F3 New Orleans

Category: Backblasts

  • Running. Remember that?

    Humidity is back.  Lights are still missing.  Tuesday morning at The Stomp, and Rudy was ready for a run.  Last few weeks have seen some variations from the tried-and-true out-and-back run, but YHC was looking to get some mileage in.

    A solid group of 7 PAX started off on the typical route.  Looks like Woz is going to be the rabbit WHOA WATCH OUT!  One lost Uber driver deposited a foreigner in our midst halfway down Roosevelt Mall and sped off into the darkness.  Welcome, Plunger (from Winston Salem)….

    The PAX resumed the run.  YHC enjoyed the convos with Woz and Plunger on the way out to Tulane and back.  Meet back at the flags at 610 for:

    • FK x50
    • Dolly x31
    • Boxcutter x31
    • 10 burpees OYO

    Gqther around the flag for count off, name-o-rama and COT.  Bar-a-thin and Summer Series are around the corner!

     

  • Spartacus II…again

    DISCLAIMER, let’s mosey…Grab a rock, medium, one you won’t drop on your head…Let’s mosey to the shelter (cuz it has benches and a lovely aroma).

    COP:

    -SSH x 30 IC

    -Mt Climbers x 30 IC

    -Arm Circles x 30 IC (15 ea. dir.)

    -J-Lo’s x 30 IC

    1. Bulgarian Split Lunge (30 sec/ea leg)
    2. Shoulder Press
    3. Goblet Squat
    4. T-pushup
    5. Alternating Step-up w/rock
    6. Squat Press
    7. Side Lunge with Touch (Elf on the Shelf)
    8. Merkins
    9. Lunge and Rotation
    10. Elevated Wife Pleasers (Rudy, stop looking…)

    Rinse and Repeat for a total of two rounds.

    times is almost up…send your rock home and grab some grass (with stickers) for some Mary:

    -LBC x 30 IC

    -Flutter Kicks x 30 IC

    -Penguins x 20 IC

    -Dying Cockroach x 20 IC

    Times up, mosey to the SF…

    Countoff, namerama, announcements, and a prayer.  It was an honor to lead.  SYITG…

  • ROI on EH’s

    The Marsh and Grandma’s house has seen some return on investment from the emotional headlocks that have been given to our long lost brother Butt Splice. It’s been great to see you at the past two AO’s Splice. And only three days removed from his first post, Dr. NO returned for another beatdown. Keep on coming back!!!!

    Warm-Up

    Toe Touches – 20 IC, Wind Mills – 20 IC, IW’s- 20 IC, Seal Jacks – 20 IC, SS Hop Burpees – 5 SS Hops IC followed by 2 Burpees – Rinse and repeat 5 times

    Each pac picks a partner. Pac#1 assumes the mission impossible position. Pac #2 runs the length of the grass, about 30 yards there and back, and assumes mission impossible while there partner runs the same distance. Each group rinses and repeats this 8 times.

    Mosey to the underpass….

    I did not want to dissapoint anyone by not using a coupon during one of my Q’s, so I utilized the pile of rocks that are at the beginning of the underpass.

    Pac #1 picks a rock and runs with it to the other end of the underpass and back while their partner does copper head squates. Rinse and repeat this until each group reaches a 100 squats. Due to the rock slowing down the run, each pac only had to run the underpass and do squats one time in order to get to a 100.

    Mosey back to trailhead…

    Each pac runs up and down stairs three times.

    Mary…

    LBC’s – 20 IC, Flutter Kicks – 20 IC, Freddie Mercuries – 20 IC, Straight Leg Lifts – 20 IC, Puttins – 20 IC, Crunchy Frongs – 10 IC……… a few intermittent pauses were necessary to crank out those crunch frogs

    COT, Shooter prayed us out.

     

  • Tony! Toni! Tone’! or is it Trevor…..?

    On a beautiful Monday morning YHC gathered with 15 other PAX for a great start to the day.  As I walked up to the AO I noticed Seaman.  Not only did he come to wish all the other PAX a good beatdown but he brought his new dog and an FNG he EH’ed.  After introducing myself to Tony or was it Toni, maybe Tone’?, we all circled up and waited for a few PAX coming in hot.  When all were ready, I asked if there were any other FNG’s in the group besides Tony, Toni, Tone’ apparently there were none and I was quickly corrected by numerous PAX that the FNG who was there was not actually Tony or Toni or even Tone’ but Trevor.  I guess a weekend in Lafayette for International Festival de Acadiens had me a little slow.  With that, disclaimer and we moseyed to an open field by Magazine Street for:

    Warm-Up

    • Forward Arm Circles X 15
    • Reverse Arm Circles X 15
    • Hillbillies X 20
    • Imperial Walkers X20

    Next we moseyed to the levee (dodging multiple cars, what’s up with the traffic at 5:30AM?) for:

    Burp Back Mountain

    • Partner 1 does 8-Count Body Builders
    • Partner 2 runs up the hill backwards and down hill forwards X 3 then Flapjack

    Rinse and repeat until 100 Body Builders are completed.

    Next, mosey to median by Audubon Statue for:

    Rock IV aka “I must break you”

    • Rocky Balboa’s X 100 on curb 1
    • Bear Crawl forward over median to far curb for
    • Incline Merkins X 10
    • Crab Crawl forward to beginning
    • Rinse and repeat X3 alternating between forward and backward bear crawls and crab crawls

    next, mosey to Oak Alley for:

    C.L.I.M.B.

    • Crab Cake
    • Lunge
    • Iron Cross
    • Mountain Climbers
    • Burpees

    1 Crab Cake, 2 Lunges, 3 Iron Cross, 4 Mountain Climbers, 5 Burpees at first light then double up each successive light.  Carioca one way to second light, other way to third light, defensive slide one way to fourth light then other way to fifth light. Due to time constraints, we had to cut this short before the last light.

    We quickly moseyed to the flag and as it was still 6:14, 10 Nolan Ryan’s each side OYO!

    Count off and Name 0 Rama (where YHC initally forgot to give his name, etc. see note about International Fest above).  We had one FNG who is a Marine which lead some kind of way to his F3 name of Colonel Mustard.  Who just so happens to be YHC favorite Clue character.  Maybe it’s the monocle?  Who’s your favorite character????

    We ended with announcements, intentions and prayer to be safe and have a good time this JazzFest week.

    Thanks for letting me lead.

     

  • They came in WAVES

    It was a good showing this morning with 8 men posting at the resurgent Milestone Marsh.

    Warmarama:

    SSH

    GM

    WM -all IC x 20

    Workout/ Thang:

    Circle Up at Half Court for some WAVE ACTION:

    Merkin Wave to 200

    Shoulder Tap Wave to 100

    Plank Jack Wave to 100

    Burpee Wave to 100 while PAX holds Al Gore.

    Mosey to Baseline for some old fashioned Line Drills, Bear Crawls, Crab Walks, Jog Backwards, Karoake Drills, Mountain Climbers, Shuffle Feet.

    Mosey to Bushwacker’s “Childrens Playground Equipment.”

    Break up into 2 groups. Half the PAX does pullups (max out), while the other half do 20 Hello Dollies IC.  Switch.

    Half the group does Australian Pullups (max out), while the other half does Wife Pleasers x 20 IC. Switch.

    ISI:  Hold Plank for as long as possible.

    Mosey back to center court for countarama, nameorama, and Captain Sparkles prayed us out.

    Thanks for making me a better man and embracing the challenge of a brand new week with me, men!

    Waterpik

  • Got a spare???

    The beautiful weather brought the largest group of pacs that we have seen a while at the Mothership. We had 15 total including three FNG’s. I am glad that I brought some coupons with me, so that I would not dissapoint.

    Warm-Up

    SS Hops-25 IC, Seal Jacks- 25 IC, IMW’s-25 IC, High Knees- 25 IC, Butt Kicks-25 IC, Forward Arm Rolls- 10IC, Reverse Arms Rolls -10 IC, Overhead Claps – 15 IC

    Mosey….

    Bearmuda TIRE angle

    All pacs divide into three groups. Each group starts at one of three different stations. These stations are the sea wall, THE Tire, and a soft patch of green grass that is covered in the morning dew and one land mine. The exercises that were performed at each station went as follows:

    Station 1(seawall) – 10 Irkins, Station 2(patch of grass) – 10 Merkins, Station 3(tire) – 10 Derkins- (pacs’ feet were on the tire)

    Rinse and repeat this until all groups have done each station 3 times.

    When moving from one station to the next, all pacs must do a bear crawl to get there, hence bearmude TIRE angle.

    Just for the heck of it, we got back into a large circle and did 10 Merkins IC.

    Bearmuda TIRE angle 2.0

    This is a little twist on the previous circuit of exercises. The groups and stations were kept the same, but the exercises and how you got there changed.

    Station 1- 5 Step Ups each leg, Station 2-10 Copper Head Squats, Station 3- 10 tire(box) jumps

    All pacs had to bunny hop to get to each station.

    Recipe for Humble Pie = 1/2 of beatdown + 250lb tire flip

    I was suprised that I was able to finish the rest of the beat down due to me being so full from the HUGE piece of humble pie I had to eat before the next part of the beatdown started. While attempting to show the rest of the pacs the technique in flipping a tire, I quickly learned that the beatdown I was throwing at my fellow pacs had sucked a good bit of engergy out of me. So much, that I could not flip the tire solo. I had to call an audible……..

    Pacs break into groups of two. Each group flips the tire together 5 times. After each flip, the pacs flipping the tire do 1 burpee. While waiting for groups to complete tire flips, the other pacs are doing various plancs including regular, right arm, left arm, as well as some merkings and air presses.

    TIRE Throw

    Now we did not try to throw this monstrosity, but we did TRY to throw a football through it.

    Each pac took a try at making a 15 yard throw  through the tire.

    If the pac attempting the throw, made it through, NO BURPEES. If you hit the tire, 2 BURPEES. If you missed the tire completely, 3 BURPEES.

    Since no one made it through the tire, we all had to do 10 BURPEES.

    Indian Run back to Flag. Wait a second. There was no flag. Steve, where ya’t!!!!

    With 5 minutes left, we wrapped things up with some Mary.

    LBC’s – 20 IC, Puttins – 20 IC, Crunchie Frugs – 20 IC,  Freddie Mercuries- 20 IC, Flutter Kicks -15 IC, Straigh Leg Lifts – 10IC

    T-Claps to Shooter for helping me transport the TIRE to and from the AO.

    The newest members to F3, Dr. NO, Pot Hole, and oh yes, Poop Eye, did a great job on their first beatdown.

     

  • EH and the Brotherly Love

    Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished

    -Lao Tzu

    The Captain’s Cove is a special AO. That being said, even Seal Team 6 members need a little EH to get them out the fartsack sometimes. Yesterday afternoon the idea of a 10k post sounded fun, invigorating and much needed, but as the evening got on it was easier to imagine the warm comfort of the ol’ sack at 4am. After checking that the listed Q would be too busy in Hollywood with om Hanks to post, YHC and Shooter were insinuated into the scenario…by me. But 2 thoughts were pervasive at that point: where has the other half of the Northshore Core been and why should we do this alone?! So the EH pulled in a Reluctant Rebel in Steve and all was right in the world.

    As we 3 assembled in the gloom, the grumbles were audible and blatant. But the love was there, like making your kids eat their vegetables. COT and we were off.

    As we rounded the initial bend of the lakefront YHC, if not the entire PAX, was awestruck by the large, low-set, orangish-yellow moon! It was as incredible as it was unexpected, but ,personally, an appreciated addition to the bright stars in the clear pre-dawn sky. Now, as any of you who have ever posted with Bushwacker can attest, that guy can jibber jabber! But in the return leg of our expedition an excited mention of a Casting Crowns concert he attended with the fam lead to a discussion of more substance than your average mumble chatter is usually comprised of. Faith, hope, nature, science, the universe, and what’s is our hearts…YHC felt a closeness to the PAX that comes with unabashed realness.

    When we refer to each other as “brothers” we generally mean comrades-in-arms, but we each have our own sub-context to that term. As one with no brothers growing up, I relish the experiences and relationships I have with all of you guys, from the 1-time posters to the core of F3 Northshore to my Southshore and BR brothers. All of this was something missing, and is missing no longer. In life,as in nature, there is no need to hurry, because everything that must be accomplished will be accomplished.

    Much appreciation!

  • Rain with Pain

    With the forecast of rain ☔, I arrived suspecting  a lite post from F3 Northshore. Standing at the flag an unfamiliar vehicle arrives, which I have not seen in Scrambles past. As Chewy arrives to the post the unfamiliar pilot exits the vehicle and introduces himself. Always appreciative of a new face at the AO and hope it’s just the beginning of fellowshiping with another F3 Brother for post to come. Welcome to your first Scramble Sprocket. YHC knew there was another man in route to posting, so we mumble chattered and awaited the arrival of a cart wheeling Bushwacker. The Scramble and the excitement in which it brings always seems to effect us differently. Even IBS couldn’t stop this beatdown from going down, much less a little rain in the forecast… With all men accounted for we begin with a warmup of 15IC Toe touches, 15IC SSH, 15IC Windmills and 15IC Seal Jacks. Began our Mosey of 3.200 or 3.075 miles depending on who’s tracking. Bushwacker feels vindicated this week with the ability to run through the gazebo, so much so that a R/R upon the return was fitting. It’s those little things that bring us out in the Gloom to post or the accountability of passing up yet another piece of litter for 2 weeks in a row now and being called out on it… Work in progress here my friend!! Returning at the AO, Q had plans for the creative dice of doom which were recently introduced at the Scramble for redemption of the previous 50 Burpee roll. With not enough time permitting as YHCs warmup took longer than expected we will save redemption for another day. Finish up with 10IC Sumo Squats, 10IC Merkins and finally we wrap up with 10IC Alternating leg lunges. The remnance of leg pain from previous beatdowns and the rain drops put the PAX into quick count mode and abbreviated announcements.

    Appreciate Sprocket for the lead in prayer!!

    See you men at the next AO✌🏼✌🏼

  • Okwata Draft Day

    We had a beautiful Okwata windy morning for the PAX of 10.    The rain held off.  Today is NFL draft day, and the only number YHC can think about is 11.

    Now for the thang:

    The PAX moseyed around the fountain and then circled up for the warm-up: SSH 25xIC, Abe Vigoda 15xIC, Arm Circles 10xIC each direction, Peter Parkers 15xIC, Parker Peters 15xIC, and Imperial Walkers 25xIC.

    Then, the PAX moseyed west to the levee for 11. The PAX started at the bottom of the levee with burpees on one side of the levee and low slow squats on the other.  T-Claps for the entire PAX for sticking with it.  It gets easier every time.

    Next, the PAX moseyed to the House of Pain. Five stations, 2 rounds: Bear crawl up the levee, your choice down (timer); merkins; dips; WWII sit-ups; and pull-ups.

    Finally, the PAX moseyed to the virtual flag for a quick Mary (10xIC each): Real Freddie Mecury, Flutter Kick, Hello Dolly, and Box Cutters.

    Name-O-Rama, announcements, intentions, and COT.

    To toil and not to seek for rest,
    Surge

  • Come on Down to the Silver Slipper with Paw Patrol

    After coughing up a lung all night I figured resting my cold as I did Monday wasn’t going to cut it anymore.  Having the q was the motivation I needed to get myself out in the gloom and hope that a good sweat may cure me. For extra motivation I closed on a slow play EH Yankee had started years ago and didn’t want to let the new pax down.  Turns out my guy plus an old friend from college were the FNGs today which certainly made it fun.

    Complete with a cough and mumbling double disclaimer we were off to grass lot in front of the zoo for some warm ups.  My weakness gave a good opportunity to develop another’s strength so I invited up some guest Q’s from some of the newer pax during the warm up.

    • SSH IC X 30
    • IW IC X 30 courtesy of Kong
    • Mountian Climber IC X 30 courtesy of Willie
    • Plank Walk IC X 15 courtesy of Koopa

    Mosey to the next field over for some four corner BLIMPS finishing in the center with a shimy over the soccer cross bar vs crab walk option thrown in for fun.

    A train was blocking access to the fly so 11’s on the levee were scratched in favor of Dora 1-2-3 at the Audubon statue.

    • 100 Derkins
    • 200 Dips
    • 300 LBCs

    Mosey to the golf course for some uptown sticker-free grass for some Mary:

    • Russian Twist IC X 20
    • Hello Dolly IC X 20 courtesy of Peppa
    • Flutter Kicks IC X 25ish courtesy of Swamp Cock

    Mosey back to the flag.  Another large count off and Name o Rama.  Welcome to club FNGs Silver Slipper and Paw Patrol.  I must say two quality F3 names!  Ball of Man with thanks for our blessings and prayers to help us to be the best Men possible.