F3 New Orleans

Category: New Orleans

  • Pax Tax: We ALL Pay… – from Bolt

    Since 49.99% of the US counts on us to be the HIMs we r 365, YHC thought it prudent to avoid the fartsack by taking the Q on “reckoning day” ‘24.
    Warmorama of the usual: SSH, MMP, all the arm movements including Tie Fighters and MNC (Charmin AND War Eagle were both here and anytime a Catholic and a Baptist can both stay sober AND dance together…well…

    …what more is there to do/say!?).
    The Thang: inspired by Triple’s unexpected Renaissance Q, YHC decided pax tax was in order: mini Murph!!!!
    3 stations of 2 pax/2 pax/3pax: 5 pull ups, 10 merkins, 15 squats followed by a 1/5 out and back until 6 rounds were completed, except Space Cowboy did 7—BEAST! Recover, 10 seconds of encouragement to bring the energy back up and a 10 count before onto the 6…

    Coolorama—ISH: Sun salutation, wife pleasers, right leg wife pleaser with extended left leg/knees touching with arms stretched out overhead until the burn of tax day set in…flapjack followed by wife pleaser held in the up position and arms stretched out overhead for time with instruction to raise the hips another inch while further squeezing the glutes. Upright seated with legs spread wide and forward fold, arms outstretched breathing deeply with a deep breath cycle allowing the torso to extend another inch closer to the ground, stretching the lower back. On your feet for forward fold allowing the crown of the head to drop toward the Earth and final breath cycle inhales up vertebrae by vertebrae. Plank to Peter Parker followed by Parker Peter and two sets of 5 burpees bc HELLO—it is tax day!!! Honored to lead HIMs.…whose got next!?

  • Exicon Gems – from Popeye

    YHC did some Exicon browsing the other night while crushing some pie from Rotolo’s. What flavor? The Popeye, of course; add pepperoni to ensure a full cleanse. It’s a treat.
    Inspired by savory sauce-free cheesy garlicky goodness with far too many onions for an inoffensive morning, I tore off the lid of the box and hashed out the plan for the Peltch.

    Warmarama:
    SSH.
    Windmill.
    Slow-mo Imp Walkers.
    Arm circles fwd/back/cherry pickers.

    Broke the anti-stretch protocol and tried to increase the PAX’s flexibility a little:
    Pigeon stretch & hold
    Chest stretch standing x2

    Travel: .6ish mile chattermosey, really just a pleasant pace over to EDW.

    Thang 1/main event:
    1st & 10:
    “100 yard field marked at 10 yard increments. Perform 10 Merkins, 1
    Burpee (11’s) at the 10, sprint the remaining 90 yards. Recover jog back to the 20. Perform 9 Merkins, 2 Burpees, sprint the remaining 80 yards, recover jog to the 30. Repeat until all 100 yards and 11’s have been completed. Plank exercise until remaining PAX complete.”

    Assessment: This was challenging, but YHC didn’t consider the overall fitness of the PAX. Should have done twice. This will really suck in the heat of summer.

    Thang 2:
    Crowd pleaser:
    “A Merkin followed by a Groiner, but done as a pyramid. For regular men, going from 1:1 (1 Merkin and 1 Groiner) to 4:4 (4 Merkins followed by 4 Groiners) and back down to 1:1 may be a challenge, but average F3 men should go from 1:1 up to 5:5 and back down to 1:1 to truly enjoy the moment (at total of 25 reps of each).”

    Assessment: Really not that challenging to merit the write-up it has in the exicon. The PAX knocked out the crowd pleaser up to 5:5 and back to 1:1 and just looked at me unamused. Maybe I need some less fit friends.

    Thang 3:
    Merkin ring of fire:
    All PAX assume the front-leaning rest (merk position), and go one by one around the circle until complete.
    Merks x 10; 10-count rest
    Close grip merks x 10; 10-count rest
    Wide grip merks x 10; 10-count rest
    AB was really push-up pimpin his way through this set.

    Assessment: The pecs and arms were burning by the end of this, glad we did some prohibited stretching in advance. It’s a keeper.

    Thang 4: Howling Monkeys
    “In a circle, everyone grabs their ankles in Monkey Humper fashion (or Gorilla Humper, for the fearless) . The first person does ten monkey humpers followed by the next person and so on as in other “ring of fire” exercises. Don’t let go of the ankles! Depending on the number of PAX, two rounds seems to result in Howling Monkeys.”

    Assessment: Legitimate burn and very likely hard to explain if confronted by polite society. 2 rounds and the PAX were feeling the burn. In fact, YHC probably ruined AB and Valve’s post-beatdown 5k plans with this one. Hope you got the t-shirt boys!

    Lagniappe:
    Wife pleaser x 10, then one-legged wife pleasers x 10/per leg extended.

    Mosey to flag site

    Mary:
    Freddy mercury x 20
    LBC x 20
    Pickle pounder x 20
    Wheezy Jefferson / ankles to sky / leg raises x 20
    Chuck Norris merk x 20
    Penguins x 20

    COT

    Enron crowned as the new Push-up Pimp; concerning how the shirt seems to be getting smaller each week.

    HS prayed us out

  • Where is the Q??? – from Triple Shift

    After a festive afternoon at the 6th annual Leg Quarter Cookoff the day before, YHC was overly stuffed with scrumptious chicken leg quarters (I think I ate four or five), High Noon refreshments and dessert egg rolls. Needless to say, I was feeling quite heavy this morning and had to get to the Renaissance workout to burn off some excess calories. I arrived at 6:25 am and saw Fracsac already stretching and was wondering who would be there given the 20 + F3 Pax members and their families enjoying great fellowship and food on Ridgewood Drive. Would the Q be there???

    After getting out of the bus, Heisenberg and Judge Wapner pull up and it’s 6:30 am. Where’s the Q? After some discussion, Heisenberg nominates me and I try to get Wapner to take it but given his seniority, he quickly pulls the UNO reverse card and said that I’ll be fine. Ok….yes sir…. I’m the Q.

    With nothing prepared, I pull the classic slow mosey to figure things out. No warmup, just head to the foundry and I’ll figure it out. As we leave NOMA, we hear the pitter patter of flip flops….Catfish come sprinting by. When we arrive at the foundry, I embark on an explanation of doing things slowly and am subsequently jeered that we’re going to run out of time doing the warmups.

    Warmarama
    15 low slow squats, 10 low slow merkins, 20 arm circles (forwards and backwards), 10 lunge around the world, 10 slow peter parkers, 10 slow imperial walkers, 10 slow parker peters, 20 burpees in a slow 6 count cadence.

    The Thang
    Mini Murph – 5 pullups/body rows, 10 merkins (soon to be hand release merkins on round 4 and 5), and 15 air squats x 5 rounds. After each round, run from the foundry to the track then back. #Crowd Pleaser
    Head to the back of NOMA for 3 rounds of Sunday Mornings and back to the virtual flag.

    COT – Countoff, Namerama, and prayers for my friend Adam Sanborn (35 years old) who has terminal cancer at 35, Woz’s (Jesse Varnado) who’s father just passed away on Thursday, Torque’s (Nic Francis) mom who unexpectedly passed away 6+ weeks ago, and Babyface’s (David Hassenboehler) father-in-law passed away on Wednesday. Keep these pax members in your prayers and that God would grant them supernatural peace as they lead their families during this season of loss and grief. May we truly understand that our days are numbered and to live lives of impact and service to everyone we encounter.

  • The Den of Pain – from Smooth Operator

    4/11/24 Den of Pain
    Maneater
    Jackknife
    Honeysuckle
    AB
    GOOSE
    POPE
    YJ
    ENRON
    LIL CUZ

    Warmarama
    SSH
    Windmills
    Imperial walkers
    Arm circles
    Mountain climbers

    The Pax grabbed a block and party mode BAPS and Indian rucked with last man doing 3 thrusters to the Den of pain.

    Due to YHC’s inability to count reps we will be practicing this throughout the beatdown

    Thang 1
    7’s
    Block and bears were the transport and man makers or blockies , depending on who you ask ,were done on the hill and goblet squats done between the tire and Oak tree finish line. Block and bears were done going both ways for 2 or 3 rounds and then YHC graciously lowered the expectation to one way and then rifle carry back. Enron completed his 7’s therefore YHC called the Pax back to the top the hill to start thang 2 to save time.

    Thang 2
    11’s
    Murder bunnies were the transport only one way and rifle carry back. Thruster we’re done on top the hill and the finish line which was moved up by YHC, the Pax did WW3 sit ups in the mud. The Pax got roughly half way completed this exercise before YHC called it due to 0600 creeping up on us. At 0545 the Pax partnered up for the next thang.

    Thang 3
    YHC had a vision of doing a Dora 123 with 100 150 200 but with 0600 staring us in the face we bumped it down to 50 100 150. For the 50 the pax would be doing triceps curls. For 100 biceps curls and 150 a rods. The kicker is the mode of transport for the traveling partner would be zombie crawls to the finish line and sprint back. I believe the Pax got roughly half way through their biceps curls before YHC had to call it to get back to the flags. The Pax Indian rucked back and we made it back in time to hold 6” for what felt like an hour but was really 1 1/2 minutes.

    After this we counted off and had announcements and Safety Valve made formed words and prayed us out. Thanks fellas for sticking with me, and not removing my Qing card immediately after the beatdown. It was a pleasure to lead y’all
    SYITG,
    Smooth Operator

  • 4/10/24 Wednesday Warrior Tired but still Rolling along – from Smooth Operator

    4/10/24 Wednesday Warrior Tired but still Rolling along

    Pulled up with honey suckle waiting on me
    At 0515 Wet Tap showed up ready to put in work. YHC decided to add a little weight on top of our ruck sacks and pulled out a old trailer tire to accompany the PAX on our walk. The rules for today as follows

    The PAX walked in Indian ruck fashion. The last person is carrying the tire and does 3 goblet squats before fast walking to the front of the line. The PAX would continue to do this throughout the whole walk.

    At every fire hydrant the PAX would do 5 merkins with their ruck sacks on.

    At cardinals crib the PAX did 10 genuflections.

    At Yankee Jeaux’s building the Pax did 10 mountain climbers.

    At the campus police station We stopped and did 10 monkey humpers.

    We finished our ruck at 0601 and counted off and did COT. Honeysuckle prayed us out.

    Topics discussed
    -Wellness center controversy
    -Adoration chapel by St. Thomas ‘s code is 1225 for anyone wanting to spend some time in the presence of the Lord.
    -Wet Taps bathroom renovation update
    -The need to be perfect on all our home projects especially woodworking project
    -The rain

    If you wanna know more come see us for next week’s version of Wednesday Warrior
    SYITG,
    Smooth Operator

  • Sweatin’ to the Oldies? – from America’s Best

    The morning was blustery. YHC was a bit late, and too tired to care that his cardboard boxes were about to blow away. Luckily Enron arrived early, surveyed the situation, and was able to uproot some tree stumps to keep YHC’s props from blowing away.

    Warmarama (that did not start with SSH) was presented with limited commercial interruption.

    The first Thang: Intro to Hans and Franz (Arnold Schwarzenegger Merkins and Squats):
    These are 9-count exercises. 5 count down, hold for 3 count, then explode up. The PAX performed these together, in 7s-style, to learn the cadence and ensure compliance. This must’ve been easier than YHC anticipated because the mumblechatter was deafening.
    You may be asking yourself, “Myself, why are they called ‘Arnold Schwarzenegger Merkins’ and ‘Arnold Schwarzenegger Squats’?
    Because that’s how Arnold Schwarzenegger does them.

    Thang 2: Decades
    6 Stations are set up, labeled 70s, 80s, 90s, 00s, 10s, 20s. Each has 2 exercises assigned to it. A song plays. Mission of player is to identify which decade the song is from, bear crawl to that station, and perform AMRAP of the 2 exercises displayed. You can do as many of each as you choose, as long as you do at least one of each. If you are performing the exercises from the correct decade (you are in the correct station), you get credit for whichever of the 2 you did the most of. If you are in the incorrect decade station, you only get credit for the one which you did fewer of.
    Bonus points: At the end of the song, the word “STOP” is played, and is from another song. If you can ID where that came from, 20 bonus points. If you guess incorrectly, 5 burpee penalty.
    The Highlights:
    – Everyone except Popeye knows that Twilight Zone by Golden Earring is from the 80s
    – Goose did 98 of something! (and was in the correct decade)!
    – … but then Pope did 100
    – Enron was the only one to win Bonus Points… Hammertime!
    – Dox working out in the correct decade, heard a falsetto in a Broken Bells song, and said something like “Dangggitt” then switched to the 1970s…
    – White Meat wins for most rounds with the same score.
    – YHC was busy moving coupons and DJ-ing and missed most of the fun. Mental note to create a glove with a thumb cut-out.

    Points have been tallied… but this stuff is YOU AGAINST YOU, so I can give you your number, and just do better next time. It’s called beating yourself. (Not the same as self-love)

    A fair time was had by most.

    COT and The Jersey of Mike was bestowed upon LadyBug for his persistence– good to see him back.

    Goose prayed us out. Always an honor to lead such a great group of guys.

    SYITG,

    AB

  • One at a time – from Charmin

    Today was a mental battle, both before and during the beatdown (more on that later). When YHC signed up to Q, the forecast wasn’t so grim. But after Boo-Boo gave a shout out on Monday, I knew, come rain or shine (literally) YHC would be at the beatdown.

    Thankfully, the rain held off until after the beatdown.

    Normal disclaimer was given then moseyed over to the pad.

    Warm-o-rama:

    Slow-vagodas x 10
    Grass Grabbers x 10
    Low Slow Squats x 10

    Arms:
    Forward x 10
    Backwards x 10
    T-clap x 10
    Chinooks x 10
    and the fan favorite: MNC’s x 10

    The Thang:

    Since we haven’t ever explored the other side of the track, or at least YHC hasn’t, YHC lead the pax around the long way around, stopping at every lit light to do one burpee.

    Around the Saints Practice Field we did Monkey Humpers x 10.

    Continuing on, we returned to one burpee at every lit light pole. Much to Space Cowboy and Boo-boo’s chagrin, one of the light poles decided to turn off after they did their burpee

    While one burpee at a time doesn’t sound difficult, when we ended up doing 80 around the whole track, there was definitely a point or two where YHC felt like modifying. However, knowing that in life we don’t always get to modify, and that YHC wouldn’t be modifying to prevent injury, YHC pushed on and continued to do one burpee at a time.

    Cool-o-rama

    Single legged Wife Pleasers x 10 per side
    Penguins x 20
    Plank for 30 seconds, High, Low, and Reverse.

    Ended with some self-love and some more slow-vagodas.

    COT ended praying for those who have passed and are soon to pass and their families.

  • Even the Q Get’s Confused – from Architect

    Began the week on the right, or left foot. Q’s confusion began early in warm-ups and continued through the workout. In the end, a solid beat down was delivered.
    Disclaimers given
    Warmarama
    Rocks gathered
    Group enjoyed “7 Minutes in Heaven”
    PAX pushed through various rounds of movements and short runs/rock carries.
    COT commenced

    Happy Monday!

  • Eclipse Glasses are Not Required! – from Space Cowboy

    It’s been 45 years since the last total solar eclipse crossed the United States and it will be another 20 years before it happens again. To mark the significance of this day, 9 brave PAX journeyed to Kennarie Ridge to sacrifice their blood sweat and tears on the grounds of the JPAX. After giving the disclaimer on-time, we headed to the launch pad for warm-ups:

    Warm-Up – IC
    Samson Stretch (each leg) – 10 second hold
    Slows Squats x 10
    Slow Abe Vigoda x 10
    Forward Arm Circles x15
    Backwards Arm Circles x15
    Seal Claps x15
    SSH x20
    Imperial Walkers x10
    Hillbillies x10

    Maybe it was the cool 68 degree weather or the excitement for the pending eclipse later in the day but there was a notable amount of chatter among the PAX during warm-ups as compared to a typical Monday morning. But, then, we moseyed to the JPAX. The chatter would soon be replaced by an eerie silence, an occasional complaint, and/or a few vocal and physical signs of pain and agony as they endured the “eclipse” beatdown.

    Thang 1 – “Eclipse” Beatdown with a buildup from partial to full exercises – OYO
    Starting at the JPAX flags
    Run to the JPAX “ramp of pain”
    Bear crawl up ramp
    Lunges down the ramp
    Run back to JPAX flags
    Burpees x10
    Repeat Ramp/Run
    Burpees x10
    Merkins x20
    Repeat Ramp/Run
    Burpees x10
    Merkins x20
    Box Jumps x30
    Repeat Ramp/Run
    Burpees x10
    Merkins x20
    Box Jumps x30
    SSH x40

    Thang 2 – Post Eclipse “Recovery” – OYO
    11s – Burpees/Merkins with a run around the narrow JPAX circular path each round

    Headed back to flag for COT with special intentions for Frac Sac and Boo Boo as well as safe travels for everyone participating in the eclipse events later in the day.

  • Impromptu Q – from Kenna Brah

    Me and a lone down ranger met in the gloom, when out of the shadows appeared a few good men. Scantron departed on the 5:32 to KNOT-town, wheile the rest mosey’d to the Pile o’Rock.

    Warming up
    Self Love, Arm circles
    Mtn Man Pooper Good Morning – That’s when Frac materialized.
    Torso Twists
    Imperial Walkers
    Low Slow Sq
    Slow Vagodas

    Pick up a challenging rock and rifle carry to the pavilion
    Served up a imaginative smorgasbord of HIM growth food:

    Merkin, bird-dog, Merkin, Peter Parker Merkin, Parker, Peter Merkin, mountain climber, Merkin Plank jack – Repeat five times

    Broga Stretch

    With Rock
    Sumo Squat
    Curl
    OH press
    Tri Extension
    Repeat 5x

    Four count wife Freddie Mercury 4 count, Four count wife pleaser, flutter kick ,Four count wife pleaser, Hello Dolly, Four count wife pleaser, O DOlly, Four count wife pleaser, Four count wife pleaser, Parker Peter Repeat 5 times

    Broga stretch

    Wife pleaser with Rock, 4 Ct chess press, pull over, five big boy situps with rock overhead flutter kicks – Repeat five times

    Broga stretch

    On the Table – Reverse wife pleaser, L/R leg on table – On Table -5 Leg lifts , 5 Single leg squats each, L/R Leg up on table – 10 CT Stretch each leg, 10 second runner stretch

    shake out
    return rocks
    mosey back
    COT