted to me and a list of the PAX who have not submitted a time yet, in the event they decide to:

    1. Shuffles: 18:47
    2. Briefs 24:57
    3. High Rise 28:37
    4. Jesus Juice 24:58
    5. Rev Sox 26:06
    6. Shorty: 25:24
    7. Kuch: 24:55
    8. Da Parish 29:56
    9. Boo Boo 29:10
    10. Belloq 24:05
    11. Rudy 24:10
    12. Catfish 21:20
    13. Screwtop 22:07
    14. Blowfish 28:30
    15. Tool 28:30
    16. Sheetrock 23:30
    17. Tugboat 38:08 (3.04 miles)
    18. Mahatma
    19. War Eagle
    20. Bongo
    21. Breadsticks 22:07
    22. Holygrove
    23. Frac Sac

    We will revisit this challenge post RRR and see if we got any faster.

    Thanks, as always, for allowing me to lead a workout in a group full of leaders. – Kuch

  • In Honor of a Legend

    In Honor of a Legend

    YHC arrived hoping no one else would arrive, so he could skip working out in the cold. As it turns out, 39 degrees and no wind are ideal weather conditions for F3. It’s too bad only 5 were out at Popeyes for this gloomy yet beautiful morning, but those five received a quality beatdown to start their day. The Freedom Hammer also enjoyed another good southshore workout.

    Warm-Up

    SSH – 27 (Derek Jeter played for the Yankees’ 27th World Championship Team)

    Imperial Walkers – 26 (Derek Jeter played for the Evil Empire’s 26th World Championship Team)

    Peter Parkers – 25 (Derek Jeter played for the New York Yankees’ 25th World Championship Team)

    Seal Jacks – 24 (Derek Jeter played for the Yankees’ 24th World Championship Team)

    Mountain Climbers – 23

    (Derek Jeter played for the Yankees’ 23rd World Championship Team)

    Elevens

    YHC planned to run elevens at the standard Popeyes location, alas it was chained off still due to the Christmas displays (come on Jefferson Parish Parks Dept!). Quick audible – elevens begin now at the nearest park benches with 1 decline merkin and run around to the far wall for 10 incline merkins. Add and subtract one rep each round, so the pax always hits 11 reps each round.

    Conquer the Hills

    Derek Jeter is the only player in MLB history with 3,000 hits, 250 home runs, 350 stolen bases, and 1,300 RBIs. In honor of the Captain, the pax will climb all the hills at the Popeyes and celebrate with burpees on the top.

    Run to the top of each hill and do 1 burpee on first hill, 2 burpees on second…and 10 lunge steps between each hill. There are 7 hills surrounding the concert stage.

    Global Warming

    It’s cold so circle up for some global warming. Hold Al Gore and the first pax member drops for 6 Catalina Wine Mixers, second pax member drops for his six once the first is done with 3. Two trips around the circle completes our global warming

    Mary

    LBCs – 20

    Wife Pleasers – 20

    Monkey Humpers – 15

    Hello Dolly – 20

    Penguins – 20

    Flutter kicks – 20

    Closing Time

    Count-off, Name-O-Rama, and the naming of our FNG. We welcomed Sam this morning to our F3 brotherhood and named our good Catholic brother Martin Luther. Prayers for SOGOs healing and for all of us to use our endurance and strength for the glory of God. -RevSox

  • nuR yllaW

    -Rev Sox

    Thank you for the opportunity to lead and pushing us all to continue, especially on days when we are all tired and sore.

    6:15am

    Count-Off, Name-O-Rama, Intentions, and Prayer

    6:10am

    YHC leads the Pax in a series of stretches and finishes with a round of 23 flutterkicks, so War Eagle needs to lay on his back in the wet grass before the workout is over.

    6:08am

    FracSac arrives at the track to discover the Q’s original instructions and workout with the Pax for the final ten minutes.

    6:00am

    The Pax returns to the starting point after running the 3 miles of the two loops. The Pax runs 4 laps around the track to hit 4 miles for the morning.

    5:33am

    FracSac arrives at the Wally Run to find the Pax gone and out of sight. In hopes of finding the Pax, FracSac takes the route backwards in hope to find his F3 brothers mid-run and finish with the pax. Little did FracSac know, he was going in the same direction of the Pax and perfectly following the Q’s instructions only 3 minutes behind.

    5:30am

    YHC started the Wally Run promptly at 5:30am with a short disclaimer and instructions with a slight wrinkle for this morning’s run. The Pax will run the standard Wally Run route backwards. The Pax will go left instead of right at the start and go around the neighborhood hitting Woodvine first and Duplessis last in reverse of the standard loop. The Pax was off and running in less than 60 seconds.