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  • Solo Muscleship Throwback (Mothership 2021-10-30 – from Catfish

    Conditions: Cool temp of ~65 F and breezy. Perfect for a throwback Muscleship workout!
    1 PAX in attendance

    The Thang

    Started by lunge walking from the flag zone to the Peristyle area for a warmup:

    Abe Vigodas x 15 (in cadence)
    Grass Grabbers x 15 (in cadence)
    Hillbillies x 25 (in cadence)
    Imperial Squat Walkers x 20 (in cadence)

    On to faces for:

    Peter Parkers x 25 (in cadence)
    Parker Peters x 25 (in cadence)
    Peter Parker Peters x 15 (in cadence)

    Lined up for a round of ascending partner BOMBS – 50 Bodybuilders, 100 Overhead Claps, 150 Merkins, 200 Box Cutters, 250 Squats. Since no partner, every 50 reps or so did a bear crawl, duck walk, or monkey walk in rotation to the other end of the peristyle and back.

    Lunge walks back to flag zone.

  • A Deck 4 the Pax – from Fracsac

    YHC took the Q at the Mothership and skipped an opportunity to ruck in the west.
    With a brief disclaimer given, 4 pax headed to the great lawn to warm up. Warmup was typical stuff which Rudy, Triple Shift and Catfish thoroughly enjoyed. Closed out with some 8 count Body builders IC to satisfy some of the monthly ISI challenge.

    Mosey to the track for the main event.

    With the F3 deck in hand, instructions were simple. Flip a card and complete 10 of the exercise as a 4 count IC unless the card gave specific instructions, such as 100 calf raises.

    We did most all the Merkins available in the deck early on. If you Q with the deck, YHC recommends stacking the deck in a way to prevent that from happening. It’s like a fair way of cheating.

    We did most of the deck, then moseyed back to the shovel flag for the COT where we met up with Tool as he finished his 8 plus mile run.

    -The Mothership has been like riding an elevator to the top floors of the Hancock Whitney Center recently, the numbers continue to dwindle as people step off other floors. If the other AOs were overflowing it wouldn’t be a big deal, but maybe a little over a dozen between 3 AOs is a bit alarming. Maybe it’s just a busy time for families.
    -We headed to Hahnville to gut a house as part of our Ida relief efforts, with Gabby as Q.

    SYITG

  • F3 NOLA Convergence 2021 (a.k.a.”Crew Change”) – Mothership 2021-10-16 – from Reluctant Yankee

    A fine morning, with a change in the weather providing a fitting backdrop for the changing of the guard on the F3 New Orleans Leadership Team.

    Kicked off at the flag zone with naming of the F3 NOLA Rookie of the Year and F3 NOLA Man of the Year. These went to Almonaster and Hokie Pokie, respectively. High praise and congratulations to both of these high-impact men for their efforts during the past year!

    Yankee then kicked things off on the Great Lawn with:
    Side Straddles Hops x27
    Hillbillies (in honor of Hawg’s prom) x 20
    OYO burpees x10
    Side Lunges x20
    Low Country Crabs x20
    Dying Cockroaches x20

    Moseyed to the track where Hawgcycle took over. Hawg brought the hurt with a modified Dirty Mac Deuce featuring:

    Larry Craigs x12
    Sumo Squats x12
    LBC x12

    Pax then partnered up. One pax sprinted 200 m around the tracks while the other moseyed across, then vice versa. Pax reassembled for announcement of the new SLT.

    It was time. Time to give a speech that would last generations, a speech commemorating the past 7 years, and one that would empower the incoming SLT for what was yet to come. Reluctant Yankee reached deep within his well of indisputable high octane expressions, and it was there and then he passed the torch of F3 Nola to Fracsac and Catfish, his great words of wisdom spreading across the field of F3 Nola men, leaders of this Fitness Fellowship and Faith thing we simply refer to as F3. Did anybody write down what he said?

    Fracsac circled the pax up on the field and did 5 SSH IC, followed by 10 burpees OYO. Many thought Shock and Awe was in the works, but nay, just an attention grabber. Next up was the mental challenge.

    6 SSH IC followed by 11 more in silence, all must end with the Q or a penalty would be handed out. The Pax passed with flying colors….but did they?

    4 corners on the track with 10 x 8 count body builders on 2 corners and 10 x burpees on the other 2. Circle back up for mental challenge again.

    This time there was a failure, with 10 x 8 count body builders as the penalty. The pax completed it the next go flawlessly.

    Pax had had enough mental abuse at this point, so there was much rejoicing when the workout was handed to Catfish. Catfish gently led things forward with:

    8-Counts x10
    Low Slow 8-Count Squats x20
    Bonnie Blairs x15
    Mosey back to the Great Lawn, with a quick stop at the baseball field behind Tad Gormley to do some Jack Webbs (up to 13, 11 got skipped). Continued the mosey back to the Great Lawn.

    At the Great Lawn, LBTs waiting x15 for the six. Frac then came back for a rousing round of Catalina Wine mixers (x15) for the finish.

    Back to flag for COT.

    Announcements: Roast on the Coast Starting Nov 5; GoRuck Tough NOLA the following weekend on NOV 12; Almonaster Qing a Christmas charity effort related to Operation Sweet Tooth (details to come)

    Delicious coffee and breakfast followed. Thanks to all who assisted with preparation for this.

    Thanks to all who attended and assisted with today’s convergence, and stay tuned for further announcements from the new leadership team!

  • Its all Fun and Games until… – from Rudy

    Its all Fun and Games until… it stays fun and games?

    Today marks the 3rd annual Yippee Bag appearance at Mothership. Specially designed to bring a new round of fun and games, just for War Eagle – who, alas, chose to tend to his flock instead. Priorities, good sir!

    But 8 PAX (great to see 2 2.0s with us – E Major and Copy/Paste!) gathered around the flag in the steamy gloom for a disclaimer, and brief description of the Yippee Bag. Catfish needed no explanation, diving right in for a quick “10 Burpees for the Q” card. Fortunately, he graciously split this opening salvo with the Q.

    Then we were offto the shade of some big oaks over by the fountain area, where we started with a quick warmup – while waiting for RevIt to drag himself out of his car and arrive. Windmills, SSH, IW, etc..

    Then: go into the thorny morass where Vagabond has carefully hidden the world’s most dense rocks. They may look like styrofoam, but they are definitely *NOT*. Grab one and bring it back to the tree. BUT WAIT. “20 Merkins for the Q”. So YHC knocks out 20, while everyone else loiters and watches.

    OK, now with the rocks: 10 Overhead at the first oak, 10 Curls at the second oak, 10 Rows at the last oak. Mosey back to the beginning, repeat with 9. then 8. etc. OYO. Go. Worked up quite a sweat with several trips to the Yippee Bag (Dips, a Bear Crawl route, more Merkins and Burpees for the PAX). Mall Cop dove in and pulled out the “You v Q SPrint card”. And YHC kept up his 3 year losing streak with that card. Nice Run MC!

    Kept this up until Catfish had finished, and the rest of us called it off then. We’ve got more things to do. Return the rocks, then lets head to the Great Lawn.

    But not before Triple pulls (again) a “10 Burpees for the Q” card. He showed less grace than Catfish, as he did NOT offer to split the card.

    In the parking lot (couldn’t use the Great Lawn this am…), we lined up for 11s. Derkins on the curb, and Squat Jumps on the far cross walk. Go.

    The Yippee Bag then produced its first “Game Time”! I’ll call this one “Cups”. 3 Teams of 3. Red and White cups placed in the middle of the parking lot. 2 teams take their spot, one at each end of the parking lot. The timer is Team #3 running a lap around the lot. The Game: Get more of your opponents cups back to your side. Basically – just keep sprinting back and forth taking and stealing cups. Only rule is you can only carry one cup at a time. That rule seemed to be broken repeatedly. E Major took advantage of loop holes in the rules to block and smack cups from the Qs hands. Well Played. Repeat 3 times, so everyone got a chance to run as a timer.

    Back to 11s.

    “Game Time” drawn again (YHC had stuffed more Game Time cards into the Yippee Bag for the 2nd half of the workout).

    Crab Walk Red Light/Green Light. YHC was the game master. calling out Red Light/Green Light while the PAX crab walked across the lot. Despite his best efforts, YHC could not catch Belloq moving, as Belloq flew across the lot for the victory. Professor Smiley seemed to just enjoy holding his crab walk position at the starting line.

    Back to 11s. A quick “You vs Pax 8 8CBB” pitted Catfish against Belloq.
    Back to 11s. “BB Sit Ups til the Q can’t” drawn. Go. Q got to 35. Gotta get better at this.

    GAME TIME. Duck Duck Goose. Lunch Walking “It” tagging Al Gore-ing PAX around the circle. YHC once again illustrated just how slow he was. But YHC tricked Copy / Paste to ensure he could get one victory lap!

    Then back to the flag for some last minute Mary.

    Then circle up for COT – several prayers for health, guidance and wisdom in coping with the ongoing challenges that Covid brings, both with respect to Health and with respect to proceeding with returns to normalcy for us and our children.

    Thanks for letting me lead!

  • 8-Count EVERYTHING? Some proof of concept. – from Catfish

    Sultry morning with four PAX (and Rudy, who was running somewhere in the park during all the fun). Started with a mosey around the great lawn with some high knees, butt kicks, side steps (high and low), karaoke, etc. Moved into the lawn and formed a goodly square for:

    SSH x20
    Abe vigodas x12
    Grassy Grabbers x12
    Imperial Squat Walkers x20
    The Motivator (descending from 10)

    Moved to faces for:

    8-count merkins (4-count down, 4 count up, nice and slow and grinding) x 10
    Peter Parker Peters x 15

    Back to feet for:

    8-count low slow squats (4-count down, 4-count up) x15

    Back to faces for plyo merks, as many as PAX could do in a minute.

    Bear-crawled over to the sidewalk, then lined up for a round of “sevens” (admittedly, I was originally planning on elevens, but it was fudging hot out there). Exercises were burpees and 8-counts, with a bonus of 5 jump squats whenever PAX crossed midfield. Finished up with some LBCs on the sidelines once everyone was done.

    Moseyed over to the steps on the side of the museum for:

    8-count calf raises (4-count up, 4-count down) x10
    Toes-in calf raises (reg. 4-cadence) x20
    Toes-out calf raises (reg. 4-cadence) x20a

    Moseyed to fountain for:

    8-count R-leg power-ups (4-count up, 4-coutn down) x15
    8-count derkins (same cadence as above) x 10 (sucked)
    8-count L-leg power ups x15
    8-count dips x10

    Mosyed back to flag for CoT. Announcements were House-a-Thon next Friday, November 12 GoRuck Tough.

    Coffeeteria NOT at Navarre, which was closed due to staffing issues, but at PJ’s on Canal, where absolutely NO free refills are given. Stingy Bastards.

  • Mothership with Frac – from Fracsac

    14 Pax made a choice to take the DRP on their journey to get right and posted to The Mothership to see what YHC had on the beat down menu. With a shovel flag planted, disclaimer was given, then:

    Mosey over to the Great Lawn and circle up on the grass for a warmup:

    SSH IC x 31
    Abe Vigodas x 10
    Grass Grabbers x 10
    Bat wings AC, SC, OH, MNC, Chinooks
    Self love x 10

    Cones were already set up like a basketball court for the first item on the menu:

    Bear crawl burpee suicides
    Bear crawl from baseline to quarter line, 5 burpees and bear crawl back.
    Bear crawl from baseline to half court, 5 burpees and bear crawl back.
    Bear crawl from baseline to three quarters line, 5 burpees and bear crawl back.
    Bear crawl full court, 5 burpees and bear crawl back.

    Next up, Embrace the Suck

    Circle up and do the following AMRAP for 3 minutes:
    Jump squat x 7
    Merkin x 7
    LBC x 7

    Four corners:

    Corner 1 – Catalina Wine Mixers IC x 10
    Corner 2 – Sister Mary Katherine IC x 15
    Corner 3 – 8 count Body builders IC x 12
    Corner 4 – Bobby Hurleys x 20

    Mosey across bridge behind Cafe Du Monde to the rarely visited area of the park.

    Circle up for Merkin Wave:

    All pax in plank position, first person does one merkin, then the next person to the right does a merkin, looked like a wave flowing around the circle, until we got back to the first person who then performed 2 merkins, repeated all the way up to 10.

    EMOM x 5 minutes of Burpees just because!

    Finish off with a little Mary.

    Mosey back to flag for COT with last 2 minutes of stretching.

    – YHC was happy to take the Mothership and try a couple new things.
    – City Park cleanup followed with Coffeteria at Cafe Navarre
    – The heat and humidity are back, drink lots of water!

    SYITG

  • What Storm? – from Catfish

    Two distinguished gentlemen this morning at the Mothership for a post-storm beatdown of epic proportions.

    Moseyed to peristyle to warm up with Abe Vigodas, Grass Grabbers, and SSH. Grabbed some Imperial Squat Walkers to get the legs warmed up, then dropped to faces for Peter Parker Peters, Plank Jacks, and low slow merkins.

    Out to the benches for left leg power ups, dips, right leg power ups, and derkins. Over to Great Lawn for a “stacking” Four Corners with 7 burpees, 14 merkins, 21 jump squats, and 28 overhead claps, moseying between each corner. “Stacking” refers to how each set was cumulative, so that the final set consisted of 7 burpees, 14 merkins, 21 jump squats, and 28 overhead claps, with each of the intervening corners adding another exercise.

    Grabbed some Freddies, leg lifts, and dying conckroaches. Then did another round of Four Corners. Grabbed some flutter kicks, American Hammers, and LBCs. Did another round of Four Corners.

    Grabbed some grass for Jack Webbs, then on to faces for Shoulder Taps while shoulders were burning.

    Wentback to the corner for some column-sit action. Did some arm circles in the wall sit, then moved to low slow squats. Another column-sit with backwards arm circles, then monkey humpers.

    Parking lot for some 8-counts for the finish, then over to flag zone for CoT.

  • Q Source – Grover’s Graduation – from Akbar

    It was a rainy, gloomy morn with what looked like 5-6 PAX for the beatdown. But out of the
    gloom came more Pax to help celebrate Grovers graduation. After Pixie Stix woke up from his nap, the count was 16 HIM. Great to have Hawgcycle and Carpool join us as well.

    QIC was ready with the biggest Wiki ever, laminated for the rain, and reading glasses to boot. We went through the first half of the Q-Source, including Foundations, Q1, and Q2 – with beatdowns in between readings.

    YHC will summarize and post the full content at the very end of the backblast if you want to read through it.

    The Q Source is F3’s Leadership Philosophy and leadership manual, which supports the mission to invigorate male leadership in our communities.

    WARM UP x 15-16 SSH, Hillbillies, Imperial Walkers, Self-Love, Mountain Climbers

    FOUNDATIONAL PRINCIPLES:

    Disruption, disturbance of the status quo.
    Language, the Lexicon of Virtuous Leadership
    Group, a voluntary combination of two or more people.
    Leadership Development Process (LDP), great leaders develop new leaders
    Preparedness, get ready for the expected while being ready for the unexpected.

    Mosey to the Gazebo wall

    PDerkin IC x 12 (8 count Derkin with Peter Parkers) OYO 50 Dirkin, 50 Freak Nasties

    Q1: Get Right – the pursuit of proper alignment.
    DRP – Daily Red Pill. The daily commitment to accelerate Fitness, Fellowship, and Faith.
    King. The daily discipline of training the physical body.
    Queen. The daily discipline over what is put into the Body
    Jester. The temptation of the flesh that hinders acceleration

    Wall – X10 IC Tempo Stone Mountain & Shoulder taps in Derkin position
    Circle up. X20 IC -arm circles – front, back, overhead and reverse, cherry pickers, Moroccan night clubs, overhead press, Randy, 20 count lateral hold
    OYO X20 Stone Mountain & shoulder taps

    FELLOWSHIP – a man’s healthy relationship with the people in his Concentrica, or closest circle.
    M – The transformational relationship between a man and his wife.
    Shorties – the Sacrificial relationship between a man and his kids.
    Shield Lock – the horizontal relationship between men
    Whetstone – The vertical relationship between Men.
    Mammon – The sustaining relationship between a man and His work..

    Wall. OYO – 50 step ups, 25 each leg. IC x 10 Bulgarian Split Squats each leg.
    Line up at the wall. 10 x Twinkle Toes, lunge walk to the sidewalk, 10x Monkey Humpers, run back. Rinse and repeat x9, x8, x7 – and Q said that was enough.

    FAITH is a man’s right relationship with his Creator.
    Prayer – The daily discipline of talking with the creator to build faith.
    Study – Faith is a practice that requires study to accelerate.
    Meeting – Public manifestation of Faith

    CIRCLE UP OYO X10 Superman (regular, feet and arms up) ; Y Superman, W Superman, T Superman (arms straight out), Superman Row, Superman Merkin, Renegade Row

    Q2 LIVE RIGHT – THE DEDICATION TO PURPOSEFULNESS. To live right, a man must have an ultimate purpose in mind, which requires self-sacrifice & helps a man to stay right
    Impact – Forcible contact to strong effect.
    Influence – igniting a strong desire for movement.
    Missionality – Service in the High Impact Zone.
    Positive Habit Transfer – ingraining advantageous tendencies in others.
    Accountability – submission to a standard through enforcement and consequence.
    Correction – zealously advocating for shared virtue.
    Targeting – initiating Missionality in others.

    Mosey Back to the Flag.

    Mary- IC x 15ish. Heels to Heaven, Hands to Heels (Penguins), Leg Raises, Crunchy Frogs, American Hammers, LBC’s, Hello Dolly

    Grover was then presented with a Q Source inspired shovel flag, which was his grandfather’s shovel, and contained the 4 Quadrants of Preparedness. Get Right, Live Right, Lead Right, and Live Right. ISI on the back right of the shovel and a F3 and Super Grover sticker on the front. A copy of the Q Source was given to him also on the way to Coffeeteria. Great fellowship and conversation as usual at the Book and the Bean with surprise arrivals of Amnesia and Slots.

    Many thanks to Zoolander who had the shovel flag idea; for Shooter helping me put it together; and for the M who painted the flag.

    Count, Name and Shooter prayed us out.

    Thanks for letting me lead!
    Til next gloom, Akbar

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    FULL CONTENT

    FOUNDATIONAL PRINCIPLES
    Disruption: Disturbance of the Status Quo. A leader is a person who can influence people to do things that they would not have done otherwise. Leaders influence movement to advantage which causes disruption

    Language: The Lexicon of Virtuous Leadership. Leadership is evolutionary, not revolutionary. Effective groups have a unique language

    Group: A voluntary combination of two or more people. Man is by nature a Group-forming animal. 3 group types that must be led to advantage are Community, Organization, and Team. Dynamic teams are the heart of healthy communities and effective organizations

    In the Leadership Development Process (LDP), great leaders develop new leaders. There are 4 steps: schooling, apprenticeship, opportunity, and failure

    Preparedness: Get ready for the expected while being ready for the unexpected. The process of preparedness is deliberate and sequential. 4 quadrants: Get right, live right, lead right, and leave right

    Q1: GET RIGHT is the Pursuit of Proper Alignment. There are 3 components – Fitness, Fellowship, and Faith. FITNESS is a man’s right relationship with himself through physical fitness. Fitness is inward seeking. A man must get right before he can do anything else. To be able to help others, a man must first help himself.

    DRP – Daily Red Pill – the daily commitment to accelerate Fitness, Fellowship, and Faith. A man needs help to get right – to turn from amateur to pro.
    To do that, we must master 3 things

    King – Daily discipline of training the physical body. Fitness begins with the body and is maintained for reasons outside of ourselves. Fitness is best accelerated by running with faster men.

    Queen – Daily discipline over what is put into the Body. Man does not stay fit through exercise alone. Weight control requires accountability. You cannot out King your Queen

    Jester – The temptation of the flesh that hinders acceleration. Every man has his own personal Jester. The jester is a master liar – the jester and Virtue can coexist. Preparedness keeps the Jester at bay

    FELLOWSHIP – a man’s healthy relationship with the people in his Concentrica, or closest circle. Fellowship is the outward seeking act of relational rhythm – and takes as much discipline and attention as it does to maintain physical fitness – if not more.

    M – The transformational relationship between a man and his wife. The M is the most important relationship. Accelerating the M requires both skill and love

    Shorties – the Sacrificial relationship between a man and his kids. A man gives everything he has for his kids. The IMPACT that a man has on his kids cannot be underestimated

    Shield Lock – the horizontal relationship between men. Men Hunt best in a pack because we need someone to watch our six. Men recognize the advantage of mutual defense and lock shields together into a defensive wall to repel the invader. The shield lock must come together periodically to be effective.

    Whetstone – The vertical relationship between Men. It’s man’s natural desire to pass on what we have learned to a younger man. A man must be sharpened like a knife blade. The HIM acts as the Stone to the younger man’s Blade – providing the hard surface against which he becomes sharper. The Whetstone is necessary for both the blade and the stone to get right.

    Mammon – The sustaining relationship between a man and His work. Work is a virtue – Mammon is a relationship, not a pursuit. Mammon is a man’s least important relationship.

    FAITH is a man’s right relationship with his Creator. A man cannot live, lead, or leave right unless this spiritual relationship is accelerating along with Fitness and Fellowship. This is done in 3 ways:

    Prayer – The daily discipline of talking with the creator to build faith. A virtuous leader must have Faith. Prayer provides answers and is the antidote to worry.

    Study – Faith is a practice that requires study to accelerate. The acceleration of Faith requires a belief system. Study puts a leaders belief system to the test. If you stop studying, you decelerate.

    Meeting – Public manifestation of Faith. Faith is best accelerated in the company of others. To be competent in your Faith requires Skill, which results from practice. To leave a legacy, a man must be competent in the practice of his belief system – turning head knowledge into heart knowledge

    Q2 LIVE RIGHT – THE DEDICATION TO PURPOSEFULNESS. To live right, a man must have an ultimate purpose in mind, which requires self-sacrifice & helps a man to stay right

    Impact – Forcible contact to strong effect. Some movement – action taken in furtherance of Purpose – is required by at least 1 person. The proximity we create results in changes in the lives of the people that we meet. Sad Clown’s need help to Get Right, this can only be done in context of a relationship

    Influence – igniting a strong desire for movement. Persuasion is the initiation of first movement, using influence to convince a man to want to move. Movement must be voluntary and is influenced through word and deed.

    Missionality – Service in the High Impact Zone. The course of action taken to achieve an articulated purpose, which is made up of the tasks we undertake to bring our purpose to fruition. The comfort zone is a cultural myth that encourages men to be in-Effective. A HIM’s mission marks the boundaries of his high impact zone – his place of highest productivity, where he is the most effective. And preparedness helps resist straying from his mission

    Positive Habit Transfer – ingraining advantageous tendencies in others. 3 types of habits – negative, neutral, positive. A Positive habit is advantageous to the individual or others. We should help others minimize neutral habits and discontinue negative habits.

    Accountability – submission to a standard through enforcement and consequence. The HIM seeks accountability because his life is not his own. Accountability shines the light of Hope into a man’s blind spots. An effective shield lock provides mutual accountability.

    Correction – zealously advocating for shared virtue. The HIM preaches what he practices. Correction requires courage and love.

    Targeting – initiating Missionality in others. Missionality is an essential virtue. Targeting moves a man beyond himself. A man’s life is a single thing comprised of many components that must all work together in rhythm.

  • Raincheck? – from Catfish

    Massive 2 PAX showing at the wet Mothership this morning. Started with a Mosey to the Foundry for a half murph (50 pullups, 100 pushups, 150 squats). Continued with “stations” with one PAX running to the track, doing 10 burpees, and returning, while the other did bar dips. After a couple of rounds of this, did another quarter murph. Moved over to the bench for some derkins, then some snake jump.

    Moseyed to the front of the museum at the fountain for right leg power-ups, irkins, and left-leg power-ups. Moved to top of the museum steps for deep-sea divers. On to sixes for cinnamon toast crunch and dying cockroaches.

    Moseyed to the field for a round of Killer B’s (bear crawl 2 tree lengths, then broad jump back, stop and do 3 burpees after each 5 broad jumps). On to faces for peter parkers. Another round of Killer B’s, then Dr. W’s. Another round of Killer B’s, then Parker Peters.

    Back to flag for CoT