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  • The Best Chicken IronPax

    Popeyes not only holds the crown for the best chicken sandwich in the Fastfood wars but also holds the crown for the best location for the IronPax challenge.

    12 men came out in the heat and humidity to conquer the IronPax challenge and all 12 men finished the task at hand.

    Challenge One: The Killer Bs

    10 Yard Bunny Hop

    10 Burpees, 10 Bonnie Blairs, 10 Big Boy Situps

    10 Yard Bunny Hop

    10 Burpees, 10 Bonnie Blairs, 10 Big Boy Situps

    10 Yard Bunny Hop

    10 Burpees, 10 Bonnie Blairs, 10 Big Boy Situps

    30 Yard Bear Crawl

    Rinse and Repeat for 5 laps

    SoGo won the day with a time of 21:15 but all 12 men pushed themselves through the dirt and grass to complete the challenge. YHC, SOGO, Tua, Shuffles, and Tanner all completed the Challenge for the 2nd time this week and each improved on his time before. T-Claps to Tua for knocking 7 minutes off his Rock City time.

    The End

    Count-Off, Name-O-Rama, Prayer in the Sweaty-Ball-O-Man

    Thanks for the opportunity to lead,

    Rev Sox

  • It’s a Race!

    16 men arrived to stomp through the streets of New Orleans this morning, but YHC had other plans. YHC has enjoyed tracking his endurance and capabilities through the IronPax challenge, H8, and bi-annual F3NOLA races. YHC thought it was time to throw in another way to measure himself and his brethren.

    Going forward whenever YHC Qs the 610 Stomp, the workout will be a 3 mile race followed by some fun and games. YHC’s hope is that the Pax will be able to track their time and distance to see how F3 has made us faster and stronger on this journey.

    The Thang

    Standard disclaimer and mosey from the flag to the track. The men lined up for an F3 race – 3 miles without using the inner two lanes in the track. This resulted in a 3.2 mile race. The times were as follows:

    1. Shuffles 20:16
    2. Screw Top 23:06
    3. Belloq 23:43
    4. Rudy 23:47
    5. Tua 24:11
    6. Sacagawea 24:15
    7. Jesus Juice 24:51
    8. Rev Sox 25:28
    9. Col. Mustard 27:20
    10. Swiss Miss 28:08
    11. Kuch 27:25 – 11 laps
    12. War Eagle 27:52 – 11 laps
    13. Tool 28:08 – 11 laps
    14. Complicated 25:05 – 10 laps
    15. Hokie Pokey 26:37 – 10 laps
    16. Hawg 27:04 – 10 laps

    The Game

    The Pax moseyed through the mud and over to the football field for some ultimate frisbee. The Pax counted off by two and spit into 2 teams. The skins blew out the shirts by a score of 28-7. The winners were YHC, Jesus Juice, War Eagle, Tua, Col Mustard, Kuch, and someone else on my team that I can’t remember.

    The Conclusion

    Count-Off, Name-O-Rama, and Prayer at the flag. Thank for playing some games and letting YHC score some touchdowns.

    -Rev Sox

  • I Get by With a Little Help from My 2nd F

    T-Claps to Heisenberg and his EH of YHC 3 years ago on this day. The Gloom was a hot one when YHC arrived at the Peristyle with a yeti and absolutely no idea what he was getting in to.  Bubba was the Q and brought the Pax up the loop for a hot, no shade, warm up.   When then traveled to the bridge outside Cabrini for a merkin/plank jack ladder.   YHC was the six all morning and the words of encouragement (although they fell on deaf ears b/c I didn’t know what FNG was but nonetheless) were reassuring.   A silver-haired man in a UGA shirt moseyed back w/ YHC to a large COT; without him being there, YHC would’ve gotten back in the truck and went home.   In the COT, Heisenberg tried to push the Rolling Elvi correlation in the FNG naming ceremony; but the Bogey only heard “Chalmette” thus Da Parish was brought into the F3 Nation.  YHC wants to thank all the PAX that were there that day; b/c I found my new gym, and later did I learn how much more F3 truly is.

    YHC loves the new gym.  There are no dues; but the only payment is the downpainment and the opportunity to Q.  The best way to pay back what you are given is to be a leader.   That is why every year, YHC marks the calendar for August 27 as the QIC.  Without Yankee, Bubba, Heisenberg; that first day would’ve been a terrible experience with no return.   A F3 Beatdown is not complete without all 3 F’s; Fitness, Fellowship, and Faith.

    The Thang

    Run the traditional 610 Stomp Route up the Bayou.   Every 6 minutes turn around and run back to the 6 and complete 10 Burpees together, LNMB. 

    Thank you Belloq, Jesus Juice, and Uncle Si for the F2 during the run; and thank you F3 for the opportunity to lead.

    Your Humble Correspondent,

    Da Parish

    Molesking – On 8/27/16 YHC weighed 258.5 lbs, 29% Body Fat and 34.1 BMI

                               8/27/17 – 234.2, 24.8%, 30.9 BMI

                               8/27/18 – 246.3, 29.8%, 325

                               9/27/19 – 246ish

  • Popeyes Preseason

    Popeyes Preseason

    8 men came out in the gloom and suffocating humidity to Popeyes on Wednesday, August 28th at 5:30am to try their hand at the IronPax Preseason challenge.

    YHC started with the basic disclaimer at 5:29am and led the pax in a 400 meter warmup mosey to establish the lap for the run of this morning’s challenge.

    The Thang

    24 squats, 24 merkins, 24 lunge steps (2 count as 1), and a 400 meter run is one lap. The goal is to complete six in the fastest time possible. Simple but not easy, especially in the humid conditions.

    The Times

    Two Yutes – 23:57

    Tua – 27:25

    RevSox – 30:09

    Hokie – 32:47

    BooBoo – 34:01

    Darkwing Duck – 37:36

    KennerBrah – 39:21

    Chips – 42:02

    Tclaps to Two Yutes for coming in first with a dominate time under 24 minutes!

    Tua for finishing 2nd after starting F3 only a couple of months ago. He’s going to be gunning for Mahatma soon.

    BooBoo for picking up the Uptowner AO Q (if you ask me the Uptowner Q has been slacking off on his Q duties lately, it’ll be great to see fresh blood restore life to the Uptowner)

    Hokie for improving on his previous time for the IronPax preason by an insane 8 minutes. Hokie basically lapped his Monday time.

    Darkwing Duck for improving in leaps and bounds since his F3 start and making me feel guilty for being more consistent to the Metairie workouts than I am.

    KennerBrah for putting all of us young guys to shame with his work ethic.

    Chips for pushing through to the end and ensuring that every Pax member left this morning stronger and faster than when he arrived.

    The Conclusion

    Count-Off, Name-O-Rama, Chips continued with last lunge walks as we counted off and the Pax ran Chips last lap with him. Announcements and Prayer in the extra sweaty ball of man.

    -Rev Sox

  • A bit of Notre Dame, and a bit of YIPPEE!

    19 PAX (incluing Rewatch, downriver from Houston) in the morning gloom to help YHC celebrate the end of his 51st year. Yippee!

    Started out with a disclaimer, trying to be more thoughtful than normal with thoughts of Holy Grove in mind. Everyone: be mindful of your health. Hydrate. Modify. Its Hot and Humid. Most important – remain healthy. All this, while continuing to push yourselves. So with thoughts and prayers for Holy Grove in mind, lets get started.

    YHC brought along a YIPPEE! bag full of birthday gifts. The idea: all PAX feel free – at any point in the workout – come pick a gift from the YIPPEE! bag. What’s in the bag? A collection of goodies – exercises for the Q, exercises for the PAX, a few special gotchas. Each piece of paper is something new and different.

    Mosey over to the Great Lawn.

    Warmup with some stretching and SSH (x51). First dip into the YIPPEE bag produces 20 Dips for everyone at the benches! Its going to be a fun hour.

    7 Heisman Trophy Winners

    7 of Diamonds, in honor of the ND 7 heisman trophy winners (Bertelli, Hart, Lattner, Lujack, Hornung, Huarte and Brown). Yes, Douille is correct in noting that Hornung is the only Heisman winner from a losing team. Douile was incorrect in thinking Hornung lost to Tulane.

    PAX split into 4 groups. 4 cones set up in a diamond shape.

    Round 1: 7 Bobby Hurleys at a cone, Bear Crawl to the next. Repeat all the way around

    Round 2: 14 Merkins, Lunge Walks

    Round 3: 21 Squats, Crab Walks

    Round 4: 28 Flutter Kicks, Lunge Walks

    War Eagle and Catfish seem to be greatly enjoying the YIPPEE bag – produce burpees, merkins, squat jumps for the PAX, for themselves, for the Q. “10 Burpees for Me”. “20 Merkins for PAX of choice” (tough break, Angie’s List). “15 Squat Jumps for the Q”. “10 Genuflects for the PAX”. The cards are flying faster.

    YHC also especially enjoyed War Eagle’s “Sing Happy Birthday to the Q”. Thank you.

    11 National Championships

    Yes, YHC is aware that our glory days are old. No, YHC does not care. Yes, YHC always believes that next year represents our return to glory.

    11s with Burpees and Catalina Wine Mixers. Go. PAX now are running past the YIPPEE bag with more frequency, resulting in more draws.

    Pop Tart pulls a “Sprint vs the Q”, and pays dearly for his arrogance – slipping and falling as he turns to mock the slower Q. The Tortoise revels in his glorious victory. Rewatch and Catfish both draw Laps around the park.

    Triple Shift adamantly refuses to approach the Yippee bag. He must not like birthdays. Or presents.

    5 Pillars

    YHC has to call off the 11s somewhere around half-way point due to time constraints. 5 Pillars of Holy Cross Education: Mind, Heart, Zeal, Family, Hope. For each one, PAX will do 5 Rise Ups (squat for a 5 count, then jump up, return to squat position). Even while explaining the exercise, Hokie is standing at the bag waiting to draw. And of course, he pulls “10 Burpees for the Q”. Everyone else gets a 10 count while YHC gets 10 burpees in.

    At Zeal, Rev Sox pulls “20 Merkins for the Q”. Thanks. Rev Sox leads PAX in 5 Rise Ups while YHC knocks out 20 Merkins.

    Mary

    Circle up for last 5 minutes of Mary. But we never get to Mary. More cards are drawn – “10 Burpees for everyone”. Seems there were more Burpee cards than YHC remembers putting in the bag.

    Alas, we never got to the Duck Duck Goose game that YHC was really hoping for. Next time… But for now, return to the flag.

    COT

    Count-off: 19 PAX (including 2 FNGs). Thank you all for celebrating my birthday with me! First, from Atlanta, still a dirty bird fan, so the PAX were unanimous in welcoming “28-3” to the tribe. Then – deep voice, handsome beard, claims he might kinda sing a bit: Pavarotti, glad to have you with us!

    Close up with announcements, intentions and prayers to remember each day granted to us is a gift. May we treasure it, and use it wisely.

    Thank you all for the opportunity to lead. I welcome your patience with me as I try new and potentially stupid things at workouts.

  • O Boo Boo, Where Art Thou?

    YHC arrived at Popeyes at 5:25am to spot the trucks of two of his favorite Pax members, Darkwing Duck and Tua. Sadly, those would be the only F3NOLA vehicles YHC would spot this morning for a sweaty Popeyes workout.

    About 2 months ago, YHC filled in the Q sheet with all the Popeyes regulars and a special Jingle Vader guest Q. Each week Q after Q faithfully arrived until this morning when Boo Boo was nowhere to be found. (Darkwing Duck claims Boo Boo is in Pittsburgh, but YHC finds it hard to believe that people still visit Pittsburgh.)

    YHC gave the standard disclaimer and started the 3 man Pax in a mosey while trying to decide what to do for the next 45 minutes.

    Warm-Up

    SSH -27

    Side lunges – 10

    Hillbillies – 20

    Plankjacks – 20

    Rocky Balboas – 20

    Leg Stuff

    YHC led a mosey over to one of Popeyes many walls that make for great step ups and led the Pax in a series of leg exercises.

    Channing Tatums – 20

    Tatum Channings – 20

    Box Jumps – 10

    Repeat at 15, 15 and 8. 10, 10 and 5. 5, 5, and 3

    Elevens

    The go to exercise (along with Dora) for a morning where the Q doesn’t arrive is elevens. The pax didn’t even need to change locations as we started with 10 incline merkins, and ran over to the next wall for one dip. Repeated the exercises with back and forth running until we were at 1 incline merkin and 10 dips.

    Mosey

    YHC led the Pax in a mosey to the exercise equipment near Napoleon.

    Short Circuit

    With only three Pax members in attendance, we completed a short circuit on the exercise equipment with 5 burpees as the count. The Pax rotated between burpees, pullups and leg lifts. Rinse and repeat

    Mosey

    YHC led the Pax in a mosey back to the virtual flag for some Mary.

    Mary

    O Dolly to the left – 15

    Wife Pleasers – 20

    O Dolly to the right – 15

    Big Boy Situps – 10

    Conclusion

    Count-off, Name-O-Rama, Announcements, and Prayer in the Sweaty Ball of Man.

    Thanks Darkwing and Tua for following me as if we weren’t running around like chickens with our heads cut off. Boo boo, you got the Q on October 9th.

    -Rev Sox

  • Wisner Bridge, with a side of Burpees

    Good morning, rise and shine! YHC usually opens the Stomp with a Disclaimer and “The Usual”. But with lots of creativity at 610 Stomp of late (#TClaps to Kuch, FracSac and others who find new ways to liven up our early morning run!), YHC needed to try and think of something at least a wee bit different…

    Right, right. The Wisner Bridge. Our city’s version of “Hill Workout”. Yup, lets do it.

    So – after the disclaimer, and a reminder to everyone of directions to the bridge (go Left, not Right) – we were off. Run to the bridge (about a mile), then back and forth over it (each pass is just under half mile) until its time to come home (another mile). And just for fun – lets throw in 5 burpees after each pass.

    Shuffles (missing his running pal Smooth already) tried to stay back with the pack, but couldn’t help himself. Jumping to the front with Swiss Miss, they proceeded to go right (not left), disappearing in the gloom – only to reappear much later at the bridge.

    At the bridge, Dirty Dell and Briefs set the pace. Back and forth they went. Several “Good Mornings” – to dog walkers, other runners, other PAX. This would be a dangerous way for the Frac GM run. YHC was blinded on each pass by the approaching glow of the Surge Special outfit. That’s a lot of day-glo yellow.

    Nearing 6am, time to get the PAX together again at the foot of the bridge. YHC makes it to the bottom to find Ya Mom’n’dem and Pop Tart sitting around, apparently looking for some donuts and a cigarette or something to pass the time. More Burpees for them, YHC calls out. So PAX start burpeeing. And burpeeing. And burpeeing. While Hawg and Rev-Sox (closely watching their heart rate, apparently) saunter down the final hill.

    Mosey back to the flag for a round of Mary, before closing with our count-off, Name-o-rama, and send everyone off to start the day with St. Ignatius Prayer for Generosity.

  • Kicking Some Grass with The King

    It was a somber day on August 16, 1977.  Elvis Aaron Presley was just finishing up his morning glory when the King collapsed due to heart failure.  Today we honor that great American in the best way we know how; by empowering our bodies through exercise and our souls through listening to his music.  Elvis was a HIM before we know what a HIM was.  

    W/U

    • Side Straddle Hop x 42
    • Imperial Walkers x 20
    • Hill Billies x 20
    • Arm Circles x 20
    • Mountain Climbers x 2o
    • J Lo’s x 10

    The Thang – Complete each exercise for the duration of the song playing. 

    • Hound Dog – Doggie Paddle 2:15
    • Teddy Bear – Bear crawl & Crawl Bear suicide – 1:48
    • American Trilogy – Merkins x10, Staggeredx 10, Staggered x10, Diamond x 10, Wide x 10, Chuck Norris x10,  Crossfit x 10, – 4:28
    • Burning Love – Pure Burn (1. Face the fence 2. Get in the squat position 3/4 up while holding the fence; 3. On the balls of your feet (tiptoes);  Pulse 3/4 down to 1/2 (90 degrees) X 10;  Pulse 1/2 all the way down X10; Repeat) – 2:50
    • Blue Suede Shoes – 1 merk, 2 LBC, 3 Squats,  25 Rocky Balboa’s – 2:00
    • Can’t Help Falling – Tunnel of Love 3:02
    • Don’t be cruel – Burp & Merk  (add a merkin to each burpee) – 2:03
    • Marie’s The Name x 3 – We brought those who had not Qed to the middle to lead.  T-Claps to Breadsticks, Tug Boat, and Fast Tax

    Announcements –  IRON PAX!  Sign up at https://f3greenwood.com/ironpax-form/  We are currently in 2nd place by 11 Pax. 

    Intentions – Those with cancer, our new students starting another school year especially Brady Lefleur, those intentions unspoken and kept in our hearts.

    Thank you for the opportunity to lead, thank you very much!

    Da Parish

  • Substance over Form

    Conditions: 82 with a Heat Index of 91. Slight breeze and lots of wet, freshly cut grass to frolic in.

    Warm-up

    SSH x 20, Mt. Climbers x 20, IW x 20, Alternating Lunges x 14, 3 Rounds of the Suck (6 SSH, 6 Merkins, 6 Jump Squats)

    The Thang

    Mosey over the 4 hills of Lafreniere landing on the top of the 4th. For a few rounds of 3-6-3 exercises (3 slow reps, 6 normal, 3 slow)

    • Merkins
    • Squats
    • Merkins
    • Sumo Squats
    • Werkins

    Mosey back to the second hill (the highest and possibly the steepest) and gather together about 40 yards from the base. Here we broke out for one of my favorite Iron Pax workouts from last year:

    • 50 Squats
    • 40 Big Boi Situps
    • 30 Merkins
    • 20 MKGs (aka Bonnie Blairs) 2 is one
    • 10 Burpees
    • Run up and over the hill and back
    • Start rolling through the Suck until the 6 arrives.

    We did two rotations of this and then headed back up the high hill for some Quadraphilia – 4 minutes of running down the hill forward and up the hill bakerds. #crowdpleaser

    Back to the flag where we prayed a prayer of gratitude and prayed for those in need.

    NMM

    The internet has this to say about a heat index of 91 – Extreme caution: at this condition, heat cramps and heat exhaustion are possible. Continuing activity could result in heat stroke.

    Don’t listen to the internet. Today felt pretty nice. I only lost 3 lbs. of sweat, compared to the 5 I lost during the 10 mile run with Rudy the other day.

    As you may know, YHC’s Merkin form ain’t great. I blame it on my legs. They are too heavy. Same reason I am a terrible swimmer. My legs sink. Maybe it’s all the muscles in them. I don’t know. Anyway, t-claps to Mahatma for pointing this out once again with a “Bruh, you gotta do somethin’ ’bout that form.” With tips about glute activation and some feedback from War Eagle (who should have been working out instead of standing around watching me), I think I made some progress.

    We had to do the 3-6-3 Merkins twice, because I royally screwed them up the first go around. Didn’t help that I started in an ant pile. But that is no excuse, just a condition that I should have overcome. I’ll be better.

    Quadraphilia brings back such good memories of Okwata. I have to get back out there. I will be overwriting some of the LVCC names that have copied and pasted their way through the Q-sheet so that we can all enjoy a round of Quadraphilia in the tall, wet grass of the steep Okwata levee.

    And what’s up with calling running backwards up a hill Bernie Sanders? I see that term used all over F3 Nation. I don’t think Bernie would be all that flattered. Bernie is a man that never gives up, even after everyone else has, and the rest of the world sees absolutely no reason he should still be hanging in there. But Bernie doesn’t care what you have to say. Bernie don’t quit. He’s a fitting namesake for seeing how long you can keep your chin above a pull-up bar, or how long you can hold an Al Gore (oops that one is already named after a Democratic Presidential Candidate). Anyway naming an exercise after him because it burns and his first name is Bernie, is weak in my opinion. C’mon F3 Nation, we can do better. If anyone should be looking at the character of a man it should be us. Let the rest of the world focus on outward appearances and names that sound like Burn, but are spelled differently.

  • Stomp #207 – Good Morning Burpees

    The Tuesday crowd at the Stomp has exploded recently. YHC saw an opportunity to take the Q and bring a little something extra to the AO. Since everyone loves Burpees, YHC knew that incorporating them in a way not done before would be received with joy! YHC was not disappointed!

    24 Pax posted to improve their running ability, and their endurance. But first a brief disclaimer, and a very quick warmup:

    Grass Grabbers IC x 10 followed by Arm Circles IC x 20

    Instructions were simple. Run as a group down the traditional Bayou St John route. Every time the Pax came across a person or group of people, we would call out “Good Morning!” If we received a “Good Morning” back, all did 5 Burpees. If no “Good Morning” was received, then 10 Burpees was coming our way. If the Pax attempted to prod for them to say it, the penalty was 15 Burpees.

    How many Burpees completed? There were approximately 10 stops for 5 Burpees and only 1 stop for 10 Burpees. The Pax covered around 4 miles, and many folks on the streets of NOLA were greeted with a kind gesture.

    Good Times had by all.

    COT for Count off, name-o-rama, announcements and intentions.

    Thanks for posting with me today, and for allowing me to be a part of such a great organization!

    SYITG!