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  • Krazy Fight Club

    YHC has never been called a runner. He hates running. He has spent his life avoiding running and even walking of any significant distance. F3 came into his life and now he runs. YHC loves and hates F3.

    YHC is also competitive, so when he saw the beatdown that the North Shore gave to South in last year’s Krazy Ivan, he was determined to help his brothers overcome the conquerors from the North. He may not run fast. He may not even be able to finish the Krazy Ivan, but YHC is going for it on January 19th.

    So this week and next week’s Fight Club will run in preparation for the Krazy Ivan. A pax of four arrived ready for a good training run in the mist and fog with outside temps in the low 60s.

    YHC gave the welcome, disclaimer, and led a short warm-up of 30 SSH, 10 Windmills, and 20 Peter Parkers.

    The Pax went to the top of levee, and we ran 20 minutes to the west. War Eagle and Rev Sox traveled 1.9 miles out west and then back to the boxing statues while Hawg and Hokie Powkey traveled 1.75 out west and back. The highlight of the run occurred about 1/2 down the path when War Eagle barely missed stepping on a dead possum on the path. Since War Eagle is from Alabama, YHC expected him to collect the Possum and take it home for his little lady to cook up for dinner, but to YHC’s suprise, War Eagle left that good country meat on the path.

    The Pax came in right at 6:15 for the count-off, name-o-rama, announcements, and prayer.

    Thanks for the run brothers,

    Rev Sox

  • Q vs. Q at Fight Club

    Our friend F3 Bono from F3 ENC reached out to us a few months ago about an idea they were using at one of their AOs – Q vs. Q.  The idea is simple, start with a five minute warm-up, then for the next 40 minutes two Qs battle it out to see who can deliver the best beatdown.  Each Q gets 2 ten minute rounds to deliver the pain.  It’s kind of like a dance off…actually it will be a dance of when it’s Rudy vs. Da Parish.

    YHC thought Fight Club would be the obvious place to hold a competition like this, so I reached out to Rev Sox and we decided to do a trial run.  The plan is to have a Q vs. Q battle at Fight Club on the last Wednesday of each month starting in 2019.  Let’s get a couple of guys on the docket for  1/30/19.

    Warm-up

    Amnesia was voluntold for the warm-up:  SSH x 30; Good Mornings x 10; Squats x 20 – All in cadence

    Q vs. Q

    YHC won roshambo and decided to go first.  Being that it was the national day of mourning for George H.W. Bush, I decided to go with a tribute to #41, a man I think would have been all about what F3 is doing.

    Round 1 – Hawgcycle

    George H.W. Bush was the 43rd VP of the U.S. so in round one the plan was to complete 43 burpees:

    14 burpees OYO

    President Bush joined the Navy at 18, six months after the bombing of Pearl Harbor.  During his time in WWII he piloted 58 missions.

    Merkins x 18; Squat Jumps x 58

    14 burpees OYO

    He was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for his military service

    Iron Cross (left leg) x 10; 5 burpees; Iron cross (right leg x 10); 5 burpees

    After WWII he went to Yale where he became a cheerleader like his father and future son.

    Mary Catherine’s x 10 (IC); 5 burpees

    Flags are at half staff today – Hold a mission impossible for 41 seconds.

    Round 1 – Rev Sox

    Rev Sox informed us that he has always been self-conscious about his teeth.  He was born missing 3 of them.  Which JV responded with “I was born without any teeth.”  Touché JV.

    In hopes that we would all lose some teeth, Rev Sox had us do the tooth fairy up the steps.  2 merkins at each step all the way to the top for a total of 56 merkins.  Bear crawl each landing.  Then at the top, lunge walk to the other side and run back down.  For the second iteration, we  did 1 merkin at each step for a total of 28 merkins.

    Round2 – Hawgcycle

    Let’s move to the presidency.  As H.W. famously promised “No new taxes” to start his presidency, YHC promised “No more burpees” to start round 2.

    H.W was the 41st president, so the plan is to do 41 eight-count body builders during round 2.

    14 eight-count body builders

    The Cold War ended during 41’s presidency so we proceeded to tear down the wall by bear crawling to the top of the levee then doing 30 AMERICAN HAMMERS in cadence at the top.  We bear crawled back down and did 20 Russian Dips at the bottom.

    14 eight-count body builders

    41 signed a trade agreement between the U.S., Canada, and Mexico famously known as NAFTA during his presidency.  To commemorate this, we did Mexican Jumping Beans and Flutter Kicks – Canadians love flutter kicks.

    Not enough time to do the final 13 body builders so YHC called an audible and had the pax do 13 burpees.  I broke my promise just as President Bush did when he raised taxes.  Sometimes circumstances call for it, right George?

    Round 2 – Rev Sox

    Rev Sox and I had a good friend, Charlie, pass away from cancer earlier this week.  Charlie had his leg amputated earlier in the year and had been hoping to recover enough to walk the Crescent City Classic in April.  Rev Sox is not what you would call a runner, but Charlie had convinced him to sign up for the Classic.  In honor of Charlie, Rev Sox is now training for the Classic in April.  Round 2 was dedicated to Charlie as we ran a 1 mile route along the levee.

    NMM

    • JV and Amnesia were tasked with choosing a winner in the first F3NOLA Q vs. Q.  They failed miserably as they called the battle a draw.  Our hope was that a clear winner would be chosen before the COT and that man’s hand would be raised in victory just like at a boxing match.  Well that didn’t work out.  This appears to be a design flaw.  Perhaps we should do the scoring anonymously online as they do in ENC.
    • I didn’t mention the Thousand Points of Light during the workout, but that is one of 41s more famous initiatives.  I certainly think F3 falls perfectly in line with his vision.  Americans taking the initiative to make our world a better place.  In addition to the free daily workouts, there are other great things going on across the nation.  Check out programs such as Speed for Need, Operation Sweet Tooth, the Darby Project, or F3 The Mission, just to name a handful.
    • TAP for the friends and family of Charlie.  He was one of the most humble, unassuming men I have ever met.  He endured a lot of pain and heartbreak in the last few years of his life, but he remained strong and continued to share his faith with a joyful heart and attitude.  He will be missed by our community, but he has left a lasting impression on those that know him.  Help us all to have the strength, joy, and faith that Charlie showed.

     

  • mano a mano

    YHC bounced alone on this cold fall morning at the Fight Club waiting for the next challenger to step forward and face the best A/O in F3 New Orleans, maybe the best A/O in the F3 Nation. No other site can best the history of the Fight Club as the site of the first heavyweight boxing championship, no other site has such a daunting combination of hills, stairs, and ramps, no other site has as many flags, no other site has such a handsome Q…

    Finally at 5:29am Hawgcycle pulled in for a one on one challenge against YHC for this morning’s Fight Club, and YHC kindly moseyed over to Hawg’s car, gave the disclaimer as he laced his shoes, and we were off.

     

    Warm-Up

    YHC discovered a nice long ramp up the levee just past the police training center, so we moseyed down to the ramp, up the hill, and back to the original start for a warm-up

    SSH – 20

    Hillbillies – 20

    Imperial Walkers – 20

    Windmills – 10

    Annies – 20

    Shoulder taps – 20

    Plank Jacks – 20

     

    H8

    It was time to throw down in the cold. Hawg vs. Rev on the Fight Club version of the H8. Up the stairs, bear crawl across at the American flag, finish the climb up the stairs to the top, back down the other side, bear crawl across at the American Flag, down the steps to the start for 8 count descending burpee merkins. 20 minutes of H8.

    YHC kept pace with Hawg for a few laps, but Hawg’s superior endurance won the day. 20 minutes of H8 with 9 laps for YHC and 10 laps for Hawg.

     

    The Fight Club Standard

    YHC loves to sit at the wall outside the Kenner OMV at the Fight Club, so the Pax of two moseyed down to OMV for two good wall sits. Each wall sit ended with a 15 count in cadence of air shoulder presses. The Pax walked across the street for a suicide in the parking lost and moseyed back to the flags for the finish.

     

    Mary

    Hello Dolly – 18

    American Hammer – 10

    Wife Pleasers – 20

    Big Boy Situps – 10

     

    The Conclusion

    Great workout in the cold. Thanks Hawg for pushing YHC this morning.

    Please be in prayer for Charlie Sabrio, a man in our church who had his leg amputated just above the knee to stop the spread of cancer. There is a chance that the cancer may still be in his leg.

    Pray for Hawg’s parents as his mom continues to battle with cancer.

     

    -RevSox

  • Three is the Magic Number

    Well Fight Club is destined to be a workout for three. It doesn’t matter who drives out or stops by for a random morning beatdown, we will always have three. YHC will thrilled to see War Eagle arrive, knowing that JV and Hawg were on the way, YHC was excited to bust out some Dora for the first Wednesday since the Fight Club launch. Alas, Hawg fartsacked for something called R3 (rest, relaxation, and recovery). Since War Eagle and Jingle Vader are part of F3 we got in a glorious three man beatdown this morning.

     

    WarmUp

    SSH – 27 (to remind War Eagle in his ugly sweatshirt that the Yankees still have more WS Championships)

    Hillbillies -20

    Arm Circles – 10 forward and 10 reverse

    Inchworms – 20

    Windmills – 10

     

    Hold a Plank

    YHC is terrible at holding a plank position*, so the Pax moseyed back to the start and held a plank for a while. During the plank we did some exercises.

    Shoulder taps – 20

    Annies – 20

    Peter Parker – 20

    *YHC is still horrible at holding a plank.

     

    Big Laps

    The Fight Club has a long sweet ramp up the levee that is great for a calf burning run. The Pax did 5 big laps up the ramp, down the stairs and around the parking lap back to the ramp. At the end of each lap the Pax did descending burpees to celebrate the completion of each lap.

     

    Bear crabs

    Bear crawl from one bench to the other and do 15 incline merkins

    Crab walk back and do 15 dips

    Repeat twice with 10 and then exercises. There was a great deal of complaining at this point in the beatdown. JV’s hands hurt and War Eagle complains like an Alabama fan would if they needed to play an LSU schedule. War Eagle’s complaints continued throughout the beatdown. Nothing makes a Q smile like some good complaints from the Pax.

     

    The OMV

    Mosey down to the Kenner OMV and take a seat on the wall while the Pax waits for our numbers to be called. Since the OMV is currently closed, the wait was longer than normal. Ended the first sit with some air shoulder presses and ended the second sit by holding our arms in the Al Gore position.

     

    Suicide Merkins

    The Pax crossed the road to the parking lot for some suicides between the light poles. At each light pole, stop and do 5 merkins at the first pole, 10 at the second, and 15 at the third.

     

    Lunge Walk back

    The Pax alternated between lunge walks and mosey at each telephone pole on the way back to the start.

     

    Mary

    Wife Pleasers – 20

    Hello Dolly – 20

     

    Circle up, Count Off, Name-O-Rama, Announcements, and Prayer

    Thank you men for coming out to the Kenner for a beatdown and thank the Lord for the joys of salvation in Christ and community in the Church and our families,

    Rev Sox

  • What Some Men Will Do for Alfajores

    I’ve heard an alfajor described as an Argentine moon pie.  Which sort of seems insulting to something as tasty as an alfajor.  It’s like saying Messi is an Argentine Landon Donovan.  Sure there may be some basic similarities, but the analogy is lacking.  It’s like saying Jadaveon is an Uptown Rudy.  Anyway, the point is alfajores are delicious and I used them to get Yankee to post at Fight Club.

    Conditions:  40 degrees and blustery

    Warmup: SSH (IC) x 40*; IW (IC) x 20; Merkins x 15; Calf Raises (IC) x 15; Burpees x 15; But Kicks (IC) x 15; Low Country Crab (IC) x 15; Freddie Mercuries (IC) x 15; X Jumps x 15; Jump Lunges (10 each leg); Bobby Hurley x 10

    *Yankee showed up about half way through the warm-up so it was just me and Rev for the SSH.  I must say these were the most perfectly in sync and crisp SSH’s I’ve ever been a part of.  I only went to 40 because I didn’t want them to end.  It was magical.

    The Thang 

    Hit the ledge for an all leg chili pepper:

    • Round 1:  16 Channing Tatums; 8 box jumps aka Bongos; 16 Tatum Channings; 8 Low Slow Squats
    • Round 2:  12 Channing Tatums; 6 Bongos; 12 Tatum Channings; 6 Low Slow Squats
    • Round 3:  8 Channing Tatums; 4 Bongos; 8 Tatum Channings; 4 Low Slow Squats
    • Round 1:  5 Channing Tatums; 20 Bongos; 5 Tatum Channings; 20 Low Slow Squats

    Break out the Destrahan Dodecahedron (a 12 sided die with various exercises, many inlcuded in the warm-up, that I obtained at a Destrahan workout…those were the good ‘ol days.)  We cast the D&D Die to chose the exercises for the Fight Club Special

    Fight Club Special – run to the top of the levee and perform exercise #1 then run back down to the bottom to perform exercise #2.  Do this 5 times and that is 1 round.

    • Round 1:  Calf Raises x 30 and Peter Parkers x 30
    • Round 2:  Freddie Mercs x 50 and Peter Parker x 30
    • Round 3:  Jump Lunges x 10 each leg and Calf Raises x 30

    That was it.  We prayed and then I gave Yankee a box of alfajores for his troubles.  To my surprise he shared with Rev Sox.

    Thoughts

    • Fight Club needs your support.  Think about making the trip out there.  Rev Sox is working hard to EH locals, but the struggle is real.  Gremlin is a regular and we should work to keep this thing alive, if just for him and Rev.
    •  FYI – this AO is treacherous in flip-flops.  I recommend shoes.

     

  • The Other October 31st Holiday

    On this day, 501 years ago, Martin Luther nailed his 95 Theses to the Church Doors of Wittenberg and launched the Protestant Reformation and 501 years later a fool named Rev Sox incorporated 95 and 1517 into the F3 NOLA Fight Club. It was a workout of two, but Gremlin stuck it out to the end now that he is back with us. Looking for more men in River Ridge, Harahan, and Kenner to show up for the Fight Club.

    Warm-Up

    Following the standard disclaimed, YHC led the Pax on a short mosey to our warm-up spot down the road.

    SSH – 20

    Annies – 20

    Imperial Walkers – 20

    Real Freddie Mercury – 20

    Arm Circles – 20 (10 forward and 10 backwards)

    Windmills – 10

    The Mini H8

    The Pax moseyed back to the boxing statues and stairs for a miniaturized version of the H8. The Pax would run up the steps to the level with the American Flag, bear crawl across to the other set of stairs, run to the top of the steps and back over to the other side and back down. The Pax stopped at the American Flag again and bear crawled over to the other side. The Pax ran down to the bottom for an 8 count descending burpee-merkins.  The Pax completed 4 laps of the mini-H8. The burpee-merkins dropped from 8 to 6 to 4 to 2 at each lap.

    Purgatory

    The church teaching that started the Reformation was the selling of indulgences to pay one’s way out of purgatory. YHC believes waiting at the DMV is an earthly purgatory, so the Pax moseyed down to the local DMV to do a little Reformation Day Purgatory.

    Sit on the wall for 95 seconds

    15 merkins

    Sit on the wall for 95 seconds

    17 merkins

    Sevens

    The Pax moseyed back to the stairs for sevens to finish out the time. LBC’s on the bottom and jump squats on the top. Run up one set of stairs and down the next.

    The End

    Count off, Name-O-Rama, Announcements, and Intentions – pray for Gremlin as he is getting some spots on his lungs looked at next week and Hawg’s mom with cancer

    Thanks for pushing yourself Gremlin,

    Rev Sox

  • Rivertown welcomes you to Fight Club

    Damn I just typed out the whole BB and it erased when I tried to publish a picture that wouldn’t work – it was a great pic too – it is the City of Kenner logo but it says Kenna Brah!  Oh well.

    All of my cool anecdotes and funny little interjections will no make it to this final bb – I am too annoyed and angry that it got deleted!

    So I left the house at 440 for  the beatdown in Rivertown.  Had every intention of scoping out some cool spots by posting at Fight Club during the last few weeks but the 30 min drive dissuaded me.   I got to the AO at 510 so I could hunt out some good spots.

    Once the PAX of 3 arrived it was time for the beatdown.  We skipped the mosey and got straight to work.  SSH x 20.  Then I was like hey we need some publicity so we moved over to the street.  Imperial Walker Squats x 20, Mtn Climbers x 20, and Low Slow Squats with all 3 F3 logos showing to the road.

    Then we moseyed to the Octoberfest parking lot in Rivertown.  Rev Sox insists that they still have Oktoberfest in Rivertown – and he is correct- although what do crepes have to do with Oktoberfest?

    Real Oktoberfest in NOLA is here https://oktoberfestnola.com/

    You are too late if you wanted to hit the 4 hour Oktoberfest in Rivertown last Friday.  https://www.crepesalacartnola.com/event/1012-kenner-rivertowns-oktoberfest/

    I am sure it is just as good as the one on Bayou St John that has several hundred people every night of the weekend for the month of October.

    In the parking lot we did a BLIMP suicide.  Run to the lamp and back – then do Burpees, Lunges (each leg), Imp Walks, Merks and Plank Jacks.  Increasing the number.

    Then we moseyd to a restaurant and used their benches to do Step Ups each leg x 20, Dips x 2o , and Bulgarian Split Lunges each leg x 20.

    Then we mosey’d back to Fight Club down main St.  Each light post we did 5 bonnie blairs (both legs equal one).  We did a total of 45 Bonnie Blairs.

    Back at LaSalle Landing – we did a AMRAP loop.  One PAX runs up the stairs across the levee and down the stairs while the 2 waiting PAX AMRAP an exericse of the last guys choice.

    We did plank punches, american hammers, low country crab, squats, dying roach, flutters, shoulder taps, peter parkers and one other thing I can’t remember for 3 rounds.

    Then we did a bear crawl up the stairs across the levee and down the stairs – face down.  This made REV SoX nervous but he didn’t get hurt.

    Then we did tooth fairy merks up the stairs –there are 27.  Could have done an escalator at some point but we decided not to.

    Then we did 5 boo boo burpees just to do them-bc I promised them.

    Closed with a little Mary.  We did LBCs x 30, Dying Bugs x 25, Leg Presses x 20, and Iron Cross x 15.

    Time was called.

    We did a COT – prayed the Gulf Coast of Florida.  Hope to help in the near future.

    This is a great AO we just need help getting the word out to the Sad Clowns of the Ridge and Kenner Brah!

     

  • Round #2 – A Step Up

    Likely that it was actually a step down, or a step back, but nonetheless three men met in the early morning gloom of Kenner-brah and this is what went down.

    Warm-up

    YHC gave the disclaimer and we proceeded on a warm-up lap, passing by the police station, up the levee ramp, and back down the steps to the SF.

    SSH x 30; Hillbillies x 20; Windmills x 15; Peter Parker x 20; Copperhead Squats x 20.

    A lap up the stairs and down the other side and we were ready for…

    The Thang

    Given the venue, I decided to modify the Jack Web, by adding some punches.  I renamed it the Jack Johnson in honor of the man who became the first African-American Heavyweight Champion of the World in 1908.  We definitely have race issues in this country now, but it’s got to be better than when Jack was fighting.  Here’s what they say the NY Times wrote about him before the fight:  “If the black man wins, thousands and thousands of his ignorant brothers will misinterpret his victory as justifying claims to much more than mere physical equality with their white neighbors.”  Wow New York Times.  It appears that he ended up being arrested on some suspiciously racist laws and was just recently pardoned posthumously by President Trump.

    Just as we started the Jack Johnson a plane flew overhead….Time for a Sudden Flight Change.  Sometimes life doesn’t go as planned.  Things happen and you have to suck it up and roll with it.  During this workout we had to do 5 burpees every time a plane flew overhead.  Since the AO is located directly south of the airport, you can imagine how many times this occurred.  Well, whatever you are thinking you are probably wrong.  This one time is the only time we did sudden flight change burpees.  Either the flight patterns were kind to us today, or I wasn’t paying close enough attention.

    The Jack Johnson:  1 Merkin, 1 left-right combo, 1 victory shoulder press; repeat with two reps of each escalating until maxing out with a set of 10 reps of each.

    Proceed to the ledge:

    Channing Tatums* x 20; Decline Merkins x 7; Tatum Channings x 20; Incline Merkins x 7

    *Keeping with the theme of the AO, in addition to starring in Step Up Channing Tatum starred in a movie called Fighting.  39% on Rotten Tomatoes.

    Tabata – 20 seconds all out followed by 10 seconds of rest.  We did burpees, merkins, squats, and big boi sit-ups, then repeated for a total of 8 sets.  #CrowdPleaser

    Cool down lap up the stairs and back down the other side.

    Back to the ledge:

    Channing Tatums* x 20; Decline Merkins x 7; Tatum Channings x 20; Incline Merkins x 7

    To the top of the levee for another #CrowdPleaser – Quadraphilia….4 minutes of running down the south side of the levee and back up always facing the river.

    Back to the flag for 1 minute of Mary – Dying cockroach x 30.

    NMM

    • I worked out in shoes for the first time in months.  This AO is tough on flops.
    • I really thought Rev Sox and Gremlin would hate Quadraphilia.  I was disappointed that they didn’t complain about it more.  In fact, it didn’t really seem to bother them at all.
    • Hopefully the City of Kenner can use all of the money they are going to save by not buying Nikes to mow our AO more often.  This is definitely our most poorly maintained AO.