Author: Reveille

Mosey to the flag
Circle of man – With the pax in a tight circle, shoulders close together in plank position, each man puts their right hand on the shoulder of the man next to him. Together, the group does a “one-handed” push up. Either the man depends on the man next to him, or helps the man next to him. After 5 pushups, the group switches hands. This is to be a lesson to us all. When we are strong, we are so to help the man next to us. When we are weak, we can depend on the man next to us.

COT

Lots of warm words from the PAX for my final Q. You all have meant the world to me over the last year, and my life will be forever better because of you all.

Moleskine:

“Lucky he’s not making us do Bilbo TeaBaggins” –  Amnesty after the Circle of man

“This is Bullshit” – Amnesty after every workout with Burpees or Bear Crawls. Thanks for that.

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Pre-Thang

This morning started off with what seemed to be a record-tying post of 15 men. When the long hand hit the 6, we….er they…embarked on a workout that pushed every man to at least one of their limits.

The Thang

Mosey to the first COP at the back corner of the park
Side straddle hop × 25
Imperial walkers X 25
Arm circles X 10
Windmills X 10
Lunges x 10

Move on toward the soccer goal post (where YHC joined the rest of the crew after a fart-sacking incident, making this the the largest post we have had in NOLA F3), for one round of Tabata. At high intensity you perform excercise A for 20 seconds, then rest for ten seconds. Once again, at high intensity, perform exercise B for 20 seconds, then rest 10 seconds. Repeat this entirely x 4, for a total of 8 sets.
Exercise A – Peek a Boo pullups
Exercise B – Squat Jacks

Mosey to the Fly for the Mississippi Salute!

In a line, facing the river:
Jack Webb to 6
Little Baby Twist x 30
T-Pushup x 10 ( lift right hand high, bring it back down for a pushup, then raise left hand high, and back down for another pushup. rinse and repeat.)
Penguins x 20
Dive Bomber Pushup x 8 OYO

Handover Q to Rev (YHC)

Mosey to the levee, and run some “Nola Hills.” that means we ran up and down the levee until we ran out of levee. Then moseyed some more to J.J. Audubon

Low Slow Everything – On each exercise, take 4 counts to go down, hold for 4 counts, and come up in 4 counts. Rinse and repeat

Incline Merkins x 6
Freak Nasty x 5
Decline Merkins x 4

Mosey to the field next to the tomatoes and their clipboard.

COP
LBC x 15
Mountain Climber x 18
Flutter Kick x 16
Squats x 15

Mosey back to the flag, plank up. Rotate plank.
Standard plank for 60 sec
Left hand high for 30 sec
Inverted for 45 sec
Right hand high for 30 sec
Standard for 30 sec.

Moleskine:

TClaps to Yeungling for a KILLIN Q. You are, without a doubt, ready for your full Q.
TClaps to all you guys who don’t normally post on Wednesday for making this our largest post ever!

Announcements:

Friday – Roots has the Q at Wolfpack Mountain – 5:30am
Saturday – Splash has the Q at City Park – 6:30am

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Pre-Thang

7 Grown men posted for an Iron on Iron type beatdown. Everyone was early, BTW.

The Thang

Mosey toward the back right corner of Audubon for a warm up COP
SSH x 25
Donkey Kong x 10 (deep squat to hand slapping the ground, and squat jump to hands in the air)
Hillbillies x 20
Merkin x 12

Mosey to soccer goal post across the street
Tyrolean Crossing – Every man assumes plank position, while the first man traverses the length of the goal post. Forward, backward, two-hand shuffle, legs over the bar, do whatever you need to do to get across. Return to plank and wait for everyone else to cross. Repeat

Mosey back toward the lightposts, and line up for the Inchworm Low
Lunge walk to the 2nd lightpost (25ish yards)
Inch worm to 3rd light. From standing position, place hands by your feet, walk your hands as far forward as you can, then walk your feet forward to meet your hands. stand up, repeat until you get to the light.
Reverse lunge walk to the 4th light
Burpee Broad jump to the 5th light
Mosey to a near grassy area to recover and do some 6MOM

LBC x 20
Flutter Kick x 20
Freddie Mercury x 20, reversing direction half way through
Penguins x 20
Putin Circle – Form a closed circle, facing inward, and everyone assumes Putin position (russian twist). While in position the QIC reaches and taps the hand of his neighbor, who does the same, until it goes around the circle. Recover for a quick 5 count, and do it 9x more, changing direction half way through.

Return to the VF
Push-o-rama
Wide arm Merkin x 10
Standard Merkin x 10
Diamond Merkin x 5

COT

Prayers for those battling cancer. Amnesty’s Father has recently started chemo. Also, YHC’s neighbor who recently lost her mother, and is now left with no close family.

Announcements
Friday @ Wolfpack mountain, 5:30am with Bad Moon
Saturday @ City Park, 6:30 with Splash
Monday @ Rock City (pontiff park), 5:30 with Hawg

TClaps to Amnesty for all the compliments. YHC is honored

TClaps to Yeungling and Amnesty for getting me home after almost splashing Merlot and passing out post-workout. Stay hydrated men, that means water and electrolytes, a ton of water isn’t enough.

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Pre-Thang

7 men rolled out of bed early for a rock-topped beat down at the Playground. 3 of whom are visiting from North Carolina, and chose the path less traveled, you know, the one that leads to Metairie.

The Thang

We hit the track running, stopping at the opposite corner, nearest the playground for a COP. SSH x 20, LSS x 20.

Take a lap

COP – Stepping Lunge x 20, Merkin x 12

Mosey to the playground to set up a makeshift Foundry.

Plank up, first man moves to balance beam for 10 dips, moves to monkey bars for 10 pull ups. As first man finishes dips, second man gets out of plank to follow him. When done with pull ups, get back to the line and plank up, until everyone does their dips and pull ups. Rinse and Repeat

Mosey to the Rock City Hill for 11’s. 10 Burpees at the bottom, 1 dip at the top. You know how this works.

Mosey to the baseball field for 6 MOM. LBC x 15, Flutter Kick x 15, Penguin x 15, Putin x 12

Check the time to find we have a few more minutes than planned. Line up at home plate to take advantage of this blessed gift of time. Run to first base, 10 diamond push ups, run to second base, 20 Merkins, run to third base, 30 Air Squats, Run home, 40 LBC’s. Home Run

Mosey over to the rock pile, choose a juicy one, I believe I heard a nice “That’s what she said” somewhere in there. Circle Up. Rock Squats x 10, Shoulder press x 10.

Return your rock, and run back to the virtual flag.

COT

Shout out offered for those struggling with cancer, as well as the many who are traveling. The NC F3’ers initiated what they call the ball of man, coming in close for the shout out. I like it.

Announcements

F2 tonight at the Carousel Bar in the Hotel Monteleone from 5 – 6:30. Come hang out with some of the F3  guys from NC, Iron sharpening Iron, men getting better, coincidentally over some type of tasty drink.

Wed @ 5:30am with YHC at the Birdcage. (I’m thinking we might be seeing some oldies/goodies).
Fri, June 19th –  Bad Moon Wolfpack Mtn 530am
June 20th – Splash  @ City Park (630 am Sat)

Sign up for the CSAUP, the Alabama Spartan Sprint. MrAwesome has been finding and posting some killer deals.

TClaps to our NC folks for posting when it would have been super easy to stay out late and get Bourbon Streeted.

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7 Grown Dang Men jumped, rolled, or fell out of bed for a 5:30 show time at the Birdcage, in the not so gloomy gloom. 2 Rolled in as we rolled out.

The Thang

Mosey across the street toward the zoo, circle up in the field.

COP
SSH x 25
Evolutions ( a 4-count stretch from deep squat with hands flat on the ground up to full x-position stretch) x 15
Evolutions Double-Time x 15
Merkins x 15

Mosey to the Soccer goal
Peek-a-boo Burpees – partner up, do 10, alternating with your partner on use of the same space on the bar for the peek-a-boo pull up.

Mosey to J.J. Audubon
Dips x 20
Step-Ups, right foot lead x 15
Incline Push Ups x 15
Step-Ups, left foot lead x 15
Decline Push Up x 10

Mosey back to the field

6 minutes of Mary
LBC x 20
Penguins x 20
Hip raise – right x 15
Hip raise – Left x 15
Putins – 15

Mosey to lights, grab a sip of water on the way

Suicide Burpees x 4 (this is where our FNG bailed while we thought he was just getting a drink of water, thus why he doesn’t have an F3 name, he apparently hurt his back pretty rough)

Jog to Golf Course parking lot and around
Lunge walk 1 on 2 off – Lunge walk 1 parking space, regular walk 2 parking spaces, half way to flag
Lunge walk 2 on 1 off – lunge walk 2 spaces, walk 1 space to end of lot

COT
Shout outs for our regulars, Channel Mullet’s and Amnesty’s Fathers, also for the men traveling.

Shout out by MrAwesome – great as always

TClaps to the PAX on pull up improvement – a lot of you are doing a lot more on the bar than when we started. I’m with RY, let’s try and get some pull ups in every work out, and work our way up to a full out Murph. Throw some in on your off days, buy a $20 doorway pull up bar, it’s well worth the investment.

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Pre-Thang
9 well adjusted chaps got their 6 out of the fartsack to get better in the gloomy, dewy grass of the BirdCage. Unfortunately, our beloved flag fartsacked. Hopefully it will choose to get better Friday.

The Thang
We moseyed down the track to the rear corner of the park for a warm up COP

COP (all in cadence)
SSH x 25
Hillbillies x 20 (didn’t know if we were doing them right, as Hawg wasn’t present to critique form.)
Merkins x 10
Imperial walker x 20
Lunges x 15

Mosey to the Fly
The Slip n Slide
With the pax lined up in plank position, and the weight bag at the end of the line, the two men on the outside edges line up to sprint up the levee and back. If the bag gets passed down the line, before the runners get back, the runners do 5 burpees. Go until everyone runs. If the men have to do burpees, everyone gets a 5 count recovery before the next runners go. (The name is derived from the lack of braking ability for some of the men on the way down the levee at full speed, one of those men being YHC, who slid far enough to end up in a ‘water’ filled ditch.)

Mosey to the riverside
The Mississippi Salute
LBCs x 20
Merkin x 10
LSS x 15
Repeat

Modified Putin – With the pax in a line facing the river, and the weight bag at the end of the line, everyone assumes Putin position, and we pass the bag down the line and back, keeping feet in the air. Recover with a 5 count. Repeat x 5

Mosey to J.J. Audubon
Step ups (right foot lead) x 20
Dips x 15
Step ups (left foot lead) x 20

Mosey to the light poles
Football workout of which I don’t remember the name x 2 – Men start in  a standing line, upon beginning, start chopping your feet (kind of like running in place, with your feet staying low to the ground.) When Q calls “drop,” the men drop chest to ground, get back up, and continue chopping. Repeat until Q shouts “go,” then you sprint to the first light, and recover jog/walk to second light.
From here, move into plank position, when Q starts, everyone chops their feet agian. When Q shouts “left,” drop to the ground, roll to the left, roll back, and get back to chopping in plank position. If Q shouts “right,” do the same, but roll to the right. When Q shouts “go,”  sprint to the next light, and recover to the second light.

Mosey to the nice grass adjacent the ‘flag’ and do 3 Minutes of Mary.
LBC x 20
Penguins x 15
Flutter Kicks x 20
Freddie Mercury x 15

Mosey to the Flag

COT
Requests for prayer for Channel Mullet’s Father, Amnesty’s father, as well as Dr. Collins, a friend of many of the PAX in Metairie, followed by a prayer offered by YHC.

Moleskine: 

Lots of camaraderie today amongst men who haven’t worked out together in a long time, it was really a delightful thing to see Iron sharpening Iron.

Lots of conversation during the mosey, which means it’s time to pick up our pace.

TClaps to Zombie for posting twice in a row upon Kottering post newborn.

Announcements

Friday @ 5:30, Splash Q’s wolfpack Mountain
Saturday @ 6:30, Side Effect will Co-Q with Amnesty at City Park
Monday @ 5:30, Hawg Q’s Rock City at Pontiff Park

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Pre-Thang

9 men rolled themselves out of the fartsack for a completely bass ackwards, muggy beatdown. Great to see Chard again, it’s been a long time, brother.

The Thang

Mosey across magazine st, find a spot of grass, and circle up for 6 Minutes of Mary, all in cadence.
LBC x 25
Wife pleasers x 15 ( This is where amnesty joins in, apparently we weren’t hard to spot)
REAL Freddie Mercuries x 15
Back Scratchers x 20

Mosey to J.J. Audubon
Dips x 15
Step-ups (Right leg lead) x 20
Incline Push Ups x 10
Step-ups (Left Leg lead) x 20

Mosey to the levee, partner up.
Run up the levee with your partner
Wheel barrow your partner back down the levee
Run back up, and trade places
Repeat x 5, plank up when you’re finished

Mosey to the fly, circle up for Squatapusharama
Standard squat x 15
Wide arm pushup x 10
Sumo squat x 15
Merkin x 10
Low slow squat x 15
Diamond pushup x 8
Alternating lunges x 15
Pike pushup x 10

Mosey back to the soccer post
3 Minutes of Mary
Flutter Kick x 25
LBC x 20
Hip raise (right side high) x 10
Hip raise (left side high) x 10

Mosey to pull up bars, set up in 5 stations
Burpees
Squats
Get – ups (start in laying down position, get up without using your hands)
Mountain climbers
Pull-ups

Do as many reps of the exercise you are stationed at in the time that it takes the men doing burpees to complete 10. Rotate until everyone has done every station.

Return to the flag, COT

Announcements:
Wolfpack mountain AO at 5:30am Friday, Little Caesar is still in the docket to Q
CSAUP Tchoupitoulas Beer Run (Reg Closed) 6pm at Le Bon Temps Rouler
City Park AO at 6:30 saturday, Co-Q between Maverick and RY
Rock City AO at Pontiff Park in Metairie 5:30am on Monday, Hawgcycle the Q

Tclaps to Chardonnay for Helping out Hawg with the furniture move

TClaps to Ikea for making his second post

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Pre Thang

12 men gathered cordially to experience Yeungling’s VQ on a surprisingly cool spring morning

The Thang

The pax moseyed over to the rear right corner of the park, nearest the intersection of Magazine and Leake, where Yeungling Q’ed his first COP.

COP
SSH in cadence x 25
Hillbillies x 20
Hammy Poppers (this is what Hawg called them in memoriam of Amnesty’s hammy) Touch opposite hand to toe. In cadence x 15
Sudden Change (Burpees x 10)

Hand over Q to Reveille

Mosey to levee

Realize the levee is seperated from the railroad tracks by a moat
Wile E Coyote’s x 10

Mosey to a better spot to cross over onto the Levee, but not until The Wiz, who Kotter’ed today, busts his entire leg tripping on the tracks.

Chevy to the levee (11’s)
Start with 10 sumo squat jumps
Run down levee, 1 LBC
Run back up levee, 9 sumo squat jumps
Run down levee, 2 LBC’s, until 10 LBC’s

Mosey to the fly, meandering up and down the Levee as we go.

Push-o-Rama – All in Cadence
Wide hand push ups x 10
Standard push ups x 10
Diamond push ups x 8
Pike Press x 8

Run to levee and meander a bit more

Mosey to the soccer post in front of the zoo

Peekaboo burpees x 10 OYO – Do a burpee, jump up to the soccer post and do a commando pull up.

Mosey back to the flag

3.5 Minutes of Mary
LBC x 20
Freddie Mercury x 20
Back Scratchers x 20

COT

Shout out by MrAwesome

Announcements:
Continue to remember Channel Mullet’s and Amnesty’s Fathers, batting prostate cancer

Friday, Wolfpack Mountain at the front of Audubon Park, Q’ed by Roots at 5:30am

Saturday, at City Park, 6:30am (our new time) Q’ed by RY and Maverick

Monday at Pontiff Park 5:30am

#Tclaps to The Wiz for a merlot splashingless Kotter. You held your own well

#Tclaps to FNG B Money for posting all the way from the north shore. Word is the alarm had a 3 in it when he woke up.

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Pre-Thang

7 men circle up around the flag, minus our usual Roots to guide us to Wolfpack Mountain.YHC filled in to Q, hopefully not to the disappointment of the PAX.

The Thang

Mosey to the Loyola West rd parking garage.
COP outside staircase
SSH x 25
Imperial Walkers x 20
Merkins x 12
LSS x 15

Run (not jog) up staircase, to the roof.
Jog to recover down 2 floors
Tricep Pushups x 8
Jog down 2 floors
Mountain Climbers x 20
Jog to pull up bars

Pair up by the bars. Each pair is assigned one of the following. Do as many of your assignment until the box jump pair finishes 20 box jumps. Rotate until every group has done every exercise.

Flutter kicks
Pull ups/ Dead hangs
Dips
Box Jumps

Mosey Back to West rd garage

Indian run up to roof

a few minutes of mary
LBC x 15
Freddie Mercury x 20
Hello Dolly x 12

Run (don’t jog) down Stairs

Mosey back to the flag
Plank-o-rama

COT

Moleskine:

YHC totally called that Hawg was gonna pull in hot as we started.

TClaps to Hawg for pointing out how ridiculous MrAwesome and I sounded stomping our feet to stop on the Indian Run.

YHC saw Tito get above the bar at least a few times. Seeing a big, tall dude get above a pull up bar is one of the most impressive things you can see. TClaps.

Announcements:

Tito is part of Hogs for the Cause, happening next weekend at City Park. He is part of a team competing in the fundraising, so make sure to buy your tickets from him, or his team, Florida Cue (sp?). More info to come, or on the website.

Tomorrow morning, Hawg and YHC share the Q. 7am at City Park

Monday, back at Pontiff Park @ 5:30am. Hawg has the Q

Wednesday, the Birdcage, Audubon Park Magazine st. side. 5:30am. Q?

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Pre-Thang

YHC shows with a face full of weird beard, due to a fundraiser gone extremely right. The PAX is much more gracious than expected as to the monstrosity on my face.

The Thang

Mosey toward storyland, dodge it to the right.

COP
SSH x 25
High kicks x 15
Merkins x 15
LSS x 15

Mosey to baseball field
Stop at each base, round the bases 3 times.
Diamond pushups x 10 @ 1st base
Russian twists x 20 @ 2nd
Squats x 30 @ 3rd
Lbcs x 40 @ home

Mosey to the football field
The Viking
Run (don’t jog) to the 5th marker, 50 punches in horse stance
Run back
Run to 4th marker, 40 punches
Run back
Continue down to 10

Mosey to track- try not to pay much attention to the clipboard, he doesn’t care about anyone out there.
Dirty mc deuce
Mountain climber x 12
Lbc x 12
1 lap around track

Push up x 12
Side hip raise x 12
1 lap around track

Hip thrust x 12
Side hip raise x 12
1 lap around track

Sumo squat x 12
Russian twist x 12
1 lap around track

Mosey to the Great lawn
Shoulder roll + 5 jump lunges
Repeat, 3 times on each shoulder

Sprint back to the flag

COT
Shout out of gratitude, we have a lot to be thankful for.

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