F3 New Orleans

Author: briefs-adamstumpf

  • Rinse and Repeat at the Foundry

    Made the standard introduction and disclaimer.

    Mosey to “second set” of trees. 

    Circled-up to Warm-up which consisted of: 

    Monkey humpers
    Grass grabbers 
    arm circles  
    Self love 
    Imperial  walkers

    Moseyed to first tree of the “second set” and lined up tree to tree. 

    Bear crawled to each tree of the “second set” – performed 5 merkins at each tree of the “second set” for a total of 6 sets of trees or 30 merkins.
    Plank and wait for the six. 
    Lunge walked back to the first tree of the “second set” – performed 15 squats at each tree
    Al gore and wait for the six. 

    RINSE AND REPEAT then…

    Moseyed to the track where we broke up into two columns and…

    Bataan death marched – 2 burpees for the caboose – for one lap around the track. End at the warm up section where we circled-up for freddy mercuries, lbc’s, flutter kicks.

    Another Bataan death march lap then big boy sit ups, American hammers and penguins at the warm-up area.

    One more death march lap then….

    5 monkey humpers to finish up. 

    Moseyed to the flag at 6:15 where we had count-off, name-o-rama, announcements, intentions and prayer.

    Thanks for the opportunity to lead. 

    PAX: BRIEFS, UNDERTAKER, YA MOM AND DEM, BREADTICKS, BOO BOO, ABACUS, RUDY, TOOL, SHEETROCK, DIRTY DELL, SCREWTOP, GAINES, MMMBOP

  • beatdown IN the lake

    THE SCENE: Spooky Times at Okwata (Tropical Storm Conditions/Flooding).

    F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER Yes! 

    WARM-O-RAMA:
    From the flag, the PAX moseyed around the Mardi Gras fountain and ended up at the grassy area between the Mardi Gras Fountain and Lakeshore Drive where the PAX completed: 

    13 PUMPKIN PICKERS, 

    13 SCARECROW ARM CIRCLES (forward and backward), 

    13 GOBLIN HUMPERS, 

    13 BAT WING FLAPS, and

    13 FRANKENSTEIN WALKERS.  

    JUMPING JACK-O-LATERNS didn’t make the cut.    

    THA-THANG:

    The PAX partnered up for “40 MINUTES OF HELL!”  

    The PAX Pairs completed:

    • 50 Burpees 
    • 300 Squats 
    • 300 Little Baby Arm Circles
    • 150 Merkins
    • 300 Imperial Walkers
    • 200 Shoulder Presses

    COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
    8 PAX in Total: Dirty Dell, Breadsticks, Shuffles, Sogo, Jingle Vader, Sheetrock, Pop Tart , Briefs (Q)

    CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
    COT convened.  The PAX kept each other in our prayers as the conditions were turning ugly all around us.  We also prayed for all of the trick-or-treaters and their families tonight.  

    ANNOUNCEMENTS:
    Mothership/Muscleship battle/convergence on Saturday.

    THOUGHTS/SHOUT-OUTS

    A lot of the great things about F3 were on display this morning.  The beatdown was certainly a physical challenge, but it was equally (or even more of) a test of mental strength.

    The wind was relentless.  The rain didn’t let up.  We were getting drenched by a fountain during parts of the exercise.  The puddles we ran through were more like lakes.  The streets were flooding all around us.  But, we pushed through, carrying and supporting each other along the way.  The brotherhood component to F3 was on full display. 

    Following the COT @ the warm-o-rama location we sprinted to our vehicles due to the deteriorating conditions. The flooding at the lake was severe.  Water was literally less than an inch from entering my car.   Everyone got in their cars and began to navigate the roadways to get to the the other side of the levee.  The best part of the entire morning, in my opinion, happened at this moment.  From my car, I see Sogo in the middle of Lakeshore Drive out of his truck with his emergency lights flashing.  I stopped to ask him if he needed me to call someone to help.  I thought for sure he was the one in need of help.  I was mistaken. He was the one helping others!  After going through 40 MINUTES OF HELL!; being pelted by wind and rain for the entire morning and presumably still being cold and definitely still wet and it was still raining and windy, Sogo was thinking of others in need.    

    Seeing this was the most inspiring part of the morning (and that is saying a lot because everyone was inspiring this morning).  

    We were between a levee and a lake with water coming from all angles, but we were together making ourselves better.  Thanks to those that came out.  I now prefer the rainy mornings. 

  • VQ AT THE STOMP

    15 strong at The Stomp for a straightforward run for my VQ.  
    The exercise:  run 20 minutes out then 20 minutes in with 10 burpees at the halfway mark.  

    Following a quick explanation that consisted of the entirety of the previous paragraph and the obligatory disclaimer (for the record, I am not a personal trainer nor I am a professional one – thanks, Fracsac) we were off and running.  Thanks to Rev Sox for taking the FNG under his wing and relieving me of my duties to explain the route. 

    Despite the conditions (extreme mugginess) and the midway burpees, all 15 finished strong with 3 minutes to spare.  We stretched then circled for countoff, name-o-rama, intentions then prayer.    

    Three key observations:  
    1. @smooth is still fast; 
    2. given the thick and muggy air conditions, tank top Tuesday participants were at an advantage; 
    3. 10 burpees wreck havoc on pace.

    Thanks to everyone for the encouraging words for my VQ.  It is an honor to be part of the group.  This exercise was not the most complicated or creative to lead, but it was still highly satisfy.  Thanks for the push, @kuch and @craigjcordes.

    The Skinny
    • T-claps to Rev Socks for bringing out Tua.
    • Turns out Tua’s wife went to Alabama so we got the name right (he went to LSU).  
    • Did I already say burpees make running the second half of 20/20 more challenging?