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  • 12 days of Christmas – again

    A chilly 46 degrees and windy means a cold mountain at the top of Wolfpack Mtn. I had a few ideas in my head but I waited until the PAX gathered before committing to a plan for the whole workout. El Wire greeted me with his classic – he Yankee is that the North star?

    It was so wet on the Avenue I decided to skip a classic Tinkles move by Blimping on the avenue – instead we went straight to the base of WOLFPACK MTN.

    We circled for a warmup – SSH x 20, Hillbillies x 20, Mtn Climbers x 20 and Imperial Walker Squats x 20.

    Then the thang. We did an Indian run up the Mountain. Each of the 2 lines had a football. The first guy would throw the football back to the 6. The 6 would sprint to the front of the line with his football. Then he would throw the football back to the six. If the football was dropped the punishment was 3 burpees. Team one only did 6 burpees up the mountain. Team two did 15 burpees up the mountain.

    Once we got to the top we circled up for a 12 days of Christmas replay.

    1. Burpees
    2. 2 V-Ups
    3. Peter Parkers
    4. FLutter Kicks **After this we did a lap down/up the stairs
    5. Rising Suns
    6. Dying Bugs
    7. Plack Jacks
    8. Bycicles **After this we did a lap down/up the stairs
    9. Merks
    10. Russian Twists
    11. Low Country Crab
    12. Burpees

    We finished with 5 min left – ran to the benches and we did a side crunch exercise that I wanted to try — 10 OYO on each side. Not sure if that exercise is for everyone.

    This was my last Q of 2018. I enjoyed being with you guys – I appreciate the accountability. We prayed for digits and her PAX and family in South Carolina.

    Merry Christmas you filthy animals!


  • The PAX – Naughty or Nice?

    After a quick disclaimer, the PAX made the mosey to the soggy green space in front of TU for a quick warm up.

    SSH – 25
    Imperial Walkers – 25
    Windmills – 15
    Arm Circles F/B – 10

    With the PAX carrying an obvious naughty designation from Kris Kringle himself, we proceeded to find our first of three lumps of coal at the corner of CalhounSt. and St.Charles Ave. The PAX broke into 3 groups and did the exercises listed below. The groups rotated through each station, and the Burpee group had the count.

    Burpees – 20 (count)
    Lunges
    LBCs

    The PAX moseyed from there to the big mountain, where we gathered into 3 lines, and did an Indian run to level 4 where our second lump of coal was waiting. Each line was assigned the following exercises, the burpee group had the count, and the groups rotated through each station.

    Burpees – 20 (count)
    Low Slow Squats
    American Hammers

    Once complete, the PAX formed 3 lines again and completed an Indian run to the top of the mountain where lump of coal number three was discovered. The following exercises where completed in the same fashion as previous stations. Santa gave the winey PAX a break with only 15 burpees.

    Burpees – 15 (count)
    Al Gores
    Flutter kicks

    The PAX went down to the benches via the stairwell where we did the following:

    Incline Merkins – 20
    Right and Left leg step ups – 15 each

    The PAX moseyed back to the flag for some brief stretching before announcements, name-o-Rama, and a prayer. We welcomed one FNG, Tom Patrias, who is now referred to as Mudbug!

  • No, Da Parish is not your Q today.

    Being inspired by Yankee’s gentle reminder to post our backblasts, I went looking through my phone notes hoping I had written everything down. Luckily I never delete anything and found my notes at the bottom of a grocery list.

    We started with the circle. I forgot to write these numbers down so the circle reps might be a little off.

    • Secure Shells(A little IT humor) x 30
    • Windmill x 30
    • Peter Parkers x 30
    • Mountain Climbers x 30
    • Imperial Walkers x 30

    Then we did an Indian run to the top of the mountain.

    At the top of the mountain we partnered up and took turns running all the way down the stairs and then back up and doing the following:

    • Burpees x 50
    • Jump Lunges x 100
    • Real Freddy Merucrys x 200

    Next we moved to the benches for some rapid fire dips and incline m’rcans. We started with 12 of each back to back with no break and the intent was to work our way down to 1 reducing by 1 each time. Turns out this is ridiculously hard so once we got to 8 we reduced by 2 each time.

    Once done we stayed at the bench for some step-ups and then moseyed back to the flag for a little bit of mary.

    After the mary we did name-o-rama and and honored Ron Jeremy by naming the FNG Hedgehog.

  • No Burpee Suicides?? What???


    YHC arrived to the Mothership a few minutes early, and was surprised to be one of the first on the scene. With only 5 minutes to go, there were no more than a dozen Pax, which is a low number for the Mothership, but is understandable given a holiday weekend. YHC was pleasantly surprised with the final push of arrivals, bringing the total posting to 23, including an FNG!
    With the clock turning 0630, time for a brief disclaimer, then…

    Mosey toward the Great Lawn, in a direction that threw the Pax off. Keep ’em guessing is the best policy. Circle up on the Great Lawn for the Warm Up

    SSH IC x 31
    IW IC x 15
    Ave Vigodas IC x 10
    Grass Grabbers IC x 10
    Arm Circles IC – 10 fwd, 10 bwd
    Chinook Squats IC x 10
    Plank-o-rama…Peter Parker IC x 15….Mountain Climber IC x 15….Parker Peter IC x 15.

    A quick countoff proves an odd number of pax. YHC had a game of “Catch Me If You Can” planned out, but the odd number threw a wrench in the cogs. Not to fret, YHC had the odd and even numbers split up into two groups. Odd numbers start running backward on Great Lawn, Even numbers do five Burpees and “Catch Up” to Odd numbers. Once first Pax arrives, all drop into a plank and wait. Even Pax run backwards while Odd numbers do five Burpees and “Catch Up” to Even numbers.
    One round of that was enough, YHC knew he should have put the cones out……but trying to infuse something new into the routine!

    Mosey to the NOMA Fountain.

    Box Jumps OYO x 10
    LL Step ups IC x 10
    Dips IC x 15
    RL Step ups IC x 10
    Derkins IC x 15

    Mosey to the Tree Line, line up along the first tree.
    Bear Crawl to 2nd tree, 10 merkins
    Bear crawl to 3rd tree, 10 shoulder taps (King Kong did Kongs…)
    Bear Crawl to 4th tree, 10 Floyd Mayweathers
    Bear Crawl to 5th tree, 10 Burpees OYO and stand back up

    Split the Pax in two groups again. Even number pax form one circle, Odd number pax form another circle.
    Circle Burps!
    All pax run in place. Each pax takes turns saying “down” which signals the entire circle to do a burpee, recover, and run in place. The odd numbers went around the circle twice, one can only assume the Even’s did roughly the same.

    Mosey to the Foundry for Stations!

    Station 1 – Dips AMRAP
    Station 2 – Pull ups AMRAP
    Station 3 – Merkins AMRAP
    Station 4 – Leg Lifts AMRAP
    Station 5 – Big Boi Sit Ups AMRAP
    Station 6 – Run to bike trail, 5 Burpees, Run back – Timer

    Complete 2 Rounds

    Mosey back to the Great Lawn

    Flutter Kicks IC x 20
    Crunchy Frog IC x 10
    Tin Snips IC x 10

    Seal the Deal with 10 Burpees OYO!

    Mosey back to the Shovel Flag.

    COT

    Count Off, Name-O-Rama, Announcements, Intentions, Close with a Prayer. Welcome Pele’!

    NMM
    The Pax were expecting some Burpee Suicides, but YHC threw ‘ em off with some new routines. Expect the Unexpected! Don’t worry, you’ll find yourselves doing Burpee Suicides again soon enough……
    Not exactly sure how a guy born in Venezuela is named after a renowned soccer player from Brazil….but it works!
    On a weekend of Giving Thanks, I’d like to say thank you to my F3 Brothers for continually pushing and supporting me to be a better person overall. This is a great organization, one that too many miss out on.

    Thanks for posting with me today!

    SYITG!

  • Bringing a Typical Uptown Beat-down to the Mothership

    Pre-Thang

    Gabrielle originally had the Q for this Mothership.  He had asked if YHC could take the Q.  Although YHC has another Mothership Q scheduled on Dec 1st, YHC was more than happy to help a F3 brother out and lead another workout. 22 PAX managed to meet up on a beautiful, dry, cool Saturday morning.  At 6:30, YHC gave his standard disclaimer and off went the PAX.

    Warm-ups

    Short mosey to the Peristyle and did the following in cadence:

    SSHs x 20

    Windmills x 10

    Seal Claps x 15

    Hill Billies x 20

    Imperial Walkers x 20

    MC x 20

    Peter Parkers x 20

    Then picked a partner and jogged across the street to the Great Lawn. Side hopped while facing the partner from one end of the field to the other.  5 burpees. Then side hopped back to the other direction facing the partner. 4 burpees. Rinse and repeat side hopped from one end to the other with decreasing count on burpees from 5, 4, 3, 2, 1. When finished, moseyed with the partner to the fountain in front of NOMA and performed 10 box jumps. Planked and waited for the six.

    The Thang (Chipper Workout)

    Because YHC doesn’t see much of the PAX from Metairie and MidCity at Uptown AOs, YHC decided to bring a typical Birdcage / Skinny workout to the Metairie and MidCity folks. Starting off by the steps in front of NOMA, each Pax had to do the following:

    Round 1

    • 50 Rocky Balboa (2 steps count as 1) in front of NOMA,
    • to the fountain with 50 dips
    • to the first light post with 5 burpees
    • to the 2nd light post with 50 Hello Dollies
    • to the 3rd light post with 5 Burpees
    • to the 4th light post with 50 squats
    • to the 5th light post with 5 burpees
    • to the 6th light post with 50 leg raises
    • to the 7th light post with 5 burpees
    • to the 8th light post with 50 King Kong shoulder taps.
    • Then moseyed back about a quarter mile to the steps in front of NOMA.  Rinse and repeat.

    Round 2 – rinse and repeat but shaved off the reps for all exercises to 40 count and all burpees to 4 count.

    Round 3 – rinse and repeat but shaved off another set of reps for all exercises to 30 count and all burpees to 3count.

    Round 4 – rinse and repeat but shaved off another set of reps for all exercises to 20 count and all burpees to 2 count.

    Round 5 – rinse and repeat but shaved off another set of reps for all exercises to 10 count and all burpees to 1 count.

    Each lap is approximately 0.5 mile.  In total, the PAX toughed out 60 burpees and 150 reps on each exercise and little less than 2.5 miles.

    While YHC was giving the instruction for the Thang, a lot of mumblechatter.  Triple Shift informed YHC with “that’s a lot of leg raises.”  The time was approximately 6:53 when the PAX started.  The goal was to finish all 5 rounds before 7:30.  YHC knew this would not be an easy challenge.

    Respect to Jingle Vader setting the tone early and starting at a very fast pace. Not sure what happened, but Triple Shift was screaming at JV telling him to come back during the first round.  The PAX finished strong.  T-Claps to Triple Shift, Tinkles, Rudy, JV, and Two Yutes for finishing the beatdown before 7:30. YHC had to call off the challenge right at 7:30, but much respect to few PAX (Mambi, Walleye, Fracsac – I may be missing few names here) ignoring the Q’s request and finishing all 5 rounds regardless of the time.  YHC loved it because he would do the same.  Needless to say, moseyed back to the flags few minutes late at about 7:35. YHC got a sense that everyone really enjoyed the challenge.  This was YHC’s most satisfying Q when he saw the PAX not giving up and giving every thing they had. The PAX who gave YHC a hard time about the leg raises finished first. 3 PAX finishing within the time were over 50. Everyone who came out today got stronger. Mad respect. YHC has a feeling the PAX will see this challenge again.

    COT

    Count-O-Rama 22PAX, Name-O-Rama, announcements, intentions. 2 FNGs (Flo and Gasper Goo) Our thoughts and prayers for I Love You Man’s niece, Hawgcycle’s mother and family, Two Yutes’ brother, Fracsac’s family, and safe travels for all family and friends during the Thanksgiving week.  Thank You all again for the opportunity to lead.  SYITG

    King Kong

     

  • Getting back to Skinny

    This morning we pushed ourselves for a long lap around Audubon and The Fly – almost 3.5 miles.  Nice work, men.

    We started out with some warmups in place:

    • 20 x SSH
    • 10 seconds of left-leg-over-right followed by 10 of right-over-left
    • 10 x windmills

    We then did single line Indian Run to the benches in the front of the park for some more exercises:

    • 20 x step ups per leg
    • 20 x power ups per leg

    We then jogged 3 x running men and sprinted 1 x running men until we got to the pull up bars.  We split up into four groups for the following:

    • Group 1: 15 seconds of flexed hang from the pull up bars (this was the count)
    • Group 2: high plank
    • Group 3: mission impossible plank
    • Group 4: pickle pounders

    We then double line Indian ran across Magazine Street and into The Fly.  We stopped a few times for sets of 5 x burpees then circled up opposite the fields outside Children’s Hospital for one more round of exercise/Mary:

    • Ring of fire building up to 5 x merkins
    • 10 x LBCs
    • 10 x LBTs

    That got us to about 0611, so we moseyed on back to the flag, arriving just in time.  A solid 3.37 miles was completed by all PAX – a great start to Thanksgiving week. We crossed paths with the imminently well mannered Tulane Army ROTC a few times this morning.  Had me wondering how interactions will go with them following this weekend’s Tulane-Navy game…

    Happy Thanksgiving, everyone.

  • Wolf Pack MNT TGIF – Student wake up call!

    After a week of on the rode for work – 2 Texas workouts (The Woodlands and Katy) I was ready to hit the Mountain running!

    26 men showed up ( one out of town guest Pipeline from Charlotte) to what has become a legend in NOLA area AO status – Wolf Pack Mountain!  After a quick disclaimer we moseyed towards the campus.  As we entered the grounds of the area between the buildings and circled up, Triple Shift commented – we’re going to wake up some students!  Oh how their lives would change if they decided to make the commitment to roll out the rack for a regular 5:30 beatdown…..but we’ve all been there – some in the PAX aren’t long from leaving a dorm room!

    Warm Up – all 4 count

    SSH x 26

    Grass Grabbers x 15

    Parker Peters x 15

    Shoulder Taps x 15

    Push Ups x 10

    Count off 1 – 4 repeat – FracSac time warped to COT “5” – but we reeled him –

    Mosey to garage – group 1 & 4 and 2 & 3 squared up on opposite sides of the stairs – PAX from the groups then paired up to complete a DORA

    100 alternating merkins

    200 jump squats

    300 shoulder presses

    PAX 1 from each group climbed the stairs to 3rd floor then ran down the ramp while PAX 2 started the DORA – swapping efforts until completed.

    Then

    Groups 4&2 and 1&3  lined up for a “Working” Indian run up to the top of WPM – Once to the front of the line – PAX would call out an exercise for the line to complete x 3 – all men stopped completed then started the run – both lines kept good pace finishing strong at the top.

    Dilemma  QIC had additional work with only 6 minutes to go – do we turn and had back or push forward?

    We stayed in groups – splitting the upper parking area in 2 – PAX from each of the combined groups paired up.

    Sprint to the wall on opposite ends of the parking lot – perform 5 Merkins then run back to the middle PAX 1 does 3 Burpees PAX 2 8 LBC

    Run back to the opposite end perform 4 Merkins now back to the center where PAX swapped effort above – REPEAT this 3, 2, 1.

    NOW back to the flag – QIC was still convinced that the PAX had more to give so we started to run down but bailed at 4th floor to the stairs – quick pace back to the flag!

    All said we were only about 5 minutes over – SOLID work!

    COT – Name O Rama – Announcements – Intentions

    Holding each other accountable – Giving thanks to God and not taking anything for granted – accepting challenges while leading through character – OPEN our hearts to forgiving!

    God Bless – It’s a privilege to have the opportunity to lead!

     

  • First Q at the Mountain

    YHC texted the planned QIC, Tinkles, last night requesting the Q for Wolfpack Mountain.  YHC was on the schedule prior to Halloween and was unable to fulfill his duties.  This seemed like a good make-up date.  Tinkles humbly obliged and the Downpainment was underway.

    W/U

    • Mosey down the neutral ground to Walnut and cross over.  Double back to Cowen Cir and find some real estate in front of the steps.   5 laps, with up & down being 1 lap.   Since we could not get in to Tulane, Mosey over to Loyola to find Jesus.
    • SSH IC x 25
    • AC IC x 10, Reverse x 10
    • Peter Parker IC x 10
    • Parker Peter IC x 10
    • IW IC x 10
    • HB IC x 10
    • JL IC x 10
    • Mosey to the Mountain

    The Thang

    • COP – Merkins IC x 10, Plank Jack IC x 10, Squats IC x 15
    • Partner Up
      • PAX 1 completes a lap up the mountain and down the stairs
      • PAX 2 completes the COP at each landing until PAX 1 catches him, then switch
      • Complete the COP until you reach the top of the mountain, and your partner meets you there.
    • LBC x 30
    • Alabama Prom Date x 10 on each side. (1 legged wife pleaser)
    • Mosey to the Flag

    Counterama, Namerama, COT

    Announcements – Holy Name Fair this weekend.  Poboy Fest this Sunday, Son of a Saint will be the benefactor.

    Prayer – The health of Supreme Court Justice RBG, The victims of CA mass shooting, and tolerance of our fellow Americans & fellow man.

    Thank you for the opportunity to lead.  SYITG

    Da Parish

  • Wait… One More Thang… at The Skinny

    Pre-Thang

    YHC has been posting at Rock City on Mondays, but YHC never forgets where his very first AO, Uptown.  YHC received a text the night before from Reluctant Yankee reminding YHC has the Q.  Few minutes before the Q, YHC had to scope out the AO because some yoga masters have been working out by the Band Stand where YHC wants part of the workout to be.  At 5:15 a.m., no yoga masters in sight, but when we got there with our warm-ups at 5:31 am., they were there.  YHC had to modify part of the beatdown.  26 PAX managed to meet up on a cool, dry Monday morning.  At 5:30, YHC gave his standard disclaimer and off the PAX.

    Warm-ups

    Moseyed to the band stand and did the following in cadence:

    SSHs x 20

    Imperial Walkers x 20

    Windmills x 15

    The Thang

    Starting off at the first light post at the Oak Alley in front of the Band Stand, each Pax had to do the following:

    Round 1 – 5 burpees, then moseyed to the 3rd light post and did 50 scissor kicks, moseyed to the 5th light post and did 50 squats, moseyed right before the track with 5 more burpees, then run a lap from the track to the parking lot then back towards the shelter by the Band Stand.  Stopped by the shelter and did 50 dips.

    Round 2 – rinse and repeat but shaved off the reps with 4 burpees, 40 scissor kicks, 40 squats, 4 burpees, 40 dips.

    Round 3 – rinse and repeat but shaved off another set of reps with 3 burpees, 30 scissor kicks, 30 squats, 3 burpees, 30 dips.

    Round 4 – rinse and repeat with 2 burpees, 20 scissor kicks, …..

    Round 5 – rinse and repeat with 1 burpee, 10 ….

    Each lap is approximately 0.25 mile.  In total, the PAX toughed out 30 burpees, 150 scissor kicks, 150 squats,  150 dips, and approximately 1.25 miles run.

    T-claps to 86, Jadaveon, Mariah, and El Wire for setting the pace and finished the 5 rounds in approximately 20 minutes.  The rest of the Pax finished at a much faster time than YHC had anticipated and averaged about 5 minutes per round.  Strong work by everyone.

    Round of Mary

    Pax circled up in front of the band stand.  With the help of the Pax…..

    Medulla – Dying Cockroach x 15 IC

    Angie’s List – LBCs x 15 IC

    Bartman – SLOOOOOW American Hammers x 15 IC

    Reluctant Yankee – Low Country Crab x 15 IC

    Sandbar – Mission Impossible Plank

    El Wire – Leg Raises x 15

    Mariah – SLOOOOOOW Flutter Kicks x 15 IC

    More Thang

    After the Round of Mary, YHC noticed the yoga masters left the band stand.  And because the Pax finished the rounds so quickly, YHC did one more round starting at the back of the band stand. (this is what YHC wanted to do from the very beginning).  The Pax finished the day with 20 box jumps, climbed over the stage, moseyed to the first light post at the Oak Alley with 2 burpees, moseyed to the 3rd light post with 20 scissor kicks, moseyed to the 5th light post with 20 squats, moseyed right before the track with 2 burpees, ran the lap like before and stopped at the shelter with 20 dips.  Waited for the Six and did 15 x IC right leg step up, then 15 x IC left leg step up.  Finally, moseyed back to the flag at 6:15 a.m.

    COT

    Count-O-Rama 26PAX, Name-O-Rama, announcements, intentions.  Our thoughts and prayers for I Love You Man’s niece, Brown Bag’s 7 weeks old baby, Hawgcycle’s mother and family, and all the victims in Panama City.  Thank You all again for the opportunity to lead.  The Pax motivates me everyday to push harder than I would ever do on my own.  SYITG

    King Kong

  • Campus Tour

    Twenty NOLA regulars trickled in as we hit 05:30. The disclaimer was given and we were off.

    First stop was the terrace at St.  Charles and Calhoun for a quick warmup. 10 Burpees at the bottom, 20 LBC’s at the top and 30 Squats on the side. Rinse and repeat.

    Next stop— Wolfpack Hill. A quick run to the top where we partnered up. Partner A ran down the ramp one level, touched the wall and back pedaled his way up the ramp, then sprinted back and flip flopped with partner B who was performing the prescribed exercise AMRAP. They were: Russian Twist, Monkey Humper, Real Freddie and Plank Jack. We planked for the six and were off to Wolfpack Mountain.

    At the base we formed two columns and had a brisk Indian run to the top. We took a break with LBC’s X 51 IC.

    Next we hit the stairs and moseyed to the benches at the flag area to finish up: RLSU x 10, Dips x 20, LLSU x 10, Derkins x 15 IC and to the flag for COT and shoutout by YHC.

    Good Times!

    Roots