F3 New Orleans

Category: Backblasts

  • Bollard BOMBS – from Mayhem

    68 degrees, 98% humidity, 3 mph out of the NE

    Disclaimer as the beautiful sunrise commences

    9 PAX in total mosey to the Mardi Gras Fountain

    Warmarama consists of MMP, SWM, GG, PP, MC, TF, FT

    Lap around the fountain and head to the lake

    Thang 1:
    Grab some wall for Merk-Jax
    1:2 up to 6:12 and back down to 1:2

    Thang 2:
    Line up along designated bollard
    One 4-count SSH IC, one broad jump, walk to next bollard
    Two SSH… to 10 SSH
    Lunge walk back to start

    Thang 3:
    BOMBS-Weave
    Groups of 3 – 3 minutes at each station AMRAP
    6 stations: Burpees, Overhead Claps, Merkins, Big Bois, Squats, Weave the Bollards for about 100 yards and mosey back

    Thang 4:
    Plank-o-rama (plank exercise, core, plank, core, etc.)
    Hip Slap, LBC, Shoulder Tap, Freddy Mercury, Merkin (slow), Flutter Kick, and the culmination… Mayhem Merkins (10-count hip slap shoulder tap merkin)

    Thang 5:
    Take a picture with the sunrise

    Back to the flag
    COT

    Thanks for the opportunity to lead
    SYITG

  • I am no Gambler, but if I was… – from Shooter

    Well the Lord above bestowed yet another beautiful morning following the downpours of the previous day.. Something certainly felt different about the Gloom, especially to have such cool temps in May.. YHC arrived to a fellow PAX in Steve, illuminated by his matching fluorescent green run shirt.
    No Jose10k? That is odd, but could it be turning the corner? Nope, it’s Waterpik with his consistency that never fails..Then all of sudden here comes Jose10k rolling in hot.
    As he is sharing the EHing of Coachella and JV two cars round the corner.
    Could it be the headlock coming to fruition?
    One car swings in with Akbar and then a mysterious vehicle of sorts rolls into Wacker or Cowbells parking area… Wait, what?
    It can’t be 0514 and out pops Cowbell..
    All we can say is where is Hammer?
    This is a monumental day at the Scramble possibly never to be duplicated again…
    Anyways, if I were a betting man today would be the day I might just take the chance and let it ride.

    Brief warmup
    Standard route double loop and added park path.
    20 merkins, LBCs, Jane Fonda’s with pulses and 20 merkins.

    Appreciate the chatter and the post gents.

    Prayers for Waterpik’s graduates, Cowbells travels and in-laws return, as well as my coworker battling through Chemo.

    Legals host this Saturday evening.

    Until the next Gloom 👍🏼👊🏼✌🏼!!

  • Repeat 52 Get-Up at The Gipper – from Einstein

    Rainy morning, at The Gipper, and hard to find any dry spots.

    WARMUP: all IC15x; toe touch, side staddle hops, snap-crackle-pops,
    shoulder rolls, etc.

    THANG: Deck of Doom – each player chooses the exercise when their suit is drawn.
    with the usual rule; everyone has to get up off their six
    between card draws – hence the 52 get-ups.

    Diamonds – BBQ
    Clubs – Mobydick (with any more weight loss, Moby will have to be renamed to Flipper)
    Spades – Einstein
    Hearts – Barely Legal

    Joker – bear crawl, sprint with back peddle

    Mary: no time

    BBQ prayed us out

  • Six Months In – from Steve

    If you missed Granny’s this past Tuesday, then you missed the customary gifting of a cinderblock that happens after six months of posting. (That’s right, somehow Coachella has passed the six-month mark, though how that’s possible when YHC swears he just started two months ago is beyond me.)

    Jose enlisted his junior high talented art class to hand paint one of our beloved coupons, trying their best to out-paint Waterpik and his tiger cinderblock. The result was a wild watercolor collage of some of Coachella’s favorite things: medieval plate armor, d10 dice, block blast, dead bears, and this cool matrix-like code covering the whole thing.

    Shooter officiated the ceremony, unveiling the freshly painted block as Jose played one of his classics, the extended cut of “Jenny Says.”

    Ok maybe that didn’t happen. But apparently, this IS a thing in F3 Houston. And since it was mentioned, and Coachella did indeed hit the six month mark, we offered one of our dirt-crusted coupons up in honor of his milestone. In all sincerity, it has been incredibly inspiring seeing Coach hit the type of consistency he’s had over the last few weeks. (Though, he’ll have to stencil that block on his own.)

    Anyway, beatdown was as follows:

    Grab a coupon, head to the stairs for some 11’s: Curls up top, squat thrusters down below, rifle carry the coupon up the stairs for each round.

    After that we did some Lt. Dan’s down to the stage, where we knocked out some Sister Mary’s in cadence, as well as some merkins (and maybe some other stuff?), before heading back to the stairs for the second round of 11’s with the coupon:

    Chest presses at the bottom, Alpos up top.

    Finally, over to the new benches for some more leg work: Bulgarians, step downs, etc.

    Finished with a quick run through of as many Mary exercises as we could squeeze into 4 minutes, and then on to COT, where Shooter prayed us out. Thank you gentlemen for the accountability and for the camaraderie- it means a lot. Also, looking forward to Russo’s return – I know Granny has missed her favorite Pax.

  • Park Squatters – from Hand Grenada

    PSA: Hand Grenada doesn’t believe in backblasts. We believe it is because he doesn’t know how to type, or even read. Therefore, Mayhem is writing this BB for him. Although HG knows this favor is taking place, details were not discussed. Also, HG is not on Slack since he doesn’t want the government to know what is happening on his phone. So… first, feel free to leave thoughtful comments about him on Slack as he will never see them… second, if you need him, hit him up on SnapChat, Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, X or Truth Social since the government doesn’t watch those.

    (Written as if HG was typing it himself)

    Pounded my first coffee and took a stroll across the tracks

    Conditions: 64 degrees, 64% humidity, nearly windless

    Great to see 76-year old Tenderloin back at at Pontiff after a 1+/- year hiatus
    We started with a total of 8 PAX

    Disclaimer: this is peer led and there are peer reviews

    “Wow, Mayhem, you look really good considering you just completed a pre-beatdown 5 mile jog. Good work, son.”

    Mosey 0.16 mi the wrong way around the track to the intersection of the track and the street. Warmarama in the middle of the street, because I said so.

    We did somethings: bend at the waist, self-love, bend at the waist, PP, IW, PP, SQUAT twist

    Mosey 0.16 mi to the first pavilion. Some (Vagabond and Mr Rodgers took the short… um… scenic route). Others followed the Q’s instructions. Particularly Mayhem, what an example he was this morning to the rest of the PAX.

    Two rounds, 4 stations at 4 tables.
    Incline merkins, Dips, Derkins, leg lifts.

    Mosey 0.4 mi to the hill. PAX moved at varying paces. “Dang, Mayhem, I said mosey not sprint. You really are impressing me today, son.” The Architect found us on the way.

    7s… start with 6 merkins, backwards lunge up the hill, 3 SQUATS atop the hill, forward lunge down the other side of the hill, 1 SQUAT twist and so forth. Although YHC was the first to finish, I cheated. To punish myself, I was in a wall sit position waiting on the rest of the PAX, and admiring Mayhem’s form.

    Mosey 0.22 mi to the rock pile. YHC only wanted to say the word “rock” once today since this is Rock City. We never intended on using the rocks. Once we all caught up with Mayhem, we got on our 6 for a few minutes of Mary.

    Mosey 0.13 mi back to the flag. And there goes Mayhem…

    Announcements – great to have Tenderloin back out
    Intentions – cancer sucks & take care of our aging parents
    Prayed us out
    Then Mayhem jogged off into the distance.

    Just one last comment about Mayhem. Great work, son. You are a real testament of what F3 can do for a man. You not only pushed yourself but you pushed all of us. Thank You.

    (Just a reminder… written by Mayhem but through the assumed eyes of HG)

  • Just the two of us – from Steve

    With Bushwacker no showing, intimidated by the difficulty of my recent workouts, I was grateful that Jose was man enough to show up to work out. I have lost respect for the Wacker. Can’t join a good workout, can’t Q a difficult workout (Steve’s words Bush). Any who, warm-ups, a couple of jabs towards Bushwacker). Burpees and Bear crawls is about all I can remember!

  • Cinco de Mayo – from Akbar

    56 degrees this early gloom, wishing and hoping it would stay this way for a while. The 4 regulars convened to get better.

    Warm Up: SSH, Mountain Climbers, arm circles, SSH, Should Claps, Imperial Walkers, Hill Billy, Self Love, Toe Touches

    Playground: 4 sets of 5 pull ups and 10 Squats

    Mosey down Marigny to the Lakefront stopping for 10 Merkins, 10 Supermans IC at each intersection

    Wall: Stone Mountain, Bulgarian Split Squat, Freak Nasty x 10, 4 sets

    Mosey up Lamarque stopping at each block for Peter Parker, LBC, and Crunchy Frogs x 10 IC

    Circle up for 1 more set of Peter Parker, LBC, and Crunchy Frogs x 10 IC, Plank up til time.

    Count, Name, and YHC prayed us out.

    Announcements: Legal’s get together this Saturday, sign up to Q

    SYITG – Akbar

  • May the 4th Be With You – from Fracsac

    May the 4th is known as a day of great mystery and deep reflection. YHC was determined to train these padawans to be valiant Jedi.

    Disclaimer given, then off to the steps for training.

    Imperial Walkers x 35 only stopping when the last padawan joined us.
    Tie Fighters x 10 flapjack x 10
    Force Squats x 10 – The force flows through them
    Peter Parker x 15 – got off theme
    Chewy taps x 15 – using the force again
    Cloud City Climbers x 15

    Deep Sea Divers – All worlds need them
    Starting at 10 down the steps with merkins

    Han Solo made the Kessel Run in 12 Parsecs, which is an amazing feat, so we will aim to beat that. Stations:

    Rows with 60lb sandbag
    Kettlebell with 50lb sand kettlebell
    Curls with 30lb rucksack
    Jump rope
    LBCs
    Burpees
    Timer – Run with 20 lb plate out and back in under 12 parsecs

    Death Star bombing training run:
    4 pax on the big rope running
    3 toss frisbee until 3 successful passes. 2 burpee penalty on 3 pax for a drop. Continue rotating as we run around big lake.

    Back of the museum. Training almost complete.
    Jedi burpees IC x 10

    Question for Pax:

    What was the exact line Darth Vader said to Luke at the iconic Cloud City fight scene where Luke lost his hand?

    Pax agreed on the answer “Luke…I am your father”

    A wrong answer brings 10 Jedi Burpees! That is wrong!

    Sunday mornings x 3

    COT

    May the 4th be with you!!!

    SYITG

  • Don’t call it a comeback – from Charmin

    After focusing on my concentrica (2.3 – Tripp), YHC reached out to the chaos monkey himself to verify that he would be posting and to have some accountability.

    It was good to ruck the old route, seeing the houses that are now more built up than before; conversing with a good friend about thinking like an owner; and afterwords having a good book discussion at a coffeeshop where time persistently stands still.

  • 11 is the number and theme! – from BBQ

    A beautiful morning! A mighty 6 in the gloom and beating it down hard. A lengthy and assorted warm up. Some new ones. The thang was an 11 on the ramp. We started with 10 burpees up top and 1 Cooper Head squat at the bottom. Burpee #’s descended each lap and squat #’s ascended. A mosey-run down one level and mosey-run backwards half way up and forward the other half. Post 11 we walked sideways with small steps in a bent position across the top level. We added a mix 2 reps of 11 Freak Nasties, 2 reps of 11 of knee bends and one rep of 11 calf raises. We ended with a few minutes of hamstring and hip stretches. The announcement was the F2 at Legals on May 10. Dark Wing Duck strongly prayed us out.