F3 New Orleans

Category: Northshore

  • Solving the Fitness Function – from Steve

    Long before he was counting cards in the Deck of Death, before he was hosting Cinco de Mayo or Pi Day numeric-themed beatdowns, and way back before we all knew him as the only man who could’ve filled Jose’s sweat bucket more quickly than Jose himself, there was a young Russo who competed at the highest levels of high school academia as… that’s right, a Mathlete. YHC got to hear Russo’s origin story, that rare formative experience that, dare I say, altered something in his brain, changing the trajectory of his life and sending him on his destined path as the greatest mathematical mind of the Northshore F3 Pax. (Ok, Grundy may want to challenge you there, Russo….especially if an award is being handed out.)

    Anyway, that story and others were told as Russo and YHC did a Tabata-style Block Party, 45 seconds on, 15 seconds rest. This was another interesting experiment in time dilation (the first being Chewy’s 8-year anniversary beatdown which, with its three exercises repeated ad nauseam, somehow felt longer than last year’s 12 hour anniversary beatdown). Here, the clock slowed to a crawl for the 45 seconds of work, and then miraculously went into overdrive for the 15 seconds of rest. We did 4-45 second sets of each of the following exercises (with a trip up the stairs between):

    – Curls
    – Squat Thrusters
    – Flutter Kicks (holding block up)
    – Goblet Squats
    – Bent over rows
    – Chest Presses

    COT with Russo praying us out. Thanks Russo for the post and the opportunity to lead!

  • Solving the Fitness Function – from Steve

    Long before he was counting cards in the Deck of Death, before he was hosting Cinco de Mayo or Pi Day numeric-themed beatdowns, and way back before we all knew him as the only man who could’ve filled Jose’s sweat bucket more quickly than Jose himself, there was a young Russo who competed at the highest levels of high school academia as… that’s right, a Mathlete. YHC got to hear Russo’s origin story, that rare formative experience that, dare I say, altered something in his brain, changing the trajectory of his life and sending him on his destined path as the greatest mathematical mind of the Northshore F3 Pax. (Ok, Grundy may want to challenge you there, Russo….especially if an award is being handed out.)

    Anyway, that story and others were told as Russo and YHC did a Tabata-style Block Party, 45 seconds on, 15 seconds rest. This was another interesting experiment in time dilation (the first being Chewy’s 8-year anniversary beatdown which, with its three exercises repeated ad nauseam, somehow felt longer than last year’s 12 hour anniversary beatdown). Here, the clock slowed to a crawl for the 45 seconds of work, and then miraculously went into overdrive for the 15 seconds of rest. We did 4-45 second sets of each of the following exercises (with a trip up the stairs between):

    – Curls
    – Squat Thrusters
    – Flutter Kicks (holding block up)
    – Goblet Squats
    – Bent over rows
    – Chest Presses

    COT with Russo praying us out. Thanks Russo for the post and the opportunity to lead!

  • Four Corners of The Apocalypse – from Steve

    Well, I’d hardly call it an “apocalyptic” beatdown. Nor was it truly a “four corners” (more like 6). But hey, sometimes you need a title just to get these things off the ground.

    Marsh-style beatdown on this humid Tuesday (delayed bb here, so this was before out little cool front), moseying to the lake with a stop at each intersection for 15x merkins, 15x lunges, 15x flutter kicks IC. You know you’re firmly middle-aged when conversations yo-yo between healthcare costs and the financial viability of art galleries with wine bars. Other, more fun topics were surely mused over, but hey, YHC is 45 – I can’t remember what happened a week and a half ago.

    Once at the lake, we headed to the Rip’s staircase for calf raises x5 each step. Chewy, Russo, and YHC were there for (and very likely contributed to) the demise of the previous set of stairs at Rips, so it’s good to see that these fairly new ones are still holding up. Then it was over to the wall for some step ups, freaks, step downs, freaks, Bulgarians, freaks, all x12 IC. And back to Rip’s for more calf raises.

    With time closing in, we headed back, this time foregoing the merkins and lunges at each intersection, but stopping once at the midway point and knocking out the flutter kicks all in one go. Once back, COT, nameorama, and Chewy prayed us out. Thank you gents for the camaraderie, and for posting regularly – it pushes me to do the same.

  • Four Corners of The Apocalypse – from Steve

    Well, I’d hardly call it an “apocalyptic” beatdown. Nor was it truly a “four corners” (more like 6). But hey, sometimes you need a title just to get these things off the ground.

    Marsh-style beatdown on this humid Tuesday (delayed bb here, so this was before out little cool front), moseying to the lake with a stop at each intersection for 15x merkins, 15x lunges, 15x flutter kicks IC. You know you’re firmly middle-aged when conversations yo-yo between healthcare costs and the financial viability of art galleries with wine bars. Other, more fun topics were surely mused over, but hey, YHC is 45 – I can’t remember what happened a week and a half ago.

    Once at the lake, we headed to the Rip’s staircase for calf raises x5 each step. Chewy, Russo, and YHC were there for (and very likely contributed to) the demise of the previous set of stairs at Rips, so it’s good to see that these fairly new ones are still holding up. Then it was over to the wall for some step ups, freaks, step downs, freaks, Bulgarians, freaks, all x12 IC. And back to Rip’s for more calf raises.

    With time closing in, we headed back, this time foregoing the merkins and lunges at each intersection, but stopping once at the midway point and knocking out the flutter kicks all in one go. Once back, COT, nameorama, and Chewy prayed us out. Thank you gents for the camaraderie, and for posting regularly – it pushes me to do the same.

  • Wild Q seems fitting!! – from Shooter

    Granny proved to be not only Wild with the weather but also Wild with the dice. Knowing this weather will not remain much longer, YHC was still able to provide some general perspiration with his beatdown this morning for the PAX.. As Chewy stated at the end of our morning the one shirt beatdowns are soon to be done and over for sometime..Our full blown summer and humidity will be here to stay, so it was quite pleasant to enjoy this Gloom with its unusual coolness under the breezeway of the trailhead..

    Warmup
    All 10IC Grass grabbers, Good Mornings, SSH, selflove, Torso twists, Butt kicks, high knees, Cherry pickers, arm circles and Abe Vogadas.
    Moseyed around the block and returned for the Thang
    Grabbed our coupons and some dice..
    PAX took turns rolling in between each stated coupon exercise.
    50 Shoulder press
    Wild Q Burpees 5
    15 one right arm rows
    20 4x SSH
    15 left arm rows
    20 4x SSH
    20 squat thrusters
    5 Merkins
    Mosey around and returned.
    30 curls for the girls
    Wild Q 20IC mountain climbers
    20 goblet squats
    Wild Q 10 Eight count bodybuilders
    15 Elf on the shelf right
    Wild Q 10 IC gas pumps
    15 Elf on the shelf left
    25 IC Putins
    Mosey around and returned
    50 chest presses
    Wild Q 10 Eight count bodybuilders
    20 tricep extensions
    10IC Putin’s
    20 Kettlebell swings
    10 Burpees
    10IC Block pleasers

    YHC may be missing some or also might be out of sequence but close enough..

    Felt like a good balanced routine and beatdown and until the next gloom 👍🏼👊🏼✌🏼!!!

  • Just Makin It Up – from Mobydick

    Last minute sign up started with SSH x 20 4 is 1 to get the blood flowing 20x merkins oyo. Cherry pickers and hi jack hi jill and few others. The thang was a hodgepodge lunge wslk to the wall ftom mid garage. There 40x freak nasty. 20x merkins 20x box cutters 20x jane fondas. Mosey to stsirs and 2 cslf raise each stair backwards to the bottom. 20x merkins and something else. Back to the roof by way of the ramps side shuffle switch sides at esch ramp. Top side 2 minute plank and something else. Back to the start and each (7) pax chose a core to close it out. COT and 🙏🏻.
    That kinda how I remember it. Might have keft out a few things.

  • Marsh Moonset – from Akbar

    The Spring Tease ended with another cool front, which was welcome to the Pax this brisk gloom. The past two Mondays have been difficult for YHC, since the Lakefront beatdowns have been brutal. Mondays plan was to take it easy on Chest, Legs, and Abs, but Shoulders hurt too – so let’s just pretend the Murph didn’t happen then.

    Warm up:
    SSH, Shoulder rolls(f/b), Grass Grabbers, Self-Love, Arm Circles (f/b), Imperial Walkers, Hillbillies, Windmills

    Mosey to the Lakefront stopping for 5 Merkins, 10 Squats, 15 Abs of choice

    Arriving at the Lakefront, we took in an amazing Yellow Moonset behind the Causeway. When the moon is low in the sky, it tends to have a yellow orange hue because the Moon’s light travels a longer distance through the atmosphere.

    Yellow Moons also have positive spiritual meanings such as peace, optimism, abundance, balance, and prosperity. Some people perform rituals like a moon bath, meditation, or thinking about our desires.

    Our ritual was the Freak Nasty, Bulgarian Split Squats, and 11’s of Stone Mountains / Rocky Balboa’s with a run up and down Rips stairs on each round.

    Elated, we moseyed back without stopping for exercises and returned to the court circle for Mary. Freddy Mercury’s, Single Leg Glute Bridges, Hello Dolly, Rosalita, and a 3 second plank.

    Count, Name, and YHC prayed us out.

    Announcements:

    Zoorich Classic this Saturday, bring your frisbee unless you want to use one from Dollar General.

    Spartan Run in Dallas mid-October – 7 are in, get with The Hammer if you want to go.

    SYITG – Akbar

  • Who’s driving the bus today? – from Mobydick

    6 gentlemen at the a1c got together to get some exercise in, some f2, and some good German jokes from our resident comedian, BBQ. Warm-ups: yes, there was a warm-up
    The Thang: lunge walk the parking garage, then merkins, then freak nastys, then multiple core exercises. 2 calf raises on each step all the way down to the ground floor, karaoke up the ramp, more core exercises, karaoke up the next ramp, more merkins, cooperhead squats, then round robin mary. Moby prayed us out.

  • Here comes the humidity!! – from Shooter

    With summertime approaching, the Scramble proved to bring out the perspiration. Although the temperature was in the 70s the humidity had to be between 90-100… & PAX posted and made the most it.. After a brief warmup of Hillbillies, Windmills, good mornings, grass grabbers and a Al Gore hold circle with a jump squat around the PAX to 100.. 2 Ruckers set out for 20 out and back while the remaining 6 moseyed the sidewalk route. Runners returned first and completed some Core WW1 sit-ups, flutter kicks and wife pleasers. A scramble would not be complete without a 20 count OYO of Merkins..

    Glad to be back and appreciate the post gentlemen. Until the next Gloom 👍🏼👊🏼✌🏼!!

  • 1/3, 3rd, and Third – from Hogs Breath

    YHC began a rousing journey toward the 007 only to realize that the garage door was left open. Thus so as not to alarm his M, he returned and faithfully closed the door, thus securing his M!
    This did however, make YHC fashionably late to his own Q! So the warm-up was basically skipped…. Albeit Pass Interference was doing his own warmup.

    The Thang
    The beatdown was broken down into thirds. The first third was tabata style approximately 40 seconds on 10 seconds rest utilizing the deck o’death.
    The 2/3 focused on sprinting, one pax would sprint across the field, while the other pax turned over card and performed the displayed excercise. Lather, rinse and repeat for three iterations.
    The last third was a mosey around the park. We finished out with two minutes of Mary.