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  • Bears, Monkeys, and Donkeys at the Mothership – from Triple Shift

    With Thanksgiving on my mind, I wanted to make sure that the NOLA Pax knew how thankful I was to Q the Mothership. My watch shows 6:30 am and I launch into my necessary disclaimer and go over the 5 core principles of F3. From there we head to the Peristyle for the low slow warm ups with the form police out in full force.
    WARMARAMA
    10 Squats, 10 Merkins, 10 Peter Parkers, 10 Shoulder Taps, 10 Tie Fighters (forward and backward) with 15 Burpees. Everything was in a slow cadence and the form police had to issue citations for not getting past 90 degrees on the squats. Not being in a plank position for the Peter Parkers and Shoulder Taps (Saw too much A Frame going on) and not getting the chest to the ground on the Merkins and Burpees.

    THE THANG
    I inform the PAX of my desire to go around the great lawn on the pavers by performing the Gorilla, Bear Crawl and Crawl Bear. Specifically, we start on the pavers in front of the small monument and we are always facing north. We proceed to Monkey to the right all the way to the covered structure. From there, we bear crawl north to the covered structure. Once we reach that location, we Monkey to the left to the covered structure then Crawl Bear south to the covered structure. Once we reach the last covered structure, we Monkey to the right to where we started. That routine took about 20-25 minutes.
    We cross the street to the use the benches in front of the Peristyle for 10 low slow Bulgarian Split Squats (each leg), 10 low slow dips and some reverse plank time with our feet on the benches and shoulders making contact with the ground.
    With time running short I lead the Pax in the JackAss Webb routine which is a one burpee / 2 donkey kick exercise. We do 5 burpees IC /10 DK, 7 burpees IC /14 DK and 10 burpees IC / 20 DK.
    Finish up the last 10 minutes with stretching.

    COT
    Had the countoff, namerama and shared the importance of being grateful not just thankful. Being thankful was more of a thought or feeling while being grateful compels us to action. Specifically, gratitude is incomplete if there is no expression of your gratefulness. So, this Thanksgiving season, show your gratitude by expressing it in a concrete way. Maybe, sign up to Q a workout to express your gratitude for F3 and what it has done in and through your life.

  • Can a backblast be posted? – from Jose10k

    We ran, Gisella went down, no Mandevillians

  • Down goes Gisella – from Jose10k

    If you know, you know. If you don’t, ask Frank. 4.5 miles this morning in beautiful crisp Covington. Again, where’s Speedy or Bushwacker?!?!?!?

  • I Have No Answer at the Moment – from Bushwacker

    The Todd boys pulled up with 5 minutes to spare, and poured out of the swagger-wagon to see the flag blowing in the chilly breeze of the gloom, not a single man standing in its shadow. Shooter and Zoolander were off hunting, José woke with a migraine and wouldn’t be posting, but Steve and Waterpik jogged up, completing the prethang. There we few stood judging all the F3 Northshore world for their wussification in the face of 40° weather, when, as we should have known, the lakefront started getting more crowded with PAX coming in from every angle!

    WARMORAMA

    X10 IC:
    SSH, Good Mornings, Torso Twists, Toe Touches, Windmills, Self Love

    THANG

    Starting at the flag, x5 OYO: Burpees, Sister Mary Katherine’s (1is1), Big Boy Sit Ups, Freak Nasties, Jump Squats

    Mosey westward and at each street increase reps by 5 (Lafitte x10, Carroll x15, Coffee x20, Adair x25), and return, decreasing reps by 5.

    Indian (Indigenous?) Run from flag, around Noah’s Ark and back

    MARY

    IC x20 Flutter Kicks
    OYO 100 100s

    COT
    Hammer joined us just in time, and we even had a Cowbell sighting. Count, Name, True Coat prayed us out.

    It was a tough one, and QIC was impressed and proud to be leading these guys. T Claps to Swoll Patrol for giving everything he had, plus some he didn’t even realize he could!

    SYITG

  • It’s Raining (High Impact) Men – from Steve

    Many a Northshore pax can tell you how often we’ve had a forecast of rain only to post and be pleasantly surprised at how narrowly we avoided it. I can’t tell you how many near misses I’ve had over the years.

    But Tuesday was not one of those days.

    Jose took off for his usual pre-thang in a mild drizzle only to arrive back at 0515 to a full on downpour. YHC was surprised anyone showed up at all. But really, I shouldn’t have been – this guy has somewhere around 120 posts under his belt this year, and that’s only the confirmed posts. He’s probably got another 20-30 unrecorded because as he reminds us constantly, yes, us Mandevillians don’t write backblasts.

    Well not today, good sir!

    Usual warmorama and then into a pyramid style beatdown, where we’d start at one side of the corridor with a set of 10 exercises, increasing as we went until we hit the stage (which was always a peoples chair with 40 air presses), and then we’d then decrease on the other side of the trailhead back down to 10.

    Exercises were:

    10 burpees
    20 merkins
    30 squats
    40 air presses
    30 squats
    20 merkins
    10 burpees

    10 big boys
    20 merkins
    30 leg raises
    40 air presses
    30 leg raises
    20 merkins
    10 big boys

    10 SMK (2:1)
    20 m humpers
    30 lunges
    40 air presses
    30 lunges
    20 m humpers
    10 SMK (2:1)

    10 Carolina dry docks
    20 Mike Tyson’s
    30 dying cockroaches
    40 air presses
    30 dying cockroaches
    20 Mike Tyson’s
    10 Carolina dry docks

    At some point Jose had to leave, but he had done his job. YHC would’ve easily returned to the fartsack had no one posted, but now, wet and sweating, there wasn’t much of a choice. Just finish the damn thing.

    Thank you Jose for the accountability and continued commitment – appreciate you brother!

  • Ruck was the right call!! – from Shooter

    The Gloom was crisp and cool, so 7 HIMs decided to take the pill to get after it.

    Warmup was a mix of 10 & 15 IC of Imperial walkers, Hillbillies, Grass grabbers, seal claps, seal jacks, toe touches, butt kicks and slow squats..

    YHC decided to join Ringo as he was the only Rucker around.. Wise choice by the Q for two reasons. One was the soreness lingering from the previous beatdown at the Gipper with Dinghy but the second was the best as it allowed me to catch up in chatter on how things have been with Ringo..

    Sent the gazelles out on the traditional route with two loops and this included the savage Jose10k. I heard in closing he has joined forces with Steve for the Turkey trot and will be present Turkey morning at the Scramble as well.. What discipline and dedication is all I can say..

    All arrived back at the same time 0555 where we dropped to our 6 and completed E to Ks, flutters and penguins ending with a PAX choice ring around the circle of shoulder taps, plank jacks, Peter Parker’s, merkins, groiners and donkey kicks..

    Closed with the FINAL Turkey announcement for the Scramble, COT.

    Until the next Gloom!!!

  • Wednesdays at JPAX are Back!!! – from Boo-Boo

    A party of three showed for the compound movement, block beatdown that’s been delayed several times due to a lack of attendance on Wednesdays.

    A mosey to JPAS for a warmup, which included Abe Vigodas, Grass Grabbers, Mountain Man Poopers, Thai Fighters, Mountain Climbers, Merkins, the Kenner Bra famous Parker Peter Peter Parkers, and so on.

    Next, to the Possum Nest for coupons; then to the ramp of the loading dock.

    THE THANG:

    Man Makers x 5

    Scantron (formerly known as Bernie Sanders) 1/4 way up the ramp, run back to your brick; Scantron halfway up the ramp, run back to your brick; Scantron to the top of the ramp, run back to your brick

    
• Man Makers x 5; Thrusters (squat press) x 10

    Scantron shuttle run

    
• Man Makers x 5; Thrusters (squat press) x 10; KB swings x 15

    Scantron shuttle run

    
• Man Makers x 5; Thrusters (squat press) x 10; KB swings x 15; skull crushers x 20 sqcurls

    Scantron shuttle run

    
• Man Makers x 5; Thrusters (squat press) x 10; KB swings x 15; skull crushers x 20; sqcurls x 25

    Scantron shuttle run

    
• Man Makers x 5; Thrusters (squat press) x 10; KB swings x 15; skull crushers x 20; sqcurls x 25; elf on shelf x 30

    Scantron shuttle run

    Return the coupons, mosey to the flag, and COT. It’s great to be back and always an honor to lead! Boo-Boo out!

  • Charmin and the Runners – from Charmin

    As per usual, the Runners came and killed their workout from Coach Gregg.

    YHC did a nieghborhood lap that felt faster than normal. It may have been the cooler air. Here’s to hoping that the weather get’s even cooler!

  • 911 Nine Year – One Month – One Day Manniversary – from Heisenberg

    Backblast from my first post – https://www.f3nola.com/2015/10/14/one-year-later-2/

    Disclaimer
    Warm up – Grass Grabbers IC x 10, 5 Burpees OYO, Abe Vigoda IC x 10, 5 Burpees OYO, ArmvCircles IC x 10, 5 Burpees OYO, Imperial Walkers IC x 10, 5 Burpees OYO
    The Thing – 11’s Squats and Flutter Kicks (2=1) From the goal line Squats then bear crawl to the center cone 3 Burpees then lunge walk to the Flutter Kick Line. After Flutter kicks lunge walk to middle perform 3 more burpees then bear crawl back to the goal line. Repeat 10 times.
    While waiting for the Six – various abb exercises.
    Burpeepalooza – Burpees IC x 10, 8-Count Body Builders IC x 10, 10-Count Body Builders IC x 10
    Cool down – Tin Snips IC x 20, Freddy Mercuries IC x 20, Monkey Humpers IC x 20, Arm Circles IC x 10, Grass Grabbers IC x 10, Abe Vigoda IC x 10, 1 Burpee OYO

    COT – Happy Birthday Chips

    111 Burpee Equivalents for those that count their burpees
    Note: I would not have been able to do this workout 9 years ago.

  • Mandevillians Don’t Wite Back Blasts – from Bushwacker

    Or so Jose claims, but today Jose didn’t run…