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Tag: Subprime

  • Afternoon Delight! Ode to the Olympics! – from Almonaster

    F3 Olympics!

    PAX:
    – Subprime
    – Gabby
    – Douille
    – Doc Ock
    – Almonaster

    Mosey to Moana’s Island.
    Warmup:

    SSH – 20 IC
    Arm Circles -10 IC
    Reverse Arm Circles – 10 IC
    Imperial Walkers – 10 IC
    Balance on 1 foot for 10 seconds – Each Foot
    The Morpheus – 10 IC
    Grass Grabbers – 10 IC
    Windmills – 10 IC
    Mountain Climbers – 10 IC

    The Thang:
    Mosey to the Statue.

    Boxing.
    Rocky Balboas – 20 1 is 1 X2
    Apollo Ohnos
    Rinse and Repeat

    Gymnastics
    Pummel Horse – 30 seconds
    Olympic pose – 15 seconds

    Weightlifting.
    Incline Merkin – 10 IC
    Right Leg Step-up – 10 IC
    Decline Merkins – 10 IC
    Left leg Step-up – 10 IC
    Dips – 10 IC

    Gymnastics.
    Wall Sit – 30 seconds
    Wall Handstand Merkin – 5 OYO
    Wall Hang – 15 seconds
    Wall Handstand Merkin – 5 OYO

    Mosey to Oak Alley.
    Track and Field

    Sprint to 1st Pole.- Run it out and Return.
    20 Merkins – OYO
    High Jumps to Pole 1st Pole – Run it out and Return.
    Bobby Hurley’s – 20 OYO
    Broad jumps to 1st pole – Run it out and Return.
    Burpees – 10 OYO

    Sprint to 1st Pole.- Run it out and Return.
    20 Merkins – OYO
    High Jumps to Pole 1st Pole – Run it out and Return.
    Bobby Hurley’s – 20 OYO

    Mary
    Leg Lifts – 40 OYO, 1 is 1.
    Freddie Mercury’s – 40 OYO, 1 is 1.
    Russian Twists (Douilles) – 40 OYO, 1 is 1.

    Back to Flag

    Birthdays
    Anniversaries
    Announcements
    Intentions
    Prayer

    Thanks for the opportunity to Lead!

  • Glorious Return to WPM – from Fracsac

    26 Pax made a choice to take the DRP on their journey to get right and posted to The Legendary Wolf Pack Mountain to see what YHC had on the beat down menu. With a shovel flag planted, disclaimer was given, then:

    Mosey over to the Rosy Palm Court and circle up for a warmup:

    IW IC x 15
    Abe Vigodas x 10
    Grass Grabbers x 10
    Bat wings AC, SC, OH, MNC (dancing encouraged)
    Catalina Wine Mixers IC x 10

    Count off and pax instructed to remember their number. Then count 1,2,1,2….

    Mosey to the mountain…

    Two columns, hence the 1 and 2 count. Run to the top of the mountain with last pax sprinting to front all the way up.

    Once on top, take the stairs back down to level 4.

    Burpee broad jump the short side of level 4, then bear crawl the long way.

    Head back up the mountain, with quadraphilia on the inclines and sprints on the straight aways, all OYO.

    Circle up on the top for a mental test. The Q has the pax recall their number, then combines the numbers in some fashion for SSH. The instructions are clear: execute SSH IC up to the first number followed by SSH in silence and completing together, with the Q being the cadence to follow. Failure to follow instructions results in a penalty.
    Spoiler alert: there were penalties.
    Penalty 1 – Heisenberg Seal burpees x 10 (burpee with 2 Merkins)
    Penalty 2 – Heisenberg Seal burpees x 15
    Penalty 3 – Sprint to far wall and back and do 10 burpees.
    The 4th time the Pax got it, sort of.
    Time for one set of Tin Snips IC x 20.

    Return to the flag for COT

    NMM

    – YHC hasn’t done WPM in a while, and wow! What a rockin’ AO!
    – The uptown crowd was surprisingly quiet today, minimal Mumblechatter going on.
    – There’s a rumor going around about doing burpees even if the pax were in perfect sync. I cannot confirm nor deny this rumor, except to encourage the pax to continue to reach for perfection.
    – Coffeteria was awesome and well attended.
    – Thanks for allowing me to be part of such an incredible group of men, and for gifting me the opportunity to lead.

    SYITG

  • Catfish of the Mists – from Catfish

    Great get-together this morning with 12 PAX at the Misty Mountain.

    Started by moseying over to the lawn across from the audubon entrance. Warmed up with Abe Vigodas (Windmills), Grass Grabbers, and a hearty round of the Motivator.

    Moseyed over to the base of the mountain for some plank action: Peter Parkers, Shoulder Taps, Parker Peters. Split into two lines for Indian Run at the top.

    At the summit – nice long round of Bat Wings to heat up the shoulders. Brief rest, then 15 burpees OYO. Attempted to follow it up with a Dora 1-2-3, but turned into a Dora 1-1-1 with 100 Catalinas, 100 jump squats, and 100 flutter kicks (2 is 1). Non-exercising partner did a “vertical loop” down the stairs, across the lot, then back up.

    Moseyed back to flag for CoT.

  • Afternoon Delight! 4-14-2021 – from Almonaster

    Accept the Weather!

    PAX:

    – Subprime
    – Almonaster

    Mosey to Audubon Tea Room.

    Warmup:

    SSH – 20 IC
    Arm Circles -10 IC
    Reverse Arm Circles – 10 IC
    Imperial Walkers – 10 IC
    Balance on 1 foot for 10 seconds – Each Foot
    Grass Grabbers – 10 IC
    Windmills – 10 IC
    Mountain Climbers – 10 IC

    The Thang:

    Mosey to overhang by theStatue.

    Big Boy Situps – 10 IC
    Decline Merkins – 10 IC
    Squats – 10 IC
    Rinse and Repeat

    Take a lap to Magazine and back.

    Incline Merkins – 10 IC
    Right Leg Step-ups – 10 IC
    Dips – 10 IC
    Left Leg Step-ups – 10 IC
    Rinse and Repeat

    Take a lap to Magazine and back..

    Alternating Lunges – 10, 2 is 1 OYO
    Freddie Mercury’s – 20 2 is 1 OYO
    Jump Squats – 10 OYO

    Take a lap to Magazine and back to the Tea Room.

    LBC’s – 40 OYO
    Flutter kicks – 20, 2 is 1 OYO
    Russian Twists (Douilles) – 20, 2 is 1 OYO
    Burpees – 10 OYO
    Dying Cockroach – 40 1 is 1.
    Big Boy Situps – 20 OYO

    Back to Flag

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    Prayer
    Thanks for the opportunity to Lead!

  • Inaugural Afternooner! – from Almonaster

    Looking for Leprechauns on St. Patrick’s Day!

    PAX:

    – Subprime
    – King Kong
    – Blowout
    – Almonaster

    Mosey to grassy area near WWI Memorial.

    Warmup:

    SSH – 20 IC
    Imperial Walkers – 10 IC
    Hillbilly’s – 10 IC
    4-Leaf Clover Grabbers – 10 ICWindmills – 10 IC
    Mountain Climbers – 10 IC

    The Thang:

    Mosey around the track to the first grassy area on the right past the entry sidewalk.

    Burpees – 10 OYO
    Merkins – 20 OYO
    LBC’s – 30 OYO

    Mosey to the Fountain.

    Burpees – 10 OYO
    Incline Merkins – 20 OYO
    Hello Dolly’s – 30 OYO

    Mosey to 1/10 mile track.

    Burpees – 10 OYO
    Shoulder Taps – 20 OYO, 2 is 1
    Flutter Kicks – 30 OYO, 2 is 1

    Mosey to grassy area behind the Golf Hole.

    Burpees – 10 OYO
    Merkins – 20 OYO
    Box Cutters – 30 OYO

    Mosey to grassy area behind the Monkey Bars.

    Burpees – 10 OYO
    Lunges – 20 OYO, 1 is1
    Russian Twists (Douille’s) – 30 OYO, 2 is 1

    Back to Flag

    Plank – 1 minute
    Cool down stretch – 1 minute

    COT
    Birthdays
    Anniversaries
    Announcements
    Intentions
    Prayer

    Thanks for the Opportunity to Lead!

  • Honoring RunCajunRun plus bonus burpees – from Hokie

    I was honored to get my passport stamped and to journey down to visit with team Sweaty Bells.

    King Kong, Almonaster, Douille, SubPrime, PopALock, Blow Out, Moana and I were all excited to have a guest appearance by Man of The Year Gabrielle 😉

    9 HIM honored RunCajunRun with some running between kettle bell sets and still honored January with 100 Burpees lagniappe while also adding 150 reps with Kettle Bells as follows:

    50 Lunges with Kettle Bells
    .47 mile loop of parking lot
    Baseball toss in plank position (in lieu of boring shoulder taps) while waiting on the SIX aka Hokie

    40 shoulder presses with Kettle Bells
    .47 mile loop of parking lot
    Baseball toss in plank position while waiting on Hokie

    30 chest presses with Kettle Bells
    .47 mile loop of parking lot
    Baseball toss in plank position while waiting on Hokie

    20 rows with Kettle Bells
    .47 mile loop of parking lot with the extra of 10 burpees at each corner plus mid point on long stretch along Magazine
    Baseball toss in plank position while waiting on Hokie

    10 Tricep extensions with Kettle bells
    then 10 burpees before running across parking lot for 10 burpees
    back to the start for 10 more burpees, back across for 10 more and then back to circle for final 10.

    Thanks for endulging me. I enjoyed my trip to the far off land known as SweatyBells and hope I get another return visit to Q in the the 2nd quarter. I also welcome any of you to come visit Monday’s at The Joy at The View and to lead me in a coupon beatdown.

    We closed and journeyed to the other side of the park to cheer on some of our running brothers as they finished their RunCajunRun with 7-13 miles.

  • Mardi Gras at the Misty Mountain! – from Almonaster

    Tackling two Mountains for Mardi Gras!

    PAX:

    – Subprime
    – Almonaster

    Warmup:

    Mosey to Tulane breezeway by Freret

    Warmup:

    SSH – 10 IC
    Arm Circles -10 IC
    Reverse Arm Circles – 10 IC
    Imperial Walkers – 10 IC
    Balance on 1 foot for 10 seconds.
    Grass Grabbers – 10 IC
    Windmills – 10 IC
    Mountain Climbers – 10 IC
    Peter Parkers – 10 IC

    The Thang:

    Mosey to 2nd Mountain

    Rocky Balboas – 20 1is1 OYO
    Merkins – 20 IC
    Squats – 20 IC
    Wife Pleasers – 20 IC
    Rinse and Repeat

    Mosey to Benches

    Incline Merkins – 20
    Right leg Stepups – 10
    Dips – 20
    Left leg Stepups – 10
    Rinse and repeat

    Mosey to First Mountain

    Core every two levels

    Backpedal each ramp
    LBC’s – 40 OYO
    Freddie Mercuries – 40 OYO
    Fkutter Kicks – 40 OYO

    Top of Mountain

    Burpees – 10 OYO
    Spiderman Wall Crawl
    10 starting with right hand OYO
    10 Starting with left hand OYO

    4th Floor down the mountain

    Hello Dolly’s – 40 OYO

    Back to Flag
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    Announcements,
    Intentions
    Prayer

    Thanks!

  • Burp or Merk – ND Trivia Day

    As most of the PAX may be aware, YHC is a wee bit of an ND fan. And today’s a big day – #1 Clemson coming to town. As most of the PAX are also aware, and happy to remind YHC, Notre Dame does not exactly have a stellar record in these kinds of games. But perhaps the PAX don’t know just how abysmal the record is. They will soon learn.

    Good crowd of 16 at the Mothership. Weather is delightful – summer heat is definitely gone. Just a few orange shirts in the group (looking at you Sogo and Pop Tart). Not sure if they did that just to spite me, but I’ll give them the benefit of the doubt. No other green to be seen among the PAX. I will not forget that.

    The Thang

    Mosey to the lawn in front of NOMA. Start with SSH x27. Why x27? Because 27 years ago was the last Irish victory against a #1 ranked team (ND 31 – FSU 24 in 1993).

    A few other warm ups, then lets introduce the game of “Burps or Merks”. YHC will call on a PAX to answer a question. Answer it correctly? 5 Merks for the PAX. Answer it wrong? 5 Burpees for the PAX.

    And the theme? Notre Dame’s record in the last 20 games against Top 5 competition.

    • How many wins does ND have? Lots of burpees (including doubling up b/c Side Effects repeated a previous incorrect answer) before YHC had to provide the answer: 1 win. Yes, we are 1-19 in our last 20 games. Sigh.
    • Who beat us the most in that span? More burpees until Catfish saved the day – USC has beat us 5 times.
    • Who is the 1 win against? More burpees – until Snooze tossses out the correct answer of Michigan.
    • YHC now tries to end the game to move on, but PAX keep throwing out more teams that beat us. More Merks for right answers, and more Burpees for wrong answers (no, Oklahoma has not had their way against us in this particular streak)

    Finally – enough of those burpees.

    So lets do some more burpees.

    The Current 11 Game Losing Streak

    Yes, ND is currently on an 11 game losing streak against top 5 teams. What else goes with 11? That’s right – the Route 66. 11 Lightposts with burpees. 1 at the first, 2 at the second, etc… (SOGO seemed unclear on the concept so YHC took the time to help by explaining all the way up to 11).

    The Overall Deficit in those 11 Games

    Partner up, for some modified Dora. The total score in that 11 game losing streak? YHC now forgets the actual number but its roughly Bad Guys 380, ND 160. Yes, we are more than doubled up over those 11 games. So lets Dora. 160 Monkey Humpers, 380 LBCs. The other PAX bear crawl 3 trees and run back.

    Then back to the Great Lawn.

    Something Else

    Change of Pace. This week, Sean Connery – the original 007 – passed away. A quick round of Burp or Merk to guess how many James Bond films he was in. 5 Burpees for a wrong guess, then the right answer of “7”.

    • Home Base – Dr. No, the first flick. After each other exercise, return home for 7 Dr. Ws. Thanks Side Effects for the demonstration.
    • The Exercises – around the great lawn, 6 stations for his other six JB flicks. Multiples of 7 for Diamond Merks (Diamonds are Forever), Russian Twists (From Russia with Love) and others.
    • Another quick Burp or Merk for guessing who was 2nd and 3rd in most JB appearances.

    Finally – one of YHC’s favorite time-wasting flicks: The Rock. Sean Connery crawling around under Alcatraz with Nicholas Cage. Lets bear crawl across the lawn.

    Mosey back to the flag. Its 7:30.

    NMM

    Thanks, everyone, for putting up with my never-ending ND drivel. Just hope that ND doesn’t actually win one of these games, as I may become insufferable if that were to happen.

    Its quite humbling, and inspiring to watch this group. You guys are STRONG. Thank you for pushing. SOGO: I heard the “Way To Go Rudy” as you ran back to the center after the Diamond Merks. Those little encouraging words and pushes are what keep me going. I’d encourage all of the PAX to remember that – push, and ENCOURAGE. Remember – leave no man behind, but LEAVE NO MAN WHERE YOU FOUND HIM.

    Prayers especially for Hokie’s Mom. May God be with her, with the whole family, as they start this next journey.

  • Triple Checking the Time

    Dark, Warm, and Humid at 5:30am.

    Mosey to field by zoo parking lot for Warm-up:

    • Side straddle hop
    • Pagodas
    • Hillbillies
    • Grass grabbers

    Main Event (causing Angie to check his watch three times hoping it was over): We lined up along the street side of the field for a “Jacob’s Ladder” type workout consisting of 5 reps on the start line, mosey to mid-field for 10 reps, back to start for five more reps, mosey to far side of field for 15 more reps, back to start for 5 more reps of the following exercises (one full set of each):

    • Burpees
    • Bonnie Blairs
    • Low Slow Squats
    • Shoulder Taps
    • LBCs on the lines, Bear Crawls on each leg up the field (total of 1.5 field lengths)
    • V-Ups
    • Merkins
    • Lunge walk from start to midfield, crab walk back to start, then Lunge walk from start to other side of field, crab walk back to start
    • Mosey to midfield, sprint back to start, mosey to far side of field, sprint back.

    (I may be forgetting a set or two)

    Back to flag, for COT: count-off, Name-O-Rama, welcoming of FNG Miller Gunn “Grinder” and prayers and thoughts, including intention and solid words of empathy from Sandbar for the parents of the 545 separated children split up at the border. Politics aside, each of us can easily imagine the horror of losing track of a child for only a few minutes at a department store, playground, etc. See the report from this morning’s news: https://www.npr.org/2020/10/21/926031426/parents-of-545-children-separated-at-u-s-mexico-border-still-cant-be-found or https://fox5sandiego.com/news/national-news/parents-of-545-children-separated-at-border-cant-be-found/

  • 6 Year Anniversary (10-14-2020) – The Birdcage

    Woke up early to this beautiful, cool, dry morning to setup the field in front of Audubon Zoo with our F3 flags. Then I moseyed to our usual Birdcage COT spot to meet up with 45 other PAX to celebrate F3Nola’s 6 year anniversary. Before the disclaimer, I told the PAX that this is our actual anniversary date, and The Birdcage was our very first weekday AO. We then headed over to the field in front of Audubon Zoo with our warmup exercises in cadence. To honor our 6 year anniversary, we started the day with 6 burpees OYO.

    1.) SSHs x 20

    2.) Windmills x 10

    3.) Self Love x 10

    4.) Imperial Walkers x 20

    5.) Peter Parker, Parker Peter, MCs x 15

    We divided the PAX in 2 groups in the middle of the field. One group was facing the Zoo while the other was facing Magazine Street. Each group had their own marker to reach to (which was about 50 feet away).

    Round 1 – moseyed to the marker and did 10 hand release merkins. Then moseyed back to the middle of the field and went back out to marker to do 15 hand release merkins. Then moseyed back to the middle of the field and went back to the marker to finish off with 20 hand release merkins. Then converged back to the middle of the field to wait for the Six (SSHs until the Six was done).

    Round 2 – similar routine as round 1 except we did 10, 15, and 20 big boy situps.

    Round 3 – similar to round 1 except we did 10, 15, and 20 jump lunges. Also, instead of running, we were side hopping.

    Round 4 – similar to round 1 except we did 10, 15, and 20 leg raises.

    Round 5 – similar to round 3 except we did 10, 15, and 20 squats.

    Round 6 – similar to round 1 except we bear crawled to the marker and moseyed back to the middle of the field with 20, 40, and 60 overhead air presses in between.

    Round 7 – similar to round 6 except we bunny hopped to the marker and moseyed back to the middle of the field with 5, 10, and 15 burpees in between.

    At some point during the workout, we saw a shooting star with a crescent moon in the backgound.

    Round of Mary

    We did the following in cadence:

    1.) American Hammers x 20

    2.) LBCs x 20

    3.) Hello Dolly x 20

    4.) Low Country Crabs x 10 (Yankee’s lead)

    5.) Dying Cockroach x 20 (Hawgcycle’s lead)

    COT

    We finished the beatdown with COT. Announcements and prayers. Someone mentioned Bogey is buying for everyone who shows up at the Deutsches Haus tonight. We thank Sky Q for giving us the strength everyday so that we can do this on a regular basis. Always grateful to be out in the AM with the PAX and hopeful for many years of this.

    Few of us had some F2 coffee at PJ’s on Magazine. Always entertaining conversations with the PAX. SYITG