Tag: Einstein

  • Swamp Sweat: The Humidity Hustle with Usual HIMS at the A1C – from Jose10k

    In the sticky, hot air, this workout keeps it simple. Start with 5 minutes of warmup stretches to shake off the sluggishness. Then dive into a set of “11s” on a ramp: Freak Nasties at the top, Merkins at the bottom, with every journey down and up testing your agility—backward runs, karaoke, side steps, sprints, and more. Once done, tackle the classic Lt. Dan to the bottom and back up. Finish strong with 10 minutes of core work at the top. COT. Sign up to Q boys!
    Thanks for the read/post this morning. When is the cold front going to come? Where’s Fletch? When is Bushwacker going to post? These questions and more, next week…

  • The Walls of Jericho at the A1c – from Einstein

    Rain at the A1Cc on this All Saints Day ~71 degrees

    Warmup: all IC15x; toe touch, side straddle hops, arm circles, neck rolls(snap, crackle, pops),
    hi-jack hi-jills, butt kicks, high knees, shoulder rolls, scissors, etc.

    The Thang: Walls of Jericho from the F3NATION exicon, also, see Old Testament Joshua 6:1-27 for more details

    7 sets of: 7 exercises, 7 reps of each, followed by a lap around the parking deck. We didn’t have any horns to blast
    as we tripped around, although Fletch did manage to “toot.” Don’t know if it was intentional.

    The exercises:
    7 burpees
    7 squats
    7 star jack jumps
    7 backward lunges (2is1)
    7 merkins
    7 obliques left side
    7 obliques right side

    We all worked up a good sweat.

    Mosey back, with Jose and Fletch doing a duet of Joe Walsh’s “Life’s Been Good to Me.”
    Very inspiring

    Mary: finished with a 40 second plank as time expired.

    Fletch led us out with prayers for Jose’s mother-in-law Marilyn – who’s in hospice, her family, and for world peace.

    BBQ introduced the pax to his new car – a “noice” looking Subaru.
    According to Moby, the Subarus can double as tow trucks for stuck Tesla vehicles.

  • Let’s get the Band back together!! – from Shooter

    With a late afternoon text to Steve and YHC, ole Wacker got the Band back together. While it’s been awhile since the 3 amigos from Mandeville had the chance to post at the Gipper. The morning would prove we could pick right back up like we hadn’t missed a beat from past car pooling.. That is what YHC loves most about F3.. These fine fellows are truly brothers from another mother that I am privileged to share the gloom with..
    Besides, the Gipper has always been my favorite AO even if we sometimes get a little hate from BBQ the “Chef” fan in the group..
    We arrived 10 mins early so we tackled a prethang mile and then returned with 5 HIMs assembled.

    We took our time with a warmup of a bunch of regulars all 10IC.
    GM, Cherry pickers, arm circles, Toe Touches, Imperial walkers, Hillbillies, seal jacks, Abe Vogadas.

    Retrieved our coupons and utilized the breezeway.

    R1 Curls for the girls
    10 OYO for each PAX while the rest held half curl positions.
    When finished 20IC as a group.
    R2 Rows for the …….
    10 OYO for each PAX while the rest held half hold.
    20IC as a group.
    R3 10 OYO overhead presses each PAX held overhead coupon hold.
    20IC as a group once around.

    Moseyed to the justice center and partnered up. Partners luged up and back down backwards. R/R while the rest did core.
    Moseyed to the other side for bunny hops up and reverse bear crawl down. Rest of PAX held Al Gore..

    R4 5 OYO kettle swings while PAX held coupon Gore and finished with 10IC kettle swings.

    R5 20 OYO chest press while PAX held rifle.
    40IC to finish.

    Returned coupons and finished with 20 OYO LBCs..

    Appreciate the chatter and the post gentlemen and until the next Gloom. 👍🏼👊🏼✌🏼!!

  • Tabata Your Self – from Mobydick

    Don’t post it it didn’t happen. Sorry for the late post but better than not at all. The usual warm up stretches and a little cardio. A :45/:30 Tabata featuring Crunchy Frogs Squats Crunches SSH Merkins Tie Touches and A Lap. Three full rounds and half of a fourth.
    This old man had a workout and the rest of the PAX did too. Self pacing makes sure everyone gets what they need. The crisp and wonderful weather added inspiration.

  • Hello Boys, I’m BACK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! – from Jose10k

    Grundy reached out to Q another Spartan beatdown, naturally, because who else would? But after my last dance with sandbags and buckets, the splash pad can keep that level of punishment. Today, we’re enjoying the beautiful weather at the A1C, and instead of finding new ways to wreck my body, I went with a classic choice—The 4 Corners of Doom. Extended warm-up to wake up every sore muscle I’ve got, then it’s game on:

    • 7 Merkins at each corner (and yes, you backpedal to the next…for style),
    • 14 Copperhead Squats (just low enough to make you hate them),
    • 21 Freak Nasties
    • And a grand finale of 28 Wife Pleasers (you can imagine the conversations about that one).

    When you think it’s over, enter the round robin Tabata. Just enough to remember why we love…or mostly survive…these sessions. COT. Happy Birthday to Bushwacker. Y’all have fun at the convergence tomorrow. I’ve got the Q at the lakefront. Thanks for posting, thanks for reading, thanks for pushing me to be better. Jose10K out!

  • LEGS & CORE at The A1C – from Einstein

    Nice and cool this morning ~ 46 degrees, atop the Justice Center Parking Garage deck.
    And as an extra bonus – the AO was well lit with Thursday’s Hunter’s Full Supermoon.
    IF BBQ had been there, he would have classified it as…”beautiful.”

    Warmup: all IC15x; toe touch, side staddle hops, arm circles, neck rolls, cherry pickers,
    hi-jack hi-jills/BBQ Wings/DarkWingDuck Wings, butt kicks, high knees, shoulder rolls, scissors, etc.

    Using the parking lot stripes (fyi; there are 24 parking spaces, bounded by 25 stripes, per parking row)

    The Thang: Four sets of: a stripe exercise followed by a core exercise at each of the four corners – as we mosey back to the starting line:

    First set: Lunge walk forward three stripes, inch worm out for three merkins, inch warm in, all along the length of the deck,

    Second set: Zombie Walk; left arm to right leg, right arm to left leg, all along the length of the deck

    Third set: Wounded Bear Crawl; left leg and left arm up on the 8 inch parking barrier, bear crawl, then switch over to the other side of the barrier
    to bear crawl with the right leg and right arm up on the barrier, all along the length of the deck

    Fourth set: Star Jack Jump at each stripe, all along the length of the deck

    Core at the corners included: wife pleasers with alternating leg lift, static v-ups, roll-ups,
    supermans, scubasteve, iron crosses, big boy sit-us, crunches, dips, flutter kicks vertical,
    flutter kick horizontal, Russian twists, etc.

    Mary: finished run back to circle up as time expired

    DarkWingDuck led us out with prayers for the F3NOLA Pax traveling up to the Texas CSAUP, for world peace, for the U.S.A. election.

  • A chilly game of cards! – from BBQ

    It was 52 degrees at the start. After a solid and assorted warm up we moved to the deck of cards to drive the rest of the beat down. Each suit represented an exercise. Aces were 14 reps thru 2’s as 2 reps. Clubs were jump squats. Spades were gas pumps. Hearts were hand release merkins. Diamonds were Freddie Mercurys with 2 as 1. There were two jokers and we told bad jokes when they came up. We got thru the deck with 3 minutes to spare The last minutes were spent on YHC’s 3 favorite lower body stretches. Dark Wing prayed us out and he prayed for a safe trip and obstacle course for our many F3 Northshore Brothers going to TX this weekend.

  • Round Robin – from Fletch

    Four pax showed up on this cool morning and none had signed up for the Q, so we did a round robin warmup.
    Thang, all pax grabbed coupons and proceeded to do a round robin workout with a mosey around the block on two occasions.
    Barely legal prayed us out.

  • Rain Day at The A1c – from Einstein

    Muggy and dank where the pax gathered inside the Justice Center garage.

    Warmup: all IC15x; toe touch, side staddle hops, arm circles, neck rolls,
    hi-jack hi-jills, butt kicks, high knees, popeye punches, BBQ wings, shoulder rolls, etc.

    With the rain YHC had to go to Plan B…the lesser of Plan A.

    Thang-1: from the Exicon; “The Gross” 12 exercise with 12 reps of each. 12×12=144 hence The Gross:
    burpees x12
    merkins x 12
    cobra squats x 12 IC
    star jack jumps x12
    plank jacks x 12
    iron crosses x 12
    lunges x 12 IC 2-1
    box cutters x 12 IC
    walk outs with a merkin x 12
    zombie kicks x 12
    star stretch x 12
    side to side lunge x 12 IC

    Thang-2: the Pax, in search of some moving air, heads to the upper ramp, the light drizzle and fresh air felt good.
    Jose’s Lieutenant Dan routine up the ramp; lunges/squats, ascending count while maintaining the 2:1 ratio,
    freak nasties up top, repeat Lieutenant Dan going down the ramp, then a backwards lunge up the ramp, some derkins
    up top.

    Mary: finished with a round robin of core

    DarkWingDuck led us out with prayers for those suffering from Hurricane Helene

  • Dora & More at The Gipper – from Einstein

    A bit cooler morning at The Gipper this morning ~ 68 degrees.
    Arrived with Hammer & Jose just finishing their private workout.
    The usual suspects; Moby & Legal, arriving soon after, with BBQ & PI rolling in hot.
    Jose blasts off to teach his students

    Warmup: all IC15x; toe touch, side staddle hops, arm circles, neck rolls, side to side stretch,
    hi-jack hi-jills, butt kicks, high knees, scissors

    Thang-1: Mosey to the Justice Center for Dora 1-2-3:
    Partner up for 100 merkins, 200 LBCs, 300 squats – with partner one running up the prominade, up the steps
    and return run to continue with exercising partner two’s count. Flip Flop

    Thang-2: Along the Justice Center side yard: sprint to tree/light post, do a burpee, repeating as we make our
    way to the other side of the Justice Center

    Thang-3: at the Armed Forces memorial, partner up, While pax 1 bear crawls around the memorial…Pax 2 stays in plank position.
    Flip flop

    Thang-4: at the Armed Forces memorial, partner up, While pax 1 crab crawls around the memorial…Pax 2 stays in chill-cut
    plank position. Flip flop.
    T-Claps to BBQ and Legal for doing the crab crawl all the way around without stopping or modifying.

    Mosey back to the flag as time expires

    PI prayed us out. And t-claps to PI who made the drive from Slidell to join us at The Gipper.