F3 New Orleans

Tag: Steve

  • Well that was close!!! – from Shooter

    2 Ruckers and 4 runners took the red pill 💊 and got some work in on this Gloom.. YHC met Hammer for some pre Spartan. As always it did not disappoint. I just wish the pull-ups would get easier at some point but they have not to this point so just get em done..

    Ruckers 20 out and back and Runners down the sidewalk to Monroe and through Golden shores foregoing back to Monroe and down Messina.. Close call with 2 converging cars at the turn on Monroe but thankfully no issues.

    We returned on time and wrapped up with Hammer praying us out.

    Until the next Gloom 👍🏼👊🏼✌🏼!!!

  • Wild Q let the good times roll!! – from Shooter

    Well, the Wacker of bushes may not be present but it doesn’t mean we can’t use his golden nuggets for some fun.. After all someone needs to put those things to use.. I set that one up, “That’s what she said!” It also creates great grumble mumble from Jose10k once he spots them. Anyways 4 PAX took the red 💊 for Granny’s and we ventured all around Mandeville..

    Warmup
    10IC Toe Touches, Cherry pickers, Selflove, Grass grabbers, Imperial walkers, Hillbillies and Torso twists..

    Thang
    Carried our nuggets and jump rope to the tunnel. Upon arrival selected a coupon. Rolled the number nugget for rep count. One PAX did jump rope while the rest of the PAX did the number rolled. 2 rounds with exercises consisting of chest press, curls, rows, tri extensions and overhead presses..

    Moseyed to the bus stop and same application.
    Rolled the number alternating rope 2 rounds. Exercises were bench jump overs, Derkins, gas pumps, freak nasties, Bulgarian split squats and jump squats..

    Moseyed back to the breezeway rolled the number for the count then the other dice for stated exercise.. 3 Wild Qs in a row and the selections were wide merkins, SMKs, and shoulder taps with plank jacks..

    Wrapped it up with Mary.
    15IC LMCs, Right elbow to left knee F/J, 6 inch hold with each PAX providing a 10 count 15IC hello Dollie’s in the middle and finished with the hold and 10 count back around..

    Appreciate the post and the intentions shared for Pelicans family and prayers for the family of the 3 year old that drowned last week…

    Until the next gloom 👍🏼👊🏼✌🏼!!!

  • Wha ya at? – from Waterpik

    The crowd was Smaller than usual this morning at the scramble. chewy was the only Rucker, and the dedicated spartan training that had become regular has been on hiatus for the past couple of weeks. The pax had cooler temps this morning. We ran 4 miles.

  • What Do You Call A Three-Hump Camel? – from Steve

    Everybody’s got a DMV story. Maybe you’re the guy who, say, waited there for three and a half hours to get your first car registered. This would be pre-cell phones, of course, so to bide your time you’ve memorized all four of the eye charts they’re using behind the bulletproof glass, as well as the many cheerful posters, like the one showing an 18-wheeler with a smiley face that details the 12 steps to get your CDL license. At this point, you’ve started to reconsider every decision in your life that has brought you to this moment, trapped here in this white-walled hell. And then, just as you’re imagining driving that smiling 18-wheeler off a tall bridge to your own fiery demise, your name is finally, miraculously called. The woman behind the desk looks impatiently at you over her reading glasses, with one hand thrust out. And even after you’ve gently placed your paperwork into her outstretched claw, she still seems to be sizing you up, like she’s read your thoughts and confirmed that yes, you’re an idiot. Finally she looks down, flips through a few pages and slides them right back over to you. She’s staring at you like you’re supposed to say something, but before you can, she says, “No odometer disclosure. You need to fill this out,” she hands you a form without looking at you, “Get it notarized, and make another appointment.” And before you can protest and throw yourself at her feet, she’s called the next name in the queue.

    Nowadays, with all the online options, the DMV has come a long way. But apparently not so over in Franklinton, where grudges against certain junior high math teachers run deep. That’s right, Jose kept us entertained with his DMV tale, in which a former student’s mother attempted to exact revenge on 10k. Of course, Jose ain’t playing that game and he successfully walked away with his dignity, and his Real ID.

    Oh and yes, we did work out. A descending rep count starting at 100 of an exercise, then moseying the corridor and climbing the steps for 10 burpees. Went something like this:

    100 Mountain Climbers 10 burpees
    90 Freddie Mercurys 9 burpees
    80 Squats 8 burpees
    70 Plank Jacks 7 burpees
    60 Big Boys 6 burpees
    50 Merkins 5 burpees
    40 Sister Mary’s 4 burpees
    30 Crunchy Frogs 3 burpees
    20 T-Merkins 2 burpees
    10 Burpees 1 burpee

    A little time left for some leg work, calf raises, and Mary. COT and Shooter prayed us out.

    Oh, the three hump camel:

  • Promise made. Promise kept… – from Shooter

    I know what you thinking with the title of this BB.. Who is this YHC? Is he a politician of sorts? Absolutely NOT, and we are not going there anyway.. Simply put, the previous day a promise was made and this gloom a promise was kept.. YHC expressed in his previous BB he would be incorporating the No Cheat Merkin to the PAX he leads and today was the day.. Thanks again VTach!!
    Brief warmup of 15IC seal jacks, arm circles, butt kicks, SSH, Abe Vogadas and 10 OYO No Cheat Merkins.

    Akbar, Chewy and Russo rucked out and returned. Jose10k, Steve, Waterpik and Q ran the standard route with a loop and some modifications along the way for the PAX to finish up at the same time. Once back at the AO we finished with 10IC LMCs, alternating L/R elbow to knee and 20IC flutter kicks closing with NCMs 10 OYO..

    Scramble was Hammerless for the first time in a while, in fact no one could put a date on it because of his consistent presence.You were present in thought brother and missed in chatter.

    Chewy closed us with prayers for Jose10k’s prior student Chance and safe travels for my son’s return to North Carolina.

    Appreciate the post and until the next Gloom 👊🏼👍🏼✌🏼!!

  • Is That A Wienkie In Your Pocket, Or Are You Just Happy To See Me? – from Steve

    About once every three to four years, YHC finally tires of the endless Four Corners and the Doras and the 11’s, and attempts something more creative. (See Music Trivia Beatdown circa 2020 for last said attempt.) Today’s experiment? A game of Family Feud (minus the… families?) This experiment was made all the more exciting with a downrange visitor from Birmingham – VTach. And with Jose 10k in the audience to heckle and jeer at my simple math skills, what could go wrong?

    Now I’m no Steve Harvey (though I do think I could give Louie Anderson a run for his money), so I did my best to keep it simple (cue Jose, “Hey, I gotta leave in 15 minutes, can we not make this a Bushwacker length explanation?):

    – Each round (question) is associated with an exercise (noted alongside the question).
    – Guess an answer on the board? We halve the points and do that many of said exercise.
    – For every wrong answer, the Pax has to do 5 burpees.
    – After three strikes, the round ends and we DOUBLE the points of each unguessed answer, then do that many reps of said exercise.

    1. Name something snowmen might have nightmares about. (Freak Nasties)
    Sun/Beach Weather (62)
Fire/Flame Throwers (14)
Blow Dryers (3)
Rain (3)
Snowplow/Shovel (3)
Drought (2)
Snowballs (2)
Peeing Dogs/Pee (2)

    2. Name something that gets passed around. (Big Boys)
    A joint (34)
A cold (23)
A collection plate (12)
A rumor (9) 
A baby (6)

    3. Name something that might ripple. (SMK’s)
    Water/Stream (63)
Body/Muscles (30)
Potato Chips (4)
Pants (3)

    4. Name something that can be inflated or deflated. (Donkey Kickoffs)
    Balloon (44)
Tire (25)
Beach ball (10)
Ego (7)
Raft (5) 

    5. Name something that might be full of holes. (Bulgarians)
    Swiss Cheese (40)
Clothes/Socks (16)
Alibi/Story (14)
Net/Fishing Net (9)
Colander/Strainer (8)
Golf Course (2)
Screen (2)
Road/Street (2)

    6. Name something that a doctor might pull out of a person. (Hand Release Merkins)
    A gerbil (32)
A baby (23)
A tumor (15)
A tooth (9)
A bullet (7)

    The whole enterprise was worth it for the expression on Shooter’s face when he learned that gerbil was the top answer to this final question (“What is wrong with this world when gerbil is the top answer and stitches aren’t even on there?”). How he went his entire life without hearing the Richard Gere story remains a mystery.

    COT and Russo prayed us out. Welcome VTach! Great having you in town and hope we get to see more of you. I’m sure one of us will make it up to a Birmingham AO at some point. And thank you gents for the patience on this one, YHC will definitely give it a go one Saturday where we can properly split up into “families.”

  • Welcome to Hazzard County! – from The Duke of Hazzard

    Good golly miss molly, the weather hit this morning! 76 with a nice breeze in early August is a gift from the gods. And as the god of chaos (aka The Duke of Hazard) prepared to make his VQ, the PAX showed in numbers to shake the heavens.

    WARMORAMA

    YHC co-Q’d to lend moral support to the leadership of the 7 year old ball of energy, and so we started with x10, IC:
    SSH, Windmills, IW, Self Love, High Knees, Butt Kicks, 5 Burpees OYO

    THANG

    Mosied all of 20’ to 1st fire hydrant for the Wheel of Animal Walks:
    Frog Hop to 2nd fire hydrant (apex 80’ away) 10 Merkins
    Bear Crawl back, 10 Merkins
    Duck Walk, 10 Merkins
    Crab Walk, 10 Merkins

    5 Burpees OYO

    Mosey to Noah’s Ark

    5 Burpees OYO

    Partner up with “similarly sized” PAX for Fireman’s Carry. Using carry of choice, P1 carried P2 to Claiborne and P2 carried P1 back to sea wall.

    5 Burpees OYO

    Mosey to Gazebo

    5 Burpees OYO

    Fireman Drag
    Same partners, P1 drags P2 to designated point then switch and return

    5 Burpees OYO

    Mosey to flag

    5 Burpees OYO

    100 count Circle Merkins
    100 count Al Gore/Jump Squats
    100 count Tanked Up’s Down Ups

    5 Burpees OYO

    MARY

    XY’s
    On your 6, legs lifted, Hello Dolly (1,2), Flutter Kick (3,4)

    WWI Snow Angels
    WWI Sit Up, Snow Angel w/ arms & legs slightly elevated

    Foxhole Merkins
    Starting in Merlin down position perform Merkin (1,2) WWI Roll right Merkin (3,4) WWI Roll left

    Plank 30 seconds – 5Merkins – Plank 30 seconds R&R until time

    COT
    Count off, name-o-ramma, Happy Birthday T Claps to the returning Bear who made 14 the next day (today). Welcome FNGs Titan, Ikkie Shuffle, and Siggy!

    Gentlemen, many thanks for showing up for The Duke’s VQ and following his pint-sized lead. His tentative calls belied his excitement at leading the PAX on a tour of Hazard County!

  • 2 Fast, 2 Furious – from Steve

    Got stuck with two knuckleheads who both wanted to “push” this morning. 5 miles at a sub 8 min pace?!? Uhhh.. no thank you.

    Bean, Legal, Parrot – see what happens when you don’t post? Things go off the rails and the leisurely Sunday run somehow morphs into race day.

    Great coffee though – more good stories about Tank’s wacky neighbor, crazy Olympic feats, and how Speedy likes to do “puzzles” and “coloring” with his lady friends.

  • Merkins and Peter Parkers – from Waterpik

    It was the last gasp of summer for st Tammany parish and teachers such as Jose 10k who had to jet right after the workout to get to school. For F3, nothing really new was on the docket – it was just merkins and Peter Parker’s inter
    Mixed into every turn the pax took on its 4 mile route for the old mandeville scramble.

  • The Land of the Midnight Sun – from Steve

    Jose has returned! Well, technically he was already on his third beatdown of the week (ok, as of this writing, his fourth), but for the Covington crew it was his grand homecoming. And he returned with tales of a mythical land where the sun never sets, the summer temps never hit the 60’s, and F3 doesn’t exist. Though that’s not entirely true since Jose brought the F3 with him: apparently he roped some poor bastard into doing 100 burpees / absolutions with him each day. This man never stops.

    Brief warmorama, starting in a slow Gipper-cadence and then gently ramping up.

    Then off to the rear of the Justice Center for a brief fling with Jane Fonda. We hit all three stages of Jane today (straight Janes, pulses, heel-to-knees), all at 15x IC, each leg.

    Then looped around to the front of the JC for the main event – a series of 11’s between the courtyard benches.

    Started off with the chest/shoulders: Derkins on one end, bear crawl across the courtyard to the opposite set of benches for freak nasties.

    It seemed fitting that Jose would endure this one round and then have to leave for work, as he was the only Pax present to also have posted for Shooter’s brutal shoulder beatdown Tuesday, and Hammer’s brutal shoulder beatdown Monday. (YHC was reprimanded with a: “This is why you guys need to start writing backblasts!”)

    Next set of 11’s were Bulgarians (2:1), lunge walk to opposite end, Step Ups (2:1).

    Didn’t get to the core round, which was just as well since, really, what’s the point of crab walking when Legal isn’t there to show off.

    Finally, an old Maverick classic – reverse bear crawl (or crawl bear, as the kids call it) up the courthouse steps. Followed by some calf raises, and back to the flag for an abbreviated Mary.

    COT with announcement of Duke of Hazards’ VQ this Saturday! (Moby’s response: “Some $#%@& kid in diapers telling me to do 1000 burpees….”). Then we checked BBQ’s hat-o-meter only to see that the sweat lines weren’t quite up to last week’s beatdown (though still hot enough that ol’ Sonny gave the warm air one sniff before thinking, “Nah…” and settling back into Moby’s truck).

    And finally BBQ prayed us out. Prayers for BBQ’s niece’s son, ten-year-old Charlie, who is going through a very tough time as he awaits a kidney transplant. And as always, thanks for this great group of men and the opportunity to lead.