F3 New Orleans

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  • The Heisenberg Switcharoo – from Mr Rodgers

    On the fateful Saturday eve before the Reni, Heisenberg proclaimed with the confidence of a man holding a Q card that burpees were a guarantee the next morning. Naturally, this led to the assumption that Heisenberg was taking the Q. A quick check of the calendar revealed a twist: Heisenberg was signed up for the following Sunday, and the Reni Q sheet was blank. Could it be a scheduling oversight, or was it hubris? Either way, Mr. Rodgers decided to teach Heisenberg a valuable lesson about assumptions… with a classic Switcharoo!

    Arrival:
    A wet and gloomy morning greeted 10 pax at the Reni. Heisenberg strolled in, brimming with confidence, ready to lead. But before he could even puff out his chest, Mr. Rodgers swooped in and boldly declared, “This is my neighborhood now.” In his defeated state, Heisenberg meekly asked, “Will there be burpees?” Spoiler: There were burpees. Lots of burpees.

    The Warm-Up:
    In true Switcharoo fashion, Mr. Rodgers flipped the script with a warm-up on the move,

    Mosey, stop for 10 Grass Grabbers.
    Mosey, stop for 10 Abe Vigodas.
    Mosey, stop for 10 Low Slow Squats.
    Arrived at “Mr. Rodgers’ Foundry” to cap off with 30 Side Straddle Hops.
    By now, the pax had the look of men who knew they were in for it.

    The Beatdown:
    Cue the ’80s hairband metal. It was time to work:

    Upper Body Circuit (3 Rounds):

    Station 1: Pull-Ups
    Station 2: Dips
    Station 3: Merkins
    Station 4: Hanging Pulls
    Station 5: Dead Hang
    Station 6 (Timer): 10 Burpees
    Pax worked nonstop until the timer finished, because rest is for the weak.

    Lower Body Circuit (2 Rounds):

    Station 1: Bobby Hurleys
    Station 2: Side Straddle Hops
    Station 3: Squats
    Station 4: Split Lunges (Left Leg)
    Station 5: Split Lunges (Right Leg)
    Station 6 (Timer): 10 Burpees
    The pax were blessed with a trifecta of Sunday mornings . With seconds to spare, the group raced back to the COT for Name-O-Rama, an announcement that Heisenberg would still have to write the BB , and a moment of prayer.

    Moral of the Story: Always check the Q sheet, and never challenge Mr. Rodgers in his neighborhood. Burpees may be inevitable, but the Switcharoo is legendary.

  • 10 Years and 1 Day Later – from Reluctant Yankee

    Re-enactment of the first ever official F3 Nola workout

    The Thang:

    Gandalf’s Q (played by Hawgcycle)

    Mosey to a space near the football field, backwards run, side-shuffle left, side-shuffle right
    Circle of Pain (COP):
    Side-Straddle Hops in cadence x15
    Merkins in cadence x12
    Imperial Walkers in cadence x15
    Mountain Climbers in cadence x20
    Slow Squats in cadence x10
    Wide-Arm Merkins in cadence x10
    Diamond Merkins in cadence x10
    Mosey to bridge
    11s across the bridge with burpees on far side and jump squats on near side #crowdpleaser
    Plank-O-Rama: Regular, Elbows, Left Hand/Leg High, Right Hand/Leg High, Mission Impossible (10 count from Fracsac)

    Reluctant Yankee’s Q (Played by Triple Shift)

    Mosey back to track
    6 Minutes of Mary:
    LBCs in cadence x10
    Hello Dollys in cadence x10
    High Dollys (Rosalitas) in cadence x10
    Bicycles (Freddy Mercury) in cadence x10
    Dying Cockroach in cadence x10
    Flutter Kicks in cadence
    Quick mosey one full lap around the track

    Chong Li’s Q (Played by Reluctant Yankee)

    Loooooong mosey to picnic tables under the bridge
    Chong Li Special:
    Decline Merkins in cadence x16
    Right Leg Squat in cadence x8
    Incline Merkins in cadence x16
    Left Leg Squat in cadence x8
    Decline Merkins IC x12
    Right Leg Squat IC x6
    Incline Merkins IC x12
    Left Leg Squat IC x6
    Decline Merkins IC x8
    Right Leg Squat IC x4
    Incline Merkins IC x8
    Left Leg Squat IC x4
    Decline Merkins IC x4
    Right Leg Squat IC x2
    Incline Merkins IC x4
    Left Leg Squat IC x2
    Mosey back to the track
    Two Rounds With Tyson happened in original beatdown, but ran out of time. Yankee gave Fracsac the Q for last minute, so it was 10 burpees for the 10 years of F3 Nola!
    Mosey back to shovel flag
    Circle of Trust (COT)

    NMM

    This beatdown was held 10 years and 1 day after the original launch. T-Claps to all who kept this great thing going!

    Not sure how they squeezed in 2 rounds of Tysons on that first day. The OGs were 10 years and 1 day older, so…..

    4 OGs were present- Hawgcycle, Reluctant Yankee, Triple Shift, and Redfish

  • Earned Coffeeteria on National Coffee Day – from Hokie

    10 Pax gathered at NOMA to earn coffeeteria rights on National Coffee Day

    Because YHC was the Q, you know the workout would be very simplistic.

    After disclaimer, Warm-o-rama consisted of
    Roll head clockwise
    Roll head counterclockwise
    Shoulder shrugs forward
    Shoulder shrugs backwards
    Arm circles forward
    Arm circles backwards
    Slow Vigodas
    Ankle turns
    Self love

    The Thang —

    10 Honest Merkins – Lunge across NOMA – 100 of *Exercise* – Lap NOMA

    *Exercise* changed each Round
    1. Step ups
    2. calf raises
    3. deep squats
    4. big boy sit ups

    After a Pax finished their lap of NOMA the returned to fountain area to do step ups while waiting on the six, at which point the Q started his timer for just 2 more minutes of step ups

  • Toys Make it Better – from Fracsac

    Showed up a few minutes early to get set up with all the toys.

    Flag planted, disclaimer given, 9 pax faced the bacon to warmup.

    Pax choice:

    Stations: Jump rope, 60 lb sandbag squats, 50 lb sandbag rows, kettle bell swings, burpees, and 4 pax on the big rope at all times. Timer was 4 pax run with rope 25 yards do 5 squats and run back. If rope touches the deck it’s a penalty. Complete one rotation.

    Deck of F3 cards: everyone gets a draw

    Wildcard: 3 minutes of Embrace the Suck.

    Frisbee throw to the back of the museum, burpees for drops.

    3 x Sunday Mornings

    CoT

    Great way to kick off the week!

    SYITG

  • Welcome 56 – from Heisenberg

    Warm-Up (In Cadence, IC):
    • Grass Grabbers x 10
    • Abe Vigoda x 10
    • Imperial Walkers x 15
    • SSH x 56
    • Arm Circles x 15
    Deep Sea Diver:
    • Start at the top of NOMA
    • Perform 10 Shoulder Taps on the top step, then descend one step and reduce the count by one with each step
    • Completed one extra round to total 56
    Crab Walk:
    • Around the NOMA fountain
    Frisbee Run to the Singing Oak:
    • Used one regular frisbee and three puck-sized disks
    • No running when you held a frisbee. Any drop resulted in 2 burpees (adjusted to 1 burpee due to frequent drops)
    Motivator at the Singing Oak:
    • Begin with 10 deconstructed SSH
    • Count down in unison from 10 to 1, and repeat 1 twice for a total of 56
    Return to NOMA:
    • Used frisbees, no burpees for drops
    The Wapner:
    • 3 rounds of 8-Count Body Builders IC
    • This was my first time leading the legendary Wapner
    3 Sunday Mornings
    COT – Prayer for Frac’s mom and all moms.

  • Up, down and up again – from Sandbar

    YHC Cashbar,

    Warmup: (In Front of Tulane)
    30 Side Straddle Hop IC
    10 Merkins IC
    15 LBCs OYO
    10 Burpees OYO

    Workout: (Big Mountain)
    Run up 2 stories, go down stairs 1
    Floor 2: 10 Merks, 20 Squats, 30 LBCs
    Floor 3: 10 LBCs, 20 Merks, 30 Squats
    Floor 4: 10 Squats, 20 LBCs, 30 Merks
    Floor 5: 10 Burpees, 20 Lunges, 30 Big Boys
    (Skipped Floor 6 due to lack of an 8th Floor)
    Floor 7: 10 Big Boys, 20 Burpees, 30 Lunges, + Mary

    Run back to Flag:
    Count off
    Name-o-Rama
    Announcements
    Intentions

    Thanks for giving me the chance to Q,
    -Chashbar

  • By the numbers – from Hokie

    Renny Aug 08.04.24

    by the numbers
    14 Pax
    7 Teams of two
    7 Toys
    Thangs 1,2, & 3

    Warm-o-Rama:
    10 Tempo Merkins
    10 Grass Grabbers
    10 Abe Vigoda’s
    10 Little Baby Arm Circles Forward
    10 Little Baby Arm Circles Backward
    8 Big Arm Circles Forward
    4 BigArm Circles Backward

    The Thang 1
    DORA – Timer / Backwards
    100 Derkins
    200 Bobby Hurley’s
    300 Shoulder Taps

    Pax 1 starts exercise
    Pax 2 traverses to irrigation and bag with one of our 7 toys
    switch

    after each Pax used a “toy” on their mosey, teams move onto next “toy” for their next round

    our 7 toys were

    Sandy & Sweetness 60# sand bags
    Ball buster 53# sand bag
    Ball of Hell 80# sphere
    Charlie 25# chain
    Brick 1 & Brick 2 50# bricks

    if you was not yet available, do scapulars waiting on next toy

    The Thang 2 – KISS
    between each set, grab a toy and head to irrigation. if no toy available, or chosen, run backwards
    * 100 merkins
    * 90 squats
    * 80 merkins
    * 70 squats
    * 60 merkins
    * 50 squats
    *
    at 7:08 head to back of NOMA to start The Thang 3

    AMRAP 3
    10 Burpees
    10 Big Boi Sit-ups
    10 Bobby Hurleys
    AMRAP 3 minutes

    of course close with Sundays Mornings

  • Afternoon Delight – 7-10-2024 – from Almonaster

    11’s and BLIMP’s!

    PAX:

    – Stork
    – Strings
    – Doc Oc
    – Couch
    – almonaster
    – Bulleseye for “Coffee!”

    Warmup:

    SSH – 20 IC
    Stretch
    Arm Circles -10 IC
    Reverse Arm Circles – 10 IC
    Imperial Walkers – 10 IC
    The Morpheus – 10 IC
    Grass Grabbers – 10 IC
    Windmills – 10 IC
    Mountain Climbers – 10 IC

    The Thang:

    We went to the Levee to take in the sites at the River.

    11’s
    – Start at the bottom with one Merkin and at the top with 10 Wife Pleasers. Inverse each way until opposite, making for 55 reps of each.

    Mosey to the Statue

    Mary
    – Flutter Kicks – 20 IC
    – Vkadimir Douillies – 20 IC

    Mosey to Oak Alley

    BLIMP’s – Cumulative down Oak Alley
    – 5 Burpees
    – 10 Lunges – 2 is 1
    – 15 Imperial Walkers
    – 20 Merkins
    – 25 Plank Jacks
    – 30 Squats

    Back to Flag

    Birthdays
    Anniversaries
    Announcements
    Intentions
    Prayer

    Thanks for the opportunity to lead

  • The Seven – from Fracsac

    7 HIMs posted to the Renni to see what YHC had in store. Shovel flag planted, brief disclaimer given and the warmup facing the bacon began where Star Wars references were in full force. #IYKYK

    Thang One – Stations

    LBCs
    Jump rope
    Sweetness toss
    Big boi sit-ups
    Kettlebell swings
    Freddie Mercs
    Burpees x 12 timer

    Thang Two

    Frisbee run around NOMA. Last man to front with frisbee then throw to last man. A drop is a roll of the beat down die.
    Pax getting too good at frisbee. Only one drop, so next round is 3 passes per run to front. The mere thought of such a feat brought severe anxiety to the pax and there were many drops, hence several rolls and several sets of exercises.

    Final Thang

    Back of NOMA for the Wapner!

    8 count Body Builders x 10
    30 second rest
    8 count Body Builders x 10
    2 pax given the opportunity to forgo final round if they catch and throw frisbee 15 yards.
    8 count body builders x 10

    Finish with Sunday Mornings

    Back to the Flag for COT

    NMM

    YHC signed up to Q late Saturday and had no idea what to do. Leading is never easy but it’s always rewarding.

    Step up, Sign Up, and Lead! We have an incredibly supportive group of men!

    It’s hot and humid, so stay hydrated!

    SYITG

  • 7 Strong @ The Mothership – from King Kong

    It’s been awhile since I made it back to the Mothership. Glad Catfish reached out and signed me up to Q. I had no excuse but to grab my passport and crossed that Parish line to a very far, far place called City Park.

    It was a humid, hot Saturday morning. By 6:30 a.m., I can see the glares coming off Gabby’s shiny head as he was waiting for us at the Canal Street PJ’s. Tclaps to couple pax who brought their weighted vests to the beatdown.

    We warmed up by the Peristyle with stretches, arm circles, Imperial Walkers, Hill Billies, SSHs, open gates, slow low squats, high knees, karaoke, and side hops. After our bodies were loosen up, we slowly Indian ran to NOMA.

    By the steps in front of NOMA, we did inclined merkins up each step all the way to the top. We did 20 Rocky Balboa’s in cadence and 15 right / left leg power ups by the fountain.
    I was looking for shade the entire workout. Instead of moving to the baseball field, we stayed in front of the fountain and did DORA 1, 2, 3 with 100 merkins, 200 SSHs, and 300 flutter kicks (one is one on the count). While one partner was doing those exercises, the other pax ran to a designated vehicle and back.

    After DORA, we Indian ran to the Baby Foundry. We did 5 pull ups, 10 alternate forward lunges, another 5 pull ups, 10 slow low squats, final 5 pull ups, and 10 alternate backward lunges. We left the Baby Foundry and headed to the Great Lawn.

    By the time we arrived to the Great Lawn, about 1/4 of the field had shade. And I know the Pax thanked me for hiding in that corner for the last set of exercises before meeting up with Mary. First, we bear crawled half of the field and back. Second, we duck walked half of the field and back. We finally finished off with burpee broad jumps half of the field.

    We headed back to where we started at the Peristyle with flutterkicks and Hello Dolly’s. We left Mary behind and finished the morning with stretches. Moseyed back to the flag with announcements and intentions.

    The Pax went to coffeeteria for some F2 fellowship. I am forever grateful knowing the Pax will always be there for me.

    King Kong