F3 New Orleans

Tag: War Eagle

  • Honoring the Nine Fallen

    Ten men came to Pontiff to honor nine fallen service members who perished in a training accident on July 27, 2020.

    Warmup

    After the standard F3 disclaimer, a mosey to the rock pile for a warmup all in cadence x27: SSH, IW, MC, GG, and PJ

    Thang

    After the warmup, the PAX selected a rock and moseyed to the 50-yard line of the football field for the following nine exercises x27, all in cadence, with a sprint to opposing goal lines between exercises:

    Round 1- Overhead presses 1:1

    Round 2-Jump Squats- 1:1

    Round 3- Curls 1:1

    Round 4- Dying Cockroaches 2:1

    Round 5- Squat Presses 1:1

    Round 6- Diamond Merkins 1:1

    Round 7- Chest Presses 2:1

    Round 8- Prisoner Lunges 2:1

    Round 9- Rows 2:1

    After completing the above, PAX circled for what YHC calls a RING OF NAPALM:

    PAX held Al Gore while the lead PAX began 2 is 1 Bonnie Blairs, which eventually became 4-count Bonnie Blairs.  At the fifth exercise, the next PAX in the circuit began his ten exercises.

    PAX held leg lifts, while the lead PAX began 4-count observations.  At the fifth exercise, the next PAX in the circuit began his ten exercises.

    PAX held the plank of their choice while the lead PAX began 2 is 1 T-pushups.  At the fifth exercise, the next PAX in the circuit began his ten exercises. 

    Upon completion, PAX moseyed back to the rock pile to return the rocks, then back to the flag. 

    COT: Announcements, intentions, prayer, and named the FNG (Short-n-Sweet). Mahatma led the group in the pledge of allegiance.  Thanks to Vagabond for a grand flag!

  • Kicking Balls and Hauling Rocks

    BooBoo requested YHC to Q an upcoming Uptowner, so YHC checked the Q sheet only to discover that no one was scheduled to Q the View today. YHC took it upon himself to take the responsibility and lead our brother in a quality beatdown at the View to strengthen us for greater endurance for the Lord.

    Warm-Up

    Imperial Walkers – 20

    Plank Jacks – 20

    Grass grabbers – 20

    Shoulder taps – 20

    Smurf Jacks – 15

    YHC threw a frisbee across the field while encouraging all to remember where it landed. YHC did not remember where it landed.

    The Thang

    Dips – the Pax moseyed to the top of the levee at the end of the concrete wall for some dips. Since there is a lack of space on the wall, the Pax split into two groups. Group one would do 20 dips while the other did 10 burpees, switch. 20 more dips, while the other did 20 merkins, switch.

    Rarajipari – time to bring YHC’s favorite game to the View. The Pax kept the same two groups and each was tasked with kicking their softball to the end of the bridge and back. The first team to land their softball on the frisbee which YHC threw earlier in the beatdown wins. No thanks to YHC, his team with War Eagle and Papa Smurf cruised to a victory even though YHC ran about 100 yards past the frisbee while searching for it.

    The Motivator – YHC led the Pax in the Birmingham Motivator. Not sure how to explain it, but it feels like you do 1,000 side straddle hops by the time the exercise is over.

    Futility – the ultimate in F3 futility. Carry 5 large rocks from the lake shore to the top of levee. one. rock. at. a. time. Once all the Pax has each built their pile of 5 rocks, carry all 5 rocks back to the lack shore. one. rock. at. a time.

    Rocking to the End – Curls with a rock 20 count, Shoulder press with a rock 10 count

    Closing

    Count-Off, Name-O-Rama, No Announcements, Prayer

    Thanks for the opportunity to lead one again,

    Rev Sox

  • Making Monday Great Again

    Five pax gathered by the rock pile after the disclaimer for SSH, Grass Grabber, Single foot balance raises, L/R Squat toe touches, Peter Parker, Mtn. Climber, Windmills.

    GYM CIRCUMNAVIGATION:  3 sets of 12 reps of four maneuvers:  dirkins, big boys, jump squats, hillbilly.  Run to back of gym, reverse ascend the wide ramp, 6 donkey kicks, return to front for another round via the ramp in front. Capped with calf raises.

    FOOTBALL FIELD O’ PAIN:  bear crawl while pushing rock 15 yards, then at 20 yard intervals, ALL WITH ROCK:  10x Turkish getups, 10x prisoner kneels, 10x lunge twist, 10x burpees rock lifts.  Returned back across field doing same thing with 6 reps apiece.  At end zone 15 curls, 10 tricep extensions.

    RING O’ FIRE: 3x around:  hold rock in squat, then extend arms holding  7 secs, and then hold rock directly overhead for one time around

    Count, ID, COT Sharing / Prayer.

    mmmBop is leaving for Hawaii soon… will miss him, but dude I be jelly furreal.

    God bless the F3Nola brotherhood.

  • Buying the Bundle

    Conditions:  Humid

    Warm-UP

    IW x 31; Bat Wings and Moroccan Robin (Forward Arm Circles x 20; Backards Arm Circles x 20, Seal Claps x 25, Overhead Claps x 25, Moroccan Night Clubs x 31) #Crowd Pleaser; Low Slow Squats x 15; Don Quixote x 10; Peter Parker x 15; Merkins x 15; Parker Peter x 15; Justifier Reflection x 15; Flutters x 15

    The Thang

    Bear Crawl to the Rock Pile (approximately 250 yards)

    Carry a Big Rock and a one handed rock to the Gym (approximately 100 yards)

    Wall Work:  Ball to the Wall; Ascending Testicles, Down and Dirty x 15; Chicken Peckers x 15; Hip Slappers x 15

    Carry Rocks back to the Rock Pile (Approximately 100 yards)

    Lunge walk x 40 yards

    Bear Crawl 60 yards

    NMM

    • My advertisement of a Low Impact Workout was more successful than anticipated.  I was pleasantly surprised to see 8 High Impact Men at my Low Impact workout.  I am sure The Boge, MmmmmBop, Vagabond, and even Hand Grenada were up for something Low Impact after the horrible things Hand Grenada made us do on Monday (Basically Sprint a mile with a 35 pound rock on your shoulder).  The meaner, leaner Gabby has been struggling with an injury to his svelty body and also seems to be in some kind of exclusive coffee tasting club with War Eagle and The Boge, which explains why they all wanted to be here.  Tool and JV came from afar because they love intrigue. 
    • After the initial Bear Crawl, Hand Grenada suggested that I with my promise of a low impact workout I was selling him a Bundle of goods that sounded good, but that he in fact did not want or need.
    • I have so missed JV’s labor pains.  They were in fine form during the initial bear crawl
    • There is a lot of perseveration on genitalia in the names of the wall exercises.  I did not name them   I got them off the F3 Nation website.  I can only imagine they were named by a 6th grader in an old man’s body. 
    • I’m a fan of these wall exercises.  Props to Ethanol
    • The new non-shovel Shovel Flag that Vagabond is flying should be the new standard in F3 Nola Shovel Flags. 

  • We’re All Stupid

    Last night, Kenner Bruh declared his intention to fart sac at 8:40pm, so the call went out for a replacement Q for the View. At 9:06pm, YHC volunteered to take the Q, because he had a stupid idea that he wanted to try at the View. As it turns out, the men of F3NOLA are stupid who like to do stupid things. With the promise of nothing more than an unknown stupid F3 workout, the largest number of men ever came out for a beatdown on July 8, 2020 as the View hit 11 participants for the first time. On to the stupid.

    The Warm-Up

    SSH – 20

    Imperial Walkers – 21

    Arm Circles – 20

    The AOC

    Last Wednesday there were 11 large piles of trash and refuse spread across the lake shore from the flag to the Treasure Chest Casino. The distance from pile one to pile 11 was 1.1 miles. YHC planned to use the trash piles as the markers for the longest circle of pain ever at the View. YHC calls it the AOC, a series of Al Gore, Global Warming inducing exercises performed next to the rising waters of Lake Pontchartrain. It’s Stupid.

    Do you know what else is stupid? Whoever cleaned up those trash piles along the lake shore is stupid. YHC crested the levee before dawn this morning and nearly fell down in tears as his precious garbage piles were gone! Never fear, adjustments must be made. Now there will be a round of Circle of Pain every 1/10 of a mile on our run from the flag to the Treasure Chest Casino with a new exercise at each stopping point.

    Circle up for 10 merkins as the other Pax hold Al Gore

    Run 1/10 of a mile

    Circle up for 10 Catalina Wine Mixers as the other Pax hold a plank

    Run 1/10 of a mile

    Circle up for 10 Hello Dollies as the other Pax hold Al Gore

    Rinse and Repeat until the Pax arrives in front of the Treasure Chest. The rest of the exercises: burpees, Wine mixer without the merkin, smurf-jacks, merkins again, American hammers, and Nola Ryans. Can’t remember other exercise YHC called out.

    Jack’s Elevens

    The Pax is now 1.1 miles from the flag, and we need to get back by 6:15. The trip back will be 11s. Stop every 1/10 of a mile and do ascending Jack LaLannes, 1 at stop one and 11 at the flag. The Pax safely arrived with all 11 members at 6:16am. YHC humbly asks for your mercy for going over by one minute.

    The End

    Count-Off, Name-O-Rama, Announcements, and Prayer

    Thank you men for doing stupid with me and for pushing each other to get better day by day. Remember to be in prayer for our sick and injured. We need these men back to push us and call us out if we have slacked off during their absence.

    Be strong and be kind today,

    Rev Sox

  • Symmetry and Justice for All

    It went something like this

    Disclaimer

    Warmup in Cadence (IC)

    IWx20 IC

    SSH x 20 IC

    Arm Circles x 10 front IC x 10 back IC

    Peter Parkers x 25 IC

    Low Plank Parker Peters x 20

    10 Burpees on your own (OYO)

    Mosey to NOMA Fountain

    9 burpees on your own

    RL step up 25

    Dips 20

    LL step up 25

    Dips 15

    RL step up 20

    LL Step up 26 – some mumblechatter about symmetry

    Indian run around Big Lake ¾ mile – stopping periodically for 8 then 7 burpees OYO

    Dora 1,2,3, 100 merkins, 200 jump squats, 300 crunches – Pax 1 ran around museum

    Water Break  – 6 burpees OYO and 7 RL step ups IC

    Mosey to tool wall –

    Calf raises IC x 25

    Inward IC x 20

    Outward IC x 15

    Mosey to great Lawn

    5 burpees OYO, 4 burpees OYO, 3 burpees OYO, 2 burpees OYO,  . . . 1 burpee OYO

    Count off, name a rama, announcements, intentions, pledge of allegiance, prayer

  • Happy Independence Day!

    Happy Independence Day!

    On July 2, 1776 the Second Continental Congress passed the Lee Resolution declaring our independence from Great Britain and King George! Down with the British! Seeing the immense significance of this declaration of independence, John Adams wrote a letter of prophecy to his wife Abigail predicting future celebrations on the 2nd of July. Adams wrote of July 2nd that on this day following generation will celebrate our freedom with Pomp and Parade…Games, Sports, Guns, Bells, Bonfires and Illuminations from one End of this Continent to the other.

    So to celebrate this momentous day in the fulfillment of Adams’ prophecy, the 2nd Annual F3 NOLA Independence Day race was held at Pontiff Park at 5:30am on July 2, 2020.

    13 laps around the track or 3.25 miles to glory

    1. Belloq 24:32
    2. War Eagle 25:10 PR
    3. Rev Sox 26:11
    4. Double Fudge 27:53
    5. Pai Gow 28:51
    6. Vagabond 31:04
    7. Mambi (12 laps) 29:25
    8. Tool (12 laps) 30:04
    9. Hokie Pokey (10 laps)

    Tclaps to Belloq on winning the 2nd Independence Day Race and to War Eagle on running the fastest 5k of his life.

    Ultimate Frisbee

    The Pax split into two teams for Ultimate Frisbee to celebrate Independence Day with games!

    Shirts – War Eagle, Double Fudge, Mambi, Vagabond, and Tool

    Skins – Belloq, Rev Sox, Pai Gow, Hokie Pokey, and Tool

    The shirts won a close, hard fought game by a score of 4-3.

    The End

    Close it out with Hostess Independence Day treats, Count-Off, Name-O-Rama, Announcements, and Prayer

    Thanks for allowing me to lead and putting up with my stupidity,

    Happy Real Independence Day,

    Rev Sox