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  • Round Robin!!!

    With a recent resurgence of F3 posters at the Marsh,  this Gloom would provide the opportunity for a round robin of sorts.. Knowing the Q was out on IR would allow for a mixed bag of goodies like rolling through a drive thru at Red Robin to get your hand into a greasy bag of salty fries on a summer vacation across an interstate near you.. 6 PAX descended on the Marsh to become better and to start the week off right. Captain-Chief Sparkles with push broom in hand cleared the center court circle as if he were Prepping for an inspection by the city of Mandeville recreational department. As in BB past we know the Marsh never lacks the need for a pickup of sorts following a festive weekend. Grabbing the BULL @OCHO YHC took the lead to assemble the men around center court and extend his thoughts of a round robin for this beatdown.. Taking the first 15-20 min YHC started the PAX with a warmup series of 20 IC Seal Jacks, 20 IC  Monkey Humpers (yes in the warmup Bushwacker), 15 IC Windmills, 10 IC Armcircles out forward/up inward and reversed for a total of 4 rounds. Concluded with 20 IC SSH..

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    As I peered into the thoughts of  fellow brethren Bushwacker we took to the baseline for 5 Burpees sprint the court, 10 Burpees sprint the court 15 Burpees sprint the court 20 Burpees. Rinsed and repeated with 2 other exercises  same counts Steve’s Groiners and completed with Squats. Passed the baton to Bushwacker for a core crippling experience. Partnered up for 200 flutterkicks, 200 Putin’s, 200 Bicycles and 500 LBCs. Partner 1 ran suicides free throw, half court, free throw and other baseline while partner 2 took to his six keeping count with partner assuming count upon return till completion of each exercise. Upon completion baton handed off to Waterpik for the closeout who makes sure we get in the ISI on the day or at least conquer some to make the thought of getting the rest done seem like a cake walk. We head to the play ground area of mulch at the suggestion of the author as he recalled producing a a blister of sorts on his dairy air a few weeks back and was not looking to replicate.. On arrival we take to our 6 for 20 rower sit-ups, 10 Merkins, 20 more rower sit-ups finishing with 20 Merkins..

    Assemble back to the shiny circle for count off, announcements and COT..

    YHC lead us in prayer.

    Appreciate the post F3 brethren and the accountability to become a better man..

    👍🏻✌🏻👊🏻

  • Obstacle Course on the Mandeville Lakefront

    The idea was simple: raid my junk filled garage to come up with some objects to create an obstacle course on the Mandeville Lakefront for the Saturday morning beatdown.  Here’s how it went, more or less.

    Short warm up, then mosey down the Lakefront to the large grassy area for some fun.  (at least that was the original idea)

    PAX lines up behind a set of cones while one man at a time starts running the course.   When one man finishes the first obstacle, the next man goes until everyone is on the course.  The first obstacle was hurtles (2 ice chests and a wagon). Second obstacle…I took the net off of my son’s field hockey goal.  It was perfect to crawl under, or you could pretend you were sliding head first into second base.  PAX moves on to third station.  And on, and on it went.  There were a total of 7 stations. Before moving on to the next station, each man had to complete an exercise.  Here’s a flavor of the exercises we completed: merkins, hello dollys, flutter kicks, Steve’s groiners, burpees, putins, squats, jump squats, sister mary katherines, etc.  After 8 grueling trips through the obstacle course, time was up.  It was time to…

    mosey back to flag for announcements, countarama, and thanks to Maverick for praying us out.

    thanks for letting me lead today, men.  and thanks for helping me become a better version of myself.

    Waterpik

  • Helping Hands

    There have been many times that QIC has thought about coupons to spice up a beatdown. Honestly there has also been a  lot of forgetfulness or unpreparedness that has spoiled such ideas. Not this time! Gentlemen, we have garbage bags! Turning the scramble into an easter-egg hunt of sorts, the PAX was prepared to rid our 5k route of every scrap of litter it spied.

    Beginning in a more intentionally subdued manner:

    10 deep inhalations and exhalations (eyes closed IC)

    15 toe touches IC

    Off we went! Unfortunately (or fortunately, depending on who you asked) YHC didn’t grab quite enough garbage bags, and so Chewy and Sprocket mosied empy-handed, more able to focus on their run. The rest of the PAX, upon entering the stretch of road leading to the vaulted, though never close, gates of sunset point, were scrambling at every wayward piece of refuse the eye could detect.

    Upon Pelican and my later-than-the-rest return due to a little Wacker gimpiness, there was  just enough time for 1 throw of the Dice O Doom by The Pelican himself. Much to the PAX’s delight, 25 putins were all the Dice demanded of them. Waterpik prayed us out, and cold water was had by all!

    As some altruistic professionals are never off-duty, Chewy took the time to do a little diagnostics on YHC’s leg issues. I’ve always been quite impressed by the glimpses I’ve had of his knowledge, as well as the true passion he has for his craft. Final diagnosis: there’s a broken Bushwacker who has a lot of “pre gametime” work to do.

    Many thanks, gentlemen. I appreciate you all more than you could know.

  • The Marsh Was HOPPIN’ today, Boys!

    When YHC pulled up at the always quiet, very dark Basketball Court at the corner of Livingston and Lamarque, a spot known by our band of F3 brothers as the Milestone Marsh, there was a car slowly patrolling the area.  Driving slowly, first it passed on Livingston street, then it turned on Lamarque street, and finally the car parked next to mine and a guy got out.  But the person who emerged wasnt one of the regulars -Bushwacker, Shooter, etc.  This was a new car, an unknown one. After a while, we all can recognize our F3 compadres as soon as they round the corner by the car they drive.  We can always identify who drives what car, from which direction they usually come, where they usually park, and… if they usually come in HOT or not to the workouts.  (Unless you are OCHO and you sleep at the AO!).  By this time, I was trying to figure out who this guy was, certain, at some point, I would recognize him.  But, he was avoiding eye contact, and keeping his distance as I was at center court, our normal meeting point.  Long story short, he was an FNG, who lived in Hawaii, went to Duke University, and now works for Chevron.  He was EH’ed by co-worker, Sea Bass.  Here’s a BIG WELCOME to FNG, COCONUTS!

    Warmup: SSH, HK, BK, GM, WM all IC x 15

    Mosey to Lakefront for some action at RIPS:

    One member of Pax runs up and over the staircase at Rips while the other members do an exercise.  When one man goes up and over, the next man goes, until everyone is done.  Then, rinse and repeat with a new exercise.  Here’s a sampling, a taste, if you will, of the exercises: merkins, squats, lunges, flutterkicks, calf raises, Rocky Balboa’s.

    Mosey across the street to seawall.

    Starting at sidewalk, one man does an animal walk (this morning it was bearcrawl, crabwalk, duck walk). to seawall while Pax does an exercise (Al Gore, lunges). Sorry, Turbo, for leaving out the Ostrich walk, and OCHO for not sprinkling in your monkey humpers.

    Then it was ISI (rower sit-ups) sets of 10 x 4, alternating w/ 10 merkins x 4.

    Mosey back to Marsh.  COT, and YHC prayed us out!

    Thanks, fellas, for letting me lead and making me a better version of myself.

    Waterpik

     

  • Post July 4th Scramble

    YHC and Shooter  descended upon Mandeville City Hall on July 5th a little weary from Turbo’s July 4th Patriotic beatdown combined with a full day of holiday activities due to the rare mid-week day off.  On this particular gloomy Thursday, it just felt like a Monday.  But, both Shooter and YHC acknowledged a sense of accomplishment that we passed Jocko Willink’s first test of our day, getting out of bed at the sound of the alarm clock. So off we went and here’s what we did, more or less.

    Warmup: SSH, Toe touches, WM, GM. all IC x 10.

    5k run.  It seemed the Mandeville Pier at Sunset Point was a happening place this 4th of July as there was an over abundance of trash to collect (as has become the custom of the F3 Pax at the Scramble).

    After the 5k, mosey to the playground equipment for ISI, some pull-ups, Merkins and some Putins.

    YHC prayed us out.  Thanks to the always dependable, Shooter, for joining me for the weekly 5k.  I appreciate the companionship, it makes me a better man.

     

     

  • Duty Calls

    Making ourselves better is in many ways a critical first step towards making a positive impact on our friends, families and communities.  This simple statement is a core tenant and one of the things YHC loves most about F3.  Making ourselves better requires discipline and hard work.  No one can make you better except for yourself.  You must answer the call of duty if you want to project positive force in the world.  Teddy Roosevelt had this figured out.  He observed “the things that will destroy America are prosperity at any price, peace at any price, safety first instead of duty first, the love of soft living, and the get rich quick theory of life.”  Amen.

    In this spirit, five patriots gathered under The Gipper’s gaze to celebrate their 4th of July with some hard work.  Mosey to the St. Tammany Parish Justice Center for a warmup of SSHs, Windmills, Seal Jacks, and Overhead Hand Claps, all IC 10 to 15 reps with trips up and down the Justice Center stairs between exercises.  Then it was off to the animal races with:

    30 yard Ostrich walk, 70 yard strides, and repeat in the opposite direction.  Rinse and repeat with Crabwalks, Bear Crawls, Lizard Walks, and Duck Walks.

    Mosey to the Veterans Memorial at the front of the Justice Center for 30 seconds each of front to back jumps and lateral jumps with a short pause to reflect that we as Americans may be blessed with freedom, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, but the duty is ours to manifest and maximize those gifts through our actions and words.

    Mosey to the top of the Parking Garage where we performed a 7 minute AMRAP of sprints down the ramp, climbs up the stairs, and short run back to the starting point complete the loop.

    Mosey to the back of the Justice Center for 30 seconds each of lateral box jumps.

    Then back to The Gipper for our ISI challenge of the day (30 rower situps IC), countorama, nameorama, and prayer.

    Thanks for letting me lead guys.

    God Bless America!

     

  • Remembering Wilt!!

    Following the start of free agency for the NBA with record breaking contracts of just 4 top players eclipsing 600 million the YHC decided to reminisce about an old baller back in the day. Although we wouldn’t be throwing around the millions this Gloom we paid tribute to one of the greats on the court. The Marsh with its full court available laid tribute to some of the down payment on this beatdown.

    warmup

    All IC 15 toe touches, good mornings, windmills, SSH and Butt kicks..

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    Started off with”Wilt Chamberlains” 100 LBCs, sprint the court to the other end 100 Squats, sprint back 100 Flutter kicks, sprint again and wrap up with 100 leg lunges. Started a Mosey down Lamarque to the lakefront and hooked a right to the corner of Girod and Lakeshore. Arriving with the smells of cigarette smoke coming through the walls of a local saloon Q instructed the next round which is “Wall of fire” with a twist. Waterpik held balls to the wall while YHC completed 10 Merkins, 10 LBCs and 10 Burpees then reversed positions. Round 2 10 Werkins, 10 Flutter kicks and 10 Burpees. Round 3 10 hand release Merkins, 10 Putin’s and 10 Burpees.  Much respect to Waterpik who never released from the wall, unlike the Q who had to take breaks through the balls to the wall to salvage potential face plants on the concrete surface.. After a gathering of composure we began the journey back to the AO for a close with the ISI by Steve this month starting with 20 sit-ups.. Go get some men increasing by 5 daily which will prove interesting toward the end of July.

    2 count, announced 4 on 4th, Q prayed us into the day!!

    Thanks for posting Waterpik and keeping me accountable to not only myself but also the AO!!

    ✌🏻👊🏻👍🏻

  • 8ball Qball

    YHC’s first Saturday Q:

    BACKSTORY: YHC stayed out late the night before and still hadn’t formed the plan…but it was done by about 02:00 when YHC finished his festivities. As a precaution not to fartsack the Q YHC drove to the location and, after attaching a note to the window that said “WAKE THE Q”, turned down the seat and went to sleep until the morning. But the note wasn’t necessary as YHC just shot up awake at 06:00. Fortunately YHC awoke early because, like every morning, there was a sycamore down under if you catch my driftwood…err drift. After running behind a dumpster behind a building to fix the situation, YHC returned to start the thang.

    YHC skipped the foreplay and awaited the rest of the PAX that would show.

     

    Warmup:

    Monkey Humpers, imperial walkers, windmills, monkey humpers

    The Thang:

    1.) partnered up, one person does sit-ups while the other is lunging with twist approx. 30yds and return back with side shimmy to switch with partner until 200 sit-ups reached.

    2.) partnered up, one planks while other sprints same distance back and forth. 10 rounds.

    3.) partnered up, “Bad Dog” one bear crawls while other is in front of them back peddling 30 yds. Then switch roles back to start line. 5 rounds.

    4.) duck duck goose abs circle – PAX in a circle doing flutter kicks until everyone takes a turn sprinting around the circle. Second round was same thing but with Freddy Mercuries.

    COOL DOWN

    ran back to flag, monkey humpers

    COT, BOM – jul 4th event announced by Turbo

    new FNG = ZOOLANDER

     

  • One to grow on!!

    With another year in the books the YHC arrived at the Scramble on his birthday Q. To no surprise the regulars, with the exception of one Bushwacker 🤔decided to post and celebrate in the festivities. Jumped into a short warmup before we embarked on our standard Scramble route..

    Warmup

    15 IC Toe touches

    15 IC Windmills

    15 IC SSH

    Started our Mosey with Chatter of the previous nights Arkansas/Oregon State game ending in a way, which surly would have a betting man thinking how did that just happen.. Come on!! Let’s hope a routine  pop up with 2 outs to win your first Ship doesn’t come back to put the Razor in their Backs figuratively speaking.. Enough with the hate of an SEC foe, go Hogs!! Returned to the AO for 42 Merkins and two rounds of  protractor with each PAX calling out a degree of leg extensions.  Something the Q picked up in his travels to Charlotte this past weekend.. Closed with 21 IC LBCs. For those with better math skills than I equals  42 hence the one to grow on..

    Appreciate the post gentleman!!

    Count, announcements (Choppa considering a Q featuring a beefed up Murph at a post near you), COT

    Much thanks to Sprocket for the pray out into the day!!!

     

  • Simply Super without Super Steve!!

    With Grandmas House missing Super Steve,who could by the way pass for 21.  YHC decided to bring back an old beatdown which would prove to be Super Simple. At least in terms of the amount of variations of work, but by the end would prove rewarding in the completion of “Super 21!!” No ID required for this venue.. The post did produce the youthful Waterpik and Pelican who probably get ID checked upon checkout at your local grocer when they throw up the occasional bottle of say “Makers Mark” or perhaps “Woodridge reserve.” Either way there would be no drinking on this Gloom only humid air and perspiration which neither requires ID checks so let’s begin…

    breif warmup

    20 IC SSH

    20 IC Imperial Hillbillies (Think that’s the name) Quickly learned that’s one of those long counts that this public educated Q had no business trying to conduct..

    15 IC Front/Back Arm circles

    20 IC Toe touches

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    Moseyed around the corner to the Treen center parking area. Instructions Super 21. For those not familiar with the Lexicon 1 Merkin and 1 ab excersise (FK), Mosey halfway around the building 2 Merkins 2 FK, Mosey halfway 3 Merkins 3 FK, etc. etc. etc. On completion of reps 7, 14 and 21 we incorporated some lower half. 7 (Squats x21), 14 (SMK x21) and 21. (Jump squats x21). In total 231 Merkins and 231 Flutter kicks with 52-1/2 leg reps and a total of 2.2 miles I believe mentioned by the Pelican.. Once completed Moseyed back to flag with 5 min to spare. Held 1 min elbow plank, right and left and closed with 30 IC LBCs..

    count, announce, COT

    Q closed in prayer!

    Appreciate the post gentleman and the chance to lead!!

    Till the next Gloom ✌🏻!!