F3 New Orleans

Tag: Rock City

  • From Silence to Mayhem-2 – from Mahatma

    10 pax, including an FNG (Kyle) gathered to start the road to recovery – from the gluttony of the extended Thanksgiving weekend. No doubt YHC was confident it would not be a solo calorie burn as Hokie texted his committed presence while in route. After a quick disclaimer and a short mosey to an opening just of the track there was a quick stretch and warm up.

    Then to the surprise and delight of the pax, YHC gave calming instructions that for the next 10 minutes the work would be in silence, simply follow whatever exercise YHC was performing – SSH – Vups – Merkins – Squats – Burbee – Mnt Climbers – Toy Soldiers – LBCs continue to rinse and repeat as YHC continued.
    Complete mosey to the rocks, get one and line up for Indian Walk to the Hill.

    Split up 1/2 & 1/2 – drop rocks on either side meet on top for the instructions. It started as a 1771 where 2 exercises were to be done crossing to either side each time crossing either perform 5 merkins or 3 burpees – YHC intended for 3 rounds that included a bear crawl around the base yet his ability communicate clear instructions was a clear failure and slice of humble pie. The pax vocalized this clearly yet attempted to follow the folly of Mayhem even to give it a 2nd try. YHC accepts the failure as a learning experience and challenge to come up with better plan for a future beatdown!

    Grabbing our rocks we headed to the pavilion YHC spirts were lifted as comments were made that he came close to other highly respected HIMs who try to implement creative pax activities therefore taking our comfort zones to new levels. (Mahatma’s Mayhem will return for a 3rd attempt!)

    5 box jumps followed by a burpee x 5. Fast Tax was determined to put perform the pax by increasing his burpees with each round so 5BJs 1 Burpee then 5BJs 2 Burpees and so on……hard charger!

    25 leg lifted rock chest press
    20 WII sit ups

    Return the rocks.

    COT Kyle was tagged with the name “Mayhem” in honor of him holding his composure and seemingly gleefully for a return!

    Prayers or gratitude, grace and humility of service.

  • Ultimate 5K – from Klinger

    Ultimate 5k

    Today was the first use of what I called “Klingers revenge” but sounds better as the Ultimate 5k

    16 people showed up got a quick warm up with some merkins and side straddle hops
    Followed by some movement prep
    Work out follows
    100m run
    10 merkins
    100m run
    10 burpees
    100m run
    10 squats
    100m run
    10 big boy situps
    Times all that by twelve and you get the ultimate 5k
    I knew it would be super challenging and some big kudos to our regular over achievers making us all look bad Hawgcycle Mahatma and Rudy

  • BALL BUSTER – from Fast Tax

    Nine PAX braved the spooky gloom on All Hallows Eve and joined YHC at Rock City.

    Warmups were a sprinkle of typical moves with a few Fast Tax favorites: Grass Grabbers, SSHs, Manatee, Swan Dives, and everyone’s favorite – Crab Merkins.

    Sufficiently warmed, we picked out our medium to heavy rocks (except War Eagle) and lined up along the sidewalk for the morning’s first exercise – Hair Burners. Hair Burners is essentially the pushing of a rock ahead of you while bear crawling.

    Next up in the morning’s festivities was Welsh Dragons.
    Remain in plank position the whole time. Bear crawl forward 4 steps, do 1 merkin, 1 plank jack, and tap the BACK of each shoulder 1 time. Repeat adding 1 rep to each exercise each time – bear crawl forward 4 steps, do 2 merkins, 2 plank jacks, 2 sets of back of shoulder taps… etc., repeated until we passed the sidewalk.

    Picking up our rocks, we circled up for Captain Thor – An ab exercise done in a 1:4 ratio OYO, 1 big boy sit up to 4 American Hammers.

    Without further ado, the time that PAX had eagerly awaited had come to pass – the introduction* of BALL BUSTER.

    Ball Buster (credit to Mahatma for the naming idea) is a combination of Capture the Flag and Dodge Ball, except there are no boundaries. PAX form two teams. Each side has a blue ball (referred to as the Flag), which must be positioned at a pre-identified location on each team’s base and each PAX on the team is given one non-blue ball. The object is to steal the opposing sides blue ball (i.e. their flag) and bring it back to your base. The team scored against has to do three burpees.

    Similar to dodge ball, PAX can use the ball to hit or “tag” an opposing player or block an incoming ball. If you are hit, or the person you are throwing at catches the ball, you have to immediately drop your ball and do two burpees or five merkins.
    PAX can only hold one ball at a time. In order to pick up the flag, you must drop the ball if you are carrying one. You can pick up a tagged PAX’s ball and throw it away, but only after dropping your own.

    However, when carrying the opposing team’s flag, it can be strategically used as a regular ball to hit or tag an opposing player. If the opposing team retrieves their flag (b/c the carrier was hit and had to drop the ball), it must be brought or thrown back to base and placed in the same pre-identified spot. A player cannot just run around with the Flag in their possession (Bogey).

    Halfway through the game, the teams should switch sides.
    Optional Rule: A team cannot score unless their own Flag is at their base. For example, if YHC captured the opposing team’s Flag, I cannot bring it back to my base unless my Flag is already at my base, i.e. the opposing team does not have it.

    Having dispensed with the game rules, play commenced.
    Team 1: Bogey, Hawg Cycle, Mahatma, Hokie, Cyber Cajun
    Team 2: Hand Grenada, Fast Tax, War Eagle, Tiny Dancer

    Even with Team 1’s penalty for hiding the ball in Bogey’s shirt, Team 1 still carried the day winning 3 to 2.

    With time running out, we headed to COT for Name-o-rama, announcements, intentions, and prayer.

    Thanks for the fellowship!
    SYITG

    * Technically a re-introduction since YHC debuted it a month prior to a small group of 6 PAX.

  • Rock Soup – from Hawgcycle

    Conditions: 71 degrees, Humidity 93%, Wind 1.1 mi/h from NW

    Pax: Rudy, Mahatma, Boo-Boo, Klinger, Fast Tax, Tenderloin, YHC

    Seven pax arrived at Rock City in a soupy, gloom. 5 were foolish enough to follow YHC. Wisdom comes with age and Tenderloin did his thing on the track.

    Warm-up
    • SSH x 31; Shoulder Taps x 15; IW x 20; Peter Parker x 15; Grass Grabbers x 10; LBCs x 20

    The Thang
    • 100 yard bear crawl
    • Big Boi sit-ups as we waited for the six. We didn’t wait long.

    Mosey to the Playground (the long way)
    • Pull-ups (3 sets of 10) and Merkins (AMRAP)
    • Swerkins (3 sets of 10), Big Bois (AMRAP), and Squats (AMRAP)

    Mosey to the Rock Pile and pick a rock you can press (ambiguously) 10-15 times, then mosey to the far end of the football field for Rock Suicides
    Curls
    • Carry Rock to 25 yd line; 10 curls; drop rock; sprint to goal line and back
    • Carry Rock to 50 yd line; 10 curls; drop rock; sprint to goal line and back
    • Carry Rock to 75 yd line; 10 curls; drop rock; sprint to goal line and back
    • Carry Rock to 100 yd line (aka opposite goal line); 10 curls; drop rock; sprint to goal line and back

    Repeato with Shoulder Presses (but only up to 50 yards)

    Repeato with Bench Presses (but only up to 50 yards)

    Return rocks and horses to stable back to the v-flag.

    NMM
    • I knew these men weren’t playing around after the 100 yard bear crawl. Guys were getting after it. No breaks, and stayed off their knees
    • YHC’s communication skills were not the best this morning. A little bit of a cluster with the pull-ups. Although my ambiguity at the Rock Pile worked out. I told guys to pick a rock they could press 10 times. I meant shoulder press, but some interpreted it as bench press and got a bigger rock than they might have otherwise. That made it just right for the rock suicides.
    • T-claps to Klinger for really pushing it on the last sprint of every set.
    • We only had 6 but it was a strong 6. YHC feels like we had a pretty good pace and got some good work in.
    • Boo-Boo and Rudy were keeping each other honest on the swerkins.
    • Mahatma’s extra trip around the sun doesn’t seem to have slowed him any.
    • We tried to celebrate Mahatma’s birthday, but Rudy was there and let us know we weren’t finished celebrating his yet. We thought it was over after Saturday’s Yipee bag, but I think he was wanting a small celebration at PJs. I skipped coffee, but I heard Mahatma had to buy Rudy’s coffee.
    • T-claps for Tenderloin for his consistency. He’s putting in the work every day.

  • Surprise – Week 5 – from Hawgcycle

    A surprise week 5 IPC at Rock City chased a lot guys to the Scrum. There were a lot of Bonnie Blairs.

    5 Kraken Burpees every 5 minutes. When the EMOM timer goes off, stop what you’re doing and do 5 Kraken Burpees.

    Round 1

    10 BDE Burpees
    10 yard Murder Bunny
    10 BDE Burpees
    10 yard Reverse Murder Bunny
    Round 2

    20 Thrusters
    20 yard Murder Bunny
    20 Thrusters
    20 yard Reverse Murder Bunny
    Round 3

    30 Bonnie Blairs (the Hard way)
    30 yard Murder Bunny
    30 Bonnie Blairs (the Hard way)
    30 yard Reverse Murder Bunny
    I’m beginning to sense a trend
    Round 4

    40 Jungle Boi Squats (2 Spoonz Style)
    20 yard Murder Bunny
    40 Jungle Boi Squats (2 Spoonz Style)
    20 yard Reverse Murder Bunny
    Well, I thought there was a trend
    Round 5

    50 Merkins
    10 yard Murder Bunny
    50 Merkins
    10 yard Reverse Murder Bunny

  • Rock City Answers The Belle – from Hawgcycle

    Conditions: Clear and 77 degrees. Humidity 87%. Wind 2.3 mph from the WNW.

    Pax: The Bogé, Charmin, Hokie, Rudy, Triple, Boo, HG, Cyber C, and YHC

    I’m using text to speech to write this back blast cents I can’t move my harms. My farms. My alarms. Delete. Backspace. BACKSPACE. Okay. Just start over. Leeland! Come here. How do I turn this off? Never mind. Stop laughing at me. You have milk coming out your nose. Just wipe your face and go to school. New Paragraph.

    Hokie clearly became board during the first 3 quarters of the Saints game, as he texted me regarding the set-up for this week’s IPC. He told me what the challenge was, that setting it up as a star was stupid and then he texted “Are you stupid?” I texted “I’m not stupid.”

    Charmin’s car was there when I pulled up at about 0515. I think he may have slept there. We walked up together with our cinderblocks coming upon a mass of humanity, lying on the sidewalk, shaped like a pretzel. We told The Bogé hello as we stepped over him. One by one pax members came to a cinder block workout without cinder blocks. The requirements for an F3 workout could not be much lower. It’s free, you do have to leave your house and go outside, and about twice per year you need to bring something to the workout. Fortunately our resident boy scout had a couple of PainCakes that he donated to a couple of pax and then walked to the rock pile so that he could do the workout au natural.

    The Thang: Belle Ringer
    Format: AMRAP for 45 minutes

    Set-Up: Make a 5-point star with each point of the star being 25 yards away from the center. Scratch that. Set Up: Mark of 25 yards from the goal line and tell people to remember the order of the exercises and don’t get in each other’s way.

    Workout starts with:
    • 5 ManMakers in the middle. Rifle carry to cone 2 and perform 10 “We’re Not Worthy”. Farmer carry back to center.
    • 5 ManMakers/Blockees in middle. Rifle carry to cone 3 and perform 15 Goblet Squats. Farmer carry back to center.
    • 5 ManMakers/Blockees in middle. Rifle carry to cone 4 and perform 20 Overhead Triceps Extensions. Farmer carry back to center.
    • 5 ManMakers/Blockees in the middle. Rifle carry to cone 5 and perform 25 KB Swings. Farmer carry back to center.
    • 5 ManMakers/Blockees in the middle. Rifle carry to cone 5 and perform 30 Curls. Farmer carry back to middle.

    Scoring: Total reps for 45 minutes of the exercises

    Each complete trip is 125 reps

    • T-claps to Cyber Cajun for vowing to arrive early today and executing. He was a little late to last week’s IPC. We talked about the importance of getting there early since everyone is going to want to start at 0530. He arrived at least 15 seconds before this one started.
    • Mahatma was a no-show. The rumor was that he was looking for a cinder block that weighed more than 10 pounds. He finally found one, but was unable to lift it into his truck.
    • T-Claps to Rudy for Marshalling enough courage to show up this morning.
    • The variety of coupons used today was impressive. We had three or four actual cinder blocks. We had a couple of PainCakes. There was the natural rock. And Triple Shift brought a bag of laundry that he swears weighs 45 pounds.
    • We helped each other calculate the results since there was some difficult mathematical concepts involved. Hand Grenada proved that Arkansas is at least 49th in education. Bogey came over and let him use his fingers. After staring at my feet for a while, they still couldn’t come up with the correct number. I fixed it for them below. Without further ado here are the results. Remember, you can post these on F3 Greenville’s site if you want to see how ridiculous other people’s numbers are.

    o Charmin – 375
    o Rudy – 375
    o Triple – 373
    o Hokie – 275 + a long mosey with rock to and from the rock pile
    o Boo – 375
    o Cyber – 300
    o HG – 410
    o The Bogé – 395
    o YHC – 430

  • The Labors of IPC – from Fracsac

    4 Pax showed up at Rock City to get after week 1 of Iron Pax Challenge.
    Mahatma, Rudy, Heisenberg and YHC did a little warmup to get the blood pumping.
    YHC set up 2 x 25 yard squares in the event additional pax showed, which did not materialize.

    All 4 made 4.5 rounds with Mahatma being the standout and coming up with 4.75.

    Week 1 was brutal!

    SYITG