F3 New Orleans

Category: Northshore

  • Trio trekking to the Tunnel – from Shooter

    Knowing that Jose10k would not be making a post on this Gloom, YHC decided to incorporate an old common destination.. So after a brief warmup of a loop around Granny’s followed by SSH, Imperial walkers, Grass grabbers, Cherry pickers and arm circles (mix of 10IC & 15IC) we moseyed to the Tunnel.. Squats 300, Chest press 200 (with boulder of a coupon) and Shoulder press 100 (boulder) cumulative count. PAX 1 would do exercise while other two PAX utilized the ramps and flats for sprinting, Carioca, back pedal and Mosey..

    Returned to AO with 6 mins of Mary.
    15IC American Hammers, Penguin’s, Hello Dollies, Little Manny Crunches. 50 💯s and 10 on your own Nolan Ryan’s each side followed by a close out chill cut plank..

    Appreciate you both Russo and Bird for the post and until the next Gloom 👍🏼👊🏼✌🏼!!!

  • Three at the A1C – from Einstein

    Cool temps at the A1C this past Friday.
    After an extensive warmup, we headed to the up-down parking garage ramp for an Elevens set. Push-up variety (wide, diamond, normal, etc.) up top and squats at the bottom – jogging down the ramp and variety ( back peddle, side shuffle left, side shuffle right, etc.) up the ramp.
    Then on the upper deck; bear crawling and backward lunges, with core at the corners.

    Jose10K did the prayer

  • Baby it’s cold outside – from Jose10k

    We ran, see how easy it is to write a backblast Steve!

  • Have you met my buddy Peter McGroinermerkinplankerjack the mountain climber? – from Russo

    Low 50s this morning at the Pad, where I missed the memo it was “Support the Sad Sack Saints with Shirts” day, as both Pelican and Hammer proudly displayed the fleur de lis on their torsos in a show of solidarity for Dennis Allen. Here’s to win number 21 (versus 40+ losses) as a head coach this week. Pardon me while YHC looks for a job where he will have multi-million dollar salary and only succeed a third of the time (that isn’t a baseball player or politician).

    Warmup (All 1x)
    -Sealjacks
    -hillbillies
    -High knees
    -Toe touches
    -Grass grabbers
    -Torso twists
    -Self love

    Thang

    Mosey to the tunnel and back, where every 45 seconds (or so, rounded) it was one:
    -Peter Parker
    -mountain climber
    -plank Jack
    -Merkin
    -wide merkin
    -diamond merkin
    -groiner

    Once we reached the bridge, we traversed back and forth, still with the same 20 count exercise every 45 seconds (slowed to every trip through the tunnel), this time with 5 jump squats on one side of the bridge, and 5 crunchy frogs on the other.

    Mary
    Conversation got away from us, so it was only IC crunches and American hammers

    COT
    NOR, announcements, and prayer closed us out. Tomorrow Zoolander is up to Q, Grundy has a nightmare on the 17th, before that Bushwhacker has a movie night on the 14th, and before THAT if anyone is interested, our church (St. Timothy on the Northshore) is having their annual Christmas concert (with orchestra) this Sunday, 12/10, with two performances: 3PM and 7PM. Both are free and are a fantastic way to spend an evening. Call it a date night if your M enjoys the holiday season and/or music.

    Thank you to those joining, those reading, and those in general.

    SYITG

  • Gessers Stretch It Out – from Mobydick

    A chilly morning at the Gipper. 4 geezers showed up to make an average age of 64.5 years. YHD being senior senior Qd. Since there seemed to be a few back issues in the crowd I elected to guide us in a vast variety of streches and core. To keep the youngest amongst us happy a couple of long block circuit mosseys thrown in. All seemed to benifit from the departure from the usual sweaty beat down.
    Closure with COT and a prayer of gratitude for the strength we have been given.

  • Squats and Ladders – from Pass Interference

    After an abbreviated warmup, YHC chose three stations for a roundrobin of several exercises increasing by 3 @ each station each round. Merkins, squats, lunges, more merkins, and big boys.

    Then taking a cue from Hogs, we did a slow mosy around the Christmas lights and stopped for squats at Santa’s sleigh, and some other miscellaney until time was called.

  • Ab-Solutelty “Seizing” the Opportunity to Lead HIM – from Bushwacker

    YHC feels like he has been pretty absent as of late – missing openings in my work schedule to join my brother’s in the gloom for side projects and time with the 2.0s. Yes, priorities are what they are, and no one would fault a guy for having them. But seeing an opportunity to pick up the Q at Granny’s, the Wack knew it was just time.

    There were flimsy excuses about pheasants, boxing, and working early flying about, but there were equally stalwart and brave men of the red pill showing up and giving it hell! The cool (almost deceptively so) temps this morning made for a good atmosphere to push some core!

    WARMORAMA

    x10 IC:
    SSH, IW, Torso Twists, Butt Kicks, Tuck Jumps (OYO)

    THANG

    Partnered up and while P1 ran the length of the columns, up the stairs and back, P2 did 500 LBCs, 400 American Hammers, 300 Freddy Mercurys, 200 Crunch Frogs, 100 100s, and 50 each of E2K L/R.

    Our T-Clapsgiving Silver award winner, Jose had to roll out at his appointed early time to transform into his alter ego, Mr. Anderson. And so the rest of the PAX ran a lap around the Trailhead, then proceeded to Imperial Walk from one end o the the field, do 10 IC 8 count Merkin Climbers…Mountain Merkins…a Mountain Climber and two Merkins per 8 count, and then Imperial Walk back

    Circled up in Plank position for several rounds of Ring of…Christmas! Each round had 2-3 runs for each PAX. Round 1: favorite Christmas movie (no repeats), Round 2: favorite Christmas carol (no repeats), Round 3: favorite Christmas dinner item, Round 4: something you’re grateful for

    COT

    Cout, Name, Byrd prayed us out.

    Thursday December 14 5:30pm at Wackatomi Plaza (62215 Raymond Rd) F3 Movie Night featuring Die Hard

    Sunday December 17 1pm at the Lakefront Grundy’s Nightmare Before Christmas. Bring a ruck sack or backpack with 20-40lbs of weights, bricks, etc for a annual dose of hell

    Take 2 – Saturday January 27 the 2nd F3 Camping Trip of the season in Kokomo, MS. 1 day, 1 night 1 non-stop camp fire! Gentlemen this will be one you won’t want to miss as our own Jose 10K has already officially hard committed to his 1st ever F3 Camping Trip!

    Thank you, gentlemen, for the opportunity to pay my F3 dues.

    PS There may have been and minor incident early in the beatdown that was handled with grace and caring thanks to all PAX in attendance. Many thanks.

  • Blame it on the Rain – from Russo

    Low 60s to start this morning, thunder all around, with a light drizzle until the skies opened up with about 12 minutes left. It poured and poured, and with the rain beating down on the canopy, it was hard to hear anything. We were however able to hear Hammer one up YHC with his (or one of his) favorite rain-related songs: Winger’s “After the Rain”, and yes, YHC did take his advice to pull up the music video: the random Native American and his peace pipe did make an appearance to lend a helping hand / guidance to the disenfranchised “dreamer”. Well worth a watch, but I’m sticking with Milli Vanilli. Whatever you do, don’t put the blame on you.

    Warmup (all IC, 10x – 15x)
    -Seal jacks
    -Cherry pickers
    -Arm circles
    -Imperial walkers
    -Grass grabbers
    -Toe touches
    -SSHs

    Thang
    Pax knocked out the Deck of Death (exercise and count based on value and suit of the card turned over from a standard deck of playing cards). YHC likes to split the deck into 4 groups to vary up the exercises, with some moseying between rounds.

    Round 1
    Hearts – Freak Nastys
    Diamonds – Durkins
    Clubs – BSSs
    Spades – Leg Raises

    Round 2
    Hearts – SMCs
    Diamonds – Merkins
    Clubs – monkey humpers
    Spades – gas pumps

    Round 3
    Hearts – shoulder tap plank jacks
    Diamonds – donkey kicks
    Clubs – star jumps
    Spades – crunchy frogs

    Round 4
    Hearts – Groiners
    Diamonds – jump squats
    Clubs – Lunges (2 is 1)
    Spades – big boy sit-ups

    Mary
    60-ish second plank

    COT, Name-o-Rama, announcements, and prayer closed us out. Hammer I believe has the Q tomorrow, but check Slack for the place. Given the rain situation, it may move to the Marsh.

    SYITG

  • Hogs Breath to the Rescue! – from Jose10k

    Rain, Rain, Go Away, so this way the seniors will come back this way. I know Russo was lucky his splash pad had the corridors. It reminded me of a quote from a 90s classic movie that is in Russo’s top 5: One day it started raining, and it didn’t quit for four months. We’ve been through every kind of rain there is. Little bitty stingin’ rain… and big ol’ fat rain. Rain that flew in sideways.
    I arrived at the A1C, and I quickly received text messages from Moby and Einstein that they weren’t showing this morning. Which, let’s be honest, is really cool that they let me know. I thought that it was going to be a solo run at the A1C. No worries, I’ve got my gloves on, shoes tied tight, and the tunes were blaring in my ears. But then I got a text from Hogs Breath letting me know that he was on Cowbell time, just a little bit later than usual. Warmup: yup
    The thang: Burpee at every other stripe of the garage, Lt Dan on the way back. 3 rounds of that. Then rocky balboas, then Turbo jumps over the stripe, 1 round for each leg. Down to the 1st floor. 1 ran a lap around the garage while the other did shoulder presses with a guard rail. 3 rounds of that. Then 1 arm rows on the fence, 3 rounds of that. 3 calf raise each step to the second floor with 5 minutes of Mary. COT, intentions for Freon and his family, prayers for mine, and chatter about the T-claps thanksgiving get together soon. Check Slack for updates. Thanks for joining me, Hogs Breath. SYITG

  • Round Robin at The Gipper – from Einstein

    Cool in the mid-30s at The Gipper
    Round Robin was the order for the day as the Q sheet was empty
    Each Pax chose a warmup excercise. Then, off to the coupon cache to grab a block.
    Each Pax chose a block movement, after everyone had a turn – we ran around the block – repeat.