F3 New Orleans

Category: Northshore

  • Friday dealing the cards! – from BBQ

    Another hot and muggy morning in the Gloom but nothing could slow or stop this mighty foursome. We did the usual warm ups and of course I botched the cadence on a few. Einstein is my hero on warmups and I did not get to his standard of excellence this morning. I was eager to move into the Thang and get the cards flipping. Each suit represented a different exercise. Spades were T Merkins. Clubs were Star Jacks. Diamonds were Gas Pumps. Hearts were Freddie Mercury’s. Reps were set by card number. 2 thru 14 ( Aces! ). There was some concern about the shuffle and mumble chatter on some streaks of the same suit. Red suits came early and black suits later. The joker play was called by Jose 10K and a lap down and up in the A1C. On the second joker a new move was introduced. It was alternating front arm swings for 60 seconds. It was named “BBQ Wings”! We got thru the deck and finished with some stretching. Moby prayed us out. He challenged us to push and grow each other and those around us. It was an honor to be in this PAX!

  • Promise made. Promise kept… – from Shooter

    I know what you thinking with the title of this BB.. Who is this YHC? Is he a politician of sorts? Absolutely NOT, and we are not going there anyway.. Simply put, the previous day a promise was made and this gloom a promise was kept.. YHC expressed in his previous BB he would be incorporating the No Cheat Merkin to the PAX he leads and today was the day.. Thanks again VTach!!
    Brief warmup of 15IC seal jacks, arm circles, butt kicks, SSH, Abe Vogadas and 10 OYO No Cheat Merkins.

    Akbar, Chewy and Russo rucked out and returned. Jose10k, Steve, Waterpik and Q ran the standard route with a loop and some modifications along the way for the PAX to finish up at the same time. Once back at the AO we finished with 10IC LMCs, alternating L/R elbow to knee and 20IC flutter kicks closing with NCMs 10 OYO..

    Scramble was Hammerless for the first time in a while, in fact no one could put a date on it because of his consistent presence.You were present in thought brother and missed in chatter.

    Chewy closed us with prayers for Jose10k’s prior student Chance and safe travels for my son’s return to North Carolina.

    Appreciate the post and until the next Gloom 👊🏼👍🏼✌🏼!!

  • Is That A Wienkie In Your Pocket, Or Are You Just Happy To See Me? – from Steve

    About once every three to four years, YHC finally tires of the endless Four Corners and the Doras and the 11’s, and attempts something more creative. (See Music Trivia Beatdown circa 2020 for last said attempt.) Today’s experiment? A game of Family Feud (minus the… families?) This experiment was made all the more exciting with a downrange visitor from Birmingham – VTach. And with Jose 10k in the audience to heckle and jeer at my simple math skills, what could go wrong?

    Now I’m no Steve Harvey (though I do think I could give Louie Anderson a run for his money), so I did my best to keep it simple (cue Jose, “Hey, I gotta leave in 15 minutes, can we not make this a Bushwacker length explanation?):

    – Each round (question) is associated with an exercise (noted alongside the question).
    – Guess an answer on the board? We halve the points and do that many of said exercise.
    – For every wrong answer, the Pax has to do 5 burpees.
    – After three strikes, the round ends and we DOUBLE the points of each unguessed answer, then do that many reps of said exercise.

    1. Name something snowmen might have nightmares about. (Freak Nasties)
    Sun/Beach Weather (62)
Fire/Flame Throwers (14)
Blow Dryers (3)
Rain (3)
Snowplow/Shovel (3)
Drought (2)
Snowballs (2)
Peeing Dogs/Pee (2)

    2. Name something that gets passed around. (Big Boys)
    A joint (34)
A cold (23)
A collection plate (12)
A rumor (9) 
A baby (6)

    3. Name something that might ripple. (SMK’s)
    Water/Stream (63)
Body/Muscles (30)
Potato Chips (4)
Pants (3)

    4. Name something that can be inflated or deflated. (Donkey Kickoffs)
    Balloon (44)
Tire (25)
Beach ball (10)
Ego (7)
Raft (5) 

    5. Name something that might be full of holes. (Bulgarians)
    Swiss Cheese (40)
Clothes/Socks (16)
Alibi/Story (14)
Net/Fishing Net (9)
Colander/Strainer (8)
Golf Course (2)
Screen (2)
Road/Street (2)

    6. Name something that a doctor might pull out of a person. (Hand Release Merkins)
    A gerbil (32)
A baby (23)
A tumor (15)
A tooth (9)
A bullet (7)

    The whole enterprise was worth it for the expression on Shooter’s face when he learned that gerbil was the top answer to this final question (“What is wrong with this world when gerbil is the top answer and stitches aren’t even on there?”). How he went his entire life without hearing the Richard Gere story remains a mystery.

    COT and Russo prayed us out. Welcome VTach! Great having you in town and hope we get to see more of you. I’m sure one of us will make it up to a Birmingham AO at some point. And thank you gents for the patience on this one, YHC will definitely give it a go one Saturday where we can properly split up into “families.”

  • My BUDDY and me!! – from Shooter

    Arrived to the Gipper with 3 Buddies (coupons) and noticed the PAX closer to the road and not in the normal AO. To no surprise, Jose 10k was already soaking wet with music playing and a white board brought from the previous A1c beat down from the week before. Now keep in mind school is back in session and the Gipper during school is usually off limits to the 10k, but I guess with the Spartan quickly approaching he has now decided to post a beatdown before the 0600 beatdown to get er done.. Much respect 10k for your persistence.
    I must also tip the hat to downrange VTach from Birmingham for not only posting at Granny’s but also posting the Gipper. YHC tried to EH for the Scramble, however the southshore will have the privilege of his presence somewhere in the Gloom on Thursday..
    Appreciate the share about the No Cheat Merkin VTach and it will soon become a standard amongst YHCs future Qs..

    Warmup
    15IC and 10IC Seal jacks, cherry pickers, Toe Touches, SSH, Butt kicks and Torso twists.

    Thang
    With only 3 buddies the PAX went to the yard to grab 4 more buddies to carry throughout Covington. We stopped along the way in the Front of the justice center, on top the parking garage and on the backside of the justice center then returning to the AO for the finale.

    Front of justice center
    5 (8)count block builders
    10 squat thrusters
    15 shoulder presses
    20 chest presses
    25 kettle swings
    Mosey to stairs bunny up up and mosey back.

    Top of Garage
    R/R exception Kettles replaced with Curls.
    Carioca down flip flopping halfway then returned with a sprint.

    Back of justice center
    Just like front.
    Bunny hop steps return to benches for jump squat benches 10 OYO.

    AO
    R/R from the garage
    Finished buddy Big boys 10 OYO, 20 2/1 windshields over the buddy and closed 20IC fludder kicks with heels right above the Buddy.

    Appreciate all the regulars in Einstien (birthday week by the way 🎉), BBQ, Barely Legal, Fletch and MobyDick.. (Turbo dog) Sonny was around but stayed close to the truck..

    Until the next Gloom 👍🏼👊🏼✌🏼!!

  • ChatGPT build me a beatdown… – from Hogs Breath

    Listening to one of the F3 podcasts a few weeks back, gave YHC the idea to use AI to create this morning’s beatdown. So I got onto ChatGPT and entered in exactly what I wanted; I said we’d be utilizing Heritage Park [007] for 45 minutes, dropped in the Exicon and got a quick response for this beatdown. There was a few tweakings but overall, it was a good workout.

    The warm-up;
    50 side hop straddle
    15 windmill
    Arm circles
    10 squat to overhead

    The Thang;

    1. Coupon Squats – 20 reps
    2. Merkins- 20 reps
    3. Overhead coupon Presses – 20 reps
    4. Bent over Rows – 20 reps
    5. Mosey around the circle loop

    Lather, rinse, and repeat for 3 rounds. Then a second circuit of;

    1. Curls for the Girls – 20 reps
    2. Freak Nasty – 20 reps
    3. Coupon Chest Press – 20 reps
    4. Run the circle loop

    We were able to get in two rounds before we had to call this because of time.

    Great beatdown to begin the week! I don’t know if I’ll be using AI in the future to create any beatdowns, but it was a fun experiment.

  • Welcome to Hazzard County! – from The Duke of Hazzard

    Good golly miss molly, the weather hit this morning! 76 with a nice breeze in early August is a gift from the gods. And as the god of chaos (aka The Duke of Hazard) prepared to make his VQ, the PAX showed in numbers to shake the heavens.

    WARMORAMA

    YHC co-Q’d to lend moral support to the leadership of the 7 year old ball of energy, and so we started with x10, IC:
    SSH, Windmills, IW, Self Love, High Knees, Butt Kicks, 5 Burpees OYO

    THANG

    Mosied all of 20’ to 1st fire hydrant for the Wheel of Animal Walks:
    Frog Hop to 2nd fire hydrant (apex 80’ away) 10 Merkins
    Bear Crawl back, 10 Merkins
    Duck Walk, 10 Merkins
    Crab Walk, 10 Merkins

    5 Burpees OYO

    Mosey to Noah’s Ark

    5 Burpees OYO

    Partner up with “similarly sized” PAX for Fireman’s Carry. Using carry of choice, P1 carried P2 to Claiborne and P2 carried P1 back to sea wall.

    5 Burpees OYO

    Mosey to Gazebo

    5 Burpees OYO

    Fireman Drag
    Same partners, P1 drags P2 to designated point then switch and return

    5 Burpees OYO

    Mosey to flag

    5 Burpees OYO

    100 count Circle Merkins
    100 count Al Gore/Jump Squats
    100 count Tanked Up’s Down Ups

    5 Burpees OYO

    MARY

    XY’s
    On your 6, legs lifted, Hello Dolly (1,2), Flutter Kick (3,4)

    WWI Snow Angels
    WWI Sit Up, Snow Angel w/ arms & legs slightly elevated

    Foxhole Merkins
    Starting in Merlin down position perform Merkin (1,2) WWI Roll right Merkin (3,4) WWI Roll left

    Plank 30 seconds – 5Merkins – Plank 30 seconds R&R until time

    COT
    Count off, name-o-ramma, Happy Birthday T Claps to the returning Bear who made 14 the next day (today). Welcome FNGs Titan, Ikkie Shuffle, and Siggy!

    Gentlemen, many thanks for showing up for The Duke’s VQ and following his pint-sized lead. His tentative calls belied his excitement at leading the PAX on a tour of Hazard County!

  • 2 Fast, 2 Furious – from Steve

    Got stuck with two knuckleheads who both wanted to “push” this morning. 5 miles at a sub 8 min pace?!? Uhhh.. no thank you.

    Bean, Legal, Parrot – see what happens when you don’t post? Things go off the rails and the leisurely Sunday run somehow morphs into race day.

    Great coffee though – more good stories about Tank’s wacky neighbor, crazy Olympic feats, and how Speedy likes to do “puzzles” and “coloring” with his lady friends.

  • Back to school. Back to school, to prove to Dad that I’m not a fool. I got my lunch packed up, my boots tied tight, I hope I don’t get in a fight. Ohhhh, back to school. Back to school. Back to school. Well, here goes nothing. – from Jose10k

    THE THANG:
    It was a bit cooler this morning, 74 degrees to start an Epic “Back to School Beatdown”
    We moseyed over the top of the stairs and YHC presented the white board. Time to go back to school and do the Billy Madison. Each grade represented an exercise and the PAX would do 12 reps of each, each round . The PAX would complete 1st grade, run down the stairs and run the ramp back up returning to the start. Next, complete 1st grade and then 2nd grade, run the short loop, returning to the start. The PAX would try to graduate and get through the 12th grade!
    1st Grade – Squats
    2nd Grade – Monkey Humpers
    3rd Grade – Lunges (2 is one)
    4th Grade – BBS
    5th Grade – Flutter Kicks
    6th Grade – LBCs
    7th Grade – American Hammers
    8th Grade – Merkins
    9th Grade – Freak Nasties
    10th Grade – Carolina Dry Docks
    11th Grade – Burpees
    12th Grade – SSHs
    COT and BBQ prayed us out.
    We managed to complete the 9th grade. We now have something to shoot for next time. BBQ commented that the beatdown killed the mumble chatter. I’ll take the compliment. SYITG, thanks for letting me lead/and or reading this bb.

  • Merkins and Peter Parkers – from Waterpik

    It was the last gasp of summer for st Tammany parish and teachers such as Jose 10k who had to jet right after the workout to get to school. For F3, nothing really new was on the docket – it was just merkins and Peter Parker’s inter
    Mixed into every turn the pax took on its 4 mile route for the old mandeville scramble.

  • The Land of the Midnight Sun – from Steve

    Jose has returned! Well, technically he was already on his third beatdown of the week (ok, as of this writing, his fourth), but for the Covington crew it was his grand homecoming. And he returned with tales of a mythical land where the sun never sets, the summer temps never hit the 60’s, and F3 doesn’t exist. Though that’s not entirely true since Jose brought the F3 with him: apparently he roped some poor bastard into doing 100 burpees / absolutions with him each day. This man never stops.

    Brief warmorama, starting in a slow Gipper-cadence and then gently ramping up.

    Then off to the rear of the Justice Center for a brief fling with Jane Fonda. We hit all three stages of Jane today (straight Janes, pulses, heel-to-knees), all at 15x IC, each leg.

    Then looped around to the front of the JC for the main event – a series of 11’s between the courtyard benches.

    Started off with the chest/shoulders: Derkins on one end, bear crawl across the courtyard to the opposite set of benches for freak nasties.

    It seemed fitting that Jose would endure this one round and then have to leave for work, as he was the only Pax present to also have posted for Shooter’s brutal shoulder beatdown Tuesday, and Hammer’s brutal shoulder beatdown Monday. (YHC was reprimanded with a: “This is why you guys need to start writing backblasts!”)

    Next set of 11’s were Bulgarians (2:1), lunge walk to opposite end, Step Ups (2:1).

    Didn’t get to the core round, which was just as well since, really, what’s the point of crab walking when Legal isn’t there to show off.

    Finally, an old Maverick classic – reverse bear crawl (or crawl bear, as the kids call it) up the courthouse steps. Followed by some calf raises, and back to the flag for an abbreviated Mary.

    COT with announcement of Duke of Hazards’ VQ this Saturday! (Moby’s response: “Some $#%@& kid in diapers telling me to do 1000 burpees….”). Then we checked BBQ’s hat-o-meter only to see that the sweat lines weren’t quite up to last week’s beatdown (though still hot enough that ol’ Sonny gave the warm air one sniff before thinking, “Nah…” and settling back into Moby’s truck).

    And finally BBQ prayed us out. Prayers for BBQ’s niece’s son, ten-year-old Charlie, who is going through a very tough time as he awaits a kidney transplant. And as always, thanks for this great group of men and the opportunity to lead.