F3 New Orleans

Tag: The Scrum

  • 4 Guys, 4 Body Parts, 0 Chaos Monkeys – from Bolt

    YHC felt compelled to Q since the chaos monkey has men’s bible study on Wednesday and after the disclaimer and usual warmorama replete with the soundtrack of a Bolt 3M promise, it was time to make our way to the gym equipment. How to get there though? Q’s choice of transport every other or every third light pole–listening is important: skip, mosey, backward walk/mosey, lunge, high knees, open/close gate, shuffle facing each way.

    The Thang: Once at the gym there would be two rounds of AMRAP 1min work/15 sec rest-rotate: Decline sit ups, Incline Press, Tricep Extensions, R/L Leg Power Ups. Count the reps of each exercise done in round one and add three reps to each exercise but count them down backward. You’d be amazed how the mind controls the body; normally, successive rounds generate fewer reps yet counting down from a higher rep count matched/exceeded round one!

    Mosey forward/backward the rest of the loop that took us to the gym and at the turn behind JAPAX the Pax had a choice to make: burpees there or something different at the flag; after some debate War Eagle and Boo Boo were split and Charmin cast his vote for burpees there: 10 burpees it is. Back to the flag with a minute to spare and not being one to cheat the Pax—Absolutions!
    Time, COT, always appreciate the pax’s perseverance, perspiration, and perspectives.

  • Chaos Monkey on the loose – from Kenna Brah

    Mosey to JPAS entrance:
    We started off with using the mace bar for 10 reps while everyone did slide straddle hops switched PAX for two rounds.
    Imperial Walkers 15x

    Two pax drag a large tire while one PAX did:
    10 Merkins
    10 BB Situps
    10 Bonnie Blairs Run to catch the two PAX, then switch PAX till we get back to the start

    Then Dora while the timer drags tire up the ramp and back
    100 Merkins
    200 BB Situps
    300 Squats
    Took the opportunity to use a grocery basket tied to a rope with the large tire, for a rope pulling the cart uphill through the grass as the timer.

    Chase the tire all the way to COT

    It was fun!!

  • Fathers Pushing Farther – from Charmin

    Originally, YHC was supposed to Q this workout on 10/23, however when a stomach bug required more Charmin than anything, plans had to be postponed.

    That being said, a week later, the Q comes and 5 pax show up.

    Important Numbers for this workout: 12, 3, 10, 22,

    My father was born on 12/3 and died 10/22/22 and so these numbers served as the basis for rep counts for this workout.

    Countoff to start so that we would know that no man gets left behind.

    Mosey to jungle gym area.

    12 x SSH IC
    3 x Burpees OYO
    10 x Grass Grabbers IC
    11 x Peter Parkers IC
    11 x Parker Peters IC
    (11+11=22)

    Arms: 10 of each Forward, backwards, T Claps, MNC’s, Picking Cherries, Dropping them in a bucket. Picking and Dropping Cherries was done until groans since Kennah-Brah didn’t think that they hurt enough from Monday.

    Mosey on over to JPAC. Along the way, there was mumblechatter about if it was JPAS or JPAC and it was decided that from henceforth, it would be know as JPAX.

    Self love at the newly named JPAX.

    The Thang:
    Wall of Jericho as a group around the JPAX. Talk about your fathers and a memory you have of/with them while doing this. When we return to the front, we would do one of the following exercise.

    12 x Merkins IC
    3 x Monkey Humpers towards to police station OYO (this received more criticism than expected)
    10 x Groiners IC. Since this weeks Q-Source is about apprenticeship, YHC decided to apprentice Vagabond in leading groiners.
    22 x Squats IC

    12 x Partner Shrugs OYO. This was a good trust and ab exercise and will be incorporated i to future workouts much to pax’s chagrin.

    Back to Playground for Mary
    ABC’s with our feet, which are a great but simple way to end the workout. Also note, all capital letters.

    COT Ended with YHC sharing about my father and the impact he had and continues to have on my life. While his death was sudden, the way he lived his life was purposeful. His love language was definitely asks of service, which has shown me how to love others intentionally.

  • Accountability trumps blustery weather – from Bolt

    YHC debated posting as he handed out candy and occasionally ate some (to merely enhance the taste of the wine—er, I mean heart “medicine”). Charmin shared he was a scratch, choosing salvation over suffering in the gloom, as did Minute Rice…my likelihood of posting was dropping with the temperatures. War Eagle called for attendance in Slack and offered to Q—there was no going back; I had to Q lest I be subjected to whatever War Eagle would’ve cobbled together and with text commitment from Rev, it was decided.
    Waromrama of the usuals sans music (I did not like it—one and done). Queue the music for the Thang:
    30 sec timer holds a pull up position while pax do an exercise AMRAP, rotate until each pax is timer: Merkins, Squats, Derkins, Lunges

    Make our way to gym equipment changing mode of transport every other light pole: high knees, mosey, shuffle each direction, Carioca facing each way, walk forward/ backwards, toy soldiers, open/close gate.

    Once at the gym, Morning Calls (5 pull ups called while pax plank and move on the count: derkins). The Thang, Thang: Four stations with 1 minute of work
    Followed by 10 sec rest/switch stations: Incline press, tricep dips, step ups, decline big boys. Rinse and repeat then mosey back to flag on Rev’s pace.

    Not wanting to cheat the pax out of their final minute, on the six for everyone’s favorite: Protractors! That seemed like and 86 second minute.

    COT. Prayers for PVC’s nephew, Boo Boo, War Eagle’s wife’s pregnancy, and Bolt’s boss after the loss of her dad. Thanks for keeping me accountable, men.

  • 10 Things, 10 Times for 10 Rounds – from Kenna Brah

    This BD is based on ONLY doing warmup type exercises as the Thang. And there is NO running. Well only to the start.
    Mosy’d over to the Entrance to the Center

    Excercise Set – each movement is performed 10 times and is perfromed in it’s “normal” count. 2 is 1, 4 ct etc.

    SSH – 4CT
    Toy Soldiers- 4CT
    Imperial Walkers – 4CT
    Hand Release Merkins – Call the UP
    Peter PArker – 4Ct
    Freddie MErs – 4 Ct
    LBC – 4CT
    Flutter Kicks – 4CT
    Low Slow Sw – 4CT
    Bonnie Blairs – 4CT

    Repeat up to 10 times – but we only made through 7,
    Slowsy back to the flag for a bit of stretch and COT

  • Columbus Day Dirty Dozen – from Bolt

    Arriving at the planted shovel flag with a WHOLE 5 minutes to spare yet seeing no pax I knew at least one other person was there. War Eagle and PVC were lurking in the shadows and as the disclaimer was given on this chilly morning we moseyed to JPAS (where War Eagle proclaimed no need for music=turn it up) to get the blood flowing for the warmorama of usual stuff plus a new one to War Eagle: Willie Mays.

    Columbus Day being the day of discovery that it is (or at least was until it became about pillaging for the millennial and younger generations) YHC hoped today’s BD would have the pax discovering how far they could push themselves—physically and mentally with the Dirty Dozen.

    The Thang
    Ascend the ramp to the second floor landing of JPAS. where we’d do 12 reps of an exercise before descending/ascending the stairs and add a second 12-rep exercise to the first for round two. Repeat where round three consisted of three 12-rep exercises for a total of 36 reps before the down/up stairs. 12 rounds ending with 144 reps across 12 exercises if you finish—we did not. We all got into round 11. War Eagle no longer cared about (or even processed the music) playing.

    Exercises/cumulative rep counts::
    Monkey Humpers 144
    Shoulder Taps 132
    Big Boys 120
    Bonnie Blair’s 108
    Merkins 96
    Leg Raises 84
    Scoop Squats 72
    Carolina Dry Docks 60
    Compound Ws 48
    Burpees 36
    Mountain Climbers 24
    SSH 12

  • Gimme a minute – from Hokie

    YHC reached out yesterday to ask who was coming and what was an exercise they would like to get better performing.

    War Eagle asked for squats
    Charmin asked for Merkins

    The three of us gathered this AM for a warm up of opening and closing the gate to get ready for squats; large arm rotations along with slow merkins to get the shoulders and chest ready for merkins

    The THANG

    Just 1 minute of an exercise at a time so the pax was encouraged to work on form

    1. Hang from Monkey bars
    2. Squat to target
    3. No cheat merkins (hand release at bottom and shoulder taps at top)
    4. Backwards mosey

    Rinse and repeat for a total of 10 rounds

  • 3 Steps Forward and 1 Step Back – from Charmin

    Warm up:

    15 SSH
    10 Grass grabbers
    10 neck rolls (on your own)
    10 of each arm circles forward, bacwards, seal claps, t-claps, chinooks, and mnc’s.
    14 kid n plays ( a new one Russo on the Northshore came up with, where it’s a backward lunge followed by a high knee extension to the front)

    Mission check: penalty 5 burpees.

    “To plant grow and serve small workout groups for men for the invigoration of male community leadership.”

    I won’t say who, but the group did have to do 10 burpees.

    10 mountain climbers
    5 merkins (focus on perfect form)

    The thang

    Run forward three light poles – backwards walk one (back towards light pole #2)

    When get to playground (which took longer than expected), 7 perfect form merkins

    Exercise equipment, where each Pax picked a piece of equipment and YHC was the timer of 10 big boys. Rotate counter clockwise until all exercises were done.

    2nd half of lap is run forward two light poles and backwards walk forward to 3rd lightpole (lit lights only).

    YHC posed a question of how are we striving to fulfill the mission of F3 in our daily lives.

    Get back to start we planked until all pax shared how they are and will strive to advance the mission of F3.

    Ended with 10 perfect form merkins at the flag.

    In prayer, YHC mentioned that the Lord calls us to perfection, and often, once we complete something easy we are asked to complete something more difficult. The goal is to always push forward and complete the mission.

  • Never Forget – from Bolt

    22 years ago the USA was changed forever by an attack like no other; today we remember that day, honor those who died, offer reverence, and ponder the years in between as well as those ahead of us.

    Warmorma of the normal stuff to everyone’s beloved lead off song.
    * Mosey to JPAS
    * Read flight details at each corner
    * Sprint to corner 1 plank til 6
    * Plankorama
    * AA Flight 11
    * Boston – Los Angeles
    * Hit the North Tower at 0846
    * 92 perished
    * SSH x 92 OYO
    * Lunge to corner 2 plank til 6
    * Plankorama
    * UA Flight 175
    * Boston – Los Angeles
    * Hit South Tower at 0903
    * 65 perished
    * Mt. Climbers x 65 OYO
    * Sprint to corner 3 plank til 6
    * Plankorama
    * AA Flight 77
    * Dulles – Los Angeles
    * Hit the Pentagon at 0937
    * 64 perished
    * Squats x 64 OYO
    * Lunge to corner 4 plank til 6
    * Plankorama
    * UA Flight 93
    * Newark – San Francisco
    * Crashed in Shanksville, PA at 1003 after passengers stopped attack
    * 44 perished
    * Merkins x 44 OYO
    Staying in plank, each pax recounts that fateful day.

    * 9 Rounds of sprinting 1 lap up
    JPAS steps and down the ramp, followed by 11 reps of the called exercise
    * Sprint Lap 1
    * Diamond Merkins x 11 OYO
    * Sprint Lap 2
    * Jump Squats x 11 OYO
    * Sprint Lap 3
    * Big Boy Situps x 11 OYO
    * Sprint Lap 4
    * Carolina Dry Docks x 11 OYO
    * Sprint Lap 5
    * Lunges x 11 OYO
    * Sprint Lap 6
    * Flutter Kicks x 11 OYO
    * Sprint Lap 7
    * Wide Merkins x 11 OYO
    * Sprint Lap 8
    * Sumo Squats x 11 OYO
    * Sprint Lap 9
    * Burpees x 11 OYO

  • Don’t shiRt your pants – from Hokie

    79° and slightly breezy at The Scrum Resurrection location where 3 HIMs joined YHC for an easy as 1-2-3 workout

    Backwards Mosey from our shovel flag to the main entrance for The Jefferson Performing Arts Center

    *Warm-up (performed in cadence)
    * 15 reps of each exercise (all 4 count)
    – [ ] Slow VIGODA
    – [ ] Imperial Walkers
    – [ ] Shoulder Taps
    – [ ] Mountain Man Poopers

    * As easy as 1-2-3
    * 1 minute burpees
    * 2 min Hand Release Merkins
    * 3 mins Big Boy Sit-ups

    * Backwards mosey up ramp to side entrance

    * 1 minute burpees
    * 2 mins Dips
    * 3 mins Low slow squats

    * Lunge down ramp to main entrance area

    * 1 minute burpees
    * 2 minutes flutter kicks
    * 4 minutes Step ups

    * Backwards mosey back to shovel flag

    * 1 minute burpees
    * 2 mins X-Factors

    COT where we prayed for
    @Hawg and the Parten’s as they travel to see John
    Heath and his ongoing legal battles
    @Kenner Brah and his biopsy
    My M & 2.0 as they recover mentally from Sunday’s assault & battery on Jack