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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

  • 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

  • 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.

     

     

     

     

     

     

  • Rocks of Different Sizes

    New Orleans offered another free outdoor steam room today. No need to pay a spa here.

    We kicked off the usual mosey to the usual warm-up area.

    Side straddle hops

    Imperial walkers

    Peter parkers

    arm circles forward and backwards

    Then we started with a small rock – one you can lift with one arm.

    Next a series of single are shoulder presses forward lifts, tricep extensions, and forearm rolls.

     

    form there we picked up a rock of “regular size”

    Then – curls, rows, squats, and lunges. For each exercise we started with a set of 2 and increased the reps of each set by 2 and increased to 12 and then back reduced each set by 2 until we were back down to 2.

    from there we picked up heavy rock and finished up with bench press.

    we finished up with some Mary before heading back to our COT

     

     

  • Manpower > Horsepower

    Another steamy morning in City Park last Wednesday.  A spot opened up on the Q schedule a few days prior so YHC hopped on it since it looked to be a light turnout (The Plunge got bumped to Wednesday as well) and would pose the right set of conditions for a bit of a change-up that I’d been stewing on.  After rustling up some gear and coupons the day before, YHC departed the abode that morning on a four-wheeled contraption that would be the centerpiece of the workout.  After a detour for gear placement in a nearby parking lot, YHC made it to the flag where he was greeted by six of F3’s finest.

    After the disclaimer, we took a “Capri Lap” around the Roosevelt Mall circle to accommodate the latecomers and gathered on the baseball diamond for a quick warm-up:

    SSH x20

    Arm Circle x20

    Windmill x20

    Bear Crawl around the bases from 2nd to home plate

    Then a mosey in the opposite direction as usual to the uncharted waters of the Tad Gormley Stadium parking lot.  There we were greeted with a four-wheeled friend (see pic below) along with added bonuses of cinder blocks and other goodies.

    What would come next was first inspired last year when YHC had to push a mechanically inept golf cart home from City Park with my daughter steering.  It was a grueling task that at the time I thought would make for a great F3 workout.  I’ve had it on the radar for a while but knew it would work best with a small PAX, maybe 8 or less.  YHC also installed a push bar on back the accept the F3 horsepower that would be used to propel this thing around the asphalt.  After a few minutes of setting up the 7 stations, here’s what 7 PAX did:

    Station 1:  Timer – Push golf cart around the four corners of the parking lot (approx 150-200 yds…with speed getting up to “mosey” pace)

    Station 2:  Steer golf cart w/one hand while squeezing a hand grip strengthener w/the other, switching hands half way.  Rudy made this strenuous exercise look easy by adding the “foot on the dashboard” pose while sipping imaginary lemonade.

    Station 3: Squat Press w/ Cinder Block

    Station 4: Alternating Dumbbell Curl (choose either 20lb or 12lb)

    Station 5: Jump rope (this brought the sweat)

    Station 6: Block Press Crunch (in Dying Cockroach position)

    Station 7: Cinder Block Curl

    After knocking out two rounds of these, time was looking tight so we opted to run around the parking lot for Round 3, picking up the cones in the process.  No people or golf carts were injured that morning but we did manage to decapitate a cinder block.

    Mosey back to the flag for a COT.

    Always great to lead.

    Tool

     

     

     

  • Summer Series Aquatic 2 Mile Run

    With the last Summer Series event canceled due to weather, F3 Nation awaited the word from the NOTC on “weather or not” this event would take place.  The skies had opened for most of the day over City Park, so it could have gone either way.  The word came that it was a go, and there was much rejoicing!
    Six Men of F3 converged upon City Park intent on taking the top six spots this day.  Unfortunately, the path had so much standing water that it could have qualified as a triathlon course.  During the race, YHC experienced a shoe failure that set me back to a 9:00 mile pace, as there was never any doubt that YHC had it locked up before that unfortunate mishap…..
    Cowbell most likely ran an extra three or four miles to get around the standing water. He likes to keep his feet dry.
    SOGO enjoyed running alongside his daughter for her first ever Summer Series event, so he gave up one of the top spots for a good cause.
    Surely the top three trophies went to the other F3 PAX!
    As always, the fun is at the finish line.
    Roots slowly sipped a Grapefruit beer, attempting to pass it off to anyone that would take it, and all six of us enjoyed some great F2. Tool enjoyed some sort of vegetarian wanna be rice concoction with shrimp, courtesy of the Power Mile Club. Bad Moon and YHC were not as impressed with it, at least not when Jambalaya Girl is on site!
    There’s one more Summer Series Event left, hope to see you guys there!

  • Amnesty Mountain

    My driver got me there just in time to run up to a group of men filled with anxiety, mixed with fear…and proclaim the disclaimer.  Mosey.  Hey look!  Hawg rolled in hot as usual.  We picked up Shorty on the way…  We circled up on what is claimed to be the nicest patch of grass in the city for the warmup COP:

    -SSH x 30 IC

    -IW x 30 IC

    -Mountain Climbers x 20 IC

    -Arm Circles x 30 IC (15 each dir.)

    -J-Lo’s x 20 IC (fka Pickle Pounders)

    We moseyed  to the mountain.  Two columns for an Indian Run to the top.  Now that we were warmed up, 11’s:

    -start with 10 burpees, run down the ramp for 1 crossfit merkin (hands up Seamen), back up for 9 burpees…..etc….  After some of the speedsters finished and planked, I called it and we headed down the stairs to the row of benches.  YHC is headed to the beach tomorrow so all worked on triceps.

    -Dips x 20 IC

    -Left Leg Step-ups x 15 IC

    -Incline Merkins (Irkins?) x 20 IC

    -Right Leg Step-ups x 15 IC

    There was some time left for Mary so we headed to the nicest grass in the city, if not the world (sic):

    -LBC x 20 IC

    -Hello Dolly’s x 20 IC

    -Flutter Kicks x 20 IC

    -Wife Pleasers x 20 IC (an Amnesty classic…and a strictly no eye contact event…that means you Yankee).

    We got back to the SF just in time.  Countoff (21), explained namerama to the two FNG’s and named them (welcome Sunshine and Candygram), announcements and a prayer.

    Thanks for letting me lead for the fourth time during my Birthday Week.