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  • Gimme the Usual – from Rudy

    Gathering around the flag early. RevSox emerges from the gloom and emits a quite audible groan when he learns YHC is the Q. Thanks for that vote of confidence! The 8 PAX are muttering about how the esteemed Site Q seems to never appear anymore. But lo-and-behold, just as YHC starts the disclaimer, Mahatma appears! Great to see you brother!

    Today for the disclaimer: YHC has been thinking about and praying for his sister lately. She and her daughter are having a very challenging summer. So today, YHC asked all of the PAX to think of someone they know who is struggling – physically, emotionally, mentally, whatever. Offer the workout for them today. Offer our pains and struggles in the gloom as a way of trying to relieve their struggles. And use thoughts of their struggles to keep pushing us forward. So with a silent prayer for my sister – we were off to the rocks.

    Grab a rock, and lets head to the field. (The Tree field, not the football field, as Hand Grenada needed some clarifications).

    Circle up. Because Hand Grenada asked, we’ll start with 2 burpees OYO. Go. OK, now the warm up. Usual stuff – SSH, IC, Peter Parkers. Then some Glute Bridges – pinch some diamonds and really really activate them glutes.

    Then line up. Its the Rudy Special. Or Rudy Standard. Or “No, not this again.” Or “Rudy is just a one-trick pony”. Whatever.

    11s. Burpees and Big Boy Situps. When you pass the rock (left in the middle): 10 Overhead Presses in one direction, 10 curls in the other. Go.

    War Eagle was off to the races! Whoever he was praying for clearly motivated him to push push push. Needed to throw a few more reps his way just to keep him going while the rest of the PAX finished.

    Next Up: Groups of 3 in the parking lot. PAX1: Start LBC/LBT. PAX2: Start Rows. PAX3: Sprint to the gym door and back. Then rotate. And keep rotating till everyone got 2 of each set in. Pai Gow helpfully pointed out that the Row -> Sprint transition helped emphasize good form for the rows, or your back would really feel it in the sprint. Wise man!

    Rifle carry the rock back to the pile, and mosey back to the flag. YHC had the privilege of having to help a lumbering Triple Shift. When YHC attempted to pick up that rock, he better understood just why TS was lumbering…. That rock was a wee bit heavier than YHC’s rock.

    At the flag, we closed with COT and prayers – specifically remembering again those that we offered the workout for. Thanks for letting me lead!

  • 60th B’day for Kenna Brah – Movie’ themed w/60 sprinkled in – from Kenna Brah

    Big thanks to the F3 posse for showing up for my b’day Q. Much appreciation and great coffeteria for 17 Pax.
    Warmup –
    Tropic Thunder (Clap) – Seal and Overhead Claps – 30+30=60
    Billy Jack – One Tin Soldier – 60
    Star Wars – Imperial Walker – 60
    ———————————————-
    Get Coupons – Go to Lake Side
    Cinderella Man (Up/One/Two Echo 1+) – WWII Situp Right/Left Cross/uppercut – 30+30=60
    Matrix -(UP/Down count) Bridge hold 5 sec * 12, then Left/Right Plank Holds 12 sec each 5x
    Blades of Glory (OYO) – Bonnie Blairs – 5 sets of 12 with Rocky Run up Levee 12 SSH Repeat to other side
    Tenent (OYO) – Run up Levee backwards, 12 reverse Crunch on other side. 5x
    (Coupon)
    Lion King (pairs on timer)- Hold Simba (Coupon) – 12 Sec each, pass to partner while partner does Mission Impossible 5X
    Deliverance – Make seated circle pass coupons left or right like paddling a canoe 1 round min
    Finish w Something about Mary’s.
    That’s a wrap on a beautiful day with great men.

  • Wet and Rainy in the Wild West – from Baywatch

    5 PAX galloped west to partake in my virgin Q for the Westward Ho. It was wet and wild with rain, fire ants, and triple digit burpees!

    Warmup:

    IC Low slow squats 15x
    IC Arm circles (forward & backward) 15x
    IC Stormtroopers 15x
    IC SSH 15x

    We then moseyed over to a soft, pillowy layer of grass that War Eagle introduced us to only a week earlier. However, there would be no lying down, rather, only aching gazes downward at the soft grass as we proceeded to do a Ring of Fire for 5 rounds of non-stop merkins:

    R1: Diamond merkins 10x
    R2: Military merkins 10x
    R3: One foot staggered hand merkins 10x
    R4: Merkins 10x
    R5: Wide hand merkins10x

    Next came the real fun…a 10x10x10. 10 rounds of: 10 burpees; run over levee; 10 BB sit-ups; run back over the levee. After Fracsac and Kenner Brah thoroughly embarrassed us young folk and War Eagle survived his bout with the fire ants, we finished up with some core.

    IC Dying cock roaches 10x
    IC Leg lifts 10x
    IC Opposite heal penguins 10x

    We also threw in 5 more burpees for Frac’s plane sighting.

    A final mosey back to the flag for a brief stretch, name-o-rama, announcements, intentions, and prayer.

  • The Joyous All Stars – from Fracsac

    4 All Stars gathered at the View for a Joyous beat down led by none other than YHC, unanimously voted as All Star MVP by a panel of individuals that shall remain anonymous. Trust me, it’s true.

    Mambi, Hokie, War Eagle and YHC grabbed a coupon, disclaimers were given, then up and over the levee we went.

    Warmup

    SSH IC x 31
    Grass Grabbers IC x 10
    Abe Vigodas IC x 10
    Hillbillies IC x 15
    Bat wings IC x 10

    COP 1 – Block Webbs!
    1 Merkin on Coupon, followed by 2 block presses
    2 merkins, 4 block presses, so forth and so on until the Q calls it…..we’ll come back to those later.

    COP 2: BOMBS
    Blockees x 10 (Manmaker, aka burpee with a block)
    Run up the levee to the cones and bear crawl the course, run back.
    Overhead presses x 20
    Bear Crawl course
    Merkins on the coupon x 30
    Bear Crawl course
    Bicep Curls x 40
    Bear Crawl course
    Squats x 50
    Bear Crawl course

    COP 3 – BLIMPS
    Blockees x 5 (Manmaker, aka burpee with a block)
    Bear Crawl course
    Lunges x 10 with coupon
    Bear Crawl course
    Imperial Walkers x 15 w/o coupon
    Bear Crawl course
    Merkins x 20 with coupon
    Bear Crawl course
    Plank Jacks x 25 on Coupon
    Bear Crawl course
    Squats x 30 with Coupon
    Bear Crawl course

    We owed a few more Block Webb’s, so they were completed here.

    Head back to flag

    LBC IC x 100

    COT

    NMM

    – The new coupons staged at the View are the real deal, feel free to come and critique them for yourself.
    – It was a requirement to be joyful during the beat down, but we didn’t do enough burpees. We should have done more burpees. Who voted me MVP anyway?? The bat wings we did have gone wasted without burpees. I’m a total disappointment.

    SYITG

  • Roasted Pig – from Hawgcycle

    Conditions: 80 with 88% Humidity. Heat Index of 85. Wind 4 mph from the SSW

    Pax: Rev Lifts, Mopster, Spouse o’ Science Weaver, It’s Just a Rash, Poolside, Annie Liebovitz, The Perfect Merk, Benthere Dunthat, and me, Hawg

    Warm-up: SSH x 31, IW x 20, DQ x 10, Peter Parker x 15, Grass Grabbers x 10, Parker Peter x 15, LSS x 14, Tempo Merks x 14

    The Thang: The guys clearly wanted to search for Plutonium. One look at this group and I knew there would be casualties…lots of them. But maybe we could find some less dangerous isotopes near the rock pile. In retrospect, I know, that sounds stupid. We did find three isotopes of Plutonium-9 at the rock pile. I didn’t know what would happen, but I knew there was only one way to find out. There were children present, there were old geezers present (whom I fully respect) and then there was HG and me who were still hurting from our last exposure. It might kill us all. It was too dangerous, but I couldn’t resist.
    The exposure lasted for all but 5 minutes of the workout. It burned me bad. I had to step away several times. I had to have several guys count to ten to make sure I didn’t go back in too soon. It was an embarrassing number of 10 counts, but my body was burned badly. Maybe it was for the best. We were clearly infiltrated by a German spy, but all of his pictures were of us standing around, protecting ourselves from more exposure.

    Mary: With about 4 minutes left, we circled up for some Mary. Rudy needed burpees and YHC agreed.
    • Burpees x 10
    • Dying Cockroach x 20
    • Burpees x 10
    • Flutter Kicks x 15
    A wise man once said that if you don’t do at least 50 burpees in a workout, you have failed as a Q. YHC failed in ohhhh so many ways today.

    Mosey back to the flag for COT

    After all was done, almost everyone made it back to their car. It was a stronger group than I thought. The child seemed to be doing the best of all. Rudy got to the top of the levee and could go no farther. I never got out of the park. I’m laying here on my back speaking text to Siri so that I can finish this BB. Thirty-five people have stepped over me to get to the track. I’ve had a dog defecate within 18 inches of my head. Rudy’s caterer is now on lap 56. The basketball ref that wears the jorts is about to start mowing. I pray he sees me. If I am here tomorrow when you all show up for the Wally Sprint, please move me to a safer place and tell my daughter that I am sorry I broke the phone stand she made for me. That was a bad omen. I should have heeded the warning.

  • Fear and Self-Loathing in El Diablo – from Bolt

    After a cold-induced break and a quick trip out of town, nine days lapsed between posts so yours truly was full of self-loathing and fearful of phoning in the Q. Hopefully the PAX didn’t feel that way after I decided to try out an idea I’ve been toying with: a Yin/Yang themed workout taking advantage of the universal truth of equal and opposing forces that keep all things in balance.

    Mosey to rock pile, cue obligatory highly curated playlist (which began with the classic “Rapper’s Delight”) and warmup then carry a medium rock to the pavilion, grab some bench. YHC explained each round would consist of an exercise done as we always do (Yin version), followed by a modified version that incorporated doing it from an equal but opposite perspective (Yang version). After doing the first two exercises in cadence we switched to OYO for the designated reps on the Yin and IC for the Yang.

    Warmup IC: SSH, arm circles forward/back, tclaps, seal claps, Moroccan night clubs, self love (all 20x); Toy soldiers, Hillbillies (15x)

    YIN-YANG:
    Squats(rock)/Yang (no rock): hold bottom of squat for 3 count and push ground away, squeeze glutes at top for each rep

    Merkins/Yang: hold mission impossible for 3 count and extend arms with plank jack at top for each rep

    Reverse lunges R/Yang: hold left leg at 90 degrees/R leg full reverse lunge with tall torso for 3 count, stand up and touch L elbow-R knee

    Derkins/Yang: one derkin to Peter Parker to derkin for each rep

    Reverse lunges L: hold right leg at 90 degrees/L leg full reverse lunge with tall torso for 3 count, stand up and touch R elbow-L knee

    Irkins/Yang: one irkin to Parker Peter to irkin for each rep

    Side lunges R then L: focus on driving through lunged heel, “pushing Earth away from you” on the up

    Diamond merkins/Yang: diamond mission impossible for 3 count, extend arms with shoulder taps at top

    Return rocks to pile, mosey to flag for COT, etc., welcoming FNG>Satchmo who happens to be my 17yo. Thanks, men, for joining me in the gloom and hope you enjoyed the suck as much as I enjoyed the Q. Until next time…

  • Start of 2021 – Second Half – from Thumb War

    PAX: Frozo, Short Bus, T Square, War Eagle, Frac Sac, Thumb War

    5:00 start (5:02 everywhere else)

    Disclaimer for my first Q at this great AO.

    Mosey around the block…

    WARMUP: (at River shack synthetic lawn by Wall Mural)

    SSH
    IW
    Abe Vagoda
    Arm circles Front & Back
    Grass grabbers
    Mountain climbers

    THANG:
    Mosey to levee….

    Partner up for DORA

    Round 1
    Partner 1 Back peddles up and single Burpee at the top.

    Partner 2 starts with the exercise. Alternating to complete the following:

    100 merkins
    100 plank jacks
    150 Bonnie Blairs

    Round 2 – switched partners
    Bear crawl up Jog down

    50 merkins
    100 squats
    150 LBC’s

    Q called for a light drizzle cool down on the workout and revived it.

    MORE THANG:
    Mosey to BENCHES at the mural

    * Incline merkins (20)
    * L step ups (20)
    * Dips (20)
    * Calf raises (30)
    * Derkins (15)
    * R step ups (20)

    Self love to loosen the shoulders up

    * Shoulder taps (10)
    * Squats (20)

    MARY:

    Freddie mercuries
    Hello dollies
    American Hammers
    Penguins
    Lazy Boyz (demonstration by short bus)
    Tin snips (Dealers choice by Frac)”

    Ring of Fire
    1 round with 10 merkins and planking

    COT with St. Ignatius Prayer of Generosity. Best wishes War Eagle with family car search.

    Thanks for the opportunity to take the lead this morning. Will be back for more.

  • A Few of My Favorite Things – from Fracsac

    Unable to join Hawgcycle for his mid year 10k a day milestone, YHC did the next best thing and took the Q at El Diablo.

    With the shovel flag planted, a disclaimer was given, then start with a lap on the track, which was sort of a tribute to Hawg.

    Warmup

    SSH IC x 31
    Grass Grabbers IC x 12
    Arm circles IC x 15 both directions
    Peter Parkers IC x 20

    YHC had cones set up at the goal line and the 50 yard line.
    Starting at the goal line, burpee broad jump to the 50 yard line.
    Catalina Wine Mixers IC x 10
    Bear crawl back to the goal line.
    

    Next up was an exercise in breaking things down….

    Deconstructed Burpees! Do the following IC:
    Squat IC x 10
    Squat Thrust IC x 10
    Merkin IC x 10
    Squat Thrust IC x 10
    Squat IC x 10
    OH clap IC x 10

    Squat IC x 9
    Squat Thrust IC x 9
    Merkin IC x 9
    Squat Thrust IC x 9
    Squat IC x 9
    OH clap IC x 9

    Continue down to 1 of each! Then put them all together and do 10 Burpees OYO!

    Now that the Pax has been introduced to YHC’s favorite things, time to put them together with 11’s:

    Starting at goal line 1 Catalina Wine Mixer, then run to 50 yard line for 10 burpees.
    Continue until 10 Catalina Wine Mixers and 1 Burpee.

    Return to flag for COT

    – The grass was surprisingly overgrown on the field, perhaps making the mosquitos worse. It just added to the overall suck….
    – Due to time constraints, the bear crawls were omitted from the 11’s. That’s the only thing that would have made it worse. Catalina Wine Mixers and Burpees in 11’s? Who is crazy enough to do that?
    – We lifted the troops in the COT, especially the 156 and 256.
    – We prayed for Landing Strip’s Father as he goes into surgery this morning.

    Thanks for posting with me today.

    SYITG

  • 5 years and counting – from Fracsac

    17 Pax including 2 FNG’s and 1 Down Range from ENC made a choice to take the DRP on their journey to get right and posted to Okwata to help YHC celebrate 5 years in F3. With a shovel flag planted, disclaimer was given, then:

    Mosey toward the fountain just like the good old days, carioca around the fountain and circle up on the grass for a warmup:

    SSH IC x 31
    IW x 15
    Bat wings x 15 IC of AC, OC, SC and MNC (dancing during Moroccan NC), finished with 20 count Iron Cross before dropping those aching limbs.

    Mosey back to the fountain for:

    Double Shots with Jack Webb at the Barre.
    1 merkin with 2 air presses in people’s chair
    2 Merkins with 4 air presses….
    3 Merkins with 6 air presses…..
    …….
    10 Merkins with 20 air presses in people’s chair.

    Mosey to the House of Pain for stations. The pax first cleaned up the trash……

    Station 1 – Pull-ups AMRAP
    Station 2 – Step ups AMRAP
    Station 3 – Big Boi Sit-ups AMRAP
    Station 4 – Bear crawl up levee, 5 burpees, mosey back down (Timer)
    Rinse and repeat

    Mosey to open area of grass for the much anticipated Shock & Awe! There was much rejoicing!
    5 x SSH IC
    10 burpees OYO
    5 x SSH IC
    9 burpees OYO
    Yada Yada Yada……..
    5 x SSH IC
    3 burpees OYO
    5 x SSH IC
    2 burpees OYO
    5 x SSH IC
    10 burpees OYO (we never do 1 burpee!)

    Mosey to the top of the levee for a disperse run. Form 2 columns, last pax runs to the front of column and yells “disperse” followed by an exercise. The pax run down their side of the levee, complete 3 of the exercises, and run back up top to continue. There were 8 count BB, Burpees, and even some Catalina Wine Mixers!

    For the final 2 minutes, we did Quadraphilia AMRAP! Then return to the flag.

    COT and naming of FNG’s

    NMM

    – Welcome Lighthouse and Blue Clause!
    – Honored to have Waterboy from ENC join us and he even brought an FNG!
    – Thank you to each of the pax that joined me to celebrate my 5th year of F3.

    Thank you for pushing me and making me better! SYITG!

  • The Dirty Diablo – from Hawgcycle

    Conditions:
    78 with 83% Humidity. Heat Index of 85. Wind 5 mph from the South

    Pax:
    The Bogé, The World Renown Fast Tax, The Incredible Hoke, He Really is a Papa Smurf, War – May Not Like Him But at Least We No Longer Hate Him – Eagle , Triple didn’t Fartsack Today Shift, and me…Hawgcycle

    The Thang:

    Warm-up: One lap; Imperial Walkers x 20; SSH x 20; Merkins x 10 (IC); Lunges x 10 (IC), Windmills x 10; Bat Wings (FAC x 20, BAC x 20; Seal Claps x 15; OH Claps x 15; Moroccan Night Club x 31)

    The Dirty Diablo: 4 rounds. Each round starts with a 10 burpee buy-in on your own and ends with a 400m run at 75% effort
    • Round 1: Merkins x 12 (IC), Squats x 12 (IC), Dying Cockroaches x 12 (IC)
    • Round 2: Werkins x 12 (IC); Monkey Humpers x 12(IC); Gas Pumps x 12 (IC)
    • Round 3: Stagger L Merks x 12 (IC); Bonnie Blairs x 12 (IC); Vladamir Douilles x 12 (IC
    • Round 4: Stagger R Merks x 12 (IC); Sumo Squats x 12 (IC); Hundreds

    Mosey to the Wall for some…

    Wall Work: BTH; Shoulder Taps x 10 (IC), Floyd Mayweathers x 10 (IC)

    Mosey to the goals for….

    Body Builder Basket Ball: Each man takes a free throw. The group does 10 8CBBs after each miss. War Eagle was the only one that made it. We did 20 8CBBs for the misses by Hoke and me. We went double or nothing on the last 4 and ran up a total of 80 8CBBs. Ran out of time so those 80 are for homework.
    Back to the flagless gathering spot

    COT: Announcements: Frac’s five year manniversary is tomorrow at Okwata. Show up for the celebratory burpees and levee work. Q-School with Professor Catfish is this Saturday at City Park. Encourage everyone, especially recent FNGs to come. City Park Clean-up after the workout. Prayers for Ryan and Rob. Gratitude for our health and F3.

    NMM: It seemed especially sticky out there today. Make sure you are hydrating constantly. If you are working out everyday, a gallon of water should probably be your goal. T-claps to War Eagle and Papa for the hard charge on the last two 400s, although there was grumbling that they were sand baggin’ on the first two. Where was Catfish when I needed him? No one was with me on the Bonnie Blairs, apparently not a crowd favorite. Our B-Ball skills need work. 1-7 from the line this morning. T-claps to War Eagle for the make. Found out he was the Middle School MVP in Podunk, AL.
    It was humid today and we are looking at hot, humid workouts for the next 4 months. The heat and humidity in New Orleans is what the F3 Lexicon terms a “condition,” a dis-Advantage that cannot be remedied. We cannot change it; we can only embrace it and deal with it. We do not have mountains here. We do not have thin air. But we do have more heat and humidity than any place in the country.