F3 New Orleans

Tag: Tinkles

  • Record Breaking Workout

    A record 26 PAX showed up Wednesday morning to the heavy, humid smell of duck shit. We ran quickly from that spot in order to introduce the PAX to some special hip-loosening yoga stretches. Seaman got a little too excited about these and had to be publicly asked to stop the #mumblechatter. Yankee rolled in hot, as usual, and caught up in time for some downward dog action. From there we took with some run/sprints, burpees, then some BrownBag special – defensive basketball slides. We stopped at the fountain for some power-ups, etc., then continued the run around the park to our soft, special, wet golf course green. BrownBag whipped out another special with some Climate Change – PAX in the Al Gore, tree-hugging position. We finished off with some more run/sprints before being welcomed back to base with the comforting smell of duck shit once again.

    PAX posting (courtesy of Yankee’s memory):

    Gabrielle
    Sandbar
    Saban
    Jingle Vader
    Rev Sox
    Jadaveon
    R. Yankee
    B. Bag
    Chiquita
    Seaman
    Tinkles
    Tito
    Angie’s List
    Moist
    Medulla Oblongata
    Bartman
    El Wire
    G-Spot
    3-way
    Nip/Tuck
    Cavalier
    Willie
    ​Peaches
    YSR
    **Missing a 2 or 3

  • You Say Richard Simmons, I say Steve Prefontaine

    The Pax always enjoys a birthday beatdown and since my 42nd happened to be on the day of a traditional running workout and we are in the middle of the Run Ranger Run challenge I figured I’d take the Q and log some miles.  Resurrecting a Halloween Q get-up I also figured I should look the part.  Perhaps I’d excite more middle-aged flabby ladies then I’d earn respect from the Tulane cross country team but I considered myself more Pre than Richard in my own mind!

    Yankees preblast in addition to driving home the meaning of fart-sack (see the list of pax) also tipped off the runners and I was pleased to see the response.  A scouting run by the course director found a wet but fast track.

    Disclaimer and let’s get started.  Warm up in place with some hamstring stretching and let’s mosey.  Run as a group clockwise around the park from the flag.

    0.0- .5 miles: pause for 10 burpees IC and then Indian Run

    .5- 1.0 miles: benches for dips IC x 20 then some ‘classic Tinkles’ of 10 Derkins, 10 Shoulder Taps, 10 Derkins IC.

    1.0- 1.5 miles: POW run, backwards run, Right and left karaoke, and pause for 10 burpees IC

    1.5- 2.75: Indian Run and pause for 10 Burpees  IC

    2.75- 3.15 miles: Mosey

    3.15-3.6 miles: Alternate sprint/jog in the running man back to the flag. 12  Burpees IC to finish strong at a total of 42.

    Count off, namorama, Ball of Man.  Thank you Lord for the fellowship that make the painful painless and for the desire to make ourselves better.  Special intentions for Peaches’s brother and YSR’s aunt.  Please give them the strength to face their challenges.

    Thanks to Pax for getting me off to a great start to my 43rd year!

  • The Other Mountain

    Fun time in the gloom this morning with a great turnout.  Obviously inspired by Hawg’s presence, the PAX amped up the mumblechatter to near-Metry levels and kept it going throughout the workout.  After a quick disclaimer, we took the traditional stroll up and down the Avenue and set up in front of the Tulane sign for warmup (all IC):

    • SSHx25
    • IWx25
    • Merksx15
    • LSSx25

    Short mosey to the Loyola music building for BLIMPS, starting with 10 burpees and increasing in increment of 5.   Hard run from there down Calhoun to Freret.  At mini-WPM, alternate sprint/jog up the parking deck, stopping at each level for a different exercise OYO until Q says halt (about 30-35 reps each):

    • Level 2: Mountain Climbers
    • Level 3: Plank Jacks
    • Level 4: Peter Parkers

    At the top of MWPM, we partnered up for some core work.  Partner 1 ran down then up the stairs, while Partner 2 did the prescribed exercise, then flapjack:

    • V-Up
    • LBC
    • Russian Twists
    • Box cutters
    • LBT

    Short on time, we hurried back to the flag for the count, name-o-rama, and prayer.

    -Mulligan

  • Back in the Saddle…

    So after a sun-filled week in Orlando with the M and 2.0’s,YHC was ready to get back to the regular beatdown with his F3 brothers.  So much so, that we even suspended the no-burpee Monday rule.  Apparently one week of no burpees equals a burpee pyramid.  After disclaimer 16 PAX moseyed to kickball field in front of Audubon Zoo for:

    Warm Up

    • SSH X 20 IC
    • Forward Arm Circles X 20 IC
    • Windmills X 20 IC
    • Reverse Arm Circles X 20 IC
    • Imperial Walkers X 20 IC

    Next we moseyed to Soccer Field for Thang 1

    Four Corners/BOMB

    • First Corner 5 Burpees
    • Carioca to Second Corner for 10 OH Presses
    • Crab Crawl to Third Corner for 15 Merkins
    • Backward Run to Fourth Corner for  20 Big Boy Sit Ups
    • Crab Crawl to Beginning.

    All of the above OYO

    Because that was so much fun, rinse and repeat!

    Next we moseyed to Audubon Statue for Thang 2, a little DORA

    Partnered up as 1 PAX ran other completed:

    • 100 Derkins
    • 200 Squat Jumps
    • 300 LBC’s

    And just as Medulla Oblongata thought we were done “But wait there’s more!”

    Moseyed to Oak Alley for Thang 3, Burpee Pyramid

    • Starting at first light one burpee with one merkin
    • Run to second light for 2 burpees with two merkins on each burpee
    • Run to third light for 3 burpees with 3 merkins on each burpee
    • Run to fourth light for 4 burpees with 4 merkins on each burpee
    • Run to fifth light for 5 burpees with 5 merkins on each burpee

    For those mathematicians, that’s 55 merkins and 15 burpees for the PAX who completed.

    As we were running out of time, we cut burpee pyramid short and moseyed back to flag.  And because we had one minute left, 10 Nolan Ryans each side OYO.

    Count-off, Name-o-rama with one FNG, who PAX named Peaches as he is from Atlanta, went to UGA and we thought 28-3 would be too harsh.  Announcements and COT/Prayer.

    Thanks to PAX for letting me lead.  Truly grateful for this group of men and F3.

  • Uptown Buttercups

    It was a lovely morning for 20 men to meet in the gloom to grow and improve themselves.  DISCLAIMER!  Let’s mosey… circle up in front of the Tulane sign:

    -SSH x 30 IC

    -IW x 30 IC

    -Mt Climbers x 30 IC

    -Arm Circles x 30 IC (ea dir)

    -J-Lo’s x 20 IC

    Let’s head to the bottom of the mountain.  Column of twos and Indian Run to the top.  It’s time to bring 11’s back…we just don’t do them anymore.  On your own, run to the bottom of the incline, do 10 crossfit merkins, run back up and do 1 WWII sit-ups…run back down and do 9 crossfit merkins, run back up for 2 WWII sit-ups, and keep going until reversed.  After a couple of the young studs finished and planked, the rest of us stopped where we were and headed down the mountain to the lawn in front of touchdown Jesus for some Mary.

    Plank Challenge: Front plank 1 minute, Low plank 30 secs, low plank left leg up 30 secs, low plank right leg up 30 secs, left arm up plank 30 secs, right arm up plank 30 secs, low plank 30 secs, front plank 1 minute.

    That was fun and we still have time for more Mary:

    -LBC x 20 IC

    -Flutter kicks x 20 IC

    -Hello Dolly’s x 20 IC

    -Wife Pleasers x 20 IC

    Hurry up to the SF so we’re not late and RY chews us out….coutoff, namerama, announcements, shoutouts and a prayer.  Welcome FNG-Shanewego.   It was a pleasure to lead.  I look forward to the next time.

    HEY UPTOWN!  SUCK IT UP BUTTERCUP!!!

  • Credit Due!

    Better late than never on the backblast but between the Friday before Mardi Gras and today I had to reconnect some neurons.  But it was said Friday when 11 strong kicked the weekend off right.  We were short some rolling Elvi, Muses groupies, and flambeau carriers but those that showed were rewarded with a beatdown.

    Granted it had been a while since I q’d so naturally I forgot this disclaimer and promptly warmed up with 20 merkins IC.

    Mosey to St. Charles and Walnut for BLIMPS on St. Charles (F3 PR). Brought us to in front of Holy Name.  Encountered some displaced (ie lost) Navy ROTC students looking for another Seaman but we had to disappoint.  We did point them in the right direction.

    Mosey through Loyola to Tulane quad (plenty of Seaman here) (an ROTC breakfast perhaps) for some 4 corner abs. Russian twist x 30, LBCs x 30, LBT x 30, WW2 sit-ups x 20. Plank and wait in the center.

    3 peak challenge commenced: Mosey to Yulman garage and Mosey to the peak on your own pace down the stairs.  Long Indian run down Calhoun to Loyola Rec garage.  Indian run to the top and Kong ran like he was being chased- he was – so the pace was aggressive. Down the stairs and Mosey to Wolfpack mountain.  Indian run to the top with a lot of heavy breathing.  Down the stairs and hustle to the flag!  3 minutes overdue but a good 4 mile run once it was all done!

    Count off, name o rama, and intentions. Ball of man with prayers for a safe and fun Mardi Gras.

  • Lundi Gras Lap

    16 PAX for a Lundi Gras stroll uptown at the Skinny.  It’s Monday so you know that means a lap.  A guaranteed 1.7 miles.

    Thought I might be alone on Lundi Gras but we had another huge PAX.

    Bartman was the Q but got the text looking for backup since he was out of town.  I was in coverage mode.

    First –  we started our loop and pulled over for a quick circle.  SSH x 20,  Imp Walker squats x 20, Morning glory x 20, and Mtn Climbers x 20

    Prisoner Mosey to the Rows.

    Rows x 20 that was the count.   Then we did Plank Jack Station, Squat station and a LBC station.

    Mosey by sprint a running man and jog a running man to the bridge on the left.

    Here we circled for Jack Webb to 10.

    Then we sprinted a long run to the fountain. Incline Merks to wait.

    Dips x 20

    Then group 1 Bear Crawl around the fountain  Group 2 step ups

    Flip flop

    Indian Run to the Pull ups – Made the faster guys circle back for us.

    Then we got the bar for Pull ups x 10

    The rest of the gang did Plank Jacks, Plack walks and squats.

    Finally we ran the golf cart path to the FLAG.

    I got admonished for arriving 2 min late – my apologies men.

    Thanks for getting my toxic body out of bed – you rule!

     

  • Brown Bags Bananas

    Brown Bag doesn’t know how to do backblasts.  So I have some OCD issue that requires a bb – so I will post this for our beer brewing troglodyte.

    In reality it was nice of Brown Bag to step up for Chiquita who claims he can’t remember the names of stuff eventhough he has posted at more than 10 workouts.  (Times up Banana man).  For what its worth I stepped up for Brown Bag a few weeks ago – so he kind of owed us!

    18 pax LINED up for a muddy gloomy monday beatdown.  No offense if I missed you – I wasn’t the Q so I wasn’t paying full attention.  Add your name in the comments and eventually I will add you to the bb.

    SSH, Imp Walkers, Peter Parkers, and squats x 20 ic to start things off.

    Then we started our loop!  Jog around the track to the row bars.  At the rows 10 burpees was the count, (yes seaman cried), rows, lbcs, and squat jumps.

    Long mosey indian run (2 lines) until we hit a lit area.  50 plank jacks oyo.

    Long mosey indian run (2 lines) until we hit the benches at the fountain.  At the fountain – step ups, dips, step ups and dirkins x 20.

    Then we circled up for a CORE O RAMA.

    Each guy picked an exercise that we did x 10 or x 15.  18 guys x 10 = 180 core exercises.

    Seaman finished with donkey kicks.  I did O’Marys which I gleaned from H-town F3.

    We did roaches, russians, flutters, box cuts, etc.  I wasn’t planning on writing the bb – so I can’t remember any of the stuff- or who did what.  This circle with 18 dudes took a good 20 min.

    Then we ran the last half of the park – indian runs.

    We stopped for 50 lbcs.  We stopped again for 25 merks all oyo.

    Thanks for the beatdown Brown Bag!  Now I need to teach you how to backblast.

     

     

  • Merkin Madness and Frozen SeaMan

    Bartman informed the Pax halfway through the gloom that frozen Seaman will last forever. True. Strange, but true. I’m not sure what question lead to this strange revelation, but true. So, anyway… YHC was a little nervous for my virgin Q at Wolfpack Mountain. Then I rolled in 1 minute late to a Pax of 16 men anxiously awaiting their beatdown in the gloom. Aye-yi-yi. Sorry to keep you waiting, my brothers.

    But safety first! We made time for the usual disclaimer, and off we go. We made a slow-mosey loop down St. Charles Avenue to end at the beautiful lawn in front of Loyola. Even after the freeze, it’s still some of the best grass Uptown. Circle up for the first COP:

    SSH x 20 IC
    Imperial Walkers x 20 IC
    Low slow squats x 20 IC
    Windmills x 10 IC
    Arm Circles 10 forward, 10 backward IC
    Mountain Climbers x 20 IC

    Next we mosey to the bottom of Wolfpack Mountain for Animals Up the Mountain. What better place for Animals on Parade than Wolfpack Mountain??? Well, this was met with several groans, and as it turns out, there may be better places for this than a parking garage. But we must press on!
    We ran up the garage, and did animal walks at each end of each parking level.
    Floor 2: bear crawl
    Floor 3: crab crawl
    Floor 4: plank walks (OK, OK, not an animal, but whatever)
    Floor 5: duck walks
    Floor 6: frog jumps

    The top of Wolfpack Mountain is the best part of this location for YHC and many of the Pax. On this day, we will use this beautiful spot to alternate between Mary and Merkins. 2nd COP:

    Merkins x 10 IC
    Flutter kicks x 20 IC
    Left-arm staggered Merkins x 10 IC
    Hello Dolly x 20 IC
    Right-arm staggered Merkins x 10 IC
    Single-leg V-ups x 10 IC
    Left-leg cross-over Merkins x 10 IC
    Penguins x 20 IC
    Right-leg cross-over Merkins x 10 IC

    Down the mountain we go to the park benches on the Quad. Everybody grab a bench.
    Left-leg Power-Ups x 20 IC
    Dips x 20 IC
    Right-leg Power-Ups x 20 IC
    Decline Merkins x 10 IC

    Mosey back to the great lawn and partner up. One partner lunges across the lawn and back while the other partner holds a regular plank, left arm plank, and right arm plank. 2 sets, and we are out of time.

    Run back to the flag. Count off, Name-o-rama (apologies to Sandbar for calling him the wrong name in my oxygen deprived sate), announcements, intentions, and a prayer. A shaky start and a shaky ending, but we got it done in the middle! Thank you for letting me lead!

    Walleye

  • Back To Work

    Pre Thang: YHC has been on IR/family duty since some time in September and has posted only a handful of times over the last few months… Feeling the need to do more than run has been overwhelming. Today in the 36 degree gloom at 05:20 the shovel flag was planted and the pax trickled into the AO. At 05:30 six of us took off. By the time we hit the warmup area we were 10 strong.

    The Thang: Warmup in front of TU: Low Slow Squat x 20, Plank Jack x 30, Imp Walker x 20, Mtn Climber x 30, Hillbilly x 20. Mosey to the Mtn.

    Line up shoulder to shoulder and lunge walk up the first incline, then run OYO to the top w stops on the church side for Squats x 25 and LU side for LBCs x25. Plank at the top.

    Six MOM at the top:  R Twist x 20, Flutterkick x 25, Dying Roach x 20, LBT x 25, Real Freddie x 20, High Dolly x 25.

    Slow Mosey down to DC quad benches. LLSU x20, sit ups w feet on bench x 25, RLSU x 20.

    Mosey back to the flag for Low Slow Squats x 20.

    *All group exercises done IC…

    COT w shoutout by YHC.

    Moleskin:  Great to be back out in the gloom. The camaraderie was missed as much as the workout. If you’re reading this and haven’t been out in a while, get up and get after it ASAP! There truly is no better feeling than a good workout with a like minded group of guys. It’s invigorarating to say the least and truly fulfilling to have the privilege to sharpen the iron with my F3 brothers. Thanks for the opportunity to lead

    Good Times!

    Roots