F3 New Orleans

Tag: The Scrum

  • Sorry I missed Groovin’ with Tool- MOPS is 10!!!! – from Hokie

    I was heard saying @ Sphinxster’s Crawfish boil, I was going to my 1st Swolefest to Groove with Tool this morning.

    Thank you MacGyver for texting me last night reminding me I was actually the Q at The Scrum, so duty calls…

    We 5 Pax met and reviewed our mission statement… 10 Burpee penalty for a miss and a 5 burpee penalty for a near miss… 15 burpees later

    To plant, grow and serve

    small workout groups for men

    for the invigoration of male community leadership..

    After warm ups we did an exercise AMRAP for a period of time then ran backwards about 30 yards and then ran back to our starting point

    Round 1 MORE BURPEES for our N’antan
    Round 2 Merkins
    Round 3 MORE BURPEES, then Merkins, then low slow squats

    Rounds 4–11 MORE BURPEES plus just one exercise.

    To close out we did MORE BURPEES plus a minute of Nolan Ryan’s and MORE BURPEES

    200 Burpees for our N’antan

    Thank you RevSox for sharing Mops’ 10th birthday with us!!!

    Continued prayers for Heath and his upcoming trial (no date set) and now for Kenner Brah and his aches & pains

  • Football is Life – from Fracsac

    5 pax, including 1 FNG, arrived at the Scrum looking to try out for the USF3L. One could smell the scent of competition hanging heavy in the air, sort of like rotting crawfish shells.
    With the Shovel flag planted, a disclaimer was given, then a short mosey to a nice grassy area near the outdoor gym.

    Warmup consisted of the usual stuff, skipping the unnecessary stuff. But we did do MNC and dancing was encouraged!

    Mosey to the open field:

    Most of the world calls it football, but it’s soccer. We did a few different styles of offense vs defense and it was both fun and beneficial. We also knocked out 80 burpees. YHC was likely the worst player on the field.

    Return to the warmup spot for a minute of stretching followed by a mosey to the flag for the COT.

    Hawgcycle, Kennah Brah, YHC, Heisenberg and FNG Cyber Cajun all made the team! It was adult recess!!

    SYITG.

  • Someone has been reading the Exicon – from Hokie

    YHC showed up to The Scrum to a lone vehicle in the lot at 0620. Knowing the vehicle belonged to PVC, I texted the Q to ask if he was in route.

    Minutes later, another vehicle showed up to a greeting from PVC saying, “Aren’t you the Q at Rock City?”

    At that point, the 3rd vehicle left and I agreed to Q.

    At 0627 Rev arrived and I verified it was ok if I took the Q.

    At 0630 the disclaimer was given and we moved to the newly finished “gym” area to go through a Tabata with Apollo Creed Burpees, Bohemian Rhapsody, Speed Humpers, Bolt 45’s, Bear Holds, Angle Grinders, etc

    At one point Rev questioned something to the effect, “so did you get bored and explore the Exicon?”

    As we got ready to wrap up there was chatter I may finish sh 30 seconds early and Rev was overheard dictating his complaint to be filed with the Nan’ taan for being cheated out of his 30 seconds and requesting both a refund and a penalty of 1 burpee per second to be imposed upon the Q, but as fate would be generous, Revs watch read 0615 as we wrapped up.

    Thank you for the fun this AM

  • Fog of the Scrum – from Mambi

    Got a text from Kenna Brah asking if the YHC had the Q. He asked knowing YHC has been absent in the gloom for many weeks. With a quick one-word response YHC responded, YES! On the ride to the Scrum, the fog was thick with very little visibility. YHC’s next text was “going to be late.” YHC arrived at 5:30, gave the disclaimer, then moseyed to the main field.
    YHC lead PAX in various warmups. Then instructed the PAX on the THANG.
    The Sheldon Cooper
    With the fog as thick as it was, YHC had to adjust the run.
    10 burpees, 10 Squats, 10 Merkins, 10 Squats. Run to the fence about 120 yards and back. Then 9, 9, 9, 9 of same. Count down to 1.
    As the “6” (which was YHC) was completing the final rounds the rest of the PAX was doing random Mary.
    Once YHC completed his last round PAX Circled up for RING OF FIRE.
    3 rounds – Hold the Al Gore with 10 Squats
    3 rounds – Hold a plank with 10 Merkins
    Moseyed back to the Flag
    COT:
    Count off
    Name-o-Rama
    Announcements
    Intentions
    Prayer
    Thank you all for supporting me back to the gloom.

  • Shock and Scrum – from Fracsac

    Charmin, RevSox, Boo-Boo and PVC showed up at the Scrum ready to get stronger.
    With the Shovel flag planted, a disclaimer was given, then a short mosey to a nice grassy area near the outdoor gym.

    Warmup consisted of the usual stuff, skipping the unnecessary stuff.

    Stations at the outdoor gym:

    Sandbag over shoulder toss x 10 (timer)
    Big boi sit-ups
    Merkins
    90 degree arm hang
    Step ups

    Mosey to the middle of the bird watching zone for dips and derkins.

    Mosey to a new spot of grass and feel a little shock and awe

    5 SSH 10 burpees
    5 SSH 9 burpees
    5 SSH 8 burpees
    ……
    5 SSH 2 burpees
    5 SSH 1 (NOT) 10 burpees! Who does 1 burpee??

    Mini Dora

    50 burpees
    100 big boi sit-ups
    150 squats

    Back to flag for COT

    NMM

    RevSox really likes burpees. Seriously, he’s very vocal about it.
    Boo Boo likes chasing rabbits, and he’s agreed to Q a beat down with that theme as the premise. It’ll be Epic!
    Charmin has a gift for sarcasm, which makes him ideal for F3. His Qs are gonna be the best.
    PVC has embraced this F3 Thang with 7 consecutive posts! T-Claps

    Love you brothers!

    SYITG

  • Perfect F3 weather – from Kenna Brah

    4 PAX bravely faced the elements in the shadows of Thrillville
    Appetizer:
    Mosey to the GYM
    Arm Circles
    Tin Soldiers
    Imperial Walkers
    Twists

    A version of Route 66
    On the jogging path
    10 Walking Lunge to next light – 10 Merkins for 3 lights
    Bear Crawl next two lights – 10 Merk at each light
    Rev walking Lunge next 3 lights – 10 merks again
    At the entrance
    3 station Rotation: 10 rep 5x
    On your SIX and backup without using hands
    Below parallel leglifts while on an elevated flat surface
    Slow Squats
    2 PAX left their phones in the open when rain came, so we hustled back to the Gym to complete the action
    Finished with Mary
    COT

    Thank you!!

  • The Scrum Drum – from Bolt

    Music of course; much of which made Charmin cringe—mission accomplished.
    Warmup:
    SSH (25), Abe SLOWgodas (12x), arm circles forward/back, seal claps, overhead claps, Moroccans all 20x), self love (10); Toy soldiers, Hillbillies (15x)

    The Thang:
    Z90s: 5 thru 20 reps/4 exercises, mix crabs forward/back>bear forward/back between trees and switch exercise.

    Round 1: burpee 5x, Cracker Jacks (frog>star jump>frog) 10x, merkin 15x, plank jacks 20x

    Round 2 (bear crawl): burpee, air squats, Peter Parker, Moroccan night clubs

    Round 3 (forward crab): burpee, Bonnie Blair, Parker Peter, overhead air presses

    Round 4 (crawl bear): burpee, R/L side squats, diamond merks, LBCs

    Chumbaburpee:
    SSH at beginning of song, then every time they say, “I get knocked down, but i get up again” you do a burpee. While not doing burpees, you are continuously doing SSH.

    COT. Welcome FNGs Pillsbury and Focker!

  • 2 is the loneliest number – from Kenna Brah

    2 total Pax for the Scrum – reversed roles from W’ho, but same two PAX.
    Quick Mosey to the Gym for Warm up
    20x Imperial walkers
    15X Torso Twists
    15x Tin Soldiers
    15x Low Slow Squat
    Danced around some equipment – no joy there – moved on to Thing 1
    For every Light Post To the Cultural Center, we did various things
    L Side Linge – 5 Mercs
    R-Side Lunge – 10 Dips at the Bench
    Bear Crawls/10 Squats
    Reverse Lunge/10 Wife Pleasers
    High Knees/5 Mercs
    Butt Kickers/10 BB Sit Ups
    Other Assorted moves I can’t remember – ☹
    Arrive at the Cultural Center –Thing 2 – DORA
    100 Mercs
    150 Squats
    200 BB Situps
    Timer Bernie up the Ramp and around
    Thing 3 –
    While 1 PAX Holds Peoples Chair – other PAX bounds up the stairs and does 5 Dips on the railing – 5 Rounds
    AT the Ramp – Side Shuffle up and down the ramp
    At the Entrance – 10x 10 Sec Wife Pleasers , Feet on Bench
    Back to Flag – 3 Min Left –
    Mountain Climbers
    Plank Hold

    Done
    COT

  • Monday Audible – from Mahatma

    After a disappointing Super Bowl game where Go-Devil lead another Rams team to a victory influenced by ref throwing yellow flags this time I was so looking forward to throwing rocks at RC. Yet for some strange reason just before hitting the I-10 ramp there was a thought to check the Q schedule (as I very seldom check emails on Sunday or early Monday, if in fact reminders are still sent) as to who was leading…….damn an Audible was just called as I see Mahatma was signed up to Q the scrum! Mindset changed now I had to floor it to make that journey to the “rough” side of Metry!
    Burning rubber I enter the stadium parking lot to see 3 silhouettes standing in the wet grass scratching their head as if to be wondering if they had to call an audible for Qing amongst themselves yet as my truck comes to a stop and my shoes hit the deck……game on!

    Quick disclaimer and a short mosey to the play set a short warm up ensued:
    25 SSH
    10 Mnt Man Poopers
    10 Side Lunge
    10 Imperial Walkers
    10 Peter Parker / Parker Peters
    All got on the parallel dip bar – 5 count
    Same for the monkey bars – 5 pull ups

    Mosey to the Performing Arts Bldg
    Ascend to the “skybox” and pair up for a mini DORA:
    50 Merkins
    100 jump sqts
    150 dips
    Flip / Flop
    Timer was to run down the ramp to the street and around to ascend the stairs back to the sky box. Max reps 25 then hold plank to wait – until we got to dips max out reps while partner was running.
    Once complete we moseyed back down to the benches in front of the PA center 2 rounds of box jumps, decline , incline merkins , step up dips and split sqts.
    Mosey to the parking lot for 5/11 (1 less then 66). 5 merkins at each lamp post X 11 with some form of made up animal movement between each post. When completed we moseyed back to the start. YHC grabbed his phone (hey this is Metry – NOT NOLA so leaving your phone on the curb is not a risk)!

    Line up for an Indian run back to the play set finisher 2 rounds of 5 dead hang pull ups (assisted if needed) then 5 parallel bar dips.

    5 minutes of Mary:
    Gas Pumpers
    Big Boy Sit Ups
    Baby T’s
    And real scuba kicks

    Back to the flag for COT

  • Minimal run at The Scrum – from Boo-Boo

    Tired and sore from the weekend, YHC was greeted by a very chipper Vagabond and Fracsac. Hokie looked like I was feeling, and RevSox (the guy who is from the most northern latitude of all of F3 NOLA) expressed his disdain for the cold, despite having less exposed skin than any of the other PAX.

    A very short mosey to the running path for normal warmup exercises and mountain man poopers. 100% dancing participation was noted during Moroccan Nightclubs. It was that kind of morning.

    To RevSox’s dismay, there was a clandestine agreement not to run on this particular morning. Instead, our mode of transportation would be Boo-Boo style BLIMPS, which consisted of karaoke and Bernie Sanders while traveling to each bench. At each bench along the way to the soccer field, the PAX did the following:

    10 burpees
    20 Lunges (2 is 1)
    30 Incline merkins
    40 Monkey humpers
    50 Pickle pounders
    60 Squats

    Once at the soccer field and again to the dismay of RevSox bc of burpees and the lack of running, the 300 was explained. PAX paired off in corners of half of the soccer field. PAX 1 of each group would begin an exercise designated to that corner, while the other PAX completed 10 burpees, then they switched. PAX 2 would pick up where PAX 1 left off in the count. Rinse and repeat until 75 of the designated exercise was completed. Then both PAX would bear crawl in a counterclockwise direction to the next corner to complete 75 reps of another exercise in the same format. The designated exercises for this 300 were Squats, Shoulder taps, LBCs, and Merkins.

    After completing the 300, it was over to the bleachers for a round of 20 dips followed by right leg step ups, then 20 more dips, followed by left leg step ups.

    A mosey back towards the flag to keep RevSox happy. Ended with four minutes of
    Mary.

    COT and done!

    Leading a group of leaders is always an honor.