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Tag: Wisner Mountain

  • 36 degrees, 36 reps – from Rudy

    Brrr.. It was chilly this morning. There’s only one way to stay warm. That’s right – break out the Lucky Bear. That’ll keep YHC warm! But it definitely prompted some strange looks from the other folks getting an early workout under the shelter. BUT I WAS WARM.

    The LVCC was apparently chilly, so Snooze, Mama’s Pride and Kuch waited as long as possible before emerging for the workout. Frac, confused by a large green fuzzy thing, joined the OTHER PAX for his pre-thang burpees. Baywatch, wearing 17 layers, looked almost as warm as YHC. And then Saban. Brave Saban wearing his shorts. What’s he thinking…

    At 5:28, Mahatma decided that it was time for the workout to get started. Patience, big chief! At 5:30, YHC issued the disclaimer. And we were off.

    Warm Up: some stretching, then SSH x36 (one rep for each degree that the Mini reported this am).

    Thing #1: Lucky 7s. 7 minutes. Each minute, 7 burpees then finish out the minute with exercise that YHC names. Kuch was strangely quiet, after griping that his heart rate wasn’t moving during the warm up. FInish with 1 more burpee for an even 50.

    Thing #2: Grab some bricks from the Mini, and lets head to the mountain. Going up and over, we’ll stop at the half-way, top, 3-quarter and bottom. At each stop, the PAX will do 36 reps. But… If you finish early, keep rep’ing until the 6 finishes the 36 reps. YHC won’t point fingers, but a certain jolly green figure was usually leading up the rear. Situps, Squats, Twists, American Hammer, Calf Raises, Carolina Dry Docks, Shoulder Taps and Newton Cradles.

    OK, I GREATLY underestimated how hard 36 Newton Cradles (2 is 1) would be. That took a while, and several pauses. Yikes.

    Mosey back to the shelter for 2 rounds of 18x Wonder Bras in the peoples chair.

    COT: Prayers of comfort for Frac’s sister, having just lost her husband at too early of an age. Thanks, PAX, for dragging yourselves out of the warm comfort of your beds to start the day pushing me to be a better man.

  • Bringing Heavy to Wisner – from Vagabond

    Warmup

    Each pax chose a weight ranging from 25 lbs to 60 lbs, including ruck sacks, weighted vests, sandbags, etc. – carried throughout beatdown in double time across the mountain and back stopping at various intervals for 3 exercises.

    Black Jack 21s (21 reps apiece)

    Light
    -merkin
    -prisoner kneel
    -flutter kick 2is1

    Base 1
    -burpees
    -lunges 2is1
    -sit-ups

    Middle 1
    -donkey kicks
    -imperial squat walkers (4ct)
    -incline wife pleasers

    Base 2
    -alternating toe taps 2is1
    -Bobby Hurley
    -box cutters 1is1

    Middle 2
    -plank ups (4 ct)
    -bob & weave
    -v ups

    Base 2
    -shoulder tap 2is1
    -low slow squat with weight
    -on back alternating toe taps

    Light (did not complete)
    -Nolan Ryan
    -side squat with weight
    -hello dolly

    Extra: Mary

    COT and reminder of F3 Mission

  • end of time – from Jingle Vader

    warm up, up the mountain with blimps, benches, touchdown jesus, etc

  • F3 Oktoberfest 2021 – from Da Parish

    YHC would be attending Deutchas Haus Oktoberfest this weekend. Why not go visit a little early.

    W/U
    – SSH
    – IW
    – HB
    – AC
    – MC
    – JL

    The Deutchas Haus was founded in 1928. Let’s 2-8 stomp over the that Haus. 2 minutes of running and 8 burpees.

    Two rounds Haus Tabatas
    – Rows
    – Derkins
    – Rocky Balboas
    – Irkins
    – Squats

    Mosey over the Mountain to the coupons. No holiday is complete without the Feat of Strength. Oktoberfest honors those who can hold their stein out the longest amount of time. A full stein weighs about 5 lbs. We would be using our coupons with 2 hands. Congrats to Scooter who is our stein holding champion.

    Mosey back to the flag for prayers of thanks and request of health.
    Thank you for the opportunity to lead.
    Da Parish

  • RIP to a Block Named Blayne – from Catfish

    Big day at the mountain, starting with 8-counts at the shelter. Moseyed to the southern side of the mountain for 5 mins of EMOM burpees.

    Moseyed up to the peak for a nice wall-site leg-a-thon. Wall sat with overhead claps, then jump squats. Back to wall sit for seal claps, then monkey humpers. Back to wall sits and moroccan night clubs.

    Moseyed down the south side, then to the block place. Grabbed blocks and paired off for a Dora 1-2-3 with 100 thrusters, 200 merkins, and 300 curls. Didn’t quite finish, because needed some time for the Bitch Block Sacrifice. The Q gave a few words, the Bitch Block was named Blayne (who is a bitch, according to the inscription at the top of the mountain), and then Blayne was crushed to pieces and his remains tossed into Bayou St. John. Pour one out for Blayne, what a bitch. Did a final round of man-makers (in cadence) and replaced the (non-bitch) blocks in the spot.

    Moseyed back to the path to the shelter. Indian run back, then did some Sister Mary Catherines to seal the deal and bring in the rain. Under the shelter for CoT.

  • The Few and the Proud – from Baywatch

    2 PAX held down the fort this morning. Pop Tart and Baywatch.

    Warmup (all IC): 20 SSH; 15 grass grabbers; 15 hillbillies; 10 arm circles (forward and backward).

    Moseyed to the bottom of Wisner Mountain. Did the 3 total treks back and forth across the mountain with 7 8-count body builders at each end and 14 walking lunges on each trek at the top.

    After that, we split 50 burpees, 100 LBCs, 150 squats, 200 penguins, and 250 plank shoulder touches. One PAX ran up the bridge to the third light pole while the other PAX did the exercises and then switched until all completed.

    Moseyed back to the flag. Thanks to Pop Tart for suffering well with me on this Good Friday!

    Announcements, intentions, and prayer.

  • Suck Week Concludes at Wisner MOuntain – from Kuch

    It’s been cold this week, as low as 25 with the real feel in the teens. It’s been rainy too – we’ve been rained on multiple times and there were even a few snow flurries on Wednesday. But when you accept the 3rd F, that workouts are held outdoors regardless of how you feel about the weather that day, you don’t have to worry about all of that.

    Sure, you can dread it. On some level, even the most eager of us dreads running around in freezing rain or 30 mph winds. Simply put – it’s not fun. But when you accept that you’re going to be a bit miserable, that acceptance quickly becomes growth. I’m going to do the hardest thing I’ve got to do today at 5:30 AM. If you’re Saban, you might say, I’m going to run 2 miles in a thunderstorm in 40-degree weather just to get to the workout. Or if you’re Catfish, you might say, I’m going to show up to a 20-something-degree workout in short sleeves.

    This also becomes a challenge to oneself – can I run 8 miles on a freezing stormy morning? Yes. Can I withstand hours of sub-freezing temperatures in short sleeves? Yes. Can I keep this up day after day? Yes. If I can do this, what else can I do?
    Goggins says you have to find the “why” before you’re confronted with the pain. You’ve got to know why you’re subjecting yourself to this kind of punishment, or you’ll crumble when it comes. So what’s your “why”? What got you through workouts this week? What else are you capable of?

    On Friday it was cold and windy. #YaMomandDem, #Catfish, #Saban, #JesusJuice and YHC ran the mountain, and then alternated doing curls, bent over rows, overhead press, and Walleyes to failure. We headed to the middle of the bridge for some Mary IC. And then we ran to the track and did a full CBT run around the track. It never got warm and the wind blew the entire time… and during the COT we gave thanks for that.

    Because we may not have the opportunity next week. Next week might be full of beautiful days that make you feel like doing nothing else than going for an early morning run. Maybe we’ll miss these ice cold days and the ability to test ourselves. Regardless, I think we ended Suck Week strongly.

  • Blayne is a Bitch – from Saban

    I had looked on the Q sheet a few weeks back to sign up for the anniversary of my dad’s passing. Unfortunately there was another anniversary, High Rise had signed up to Q his two year anniversary. Guess it wasn’t meant to be…or was it. Early in the week, High Rise posted that he wasn’t able to take the Q so I jumped on it. Guess it was meant to be!

    I arrived slightly before 5:30 and was surprised to see 9 PAX getting ready to go and one PAX already on burpee #73! Nice work Catfish. A quick disclaimer and we were off. Stayed under the pavilion to get warmed up with:

    SSH X 20
    Imperial Walkers x 15
    Monkey Humpers x 15
    Peter Parker x 15
    Parker Peter x 15
    Mountain Climbers x 15
    10 burpees OYO

    Moseyed over to the mountain

    Let the PAX know that this was the anniversary of my dad’s passing. My dad was a fighter. He had cancer for over 15 years of his life. And each time a new bit of cancer popped up and things got tough he pushed through and overcame. He had it in his kidney, lost that kidney and recovered. He had it in his spine, lost feeling in his legs and was assigned to a wheelchair for the rest of his days but he continued to push. He had it in his knee so they cut off his leg but he pushed on. Even after the doctors issued him his last days. He pushed on for several more months! So what I have planned is going to be tough and will take most of us the whole time to finish but push through and fight until the end!

    This workout was inspired by Tinkles. It was my last workout before I found out that I had Covid. I had gone to Pontiff to support my uptown brother and this is what we did on a football field and it was really tough. I thought doing the workout up the mountain would add another element.

    I guess we can call these Mountain BLIMPS. Also, for some added fun I got to the mountain early to add the names of our late Wisner Mountain grafitti artists – Puke Dick, Dog Dix, Lucid, and of course Blayne is a Bitch. This created some great mumblechatter: How did Puke Dick get his name? Is Dog Dix French and pronounced Dog Dee? Was Blayne a girl or a boy? I guess we will never know…

    The Thang

    Run up 25 yards – 5 burpees – run back down

    Run up 50 yards – 10 burpees – run back down

    Run up 75 yards – 15 burpees – run back down

    Run up 100 yards – 20 burpees – run back down

    Rinse and repeat for Lunges, Imperial Walkers, Merkins, Plank Jacks, and Squats.

    About half of us finished. From there we moseyed back to the pavilion.

    COT, Count-off, Name-orama, announcements, and prayers. Prayed for everyone dealing with Covid and for everyone to be present to the loved ones that we still have in our lives. Thankful that my dads legacy can live on through F3!

  • Ain’t No Mountain High Enough – from Mama’s Pride

    Eight pax started off with a warm up of side straddle hops, grass grabbers, imperial walkers, and windmills. After the warmup, the group moseyed over to the mountain.

    The Thang
    The pax broke up into two teams of four for a friendly competition. The teams had to race back and forth across the mountain while stopping about every 100 meters to do 100 reps of a workout. Whenever the first team member reached 100 reps of the exercise, the whole team ran 100 meters and did the next exercise. The exercises were:
    Big Boy Sit Ups
    Merkins
    Jump Squats
    Mountain Climbers (2=1)
    Low Flutter Kicks (1=1)
    LBCs
    Derkins
    Lunges (1=1)
    Side Straddle Hops
    Burpees

    For the last round, every teammate had to complete 50 burpees and 50 of any other exercise of their choice so every had 100 reps on the last round.

    After the exercise was over, the pax regrouped and Washington Football/Cleveland Baseball team ran back to the flag for the COT.

  • Ist das nicht ein F3?

    Guten Tag. Ist das F3. Ich heiße Da Parish. Modify if needed. Since Oktoberfest was cancelled for 2020, YHC decided that F3 would not be deterred. Bavaria will be celebrated; if not with beer, with soreness and fun! Grab the speaker; turn on the Polka; and get at it.

    w/u

    • SSH
    • IW
    • HB
    • AC
    • MC
    • JL

    The Thang – Mosey to the Deutsches Haus for 2 rounds of Tabata’s

    • Box Jumps
    • Rows
    • Grizzcalator (merkins up/down stairs)
    • Dips

    Mosey to the top of the Moutain for the Chicken Dance – Sitting in the People’s Chair, perform the “Chicken Dance” with hand closing, chicken wings, and air presses. Then during the chorus, sprint to the end of the guard fence and back into your people’s chair.

    Mosey to the bottom of the Mountain for “Ist Das Nicht Mary?”

    Mosey back to the pavilion for Couterama, Namerama, and COT

    NMM – YHC had placed a level of confidence in his High School Alma Mater, that they would victoriously prevail over the evil empire that occupies Banks & Carrollton. Alas, the powers that be felt that humility was yet required for at least one more year by the HIMs at 5500 Paris Ave. As a HIM of his word, YHC dawned on the revolting colors of PMS Reflex Blue & White; and upon his chest stood the mark of the beast. No further wagers shall be placed upon YHC’s School of Hero’s for the foreseeable future.

    Thank you for the opportunity to lead. SYITG