F3 New Orleans

Author: Jingle Vader

  • Just Sittin’ Around

    With flash flood warnings from NOAA, would YHC have shown up if he wasn’t to be the Q? Would he have just turned around and gone home if no PAX had showed up? We will never know the answers to these questions because a trusty PAX joined YHC. While the Wolfpack PAX may have played it say to seek higher ground, YHC and PAX would have none of that: grab life, don’t run from it.

    Although uptowners are reluctant to step out of their box, the PAX moseyed through the rain with their Gibraltars farther than usual for a Friday for a short warm up:

    Good Morning 25xIC
    Windmills 15xIC
    SSHs 20xIC

    Because it was, to put it mildly, muddy, the danger of slipping was high. So your QHC decided the PAX needed to just sit around with their Gibraltars and avoid unnecessary injury. Good time to talk about new Netflix series, musicals that First Graders like, grunts and groans, typical mumble chatter for guys with time to shoot the breeze.

    Peoples Chair 1:00
    Shoulder Press 20xIC
    Peoples Chair 1:00
    Curls 20xIC
    Peoples Chair 1:00
    Rows 20xIC
    Peoples Chair 1:00
    Tricep curls behind hear 20xIC
    Peoples Chair 1:30 (or, as some would say, eternity)

    Rinse and repeat.

    Incline Merkins 20xIC
    Channing Tatums 20xIC
    Dips 20xIC
    Tatum Channings 20xIC
    Derkins 12xIC

    Peoples Chair (sans Gibraltar) 1:30
    Peoples Chair (still sans Gibraltar) 1:30
    Peoples Chair (thank God, sans Gibraltar) 2:00 (or beyond eternity)

    Tired of sitting’ around, time for a little Mary: LBCs 100xIC

    Mosey back to rock pill for a quick Namorama, thanks for rain, and prayers for wisdom and comfort.

  • Twelve score ago today…

    YHC hopes that NOLA pax were scattered across our great land today, ‘cuz just three stalwart PAX showed up in the gloom to celebrate the 240th anniversary of our great nation. 1776: that’s 17 plus 76, which in turn is four times 19. Because YHC usually sweats too much to carry a winkie that’s readable after about 5 minutes, he just had to remember that each COP should follow the patriotic pattern 17 and then 19+19+19+19.

    COP One (warm-up, not that it is remotely cool outside):
    17xIC Side Straddle Hops
    19xIC Peter Parkers
    19xIC Parker Peters
    19xIC Mountain Climbers
    19xIC Good Mornings (both stretch forward and stretch back)

    COP Two (with real rocks, not those little pebbles in Pass Christian like Rudy found):
    17xIC Overhead lifts
    19xIC Rows
    19xIC Squats
    19xIC Touching the Stars (diagonally up to the left and then up to the right for each rep)
    19xIC Curls (deadly at the end)

    COP Three (at picnic benchs under shelter):
    17xIC Incline Merkins
    19xIC Right Leg Step-Ups
    19xIC Dips
    19xIC Left Leg Step-Ups
    19xIC Full Sit-ups (with feet on picnic benches)

    COP Four (no rest for the weary):
    three rounds of People’s Chair, each for about 93 seconds (i.e, 17 plus 19+19+19+19)
    round one: just sit and enjoy the view
    round two: include some overhead lifts
    round three: include some curls

    COP Five (after mosey to playground):
    Three sets of a circuit of pull-ups, LBCs and Incline Merkins
    round one: 7 pull-ups for the base line
    round two: 6 pull-ups for the base line
    round three: 6 pull-ups for the base line
    [QHC accounced that the three were supposed to add up to 17, but YHC can’t count very well all the time and apparently neither can the rest of the PAX; YHC wasn’t about to suggest 93 pull-ups at that point; there would have been another revolution.]

    COP Six (Mary):
    17xIC LBCs
    19xIC Flutter kicks
    19xIC American Hammers (apologies to PAX for misnaming then as Russian Twists)
    19xIC Dying Cockroaches
    19xIC Exploding Stars (basically, an LBC in reverse: pull legs up to elbows and then stretch them full out for each rep)

    Mosey back to Old Glory for a short Countorama and Namorama; then prayers for our great nation, families, friends, neighbors and, as always and especially, those in need. YHC, JV

  • In Thanksgiving for Our M’s

    Today is YHC’s 22nd anniversary: yep, on June 4, 1994, JV was made eternally happy. To help PAX remember that date (and also lest YHC ever forget), YHC drilled that date and anniversary into their heads (and arms and legs and cores).

    So in honour of 6-4-1-9-9-4, a set of 33 burpees: first 6, then 4, then mosey to the Great Lawn for another 1, then 9 more, then 9 more, and then finally 4 more. Mosey to football field (that’s now a baseball field):

    A round of Marriage, to emphasise 6-4-9-4 or 22 years:
    Merkins 22 xIC
    Austin Ass-Kickers 9+4 xIC
    Ranger Merkins 6+4 xIC (note to self: great for upper back)
    Russian Twists 22 xIC
    Iron Hulk (merkins and air presses in ratio 1:4): 1 to 10 for merks (4 to 40 for APs)
    Alternating Shoulder Taps 22 xIC
    Groiners (merkin, then thrust feet to outside of arms): 6+4 xIC
    E— Er… (couldn’t think) but Every Girl loves Diamond … Merkins: 6+4 xIC

    Drilling 6-4-9-4 takes practice. So after a nice 22-count pause:
    60 yards of Bear Crawls, then 9 LBCs, then 40 yards of Crab Walk, then 4 Dying Cockroaches.
    60 yards of Duck Walks, then 9 LBCs, then 40 yards of Frog Hops, then 4 Dying Coackroaches.

    To remind the PAX that every marriage has its ups and down and lots of time just running around, a celebration for YHC’s 22 years of marriage. After a mosey down Roosevelt Mall (where Hawg found us) to the beginning of the benches:
    Mosey to first bench for 1 incline merkin, then mosey back for 1 derkin;
    Mosey to second bench for 2 incline merks, then mosey back for 2 derkins;
    Etc., Etc. to sixth bench and back
    Then it was supposed to be one finally short mosey to the first bench and back for one final set of incline and decline merkins–for a total of 22 incline merkins and 22 derkins. But TClaps to Rudy and Radar who moseyed to the 7th bench for their last circle. After all, they weren’t celebrating their 22nd today.

    After a mosey back to the Great Lawn, time for a short round of Mary to celebrate our marriages:
    Wife Pleasers with shoulders off the ground: 6+4 xIC (TClaps to Side Effects who just wanted to keep on going and going and going)
    Hello Dolly: 22 xIC
    Rosalita: 22 xIC
    Wife Pleasers with shoulders on ground: 9+4 xIC

    Mosey back to the Flag for Namorama and prayer in thanksgiving for our wives. YHC, Jingle Vader

  • Marvelously muggy May morning, maybe: make it up

    YHC to himself: a big group this morning, I wonder who’s the Q. A few minutes later out loud: I wonder who’s the Q. A unison chorus: you. Uh…uh… ok. With not one but two FNGs, we mosey after an accurate disclaimer.

    First COP in front of Touchdown Jesus:
    20xIC Plie Squats (thanks to Cowbell)
    20xIC Imperial Walkers
    20xIC Mountain Climbers
    20xIC SSHs

    Mosey to bottom of Wolfpack Mountain for second COP:
    OYO up the mountain with BLIMPS: after lung walking the initial ramp up, 5 burpees on 2d floor, 10 lunges on the 3d, 15 IWs on the 4th, 20 merkins on the 5th, 25 plankjacks on the 6th and finish off with 30 squats at the top.

    Circle of Mary:
    15xIC Dying Cockroaches (touch your toes, boys, touch your toes)
    15xIC Flutter Kicks
    15xIC Rosalitas
    15xIC JLos
    15xIC American Hammers

    A hamster run:
    Mosey down central stairwell, run over and up second stairwell, then back to start for a close out with 10 burpees. When YHC asked Quick Draw to give us 15, he wisely asked, 15 what? A sigh of relief came when the words countdown were spoken.

    Mosey down the stairs again to bench time:
    15xIC Left-leg Bulgarian ball busters
    15xIC Right Leg Step Ups
    15xIC Dips
    15xIC Right-leg Bulgarian ball busters
    15xIC Left Leg Step Ups
    15xIC Low-double-slow dips (plus one extra, otherwise you end on in a heap on the ground).

    Mosey to fountain for quick closeout COP:
    15xIC Incline merkins
    15xIC Decline merkins

    Namorama, name the two FNGs, intentions, Circle o Man for prayer, and hasta luego.

  • New Orleans East redux (kinda)

    After a night at the casino and El Club Disco, it was lonely. A Pax on one. So be it.

    Circling up is a bit existential. So after some SSHs, Imperial Squats, Parker Peters, a mosey to survey the beach front. Stop along a lower portion of a wall to do 10 box jumps (walls are always too high, no matter how low), 20 derkins, 25 low slow dips, 20 incline merkins, 25 dips. A groundskeeper in a golf cart thought I had fallen and hurt myself: muy simpatico. Some more moseying on the beach in the sand: that’s not for the faint of ankle. Then, some of my favorite Mary: dying cockroaches, Dr. Ws, Russian Twists, bird dogs, merkins, and some other things I can’t remember (I get respect, but what I also need for time to time is pity). More moseying to a quiet pool: several laps for a wrap up.
    The namorama went quickly, the circle of man was, as I said before, existential. Where were Heisenberg and Bogey? Colonel? Dr. Pepper? You’re all forgiven.

  • New Orleans East?

    A few brave PAX in a Clown Car made a wrong turn somewhere and ended up in Punta Cana in the Dominican Republic with their daffodils (and 28 other high school seniors and 26 other dads). Veni, vidi, post.

    YHC arrived late (I think after just 7 or 8 arm circles), so apologies if I missed anything more. Also, the following is only a vague approximation of our Beat Down.

    Anyway, at least as YHC recalls it, Heisenberg Q’d a warmup:
    the rest of 15 arm circles forward
    15 more backwards
    17 SSHs (can the man count?)
    21 mountain climbers (I ask again)

    It then started to rain, so that YHC couldn’t see. Heisenberg passed the Q on to Bogey, for a quick mosey around the bases (about 50 yards apart) from home to 3d then 2d to 1st (can’t tell you why that direction, ask him): at 3d base, 20 burpees; at 2nd base, 20 low slow squats (even though Q started with fast squats); at 1st base, 20 full on sit-ups; then back to home to catch some breath. Next, some Elevens: Merkins (10..9..8….1), then run half way across the plaza to Meriwethers (1..2..3….10), etc., etc.

    Mosey across bridge to benches around one of about 50 gazillion pools (not yet filled with daily young things who apparently think that cloth cannot be used in units of more than about six square inches per person), for Bogey’s third COP:
    20 Channing Tatems
    20 Dips
    20 Tatem Channings

    Mosey to the beach around a VB court for Heisenberg’s Animals on Parade: bear crawl along one side of VB court, bear crawl sideways to the other side, then crab walk back to another side. Lots of mumble chatter from YHC and others: remember this is in the soft sand, which multiplies the BeatDown by about a million-fold: palms don’t work and fists bury deep into the sand. Survive.

    YHC’s turn for the Q: mosey back over the bridge back to the big plaza for some Mary:
    10 Doctor Ws (of course)
    20 flutter kicks
    20 real Freddie Mercuries
    20 rosalitas
    20 Putins
    20 Hello Dollies
    20 penguins (or maybe something else)

    YHQ is sure he forgot something, but that’s the drift of it. Namorama, Intentions and COP.

  • Cincol (Sinkhole) de Mayo

    In semi-honor of New Orleans’ tribute to the Mexican victory against Napoleon III’s crack troops on this day in 1862, we promptly head to

    COP Uno
    Five burpees (for Cinco)
    SSH x31IC (for half of [18]62)
    Parker Peters x31IC (for second half of [18]62)
    Five burps (for Mayo)

    Mosey (apt for today, as it’s a cowboy transformation of vamoose, which is another cowboy transformation from vamos or vamanos, let’s go) to Canal Boulevard for

    COP Dos
    Lunge walk to the top of the levee
    Duck walk to the bottom
    Pause (breathe for dear life)
    Bear crawl back up to the top of the levee
    Bear crawl back down (somehow the road gets longer and longer)

    Mosey to the circle of benches. Sadly there are only eight, while the PAX is nine. So Bogey is forced to share a bench with his Q. Sorry.

    COP Tres
    Dips x18IC
    Left leg dip x10IC
    Right leg dip x10IC
    Incline Merkins x18IC
    Low slow dips x18IC
    Derkins x10

    For those with no sense, they followed the Q through the Sinkhole. A bit squishy. The more sensible members of the PAX managed to stay dry. We call them Pollos.

    COP Quattro
    Zig-zag elevens up and down the levee back towards the Flag. One to 10 of LBCs at the top, and 10 to 1 of lunge jumps at the bottom, with diagonal moseys between top and bottom.

    Finally, with El Sol de Mañana, to

    COP Cinqo por Ciculo de Maria (with apologies for my Spanish)
    Senor W x18IC
    Patadas de Mariposas x18IC
    Putins (or, perhaps for today, Troskeys) x18IC
    Las Cucarachas moribundas x18IC
    Un minuto de tablon (or, as Tonio said in I Pagliacci, La Commedia e finita!)

    To COT for thanks. Sorry for the bad puns.

  • May Crowning, the Skull Crusher

    Monday mornings always have surprises–such as when Tool says, so you’re Qing today and Thursday. What, that can’t be right. But lo and behold, that’s what Q-meister Hawg reported, so there it is. T-Claps to Amnesty for posting even with an injury: the motto Modify as Necessary means you still can post. So after the apt disclaimer, we mosey to

    First COP
    SSH x30IC
    IW x30IC
    Mountain Climbers x30IC
    Low Slow Squats x30IC
    Gyroscopes x15IC forward, x15IC backwards

    Time to find a bigger friend than usual since we won’t be doing much moseying

    Second COP
    Shoulder Press x20IC
    Triceps Curl x12IC
    Squat x20IC
    Rows x20IC
    Calf raises x20IC

    Nature calls for the Q, and the door is locked! That’s what trees are for. After some planking by the PAX,

    Third COP
    Channing Tatum x20IC
    Dips x25IC
    Tatum Channing x20IC
    Irkens x20IC
    Derkins x10IC, rest, x10IC

    By the way, the original Channing Tatum was born two days after Mr. Awesome: so is that why he was so into the dude that he could remember what movies he was in to know about step-ups? Just asking…

    Fourth COP (or the May Crowning)
    Paired up (Tool and Amnesty, and Marlin and JV) to do two rounds of 30 sit ups per round passing a rock from one to the other. In the first round, Tool and Amnesty smoked by passing their rock behind their heads instead just to their chests. So not to be outdone, Marlin and JV attempt same in the second round. Warning: don’t drop the rock on your head, unless you want to decorate the concrete with a nice shade of crimson. At about no. 13 or so, JV ignores warning.

    Fifth COP (Circle o’ Mary)
    Russian Twists x25IC
    Hello Dolly x25IC
    Dying Cockroach x25IC
    Penguins x25IC
    Hip Dips: right side x20IC, left side x20IC
    Flutter Kicks x25IC

    Lagniappe
    1:30 of plankorama

    Uberslow mosey to return rocks and go to virtual flag. Countorama, namorama and shoutouts for a great May Crowning. 25 more to go for the month.

  • A Man for Each Season

    A small Pax on a glorious morning.  In homage to the last day of the Quarter, the Pax followed the months.

    Round One (January through May)

  • SSH 31xIC
  • Imperial Walkers 29xIC
  • Lunges 31xIC
  • Peter Parkers 30xIC
  • Don Quixotes 31xIC

    • Round Two:  After a mosey along Okwata, the PAX does some suicides with the lamp posts: mosey fast to first lamp post for one squat, then back for two, then mosey to second lamp post for three, back for four, etc. to fourth lamp and back.  Q had the six: patient PAX.

    Round Three (June through August)

  • Hop-ups 20xIC, rest (cause June 21 is the beginning of summer, yeah, that’s why), then another 10xIC
  • Dips 31xIC
  • Incline Merkins 31xIC

    • Round Four (September and October)

  • Trek up Mount Everest OYO for 20 squats and down for 10 burpees
  • Trek up again OYO for 20 more squats and down for 11 burpees.

    • Round Five (November and December, plus a recap of the first three months)

  • LBCs 30xIC
  • Russian Twists 31xIC
  • Hello Dolly 31xIC
  • Flutter Kicks 29xIC
  • Dying Cockroachs 31xIC

    • Close with prayer for each day and month.  Thanks for keeping me honest.

  • Birthday Bash

    With Northshore Launch, YHC was wondering who’d show at the AO. No worries: with birthday balloons and posters across the way, the faithful appeared. After the statement of the obvious (Disclaimer), we moseyed around the Great Lawn for The Thang.

    Round One

    Burpees 5 OYO
    Squats 25xIC
    Burpees 5 OYO
    Hill Billies 25xIC
    Peter Parkers 25XIC
    [Something else YHC can’t remember.] The PAX later confessed to relief that Q was not planning to rack up 54 burpees: it’s only because he wasn’t thinking clearly.

    With a PAX of eight, pairing was a natural. A long mosey to Roosevelt Mall for some staggered Route 66 fun. We split up four to each row of benches, and then each split into two pairs on each side.

    Round Two
    At each bench, a set of Incline Merkins, a set of Tatum Channings and a set of Channing Tatums (Q was feeling random: each pair could decide whether to start with left-leg step ups first or instead right-leg step ups first): first bench, one of each set; second bench, two of each set; etc. all the way to 11 of each set at the 11th bench.

    Round Three
    The Q had mercy: for the return trip down Route 66, the count was reverse. At each bench, a set of Decline Merkins and, for particular pleasure (NOT), a set of full Sit-Ups (feet on benches): first bench, 11 of each set; second bench, 10 of each set; etc. all the way (barely surviving) to 1 of each at the 11th bench.

    Round Four

    Time for some rest (not really): Mosey to the north wall of Delgado Museum (QHC is that old; NOMA is for young bucks) for a scenic view: the People’s Chair for a minute 40.

    Round Five
    After a shake-out, mosey to the Lichtenstein Fountain for some dipsy doodles: first, 20 double-slow dips IC (odd counts to go down, even counts to go up); and then 20 regular dips IC (two dips per count). Your Q wasn’t thinking: he should have done ultra-slow dips (one full count to go down, one full count to hold down and then one full count to come up). Next time for the DownPaiNment.

    Round Six

    Mosey for some Mary on the cool dewy lawn in the shade. Started with a birthday count: 54 LBCs IC. After mubble-chatter whether each would be a birthday count, Q had mercy (and not much more steam): 20xIC Hello Dolly, 20xIC Dying Cockroach, 20xIC J-Lo, 20xIC Flutter Kicks, and 20xIC Iron Cross. With a tip to Shorty, the PAX ended with some balancing: 20 count balancing on each leg while stretched out (or not) like a T.

    Mosey to the (real!) Flag for announcement, birthday wishes and prayer of thanks, and then off to Coffeerama. Thanks to the PAX for a great birthday present.