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  • Pre-Blast – Convergence to HONOR our Brother Dipstick – March 4, 2017

    On Saturday March 4, 2017, the #HIM of the GrandStrand will converge and post at 0700 at #Warthog to HONOR our Brother, William “Willie” James Pederson – aka Dipstick

    Billboard will be on Q.  Other AO’s here will be closed.  Please post at #Warthog
    If you are visiting in the area, please join us as we HONOR and REMEMBER our Brother

    William James Pedersen
    Myrtle Beach, SC
    William James Pedersen, age 34, passed away, Tuesday, February 22, 2017 at Grand Strand Regional Medical Center.
    William was born in Myrtle Beach, a son of the late James Pedersen and Sharon Fuller Fletcher. William was a US Army Combat Veteran and a small Business Owner. He will be truly loved and missed by all.
    Surviving are his wife: Melissa Pedersen; two sons: Christian Pedersen and Luke Pedersen; brother: Rusty Pedersen and a number of nieces and nephews.
    A memorial service will be held at a later date.
    McMillan-Small Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
    An online guest book is available at www.msfh.net

    Date: Saturday March 4, 2017
    Time: 0700
    Where: #Warthog – Market Commons, Myrtle Beach

  • Back to the blast

    YHC has taken an unintended hiatus from writing back blasts. Apologies to the pax. So this BB shall encompass all the beat downs that have occurred to the best of my knowledge that have not been recorded. This is all from memory so please excuse missed members from the pax and other alternative facts.

    2/21/17: location = mandeville trailhead
    Pax: chewy(Qic), EiEi, sea bass the thang: ran fartleks in the rain…

    2/18/17: location = lakefront
    Pax: big fish(Q), turbo, tanked-up, beast, chewy, grundy(fng)
    the thang:
    gros poisson Brought the biggest weinke in F3 history, combined with turbo’s “10” minutes of AMRAP at Rips laying down an epic beat down that left the pax sore and grumbling.

    2/14/17: location = mandeville trailhead, pax: nacho(Q), big fish, chewy, sea bass, choppa(Fng)
    The thang: nacho returned for a QVC inspired workout, with a lot of home exercise equipment and not a lot of running.

    2/11/17: location = lakefront
    Pax: chewy, EiEi, turbo, tanked-up and Toots
    The thang: Toots returned lean and mean for a round robin style Q where tanked up tried his best to kill the pax with an onslaught of burpees, box jumps

    2/7/17: location = mandeville trailhead pax: chewy, nacho, big fish, EiEi, sea bass
    The thang: either Ei or chewy Q’d
    There were some sprints and a lot of ‘nacho planking’ involved… that’s all YHC can remember.

    Welcome Grundy and Choppa to the pax!
    Congrats to Burgundy on the new baby girl!
    Prayers for Toots and his wife Amber.

    Again apologies for the lackadaisical back blasting. Plan to see better communication by YHC to help the pax grow in 2017.

    Also sign up now for Tough mudder
    March 18th, don’t let the elder statesman of the pax (turbo and tank),show everyone up by being the only representatives!

    Cheers!
    Chewy

  • “I am tomorrow, or some future day, what I establish today. I am today what I established yesterday or some previous day.” ― James Joyce

    A Pax of four showed up today, Our fearless leader TurboTax could not make it for Q…something about his fitting appointment for the REX ball. Whatever… so this second-stringer had to Q on the fly.

    here’s how it went:

    salutations

    short disclaimer

    warmup
    20xIC side straddle hops
    20xIC arm circles
    20xIC imperial walkers
    20xIC toe touches
    20xIC hillbillys
    20xIC mountain climbers
    20xIC imaginary kettle ball pickups, alternating leading leg
    20xIC one leg lunge with back leg up on bench, alternating leading leg

     

     
    mosey to the school board building (Taj Mahal) parking lot
    run the parking spaces, ladder sprint up 2 spaces, backpeddle 2 spaces, repeat for 4,6, & 8
    10xIC leg swings left to right, right leg
    10xIC leg swings left to right, left leg
    run the parking spaces, ladder sprint up 2 spaces, backpeddle 2 spaces, repeat for 4,6, & 8
    10xIC leg swings front to back, right leg
    10xIC leg swings front to back, left leg

     

     
    mosey to the front of the Taj Mahal
    circle up by the flagpole – step back to the outer edge of the circle
    one leg bearcrawl, with right leg up in the air, bearcrawl hop forward to the flag pole,
    do one merkin
    one leg crabcrawl, with right leg up, crabcrawl hop backward to edge of circle,
    jump up and run the stairs, up and around and back
    rinse and repeat with left leg up on the bearcrawl and crabcrawl

     

     

    mosey to the back of the St. Tammany Parish Courthouse Annex parking garage
    run backwards half up the first floor ramp
    turn and sprint up rest of the way, stop and do five burpees
    jog across the second floor ramp, stop and using cement walk, do a compass derkin, with 5 derkins every 45 degrees, so basically,
    your feet stay in position while arm walking to the left and right
    run backwards up third floor ramp , turn and sprint up rest of the way, stop and do five burpees

    on the top deck of the parking garage
    sprint across the width of the deck, then 10 merkins
    sprint across the width of the deck, then 10 derkins
    sprint across the width of the deck, then 10 erkins
    sprint across the width of the deck, 10 count

    down the stairs to the “Noodling for Rats” ledge
    5 pull-ups, 25 curb hops
    repeat

     

     
    mosey to the front of the St. Tammany Parish Courthouse
    circle up around the flagpole, merkin and bearcrawl around clockwise, merkin and bearcrawl counter-clockwise

     

     
    mosey back to the trail head

     

     

    mary
    20xIC Jane Fondas
    10XIC V-ps

     

     
    count-o-rama, lead-out prayer by Tanked-Up, we bid adieu, we “establish” our day

  • Lafitte’s Plunge Cancelled? Not!

     

    I woke up looking to give my body a break and do a little swimming instead of the H8 workout going on at Okwata.  Being a little beat up, a swim would be a great recovery.  Rolling into the Aquatic center at UNO around 5:28 am, I saw Maverick moseying up to the front I but didn’t see any other PAX or the Q’s vehicle.  Must be running a little late, or so I thought.

    When Maverick and I got to the outdoor pool, the gates were locked and things didn’t look so good.  No Q and no access to the pool!  What the $%##!  After a few moments, the facility person made his way out and apologized for being late and opened up the gates to the pool.  Wheww!…Hmmmm…still no Q.  Well, because we are leaders, we lead!  YHC came up with a quick 1700 meter (1.056 mile) swim workout.

    200 meter warm up

    4 – 50 meters / 1 minute (Basically swim a 50 and if you have time left before a minute is up, you take a break and go again when the minute is completed.  This proved a little too ambitious)

    8 – 50 meters / 1:05

    4 – 100 meters / 2 minutes

    2 – 200 meters

    100 meter cool down

    Finished with the namerama and the COT.  The substitute Q wanted to share something that helps us (Gen Xers) have perspective.  With all the places we have gone and things we have done in this life, It is of extreme importance to know where you are heading when this life is over.  I referenced the prophet Jeremiah’s writings from Jeremiah 9:23-24.

    Thus says the Lord: “Let not the wise man boast in his wisdom, let not the mighty man boast in his might, let not the rich man boast in his riches, 24 but let him who boasts boast in this, that he understands and knows me, that I am the Lord who practices steadfast love, justice, and righteousness in the earth. For in these things I delight, declares the Lord.”

  • Rain and more Rain

    When YHC got up and looked at the radar, there was green and yellow all around.  Being the Q, I couldn’t fartsack so I had to put on my ‘Big Boy’ tights and get going.  After riding a mile to the start, I was hoping no one would show up but in the distance, I saw my faithful friend (Woz).  When I reached him, I was thinking he was crazy to come out but aren’t we all.  After the namerama and COT, we were off but not on the Metaire Lakefront due to all the construction of raising and widening the levee but on the New Orleans Lakefront.

    As we got on our way east to Landry’s Seafood, I could only think of the wonderful thoughts of cycling in a steady rain and darkness.  Unfortunately, the thoughts weren’t of joy and happiness that we still have the physical ability to pull this off but of but slips, crashes and suck.  The route is filled with small hills going over the levee and the one large bridge at Bayou St. John.  As we muddled through the 12 mile ride out to the Seabrook bridge and back, we said our silent goodbyes till next time.  See you out in the dry gloom next week!

  • Mistakes Were Made

    YHC arrived 5 minutes early by bike. Since the Mardi Gras holidays are upon us, we need to make every effort to increase the RRR miles.  YHC’s last post till March would be at Lafitte’s Plunge so painment is important.  The Disclaimer was given “I’m not a personal professional trainer, modify if needed.  This is F3?”  Mosey to the track and lineup.

    Warm Up

    • High Knees there, Butt Kicks Back
    • Frankenstein Walk There, Lung & Stretch back
    • High knee/Kick Back there (the lights came on for the entertainment of others) Scoop back

    Mosey to Henry Davis Dr/610 for Super 21, 11, Until the 6 finishes 11, Until the Q falls off the curb and sprains his ankle

    • 1 Merkin, Run under 610 and back up, 1 Sit up; Run under 610 and back up, 2 Merkins; Run under 610 and back up, 2 sit ups; etc until you reach 21, 11, the 6 gets 11, the Q falls

    At this point, YHC was left for dead at the bottom of the underpass. Fortunately, Tool stayed behind to ensure that no surly person would take advantage of the injured Q.  The two PAX did several Mary exercises to pass the time.  YHC did LBC and Tool did a variety of different exercises.

    Meanwhile, the PAX moseyed back to the flag to get a vehicle to save their fallen Q, who was lying on the ground in pain.   Rather than come back immediately, YHC was told there were burpees, namorama, and COT.  Must have been nice…

    Moleskin

    • TClaps to KimChi. Keep it up brother!
    • Dr. advised that I can swim and ride but running should be limited for 4-6 weeks.
    • Thank you Tool and Rudy for getting YHC home safely
    • RRR is still accepting donations.  Please consider. (https://www.crowdrise.com/f3-nola)
    • I know I missed someone, please let me know who.

    Thanks for letting me lead! Humbly Yours,

    Da Parish

  • Fartsacker Rehab is now Open!

    Are you down on yourself for missing too many glooms?  Are you tired of your fellow Pax getting on your ass too much? #2ndF  There is now a chance for you to break that trend… and it’s called Fartsacker Rehab.  Not the noun kind of rehab, but the verb form:

    • rehab (verb) – rehabilitate or restore

    Like the ancient quote from Confucius, “The best time to plant a tree is 10 years ago. The Second best time is now.” Fartsacker Rehab allows you to break the trend of Fartsackerism, and it jump starts you on the path of taking your DRP.

    Now for the launch details, a record showing of 2 Pax gathered around the Foundry.  Cowbell told me he just finished his merkins for the day #300for30! (Tclaps).  Little did he know what we were about to do… brief Disclaimer…

    The Thang

    Mosey over to the pullup bars.

    The “Murph”:

    • 100x Pullups
    • 200x Merkins
    • 300x Squats
    • 2 mile Run

    We divided the pushups, merkins, and squats into 20 rounds.  Ran a half mile after 5 rounds, then ran a mile and a half after we knocked out the other 15 rounds.

    Listened to music while we got to work.. you know, us millennials have our ways.  Had the COT around Cowbell’s Truck.  Mission Accomplished!

    Moleskin

    Cowbell’s Merk count is 500 after this one.  His chest is going to pop!

    Fartsacker Rehab is going to be flexible with the day of the week, but we will hold the time (6pm) and place (The Foundry – City Park) steady for now as we work through it.  The goal is to have any Pax who is feeling frustrated with fartsacking to lead an afternoon beatdown for the NOLA Pax….whenever they want!  We will communicate future date, time and destination information on the Groupme App here

     

     

  • Buckle Bunny is here

    OK so Rev It had the Q but I was pretty sure he had no idea that Douille put him on the list so I put a Weinke together just in case.

    Posted at the Virtual Flag – with 12 men and a FNG.

    Beautiful morning. A truly GLOOMY GLOOM.

    We started with a quick mosey to the first light pole on the track.
    At the first light pole we did:
    SSH x 20, Imp Walkers x 20, Smurf jacks x 20, Imp Walker squats x 20
    **I modified here because of the sheer number of ducks in the area.

    We mosey’d over to the row bars. In order to honor Rev Its no burpees on Monday rule – we didn’t do any burpees. Eventhough Seaman tried to whine that the All American Body Builders were burpees!
    4 groups: Shoulder Taps, Rows, Monkey Humpers – for the ladies walking in the park, and ALL AMERICAN BODY BUILDERS not burpees. The body builders help the count. (10)

    Then we indian run’d to the light across from the bridge.
    At the bridge we visited our buddy JACK WEBB to ten.

    Then we sprinted to the benches. At the benches: Step Ups, Bulgarian Splits, and Dips x 20

    Then we Hallelujah run’d to the golf course for a quick burst of Mary.
    Peter Parkers, Russian Twists, LBCs, Dying Roaches, and LBTs.

    Then long mosey’d to monkey bars. At the monkey bars we waited for the 6 in plank and then we did 5-10 pull ups 2 at a time.

    Sprint to the FLAG.

    COT: Prayed to be better today then we were yesterday. Welcome to Buckle Bunny! Seaman came through with a half mean, half funny name for our new guy Tyler from B’ham.

  • 610 Stomp #79

    With the threat of the Great Flood of 2017 looming, seven men got out of bed knowing it was going to be a beatdown. In preparation of the Tough Mudder, we headed to the track:
    -one lap (1/4 mile)
    -10 x burpees
    -one lap
    -20 x merkins
    -one lap
    -30 x squats
    -one lap
    -40 x LBCs
    RINSE AND REPEAT UNTIL TIME. Probably averaged 3.5 miles…a good time was had by all…

    Countoff, namerama, announcements (by someone else), shoutouts, prayer. SEE YOU TOMORROW!!!

  • President’s Day is YUGE, they tell me

    Anybody can Q a Rock City!  What’s to do?  Everyone, and I mean everybody across the nation, is telling me, Jingle Vader, you should be a Q at Rock City; you’ll make The World great again.  [But it’s great already, duh!]  I’m listening to America: although I’m an open-border kind of guy (all Uptowners are welcome), I know America is looking for a fine-tuned machine.  I’m mean, got rocks; they’re yuge.  Show ’em how it’s done.  A fine PAX.– random mumblechatter

    No disclaimer, because we’re not virgins at this.  [T-claps to Walleye for posting with the real men on a Monday.]  Just start off with 15 burpees OYO.  Then the mosey begins.  Lots of mumblechatter that the PAX is headed the wrong way.  It’s a victory lap, boys.  Then a warm-up COP to encourage the citizens.  35 SSHs in honor of Prez Kennedy, who was prez when YHC was born.  Duct Tape then appears, looking as confused as Mike Pence talking to Mike Flynn; I wanted to assure him that I hadn’t talked to the Russians.  But then in swooped Hawg like Theresa May to save the Brits from those dangerous Europeans.  So 38 SSHs in honor of Prez Ford, who was prez when Hawg was born (or, so YHC guessed).  Confusion is beginning to ensue: nothing to do but another 15 burpees OYO and then some more moseying.

    What’s all this mumbblechatter about where are the rocks?  Look at yourselves in the mirror: don’t you just thank the Lord that you’re you?  Who needs rocks?  We all got rocks.  Time for some Andrew Jacksons (pull-yourself-up-by-your-own-bootstraps).  Break up into four groups of threes: timer group does 10 pull-ups, while group 2 does squats, group 3 does merkins and group 4 does derkins.  Switch around to do all four; then rinse and repeat with 8 pull-ups as the timer, then with 6, and finally with 4.  If you don’t like the name Andrew Jacksons, try Woodrow Wilsons (as he was the 28th Prez 10+8+6+4=28).  Then another 15 burpees OYO.  So that’s 45 burpees for the New Guy.

    Mosey to Bunker Hill for some Elevens (should have done Tens, because 1+2+3+4+5+6+7+8+9=45).  LBCs from 10 to 1 on one side, and Jump Squats from 1 to 10 on the others with moseying in between.

    After the PAX smoked the enemy, it was time for sitting around.  To the wall for a low sit for 45 seconds or so.  The first 35 seconds went fine.  But when YHC tried to name the presidents from 35 onward, the blood flow was a little slow, so it was probably more like a minute, which is better anyway.

    Mosey past the rock pile, where Hawg pined for calmer days when he could pick up an extra rock without any shame.  But the PAX continued for a last Circle of Mary.  46 LBCs for the next President; then 35 American Hammers in honor of Kennedy’s keeping Krushchev  at bay (kinda) and then a close out with 17 merkins in cadence (cause YHC thought the 17th prez was Lincoln, but Hawg reminded the PAX that Lincoln was 16, so YHC now dedicates those merkins to the first President to be impeached).

    Mosey home for namorama, lots of special intentions, and then a COP.  As crazy as it may seem here, we could have been born in Syria, South Sudan or Kandahar.  We’re blessed more than we could know.  So lift a prayer of thanksgiving for our great nation, and thank a soldier.

    Moleskin: Hawg (or was it Tool?) figured out the theme: with the trump card, anything goes.  You don’t need rocks at Rock City, just like you don’t need bikes at the Coastie or speedos at whatever Da Parish has renamed Waterworld.  [I’ll be going to Okwata on Thursday, in case anyone is worried.]

    Jingle Vader