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  • Dirty MacDulla Mountain

    Full of nerves for my VQ, I woke up before my alarm even went off and decided to head out for the park.  I was the first one there beside one unfamiliar face in a F3 shirt wandering around the park entrance.  I quickly learned he was Snowflake from F3 Greensboro, NC and was looking for the AO.  FYI they have 30 workouts per week in Greensboro.  The PAX started to role in and we quickly determined we had 3 FNG’s today, one EH’d by Triple-Shift and the other by YHC, and a third had a shady story that he had been to F3 on the Northsore one time before, a long time ago, but did not remember his F3 name…Sure!  Disclaimer was given and we were off.

    Mosey towards Walnut St. Circle up at corner of park for quick warm up.

    SSH x20, Arm Circ. Fwd/Bwd x20 each, Hillbillies x20

    Short Mosey to the Neutral Ground, as we call it Uptown.

    THANG 1:  F3 NOLA Uptown Shameless Self Promotion – Medulla Style

    On St. Charles Neutral Ground – Run down neutral ground with B.L.I.M.P.S. workout at each intersection – Medulla Style – Being that YHC is usually the SIX of this speedy, run loving PAX, this would come to be the theme of this workout.  Count was modified: 6-Burpees, 12-Lunges, 18-Imperial Walkers 24-Merkins, 30-Plank Jacks, 36-Squats

    20 Count by Da Parish

    Mosey to the Wolf Pack Mountain

    THANG 2: Dirty MacDulla Mountain – SIX Levels of Beat Down

    Had PAX line up in 2 lines – NOT a chance in hell we Indian Run Up!

    Bear Crawl Indian Run – last guy does 6 Merkins before running to front,  Up to level 2

    2nd level – 12 Merkins IC, 12 Squats, 12 Rower Situps –  Basketball slide up to level 3

    3rd level –  12 King Kongs, 12  Bobby Hurleys, 12 Rower Situps  – Karaoka(sp??) up to level 4

    4th level – 12 R Hand Staggered Merkins, 12 Low-Slow squats, 12 Rower Situps – Backwards run to level 5

    5th level – 12 LHand Staggered Merkins, 12 Low-Slow Jump Squats, 12 Rower Situps – Prisoner run to level 6

    6th level – 12 Floyd Mayweathers, 12 Lunges, 12 Rower Situps  – Run to top

    Top Of the Mountain – 12 Merkins, 12 Squats, 12 Rower Situps

    Willie  – 20 count  —  Enjoy the View Boys!

    THANG 3: A Little Mary at the Top of the Mountain & Bench Work

    Dying Roach, x 15 Real Freddie Mercury x 15

    Mosey down stairs to benches.

    Dips x 15 , incline Merkin x 15, Dips x 15

    Mosey to flag

    Count-O-rama  23 PAX, Name-O-Rama- 3FNG’s

    Announcements, a few Special Intentions and Closed with a still out of breath Prayer.

    NMM

    Almost 6 months to the day was my first F3 workout.  I was pretty close to the heaviest I had ever been in my life, had just been to a shitty “healthy patient” doctor visit where I was told I was fat, and my BP was really high.   I knew I had to do something to change this downward trend.   My first workout was a WPM, that followed a HNJ Men’s Club Board meeting the night before, where Angies List put on the hard EH.   Earily similar for my VQ, another WPM following a HNJ Men’s Club Board meeting.  Huge difference, about 30 lbs lighter, much healthier, BP is back to normal, and I wasn’t already winded after the 20 SSH in warm-up.  I can’t thank all you guys enough for motivating me everyday to get out there and grind it out in the gloom.   I know I could not have done this on my own.  I still modify but I’m not ALWAYS the SIX anymore!

    Welcome back Three-Way (Kotter)  Glad to have you back after a month away this summer.  Hope to see you out there more often.

    Glad to have have Snowflake from F3 Greensboro, NC join us today.  Come back anytime!

    Angies List – Posted his F3 workout from the beach in Cozumel…I hope you didn’t re-injure your Labia!

    Welcome to our 3 FNG’s

    Dean Wormer – He is the Dean of Students at Holy Name – Dean’s name from Animal House

    Amnesia – PAX who couldn’t remember his Northshore name – Northshore – help us figure out who this guy is.  All I can remember is he was like 28 and had big sideburns.

    Flying J – He was wearing a Bucky’s Truck Stop shirt.

    Some munblechatter that these were probably not the greatest names, but when pressed to make final decisions YHC’s brain was still a bit oxygen deprived and just wanted to finish this up.

    Thank you all again for the opportunity to lead, it was awesome!

    SYITG!

  • The Thrillabon in the Audubon

    Being an F3 Nation member for only 10 months (last race I was nothin but a gleam in a Hawg’s eye), the Gnarly Nutria was the stuff of legend. A back and forth sporting event like the world has not witnessed since Ali vs. Frazier. Two heavyweights going toe to toe for 5.4 miles with the Uptowners dominating Gnarly Nutria I and The World squeaking by with a narrow victory in Gnarly Nutria II.

    This year The World looked to overwhelm the smug Uptowners with numbers, and we have been recruiting. I was even dreaming of running the first race of my life but fell to the wayside with a calf injury on Friday. Although The World would now be missing their best runner, they still persevered and began the race with a distinct advantage in numbers.

    Following an epic lightning storm, the race began at 9:10pm. Our first finishers were a family group, and hat’s off to Sandbar who brought two of his 2.0s who finished the first lap in solid time.

    I knew the Uptowners were going to be in trouble when the first runners to not complete all three laps were Uptowners. Then the top two finishers of all three laps were both from the World and the landslide began. Like an over-the-hill Frazier against Ali, the Uptowners were no match for The World in Gnarly Nutria III.

    The final score was 446 The World and 354 Uptowners. The World is so fast, we turned off the lights in our bedrooms when we got home last night and we were in bed before the room was dark.

    We welcomed 4 FNGs into our numbers in the largest sweaty ball of man I have ever seen. I got to hand it to the runners, the names for our new members were great. We welcome Tubbs, Tramp Stamp, Right Cheek and his brother Left Cheek to F3. May we forget your real names and always refer to you by your F3 names in public.

    Here are your Gnarly Nutria top finishers:

    1. Smooth – The World

    2. Turbo Tax – The World

    3. Pony Boy – Uptowner

    4. El Guapo – The World

    5. Mulligan – Uptowner

    6. End Time – The World

    7. YSR – Uptowner

    8. Swampcock – Uptowner

    9. Cavalier – Uptowner

    10. Mahatma-Ice – The World

    11. Right Cheek – The World

    12. Nip/Tuck – Uptowner

    13. Jadaveon – Uptowner

    14. Cowbell – The World

    15. Hawgcycle – The World

    16. Thighs – The World

    17. Freedo – Uptowner

    18. Cornbread – The World

    19. El Wire – Uptowner

    20. Mariah – Uptowner

    21. Rudy – The World

    22. Rocket – The World

    23. Peppa – Uptowner

    24. Saban – Uptowner

    25. Tubba – The World

    26. Tramp stamp – The World

    27. Bubba – The World

    28. Shorty – The World

    29. Brownbag – Uptowner

    30. Landing Strip – Uptowner

    Left cheek, Bad Moon, Two Yutes, Shooter, Bushwacker, Einstein, 86, Pi, Walleye, King Kong, Triple Shift, Reluctant Yankee, and Roots fell just outside the top 30 in this order. I couldn’t keep up with the names after Roots. Congrats to all who finished and all who completed 1 or 2 laps. Thank you for helping us all be better men as we do stupid, pointless things like run for no reason in the middle of a lightning storm while chased by Jaguars.

    I’m inviting you to our next AO at “the Boxing Match” sculpture in Kenner’s Rivertown. The first Wednesday of September will be the launch of the F3 NOLA “Fight Club.”

    Your Humble Scorekeeper (I don’t plan on doing this next year, so someone else better get hurt right before the race in 2019),

    RevSox

  • Boom Chuga Luga Luga Boom

    What rolls down stairs
    alone or in pairs,
    and over your neighbor’s dog?

    Well the PAX would soon find out! With a tardy pushed we ventured into an uncharted sea of possibilities. In the shadow of the Wolfpack Mountain we sojourned into the quads of Tulane.

    A warm up of Pete Parkers x21, Burpees x10, Arm Circles Forward and Reverse x21, SSH x21.

    We then moseyed on across Frerret to the Navy Building for pick up an FNG and our new toy

    What’s great for a snack,
    And fits on your back?
    It’s log, log, log

    Courtesy of the Naval ROTC unit we borrowed their log the mornings workout.

    We broke up into 3 groups of 5.

    Next we proceeded to do an Indian run where group 3 picked up the log and chased down groups 1&2, pass the log to group 2 then sprinting ahead of group 1. We did this all the way down McCalister to the Riley Center where we turned around and continued back to the engineering quad. Running proved to be a challenge but each group organized themselves quickly. Tclaps Wiley, the shortest of the lot, quickly realized we need to line up tallest to shortest if we were going to achieve anything and that went a long way to get everyone moving better.

    In the quad we rotated through using the log. First round we did log presses x 20, while the waiting groups did Mericans,
    Second round we did log situps x20, while the waiting groups also did situps
    Third and Fourth round was Log Shoulder Presses x 20, while the waiting groups did air presses during the 3rd round, and lunges during the 4th.

    After wards Saban led a Circle of Marry while the 3rd group ran the log home to the Navy building. When the Pax were all reunited a quick pickle pounder and then mosey back to the flag.

    At the circle we had 2 FNGs to add to Uptown vs the World Air Bag & Soup Kitchen

    Inspiration for the workout came from the Art of Manliness which has posted the FM21-20 Army’s Field Manual for Log Training Manual from 1946

    https://www.letssingit.com/ren-and-stimpy-lyrics-log-l8zj5lw
    LetsSingIt – The Internet Lyrics Database

    WWII Army Log Work Outs

  • Cleveland- An alternate F3 Universe?

    T-claps to ‘Captain’ from Cleveland for posting with us today.  His presence destroyed the stereotype of what I thought airline pilots did on their overnight layovers in far away places like New Orleans.  Either Captain dusted off the glitter and rallied really well or he got a good night’s rest and was fresh for the Monday morning beatdown.  With a new found appreciation for pilots I did, however, question the pax-naming ability of our friends in Cleveland.  What could I have been: Doc, Doctor, Life-saver, McSteamy?  Not so fast here in Nola.  But it did have me thinking a bit of the 14 of us the sweated it out today with our less respectful names.  I decided we need a re-do a la Cleveland style:

    • Tinkles = Surgeon General
    • Reluctant Yankee = Enthusiastic Northerner
    • Angie’s List = Frank Lloyd Wright
    • Bartman = The Hawk
    • Jadaveon = All American
    • Koopa = Fortnight
    • I Love You Man = I Love You Man, Woman, or LGBTQ friend
    • Saban = Billy Cannon
    • Mulligan = Scratch
    • Roots = The Rock
    • Peppa = Co-Captain (being that captain is off the board)
    • Sand Bar = Earthsaver
    • Shrinkage = Sigmund

    Maybe one day we will get a chance to post in Cleveland!

    Oh and about the beatdown.  I was a sub for Swamp Cock’s VQ who had to change his plans at the last minute.  I enjoyed the lighter crowd and appreciated those who posted on this holiday week.

    Warm up:

    • SSH IC x 30
    • IW IC x 30
    • Peter Parker IC x 30

    Mosey to the track and Indian run to the row bars for four stations:

    • Burpees x 10 for the count
    • Jump squats
    • Rows
    • LBC

    Catch me if you can with the last guy dropping and doing 5 merks.  This took us all the way to fountain.

    At the benches:

    • Derkins x 10, Should taps x 10, Derkins x 10
    • LLS IC x 20
    • Dips IC x 15
    • RLS IC x 20

    Back to the track for progressive burpee count on the running men icons starting at one and progressing to 5

    Time for some Mary in golf course grass:

    • WW2 situps x 10
    • Penguins x 20
    • Dying cockroach x 20
    • V-ups x 10

    More Indian run to the pull up bars for 4 stations:

    • Pull ups x 10 for the count
    • Body builders
    • J Lo’s
    • Al Gores

    Jog/Sprint alternating intervals back to the flag.

    Some time to spare so we worked in some planks and marveled at a recently set record of 10 hours of planking.  Frank Lloyd Wright noted he probably couldn’t stand for ten hours.  Well played. Even The Hawk and Scratch found it humorous!  Earthsaver used his long arm to capture a group selfie.  Count off and nameorama. Enthusiastic Northerner provided some useful information to the group.  Surgeon General closed us with prayer.  Thanks for visiting Captain!

     

  • Running Introduction

    Not enough can be said about what we can achieve when we are held accountable.  I’d had a long week by Friday morning and the weekend wasn’t looking any better.  No need to get up at 5 right?  Not quite.  Roots had already texted earlier in the week to let me know I had the Q and just knowing it was my turn to contribute was enough to drag myself out of bed.  I’m not saying I did it very quickly and when I forgot my watch and had to go back inside to grab it I knew time would be tight!  Salt it the wound when I arrived and found a movie production taking up all the parking.  I grabbed a spot much further than normal and could see the Pax staring at their watches as I ran up to meet them.  F3 disclaimer on the fly as we moved quickly into the warm up.

    Warm Up:

    Quick Mosey to the flag where this spring’s duck shit has sprouted some aggressive grass. Knowing the shoulders would be a little tight from Wed:

    • Plank Jack IC X 30
    • Peter Parker IC X 30
    • Mountain Climber IC X 30

    Mosey to the neutral ground for F3 marketing BLIMPS.  Several cars patiently waited on us to cross so at least a few people noticed.

    Slow Mosey from the neutral ground to in front of the Loyola music building where We found some benches:

    • LLS X 20
    • Dips X 20
    • RLS X 20

    Long Mosey to the Tulane Parade grounds.  Smell of bacon was in the air.  BLIMPS at the corners and 1/2 way mark.

    Mosey to Wolfpack for a double line Indian Run to the top. Hustle down the stairs.

    Mosey to touchdown Jesus for one round of dying cockroaches IC X 20.  Mumble chatter suggested perhaps the pace between locations was faster than desired but everyone made it!

    Mosey back to the flag just in time.  Count off, namorama,  ball of man.  After a little grab ass in the ball of man, the Pax redirected and joined me in a prayer of thanks for the abilities we have including the mental strength to get out and post with our brothers!

  • It’s Douille’s fault…

    YHC had a gut feeling there might be a need for a Q this morning and by 05:30 after a brief inquiry as to the whereabouts of YSR and/or Douille , it was time to Q on the fly…

    The Thang: Mosey around golf parking lot and over to bandstand area for warmup COP: SSH, Mtn. Climber, Imp. Walker, Plank Jack x 25 and 10 Burpees OYO for Seaman.

    Next,  Squaticides – – Run from first light to last light and do 20 Squats. Back to the first light and do 19 Squats. Back and forth all the way down to 1 for a total of 210. Plank for the six.

    Mosey to the shelter for some bench work. Incline Merkins x 15, LLSU x 20, Derkins x 15, RLSU x 20, Dips x 15

    Over to the grass for Voluntary Mary x 15. Approximately 15 of the pax led us through 15 reps of their favorite ab exercise before time got us.

    Back to the flag for cot w/ shoutout by YHC

    Good Times!

    Roots

    Not sure if we were 20 or 21. Missing one or two pax. Let me know who please…

  • Viva la cucaracha

    Hurt yourself, don’t hurt yourself, your Q had disclaimer issues. Least of the Pax’ problems today…let’s mosey.

    Around the horn discover Brown Bag hiding in the shrubbery then over to touchdown Jesus for the first COP: SSHx 20, MC x20, HB x20, PP x20, Squat Jacks no Smurf Jacks x 20, PP x20

    Mosey to the mountain for three lines of Indian run fun to the top.

    COP #2 with a quick change between exercises: Dying Cockroach x10 > Flutter Kicks x10 > DC x10 > Hello Dollys x10 > DC x10 > High Dollys x10 > DC x10

    Mosey over to the down ramp: 10 RT, 10 merkins the run down for 7 crossfit-merkin jump sqaut burpees, backwards up the hill twice and third time bear crawl.

    Down the stairs for a nice cool round at the benches: RSLU x20, Dips x20, RLPU x20, Incline Merkins x10, LLSU x20, Dips x15, LLPU x20 & Incline Merkins x10

    Lastly another quick round of Mary at TD Jesus: Dying Cockroach x15 > elbow PP x15 > Dying Cockroach x15 > eblow MC x15

    Back to the flag for the count, name-o-rama, welcome FNG Shrinkage & the prayer.

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  • Día de la cucaracha muerta

    Light crowd on a steamy Monday but the 12 PAX were up for the challenge.

    After the obligatory loop  around club parking lot, we headed for the water but an intense ladies kegel exercise class was occupying the space. No worries, a quick jump over the bandstand for the first COP:

    SSH x20, MC x20, HB x20, PP x20, Smurf Jacks x 20, PP (the other one) x20

    Line up at the lights for a intertwined bear crawl/lunge walk stopping to knock off 5 crossfit-merkin jump squat burpees at each light.

    After that fun, an Indian run to the crossbar next to the zoo.

    Four groups rotating: Eblow MC, Merkins, Elbow PP and crossfit-merkin burpee pull-ups for the count of seven.

    Back in Indian run formation hoping to spot the movie star du jour at the zoo. No luck so we trudged on to the pavilion.

    RLSU x25, Dips x20, LLSU x25, Derkins x10

    Mosey to lights for another COP lighting round of Mary: Dying Cockroach x10 > quick change > Flutter Kick x10 > DC x10 > Hello Ds x10 x DC x10 > High Dolly x10 > DC x10 > RT X10 >DC x10

    Lastly enough time for another intertwined bear crawl/lunge walk with 5 merkins at each light

    Back to flag for a count-0-rama & prayer.

    Good start to the week…Thanks

     

     

     

     

  • Bridge Over Stagnant Waters

    Leading 20+ men on Saturday beat-down is a tall order, so Your Humble Correspondent (YHC) needed to prepare. On the afternoon before the workout, my 9-year-old son and I took I bike ride to City Park to survey any hidden corners typically overlooked during Mothership workouts. Whenever the Pax moseys from the flag to the museum of art, the little hill of a bridge just after Morning Call is a nice little challenge, especially because we don’t have hills in New Orleans. But there’s too much traffic along that road to do a workout on. On my bike, YHC spied those foot bridges over the lagoon behind Morning Call and thought it might be a good spot to try something new. (At least, YHC hasn’t worked out there before.)

    YHC showed up a few minutes before the workout was to begin, and there was already a healthy crowd there. A few stragglers joined in as the PAX moseyed to the Great Lawn. Let’s get started:

    • Arm circles – 10 forward, 10 back
    • Cross-legged windmills – 10
    • Then some stretching – Runners stretch, crouching and holding it for 10, knee circles, legs open with stretch forward, soles touching and stretch forward

     

    Warm ups

    • Hillbillies x20
    • Merkins x20 (maybe too fast a cadence)
    • Jump squats x20
    • Floyd Mayweather x20
    • Peter Parkers x20
    • SSH x20
    • 10 burpees on your own

    To the bridges

    We did a Dora 123 where one partner runs over one bridge and returns over the second with some nice steps to climb up. Taps out and the other partner does the circuit. A combined exercise of:

    • 100 plank jacks
    • 200 toe-touches (from crab-walk position)
    • 300 mountain climbers

    To NOMA

    After a moment of hydration at the museum, we partnered up again at the main fountain.

    One partner bunny-hopped up the stairs, while the other partner did:

    • derkins
    • irkins
    • dips

    …partners switching each time between bunny-hops and the exercises at the fountain. When we were done, rinse and repeat.

    At the trees

    Short mosey to the field with the line of trees in front of NOMA.

    • Lunge walk (length of two trees)
    • 10 burpees on your own
    • Duck walk (length of two trees)
    • 10 burpees on your own

    Mosey back to the Great Lawn

    Time for some Mary

    • Flutter kicks x20
    • American hammer x20
    • Hello Dolly x20
    • Crunchy rolls and crunchy roll step-ups (something from my martial arts practice) – on your own
    • Freddy Mercuries (I think) x 20

    Times up! Back to the flag for name-a-rama where we named two FNGs: Calliope and Mary Lou. (Mary Lou’s leaving town anyway, so a silly name won’t haunt him for long.) Announcements, a prayer, and then some camaraderie at Morning Call.

  • Here’s Johnny!

    YHS is back! Excited to be free of the mesh restrictions I was ready to join the Pax and get back on it. When the Q decided to Fartsack it, an FNG at the flag, YHS was ready roll, we needed a TYHAC!

    Warm up of SSH X 21, Peter Parker x 21, Mountain Climber x21, and Forward and Reverse Arm Circles

    Mosey to row bars:

    Pax broke into 4 groups doing lunges, low slow squates, monkey humpers, with Rows as count of 15.

    Mosey to a nice glade were we did Jack Webbs 1:2 reaching 11 Mericans

    Two column Indian Run to the benches
    RLS x21, Dips x 21, LLS x21, Dips x21, RLPU x 21, LLPU x11

    Back to the track where we lunged for 2 running men, sprinted for 2, lunged one more and sprint to Circle of Mary T-Box where an unglorious combination of Holly Dolly x10, Pickle Pounders x10, Box Cutters x10 and LBCs x10

    Best effort mosey to the Pull Up bars for a max effort on the bars then on to the circle to arrive at precisely 6:15

    We had an FNG who had been EH’d by NipTuck who was supposed to Q but has now taken the title as Queen of the FartSack! I couldn’t find the right lexicon for this but Peppa pointed out this was Blue Falcon moment for sure!

    Until he introduced himself, TYHAC was to be his name but the FNG announced his birth name as Raoul. This brought back a rush of vivid memories of the 1982 movie Eating Raoul, where a couple kills swingers to get a downpayment on their house. So Raoul is now known as Swinger amongst us.