F3 New Orleans

Category: Northshore

  • Happy New Year, F3 Brothers!

    Happy New Year, F3 Nation! 7 PAX posted in the Gloom ringing in the New Year at Grandmother’s House, not too long after the last fireworks were blasted into the Gloom of the night sky.

    WARMARAMA

    SSH, Arm Circles, Good Mornings all IC x 10.

    THANG: Move to far end of covered area, partner up. One man runs to stairs, goes up and down, and returns while his partner is doing an exercise (shoulder taps, T Merkins, one leg hops). Rinse and repeat.

    Bear Crawl to stairs, run up stairs and back down. Lunge walk to stairs, and do Defensive lineman squat walk, then run up stairs and back.

    Mosey to Lafite St bus stop where the PAX did 3 sets of 10 of the following: Box Jumps, Derkins, Freak Nasties.

    Mosey “through the woods” (hence the name, Grandmother’s house) to the Tunnel. Partner up again. First partner jogs down and through tunnel, sprinting up the far side. At the far side, PAX turns around and comes back, while partner is doing the following exercises for the two sets: Flutter kicks, Al Gore (5 secs, 5 secs rest).

    Mosey back to Trailhead to close things out.

    Count a rama, COT. Thanks to Jose for praying us out.

    Thanks for getting up early with me guys, following my lead and for the camaraderie over the past year. Thanks also for joining me for some F2 at Cafe Du Monde. It was good times, good company. I always enjoy that as much as the beatdowns.

  • Where Yat?

    Dec 31st means out with the old in with the new… but first we need to know where were at to know where were headed. todays beatdown was based on our previous endeavor of the go ruck challenge and basically the marshes reason for existence. How many merkins, big boy sit ups, and pull-ups can you do in one minute of time along with a timed mile run 😉

    WARMARAMA

    20 ssh ic

    20 toe touches ic

    20 high knees ic

    20 windmils ic

    20 mummy kicks ic

    20 good mornings ic

    20 little arm circles forward ic

    20 ” ” backwards ic

    THANG

    partners keep count and accountability during

    1 min of merkins

    partners switch

    1 minute of big boy sit ups

    partners switch

    1 minute of pull ups

    partners switch

    1 mile timed run to the lakefront and back

    MARY

    20 lbc ic

    20 fred mercs ic

    10 leg lifts ic

    20 flutter kicks ic

    15 hip ups left ic

    15 hip ups right ic

    cot

    bom

    the manny prays out

    thanks and Happy New Year to all you go getters!!!

  • Returns welcomed with or without receipts!!

      With plenty of rain in the forecast the Q opened the garage anticipating a wet post, yet to his surprise it was only the sound of swirling winds, which left a path of blown over garbage cans spewing garbage throughout the streets and early dismantling of Christmas decorations hanging from the rooftops as I journeyed to the AO.. Anticipating a possible return of other PAX who have not posted in sometime (Turtle), Q was excited arriving to the headlights of regulars like Veteran (Steve), post record setter (Ringo) and 2 Scramble essentials in Garfield and Water Pik.. Planted the shovel flag and started the chatter amongst the PAX.

      Began our warmup with

      10 IC Good mornings, Windmills

      15 IC Toe Touches, SSH followed by lunge twist inward and outward for 25 yards. Burgundy arrives as we wrap up the warmup to start our journey..

      Moseyed our standard route through the debris filled streets of ole Mandeville. With steady winds and severe gusts we still managed a respectable time of less than 30 mins. Arrived back for 10 mins of work which consisted of the PAX taking to our 6 while another completed 5 pull-ups as we rotated around to each man. R/R 3 series that included LBCs, Flutter kicks and Crunchy frogs. Closed with 1 min of Merkins.

      Circled up for count, announce, COT

      Reminded everyone of the upcoming Crazy Ivan, which should prove another domination by the Northshore representing and preserving the Hammer 🔨 trophy!!

      Also Water Pik put it out to the PAX for some F2 following his Q next Tuesday at Grandmas House on New Year’s Day!! We will converge at the Cafe Du Monde following the beatdown for some coffee and beignets to start the New year right!! That is of course for any man willing to delay their New Years resolution of tasty warm fried dough coverd in powdered sugar 😋😋…

      YHC prayed us out.

      Appreciate the commitment through the holiday week F3 brethren and Returns are always welcomed!! New year = New choices

      👍🏻👊🏻✌🏻 Till the next Gloom!!

    • Like Finding Candy Corn in My Advent Calendar…..

      …. as I was totally confused, by the crowd that posted at the Gipper this morning. New faces, and faces I have not seen in awhile. Then some regulars missing.

      Here is how it went:

      Disclaimer

      Warmup; All 20xIC, side straddle hops, good mornings, high knees, arm circles, seal jacks, arm circles, imperial walkers, mummy kicks, hill-billys, toe touches

      Over to the rock pile: grab a rock ( or giant boulder if your name is Butt Splice or Shooter) for; rows, overhead presses, curls, forward presses, elfs on the shelfs.

      Over to the Taj-Mahal parking lot for a ladder shuffles, forward, reverse and both laterals,

      To the front of the Taj-Mahal for a merkin ring-of fire.

      Mosey to the Justice Center parking garage for backwards lunge walks and sprints up the ramps. once on top did a few one minute exercises followed by run-arounds.

      No Mary today, as we went overtime

      Butt Splice prays us out

      Thanks for letting me lead today. I had a ribald good time.

    • Christmas Wing (What Time Is It Now?)

      I’m ready to step up for what I love. No Q for Christmas? I got this! Get back before 2.0s spring from their beds (hopefully not from my clatter)… Mission Impossible!

      YHC arrives with time to spare to see Jose and Manny warming it up. Garfield pulls up with a minute or 2 to spare – where y’at Mr. Shoota?!

      I’ll be both frank and Bushwacker, this beatdown feels like days ago, plus my wife’s aunt plied me with enough Natchez, MS version of “Amber Wind” cocktail that my memory would not be submitted into evidence at a trial at this point. That being said, I’ll do my best to recollect what was a mighty effort on today’s PAX.

      WARM O RAMA

      x10 IC:

      Toe Touches

      Imperial Walkers (Enter Shooter)

      Windmills

      Air presses

      New and, Burgundy may say, improved Fire Hydrants

      THANG

      Mosied to end of brick columns at the other end of the stairs. In 2 groups, one from each runs half way and does 5 _______, continues to the end and does 5 ______, runs up the stairs and down and does 10 ______, then half way back and does ______. Meanwhile remaining PAX is doing _______.

      Merkins, Squats, Freddy Mercuries

      (recall confusion disclaimer)

      Dive Bomber Merkins, Mountain Climbers, LBCs

      Peter Parkers, jump Squats, Heel Touches…

      Burpees…aaaahhhhhh??? What time is it?

      Mosied to the bus stop for:

      10xs Freak Nasties, 12xs In n Outs – all x3

      Mosied back to the stairs for some Bunny Hops and 3-step strides up n down.

      COT

      Jose the beast prayed us out and QIC made it back with 30 minutes to spare on 2.0 #1 stirring! Thanks you gents for showing up (NOT BUTT SPLICE) and for following my some what wingin’ it lead.

      MERRY CHRISTMAS!


    • Christmas Vacation

      Christmas Vacation

      Thanks to the holiday season giving many PAX a respite from work the Milestone Marsh was hopping in the pre-dawn gloom of Christmas Eve day. A big welcome to all the PAX for coming out early on a Monday morning.

      CONDITIONS

      46°; 51% humidity; 6:54 AM sunrise

      DISCLAIMER

      The experienced PAX knew YHC’s rank amateur status.

      THE WARM UP

      All exercises done IC

      • Split jacks X15
      • Toe touches X10
      • Abe Vigodas X10
      • Ray Finkles X10
      • Steve Earles Copper head squat finished with hill billy X 10
      • Good mornings X10
      • High knees X15

      Every time Catherine revved up the microwave, I’d piss my pants and forget who I was for about half an hour or so.

      THE THANG PART 1: Getting Stronk

      YHC sees Northshore PAX getting mad strong, so he thought he would keep the trend of lower rep, higher difficulty movements.

      4 rounds
      Pull up sets x6
      Single leg squats X6 each leg

      1 minute recovery after each set

      YHC wobbled some on the single leg movements, but the assembled PAX were rock solid, straight vertical. Backdraft even rocked some of the pistol-style movement.

      It wouldn’t be the Christmas shopping season if the stores were any less hooter than they – HOTTER than they are. Whew. It is warm in here, isn’t it?

      THE THANG PART 2: Let the beat drop

      PAX did some work with 5 drop sets focusing on the lower body. Each set consisted of 15 knee tucks, 15 jump squats and 15 air squats done in succession with no rest. YHC was gassed at the end of these but the PAX grinded out each of the 5 sets with style.

      Surprised, Eddie?… If I woke up tomorrow with my head sewn to the carpet, I wouldn’t be more surprised than I am now.

      THE THANG PART 3: The big, big finish

      PAX finished in fine form with the following fun and games.

      • Gecko crawl across the court
      • Boo-yah merkins (Q was tired at this point and the cadence / count confused the heck out of the PAX)
      • Clapping merkins
      • Single leg hops / Marios
      • Snow board hops
      • Grand finale, 1 minute of hanging knee raises

      Can I refill your eggnog for you? Get you something to eat? Drive you out to the middle of nowhere and leave you for dead?

      CountORama, NameORama, and COT

      YHC prayed us out.

      MOLESKIN

      Merry Christmas y’all

      Carve the turkey, turn the ballgame on Make Bloody Marys 'cause we all want one Send somebody to the Stop 'N Go We need some celery and a can of fake snow A bag of lemons and some Diet Sprite A box of tampons and some Salem Lights Hallelujah, everybody say cheese Merry Christmas from the family

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

    • Let’s MOSEY

      With no World Cup Soccer themes or any other ideas for a “LOVE FEST Beatdown” dancing in my mind, YHC figured it would be a good time to work off some of those holiday calories that invariably crop up at this time of year.  So, with a big crowd (T-Claps guys) on the day before Christmas Adam, here’s more or less how it went down:

      To get the blood flowing, we did a brief round of SSH, HK, and BK to warm up.  all IC x 15.

      Mosey Eastward, Circle up for some harder hitting exercises before the main course.  Smurf Jacks IC x 20, Monkey Humpers IC x 20, Shooter’s Burpos OYO x 10.

      Now it was time to MOSEY again, however, this time we went westward.  It was back to the corner of Marigny and Lakeshore Dr for some RACES…(Yes, Bushwacker, you heard that correctly).  YHC divided the PAX into two random groups, and each group took turns racing around the first block of Marigny St (around the circle).  While one group was running, the other group did a continuous exercise.  Rinse and repeat x 3.  The exercises were T-Merkins, Squats, Shoulder Taps.  After some pretty intense running, it was time to MOSEY again…this time we went Eastward, all the way to the PULL UP BARS beyond the outfield fence at Harbor Field.  And that distance may have been a little farther than YHC had remembered, as the PAX thinned to a barely connected group.  Once the PAX re-assembled, it was time for some pullups.  As each man did a set of up-to 5 pull ups (apologies to Zoolander and The Hammer, both of whom can clearly can pop out around 20), the remaining PAX did and exercise.  First it was Imperial Walker Squats, then it was Mack Taraji’s, and last it was, Flutter Kicks.  After 3 rounds, and some really cold hands, we MOSEYED back to the flag for a brief set of Mary.  COT, and YHC prayed us out.  Welcome to our FNG, One Eye.  Thanks for letting me take the lead today and pushing me to greater heights!

      Barely Legal, Bolt, Bubba, Bushwacker, Coconuts, Garfield, Jose Mourinho, Mathlete, Maverick, One Eye (FNG), Shooter, Toto, The Hammer, THE Manny, Tanked Up!, Zoolander

    • Run and Remember

      -“A thousand tragedies a day, but the one’s that hit home are the most real.”

      I heard about Lexington, SC FiA’s Diane “Digits” Wells’ unfortunate and untimely death Tuesday morning while she was doing something we City Hall Scramblers take for granted…running. She left behind a husband and 3 small children. Digits was a leader who lived the FiA principals. As an avid runner, she did everything right, wearing reflective clothing and lights, but was still struck down in the middle of a crosswalk. Her story occupied my mind while we ran.

      While we celebrate Jesus’ birth and the myriad of blessing in our lives, please keep her family and friends in your prayers.

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      WARMUP

      10xs IC:

      Toe Touches

      Windmills

      Imperial Wackers

      Willy Mays

      Fire Hydrants

      Tradish Old Mandeville route at an 8:30-8:45/min mile pace

      6 sets, each x10, 1-count IC:

      High Knees

      Squats

      Merkins

      Plank Jacks

      COT

      Q prayed us out, with special intentions for Digits

      Many thanks gentlemen!

    • Creeping and Crawling

      CONDITIONS43°; > 90% humidity; 6:51 AM sunrise (well after the PAX hit the road)

      DISCLAIMER

      The experienced PAX knew YHC’s amateur status and mentally filed away all necessary disclaimers.

      THE WARM UP

      Split jacks X 15
      Toe touches X 10
      Ray Finkles X10
      Steve Earles Copper head squat finished with hill billy X 10
      High knees X10
      Butt kicksX10

      THE THANG PART 1: Ascending Steve Crawl

      The assembled PAX took a short trip to Old Rail to borrow their parking lot.  YHC called a routine that he first learned from our amigo Steve. YHC didn’t enjoy it then so he decided to inflict it open his F3 bros that morning.

      PAX started on one edge of the parking lot.  Bear Crawled to the opposite curb, turned, placed feet on curb and completed one Derkin, crawled back and completed two Derkins, continued to 13.  

      THE THANG PART 2: Rando Circuit

      YHC introduced this routine as something he found by some random dudes on Youtube.

      Circuit:
      each 30 seconds 10 second rest
      1.Burpee w/ merkins
      2.Arch ups
      3.spiderman pushups
      4.Sister mary katherines
      5.Mountain climbers
      6.Wojo squats
      7. Alternating planks

      rest 90 seconds. complete 3 circuits for about 16 minutes of non-stop fun

      PAX took a final mosey around the block to bring us to 06:00 on the dot.

      CountORama, NameORama, and COT

      Thanks to the Pelican for praying us out

      MOLESKIN

      Best wishes to the Pelican on his upcoming lasik surgery.  There’ll be no hiding from him when he has his new lazer-bionic eyes fully operational.

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

      Shout out to y’all who are reading to the end of the backblast.

    • The Nightmare Before Christmas

      ‘Twas nine nights before Christmas, and all around a flag, a nightmare was shared that involved weights in a bag. There was Shooter and Steve and Turbo and Grundy. Tanked Up and Suckles and briefly Burgundy. Barely Legal, Jose, and American Hammer. Bean Counter, Garfield, and of course Zoolander.

      A collective experience of terror ensued that forced all the men in the PAX to conclude. That the “leader” was not their friend from before, but rather a tyrant they rather deplored. Jose had some hostile feelings today, but that’s what you get with 2 rounds of foreplay.

      Sometimes we went slick and sometimes with a ruck, and in the times it got hard we embraced the suck. It went back and forth on what was hated more, but both burpees or manmakers sure made us all sore.   For those not aware or not in the know, here is the list of the workout below.

      The Nightmare Before Christmas
      Slick (no ruck):
      100 burpees
      1 mile run
      50  burpees
      1 mile run
      With Ruck 30 or 20 lb
      100 manmakers
      1 mile ruck
      50 manmakers
      1 mile ruck
      Slick (no ruck):
      100 pushups
      100 situps
      100 air squats
      100 4-ct mountain climbers
      100 4-ct jumping jacks
      100 4-ct flutter kicks
      With Ruck 30 or 20 lb
      100 ruck press
      100 plank ruck pull through
      100  2-ct ruck twists

      One might ask why anyone would do this, and I’ll give you the reason that you cannot dismiss. It was 13 men committed to Fellowship, Faith, and Fitness, and thus was the workout “The Nightmare Before Christmas”.