Tag: Wolfpack Mountain

This was going to be a good day. First, my good friend and EH’er (CAPS LOCK) was in town from Nashville and was pumped to post with us. Second, the gloom was uncharacteristically mild for June in the Big Easy. Then, upon arrival, I find out it’s 86’s birthday (44, which is going to take some getting used to). Jadeveon tried to ruin it by claiming the Q, but was kind enough to let me keep it.  Let’s mosey.

Over to the base of the mountain and start our climb by:

• Sprinting the inclines and jogging the flats to Level 4
• Back pedaling the inclines and jogging the flats from Level 4 to the top

Knock out AMRAP of Merkins while waiting on the 6, and then headed down to the bottom of the last incline to celebrate 86’s birthday. Seaman even sang to him:

• Partner up, first partner runs up the incline and back down while the other does Burpees, then swap. Alternate until 86 total Burpees completed

Mosey down to the benches for:

• Dips x 20
• Right Leg Power Ups x 20
• Left Leg Power Ups x 20
• Derkins x 10
• Shoulder Taps x 20

Then because “each man who is in F3 should consider himself willing and ready to lead” (or was it because YHC hadn’t made it this far in planning this workout) we circled up for some Potluck Mary:

• Freddie Mercury x 10
• Flutter Kicks x 10
• Leg Lifts x 10
• Sit Ups x 10
• Freddie Mercury x 10
• Peter Parker x 10
• Parker Peter x 10
• Box Cutters x 10
• Right Hip Lifts x 10
• Left Hip Lifts x 10
• Dying Cockroach x 10
• X’s and O’s x 10
• American Hammer x 10
• Penguins x 10
• Pickle Pounders x 10
• LBT x 10
• Mission Impossible 10 40 count (thanks Rudy)

Quick pit stop at Touchdown Jesus for Curb Crawls, then back to the flag for the COT: Count-O-Rama, Name-O-Rama (welcomed one FNG and named him Aubie due to YHC’s love for his alma mater), Announce-O-Rama (Mothership is at The Birdcage/Skinny Saturday morning at 8 and the F3 founders, Dredd and OBT are posting), and Ball of Man.

Much obliged for the opportunity to lead. SYITG,

– Buckle Bunny

“He must have thought that it was quite a joke

And it got a lot of laughs from a lot of folks

It seems I’ve had to fight my whole life through…

But I made me a vow to the moon and stars

That I’d search the honky-tonks and bars

And kill that man who give me that awful name…”

For the record, I love my F3 name, but can’t help but identify with poor ol’ Sue every time we run through the Name-O-Rama. So when I got tapped for my VQ the only sure thing was that it would be a nod to the Man in Black. First the disclaimer…

“My name is Sue! How do you do!? Now you’re gonna die!”

Mosey over to the base of the Mountain for a little warm up

• SSH x 20
• Imperial Walkers x 20
• Smurf Jacks x 20
• Imperial Walker Squats x 20

Next we make two single file lines for an Indian Run to the top. At the top we circle up for a little Johnny Cash/Ring of Fire

• PAX hold a plank, first man does 5 Merkins, then the next, then the next, until we’ve made it all the way around the circle

Back down to the bottom of the mountain where we again make two single file lines for an Indian Run back to the top. At the top we grab a spot on the wall for some more Johnny Cash/Ring of Fire… or let’s call this Walk the Line

• PAX hold a People’s Chair, first man does 10 Monkey Humpers, then the next, etc., etc., until we’ve walked the whole line

Mosey down to Touchdown Jesus and line up for some Curb Crawls

• Start in decline plank position with feet on the curb, knock out 15 Derkins, Bear Crawl to the opposite curb,15 Incline Merkins, Reverse Bear Crawl back to original position, 10 Derkins, Bear Crawl, 10 Incline Merkins, Reverse Bear Crawl, 5 Derkins, Bear Crawl, 5 Incline Merkins, Reverse Bear Crawl, and recover

Now let’s circle up for Mary in the style of…you guessed it, Johnny Cash!

• PAX on their 6 holding legs at 6″, first man does 5 Crunchy Frogs, then the next, etc., etc., all the way around
• PAX in plank position, first man does 10 Pickle Pounders, then the next, etc., etc., all the way around

Mosey back the the flag for the COT, Count Off, Name-O-Rama, Announce-O-Rama (Grow Ruck, Bar-A-Thon), and Ball of Man.

“Son this world is rough

And if a man’s gonna make it he’s gotta be tough

And I knew I wouldn’t be there to help you along

So I give you that name and I said goodbye

I knew you’d have to get tough or die

And it’s that name that helped to make you strong…”

It was a privilege to lead you boys. SYITG,

Buckle Bunny

15 PAX posted…well 14. I guess Douille had some business to attend to in the first circle or maybe he got up this AM so that he could do 20 SSH and that was enough. Or maybe once he saw that Shorty was a no-show he decided a spontaneous beatdown by RY wasn’t worth sticking around for?

Walking up to the PAX waiting in front of the park – I suspected that Shorty might Fartsack. Not because that has possibly happened before but mostly because I forgot my ruck on Wed. So it was possibly a revenge fartsack? Can we have one of those.

I took the Q- because lets not waste time.
COP 1 in front of Tulane.
SSH, Imp Walker Squats, Mtn Climbers, Smurf Jacks, and Monkey Humpers
x 20
10 All American Body Builders OYO not burpees

Then we mosey’d to Wolfpack Mtn. We ran to the TOP do each stage of a BLIMPS on the way up at each side of the garage. 5 burpees on level 1 south, 10 lunges on level 2 north, 15 imp walkers level 2 south ,etc until we got to the top. Started over after squats. Instead of plank and wait we did BLIMPS until the 6 arrived.

At the TOP – we did 10 min of Mary.
LBC, Peter Parkers, LBT, Parker Peters, Crab Toe Touch, Pickle Pounders, Russian Twists, and Merks x 20

Mosey down the stairs – at the benches, dips, decline merks, power up left, power up right. Circled up in the quad and we did 20 lunge jumps, and 10 merks and 20 lunge jumps. Sprinted to the virtual flag.

I have a great weinke for this AO in mind but I need more warning to pull it off – NEXT TIME!

It was a pleasure to lead.

RY

The weather, the serenity of an empty park, 100 year old oak trees, the view of downtown from uptown, shouting cadence over the rumble of a street car, guys gathered for the betterment of the others, God’s blessings-  All things I thought of this morning and all or which make a workout suddenly very easy.

The Thang:

Mosey downtown direction from the fountain to the terraced lawn at Loyola for a warm up:

• SSH X 30
• Seal Jack X 30
• Smurf Jack X 30
• Plank Jack X 30

Mosey up Calhoun and into quad for some bench work:

• Box Jumps X 20
• Freak Nasty X 20
• Split lunge, R leg X 20, L leg X 20
• Decline mercan X 10, Shoulder taps X 20, decline mercan X 10

Mosey to the Mountain:

• Indian run to the top, enjoy the view, stairs back to ground
• Repeat

Mosey to Loyola great lawn for some Mary, this grass is cold!:

• Putins X 25
• LBC X 25
• Rosalita X 25

Mosey to the neutral ground:

• B (5)
• L (10)
• I (15)
• M (20)
• P (25)
• S (30)

Mosey back to the flag and its 6:15.  Count off, nameorama, announcements (Grow Ruck!), intentions (Yankees mom continues to recover well), and ball of man.  The Q is grateful of God’s gifts and a prayer to help us lift up others.  Thanks for the opportunity to lead!

 

When I arrived JV told me that Pontiff was doing yoga today as preparation for the mudder tomorrow.  I really wish I had the foresight to think of that but oh well, I am worse at yoga than counting.

We started out with a mosey in the direction of Cooter Browns, in the St Patrick’s Day Spirit, but I thought better of that so we proceeded to the pull up bars on Ferret.

Split into 3 groups:

Round 1

10 pull ups for the count

merkins to shoulder taps

squats to seated on the ledge

Round 2

10 leg raises for the count

dips

monkey humpers

Mosey to the parking garage:

Partnered up:

Round 1

partner ran to top of the garage then 20 burpees and returned down the nearest stairs

other partner did traveling walk outs alternating between:

10 imperial walker squats

10 merkins

10 air press

then we switched

Round 2

partner ran of opposite stairs to the top and did 10 v-up and returned down closest stairs

other partner performed:

50 lbc

50 flutter kicks

50 dying cockroaches

then we switched

Mosey to the flag, count off, name-o-rama, prayer.  No counting was butchered or awkward yoga poses performed…

 

Thanks,

86

 

 

 

 

This morning, it was decided that our group needed a little more prep time before attempting the Maltz Challenge.  We considered the components, specifically the pull ups and knees-to-elbows, and thought a bit more training might be in order, lest we all spend all day at the park.

Warmup was a quick mosey to mid-Loyola campus near the library.  We did 20 x SSH and 15 x one legged arm circles forward and back.

We then mosey’d to ROTC zone where we broke into 4 groups: knees-to-elbows, dips, LBTs and decline planks.  Count was 15 KTEs the first go round and then 10 on round 2.  Then we contemplated what it might be like to have done 25 more.  And then 50 pull ups.

We then mosey’d to the stairs at the Rec Center.  We ran up the stairs and planked at the top.  Then we ran down the ramps and at each level chair’d until the 6 arrived, and held for 10 seconds thereafter.

When we got done with that garage, we headed to Wolfpack Mountain.  We again ran up the stairs and planked.  At the top we did a potluck Mary.  And then we ran down the ramps with BTTW at each level until 6 arrived, then held for 10 additional seconds.

We then headed back to the flag and arrived right at 0615.

We kept MSgt. Maltz in our minds as we prayed and ended.  I look forward to completing his challenge one day soon.