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  • Okwata – A Cure for Medioctrity

    36 PAX posted for the Gnarly Nutria, and YHC was among them. With the Uptowners barely getting edged out, there was much to celebrate. During the COT, YHC rolled out the welcome mat to any that might choose to join the F3 die hards that intended to gather in the gloom only a few hours later. Would there be any takers?
    YHC wanted to fartsack to rest his weary legs that contributed to victory a few hours earlier when the alarm sounded. It was not easy to get up, but it happened.
    As YHC pulled in to the AO, two Pax were waiting, and three more followed. YHC gave the disclaimer…..and then….

    Mosey around the mardi gras fountain and gather on the grassy area for:

    Warm Up
    SSH IC x 31 (cause that’s what we do)
    IW IC x 15
    Abe Vigodas IC x 10 (stretch…)
    Arm Circles IC x 10 forward x 10 back

    Join Jack Webb for some double shots at the barre….
    1 Merkin, then peoples chair against the fountain railing for two air presses (aka double shot)
    2 merkins, 4 air presses….
    ….
    10 merkins, 20 air presses
    YHC was not ready to step up to Northshore Standards yet, but it’s coming….

    Mosey to the HOP
    Six Pax, three stations, two Pax at each station.
    Station 1 – Mosey up the levee, 5 burpees, mosey back (timer)
    Station 2 – Pullups AMRAP
    Station 3 – Catalina Wine Mixers AMRAP
    Clear instructions, right? Apparently not. It was a bit chaotic for two rounds, perhaps it was YHC’s lack of sleep (Not!)
    By the third round we actually had 2 Pax per station….not sure how many burpees, so we’ll just say at 15 each, we banked 90!

    Mosey up to the top of the levee and over to Canal for Four Corners:
    Corner 1 – Catalina Wine Mixers IC x 10 – mosey to next corner
    Corner 2 – Bobby Hurley’s IC x 15 – mosey to next corner
    Corner 3 – Merkins IC x 20 – mosey to next corner
    Corner 4 – Lunges IC x 25 – mosey to first corner
    Corner 1 – Partner up for leg throws x 15 each
    So technically it was Five Corners….

    Mosey to the circle of benches toward Landry’s.
    Each Pax claim a bench
    Box Jumps x 10 OYO
    Dips x 10 IC
    LL Step Ups x 10 IC
    RL Step Ups x 10 IC
    Rinse and Repeat twice more

    Mosey back to the VSF for Count off, Name-o-rama, announcements, and a prayer during the BOM.

    Moleskin
    T-Claps to Heisenberg for bringing an FNG. Welcome Wrecking Ball! T-Claps to Firestone for posting during his visit to NOLA from Charlotte.  YHC was dragging a little from running 5.5 miles a few hours earlier.
    T-Claps to Cowbell for posting with YHC only a few short hours after the Gnarly Nutria, and for Da Parish and Milkman posting at the Plunge. YHC was tired and felt mediocre this morning, but Okwata cured that!
    Lastly, YHC wishes Nip/Tuck a speedy recovery. Nip/Tuck has made the trek to Okwata many times, and we look forward to having him join us again.

    Thanks for Posting!

  • Gnarly Nutria 2017

    The night was hot and humid and dark.  By 8:45, lots of PAX and a few coolers started rolling in (thanks Brown Bag!).  Uptowners, Mid-city denizens, a clown car from the Northshore and a lone rep from Destrehan.  All gathered to see who would hoist the coveted Gnarly Nutria trophy for 2017.  Could the influx of young guns in Uptown be enough to hold off the growing World presence?  Could anyone or anything stop the unstoppable force called TurboTax? Would Da Parish show up in running clothes or spandex cycle suit?

    But first, Yankee gave his best Amnesty impersonation with a 10 minute disclaimer, attempting to explain the overly complex uptowner scoring system (and thanks to Quick Draw and his daughter Katie for taking on the scoring duties).

    Finally – its time to line up under the first lightpost, and Yankee mumbles a “ok, lets go” under his breath.  Slowly the group of confused PAX begin to move, before the front runners (TurboTax, Barcrawl and the soon-to-be-appropriately-named FNG Ringer that the Uptowners recruited just for this event) took off.

    3 laps in the humidity.  Yuck.  YHC enjoyed the run with SOGO, Butt Splice and Hawg.  Great conversations, even as they all passed me by as the humidity and fast out-the-gate pace took its toll.  Meanwhile, out in front, Cowbell took care of some competition by gently nudging last year’s winner, Nip/Tuck, off the path and out of the race.  Sayonara, Nip/Tuck.  Hope you learned a valuable lesson – watch your back.

    Final Standings:

    Place
    Name
    Where
    Laps
    Place Points
    Total Points
    1 Barcrawl Uptown 3 35 38
    2 Ringer Uptown 3 34 37
    3 Turbo Northshore 3 33 36
    4 Mulligan Uptown 3 32 35
    5 YSR Uptown 3 31 34
    6 Cowbell MidCity 3 30 33
    7 Jadaveon Uptown 3 29 32
    8 Sogo MidCity 3 28 31
    9 Hawg MidCity 3 27 30
    10 Rudy MidCity 3 26 29
    11 Butt Splice Northshore 3 25 28
    12 Shorty MidCity 3 24 27
    13 EIEI Northshore 3 23 26
    14 Landing Strip Uptown 3 22 25
    15 Sandbar Uptown 3 21 24
    16 Revit Uptown 3 20 23
    17 Brownbag Uptown 3 19 22
    18 Walleye MidCity 3 18 21
    19 Roots Uptown 3 17 20
    20 Triple Shift MidCity 3 16 19
    21 Stub Hub MidCity 3 15 18
    22 Tool MidCity 3 14 17
    23 Reverend Uptown 3 13 16
    24 Hasselhoff Uptown 3 12 15
    25 Buckle Bunny Uptown 3 11 14
    26 Ocho Northshore 3 10 13
    27 FracSac MidCity 3 9 12
    28 Joe Dirt Destrehan 3 8 11
    29 Da Parish MidCity 3 7 10
    30 Yankee Uptown 3 6 9
    31 Colonel Uptown 3 5 8
    32 Splash Uptown 2 0 2
    32 Whoop Uptown 2 0 2
    32 Seaman Uptown 2 0 2
    32 Milkman MidCity 2 0 2
    32 Nip/Tuck Uptown 2 0 2

    Uptowners led the way, taking 5 of the top 7 spots.  Kudos to Barcrawl on his victory.  And welcome to F3 Ringer!

    The final tally: The World: 363 (249 from MidCity, 103 from the NorthShore and 11 from Destrehan) Uptown: 360  A final difference of 3 points.
    Participants
    Total Laps
    Place Points
    TOTAL
    Uptown 19 53 307 360
    MidCity 12 35 214 249
    Northshore 4 12 91 103
    Destrehan 1 3 8 11
    World 17 50 313 363

    Finished with our Countoff, Name-o-rama (was there ever a doubt on the name of our FNG) and a prayer.  Then dive back into the coolers (thank you again Brown Bag) to grab a cold one (YHC was very very pleasantly suprised with the Mango IPA), and enjoyedanother hour of F2.

    Kudos to the few, the proud, the strong who made the follow on Thursday am post: FracSac, Cowbell, DaParish, Milkman, Butt Splice, Ocho (Hrm… What do they all have in common?  Oh yeah – THE WORLD!)

  • B.L.I.M.P.S. at the Plunge

    After what only be described as a Routine Victory, three men met the Gloom in pursuit of self improvement in an aquatic environment.   Posting less than 8 hours after an intense competition of brawn and masculinity takes a certain level of testicular fortitude that few men are fortunate enough to maintain.  Tclaps to our counterparts at Okwata who were able to do the same.  Disclaimer

    The Thang

    • Burpees x 5; swim a lap
    • Leg Lifts x 10; swim a lap
    • Irkins x 15; swim a lap
    • Merkins x 20; swim a lap
    • Plank Jacks x 25; swim a lap
    • Squats x 30; swim a lap

    Rinse & Repeat

    YHC completed B.L.I.M.P.S.  B.L.I.M.P. and 1000m; the other Pax were not far behind.  Tclaps to Milk Man for his first post to the Plunge; I’m sure he’ll be back.

    Thank you for the opportunity to lead,

    Da Parish

  • The Scramble Sprint #2

    The PAX at the Scramble journeyed another new course on this Gloom from the Mandeville city hall. As we started our journey the YHC noticed a late arrival pulling in, to no surprise Sea Bass who is quite the regular at The Scramble exited the vehicle headlamp in the on position and quickly caught up to the PAX.

    The thang

    3.2 mile run.

    2:00 min timed Mosey with intervals of 20 sec sprints in between at 100%. YHC can’t help but notice that we are making strides in our running abilities as most PAX are still able to mumble chatter with less restrictions in their wind pipes. Upon return we circled up for a little work in the parking area, which we noticed another PAX member had apparently arrived after we had left and proceeded to journey it alone (Ocho) down the standard route. Stop hitting the snooze Ocho we are on US time brother. (Compliments of 🐢)

    15  IC Manly Merkins

    15 IC SS

    15 IC BK

    on our 6 for some Mary 15 IC flutters, 15 IC LBCs, 15 IC Rosalitas and round it out with 15 IC LBCs. Finished with some stretching.

    Countarama, announcarama, COT

     

  • How the World prepares for Takeover

    Us world folks had our Gnarly Nutria warm up RUN yesterday, because we have AO’s on Tuesdays and Thursdays too… y’all should try it, uptown. It’s pretty cool!

    So today, YHC decided to have a light foundry workout with minimal running and lots of stretching.

    5 PAX on yet another hot and humid NOLA morning.

    Slowsey to the track for:

    COP #1: WARM UP
    -5 X Burpees OYO
    -20 X SSH
    -20 x J-Lo’s
    -20 X Imperial Walkers
    -20 X Peter Parkers
    -20 X Windmills
    -20 X Mountain Climbers
    -5 X Burpees OYO

    Slowsey to the Foundry:

    90 degree arm hangs, #tclaps to Walleye for a solid 1 min hang

    5 Station Circuit:
    30 X LBC (Timer)
    Pull Ups
    Dips
    Rows
    Merkins

    Repeat X 2 (20 X LBC, 10 X LBC)

    Straight arm hang burnout.

    Slowsey back to the track for:

    COP #2: MARY/ STRETCH
    20 X Flutter Kicks
    20 X American Hammer
    20 X Penguins
    20 X LBC
    20 X Hello Dolly

    Our in-house Stretch/ Yoga specialist, Shorty, was supposed to take over at this point, but his F3 name was Snooze this morning.
    YHC had to make up something on the fly.

    Various stretch work with long holds, concentrating on legs.

    light mumblechatter was had about what color we’d like the trophy to be, how many beers we can finish while waiting on Uptown to finish, what time the uptowners will get their pedicures tomorrow, etc.

    Slowsey back to the flag for count off, name o rama, announcements, intentions, and prayer.

    Looking forward to the Gnarly Nutria!!
    Be there or be lame!

    Thanks for letting me lead,
    Cowbell

  • Simple but Deadly

    11 PAX gathered under the Gipper’s gaze in the Gloom this morning for a simple but deadly beatdown.

    Warmup:

    SSH, Merkins, IWs, Plank Jacks, Windmills, Butt Kicks, High Knees, Seal Jacks and Torso Twists, all 20x IC except for the Torso Twists at 10x.  Enter Ocho, precisely timing his arrival to miss the warmup.

    Mosey to the top deck of the Parking Garage for

    The Thang:

    Burp Back Mountain-Partner up and hit 100 burpees as a team; one PAX burps it up while his partner runs down the ramp and the backpedals up the ramp to tag and relieve the first PAX.  Much Mumble Chatter to start but that petered off fast enough because O2 was soon in short supply.  500 burpees total for Cadre Danny.

    Recovery walk to the Justice Center alley for a Princess Tea Party-Partner up again, plank up facing your partner and play pattycake IC for 10x, then Partner back to back Al Gores for 30 seconds.  Rinse and repeat in ladder fashion so 15x and 45 seconds for round 2, 20x and 60 seconds for round 3, back down to 15x and 45 seconds for round 4, and then 10x and 30 seconds for the last and best round.

    Mosey back to The Gipper for a little plank work then Countorama, Nameorama and Moby prayed us out.

    Welcome FNG Brat!  Great to have you in the PAX.  It never gets easier; you just get better.

  • Gnarly Nutria Warm Up

    12 PAX braved the ferocious heat and humidity this AM to complete a warmup for tonight’s Gnarly Nutria.  Though we completed a lap around the park, we kept things pretty light on the legs and focused on the upper body.  Here’s how it went down:

    Warmup

    10 x SSH

    10 x arm circles each way

    10 x shoulder shrugs

    We then moseyed to the pull up bars and split into 3 groups.  Count was 10 Carolina drydocks each go-round:

    Group 1: drydocks

    Group 2: pull ups round 1, then hold yourself up in pull up position round 2

    Group 3: burpees

    We then moseyed to the green/tee box near the water fountain for a round of 2:1 Jack Webb (next time, Northshore)

    We then moseyed around to the Prytania side of the park for a ring of fire.  We went around the circle up to 5 merkins, then did some bonus plank work.

    We then moseyed to the shelter.  Half the group did BTTW while the other half bearcrawled around the shelter.  Then we switched it up.  We finished up with

    10 x dips

    15 x incline shoulder taps (highly underrated)

    10 x decline shoulder taps

    And then we moseyed back to the flag for COT and a spirited pep rally for the Gnarly Nutria.  Prediction for tonight: Uptown repeats as world champs.

  • 610 Stomp #99 – Let the Celebration Begin

    Conditions:  Temp – 79,  Humidity – 90%, Wind – 1 mph from the SSW.

    7 men posted for the 100th running of the 610 Stomp.  (I realize the title says #99, that’s because SFx made us run #18 twice).

    Today was a shout out to the most important day in 610 Stomp History, Stomp #14 on 11/17/2015, when Tool took the Q and altered the route.  Tool decided that we would exit the park by the museum and run down the Bayou (Moss St.).  Tool suggested that we run to an area that at that time had a statue of Jefferson Davis on it.  That would be roughly 4.18 miles give or take 2 hundredths.  We completed that route and I don’t think we have ever gone back to the old one.

    The Thang

    Today’s instructions were to run as much of the route as you could in 40 minutes, getting back in time for a very special seal the deal.  Puddles, the only canine to every post at an F3 Nola workout has posted 13 times.  The Pax were asked to name the 12 men that have posted at the Stomp more times than Puddles.  1 burpee to honor each man, with a 5 penalty burpee if you shout out the wrong name.  We had about 5 misfires.  Here is the list of the top 12 all-time 610 Stomp Posters.

    1.  Tool
    2. Amnesty
    3. Rudy
    4. Jingle Vader
    5. SFx
    6. Hawg
    7. Shorty
    8. Cowbell
    9. Fracsac
    10. Kimchi
    11. Griswold
    12. OSHA

    Moleskin

    • The Stomp was created to train for the Spartan Race in Alabama.  I never really imagined that it would still be going 2 years later.  T-claps to Tool, Amnesty, SFx, Jingle Vader, and Rudy for making sure it had staying power.
    • Two people in the top 12 don’t even live in Louisiana.  Impressive on their part.
    • I think Cowbell is the only one on the list that was an FNG at the Stomp, although OSHA may have been also – but I can’t find any historical records for his FNG post.
    • We’ve had at least 4 guys from out of town AOs post at the Stomp, and one, F3 Beetle from Atlanta, has posted twice.
    • At least one of those four out of towners was still drunk when he posted.
    • Surge Qd the only 610 Stomp he has ever posted at – a 100% Q rating.
    • T-claps to Tool for coming up with the Bayou route.  It is infinitely better than what we had before.
    • T-claps to Triple Shift and Da Parish for joining us from the Coastie to seal the deal and end with a COT together.

     

     

     

     

     

     

  • Three Dimensional

    As I reluctantly rolled out of the fartsack dreading the Louisiana humidity, this memory came to mind. Close to a decade ago, I did a research paper on Fitness and Nutrition and shadowed and exercised with a gymnast.  He told me I needed to stay three dimensional and maintain Discipline, Determination, and Dedication.   I couldn’t help but recognize the numerical significance behind F3, 3 Dimensions, and The Trinity. 1 Corinthians 6:19-20 “Do you not know that your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your bodies.” 

    With this scripture in mind, I roll up to the AO to start a morning with a PAX of, you guessed it, three.

    Warm-Up:

    Mosey to the tennis courts.

    • SSH x20 IC
    • Arm Circles x10 IC
      • Forwards, backwards, overhead
    • Butt Kicks (about 10 yards)
    • High Knees (about 10 yards)
    • Low Slow Squats x10

    The Thang:

    • The Cooper: 10 Burpees, 10 Squats, 10 Merkins, run to batting cages for 9 Burpees, 9  Squats, 9 Merkins, back to Tennis courts for 8, 8, 8 and you get the idea.

    Mosey to the Pull-Up bar (or PlayStation)

    • Six Pack: 1 Merkin, 5 Pull-Ups, 2 Merkins, 4 Pull-Ups, etc. until the value switches. Then back the other way from 5 Merkins, 1 Pull-Up to 1 Merkin, 5 Pull-Ups

    Mosey to the parking lot

    • 6MOM: (well, a minute maybe) Flutter Kicks x20 IC, Pickle Pounders x20 IC, Freddie Mercury’s x20 IC

    Counterama, Namerama, Announcements, and Ball of Man to wrap up the morning.

    Nhi has a perfect attendance record and is an unmatched example of Dedication, Determination, and Discipline.  And he has 7 kids! And I’m nervous about my first one. Kimchi is a die hard 3D HIM who shows up for every workout even though he says he hates it.  I actually didn’t hear him say anything about hate today, even during Namerama (YHC was the sole sub-30 year old in the PAX).  I guess I’ll have to try harder next time.  I doubt I’d be out in the park at 5:30 AM if it weren’t for the HIM of TW, so I respect and stay grateful for these guys, always.

  • Looking back on the day we turned 21

    8 PAX converged on the Mandeville Trailhead to look back on what it was once like to be 21 again.. Aside from the all nighters, swollen mulligans and the “what did I do memory of the night before”  your YHC decided it was worth creating a memory of fatigue, sweat and memorable  beat down…

    warmarama

    20 IC SS

    20 IC BK

    20IC WM

    20IC IW

    the thang

    Moseyed over to the David Treen center around the corner to bring back the love of 21!! At least the intention was there but soon enough the memories would fade and the perspiration would begin as if we were all being cooled down by a fire hose at an out door festival or concert. (Capt. Sparkles we may need a hose from the station.) Your YHC introduced the one and only thing the PAX would  do this morning “Super 21.” It goes like this 1 Merkins 1 LBCs lap around, 2 Merkins 2 LBCs lap around. Sounds routine and most probably wondered is this it? Well then came the addition on number 7 to add MC, round 14 add PJ and finishing at 21 rounds.. Butt Splice, Grundy (OA) and Steve (welcome back brother) showed there animalistic abilities and went to town eventually lapping your YHC. The YHC pushed along with the rest of the PAX and enjoyed hearing the mumble chatter as the intensity rose. Ocho, Turtle, The Manny and Capt. Sparkles all working extremely hard showing fatigue but never quitting..  In fact Capt. Sparkles finished at the flag with determination to get the 21… Great job guys!!

    End result 236 Merkins, 236 LBCs, 210 MC, 140 PJ and roughly 2.52 miles (thanks Grundy) of Mosey around the center..

    countarama, annoucearama, COT