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City Park Landmark Tour & Workout – Part 3

28 PAX ignored the threat of rain and made it out The Mothership this Sat. We lucked out with a “calm before the storm” as the the guys assmebled and prepared for takeoff. YHC wanted to mix things up with an old school City Park history tour as part of the workout, similar to a few beatbowns circa 2015. The night before had the forecast looking nasty, so the plan was to stay close to cover and hone in on a few of the iconic landmarks right there in the original part of the park. The 1300 acre park was established in 1854 and has lots of history, great architecture, nature, wildlife, and of course trees….home to one of the largest collection of live oaks in the world. Generations of New Orleans residents and visitors alike have enjoyed the park so it only seemed fitting to pay homage to a few things that make it a great place. As the clock struck 5:30 we discussed the plan for the day, followed by the disclaimer, then off to….

First stop, The Peristyle, built in 1907 to have outdoor dances and concerts for the “well heeled” New Orleanians….some chatter from Rudy about Jingle Vader being in that category. Using the year as the rep count, we started with Imperial Walkers x19 and Windmills x7.

Then an ugly mosey around The Casino Building with some doubt from the PAX before going up and over Popp Bandstand for Stop #2 on the nearby grass.

With 12 granite columns and topped with a bronze dome, Popp Bandstand was named for is benefactor, John F. Popp, and is a replica of the Temple of Love in Versailles. In 1916, Popp made a donation to the park to build the Popp Bandstand which was
completed in 1917.

The Spanish Mission Revival-style “Casino” building opened in 1913 as a place that sold refreshments. Because of that, the City Park legend says that the building originally was called a cantina, using the Spanish word for a place where food and drinks are served. In a 2008 Times-Picayune story, City Park Executive Director Beau Bassich said he believed the New Orleans dialect colloquialized the word into “casina.” However, 1913 newspaper articles do use the word “casino” to describe the new building, explaining it will be “the amusement center of the park,” though there is no mention of gambling.

Here we circled up using 1917 and 1913 to inspire the rep count for Peter Parkers x19, Low Slow Squats x17, Mountain Climbers x19 and Arm Circles x13.

Then we recaped the age of the park, 164 years, with a Plank Merkin circle where all PAX held a high plank while merkins were cranked out individually in a clockwise manner up to 164 total.

Then a mosey over the stone bridge towards City Park Ave for a meandering jog through the oldest grove of mature live oak tress the world. We made sure to recognize the two oldest ones by looping around McDonough Oak and then, after some doubt from the PAX about my navagation ability, made our way to the Ansmen Oak, both of which are approx 800 years old. Here we circled up for an 8 round burpee countdown, one round for each century…Burpees x8,x7,x6,x5,x4,x3,x2,…x8 for the crowdpleaser! More about City Park trees here: http://neworleanscitypark.com/in-the-park/trees-in-city-park

Then a mosey over the Ansmen Bridge, one of 9 built by the WPA, and back to The Peristyle where we lined up on one side for a partner circuit. This included 8 rounds of PAX #1 performing the specified exercise across the Peristyle and back (timer) while PAX #2 stayed put with a stationary exercise.

1)Inchworm & Wall Sit

2) Bearcrawl fwd/bwd & Balls to the Wall

3) Duck Walk & Declined Plank

4) Crab Walk fwd/bwd & Wall Sit

5) Lunge Walk & LBC

6) Kong & Balls to the Wall

7) Fiddler Crab & Flutter Kicks

8) Lateral Lunge & Wall Sit

Next up, we couldn’t leave out the adjacent Great Lawn that has hosted countless hours of F3 beatdowns. Built in 2010, the Goldring/Woldenberg Great Lawn is enjoyed by many and has seen a slew of picnics, concerts, yoga classes, and side straddle hops over the past 8 years. So we moseyed a quick loop to the Great Lawn and back to the nearby benches for a partner circuit of: PAX #1 Dips x20 OYO while PAX#2 runs to GL for Merkins x10 and back. Rinse and repeat for 3 rounds total follwed by a “victory lap” around the GL topped off with planking to wait for the six.

Still some time left for a few more history lessons so over to the rear of The Peristyle to gaze upon the banks of Bayou Metairie. Although it is now a landlocked lagoon, Bayou Metairie was originally a natural waterway spanning from Bayou St. John to the swampy area near what is now Old Metairie, essentially following the path of current day Metairie Rd. Once used by the Native Americans and early settlers, the banks of the bayou gradually formed the Metairie Ridge which provided high ground for ground transportation and later development of homes.

Since we didn’t have a year to use for rep count, we shifted our focus to 1946, the year of the first City Park Big Bass Rodeo, which is the oldest freshwater fishing rodeo in the country. At this point YHC had to alter the planned exercises and went with the first thing that came to mind, burpees, which really seemed to excite the PAX and peanut gallery, given the initial silence of disbelief followed by some grumbling and the “we already did enough burpees” comments. So PAX#1 knocked out Burpees x19 while PAX #2 held a wall sit on the ledge along Bayou Metairie, which had an awkward slope not conducive to said exercise. Then partner plank slaps, aka patty cake, holding a high plank and alternating hand slaps up to 46.

Nearing the end of our hour, we had just enough time remaining to circle up under The Persistyle for some themed Mary. YHC breifly talked about the various projects completed by the WPA (Works Progress Administration) in the 1930’s throughout City Park, including Tad Gormley Stadium, nine concrete bridges, a golf course, several art deco conrete benches, and Roosevelt Mall. In 1937, President Franklin Roosevelt came in town for the dedication ceremony. Pics below and more info at:
http://neworleanscitypark.com/in-the-park/works-progress-administration-in-new-orleans-city-park

https://www.nola.com/living/index.ssf/2014/08/city_park_throwback_thursday.html

In this undated archival photo, President Roosevelt chats with New Orleanian Paul Alfred Montreuil, 7, at the dedication of the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Mall in City Park. Also pictured: Marcel G. Montreuil, park superintendent; George Grundmann, chairman of the dedication committee and vice president of the park board; and James H. Crutcher, administrator of the WPA in Louisiana.

Our WPA and FDR themed Mary consisted of:

W – Weezey Jeffersons x10IC

P – Pickle Pounders x15IC

A – American Hammer x20IC

F – Flutter Kicks x20IC

D – Dying Cockroach x15IC

R – name??? exotic exercise led by Triple Shift x25IC

Moseyed back to the flag with some rain for added bonus. Capped things off with a COT and announcements. T-claps to War Eagle for stepping up to lead the prayer. He’s a pro at that stuff and much more eloquent in that field than YHC.

NMM – Thanks to the PAX for bearing with my non-professional tour guide ability and abbreviated history tidbits throughout the morning. As always, the peanut gallery led by Rudy and others kept it entertaining. T-claps to Mahatma and others for the occasional motivational cheers and USMC grunts to keep the PAX in high gear. Several guys asked for links (http://neworleanscitypark.com/in-the-park) to some of the City Park history in so I included several in this backblast, which may be one of the longest in F3 history….sorry for the long read, if you made it this far. My wife asked if I was writing a book.

Thanks for the chance to lead.

Tool



+14

December 9, 2018
Rain or Shine at the Mothership!!!
Pre-Thang

23 PAX with 2 FNGs managed to meet up on a beautiful, wet, humid, warm Saturday morning on the first day of December. At 6:30, YHC gave his standard disclaimer and off went the PAX.

(missing PAX in the photo: Bogey, King Kong, Smooth, SwampCock)

Warm-ups

Short mosey to the Peristyle and did the following in cadence:

SSHs x 20

Windmills x 10

Forward Arm Circles x 10

Backward Arm Circles x 10

Hill Billies x 20 (with Fracsac’s witty comments as YHC was trying to explain what the heck are the Hill Billies to the FNGs)

Peter Parkers x 15

MC x 15

Partner Workout

Picked a partner and jogged across the street to the Great Lawn. Magically, bunch of cones (dividing the field in halves) were set up in the middle of the field.

Part 1 – Starting in the middle of the field, each PAX ran toward his sidewalk and back to the middle and performed 15 patty cake merkins with his partner, rinse and repeat with 10 reps, rinse and repeat with 5 reps.

Part 2 – Starting in the middle of the field, each PAX ran toward his sidewalk and back to the middle and performed 20 synchronize big boy sit ups. Rinse and repeat with 15, 10, and 5 reps.

Part 3 – Starting in the middle of the field, each PAX ran toward his sidewalk and back to the middle and performed 20 synchronize squats. Rinse and repeat with 15, 10, and 5 reps.

Part 4 – Starting in the middle of the field, each PAX ran toward his sidewalk and back to the middle and each PAX performed 5 burpees jump over. One PAX was doing the burpee jump over the other PAX, who was in the low plank position. Flap Jack. Each PAX did 4 rounds (total 20 burpees jump over each)

When finished, Mahatma-Ice gave a 20 second count, then moseyed to the fountain in front of NOMA and waited for the six.

The Thang

Starting off at the fountain in front of NOMA, each Pax had to do the following OYO:

Round 1
- 20 box jumps
- 20 incline merkins
- 15 box jumps
- 15 merkins
- 10 box jumps
- 10 derkins
- 5 box jumps
- 5 diamond merkins
- then moseyed to the last light post and back to the fountain (about 0.5 mile)
Round 2 – rinse and repeat but shaved off the first set of 20 box jumps and 20 incline merkins, then moseyed to the 7th light post and back.

Round 3 – rinse and repeat but shaved off another set of 15 box jumps and 15 merkins, then moseyed to the 5th light post and back.

Round 4 – rinse and repeat but shaved off another set of 10 box jumps and 10 derkins (leaving with only 5 box jumps and 5 diamond merkins), then moseyed to the 3rd light post and back.

In addition to the mileage, the PAX toughed out 100 box jumps and 100 different forms of merkins.

T-claps to Mahatma-Ice for setting the tone early. Not an easy task to do 100 box jumps, all those merkins, and all those miles. Once again, everyone got stronger for coming out to a F3 workout. Respect!!!

Round of Mary

Moseyed to the grass field next to NOMA and did the following in cadence:

Hello Dolly x 20

Dying Cockroach x 20

Flutter kicks x 20

American Hammer x 15

Moseyed back to the flag with 30 seconds left. Why not 3 more burpees??? PAX finished the workout at 7:30 a.m.

COT

Count-O-Rama 23PAX, Name-O-Rama, announcements, intentions. 2 FNGs (Hank and Hatchling). Hank is a reference from King of the Hill. Hatchling because he is only 18. Our thoughts and prayers for I Love You Man’s niece with her recovery from brain surgery and King Kong’s 2.0 with her girls’ scout camping over the weekend. Thank You all again for the opportunity to lead. Always a pleasure and honor to workout with the PAX. SYITG

King Kong

+8
December 1, 2018
The Mother of All Great Lawns

YHC made the trek on Friday to Wolf Pack Mountain to visit our neighbors of Uptown, which proved to be a serious beat down from 86, but you’ll need to see the back blast to find out more about that. While in the COT, Reluctant Yankee asked if anyone could take his Q at the Mothership the following day so he could run with other members of the NOLA Blue Ridge Relay Team. YHC is impressed with the 12 men of NOLA committed to representing our region in the BRR, so YHC volunteered to take the Mothership. Surely RY ran at least 8 miles right?

Upon arrival at the Mothership, YHC set some cones out on the Great Lawn. When planning is short, one has to dig into the treasure chest of goodies, and this would be a real gem! We planted a couple shovel flags, said our hello’s, had some good laughs, but then the clock hit 0630, which means only one thing…..give the disclaimer….and then…mosey to the Great lawn for….

Warmup
SSH IC x 31
IW IC x 20
Abe Vigodas IC x 10
Sun Gods IC x 20 (10 fwd, 10 bwd)

Plank-o-Rama (A Rudy Specialty)
Peter Parker IC x 20
Parker Peter IC x 20
Plank Jacks IC x 20
Mountain Climbers IC x 20

Short mosey to the cones set up in the shape of a basketball court for…

Suicides x 1 (just regular suicide sprints)
Suicides x 1 with 5 Burpees each time you make it back to the baseline

Now that the mumble chatter has been killed, time to team up. With 21 Pax, split into 3 man teams for…

3 man Dora 123
100 Burpees
200 Merkins
300 Squats
Pax 1 begins exercise, Pax 2 and 3 do suicide sprint. Upon completion, Pax 2 relieves Pax 1, then Pax 1 and 3 do suicide sprints. Upon completion, Pax 3 relieves Pax 2, then Pax 1 and 2 do suicide sprint. Continue until all exercises are completed cumulatively. Once your team is finished, continue suicide sprint until all Pax are complete.

Mosey about 20 feet away from the cones for a tribute to RY. Certainly all were expecting a DirtyMacDeuce with a RY Q, so YHC served one up!

1st Set
Merkins x 12
Sqauts x 12
Rower Situps x 12 (4 Count)
Two Column Indian run around the cones twice

2nd Set
Catalina Wine Mixers x 12
Lunges x 12
LBC’s x 12
Two Column Indian run around the cones twice

3rd Set
Shoulder Taps x 12
Copperhead Squats x 12
Rower Situps x 12 (4 Count)
Two Column Indian run around the cones twice

4th Set
Floyd Mayweather’s x 12
Squats x 12
Rower Situps x 12 (4 Count)
Two Column Indian run around the cones twice

Mosey Back to the Flag….

COT
Count off, Name-o-Rama, Announcements, Intentions, Closed with a Prayer.

NMM
This beat down was proof one doesn’t need to venture far to deliver a good beat down. It just takes a little creativity. We never left the Great Lawn!
The Pax had a scare at the COT. During the DMD, Woz and Snookie walked off for some water. Turns out Snookie wasn’t feeling good and Woz was watching him to make sure he was ok. At the COT, Snookie and Woz returned, where Snookie had some signs and symptoms of a potential heat related illness. This is where Cliff Notes and Rudy jumped into action, getting him to the Hospital to get him some medical attention. The last update YHC received was that he was doing much better. We pray that all is well. Thank you to Woz, Rudy, and Cliff Notes!

The return of Quick Draw (Kotter)! Glad to see you come back, Brother!

We had an FNG today EH’d by (who else?) Triple Shift. Keep ’em comin’ Brother! Our FNG is from Sacramento, and rode like Lance Armstrong from Houston to New Orleans. Welcome One Sac!

SYITG!

+7

July 22, 2018
Bridge Over Stagnant Waters
Leading 20+ men on Saturday beat-down is a tall order, so Your Humble Correspondent (YHC) needed to prepare. On the afternoon before the workout, my 9-year-old son and I took I bike ride to City Park to survey any hidden corners typically overlooked during Mothership workouts. Whenever the Pax moseys from the flag to the museum of art, the little hill of a bridge just after Morning Call is a nice little challenge, especially because we don’t have hills in New Orleans. But there’s too much traffic along that road to do a workout on. On my bike, YHC spied those foot bridges over the lagoon behind Morning Call and thought it might be a good spot to try something new. (At least, YHC hasn’t worked out there before.)

YHC showed up a few minutes before the workout was to begin, and there was already a healthy crowd there. A few stragglers joined in as the PAX moseyed to the Great Lawn. Let’s get started:
- Arm circles – 10 forward, 10 back
- Cross-legged windmills – 10
- Then some stretching – Runners stretch, crouching and holding it for 10, knee circles, legs open with stretch forward, soles touching and stretch forward
Warm ups
- Hillbillies x20
- Merkins x20 (maybe too fast a cadence)
- Jump squats x20
- Floyd Mayweather x20
- Peter Parkers x20
- SSH x20
- 10 burpees on your own
To the bridges

We did a Dora 123 where one partner runs over one bridge and returns over the second with some nice steps to climb up. Taps out and the other partner does the circuit. A combined exercise of:
- 100 plank jacks
- 200 toe-touches (from crab-walk position)
- 300 mountain climbers
To NOMA

After a moment of hydration at the museum, we partnered up again at the main fountain.

One partner bunny-hopped up the stairs, while the other partner did:
- derkins
- irkins
- dips
…partners switching each time between bunny-hops and the exercises at the fountain. When we were done, rinse and repeat.

At the trees

Short mosey to the field with the line of trees in front of NOMA.
- Lunge walk (length of two trees)
- 10 burpees on your own
- Duck walk (length of two trees)
- 10 burpees on your own
Mosey back to the Great Lawn

Time for some Mary
- Flutter kicks x20
- American hammer x20
- Hello Dolly x20
- Crunchy rolls and crunchy roll step-ups (something from my martial arts practice) – on your own
- Freddy Mercuries (I think) x 20
Times up! Back to the flag for name-a-rama where we named two FNGs: Calliope and Mary Lou. (Mary Lou’s leaving town anyway, so a silly name won’t haunt him for long.) Announcements, a prayer, and then some camaraderie at Morning Call.

+8
June 4, 2018
Northshore at The NOLA Mothership

With the Northshore convergence taking place, YHC wasn’t sure how many Pax would post to the Mothership. Expecting a large presence on the NS, YHC was surprised to find 25 Pax gathered around the 4 shovel flags. YHC was very happy to see 3 FNG’s post, keep up the EH’ing!

YHC decided it would be a good idea to dedicate the Mothership beat down to the Northshore in honor of their 2 year convergence. Since the NS was planning a beat down that would visit each AO, YHC created one as well, with more of a virtual visit to each AO. 0630, so time for the disclaimer, then….

Mosey to the Great Lawn for the Warmup. The Pax will begin and end at the Mothership….

SSH IC x 31
Imp Sq Walkers IC x 10
10 Burpees OYO

With the warmup complete, the Pax took a virtual bike ride to the first AO…

Milestone Marsh

YHC read a BB that had Waterpik doing suicides on the basketball court, so cones were set up to resemble a court for:

Burpee Suicides
Start at base line, sprint to first line, then back to base line for 5 Burpees
Sprint to half court and back to baseline for 5 Burpees
Sprint to 3rd line and back for 5 burpees
Sprint full court and back for 5 Burpees

The Pax mount their virtual bikes for a ride to the next AO….

Grandmothers House

YHC read a BB where Pelican, Shooter, and Ocho did some 11’s. Using the first and last row of cones…
10 merkins first row, 1 Bobby Hurley last row
9 merkins first row, 2 Bobby Hurley last row
Continue until 1 merkin and 10 Bobby Hurleys.

The Pax mount their virtual bikes for a ride to the next AO…

The Gipper

Turbo seems to like sprints, based upon his BB. Using the cones again….
Sprint from first row to last row, and complete 5 burpees, then slow mosey back.
Sprint from first row to third row, then some exercise, 5 merkins maybe…slow mosey back
Sprint from first row to second row, then maybe 5 squats, slow mosey back….
Sprint to last row again, and collect cones on the way back.

The Pax mount their virtual bikes for a quick ride to the next AO…

City Hall Scramble

Apparently Bushwacker likes to do a 5k run with Burpees and merkins, according to the BB…..
The Pax did a modified 5k run, stopping near Morning Call for 10 Burpees OYO. The Pax continued to the open lawn
near NOMA where they enjoyed a round of:
Catalina Wine Mixers IC x 10 (YHC had to fit them in)
Continue on to the NOMA fountain for:
Freak Nasties IC x 20

The Pax mount their virtual bikes for a short ride to the next AO…

Captains Cove

Captain Sparkles really likes to run…..seriously, he has a running AO named after him….that’s cool!

This AO is a 10k run, which the Pax did a modified version…
Line up in two columns on the path that goes around Lagoon Number 7 for:
Bataan Death March!
An Indian Run where the last Pax drops for 5 Burpees, then sprints to the front. Each Pax got to do a set, which took us one lap around the lagoon.

The Pax mount their virtual bikes to ride to the final NS AO…

The Lakefront

Steve had a BB where there was some bearcrawls and 8 Count Body Builders…nice
8 Count Body Builders IC x 10
line up at first tree, bear crawl to third tree for 5 Burpees OYO
Bear Crawl to 5th tree
Merkins IC x 10 (4 count)

Mary

Flutter Kicks IC x 20
Hello Dolly IC x 20
Rosalitas IC x 20
Tins Snips aka Egg Beaters IC x 20
American Hammer IC x 20
LBC’s IC x 20

The Pax mount their virtual bikes and head back to the Mothership Flags, but with a 6:29 arrival, the Pax had time for a quick mosey to the Great Lawn for:
10 Burpees OYO

Mosey to the Flags

COT
Count Off, Name-O-Rama.
3 FNG’s joined us this day and were brought into the F3 Brotherhood. Welcome Mambi (He’s a hunter, said he harvested Bambi’s brother), Wolverine, an Ohio State alumni, and Recall, who does something with food and beverage.
Intentions, and closed with a prayer.

Great coffeteria was enjoyed by all that stayed.

YHC hopes you enjoyed this tribute to our NS brethren. YHC will make it back up there before long.

Thanks for posting with me today, and for pushing me.

NMM
It’s the little things that matter. After the 8 Count Body Builders at the Lakefront AO, YHC was about wiped out. Walleye apparently noticed, and he gave YHC some words of encouragement that proved enough to take it to the finish line. We push each other to improve and to succeed, taking our bodies farther than we thought they could go. That’s F3.
Remember, F3 is an organization of leaders, not an organization with leaders. If you haven’t signed up to Q yet, get your name on the signup sheet.

+15

April 14, 2018
Double Dir-TAYY Mac Deuce

Pre-Thang: Weather was awesome 70-ish with the temp, a little humid but nothing crazy. Ground was wet from Friday rains – perfect for something on your six.

My first workout ever with OBT was a Dirty MacDeuce. It makes me happy every time. Happy in an I hate you but I love you kind of way. So on past Saturdays I have often done a regular old Dirty MacDeuce. I have done other things — Rounds with Tyson, 11’s, the Route 66, the baseball diamond, deck of death, etc but I have always loved the total body workout given by a MacDeuce. So I wanted to one up it – and I Q’d a Double Dirty Mac.

The Thang: Mosey to the big Quad. Here we did a SSH x 20, Merks x 20, Imperial Walker Squats x 20, Low SLow Squats x 20.

LOOOONG Mosey to the track. Through some puddles. Tried to go around then at some point it was too much so we just went through the muck.

Once at the track we did some LBCs just to rest from the long Mosey. Then we went straight into the DMac.

Lap with backwards run at the end — Circle we did: Staggered Merks, Roaches, Reg Squats x 12

Lap with kerioke at the end — Circle we did: Staggered Merks – Right, Freddie Merks, Lunge x 12

Lap with butt kicks at the end — Circle we did: Diamond Merks, Iron Cross, Lunges to the side x 12

Lap with high skips at the end — Circle we did: Plank Walk, Pickle Pounders, Lunge backwards x 12

Started to worry about time so the 2nd mac deuce we had to double up all exercises.

First lap Indian Run. Second lap on your own.

We did x 24 Mat Jumps (had to make up 4 at the end), Russian Twists, and Shoulder Taps

2 full laps – at your own pace

We did x 24 Hip Dips, x 24 Nolan Ryans, x 24 Low Country Crab

We did it! With 5 min to the buzzer and mumblechatter holding my feet to the fire about the “time email” we walked to the street and ran to the flag.

We arrived at exactly 730am. Good job men. We logged 3.6 miles.

Rudy arrived from his LONG run just in time for the Circle

Immediately after I couldn’t stay for coffee – I had to hustle to the 504k race.

COT: For Splash. For friends who are sick.

Thanks for letting me lead.

+5

February 26, 2018
On the Fly at The Mothership

Reluctant Yankee was scheduled to Q for the Mothership, but the Baton Rouge Launch was calling for him like a Hyena mother calls for her pups in the middle of the night. Since YHC had some commitments with the M this day, it made sense to take the Q and let our Regional Nantan show his F3 physique to all the new Baton Rouge men, a sign of what F3 will do for you.
YHC was preparing the beatdown the night before, then a bottle of wine came calling, similar to some of the calls made by referees against the Saints in a playoff game. There was just too much to consider….would it be raining….would it be muddy….does any of that really matter…..?
With the list sabotaged, it would have to be on the Fly!
After a brief disclaimer, and some mumblechatter from Rudy about being one of the worst he’s ever heard, it was off to the peristyle for a warmup. Rudy went the other way, running his 20 miles this day in preparation for his marathon in March. That’s some serious commitment! T-Claps to Rudy!

Warmup
SSH IC x 31
Imperial Squat Walkers IC x 10
Mountain Climbers IC x 20
Peter Parkers IC x 20
Parker Peters IC x 20

Mosey to the NOMA Fountain
Box Jumps x 10 OYO (No Bongo today, so all good)
Derkins IC x 10 (4 count)
LL Step Ups IC x 10
RL Step Ups IC x 10

Short mosey to the line of trees for a modified Dora (Thanks to Tool for the inspiration at the Uptowner beat down)
Partner Up
Pax 1 Bear crawls from tree 1 to tree 2, then backward bear crawl from tree 2 to tree 1.
Pax 2 does Burpees
Flapjack
Continue until 100 Burpees cumulative is complete.

Short mosey to the bike path on the other side of NOMA for the Bataan Death March
Indian Run on bike path, with last pax dropping for 5 burpees, then sprint to front of the line. YHC was the last Pax to drop for Burpees, and the Pax conspired to speed up the mosey to bring a little extra pain to yours truly. Well played……

Shorty mosey back to the row of trees for a modified Burpee merkin fest
First tree
5 regular burpees
Bear Crawl to second tree
5 double merkin burpees
Lunge walk to third tree
5 triple merkin burpees
Bear Crawl to fourth tree
5 quadruple merkin burpees
Lunge walk to fifth tree (you guessed it)
5 quintuple merkin burpees
Sprint back to first tree

Mumble chatter was flowing about burpees, so more burpees shall be served up!

Short Mosey to the NOMA Fountain
Partner Up
Pax 1 run up steps, do 5 burpees, run back to fountain
Pax 2 Dips AMRAP at the fountain
Flapjack until 5 full evolutions are complete, or 25 burpees to each pax

Short mosey to green space near the tracks for some Mary
Flutter Kicks IC x 20 (YHC commented to keep your head off the ground, which induced much mumble chatter for all of Mary)
Tin Snip IC x 20
Hello Dolly IC x 20
LBC IC x 20
Freddie Mercury IC x 20
Putins IC x 10

Mosey back to VSF. Upon arrival YHC found one minute remaining, so mosey to the Great Lawn for 10 Burpees OYO.
Mosey back to VSF.

COT

Count off, name-o-rama, announcements, intentions, and closed with a prayer to the Sky Q.

NMM
T-Claps to the several Pax that found their way to Baton Rouge today to help spread F3, which is a gift that is difficult to describe in words. We come together from all walks of life, where we share a common goal, which is to become better men and to become stronger leaders, among other things. I’m honored to be a part of F3. The coffeteria after the beat down is always great, and is never dull!
The Pax each did roughly 115 burpees today, with a lot of other exercises. Well done, men!

SYITG!

+10

January 27, 2018