F3 New Orleans

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  • Crossed the Bridges, Repeatedly – from Mayhem

    73 degrees and raining, yes still raining
    Football day, Tulane tailgatin’, RAIN… unsure of the turnout
    PAX were appearing out of the bushes, including @Rudy at 6:34am
    YHC’s Mothership VQ, here we go

    Disclaimer
    Warmup without the rain, Peristyle
    WM, GG, SSH, PPP, MC, CC (crab cakes, fan favorite), TF, FT

    Thang 1:
    Mosey to the bridges behind Cafe du Monde
    Partner up
    1 PAX does an exercise, other PAX runs the loop with an exercise, as the timer
    Rd1- 8-count body builder while other PAX does merkins on the bridges
    Rd2- repeat Rd1
    Rd3- Bonnie Blairs, other PAX lunges up/down the “safe bridge”
    Rd4- Squats, other PAX does high knees between the bridges

    Thang 2:
    Mosey to the shelter down the tracks
    Jack Ass Burpee Web, ONLY 5 rounds
    1 burpee, 2 donkey kicks… 2/4, 3/6, 4/8, 5/10

    Thang 3:
    Mosey to the nearby memorial fountain
    3 PAX ring the circle bear crawling while remainder do an exercise
    SSH, step ups, big boy situps, derkins, shoulder taps, low slow squats

    Thang 4:
    Mosey to the “Ralphs Entrance” to the park
    Partner up for a DORA
    50 burpees, 100 squats, 150 toy soldiers
    Run backwards to next cross walk, forward to starting spot

    Thang 5:
    Mosey back to the Peristyle
    Merk Jax
    1 merkin, 2 plank jacks, 2/4, 3/6, 4/8, 5/10, 4/8, 3/6, 2/4, 1/2

    Thang 6:
    Mary, call out a PAX to lead next exercise
    Finish with two minutes of stretching

    Back to the flag
    COT
    Announcements- 10/19, 10/24, 10/26
    Intentions: gratitude, Georgia catastrophe, all schools/teachers/students

    Welcomed FNG @Solo (@Revit crew)
    Welcome back @Redfish (@Fracsac claimed an EH)

    Awesome Q’ing the infamous Mothership for my first time. In case you didn’t know, 60 minutes is 33.33% more than 45 minutes. We travelled. We did stuff. We went places. Ready to do it again!

    3 Qs in 6 days for the first time. Enjoyed it all. Just lead.
    SYITG!

  • Crossed the Bridges, Repeatedly – from Mayhem

    73 degrees and raining, yes still raining
    Football day, Tulane tailgatin’, RAIN… unsure of the turnout
    PAX were appearing out of the bushes, including @Rudy at 6:34am
    YHC’s Mothership VQ, here we go

    Disclaimer
    Warmup without the rain, Peristyle
    WM, GG, SSH, PPP, MC, CC (crab cakes, fan favorite), TF, FT

    Thang 1:
    Mosey to the bridges behind Cafe du Monde
    Partner up
    1 PAX does an exercise, other PAX runs the loop with an exercise, as the timer
    Rd1- 8-count body builder while other PAX does merkins on the bridges
    Rd2- repeat Rd1
    Rd3- Bonnie Blairs, other PAX lunges up/down the “safe bridge”
    Rd4- Squats, other PAX does high knees between the bridges

    Thang 2:
    Mosey to the shelter down the tracks
    Jack Ass Burpee Web, ONLY 5 rounds
    1 burpee, 2 donkey kicks… 2/4, 3/6, 4/8, 5/10

    Thang 3:
    Mosey to the nearby memorial fountain
    3 PAX ring the circle bear crawling while remainder do an exercise
    SSH, step ups, big boy situps, derkins, shoulder taps, low slow squats

    Thang 4:
    Mosey to the “Ralphs Entrance” to the park
    Partner up for a DORA
    50 burpees, 100 squats, 150 toy soldiers
    Run backwards to next cross walk, forward to starting spot

    Thang 5:
    Mosey back to the Peristyle
    Merk Jax
    1 merkin, 2 plank jacks, 2/4, 3/6, 4/8, 5/10, 4/8, 3/6, 2/4, 1/2

    Thang 6:
    Mary, call out a PAX to lead next exercise
    Finish with two minutes of stretching

    Back to the flag
    COT
    Announcements- 10/19, 10/24, 10/26
    Intentions: gratitude, Georgia catastrophe, all schools/teachers/students

    Welcomed FNG @Solo (@Revit crew)
    Welcome back @Redfish (@Fracsac claimed an EH)

    Awesome Q’ing the infamous Mothership for my first time. In case you didn’t know, 60 minutes is 33.33% more than 45 minutes. We travelled. We did stuff. We went places. Ready to do it again!

    3 Qs in 6 days for the first time. Enjoyed it all. Just lead.
    SYITG!

  • Return of the Yippee Bag – from Rudy

    Late August – it means the dog days of summer, the never ending sun, heat and humidity. But fortunately, it also means the annual Yippee Bag workout! 3 FNGs (including YHC’s nephew) joined 18 regulars for the annual celebration of … Me.

    First: Disclaimer. I did better than I did on Thursday, when I forgot it entirely. But this time, even with the FNGs, I barely got any coherent sentence out. “Be safe. mutter mutter mumble.” But eventually, with the help of other PAX – we got the message across to everyone.

    Circle up on the Great Lawn (after dropping some coupons on the sidelines) for a warm up. Stretching, SSH, IW. Then explain the rules of the Yippee Bag: at any point in the workout, any PAX can reach in and pull something out. Might be a game, a contest, exercises, whatever. Whatever the card says, follow the instructions.

    The Thang: ….

    Catfish is first to the Yippee Bag, pulling out a rousing game of Duck Duck Goose to get us started. Clearly, YHC is the slowest. Triple Shift thought he was fast, but could not catch Mr. Rogers (even though Mr. Rogers was slowed by a 30 lb weight vest).

    Lets try this again: The Thang: Partner up for a Dora
    100 Burpees, 200 Merkins, 300 Squats (or Big Boy Sit Ups, YHC was at times quite confused).

    Lots of Yippee – War Eagle’s 2.0 Gideon seemed to enjoy it the most. Especially the Rifle Carry (he carrying a brick, Catfish with a Cinder Block). Burpees. Squat Jumps, Sit Ups. Slowly the yard is getting covered in used White Notecards.

    A quick game of Freeze Tag. YHC Nephew lasted longest, while avoiding planked and frozen PAX.

    This DORA is taking too long. Several of the Beasts finished and were waiting (Mahatma, Heisenberg, Mr. Rogers among others). But after 30 mins – time to call it and move on.

    The Thang 3: Ladder BLIMPS. More burpees. And More Yippees. War Eagle back to the bag, pulling a Bear Crawl race followed immediately by a Crab Walk race. Meanwhile, the PAX are burpeeing, lunging, merkining. Sometimes because of BLIMPS, sometimes because of Yippees.

    And there was much grumbling about sore arms. “When is it Leg Time?” seemed to be a common refrain. So fine.

    The Thang 3: Groups of 3 – 1 PAX on the sideline Jump Squatting. 1 PAX halfway across holding Al Gore. 1 PAX bear crawling (with bricks) between them. Confusion, Alternating, at this point – YHC was all but immune to the gripes of the PAX. Just keep plowing along. 8 Count Body Builder cards are pulled.

    Finally, giving in to peer pressure from YHC, his nephew goes to the Yippee Bag and pulls out the Crunch Frog card. Everyone on their 6, Crunchy Frog in cadence x21. Then we are out of time.

    Back to the flag for the 5 Principles for the FNGs. Naming:
    * Sparky – just moved to St. Rose, an electrician. Took about 5 seconds
    * Burrow (later renamed to Breezy) – War Eagle’s son. Took about 20 seconds.
    * Sunshine – YHC’s nephew, sophomore at Jesuit. Took about 10 minutes.

    Thanks for letting me lead!

  • Citius – Altius – Fortius at Mothership – from Triple Shift

    Growing up, the Summer Olympics were a huge deal on television, especially before cable, the internet, and streaming services. The world was watching because there wasn’t that much to watch. To see world class athletes gather to perform on a global stage every four years is a sight to see. Most of them were ‘amateur – unpaid’ professionals looking to secure some financial security with a sports apparel company or another type of sponsorship while they consistently trained in anonymity. What I love the most are the underdogs who were never supposed to win, let alone on the greatest sports stage ever. Check out the most improbable wins at the Summer Olympics.

    https://www.ranker.com/list/underdog-olympics-stories/jordan-love
    https://bleacherreport.com/articles/1171485-the-10-greatest-upsets-in-summer-olympic-history

    With the 2024 Summer Olympics opening night on Friday, I was inspired to provide a workout that would give tribute to the Olympic motto of Citius -Altius -Fortius or faster higher, stronger.

    WARMARAMA
    Mosey to the Peristyle to start the warmup in a mostly low slow cadence. 10 low slow squats, 10 low slow merkins, 10 arm circles (forward and backward), 10 x IC slow peter parkers, 10 x IC slow shoulder taps, 10 x IC slow parker peters, 10 x slow Floyd Mayweathers, 10 IC x Lunge around the clock, 15 IC x Imperial Walkers, and finished up with 31 x IC SSH.
    Now that we are sufficiently warmed up, we mosey to pickup the rocks from behind the fountain and head to the front of the great lawn.

    THE THANG
    Perform 30 squats with rock, 25 LBC with rock, 20 no cheat merkins, 15 lunge walk with rock (2 is 1), and 10 blockees (burpee with rock over head press) then run a lap around the great lawn with is 400 yards for 2 rounds and pickup the six (thanks Catfish and Heisenberg).
    Bring the rocks back and head to the Peristyle for column sit with 20 IC air presses. Onto our six and perform 20 IC x flutter kicks and then cool down with some stretching.

    COT
    Welcome FNG Matchbox by way of Squints! Prayers for the F3NOLA crew heading to the Wild West Relay this week and for those who are needing purpose. Lord, help us to be the difference makers in our homes and our communities. Thank you for the honor of leading!

  • Last of the June Days – from Fracsac

    10 at the Renaissance to start the week off right. After a brief disclaimer and some tunes blaring, pax faced the bacon for a warmup with the regular stuff.

    Mosey to check out the wildflowers and get some 8 count body builders in.

    Mosey to the closet art to ensure we keep our “cultcha” front and center, and got some 8 count body builders in.

    Stations with partners

    15 burpees (timer)
    Freddie Mercury’s
    Big Boi sit-ups
    ‘Mericans
    V-ups

    Split up for lunge walk/bear crawl around NOMA, at least one pax always bear crawling. All others lunge. Since it pays to be a winner, all enjoyed 8 count body builders to finish.

    11s

    Burpees at the top of the steps
    Step ups (2 is 1) at the fountain

    Finish off with Sunday Mornings

    COT

    NMM

    It was hot. It was humid. We still managed to knock out 100 burpees.
    SYITG

  • Making Progress on the Posterier Chain – from Triple Shift

    I hadn’t Q’d in sometime so when I was called out to lead the men of the Renaissance, I gladly stepped up. Ever since my first few workouts in 2014, I recognized that almost everyone in the F3 Nation is always doing some sort of vertical or horizontal press. Think overhead presses or Carolina Dry Docks and think Merkins. Ever since my first Red Hot Chili Pepper routine (20 decline merkins IC, 20 triceps dip IC, 20 Incline Merkins, and 20 Step Ups IC and then decrease to 15 reps, 10 reps and then 5 reps), I’ve been a little turned off on all the push type exercises. Well, that would change today.

    Warmarama – 10 LSS IC, 10 Arm Circles (forward and backward) IC, 10 Open the gate IC, 10 LS Merkins IC, 10 LS Parker Peters IC, and 10 LS Peter Parkers IC. Too much chatter and strange noises from Vagabond and Fracsac which almost threw me off my game.

    After the warmups farmers carry the dumbbells, kettlebells and sandbag and head to the foundry about a 1/3 mile away. I heard Wapner comment on the obvious that we would have to carry all the weights back to the starting point. Which I said, “That is the point of the workout.”

    THE THANG
    At the foundry, I told the PAX that we will work on the posterior chain so there would be a vertical pull (pull ups), a horizontal pull (2 handed body row or single arm bent over row), Bulgarian split squats (glutes), and then single leg deadlifts (hinge for glutes and hamstrings). After much chatter about the word posterior and other definitions that I threw out, I gave them instructions.

    5 pull ups
    10 two handed body rows or 10 single arm (each arm) bent over rows
    15 Bulgarian Split Squats each leg. The top of the back foot needs be flat behind you on a bench and the front foot need to be in front of the knee.
    20 single leg deadlifts with a weight in one hand.
    Hold a superman for the six
    I was hoping that we could do 5 rounds but only could muster 3 because of all the mumble chatter from the PAX and the form policing by me. Thumb War tried to hide by being far away, but I caught him.

    Head to the back of the museum for a 10 count Jackass Webb which is 10 burpees IC and 20 donkey kicks. Finish up with one Sunday Morning and head back to the flag with all the weights.

    I closed us out in a BOM (increased my testosterone) with a petition to God to give us the opportunities to be courageous, the opportunities to practice patience, the opportunities to lead our families and communities in humility. Thanks for all your thoughts and prayers with all the family drama and business challenges that I am going through! Praying that God’s will be done!

  • Frisbee and Bottle at the Renni – from Fracsac

    Showed up at the Renaissance with a few toys to make the pax wonder what was in store.
    Warmup facing the bacon with an appropriately themed playlist.

    Frisbee Indian run to the singing oak. No drops.

    Trivia at the oak. Pax got answer correct, so no penalty.

    3 minutes of the suck.

    Continue frisbee Indian run around the lake adding throws to challenge. A drop is 3 burpees. A few drops.

    Spin the bottle ball toss burpee fun. It was epic.

    Finish off with Sunday Mornings and a little Mary.

    CoT

    SYITG

  • Catfish? I’ll take it. – from Bogey

    Arriving in the usual oblivious fashion…without concern for who the Q might be and what we might be doing. A little chatter among the few there, then a couple more…and then with but a minute until start time Catfish shows up…”Well, since no one stepped up I guess I’ll take the Q. And before I could even think about it I blurted out…”OK, Illbtake it!” Whether we’ll admit it or not, none of us really wanted a Catfishing.
    The rest is history….
    Quick disclaimer/Warm up at the Peristyle/head to the park area along City Park Ave. Dips, Step-ups, Incline Merkins, Bear Crawl on Train tracks, Mini Dora, Mosey to Esplanade, Ring of Fire, Mosey Dow City Park Ave back to the flag with a few stops along the way.
    Thanks to the Pax for humoring me for an hour on a beautiful Saturday morning.

  • The Uncertainty Principle – from Heisenberg

    YHC arrived at the mothership, the back of my SUV brimming with various. Bogey was there, stretching limbs that maybe wished they were still in bed. Then came Tool, followed closely by Squints, Bongo, and finally Smooth, who lived up to his name, arriving with the elegance of a gazelle. I was hoping for a larger turnout since the plan required splitting the PAX into two teams. Fortunately, Cheesesteak, Vagabond, Fracsac, and Catfish also joined, rounding out the group. Bongo quipped about expecting less running since YHC was leading, but the day’s agenda did include a fair amount of running, though others ended up running more than Bongo.

    Following a lackluster disclaimer, as Bogey pointed out, we headed to the Peristyle for our warmup. We circled up and did grass grabbers, windmills, imperial walkers, side straddle hops, and 10 burpees, all in cadence. Afterwards, we went back to my SUV to grab our gear.

    We retrieved our tools for the day: the 60-pound sandbag (lovingly referred to as Sandy), an 80-pound sand medicine ball, an assortment of jump ropes, egg weights, a bisected bosa ball that became an object of anatomical humor, a frisbee, a lightsaber (because why not?), a speaker, and the pivotal red die. We took everything to the edge of the great lawn, where we divided into two teams by counting off in alternating “1”s and “2”s, which took a few tries to get right.

    Group 1 started with tabata stations on the great lawn while Group 2 began their runs to the bridge by Café du Monde, based on the roll of the die. The tabata exercises included pushups on the bosa ball, deadlifting the heavy sand medicine ball, speed jump roping, burpees with the lighter sandbag, shadowboxing with egg weights, and using the heavy jump rope. The runs were determined by the die: rolls of 1 or 2 meant one trip, 3 or 4 meant two, and 5 or 6 meant three. The goal was to keep the runners’ duration secret from the tabata group, but this rule was frequently broken.

    The roles switched after the runners completed their laps, with the tabata group rolling the die and setting off on their runs. There were suspicions that Group 2 might have rerolled a few times, hoping for lower numbers. As time ran short we stopped the rotation with Group 2 getting an extra turn running. YHC called for a round of core exercises—big boy situps, flutter kicks, and American hammers—and threw in an early “recover,” which was met with some groans and hesitations.

    We concluded back at the flag where courtesy of Heisenberg — not the meth cook from TV or YHC, but the physicist. I tied in today’s workout with a physics lesson about Heisenberg’s Uncertainty Principle from quantum mechanics. It states that in quantum mechanics there is a limit to the accuracy with which certain pairs of physical properties, such as position and momentum, can be simultaneously known. In other words, the more accurately one property is measured, the less accurately the other property can be known. So you were either doing tabata (fixed position) and uncertain about the runners (momentum) or you were running (momentum) and uncertain about what was happening in the fixed position group.
    We ended with a Circle of Trust, giving thanks for the day’s efforts and for all the “boobs” in our lives.
    Addendum we also learned about the concept of entanglement and may have formed a qubit when Catfish from Group 1 was simultaneously running with Group 2.

  • Where is the Q??? – from Triple Shift

    After a festive afternoon at the 6th annual Leg Quarter Cookoff the day before, YHC was overly stuffed with scrumptious chicken leg quarters (I think I ate four or five), High Noon refreshments and dessert egg rolls. Needless to say, I was feeling quite heavy this morning and had to get to the Renaissance workout to burn off some excess calories. I arrived at 6:25 am and saw Fracsac already stretching and was wondering who would be there given the 20 + F3 Pax members and their families enjoying great fellowship and food on Ridgewood Drive. Would the Q be there???

    After getting out of the bus, Heisenberg and Judge Wapner pull up and it’s 6:30 am. Where’s the Q? After some discussion, Heisenberg nominates me and I try to get Wapner to take it but given his seniority, he quickly pulls the UNO reverse card and said that I’ll be fine. Ok….yes sir…. I’m the Q.

    With nothing prepared, I pull the classic slow mosey to figure things out. No warmup, just head to the foundry and I’ll figure it out. As we leave NOMA, we hear the pitter patter of flip flops….Catfish come sprinting by. When we arrive at the foundry, I embark on an explanation of doing things slowly and am subsequently jeered that we’re going to run out of time doing the warmups.

    Warmarama
    15 low slow squats, 10 low slow merkins, 20 arm circles (forwards and backwards), 10 lunge around the world, 10 slow peter parkers, 10 slow imperial walkers, 10 slow parker peters, 20 burpees in a slow 6 count cadence.

    The Thang
    Mini Murph – 5 pullups/body rows, 10 merkins (soon to be hand release merkins on round 4 and 5), and 15 air squats x 5 rounds. After each round, run from the foundry to the track then back. #Crowd Pleaser
    Head to the back of NOMA for 3 rounds of Sunday Mornings and back to the virtual flag.

    COT – Countoff, Namerama, and prayers for my friend Adam Sanborn (35 years old) who has terminal cancer at 35, Woz’s (Jesse Varnado) who’s father just passed away on Thursday, Torque’s (Nic Francis) mom who unexpectedly passed away 6+ weeks ago, and Babyface’s (David Hassenboehler) father-in-law passed away on Wednesday. Keep these pax members in your prayers and that God would grant them supernatural peace as they lead their families during this season of loss and grief. May we truly understand that our days are numbered and to live lives of impact and service to everyone we encounter.