F3 New Orleans

Author: Rudy

  • Up, Down Touch the Ground – from Akbar

    The Marsh was a cool 50 degrees this morning as we arrived at the gloom. Shooter had the Q but pulled an audible last minute after a ladder mishap, which resulted in an ankle injury. Just so happens that the next workout in Akbar’s Book of Beatdowns was a ladder. So we went Up, down, touched the ground – which put us in the mood, for food.

    Warm up: SSH, Torso Twist, Imperial Walkers, Arm Circles, Grass Grabbers

    Grab blocks, head to the playground for:

    10 Pull Ups

    20 Block Shoulder Thrusts

    40 Block Rows

    50 Goblet Squats

    Run to Marigny and back after each exercise

    YHC got tired of running so we moved to the court for the descending ladder

    50 Goblet Squats

    40 Block Rows

    30 Merkins

    20 Block Shoulder Thrusts

    10 Pull Ups

    Block carry the length of the BB court and back – PAX choice

    Next up were Lieutenant Dan’s up and down the court. 1 squat, followed by 2 lunges

    Return blocks and mosey to the picnic tables for Freak Nasties and Irkins. 3 sets of 12,8,5 IC

    Mary: Heals to Heaven, Hands to Heals, Hello Dolly, Leg Raises, IC x10, LBC ICx25

    Count, Name-o-rama, Welcome Shortcake!

    Announcements

    Northshore Conversion, San Antonio Grow Ruck coming soon

    COT: YHC prayed us out asking for safety, a chance to positively influence someone this week, and Shooter’s ankle.

    Naked Man Moleskin

    Great to have Shortcake this morning, and T-claps to Hogsbreath for the EH. Like Hogsbreath, a navy guy and just as stout. During the Farmer’s carry mosey, he carried the block like a set of car keys.

    Frazier is a family name of Scottish origin meaning Strawberry – thus Shortcake

  • Try to Make It Better, Keep Learning from Your Mistakes – from Bushwacker

    Last week YHC picked up the Q at the A1C after a long absence. The iron was present, the core was tested, and QIC walked away happy, yet unsatisfied. So with building upon that success in mind, it was time to double down! Same iron, same core, more exercises plus cones. But sometimes the best laid plans of mice and men go awry.

    WARMORAMA

    x10 IC: Windmills, T Stretches, Torso Twists, Hairy Rockettes, Imperial Walkers

    THANG

    What was SUPPOSED to happen: With 5 cones spread out across the length of the parking garage and a pair of 20lb dumbbells, 45lb dumbbells, a 25lb plate and a 45lb plate at one end. Each man would walk/run the length with a designated weight while the rest of the PAX did various core exercises. At each cone on separate turns(there AND back) would be: 5 Burpees, 10 Merkins, 10 Squats, 10 Sister Mary Katherines, 10 Torso Twists, 10 Mountain Climbers, 10 Squat Thrusters, and 10 Kettle Bell Swings.(See, could’ve been worse, huh guys?)

    What ACTUALLY happened: With such a strong showing It took us nearly 30 minutes just to get through the 1st exercise! QIC didn’t audible soon enough, but when I did two men went at a time, it went from 5 to 4 to 1 cone, and it was exercise on the way there and walk/run back. With these changes we still only got through the Burpees, Merkins and Squats before time experied.

    COT
    With no time for Mary, the COT capped by Einstein’s prayer was all we could fit in. From what was SUPPOSED to happen you can see YHC had intended some strenuous coupon work, but for the best of reasons it simply was not quite to be. Regardless, the attendance and effort are both appreciated and applauded. Well done gentlemen!

  • Marsh Madness 2021 – from Zoolander

    Welcome to Marsh Madness 2021. Twenty-four Pax converged upon the Milestone Marsh for this second-time event1

    In the presence of the Pick Axe-entrusted Freedom Hammer, we started with a quick disclaimer, Warmorama, Bushwacker-style2 instructions, and then the THANG.

    The Pax counted off in 4’s and formed 4 x 6ish-man teams at each corner of the court with a basketball. While 1 member of each team backpedaled with their ball to half court, performed a Bobby Hurley, and drove to goal for a shot of his choosing:

    – Layup (1 point),
    – Free Throw (2 points), or
    – Three point shot (3 points)
    Zero points for missed shots

    the rest of each team completed the following series of exercises in cadence led by a rotating corner Q.
    • Burpees
    • Air Presses
    • Shoulder Tap Merkins
    • Copperhead Jump Squats
    • LBCs
    • Plank Jacks
    • Monkey Humpers
    • Flutter Kicks
    Each man – including FNGs, 2nd timers, and celebrity guests – had multiple chances to lead the cadence.

    Shooters marked their points with sidewalk chalk and fell in line to call the cadence for the next exercise. It took a few rounds before each team found its own rhythm, but after that it was like watching a philharmonic orchestra playing Mary had a little lamb.
    After “40 minutes of hell,” team member points were tallied, and the highest scoring individual from each of the 4 teams were down-bracketed to a 5-shot “Around-the-World” shoot out on their respective side of the court. The rest of the Pax performed Goofballs and Side Straddle Hops to distract the Final Four shooters.
    Grundy, with accountant like focus, out-calculated Speedy;
    Ocho outdanced Whip.

    Grundy and Ocho were then down-bracketed to compete in a best-of-10 shootout from the free throw line. As luck would have it, they tied, and we went to Sudden Death from the Three Point line. Despite Ocho’s shenanigans, Grundy stomped the Stomper and emerged as the 2021 Marsh Madness champion!

    – Trophy
    – Count-orama
    – Name-orama – Welcome FNGs Sonar (EH’d by Turbo Tax) and Gomer Pyle (EH’d by Sparky).
    – Announcements
    o Northshore 5-year convergence led by Waterpik at the Lakefront on April 10.
    o Next F3/FiA mixer is 4/29. Thank you Jose10k, some of us do have to plan ahead for weeknight workouts.
    o ZOORICH CLASSIC at the Lakefront on April 24. (See how I slipped that in there Cowbell?…never too early!)

    QIC prayed us out and group photo followed. Great job by all. We’ll see if Grundy can defend his title in 2022. Thanks for playing along men. See you in the next Gloom.

    Footnotes:
    1Seriously, footnotes in a Backblast? Why not? The first Marsh Madness was in 2019 with a small, dare I say Elite, group of 8. Bird was an FNG and drained 16 x 3-point shots. The B-ball gods did not favor him today though. And well, Corona (as it was called back then) had other plans in ‘20.

    2Bushwacker-style instructions typically include circumlocutory, sesquipedalian musings about man’s ultimate life purpose with some semblance of what the Pax should be doing for the next 40-50 minutes. They are often accompanied by Mumble Chatter and confusion by all within earshot. Bushwacker-style instructions are the exact opposite of Turbo-style instructions, which are direct, concise, and never to be interrupted without penalty.

  • And then there were 3 – from Rudy

    Dreary, Soggy and Rainy am. YHC was silently hopeful that no one would show as he sat in his car in the rain watching the time tick by. 5:21. 5:22. 5:23. Maybe I’ll be able to head home. 5:24. Up in the mist, YHC sees one runner go by and thinks “What a fool”. 5:25. YHC realizes that runner is Hawgcycle. Sigh. So YHC gets out of the car, steps into the rain in order to fulfill his obligation. And at 5:29 Mahatma rolls in hot, seeming to savor the chance to workout in the rain. YHC is not sure the last time he saw such a big smile on Mahatma’s face (it could be, however, that he’s awaiting the call to announce his new grandbaby. you be the judge).

    Since YHC is still generally afraid of the rain – lets just grab a rock and head to the gazebo.

    Tabata workout, using the playlist YHC and kids put together over the quarantine. Interesting mix of classic rock (YHC), Taylor Swift-ish pop (daughter) and eclectic whatevers (son).

    10 exercises. 45 seconds on, 15 rest. Repeat x3. Curls, Sit Ups, Squats, Mountain Climbers, Shoulder Pres, V Ups, Step Ups, 8 Count BBs, Rows, Twists.

    One highlight – Hawg also recalling the Epic SNL performance of Faith No More. That was a seminal moment in YHC’s early musical journey…

    Had a few extra minutes, so a few wall sits with curls to pass the remaining time.

    Return the rocks (tossing them into the puddle to see how big a splash could be made), then return to the (virtual) flag for Count Off, Names, and close with a prayer. Blessings especially on Disclaimer as they prepare to welcome a new baby to the world!

  • Afternoon Delight – 3-24-2021 – from Almonaster

    Dodging the rain!

    PAX:

    – king Kong
    – Blowout
    – Willie
    – Almonaster

    Warmup:

    Mosey to Audubon Zoo back entrance.

    Warmup:

    SSH – 20 IC
    Arm Circles -10 IC
    Reverse Arm Circles – 10 IC
    Imperial Walkers – 10 IC
    Grass Grabbers – 10 IC
    Windmills – 10 IC
    Mountain Climbers – 10 IC

    The Thang:

    Mosey to Audubon Fountain.

    Rocky Balboas – 20 1is1 OYO
    Merkins – 20 IC
    Squats – 20 IC

    Rinse and Repeat

    Mosey to Benches at Audubon Zoo.

    Incline Merkins – 20 IC
    Right leg Step-ups – 10 IC
    Dips – 20 IC
    Left leg Step-Ups – 10 IC

    Mosey to Shelter due to rain.

    Rinse and repeat

    Mosey around Clubhouse parking lot to Bandstand.

    Wife Pleasers – 40 IC
    LBC’s – 40 IC
    Flutter Kicks – 40 OYO
    Freddie Mercuries – 40 OYO
    Hello Dolly’s – 40 OYO
    Russian Twists (Douille’s) – 40 1is1 OYO

    Rinse and Repeat

    Moseyed around Clubhouse Parking Lot.

    Back to Flag
    COT
    Count off
    Nameorama
    Birthdays
    Anniversaries
    Announcements,
    Intentions
    Prayer

  • Take Shelter – from TurboTax

    8 High Impact Men took their red pills this morning and posted to The Gipper for what looked sure to be a wet workout. Of course it remained dry the whole beat down, but YHC had inscribed the beat down on his stone Winkie and weather conditions were irrelevant. Time to take shelter and get busy.

    After a warmup of Imperial Walkers, Mountain Climbers, Seal Jacks, Parker Peters, Windmills and Peter Parkers, all 10x IC, it was time for the Main event.

    5 burpees every minute on the minute for 40 minutes broken down into 8 sets. Each set coupled 5 exercises with the burpees: 5 burpees with 5 SSHs, 5 burpees with 5 squats or squat jumps, 5 burpees with 5 toe touches, 5 burpees with 5 calf raises or jump ropes or one foot hops or ice skater hopes and finally 5 burpees with 5 air presses. Rinse and repeat with some intensity added, finishing up with 100 air presses before retiring to the COT. Countorama, nameorama and Einstein prayed us out. Thanks for letting me lead guys and hope to see you all Thursday 1800 at the Lakefront Gazebo for our joint beat down with FiA.

  • Bear, Webb, Lunge – from Hogs Breath

    I showed up at grandmas house just in time to see Hammer pull in around 5:05am. Planting the flag, that Aikbar confidently left behind on Monday’s marsh beatdown, YHC awaited to see if any others would arrive.

    Once we had a decent crew arriving we began the warm-up to some “unfamiliar” and “new” exercises (that YHC simply pulled off the F3 exicon!). Bushwhacker was insistent that Grandmas House hid a tire so YHC began to mentally formulate how we could incorporate this into our workout!

    10 IC MountainMan poopers
    15 Hairy Rockettes
    15 or so Butt Kicks
    10 Torso Twists

    The thang:

    A bear crawl the length of the pavilion, up the stairs! Yes, up the stairs. Around the tower, and back down the stairs! Yes, down the stairs. Returning to the start point.

    We then moved to a round of Jack Webbs. Having some trouble keeping rhythm and cadence the Q threw in a few extra merkins!

    At this point do our eyes deceive us????? But it was Cowbell arriving only 12 minutes late!

    Back to the pavilion for a round of lunge walks. Up the stairs, round’ the tower, back down the stairs and returning to the start line!

    Then a set of Squat Webb’s. 1 squat, 2 calf raises followed by 2 squats, 4 calf raises a la Jack Webb style.

    At this point we detoured and spent a few minutes crawling through the bushes, looking for a tire that simply was not there!!! So we returned to the pavilion for a round of Inch Bears. All pax would get into the plank while the last pax would bear crawl to the front, rinse and repeat. For the return trip we modified to a Gore Lunge, where all pax would Al Gore and the last would lunge walk to the front, rinse and repeat.

    We finished out with 90seconds of Mary. Some LBCs and Flutter kicks.
    Announcements about camping, go-ruck San Antonio, FIA/F3 mashup, and COT and prayer.

  • Ah, ha, ha, ha, Stayin’ Alive – from Vagabond

    Ten pax circled up for disclaimer and welcome and went to rock pile for stretching, warmup and a few intro burpees. Each grabbed a one-handed rock and proceeded to the football field where YHC has set out lighted markers at 20 yard markers.

    Thang: 4 exercises at each marker, 20 reps, declining by 2 to 12 reps
    – single hand cross body rock snatches (looks like you’re discoing to Stayin’ Alive, hence the singing by certain pax during that part) full count of reps in each direction L/R
    – bonnie blairs
    – merkin with opposite toe-tap
    – big bois
    – at last marker on return run in reverse to the start
    – plank up for the six, then next rotation

    Finished with ring of fire: boat with American hammer a few times around circle

    Back to flag for COT, prayer

  • Putting the new coupons to good use – from Waterpik

    Grab a cinder block, crank out 50 reps of any exercise or combination of coupon exercises and mosey around the block. Rinse and repeat until the bell sounded. If this workout sounds familiar, it should. YHC led the PAX through the exact same beatdown about 3 weeks ago.