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  • B.O.M.B.S. with a Fuse – from Einstein

    Warm and humid under a full moon for the gathered PAX, this Friday morning, at The A1C

    Short disclaimer …
    Warmup:
    all 20xIC: SSHops, Toe Touch, Good Mornings, Seal Jacks, Shoulder Shrugs, Arm Circles, Butt Kicks, Swimmers, High Knees, Smurf Jacks

    Event: Set of B.O.M.B.S. with a fuse (run); partner up, one does the exercise, one does the run, flip flop keeping the total exercise count going
    50 Burpees, 20 yard run
    100 O’s (on your six tracing the letter “O” with your extended legs), 40 yard run
    150 Merkins, 60 yard run
    200 Big Boy Sit-ups, 80 yard run
    250 Squats, 100 yard run
    between each letter of the bomb, the whole pax does a 200 yard mosey around the paking lot

    The PAX: Akbar, BBQ, BlueNote, Einstein, Jose10K, Moby Dick, Russo, Shooter, Steve

    Count-o-rama, AKbar leads us out with a prayer.

    Thanks guys. Always fun to lead

  • Request honored – from Waterpik

    YHC got a text from Jose 10k asking if an extensive amount of running was planned for Monday morning’s beatdown at the Milestone Marsh. Just glad to have a hard commit, YHC would have let Jose lead the workout if he wanted.

    After a Brief warmup consisting of AC, SSH, GM, the pax quickly got to work grabbing the saturated cinder blocks from their hiding spot.

    Beatdown consisted of 4 corners with the pax carrying the coupon (walking) to each of the 4 blocks surrounding Lamarque and Livingston Sts.

    The pax stopped at each corner and did a series of exercises consisting of squat thrusters, presses, goblet squats, big boy sit-ups, leg raises, kettle bell swings.

    After 2 laps around the block, we hit the pull-up bars for 2 sets of max out pull-ups (that’s like 3 for me).

    Then it was off to center court for mary.

    COT and YHC prayed us out. T-Claps to F3 Nola’s Sandbar who posted for the workout, even though his NS friend who was supposed to show up as an FNG stiffed his buddy due to a “cold.”

    Have a good week, guys.
    Thanks for allowing me to lead.

  • Whole Lotta Mosey – from Akbar

    YHC arrived a little early to check the stairs up to the Pilot tower, making sure they were dry enough and no modification would be needed. Russo arrived and sat down to put on his shoes as Snapper walked up. Chewy brought an FNG, a Navy guy who’s on his way from California to Tampa. 5 it would be.

    Warm up x12: SSH, imperial walker, hillbillies, arm circles (f/b), self-love, 10 merkins OYO.

    Short mosey to the Pilot House stairs. 25 reps then run up and down the stairs until finished

    Werkins x50; Shoulder Taps x 100 (1-1)

    Lunge walk mosey to the end of the corridor for Hallelujah Squats (hands up in air) 25 each ,then slalom the length of the corridor and return. Rinse and repeat for 150 total reps.

    Lunge walk mosey to stage, circle up for Stone Mountains IC x20

    Mosey to the end of trailhead for Stirkins x 10 on the wall. Step up each leg, then an Irkin = 1

    Mosey to the gate for These Things. Waterpiks exercise of bodyweight triceps extensions leaning against the gate. He couldn’t think of a name for it and just called it These Things – and it stuck.

    Mosey back to the stairs for Mary, passing the wall by the bathrooms which always reminds me of a brutal Shooter beatdown. We took off our shirts, balls to the wall and then you had to put your shirt back on. I think only Cowbell and Jose10k accomplished it.

    Mary

    Back at the Pilot House for rinse and repeat of the start. Exercise x 25 reps, run up and down the stairs until finished.

    Wife Pleaser x 50, E2K x 100 (50 each knee)

    Circle up for hello dolly 3 ways. Low, mid, and high dolly’s x12

    1 minute lay on your back and stare at the sky

    Heels to Heaven x 10

    Count, Nameorama – Welcome FNG Yeah Yeah (because he says yes to everything).

    COT – Russo prayed us out thinking of Uncle Jimmy and Jose 10K’s mom.

    Til next gloom!

    Akbar

  • Rock me like a…post tropical cyclone? – from Russo

    Pax of 11 braved the 14 mph gusts and one major squall lasting 3.4 minutes at Granny’s this morning. YHC arrived early to do a little chalk drawing of the day’s activities and Hammer was already ready to get going.

    Warm up (all IC, 10-15x each)
    – seal jacks
    – imperial walkers
    – cherry pickers
    – high knees
    – windmills
    – arm circles

    Thing before the Thang
    Never one to shy away from a good mosey (ahem), YHC led a slow mosey around the warehouse and back through Granny’s columns (where Hammer had flashbacks to 1986 in the Lakeside mall arcade lining his quarters up to challenge any and all comers to Centipede).

    In tribute to Shooter and his reluctance to get calf implants, Pax did calf raises up and down the pilot house (3 for each step).

    Thang
    Ladder: (A) 10 exercises, descending rep count from 10 to 1
    (B) 10 rounds
    (C) 10 different starting exercises, so theoretically 55 reps for each movement, 550 total (MATH!!!)
    (D) Rotate clockwise positioning so each person calls out the next rep count and exercise

    – merkins
    – scissor kicks
    – jump squats
    – crab cakes
    – plank jacks (2 is 1)
    – big boy sit-ups
    – sister Mary Catherine’s
    – monkey humpers
    – shoulder tap merkins
    – crunchy frogs

    Post-Thang Thing
    Continuing with the theme of 5 (at marked market position 55 as noted by Chewy), YHC fondly remembers when Arby’s would fill up a growing boy with their “5 for $5” so pax did 5 reps of 5 exercises
    – freak nastys
    – circle ups
    – groiners
    – leg raises
    – suicide squats

    A plank for a minute or so of remaining time closed us out.

    COT, count, name o Rama, and prayer wrapped things up.

    A few reminders:
    (1) FIA/F3 mixer this Thursday!
    (2) Jose is shooting for 15 at the A1C on Friday!
    (3) Gnarly Nutria is scheduled for 7/21
    (4) Planning trip to help out our brother Goose down in God’s other country (Thibodeaux) on 7/24

    BONUS set list from this morning:

    Nutshell – Alice In Chains
    Over the Hills and Far Away – Led Zepplin
    The Zoo – Scorpions
    Broken – Seether
    Money Talks – AC/DC
    Psycho Killer – Talking Heads
    Policy of Truth – Depeche Mode
    Wheels – Foo Fighters
    Little Things – Bush
    Dead Man’s Party – Oingo Boingo

    As always, thank you all for joining me, letting me lead, and helping with that task throughout, but mostly for continuing to entertain me as we make sweat angels. SYITG

  • Casino Royale – from Fletch

    No need to gamble with your fitness, just show up and do the work. Warmup of grass grabbers, windmills, imperial walkers, arm circles, forward and backwards, seal claps and overhead claps. The workout of choice was a simple deck of cards where diamonds =squats, hearts=merkins, spades = ssh, clubs= sit-ups. We worked our way through the deck once with a mosey around the parking deck with each joker pulled. We then moseyed around again to finish the deck and started over with each PAX pulling a card at random. Cowbell had luck with him and pulled a joker so we did burpees. We worked our way half through the deck till time was up. Nameorama and Water Pick prayed us out. Everyone walks away a winner after an F3 Beatdown. Thanks gentlemen

  • You Get What You Pay For – from TurboTax

    You get what you pay for. That means one thing when buying a watch or refrigerator but quite another at an F3 Beatdown. The F3 downpayment on the day is measured in effort and sweat and, make no mistake about it, you do indeed get exactly what you pay for.

    So after a quick preliminary warmup of toe touches, shoulder taps, seal jacks, Peter Parkers, SSHs, and Parker Peters, the Gipper PAX made their way to the courthouse, completing the warmup upon arrival with an inchworm walk up the alley.

    Mosey to the top of the courthouse parking garage where we partnered up. Each team worked on completing 100 burpees, one partner knocking them out while the other backpedaled down the ramp and then ran back up to relieve his partner.

    Then to the Veterans Memorial where the partners attempted 100 hand release Merkins coupled with strict lunge walks.

    On to Oak Alley for 200 body weight squats, crab walks and bear crawls.

    And wrapping things up with a stop at the courthouse benches on our way back to the Shovel Flag. A couple of broad jumps combined with partner back to back Al Gores.

    Nameorama and then BBQ prayed us out. Great job this morning guys. Thanks for letting me lead.

  • Rested and Ready – from Akbar

    Not so gloomy at the Marsh this morning with humidity down just a touch. YHC and Hammer arrived about the same time and had some nice mumblechatter when Waterpik arrived on his typical run from the house to the AO. YHC was ready and rested after NOT staying up for the 9pm start of Ole Miss and Arizona.

    Warm up: x10-15 IW, Torso Twist, Arm circles (front/back), SSH, high knees

    Head to the hidden block stash, which Hammer noted were heavier than the Gipper’s, and mosey to center court.

    Thang: 4 corners, 11’s, 4 corners

    4 corners: start at center court with block, 5 Grave Diggers (2 =1) then to each respective corner for 50 reps each of Chest press, curls, Alpo’s, & triceps.

    After each corner exercise, block carry back to the center for 5 Grave Diggers.

    Mosey to playground for 11’s: pull ups and squats. Modification of supine pull ups was needed for all, especially Hammer after a recent double Murph.

    Back to center court for a second round of 4 corners and 50 reps each corner.

    Leg Raises, E2k, Jane Fonda’s, and Little Manny Crunches.

    Blocks up and back to the circle for a Mary of 10 Merkins and 10 LBC’s IC

    Count, Name, and Hammer prayed us out with thoughts of my Uncle Jimmy and a few folks with stuff coming up Waterpiks office.

    Thanks for the post guys and letting me lead.

    Til next gloom – Akbar

  • Hello Humidity – from Shooter

    Northshore has had some great weather the last few weeks with small mild fronts passing down mild 70s with little to no humidity.. All that has changed as 4 PAX posted at the Marsh for a heavy humid gloom. We didn’t need much to get the perspiration flowing but coupons sure do accelerate it.. Arriving to the AO with Steve and Akbar awaiting YHC started to stretch and then soon Waterpik arrived by foot which has become his regular means of transport as of late. T👏🏼 to him for logging the lagniappe as we like to say in Southeast LA.. Much respect for the discipline needed to awake extra early to log the extra Waterpik…

    Warmup
    10IC Hillbilly’s, self love, Grass grabbers, Imperial walkers, Arm circles and Cherry pickers.

    PAX retrieved our coupons, which by the way has surpassed the longest stay at the park in recent memory, as the other stacks have fallen victim to maybe a fire pit or possibly someone’s chain wall for a fence.. No one really knows, but I am guessing the F3 logo applied by Grover and Akbar has simply given this stack the awareness needed to the removers of the past that these blocks are here for purpose and not just something to litter up the park.. Carried to the corner for instructions. Simply 3 rounds consisting of 15 reps and 4 exercises to start adding another on each round. R1 Overhead press, Kettle swings, Squat thrusters and Chest press. Moseyed the square around. R2 R/R adding in Curls and the loop this time included carrying the coupon. R3 R/R adding in 8 count body builders which thinking back as I write this YHC short changed the plank Jack. Maybe it’s the remembrance of Hammers Saturday beatdown that haunted my internals to stop this motion… Anyways, finished with another Mosey around picked up our coupons to return them to their resting place.. Assembled back at center court for some Mary and Jane…
    LBCs 20IC
    Jane Fonda’s left leg 20 IC toe to knee 15IC and pulses 10IC
    LBCs 20IC
    R/R right leg
    LBCs 20IC to close..

    Akbar closed us in prayer with remembrance of those 77 years ago 6/6/1944..
    Also praying for Uncle Jimmy and family as they go through a difficult time!! 🙏🏼🙏🏼

    Appreciate you men following my lead and until the next Gloom 👍🏼👊🏼✌🏼!!

  • Q Source – Grover’s Graduation – from Akbar

    It was a rainy, gloomy morn with what looked like 5-6 PAX for the beatdown. But out of the
    gloom came more Pax to help celebrate Grovers graduation. After Pixie Stix woke up from his nap, the count was 16 HIM. Great to have Hawgcycle and Carpool join us as well.

    QIC was ready with the biggest Wiki ever, laminated for the rain, and reading glasses to boot. We went through the first half of the Q-Source, including Foundations, Q1, and Q2 – with beatdowns in between readings.

    YHC will summarize and post the full content at the very end of the backblast if you want to read through it.

    The Q Source is F3’s Leadership Philosophy and leadership manual, which supports the mission to invigorate male leadership in our communities.

    WARM UP x 15-16 SSH, Hillbillies, Imperial Walkers, Self-Love, Mountain Climbers

    FOUNDATIONAL PRINCIPLES:

    Disruption, disturbance of the status quo.
    Language, the Lexicon of Virtuous Leadership
    Group, a voluntary combination of two or more people.
    Leadership Development Process (LDP), great leaders develop new leaders
    Preparedness, get ready for the expected while being ready for the unexpected.

    Mosey to the Gazebo wall

    PDerkin IC x 12 (8 count Derkin with Peter Parkers) OYO 50 Dirkin, 50 Freak Nasties

    Q1: Get Right – the pursuit of proper alignment.
    DRP – Daily Red Pill. The daily commitment to accelerate Fitness, Fellowship, and Faith.
    King. The daily discipline of training the physical body.
    Queen. The daily discipline over what is put into the Body
    Jester. The temptation of the flesh that hinders acceleration

    Wall – X10 IC Tempo Stone Mountain & Shoulder taps in Derkin position
    Circle up. X20 IC -arm circles – front, back, overhead and reverse, cherry pickers, Moroccan night clubs, overhead press, Randy, 20 count lateral hold
    OYO X20 Stone Mountain & shoulder taps

    FELLOWSHIP – a man’s healthy relationship with the people in his Concentrica, or closest circle.
    M – The transformational relationship between a man and his wife.
    Shorties – the Sacrificial relationship between a man and his kids.
    Shield Lock – the horizontal relationship between men
    Whetstone – The vertical relationship between Men.
    Mammon – The sustaining relationship between a man and His work..

    Wall. OYO – 50 step ups, 25 each leg. IC x 10 Bulgarian Split Squats each leg.
    Line up at the wall. 10 x Twinkle Toes, lunge walk to the sidewalk, 10x Monkey Humpers, run back. Rinse and repeat x9, x8, x7 – and Q said that was enough.

    FAITH is a man’s right relationship with his Creator.
    Prayer – The daily discipline of talking with the creator to build faith.
    Study – Faith is a practice that requires study to accelerate.
    Meeting – Public manifestation of Faith

    CIRCLE UP OYO X10 Superman (regular, feet and arms up) ; Y Superman, W Superman, T Superman (arms straight out), Superman Row, Superman Merkin, Renegade Row

    Q2 LIVE RIGHT – THE DEDICATION TO PURPOSEFULNESS. To live right, a man must have an ultimate purpose in mind, which requires self-sacrifice & helps a man to stay right
    Impact – Forcible contact to strong effect.
    Influence – igniting a strong desire for movement.
    Missionality – Service in the High Impact Zone.
    Positive Habit Transfer – ingraining advantageous tendencies in others.
    Accountability – submission to a standard through enforcement and consequence.
    Correction – zealously advocating for shared virtue.
    Targeting – initiating Missionality in others.

    Mosey Back to the Flag.

    Mary- IC x 15ish. Heels to Heaven, Hands to Heels (Penguins), Leg Raises, Crunchy Frogs, American Hammers, LBC’s, Hello Dolly

    Grover was then presented with a Q Source inspired shovel flag, which was his grandfather’s shovel, and contained the 4 Quadrants of Preparedness. Get Right, Live Right, Lead Right, and Live Right. ISI on the back right of the shovel and a F3 and Super Grover sticker on the front. A copy of the Q Source was given to him also on the way to Coffeeteria. Great fellowship and conversation as usual at the Book and the Bean with surprise arrivals of Amnesia and Slots.

    Many thanks to Zoolander who had the shovel flag idea; for Shooter helping me put it together; and for the M who painted the flag.

    Count, Name and Shooter prayed us out.

    Thanks for letting me lead!
    Til next gloom, Akbar

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    FULL CONTENT

    FOUNDATIONAL PRINCIPLES
    Disruption: Disturbance of the Status Quo. A leader is a person who can influence people to do things that they would not have done otherwise. Leaders influence movement to advantage which causes disruption

    Language: The Lexicon of Virtuous Leadership. Leadership is evolutionary, not revolutionary. Effective groups have a unique language

    Group: A voluntary combination of two or more people. Man is by nature a Group-forming animal. 3 group types that must be led to advantage are Community, Organization, and Team. Dynamic teams are the heart of healthy communities and effective organizations

    In the Leadership Development Process (LDP), great leaders develop new leaders. There are 4 steps: schooling, apprenticeship, opportunity, and failure

    Preparedness: Get ready for the expected while being ready for the unexpected. The process of preparedness is deliberate and sequential. 4 quadrants: Get right, live right, lead right, and leave right

    Q1: GET RIGHT is the Pursuit of Proper Alignment. There are 3 components – Fitness, Fellowship, and Faith. FITNESS is a man’s right relationship with himself through physical fitness. Fitness is inward seeking. A man must get right before he can do anything else. To be able to help others, a man must first help himself.

    DRP – Daily Red Pill – the daily commitment to accelerate Fitness, Fellowship, and Faith. A man needs help to get right – to turn from amateur to pro.
    To do that, we must master 3 things

    King – Daily discipline of training the physical body. Fitness begins with the body and is maintained for reasons outside of ourselves. Fitness is best accelerated by running with faster men.

    Queen – Daily discipline over what is put into the Body. Man does not stay fit through exercise alone. Weight control requires accountability. You cannot out King your Queen

    Jester – The temptation of the flesh that hinders acceleration. Every man has his own personal Jester. The jester is a master liar – the jester and Virtue can coexist. Preparedness keeps the Jester at bay

    FELLOWSHIP – a man’s healthy relationship with the people in his Concentrica, or closest circle. Fellowship is the outward seeking act of relational rhythm – and takes as much discipline and attention as it does to maintain physical fitness – if not more.

    M – The transformational relationship between a man and his wife. The M is the most important relationship. Accelerating the M requires both skill and love

    Shorties – the Sacrificial relationship between a man and his kids. A man gives everything he has for his kids. The IMPACT that a man has on his kids cannot be underestimated

    Shield Lock – the horizontal relationship between men. Men Hunt best in a pack because we need someone to watch our six. Men recognize the advantage of mutual defense and lock shields together into a defensive wall to repel the invader. The shield lock must come together periodically to be effective.

    Whetstone – The vertical relationship between Men. It’s man’s natural desire to pass on what we have learned to a younger man. A man must be sharpened like a knife blade. The HIM acts as the Stone to the younger man’s Blade – providing the hard surface against which he becomes sharper. The Whetstone is necessary for both the blade and the stone to get right.

    Mammon – The sustaining relationship between a man and His work. Work is a virtue – Mammon is a relationship, not a pursuit. Mammon is a man’s least important relationship.

    FAITH is a man’s right relationship with his Creator. A man cannot live, lead, or leave right unless this spiritual relationship is accelerating along with Fitness and Fellowship. This is done in 3 ways:

    Prayer – The daily discipline of talking with the creator to build faith. A virtuous leader must have Faith. Prayer provides answers and is the antidote to worry.

    Study – Faith is a practice that requires study to accelerate. The acceleration of Faith requires a belief system. Study puts a leaders belief system to the test. If you stop studying, you decelerate.

    Meeting – Public manifestation of Faith. Faith is best accelerated in the company of others. To be competent in your Faith requires Skill, which results from practice. To leave a legacy, a man must be competent in the practice of his belief system – turning head knowledge into heart knowledge

    Q2 LIVE RIGHT – THE DEDICATION TO PURPOSEFULNESS. To live right, a man must have an ultimate purpose in mind, which requires self-sacrifice & helps a man to stay right

    Impact – Forcible contact to strong effect. Some movement – action taken in furtherance of Purpose – is required by at least 1 person. The proximity we create results in changes in the lives of the people that we meet. Sad Clown’s need help to Get Right, this can only be done in context of a relationship

    Influence – igniting a strong desire for movement. Persuasion is the initiation of first movement, using influence to convince a man to want to move. Movement must be voluntary and is influenced through word and deed.

    Missionality – Service in the High Impact Zone. The course of action taken to achieve an articulated purpose, which is made up of the tasks we undertake to bring our purpose to fruition. The comfort zone is a cultural myth that encourages men to be in-Effective. A HIM’s mission marks the boundaries of his high impact zone – his place of highest productivity, where he is the most effective. And preparedness helps resist straying from his mission

    Positive Habit Transfer – ingraining advantageous tendencies in others. 3 types of habits – negative, neutral, positive. A Positive habit is advantageous to the individual or others. We should help others minimize neutral habits and discontinue negative habits.

    Accountability – submission to a standard through enforcement and consequence. The HIM seeks accountability because his life is not his own. Accountability shines the light of Hope into a man’s blind spots. An effective shield lock provides mutual accountability.

    Correction – zealously advocating for shared virtue. The HIM preaches what he practices. Correction requires courage and love.

    Targeting – initiating Missionality in others. Missionality is an essential virtue. Targeting moves a man beyond himself. A man’s life is a single thing comprised of many components that must all work together in rhythm.

  • Unofficial Start of Summer at The Gipper – from Einstein

    Warm and humid for the gathered PAX, this Wednesday morning at The Gipper

    Short disclaimer …
    Warmup:
    all 20xIC: SSHops, TTouch, HBillys, GMornings, IWalkers, SShrugs, MKicks, Swimmers

    Event #1: Partner up for a running count of 50 box jumps, 100 lunges, 150 skater hops. While one partner exercises, the other runs the courthouse stairs up, and around the half block, then trade places.
    Event #2: Atop the parking garage, 1st and 10, with 10 burpees, sprint, 1 merkin, jog back, then 9 burpees, sprint, 2 merkins jog back,…etc; ad nauseam

    The PAX: Akbar, Barely Legal, Bean, Cowbell, Einstein, Moby Dick, Nacho Libre, Mr. Shooter, Turbo Tax

    Count-o-rama, AKbar leads us out with a prayer.
    Thanks guys. Always fun to lead