F3 New Orleans

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  • EHing the Wild West – from Fracsac

    There was an FNG alert broadcast across the channels for the Scrum, or the Goldmine or whatever we call Lasalle these days. Gabby and Yankee came from uptown to support their EH.

    Maytag, Boo-Boo, SOGO, RevSox, the FNG and YHC rounded out the 8.

    Disclaimer followed by a warmup.

    First thang:

    Stations. Partner up. 4 stations, dead hanging, dips, steps ups and 10 burpees for the timer. Rinse and repeat.

    Dirty Mac Deuce.
    4 rounds of 3 exercises (arm leg and core) with a lap in between.

    Mosey to the field for bear crawls, lunge walks and burpees. Finished off with some Mary.

    Mosey back to the flag for COT.

    Welcome Space Cowboy!

    SYITG

  • 11/14 national holiday’s – from Smooth Operator

    Attendance
    Safety Valve
    Honeysuckle
    Americas best
    Wet Tap
    Goose
    Pope
    Enron
    Smooth Operator

    This was the first time YHC has ever went into the eve of a beatdown without having a plan of attack for the beatdown. Luckly due to a slow 12 hour night shift I had some time on my hands to do some planning.

    YHC arrived at the Stage around 0450 and took a power nap knowing I was going to need it due to the agenda for the day. Enron rolled on in at 0505 and the parking lot started to fill up after that. It was a wet nasty 60 degrees with a wind that had the flag standing fully erect for the majority of the beatdown.

    Warmarama
    Side straddle hops 33 of them due to YHC trying to get the chill out of the body.
    Windmills
    Arm Circles
    Cherry pickers
    High Knees
    Butt kicks

    Thang One
    Pickle Pounder Mile

    Upon my research for the beatdown I came upon 2 very interesting national holidays for 11/14. The first being National Pickle Day. To celebrate this the PAX would be doing a Pickle Pounder Mile. We would run our normal mile track through Richman’s Loop and stop every quarter mile to do 25 pickle pounders. Due to YHC’s lack of stamina and speed, YHC decided to give the speedier PAX members a little busy work to keep the PAX together. After completion of your 25 pickle pounders and while waiting on the 6 (YHC), the PAX were to perform J-LO’s until the 6 completed the pounding of his pickle. After completion of our very first pickle pounder mile the PAX looked hungry for Thang 2.

    Thang 2
    Bear Crawl 1 2 3

    The 2nd holiday for 11/14 was National Teddy Bear Day. To celebrate this the PAX would partner up and Bear Crawl 1 2 3. Partner 1 would bear crawl to the 2nd picnic table and back while partner 2 would be working on 100 merkins, 200 squats, and 300 LBCS. There was a discrepancy between which 2nd picnic table would be our turning point since it was not square and in an act of mercy YHC allowed the PAX to go to the closer picnic table. The PAX knocked this Thang out like Thedore Rosevelt in a brawl with a teddy bear. Poor Honeysuckle got stuck with YHC as a partner and had to pick up my slack as YHC was silently trying to figure out how to escape his own beatdown. Once the PAX helped pick up my slack and we completed the exercise, we had the perfect amount of time to try something Paradox had told me about which turned into thang 3.

    Thang 3
    HWY 308 burpees.

    AT 0550 with 10 minutes to spare, YHC decided to have the PAX line up on the 308 sidewalk and do a burpee for every vehicle that decided to pass. A few takeaways from this is there are a lot of cane trucks that pass on 308 and they hold up a lot of traffic. Each time a cane truck passed we had at least 6 burpees or more to complete. All in all, this was a great way to do between 65 and 85 burpees in 10 minutes.

    After this, we circled up back at the flag and counted off. The Animal (Safety Valve) presented the young cub (Pope) with the Animal shirt and Americas Best prayed us out.
    Thanks PAX for showing up and struggling with me.
    SYITG
    Smooth Operator

  • He’s heavy and he’s my F3 Brother – from Triple Shift

    I arrived at the AO early to see Tenderloin getting his extra laps in as I scoped out the football field where all the work would get done today. As The Architect rolls in, he comments that I’m early which I proceed to brush off since I’m the Q. Anyway, 5:30 am comes quickly and I give a very short disclaimer and we’re off around the track for the warmup.

    WARMORAMA
    After one lap, we circle up for low and slow Squats, Imperial Walkers (this is a crowd pleaser with all the pax stumbling to hold elbow to knee for a 3 count), Parker Peters, Shoulder Taps, Peter Parkers, Floyd Mayweathers, and Merkins.

    PARTNER ONE THANG
    Hand Grenada slips in the warm up which gives me an even number of Pax….so partner up with someone who is around your weight. Start on the sideline and Fireman’s carry your partner all the way across to the other sideline. Flapjack the Fireman’s carry to head back. This was pretty difficult given my partner was 20+lbs heavier than me.

    PARTNER TWO THANG
    20 REPS of Nordic Hamstring Curls, No Cheat Patti Cake Merkins, Leg Throws, and WW2 Patti Cake Sit-ups

    PARTNER THREE THANG
    Partner up on the goal line for some Dora. 75 Genuflects, 100 Reverse Plank Walk Kick, and 125 X Factors. The mode of travel is lunge walk 25 yards and then run back to tag your partner.

    BONUS
    Ring of Fire Al Gore/Monkey Humpers and Glute Bridge/ Alabama Wife Pleasers

    COT
    Gave thanks for men of F3 and lifted up prayers to help us be the men we were created to be.

  • Keep up with the 5 and 5s – from Thighs

    This week we were focused on AMRAP and trying to push through as the clock ran down.
    We also had a fellow PAX from Lexington, KY.

    We started w/ a mosey around the block.

    Then we did a warm up:
    15x Side Straddle Hops
    7x Windmills
    7x Cherry Pickers
    7x Sungods (each direction)
    7x Merkins
    7x Peter Parkers
    7x Squats
    7x InTempo Squats

    Then we moseyed over to the canon to start the 5 and 5s.

    5 sets
    5 exercises per set
    5 min of workout per set
    This week we did 30 secs on and 30 secs off per exercise.

    Between each set we moseyed around the block.

    Cardio
    Frog Jump Burpee
    Catcher Burpee
    Smurf Jacks
    Bobby Hurleys
    Split Lunge Punch

    Arms
    Merkins
    Tricep
    Wide Merkin
    Diamond Merkins
    Alternating One Leg Merkins

    Legs
    Broad Jumps
    Squats
    Side Squats
    L Lunge Pulse
    R Lunge Pulse

    Abs
    High Plank
    Plank Wide Pike Ups
    Triple Bear
    Ab X-Extensions
    Back Strokes

    Final
    Shaky Legs
    Merkin Jacks
    Plank Jacks
    mountain climbers
    Al Gore

    Then we mosey-ed back to the beginning to finish up.

    We ended with the usual close out, sending us off with a prayer.

    Looking forward to next time!

  • Just One More – from Paradox

    Misty rain, mysterious gif riddles, and relentless cane trucks were no match for the 8 high impact men at the stage today. YHC has been itching to get back out on a Monday as there is no better way to start the week. Tuesday Tuff may have the glitz and glamour but I knew the real fun was secretly being had on Momentum Mondays. That’s where the pax were really asking the hard hitting questions. Like todays…just why is flatulence so funny?
    Have you ever pondered it.
    We have a multitude of other audible bodily functions right? But no one even bats an eye at a really loud sneeze, in fact we offer them blessings! A burp? First, you have to excuse yourself, then you have to go home and change the snapping turla soup recipe. Crack your knuckles and you just mean business. Even a loud tummy rumble and we feel empathy for ones hunger. But what about ole tail feathers…yes, the fart transcends time AND space. Consider the following scenarios. At the bedside of a passing loved one and they rip one.. laughter (from all parties). In the delivery room of a new life and a seconds old baby writes their first backblast..hilarious! (and cute!) Stranger in line at the post office rattles your cage..I’m reporting it to my wife with cry emojis before I even check out! At face value its trapped gas escaping your gastrointestinal tract but I’ll bet your at a low giggle just now even thinking about it. Just one of Gods great mysteries.
    Why did we ask it today…Lots to unpack here. Let’s climb in.

    Duke! Stop tasting your own brand and roll the footage!

    Warmup

    Standard issue with low chatter about soreness from the Architects Veterans Day beatdown and Partner Carrie’s on Saturday. (YHC nixed todays partner carry’s on the fly, listening is one of my hobbies ya know)
    Chillier than expected with intermittent rain gusts, might have been a Ronnie long sleeve day. YHC was ready to get the party started just to raise the body temps.

    Mosey to the Coupons and Dilly and Diddle joined the fray cursing the schmukity schmucking cane trucks in unison.

    Da Thang a Lang

    Memorable Men Monday

    Volume 3: Desmond Doss

    Previously on MMM (working on trademark rights so we can compete with Tuesday Tuff (TM) all rights reserved.) We have covered Sir Ernest Shackleton and St. Max Kolbe so the bar is pretty high and today called for a spotlight on veterans.

    Desmond Doss was a US Army corporal who received the Medal of Honor as a conscientious objector. Refusing use of weapons or violence due to his beliefs he was assigned as a combat medic. During the WWII Battle of Okinawa his company was assigned the task of taking a steep plateau amidst the rock formations known as Hacksaw Ridge, due to its intimidating terrain and being riddled with enemy caves.

    In a 12 hour period he saved 75 men , carrying them or hauling a stretcher up and down the ridge. Unimaginable courage under unthinkable conditions.

    **The PreHype Gif Riddle was a picture of Desmond Doss scaling Hacksaw Ridge, later played by Andrew Garfield (spiderman) in the movie directed by Mel Gibson (Braveheart) who was ever so appropriately yelling freedom which Corporal Doss and his combat were serving to protect for us. **

    Circle of Pain Thrusters

    We did 75 as a group to honor the 75 men that were saved and to prime the quads for what was to come . YHC took a moment here to reflect that in a previous beatdown maybe 1.5 ish years ago YHC dialed this up and it was a near death experience. There was moaning, four letter words and several pax (YHC included) updated their Last Will and testaments. But today it was considered a light warmup for the coupon elite. Ho Hum just a few thrusters while we have tea and wait for the real work. Mannn ! The fire and flames of IPCs, JurpTobers, hoosker dos, hoosker donts and high level beatdowns has the iron of F3 Thib looking sharp as ever. T-Claps.

    Left coupons in Stonehenge mode with Mosey to the starting line of Richmans loop.

    Introduced a Swedish dish called Fartlek a La Merkin

    YHC needed a running thang to encompass covering long distances and sprinting to simulate avoiding bullets. Until late yesterday evening it was a gap in the beatdown construction that left YHC befuddled. Little did I know Goose was standing at his sink , elbow deep in dishes, using the telepathic communications gained with shared suffering of countless beatdowns. Standing at my own sink of dishes I could sense it…Like a scratch I couldn’t itch ..or a fart I couldn’t quite taste…wait a minute!!! Duke get the ancient scrolls..

    Fartlek: It’s a Swedish Word, You Juveniles – from Goose

    The introduction of the Fartlek is at atleast top 5 on my list for Goosies greatest hits and it worked well for todays theme. We moseyed 3 light poles then sprinted the 4th with scattered merkins to complete 75. The pax performed well and with the power vested in my by the State of Louisiana Medical Board I pronounce you certified Fartlekkers.

    Merkin Variations:

    Werkins

    Ranger

    Diamond

    Staggered

    Regular

    Slow merkins

    RaRaJaBurpee back to da Couponz

    One of the many stories of Corporal Doss’s bravery involved him kicking a live grenade away from his company. This received one of his many injuries and several pieces of shrapnel.
    To honor this we paired up for RaRaJaBurpee from Richmans straight away to the coupon pile.

    I’ll take this time to formally apologize to Valve for his pairing today. We started in a great position to win and He was putting his Futbol skills to use with monster well placed kicks. YHC was all over the place, too much mustard..then not enough! yielding us a dreaded loss to the formidable Dawson duo.

    To be honest YHC lost track of the other couples in the heat of competition but no ankles were broken and much fun was had.

    Next up to honor the wounded carry techniques that Corporal Doss used up and down Hacksaw Ridge we had 1 pax Bar Lunge to cone and back while Rest of Pax did AMRAP :

    Curls

    OHP

    Squats

    SSH

    Leg Raises

    Freddy Merks

    Lastly we did burpees without knowing the time or the reps.
    “Just One More” – AMRAP Burpees till 6am

    Counting , Naming, and shenanigans

    COT and Diddle prayed us out

    Dox of Chocolates:

    Its very easy for YHC to get swept away in distraction. And a lot of days its the currents of anxiety that can be the swiftest. What’s ahead? What’s behind? Am I prepared for this? How long will this last? Why does xyz happen only to me etc. etc.
    So it makes me even more grateful for stories like todays about Corporal Doss, where we see dependence on God immediately followed by His provisions. A reminder that when all is said and done whether its the next crisis, the next family drama, the next appointment, the next day or even the next hour… we can say “Lord help me through one more”.

    Grateful for the opportunity to lead and to stand beside you men and ask for one more.

    SYITG,
    Dox

  • 4 Guys, 4 Body Parts, 0 Chaos Monkeys – from Bolt

    YHC felt compelled to Q since the chaos monkey has men’s bible study on Wednesday and after the disclaimer and usual warmorama replete with the soundtrack of a Bolt 3M promise, it was time to make our way to the gym equipment. How to get there though? Q’s choice of transport every other or every third light pole–listening is important: skip, mosey, backward walk/mosey, lunge, high knees, open/close gate, shuffle facing each way.

    The Thang: Once at the gym there would be two rounds of AMRAP 1min work/15 sec rest-rotate: Decline sit ups, Incline Press, Tricep Extensions, R/L Leg Power Ups. Count the reps of each exercise done in round one and add three reps to each exercise but count them down backward. You’d be amazed how the mind controls the body; normally, successive rounds generate fewer reps yet counting down from a higher rep count matched/exceeded round one!

    Mosey forward/backward the rest of the loop that took us to the gym and at the turn behind JAPAX the Pax had a choice to make: burpees there or something different at the flag; after some debate War Eagle and Boo Boo were split and Charmin cast his vote for burpees there: 10 burpees it is. Back to the flag with a minute to spare and not being one to cheat the Pax—Absolutions!
    Time, COT, always appreciate the pax’s perseverance, perspiration, and perspectives.

  • Hidden Messages – from Glitter Balls

    I smashed my finger in the drawer last night getting my clothes ready for today’s beatdown so we were already off to a great start.

    In the notes for this one I titled it “Gregorian Chant Music Mondays” as a deliberate feint – but it was still an eclectic playlist, although curated for a specific message:

    Tabata, 8 rounds x3 – 1:10 up, 0:25 recovery.

    Skullcrushers
    Overhead Press
    Curls
    Rows
    Lunge Twist
    Squats
    Block Merkins
    Flutter Kicks

    The Playlist:

    Falling Away From Me – Korn
    Old Town Road – Lil Nas X
    … Ready For It? – Taylor Swift
    Tonight, Tonight – The Smashing Pumpkins
    You’re Welcome – Dwayne Johnson (Moana Soundtrack)

    You Oughta Know – Alanis Morissette
    Everybody Wants To Rule The World – Tears For Fears
    Anti-Hero – Taylor Swift
    Remember the Name – Fort Minor
    Supermassive Black Hole – Muse

    Only Girl (In The World) – Rihanna
    Let Me Find Out Part 1 – 5th Ward Weebie
    Down – 311

    Altogether the first letter of the titles is “FORTY YEARS OLD” – a day premature but it was fun making this real hit or miss playlist and getting it to fit the timeframe.

    COT

    FNG naming – welcome Conspiracy!

  • Veterans Day 2023 – from Fracsac

    13 Pax showed up to better themselves at the Mothership. We had Mathlete from the Northshore and Crawdad a little further north, Toledo if you must know.

    3 ran away for fear that YHC might hurt them. I get it. The rest were part of a Veterans Day beat down celebration including a little trivia sprinkled in.

    Warmup with regular stuff at the peristyle.

    The thang:

    10 minutes of 11 WW2 sit-ups and 11 squats followed by 200 meter run. Increase by 11 reps followed by the run until time runs out.

    5 minutes of step ups to commemorate fallen veterans to suicide, based on Chad Wilkinson and Chad 1000x.

    BLIMPS

    All in cadence with a 400 m run between exercises.

    COT

    Thanks to all veterans for their service.

    SYITG

  • 2x2xTriple – from Charmin

    Started with two Knotts and two rucks. Ended with the same plus triple. Consistency and opportunity.

  • Chaos Monkey on the loose – from Kenna Brah

    Mosey to JPAS entrance:
    We started off with using the mace bar for 10 reps while everyone did slide straddle hops switched PAX for two rounds.
    Imperial Walkers 15x

    Two pax drag a large tire while one PAX did:
    10 Merkins
    10 BB Situps
    10 Bonnie Blairs Run to catch the two PAX, then switch PAX till we get back to the start

    Then Dora while the timer drags tire up the ramp and back
    100 Merkins
    200 BB Situps
    300 Squats
    Took the opportunity to use a grocery basket tied to a rope with the large tire, for a rope pulling the cart uphill through the grass as the timer.

    Chase the tire all the way to COT

    It was fun!!