F3 New Orleans

Tag: Snooze

  • No, Not Doing That – from Rev Sox

    YHC arrived at 5:15am to pray and Q for his first beatdown at the Foundry. While he prayed alone with no one else present at 5:15, he is confident the Birdcage will show up in numbers to pray next Wednesday at 5:15.

    5:30 and time to start, so YHC presents the disclaimer and begins the mosey to the exercise equipment that he thinks are the center of the Foundry. The Pax arrives at the exercise equipment but is told to circle up in the grass at the side. Much mumblechatter begins as the Pax is led into the grass. Grass is long and wet and scary in City Park but it will only get worse. Time for the warm-up.

    The Warm-Up
    SSH – 28 in honor of the Yankees’ 11 game win streak in their pursuit of WS 28
    Shoulder taps – 20
    Grass grabbers – 10
    Arm circles, in reverse, seal claps, overhead claps, and Moroccan Nightclub – 10 each and don’t put your arms down from start to stop

    The Thang
    YHC has never worked out at the Foundry. YHC didn’t know that the Foundry avoids the grass in the middle of the track. YHC didn’t know the grass would be so long and there would be so much mumblechatter about the snakes and spiders. YHC kept his head up and continued with his plan through the complaints. YHC felt like Rudy with some many people complaining about his idea.

    PAX completed the SLAM through the knee high wet grass in the middle of the track. What is the SLAM? Glad you asked. The SLAM is 2 Squats, 2 Lunge steps, 2 American Hammers, and 2 Merkins for each round. Add 2 more reps for each new round. The Pax was to travel from the side of the track near the exercise equipment until the Pax made it to the track on the opposite side, but the Pax ran into a fence in the middle of the field. YHC was hoping for 10 rounds of SLAM, but the fence stopped us after 7 as the Pax made it to the round of 14 reps.

    At the announcement of the SLAM, YHC had something he had never experienced before while leading an F3 workout. A Pax member who will not be named simply declared – “no, I’m not doing that. I was bit by a spider at Okwata and I am not sitting or doing merkins in that grass.” Thankfully the rest of the Pax endured the tall grass without a single spider or snake encounter.

    Republicans vs. Democrats
    In honor of politicians who hang on too long, the Pax broke up into two teams of Rs vs Ds. We competed to see which team could dead man hang the longest from the monkey bars. While one Pax on each team was hanging, the rest held plank or Al Gore. Once you drop, you are replaced by the man behind you until everyone on your team hangs once. The Republicans won a narrow battle hanging on longer than the Democrats.

    Circle of Fire
    Circle up and hold Al Gore and do 8 burpees around the circle, Round two is 10 merkins while holding a plank.

    Pull-ups and stuff
    Pax broke up into 4 groups of 2 and 1 group of 3. The count was 10 pull-ups. The other stations: rows, step-ups, Rocky Balboas, and Big Boy Sit-Ups. One trip around and then it’s time to get back.

    The Cool Down
    Mosey back to the Flag

    COT
    Count, Name-O-Rama, Announcement, and Prayer

    Thanks for allowing me the privilege of leading the Foundry and a special thanks for following me into the tall grass.

  • Cowbells on the Mountain – from Rudy

    5:30 am. 80 degrees, and at least 80% humidity. Summer in NOLA. 11 PAX ventured out into these glorious conditions to enjoy a run.

    YHC gave the disclaimer. He clearly indicated that it would be important to watch for potholes. Apparently, some PAX would choose not to listen. But with that, we were off to the base of the mountain (just over 1 mile away).

    YHC and Belloq had an enjoyable run to the mountain, discussing future plans for Beignet. Great kid, great future in front of him. Belloq kept up steady stream of conversation while YHC was focusing on just trying to keep up. Thanks for the push!

    Everyone gathered at the base of the mountain for a new drill I call the “Cowbell”, after the PAX who introduced me to it. 1 Minute sprint up the mountain as far as you can go, followed by 2 minute recovery stroll/mosey back down the mountain. Rinse and repeat 6 times. YHC still hasn’t made it to the start of the fence. That’s the elusive goal… Cracklin didn’t seem to have a problem getting there, nor did Snooze (at least the first 2 or 3 times). Way up ahead, Kuch and El Guapo seemed to have no problems reaching at least that far. Nice work!

    After everyone got 6 sprints, time to mosey back to the flag. And 10 of the 11 managed to make it back. One PAX forgot the disclaimer and was waylaid by a pothole on Wisner. Be well Snooze!

    COT back at the flag. Prayers for kids, parents and teachers as we all struggle to navigate through a new school year and the challenges this will present. May we all try to reflect God in our words and actions. Thanks for joining me!

  • Disclaimers Start at 5:29 – from Belloq

    Arriving early to Pontiff for my 1 mile warm-up run, I was trying to recall how I was assigned the Q for the day at El Diablo. Don’t remember signing up, just getting an invite on my calendar. Oh well, time to lead…Not knowing how many would arrive, I thought through several scenarios. As my run came to an end, I was happy to see 7 men stretching and preparing for a challenge and all pre-planned scenarios went right out the window.
    The time was 5:29 and I gave the disclaimer. 5:30 strikes and RevSox arrives as I give the direction to mosey to the rock pile. He begins to mention the missing disclaimer which I pointed out was done in such a way to maximize out time working out.

    Gave direction to circle up on me by rock pile to begin warm-up

    Warm-up
    15 8-count bodybuilders to get the blood pumping
    Arm Circuit (15 Arm Circles Front and Back, 20 Seal Claps, 20 Overhead Press, 20 Overhead Claps, 15 Moroccan Nigh Club)
    31 SSH
    3 rounds of Ring of Fire (Merkins to Monkey Humpers to Bonnie Blairs (2-is-1)
    Mosey to the Mound

    The Thang
    7’s
    Start on track side go to top, do 5 lunges both legs (i.e. 2-is-1), other side 6 8-count body builders, back to top for 5 lunges both legs, to track for 1 big boy sit-up…repeat with 5 8-counts and 2 big boy sit ups…etc

    Moseyed back to rock pile for Mary.
    5 Minutes of Core —30 seconds Halos Clockwise, 30 Seconds Halos Counter Clockwise, 1 Minute Corkscrew (reverse crunch with a twist), 1 Minute Dynamic Plank, 1 Minute Chainsaw, 1 Minute Slow, Controlled Big Boy Sit ups

    Followed with 10 8-count cinnamon toast crunches (1-2 Crunch, 3-4 Twist Right, 5-6 Crunch, 7-8 Twist Left).

    Moseyed back to flag for COT, Announcements, Intentions and Prayer.

    Always an honor to lead am F3 workout. 9 Total PAX for the workout.

  • 5 years and counting – from Fracsac

    17 Pax including 2 FNG’s and 1 Down Range from ENC made a choice to take the DRP on their journey to get right and posted to Okwata to help YHC celebrate 5 years in F3. With a shovel flag planted, disclaimer was given, then:

    Mosey toward the fountain just like the good old days, carioca around the fountain and circle up on the grass for a warmup:

    SSH IC x 31
    IW x 15
    Bat wings x 15 IC of AC, OC, SC and MNC (dancing during Moroccan NC), finished with 20 count Iron Cross before dropping those aching limbs.

    Mosey back to the fountain for:

    Double Shots with Jack Webb at the Barre.
    1 merkin with 2 air presses in people’s chair
    2 Merkins with 4 air presses….
    3 Merkins with 6 air presses…..
    …….
    10 Merkins with 20 air presses in people’s chair.

    Mosey to the House of Pain for stations. The pax first cleaned up the trash……

    Station 1 – Pull-ups AMRAP
    Station 2 – Step ups AMRAP
    Station 3 – Big Boi Sit-ups AMRAP
    Station 4 – Bear crawl up levee, 5 burpees, mosey back down (Timer)
    Rinse and repeat

    Mosey to open area of grass for the much anticipated Shock & Awe! There was much rejoicing!
    5 x SSH IC
    10 burpees OYO
    5 x SSH IC
    9 burpees OYO
    Yada Yada Yada……..
    5 x SSH IC
    3 burpees OYO
    5 x SSH IC
    2 burpees OYO
    5 x SSH IC
    10 burpees OYO (we never do 1 burpee!)

    Mosey to the top of the levee for a disperse run. Form 2 columns, last pax runs to the front of column and yells “disperse” followed by an exercise. The pax run down their side of the levee, complete 3 of the exercises, and run back up top to continue. There were 8 count BB, Burpees, and even some Catalina Wine Mixers!

    For the final 2 minutes, we did Quadraphilia AMRAP! Then return to the flag.

    COT and naming of FNG’s

    NMM

    – Welcome Lighthouse and Blue Clause!
    – Honored to have Waterboy from ENC join us and he even brought an FNG!
    – Thank you to each of the pax that joined me to celebrate my 5th year of F3.

    Thank you for pushing me and making me better! SYITG!

  • Better Late than Never – from Fast Tax

    Absolution and the Mad Mad Race

    Forgetting that Saturday beat downs started an hour later, YHC showed up bright and early at 5:30. After a short nap in the car, 6:30 rolled around.

    9 Pax, including 3 that made the Beer-run the night before, ventured forth to Mothership to see if Fast Tax had yet run out of creative ways to Embrace the Suck. With the shovel flag flapping in the breeze, we welcomed War Eagle from F3-Tallahassee, disclaimer was given, and Pax moseyed to the parking lot for some warm-up.

    Warmups consisted of:
    o Abe Vigodas 13 IC
    o Mountain Man Poopers 10 IC
    o Bat Wings 20 IC
    o Happy Jacks 4 cycles IC

    To the rock pile (aka Fountain) we go…yes, Bogie, there is a rock pile at Mothership.

    As we lined up amidst the chatter, YHC thought maybe we needed a little absolution first before we got started…make that 12 Absolutions (an 8 count exercise starting in the plank position: feet forward, feet back, left elbow down, right elbow down, legs out, legs in, left elbow straight, right elbow straight).

    To the delight of the Pax, Mini Hairburners were next. Starting in plank position, on a line, in cadence, Pax pushed their rocks forward and pulled them back until YHC thought we scarred the grass up enough.

    Rocks down, we raced to Humpty-Dumpty, sat on a wall (People’s Chair for 45 secs), and, of course, ended with a fall (to Merkins) and a run back to the rock pile.

    Next bit of fun was the Mad Mad Race.
    We formed teams of 3, with each Pax in the team choosing one of the following exercises: soldier crawl, broad jump, or crab walk – no duplicates. From the line, the teams had to traverse 40ish yards, switch positions, and come back. Losing two teams had to do 15 burpees [Bogie and the winning team graciously took five].

    Rock-a-bye Baby was the next event.
    In a chair position with our rocks at chest height, sequence is IC: rocks overhead, back to chest, arms straight out, arms to the left, back to middle, arms to the right, back to middle, back to chest. 10 reps.

    Finally, it was time to Get our Rocks Off.
    Holding wife pleaser position with rocks on the ground past their head, sequence is IC:
    As YHC called “up”, tricep lift to overhead and back down. 15 reps or until it hurts.

    With plenty of time remaining, YHC introduced the Bear Crawl Snake as the final event. Pax line up in a plank, head to toe, three feet apart with last man bear crawling to the front, weaving between each Pax until last man passes the finish line (40 to 50 yards).

    To close out the morning’s entertainment, we circled up and did a round of choose your own Mary, in reverse direction so as to not hurt Snooze’s feelings.

    At 7:23, as the picnic-goers began to arrive (and stare at us), we headed back to the flag with Catfish lamenting the extra 45 seconds we could have exercised.
    To ease Catfish’s angst that we would finish early, we counted off 3 times before name-a-rama, announcements, intentions, and prayers.

    Coffeteria at Café Navarre with Hokie, Gabbie, and Fracsac joining.

    Thanks for the fellowship!
    SYITG

  • Introducing the Enhanced Murph – from Catfish

    8 PAX @ Foundry to forge mind, body, and spirit. Started by moseying to the track. Warmed up with Abe Vigodas, Grass Grabbers, and 8-counts. Moseyed to other side of track and circled up for Imperial Squat Walkers.

    Moseyed to Foundry. Did some Peter Parkers waiting for the six. Moved on to a 6-Pack – Alternate pull-ups and merkins in sets so they all equal 6 (1 and 5, 2 and 4 etc., count up and then back down). On to sixes, straight legs with feet six inches off the ground for a nice hold, then did some flutter kicks.

    Next did a quarter enhanced murph – 5 sets of 5 pullups, 10 burpees, and 15 bonnie blairs (1 is 1). Brutal. Plank walks waiting for the six, then parker peters. Back on to sixes for LBCs, then did a set of 100s to round things out.

    Started moseying back to the flag, stopped @ Roosevelt Mall entrance for Failure to Launch (hold Al Gore for a countdown, then jump squat when the count reaches zero, land in Al Gore, rinse and repeat). Back to flag, shoulder taps waiting for the six, then Dr. Ws for the finish.

    CoT

  • The Calm before the storm – from Mahatma

    Deciding where I planned to spend my Wed 4-21-21morning I saw that the Foundry needed a Q so why not!?
    12 pax showed up with the intention of starting the day with more than hitting the snooze and rolling out of bed.
    After a quick disclaimer we moseyed to the track for a warm up consisting of stretching, SSH, WM, something that Double Fudge new the name to, scuba kicks (not knee jerks) then off to the “core” event.
    Pax line up (1-12) at mid point of straight away. Pax 1 ran (50-75%) to mid point turn 1, once there he moved into lane 2 while pax 2 started his run, when 2 arrived he moved over to lane 2, pax 3 started and pax 1 started a run to the other end of the track (so 1/2 way around) moved into lane 3, once 3 arrived 4 started, 3 moved over, 2 started. This continued with a 3/4 then a complete full 1/4 mi (1 full run around the track). We completed it (some got a little extra core while waiting for pax to finish) but it wasn’t as “smooth” as it was mentally thought out to be, so rinse and modification – break into 2 groups of 6 then go in reverse – full loop, 3/4, 1/2, 1/4: it could be brought back with additional modification. On to more core – as pax finished there was a line forming in the outer lane, each figured out just join in and ever pax added their version of core to the effort. We finished with a 2:30 minute plank / merkin initiative. Then back to the flags for COT.

    Glad to see the crew and the opportunity to lead. We lift up DaParish’s buddy who passed suddenly as well as Disclaimer and his family. We ask for God’s Grace to lead with humility in engaging all who we come into contact with.
    God Bless – get ready for the H8 – you against you!

  • 610 on 420 – from Catfish

    Accelerated 610, starting with running on the usual route, stopping for 10 burpees every 5 minutes. 15 minutes out, 15 back to the track.

    At the track, did some beat crawl laps on the western end waiting for the six. Nothing fancy, just bear crawl to one end, 10 merkins, bear crawl back, 10 merkins, rinse and repeat.

    Finished up with Dr. W’s, Peter Parker Peters, then back to the flag for CoT.

  • Play Time – from Heisenberg

    Disclaimer
    Warmup -IC Imperial walkers x 25, Grass Grabbers x 10, Daisy Cutter R 5 L 5, Abe Vigota 10, Merkins 20 (up down cadence), Arm Circles F x 20, B x 20, Overhead claps x 20, Moroccan Night Club x 20, Some OYO self love, Shoulder Shrugs x 10, Back Stretch x 10
    Face Breakers – From the top of the steps on NOMA, IC descending a step after each round Floyd Mayweathers 8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1
    Time to Play – Starting at Tree 1 Bear crawl to next tree, 5 merkins ( or knerkins), lunge walk to next tree, 5 merkins (or knerkins) repeat till you run out of trees. The grass was a little sloppy and underwater at times.
    Return to NOMA – Pax moved to the dry side and did a Route 66 with Flutter Kicks 4=1.
    Ring of Fire – We stopped at Tree 11 and had a quick Ring of Fire merkins (or knerkins)
    Sunday Mornings – Short mosey to the back of NOMA for 3 rounds of Sunday Mornings.
    COT
    TClaps to Catfish and Triple Shift for doing the workout with ruck plates.

  • The Cindy Crawford – from High Rise

    On a lovely humid warm morning the brace men of F3 arrived for my first official Q in quite a while as I had been nursing a mild injury. I was limiting my F3 attendance to avoid further injury but I also had planned on this particular beatdown as a way to test out my injury and also push the men of F3 as we are all prone to do. Disclaimer was given and off we went.

    Warm up: Mosey around part of the track while performing high knees, butt kicks, and karaoke while on our way to The Foundry.

    Tha Thang: As everyone gathered at The Foundry I explained the workout for today. 30 minutes AMRAP of a full body exercise routine: 5 pullups, 10 merkins, 15 squats, 20 LBCs (1 is 1), and 25 calf raises. Thanks to the Exicon for helping me find this routine called the Cindy Crawford.

    After 30 minutes we moseyed back down Roosevelt Mall to the flag where we cooled down with some stretching.It was a pleasure as always to lead the men of F3 and I was glad to report that no further aggravation of nagging injury occurred.