F3 New Orleans

Category: Northshore

  • Mystic Krewe of Frizzledrip – from Steve

    If you’re waiting for YHC to explain that title, you’re gonna be waiting a while. And don’t go googling that stuff… seriously, it’s dark web material and your IP address will be added to some government list and that girl from The Ring will crawl out of her well, pop out of your phone, and take you down. (Note to Rudy: this is when we could use the option of using a gif / meme / pic to help out where words can’t do justice. Honestly, I don’t know how Jose 10k writes any backblasts without the gif option).

    Alright, this is another tardy backblast and so there’s not much that I can remember about the splashpad beatdown at this point except that it was good to catch up with Pelican and that the chatter revolved around parades, conspiracy theories (or are they!?!) and, of course, Taylor Swift. Usual warmorama before this Krewe took to the streets for a trip to the tunnel.

    No surprise that there were merkins along the way: 20x at each of the three intersections. Then YHC backpedaled up the ramp while Russo and Pelican did one of the following exercises (swaparoo after each run): plank jacks, lunges, burpees, groiners… something else… Big boys?

    Return trip was similar to the route out – stopping for 20x merkins – though we also added a depot stop for some leg action. Usual mix of Bulgarians, freaks, step ups, and my recent fave, step downs. It was Pelican’s first experience with step downs and they did not disappoint.

    Quick round of Mary, COT, and Russo prayed us out. It’s been great joining the Friday crew the past few weeks, t-claps to these two guys for holding this AO down for so long.

  • 40K LBS for 40th birthday bash – from Hogs Breath

    YHC woke up to the sounds of thunder and lightning.
    The pre-blast had mentioned a ruck prior to the beat down, but the smart thing would be to wait till the lightning pass. So YHC waited some time then arrived at the 007 about 4:50 AM. When all of the sudden Twin Span arrived about five minutes later. The lightning had passed, and the rain was a drizzle. The two yutes got a 1 mile ruck in.
    Then, Bushwacker, Murdoch and Pass Interference all arrived on time.
    In honor of Hog’s Breath upcoming birthday, today’s beat down was a simple 10 x 10 x 10 coupon workout.
    If a typical coupon weighs approximately 40 pounds and multipled by 10 exercises x 10 reps x 10 rounds would mean we would move approximately 40,000 pounds!

    10 curls
    10 overhead press
    10 tricep extension
    10 torso twists
    10 squats
    10 bent over rows
    10 lunges
    10 chest presses.
    10 WWW3 sit ups
    10 calf raises

    We converged underneath of the pavilion to shield us from the rain, played some music and began. The rain escalated several times, and quickly drowned out the sound of any music. We were able to get through 10 rounds!
    T-claps to Murdoch for his first beat down back, after being injured, all pax rallied behind him and helped him finish his 10th round right on time!

    5 packs all got out of their fart sacks, in the rain, to move 40,000 pounds in honor of hog breath 40th birthday!

    Coffeteria followed at Starbucks

  • Fool in the rain – from Jose10k

    YHC showed up early to the marsh to, yet again, put in some of those runcajunrun miles in. I saw that Hammer took the Q, so I knew he was going to be there shortly. Lap after lap, I saw no “Little Red Chevy” while listening to my usual Prince song. He fartsacked on me, plus no other Mandevillians showed up either. At that moment, the sky opened up and it began pouring down like crazy. What to do?
    Simple: turn up the music, rip off the shirt, and run sprints from stop sign to stop sign all through the streets of Mandeville. As I’m sitting in the office waiting to be scanned by the hottest tech in the world, my wife, I wonder what kept everyone away: the weather, the superbowl , Mardi Gras parades, was it something I said, was it something I did, the train washed away my smell, what was it? Why didn’t anyone show? I now know how Russo feels like at the splash pad…. I’m just a Fool in the Rain!

  • Nashville Nasty – from Akbar

    17 showed up today to a warm 61 degrees, the first real sweat in the past few months (except for Russo). Tiga showed up from a recent beatdown in Austin where he was named, jumping right into the fold like he’d been here a year. A surprise comeback from Captain Sparkles was a pleasant surprise.

    4 came jogging up from the pre-thang and we were ready to go.

    Warm up:

    SSH, Arm Circles, Self Love, Imperial Walkers, Grass Grabbers, High Knees

    Grab blocks from the truck and rifle carry to the fire hydrant for 8 ct Rocky Balboas x10 IC, and jawbreakers (alternating Merkins on the block) x 10 OYO.

    Run stairs at Rips, 10 calf raises at the top, return to the blocks.

    Raffle Carry to Noah’s Ark for the Nashville Nasty

    YHC was on a business trip and decided to attend a beatdown in 20° weather with snow on the ground in Nashville. It was cold, but warmed up quickly due to the ascending reps beatdown. It was love at first sight.

    The Nashville Nasty

    6 exercises, 10 reps each, run Noah’s Ark = 1 round. Increase 1 rep each round.

    Lots of Mumblechatter which lessened the pain.

    Grundy was out of the gate first as usual, and we all endured the pain for around 30 minutes. YHC’s unofficial count for most was up to 7-8 rounds, equaling over 500 reps.

    Head back to the flag with a Rifle carry to the fire hydrant, for 2 exercises x10 IC. Maybe Mountain Climbers and Rosalitas, but not quite sure.

    Put up blocks and circle up for Mary x10 IC

    Hello Dolly, Rosalita, Dying Cockroaches, Penguins, Heals to Heaven, Nolan Ryan’s, Jane Fonda’s, 8 count Merkin mountain climbers.

    Count, Name, and Waterpik prayed us out.

    Coffeeteria at Book and the Bean was well attended, with Steve joining us after his run. Grundy brought cookies for all.

    Announcements

    Run Cajun Ran- log your miles
    Krazy Ivan- Saturday Feb 17th

    Thanks for following the lead gentlemen! 👊💪👍

    SYITG- Akbar

  • Almost a red SOLO cup type of workout – from Jose10k

    YHC arrived at the A1C early to put in those RUNCAJUNRUN miles. I don’t know why, the TARDS are way behind the leaderboard, but I keep telling myself, Tanked up is about to get ramped up. I know that he’s too old now to really compete, but he’ll put in some miles. Even if it’s using a walker. I got back up to the top of the A1C, and there were no cars. I begin to think of the title of my backblast: 1 is the loneliest number, Han Solo, but with the passing of Toby Keith this week, it was going to be a Red Solo Cup. I was about to embark on a journey through the streets of Covington when at 5:16 I saw Fletch coming up the ramp. 1 minute later Moby came. Quick Warm-up
    The Thang: A lot of sore bodies and bones, so we kept it simple. 5 burpees, 10 squats, then a quarter mile run. Rinse and repeat over and over again. Then of course, 3 calf raises on each step, all the way up. As I heard, it’s not a Jose Beat Down without calf raises. COT, YHC prayed us out. Safe travels to all going parading this weekend. Tank, why are we not seeing you on the leader board?

  • Well that changed quickly! – from Shooter

    YHC rolled up to 2 PAX in Hammer and Waterpik at the Scramble expecting to have a light showing. Out of the darkness Jose10k and Steve appear and the the headlights just kept coming in. Before long the PAX quickly swelled to 10 and so we did a simple warmup of Imperial walkers, SSH, Grass grabbers, Good mornings and Seal jacks..
    Route was down toward Monroe and zig zagged our way through the streets while 4 PAX Rucked out for 20 and back.

    Appreciate the great showing the last two weeks gentleman. Let’s keep it up..

    Keep checkin Slack as Hogsbreath will posting a date at the 007 for his 40 year birthday beatdown to come…

    Until the next gloom 👍🏼👊🏼✌🏼!!!

  • Surprise Q by BBQ – from BBQ

    Einstein volunteered me to Q on the spot. He said I was showing the most energy and somebody needed to do it. As always it is an honor to be part of F3 and lead these fine young men. Warm ups were self love, arm circles, imperial walkers, hillbillies, mountain climbers, inverted mountain climbers, scuba Steves, leg swings on your tummy ( I have no idea what the official exercise is called) and SSH. The Thang was an 11. Burpees and squats. In between 40 yards of forward lunges and backward lunges one way and 5 steps and a star jack the other way. We had time some hip stretches. The PAX had 4 prayers for those in need. YHC was Elvis RIP for Stella. Moby prayed us out.

  • Jose needs PaxMiner credit – from Russo

    Some days the only thing driving YHC to get up before 5AM are the three Fs. Emphasis on the fellowship. So when a humble request went out last night to include at least some running from Bushwhacker, YHC modified what he had planned to fulfill said request, looking forward to the chatter that only he can bring. Alas, Sir Whacker decided he would rather the comfort of bed than the mosey pace of a Granny’s post. Thumbs down. But Steve and Jose10k helped YHC hold down the fort, the latter of which surprised me when his response to his miles tallied thus far was “6” instead of the normal 2-3. That bar can’t keep raising, Jose. Thumbs up.

    Warmup – 10x IC
    – Seal jacks
    – Toe touches
    – Self love
    – Cherry pickers
    – Grass grabbers
    – High knees

    Thang
    Tabata:
    – 40 seconds each with bricks, 20 seconds rest, with some moseying before and after each of the four rounds

    Round 1
    – Plankjacks
    – Cherry pickers
    – Overhead claps
    – Nutcrackers
    – Hallelujah squats

    Mosey around Granny’s to get some run Cajun run miles in.

    Round 2
    – Tricep extensions
    – Arm curls
    – Air presses
    – Squats
    – Arm circles
    – Milk maids

    Rinse and repeat rounds 1 and 2 for 3 and 4. Rinse and repeat the running around as well (creatures of habit and all).

    Mary – 15x IC
    – LMCs
    – Penguins
    – Flutter kicks
    – Crunchy frogs

    COT, with NOR and prayer before heading back to start a Tuesday. RCR is in full swing, and the Ivan is coming up on the 17th.

    Thanks for joining gentlemen.

  • And there was only 1 who made the Au Lait a true 10k!! – from Shooter

    Any guesses? You already know the answer.. Jose10k cannot post Au Lait 10k and not complete the official 6.2. Most inspiring however, was Will.I.Am (#homealoneextra) finishing with the PAX.. Coffee followed at Abita. Appreciate the push Speedy..

  • Leg Work at the A1C – from Einstein

    Only three made the early bird special this morning, even the dog bailed

    warmup:extensive

    thang: up-down ramps, and parking lot strip activities

    prayers for Jose10K’s student that he’s tutoring