F3 New Orleans

Category: Northshore

  • Strangers at the Scramble from all directions!!

    Having talked with Rudy from NOLA on Wednesday he mentioned the Scramble may have a surprise on this Gloom. As the Q cracked his eyelids on this Thursday to the illumination of a strange area code and reading the message he quickly realized the Scramble would indeed have a surprise PAX.. Walking through the park to plant the shovel flag a familiar voice caught my attention. Could it be Captain Sparkles? Following up a recent post at Grandmas House. Or was it Garfield? Having become a staple at the Scramble.. with much joy it was both brothers chattering it up with Water Pik, who the YHC must throwout a T-đŸ‘đŸ» too for posting and staying consistent even through injury… And with all, was Hot Wheels from Charlotte as Chewy emerged from the darkness to join the PAX.. Respecting the time we circled up to get started and await any possible late arrivals, which indeed we had as Ringo rolls in Hot to join in as we begin warmup..

    Warmup

    All to 15 IC, SSH, IW, Windmills, Scorpion 🩂 kicks and finished with Chewys famous “Ws”!!

    Moseyed our routine path!

      Returned to the park for 2 cycles through the playground equipment.. PAX held plank as 1 did pull-ups (5) and Knee tucks (10) returning to plank as each man cycled through. R/R adding in Freak Nasties (10) as the PAX changed to right arm high, left arm high and reverse planks till completion…

      Countoff, nameorama, COT

      Appreciate the opportunity to lead and for the PAX there to follow!!

      Thank you Chewy for closing us out in prayer and safe travels to Hot Wheels!!!


    • New Venue at The Gipper


      With the forecast showing temps in the 20’s, the night before, YHC confirmed with PAX about a Pre-Thang mile run to help those with ISI, but also to make sure we were all thawed out for The Thang. YHC was offered a “Clown Car” ride to The Gipper and graciously accepted (Thanks Steve & Shooter).

      Temps actually worked out to be in the 30’s instead. Usual jokes were made about Shooter wearing shorts, no gloves, etc…Seriously, how does he do it?!! Also prior to The Pre-Thang, Einstein shared with the PAX that he had a history of frostbitten hands and feet, growing up in Chicago, but we were all relieved to hear that he never lost any fingers or toes(yet).


      WarmaRama:  Good Mornings, Side Stradde Hops, Wind Mills, Arm Circles, Hill Billies, Imperial Walkers.


      The Thang:
      PAX moseyed over to the rear parking lot of the Taj Mahal, where we performed a modified version of “Bearway to Heaven.”  PAX did Bear crawl suisides of 7 increasing legnths. Bear crawling one way, then lunging back, with 7 decreasing burpees upon each return to the starting point.


      Next PAX moseyed over to the front of the Taj Mahal and circled up around the flag pole. PAX performed a “Fire Drill.” PAX did high knees. Taking turns clock-wise. Each PAX yelled “FIRE” and all PAX would do a version of “stop drop and roll”, where PAX would stop, drop to the ground, roll to the right, Merkin, roll to the left, Merkin, then spring back up to running in place again. This continued until all PAX got their chance to say “Fire.” 


      Next, PAX moseyed over to the “New Venue”…The Landing. With daylight creeping in, Pax performed “11’s.”  PAX ran down the hill of the landing, started with 10 Burpees on the wooden landing, then ran up the hill and did 1 Merkin at the top. This was viscously repeated until Burpees decreased to 1 and Merkins increased to 10.
      With stop time upon us, we high-tailed it back to the trailhead. Every Q, or any leader, is always concerned about doing a good job, pushing the PAX to their full potential. YHC was reassured, when on the run back, Barely Legal joked that his secretary would be doing a lot of dictation today, since he wouldn’t be able to lift a pen. 


      Count O Name O


      Coconuts Prayed us out. 


      ‘Til the next gloom….


    • Grandmother’s House has a roof

      CONDITIONS

      Weather.com predicted a 90% chance of rain at our AO this A.M. and Mother Nature delivered. No worries for the Pax at Grandmother’s House because our AO is an all-weather location whether it’s dry or raining

      THE WARM UP

      The assembled PAX warmed up with some active stretching. All exercises done IC.

      • Split jacks X 15
      • Toe touches
      • Abe Vigodas
      • Good mornings
      • Frankensteins
      • Steve Earles Copper head squat finished with hill billy
      • high knees

      THE THANG Crawlin’ and hoppin’

      Pax moved straight from warm-up into the Thang. (no moseying required) Pax performed 3 rounds of a sequence called “the Brenton” stolen from a nameless national exercise craze.

      First pax bear crawled for 100 feet and made their way back to the start by broad jumping. After every 5 broad jumps the pax dropped to crank out 3 burpees.

      Rinse and repeat 3X

      THE THANG Ciabatta time

      Pax worked through 3 ciabatta circuits of alternating between 30 seconds of doing work with 10 seconds to recover between sets.

      Don’t sweat me Disney, backblasts are fair use.
      • Supermans
      • Spiderman merkins
      • Sister Mary Katherines
      • Mountain climbers
      • Wojo squats
      • Alternating planks
      Wojo says train hard when you post and to never slack off on your help defense

      THE THANG Big Finish

      With no moseying needed to stitch together our work sessions, Pax were free to enjoy some bonus work when they finished their ciabatta sets.

      Pax capped off the workout with some lunge walking, duck walking and Mary.

      CountORama, NameORama, and COT

      Thanks to Chewy for closing out the COT with a prayer.

      MOLESKIN

      It was good to see 8 Pax posting at Grandmother’s House despite bad weather. Northshore AO’s are surging.

      Thanks F3-bros, for the fellowship, the beatdowns and for being willing to follow my lead.

    • Reflections

      CONDITIONS

      Q neglected to get the weather data, but as usual the AO was extremely dark at 05:15. Tclaps to the pax for using quality, reflective gear to improve their visibility during the scramble. Stay safe F3 bros. We want you healthy and posting.

      DISCLAIMER

      Q neglected to give a proper disclaimer but the experienced pax were careful to stay within the bounds of safety.

      THE WARM UP

      The assembled PAX warmed up with some active stretching. All exercises done IC.

      • Seal jacks
      • Frankensteins
      • Imperial walker
      • Other miscellaneous stretches

      THE THANG Scramble style

      The assembled PAX pounded out the 5k on our usual scramble route.

      THE THANG Phase 2

      Pax made it back to the shovel-flag with 10 minutes left so we cranked out a circuit of leg exercises.

      • Single leg squats
      • Snowboard hops
      • Marios (single leg hops)
      • Wife pleasers
      • Table tops
      • Donkey kicks

      CountORama, NameORama, and COT

      YHC finished the COT with a prayer.

      MOLESKIN

      Special T-Claps to our friend Waterpik as he rehabs his ankle. That’s a lot of discipline to keep posting through the recovery process.

      Thanks F3-bros, for the fellowship, the beatdowns and for being willing to follow my lead.

    • Dodging balls

      The pax met up last Saturday on the lakefront and quickly moseyed to Lamarque st playground. (Almost to quickly as the sun wasn’t quite all the way up yet…so a warm up ensued to let the day break a little more). The pax the divided up into two teams to play a version of dodgeball called “pinball.” Pinball is a game that originated in the 6 the grade PE class of YHC. The object of the game is to try and knock the opposing teams pin (cone) over. Some F3 modifications were made to keep the game in constant motion and the recommended HR above 160. If one is tagged out with a ball, 25 SSH, 10 merkins, and 5 burpees were performed to allow re-entry into the game. Also, a team exercise is of choice was performed if the cone is knocked over…

      The precise rules of the game were somewhat hazy, as the last time YHC played this game, he was wearing tight rolled jeans, a hyper colored shirt, and the new Bo Jackson sneakers from Nike.

      The cone is supposed to be in the paint? You can’t guard the cone? You have to knock the cone over, not just hit the cone? Oh well, who cares… let’s just play…

      A good time was had by all. The pax then moseyed back to the lakefront for COT, name o Rama and prayer.

      Special prayers for mathlete and his family, especially for his younger brother as they heal from the loss of their father.


    • You down with O.P.P.!!!

      I know what you late 30, early 40 F3 brethren who use to listen to Naughty by Nature are thinking.. However, let’s keep this PG13 and call it “Other Positive People”, “Old People Power”, “Obvious Pure Perspiration”, or simply makeup your own acronym of sorts and roll with it..

      Prethang

      YHC and Steve arrived 1 min late for the prethang as we stopped at every red light along 190, which will soon have additional lights to impede our journey north to the Gipper from Ole Mandeville. If you listen to 43 feet F3 podcast, one must agree as Dredd has stated in the past of this PULMAN. Turning these lights to blink yellow until after a reasonable flow of traffic begins to mount would be one suggestion, attention to any traffic light engineers in the audience.. Uoon arrival Moby informs us the PAX has already begun so we Mosey to catch-up as they make the halfway turn.

      Warmup

      All IC to 15 Imperial walkers, Hillbillies, Butt kicks, SSH, Mummy kicks and Toe Touches..

      Thang

      Inspired by talking with Gabrielle (#KrazyIvan VictoryMember) at the Barly Oak at Saturday’s F2 Q decides to keep the workout with all partner routines. PAX Mosey’s to the Taj Mahal for the O.P.P. This consists of P1 holding arm chair doing overhead claps, while P2 does Plank Jacks to 20. Partners switch and then on to the next Peter Parker’s followed by Parker Peters. Up the ladder and down the ladder then R/R… Q has a proud moment noticing Turbo has begun to perspire.. Whenever, I lead this is certainly a goal of mine which rarely is achieved so đŸ‘đŸ» to the man above for the 70 degree 100% humidity Gloom which surly assisted with this task.. Upon completion we journey to the justice center for B.O.M.B.S, (50 Burpees, 100 Overhead claps, 150 Merkins, 200 Big Boy sit-ups đŸ˜©, 250 Squats) keeping count cumulative while P1 did exercise P2 moseyed up the stairs and down the ramp. This was pulled from another PAX who seemingly never gets tired Tanked up, but also who fortunately the Q paired up with 😬.. Trying hard as I may to gas this animal it is with great disappointment that I fail… With Steve, Ringo, Einstein and Barely Legal pushing the Q on the run up the stairs and down the ramps, YHC quickly realizes that no matter how much better he thinks he his there is always room to improve.. Appreciate the push Brother’s!!

      With time quickly aproaching first team that finished assisted the other team with completion of the counts to respect the time. Moseyed to the flag to close.

      countarama, namarama, COT

      Tanked up prayed us out with thoughts of striving to always be difference makers and light to those in darkness!! Appreciate you Tanked up (#wolverine)

      Always enjoy the beatdown and F2 with the PAX at the Gipper!!!

      Thanks for following my lead!!

      Till the next Gloom đŸ‘ŠđŸ»đŸ‘đŸ»âœŒđŸ»!!!

    • Getting Our Money’s Worth at Grandma’s House for Ringo’s Virgin Q.

      Upon arrival, most of the PAX aired grievances about how the Saints were robbed. This will probably be a topic of F3 discussions for many beatdowns to come.

      WarmaRama:

      Good Mornings, Windmills, Arm Circles, Imperial Walkers, Toe Touches.

      YHC kept getting a few of the warm up exercises mixed up, but thanks to the PAX for helping keeping everyone in line.

      Pax then moseyed to the tunnel.

      1st routine:  “4×4” – YHC called for 4 rounds. Group 1 did bear crawl down the slope of the tunnel, jogged the flat bottom part, then sprinted up, and repeated on the way back while group 2 did AMRAPs of 4x4s (Burpee to Plank, 4 Merkins, 4 Mountain Climbers).
      Doing 4 rounds proved to be good in theory, but just after the first round, YHC and Pax realized it had to be modified. It was taking too much time and losing our form, with many more fun and games planned. So, YHC called an audible after only Round 1 and Pax moseyed on to the next routine, but not without vowing to the 4×4 gods that we would be back. 

      Next we moseyed to the bus stop/benches and did 10 Box Jumps, 10 Merkins, 20 Step-ups, 10 Derkins, 20 Lunges, and 10 freak nasties. Pretty uneventful, but a good routine nonetheless.

      Next we moseyed over to the flea market area. 

      Next Routine: “Dora 1,2,3”- Pax coupled up and had a team goal of 100 merkins, 200 LBC’s, and 300 Squats. Pax alternated where 1 team member did sprints while other team member continued towards team goal. YHC and Pax lost count only a couple times.

      Finished just in time for Circle of Trust.

      One Pax mentioned that he “got his money’s worth” out of YHC’s VQ.  Although these workouts are Free, YHC chooses to believe it was a positive comment.

      Shooter prayed us out. 

      Special thanks to those who supported YHC today for my VQ and thanks to all of our F3 guys who inspire and keep each other motivated during each workout.

      ‘Til the next gloom…

    • Honeymoon Sandy

      Writing this as I’m about to take off to Chicago.

      Everyone got to meet my Sandy this morning (or honeymoon Sandy as Ringo called her because we can only assume that she will never be this light again.) Sandy is a 45 pound sandbag. Sandy was supposed to make her appearance with me the day before but you know what they say about newlyweds, they hardly ever get out of bed.

      We started by doing a quick loop to get in our miles for the ISI. As coconuts stated, it’s mandatory for the month.

      Upon returning we warmed up with a long shoulder series since we would be hitting that hard. After a couple of merkins we got started.

      Sandy is very clingy. She won’t do anything by herself. So since I wanted to give her a tour of Grandmothers House, we had to carry her. We formed a line and made a loop down the pavillion, up the stairs, and back.

      Then I wanted her to get to know some of the guys individually. While we circled up and performed 10 squats, merkins, and LBCs in a continuing sequence one PAX grabbed Sandy and went up the stairs and back. Rinse and repeat until we all went.

      I still wasn’t entirely sure that Sandy was feeling the love so all of the men formed a plank line where a “tunnel of love” was formed. We pulled Sandy through the tunnel and back three times.

      The rest of the workout continued to involve Sandy, the stairs, and loops.

      We concluded with some Mary and 15 burpees because why not?!

      Sandy will return soon, but King cake season will not be kind to her. So try to not make her feel so bad when you see her again. She’ll definitely have put on some weight.

      Thanks for letting me lead guys! It was awesome.

    • Krazy Ivan 2019

      Despite the Krazy Ivan Rules Committee’s best efforts to confuse and disorient the Southshore PAX into (1) not showing up; (2) showing up at the wrong time; (3) showing up at the wrong place; (4) wondering whether an event actually was going to take place; and (5) thinking that even if the event did take place the whole thing would be a waste of time and money due to its apparently lack or organization and rules, the Southshore PAX (with the notable exception of Jadeveon and Mulligan who are both easily confused and dissuaded as well as RY who is exceptional at making excuses) managed to not only show up but to capture the Freedom Hammer with a convincing 401-340 victory.  It was windy, it was cold, it was completely stupid and utterly pointless.  It was also colorful with PAX displaying their personalities for all to see with their choice of tank top as well as chest and back hair grooming choices.  Most of all it was an epic good time with another impressive display of middle distance running from the Southshore’s Smooth who crushed the competition and established his position as F3NOLA’s premier all season runner having won the Gnarly Nutria over the Summer and now the Krazy Ivan in the Winter.  Lots of friendly competition and some quality F2 afterwards made all 10 minutes of organization and preparation worth it.

      Here’s how they ran:

      1. Smooth
      2. In Time
      3. TurboTax
      4. Cavalier
      5. Astro
      6. Left Cheek
      7. Mahatma Ice
      8. El Guapo
      9. Hawgcycle
      10. Shorty
      11. The Hammer
      12. Rudy
      13. Steve
      14. Catfish
      15. Bushwacker
      16. Zoolander
      17. Butt Splice
      18. Suckles
      19. Sogo
      20. Bongo
      21. Hose
      22. Shooter
      23. Woz
      24. Chewy
      25. Heisenberg
      26. Rev Sox
      27. Gabrielle
      28. The Pelican
      29. Grundy
      30. Fracsac
      31. Jose Mourhino
      32. Barely Legal
      33. Pai Gow
      34. Mambi
      35. Da Parish
      36. Hokie Pokey

      Also making cameo appearances for a lap a piece:  EiEi, Einstein and Ocho.

      Special thanks to The Manny and his lovely assistant, Mary, for scoring the finish and tabulating the results using the Krazy Ivan’s proprietary algorithm.

      Thanks for coming out for the Krazy Ivan guys.  Take care of the Freedom Hammer, Smooth.  The Northshore PAX wants it back next year!

    • Presto Change-o!

      tick…tock…tick…tock…The countdown is on! THE most extreme and hardcore athletic event in the United States, if not the world will be here in less than 48 hours (as of the writing of this back blast). The best of the best of the best will descend upon the Mandeville Lakefront to face the brutal elements brought forth just in the nick of time by the obsequious mother nature. Tank tops – CHECK, freedom hammer – CHECK, blustery cold weather – CHECK…it’s GO TIME!

      WARM-O

      10, 15, or 20 of:

      toe touches

      torso twists

      high knees

      butt kicks

      fire hydrants

      scorpion kicks

      In order to get the running faithful of the city hall scramble a lil taste of the ivan route, QIC changed it up and lead the PAX down monroe, following the the loop, and up w. beach to the last bit o lakeshore dr. before heading back.

      MARY-ISH

      Waiting for the PAX at the AO was the legendary, yet sinister, DICE O DOOM! We each had a roll and , much to the relief of every soul assembled, there was no roll for 50 burpees!

      COUNT-O/NAME-O

      Chewy prayed us out. Thanks guys for following my crippled lead and best of luck to all who won’t be in FLORIDA saturday night!