F3 New Orleans

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  • Triple Checking the Time

    Dark, Warm, and Humid at 5:30am.

    Mosey to field by zoo parking lot for Warm-up:

    • Side straddle hop
    • Pagodas
    • Hillbillies
    • Grass grabbers

    Main Event (causing Angie to check his watch three times hoping it was over): We lined up along the street side of the field for a “Jacob’s Ladder” type workout consisting of 5 reps on the start line, mosey to mid-field for 10 reps, back to start for five more reps, mosey to far side of field for 15 more reps, back to start for 5 more reps of the following exercises (one full set of each):

    • Burpees
    • Bonnie Blairs
    • Low Slow Squats
    • Shoulder Taps
    • LBCs on the lines, Bear Crawls on each leg up the field (total of 1.5 field lengths)
    • V-Ups
    • Merkins
    • Lunge walk from start to midfield, crab walk back to start, then Lunge walk from start to other side of field, crab walk back to start
    • Mosey to midfield, sprint back to start, mosey to far side of field, sprint back.

    (I may be forgetting a set or two)

    Back to flag, for COT: count-off, Name-O-Rama, welcoming of FNG Miller Gunn “Grinder” and prayers and thoughts, including intention and solid words of empathy from Sandbar for the parents of the 545 separated children split up at the border. Politics aside, each of us can easily imagine the horror of losing track of a child for only a few minutes at a department store, playground, etc. See the report from this morning’s news: https://www.npr.org/2020/10/21/926031426/parents-of-545-children-separated-at-u-s-mexico-border-still-cant-be-found or https://fox5sandiego.com/news/national-news/parents-of-545-children-separated-at-border-cant-be-found/

  • 6 Year Anniversary (10-14-2020) – The Birdcage

    Woke up early to this beautiful, cool, dry morning to setup the field in front of Audubon Zoo with our F3 flags. Then I moseyed to our usual Birdcage COT spot to meet up with 45 other PAX to celebrate F3Nola’s 6 year anniversary. Before the disclaimer, I told the PAX that this is our actual anniversary date, and The Birdcage was our very first weekday AO. We then headed over to the field in front of Audubon Zoo with our warmup exercises in cadence. To honor our 6 year anniversary, we started the day with 6 burpees OYO.

    1.) SSHs x 20

    2.) Windmills x 10

    3.) Self Love x 10

    4.) Imperial Walkers x 20

    5.) Peter Parker, Parker Peter, MCs x 15

    We divided the PAX in 2 groups in the middle of the field. One group was facing the Zoo while the other was facing Magazine Street. Each group had their own marker to reach to (which was about 50 feet away).

    Round 1 – moseyed to the marker and did 10 hand release merkins. Then moseyed back to the middle of the field and went back out to marker to do 15 hand release merkins. Then moseyed back to the middle of the field and went back to the marker to finish off with 20 hand release merkins. Then converged back to the middle of the field to wait for the Six (SSHs until the Six was done).

    Round 2 – similar routine as round 1 except we did 10, 15, and 20 big boy situps.

    Round 3 – similar to round 1 except we did 10, 15, and 20 jump lunges. Also, instead of running, we were side hopping.

    Round 4 – similar to round 1 except we did 10, 15, and 20 leg raises.

    Round 5 – similar to round 3 except we did 10, 15, and 20 squats.

    Round 6 – similar to round 1 except we bear crawled to the marker and moseyed back to the middle of the field with 20, 40, and 60 overhead air presses in between.

    Round 7 – similar to round 6 except we bunny hopped to the marker and moseyed back to the middle of the field with 5, 10, and 15 burpees in between.

    At some point during the workout, we saw a shooting star with a crescent moon in the backgound.

    Round of Mary

    We did the following in cadence:

    1.) American Hammers x 20

    2.) LBCs x 20

    3.) Hello Dolly x 20

    4.) Low Country Crabs x 10 (Yankee’s lead)

    5.) Dying Cockroach x 20 (Hawgcycle’s lead)

    COT

    We finished the beatdown with COT. Announcements and prayers. Someone mentioned Bogey is buying for everyone who shows up at the Deutsches Haus tonight. We thank Sky Q for giving us the strength everyday so that we can do this on a regular basis. Always grateful to be out in the AM with the PAX and hopeful for many years of this.

    Few of us had some F2 coffee at PJ’s on Magazine. Always entertaining conversations with the PAX. SYITG

  • Gettin’ that Bruce Pack (WPM 2020-10-08)

    Another fine day at the mountain with 22 PAX: Bieber, Angie’s List, Peppa, 86, Squeal, Apostle, Tube Steak, Seaman, Gabrielle, Hawgcycle, NipTuck, Landing Strip, Moana, Bones, Mr. Peabody, Brushburn, Willie, Tinkles, El Wire, Flaming Lips, Bad Moon, Catfish (Q).

    Took a brief mosey around the block and circled up on the usual lawn for a warmup – SSH, Goofballs, Peter Parker, Mountain Climbers, Parker Peters, and Imperial Walkers. Moseyed over to the base of the mountain.

    First Level – Did some Nickels and Dimes with 5 low jump squats, 10 bonnies (2 is 1), and SSH waiting for the end of the minute. 5 rounds, then ran up to level 3, forwards on the flats, backwards up the inclines. Plank jacks waiting for the six.

    Third Level – Did a round of Bruce Lee – American Hammer, Leg Raises, LBCs, Penguins, Crunchy Frog, 100s. 30 Reps for all cadence exercises (everything except 100s). Ran up to level 5, forwards on the flats, backwards up the inclines.

    Fifth Level – Nickels and Dimes again with 5 Burpees, 10 hand-release Merkins, and Shoulder Taps waiting for the minute. Did 3 rounds, then ran to the top, forwards on the flats, backwards up the inclines.

    The Top – Monkey Humpers for the peak. Back down the stairs to the base, then to the flag. 7 burpees OYO for the finish. COT, Coffeeteria @ PJ’s.

    Always a pleasure at the mountain, and glad to finally get a set of Bruce Lees in!

  • Thank you F3

    Cool temps greeted the PAX under the still starlit gloom at The Birdcage. 13 HIM took on a beatdown that someone referred to as “Old School”, and somebody else said was “Intense”. Interestingly I often find that Qing a beatdown actually adds some immunity to the difficulty. I don’t know if it’s the invigoration of leading, or the challenge of remembering the beatdown, or even just the F3 exercise naming conventions, etc. Whatever it is…I like it. Here’s what we were up to this morning…

    Disclaimer and Mosey followed by Warmup consisting of…

    SSH X 2O, Windmill X 10, Grassgrabbers X 10, Peter Parker X 20, Parker Peter X 20, Mountain Climber X 20, Forward Arm Circles X 10

    The Thang:

    Indian Run 1/4mile(ish) for 3 rotations of…

    Merkins X 20 (is the count), Big Boi Sit Ups, Rows (on row bar…don’t lick the bar), and Jump Squats.

    Middle of the Pace Mosey for a 1/4 mile(ish) to the next stop for…

    Jack Webbs X 10

    Jog Sprint Jog for a 1/4mile(ish) for some legs on the bench work…

    Right Leg Step Up X 20, Left Leg Step Up X 20, Dips X 20 OYO, Right Leg Power Up X 20, Left Leg Power Up X 20, Dips X 20 OYO

    Quick mosey another 1/4 mile(ish) to the next stop for…

    Some more Jack Webbs…started from 5 on up to 10

    Jog Sprint Jog .5 mile(ish) to the pull-up bars for a single round (that’s all we had time for) of…

    Merkins X 15 (is the count), Pull-ups, Bonnie Blair, and LBCs

    Fastish Mosey to the Flag for Count/Name-O-Rama, Socially Distanced COT, and a Prayer asking for us to be the best version of ourselves as we go about our day.

    Thank you to @Peaches for EHing me 2.5 years ago, thank you to @Sandbar for the naming, thanks to the Uptown PAX, thank you to F3NOLA, and thank you to F3 Nation. I enjoy the camaraderie, the variation everyday, both the mumblechatter and the quiet, and the daily reminders that we are not alone as men trying to do good in this world by bettering ourselves and those around us. Whenever you read this chances are an opportunity will be nearby…an opportunity to leave today better than you found it…seize it.

  • AO on Astroturf at Avenger Field

    Gloomy and wet, but nice and cool at 5:30am. Pre-workout recon confirmed that Avenger Field was unsecured and open for business.

    Mosey to and Warm up at the Labyrinth:

    • Side straddle hop
    • Grass grabbers
    • Pagodas
    • Bat Wing (forward, reverse, overhead, seal claps, Moroccan night club)

    Mosey to Avenger Field and mudless astroturf for:

    Corner work out (x2):

    • 25 Squats
    • 50 Merkins
    • 75 Bonnie Blairs
    • 100 Shoulder taps

    LBCs to six, then 15 count

    Move to half field/outfield for suicides (across outfield).

    • Round One – Run to each crossing line and do three Merkins at each line, run back then run to next line.
    • Round Two – Crab walk to each crossing line, two Burpees at line, bear crawl back, then crab walk to next line.
    • Round Three – Lunge walk to each line, five squats, Lunge walk back, then lunge walk to next line.

    Mosey back to flag. Count, Name-o-Rama, Announcements (PJ’s, Q-Source), Intentions (thoughts and prayers for Bartman’s wife and baby), Sky-Q and gratitude.

  • No running, but heavy breathing.

    Where’s the Q? Who’s the Q? Mass chaos, so YHC stepped up. Mosey around the clubhouse parking lot to the Stern Music Stand.

    1st Circle of Pain: SSHs 20x IC, Low Slow Squats 20x IC, Squat Pulses 20x IC, Hill Billies 20x IC, Grass Grabbers 20x IC, Parker Peters 20x IC, Low Merkins 20x IC, Self Love 20x IC.

    2nd Circle of Pain: mosey behind to Stern Music Stand to disturb the ducklings: Rocky Balboa 20xIC, Incline Merkins 20xIC, Step Hops 20xIC, Merkins 20xIC, Lunges 20xIC, Shoulder Taps 20xIC, Russian Twists 50 (that is, fifty) xIC.

    Another lap around the club house parking lot back to the shelter for the 3rd Circle of Pain: 10 box jumps OYO, dips 20xIC, Right Leg Step Ups 20xIC, Incline Merkins 20xIC, Left Leg Step Ups 20xIC, Shoulder Taps 20xIC, People’s Chair for roughly a minute, Right Leg Power Ups 20xIC, Decline Merkins 10xIC (YHC gassed out), Left Leg Power Ups 20xIC, five final box jumps.

    Mosey to the grass (or not) for a Circle of Mary: LBCs 20xIC, Dying Cockroaches 20xIC, Flutter Kicks 20xIC, Freddy Mercurys 20xIC, Hello Dollys 20xIC, J Los 20xIC, Ys 20xIC, Ts 20xIC and Ws 20xIC. Finish off with 10 burpees.

    Mosey back to the Virtual Flag. Count Off, Name-O-Rama, prayers for Brown Bag and his family, COT. Thanks for letting YHC lead.

  • Monkey Humper Monday

    Got to bed late and was feeling tired and uninspired this am – forced myself to the beatdown because I was the Q today. First person I saw was Revit and I mentioned that I wasn’t feeling it yet – and he reminded me that sometimes getting out of bed “the daily red pill” is the biggest challenge. And he is right! The whole day is better because of that one decision.

    Got the PAX together and ran across Magazine to the Figure 8 path in front of Audubon statue. Here we did a quick warm up: SSH x 20, Low Country Crabs x 20, Mtn Climbers x 20. Then we did 20 Monkey Humpers OYO, and do 20 MHs OYO at the tip of the 8s and where the line crosses so we did 100 MHS total.

    Then we moseyed to the FLY. We did some LBC x 20, Leg Lifts x 20 and dying roaches x 20. We also did 20 Monkey Humpers OYO.

    From there we moseyed to near the hill – at the hill we did Merks around the clock. With our hands on the curb. at 12, 3, 6, 9. oclock.

    After that we moseyed to a softer spot – and did 20 Jlos. Plus 20 Monkey Humpers.

    I let the boys open up the throttle for a full run to the Labrynth. The lead guys were supposed to ping pong for the 6 to get those extra miles.

    At the Labrynth we did Bulgarian splits L and R and Dips.

    Then we went for the long mosey back to the FLAG. Got to the FLAG early so we did Monkey Humpers until the 6 got there. With the 6 we did another 1 min of Monkey Humpers.

    Thanks for making me take the DRP today – I will be back at it on Wed!

  • Ab-Solutely

    Where are my keys, YHC kept muttering to himself.  Tick tock tick tock.  YHC roared in half a minute late to lots of mumblechatter.  Disclaimer easy to give. Definitely not a professional trainer.  So off go the PAX with a mosey around the track to the flag pole.

    Warmup: SSHs 31xIC, Squats 29xIC, Grass Grabbers 25xIC, Merkins 19xIC

    Mosey to the Row Station for the first COP.  The PAX divided into five groups: first group, 10 burpees for the count; second group, monkey humpers AMRAP, third group, merkins AMRAP; fourth group, dying cockroaches, AMRAP; fifth group, inverted rows, AMRAP.  Rotate around, and then rinse and repeat.

    Mosey to the Labyrinth for some ab work that went something like this: Russian twists 20xIC; Flutter kicks, 20xIC; Russian twists 18xIC; LBTs 20xIC; Russian twists 16xIC; Protractors; Russian twists 14xIC; Hello Dollys 20xIC; Russian twists 12xIC; Dying bugs 20xIC; Russian twists 10xIC; Low country crab 20xIC; Russian twists 8xIC; Real Freddy Mercuries 20xIC; Russian twists 6xIC; LBCs 20xIC; Russian twists 4xIC; Dying cockroaches 20xIC; Russian twists 20xIC. That’s 128 Russian twists in cadence, or 256 total.

    To the benches for a wrap up.  Too dark for box jumps, but…  Right leg stepups 20xIC; dips 20xIC; left leg stepups 20xIC.  Then mosey to the lights on Oak Alley.  Sprint ASAP to the last light and then back to the flag.

    Count Off, Name-O-Rama with video off, Announcement for Coffeteria, Intentional, COT.  At Coffeteria, YHC realized yet again that he is incapable of taking a video; all he got was two seconds of clapping after the PAX had all given their names.  Some day, Alice, some day.  Thanks, JV

  • Round One

    Pulled up to the AO and saw more PAX at Sweaty Bells than ever before.  What’s up?  Not much it turns out: over half the PAX were weightless and split Dodge as soon as YHC gave a disclaimer.  But YHC was glad that Tiny Dancer 2 didn’t join these renegades.

    Warm-up: SSHs 25xIC, Hill Billies 25xIC, Arm Circles 25xIC, Squat Pulses 25xIC, Windmills 25xIC, Peter Parkers 25xIC

    The THANG: 20 halos, then 20 curls, then 20 tricep extensions, then 20 squats, then 20 figure 8s, then 20 kettlebell swings, and finished with a lap around the soccer field closer to the river.  Rinse and repeat, but with only 15 reps each time and a lap around the other soccer field.  Rinse and repeat, but with only 10 reps and a lap the opposite direction around the first soccer field.  Finally rinse and repeat with just 5 reps and a final lap around the second field likewise in the opposite direction.

    Circle of Mary:

    • LBT x20
    • Flutter Kicks x20
    • Hello Dolly x20
    • American Hammer x20
    • Crunchy Frogs x20
    • Dying Cockroaches x20
    • Manmakes x10 OYO

    Count Off, Name-O-Rama, Intentions, COP, and off to Coffeteria.  Thanks, JV

  • 200th Beatdown in 2019!

    21 brave PAX joined YHC on a chilly, windy Wednesday. The temp read 40 degrees F on the dashboard, but it felt colder because of the windchill. Needless to say, it was cold! Today was YHC’s 200th F3 beatdown in 2019. After 2018, YHC set his goal to post 200 times in 2019….. looking like YHC has some room to spare with couple more weeks left in 2019.

    The PAX warmed up with a lap around the parking lot by the Audubon Clubhouse to the Bandstand. In front of the Bandstand, the PAX did the following warm-up exercises in cadence:

    SSHs x 20

    Imperial Walkers x 20

    Self Love x 10

    Windmills x 10

    Peter Parkers x 15

    MCs x 15

    Parker Peters x 15

    The PAX then jogged through the Oak Alley towards the track, did 10 burpees on your own and moseyed back to the shelter.

    To dedicate YHC’s 200th beatdown, YHC decided to do Dora 2, 2, 2. Partnered up. While one PAX was doing the exercises, the other PAX ran from the shelter through the Oak Alley to the track and back.

    200 – steps-up

    200 – declined shoulder taps

    200 – LBCs

    Upon completion – El Wire gave the PAX a 20 seconds count. Picked a different partner and did another Dora 2, 2, 2. with the following exercises:

    200 – air squats

    200 – inclined merkins

    200 – hello dolly

    Round of Mary

    The Pax stayed at the shelter and did the following exercises in cadence:

    Dying Cockroach x 15

    Flutterkicks x 20

    American Hammer x 15

    Moseyed back to the flag with some COT. I am very grateful to be able to workout with the PAX on a regular basis. Never take it for granted. I set my goal in December 2018 that I will try my best to participate 200 F3 workouts in 2019. Blessed with minor injuries and I was still able to achieve this goal. This is only possible because of the PAX. I could never do this on my own. I ended up posting 206 times in 2019. Thank You PAX and I hope to do this for a very long time. Happy 2020!!! SYITG.

    King Kong