F3 New Orleans

Tag: Pass Interference

  • F3 A to Z – from Bushwacker

    It’s a rare thing that seems to happen just a hand full of times a year, and when it happens it makes me envy my future self. That thing is the opportunity to visit F3 Northshore’s own Retirement Village in downtown Covington, also known as the Gipper.
    So YHC figured he ought to throw down an equally, if not more, rare beatdown to the the PAX that make a 44 and 46 year old, respectively, the “kiddos” of the AO…

    WARMORAMA

    In the interest of time Q kept it short and sweet and covered all the basics:
    All IC x10:
    Torso Twists
    Self Love
    Hi Knees
    Butt Kicks

    THANG

    The rep counts varied, as did IC vs OYO, but here’s a complete list of the exercises grumblingly (new and appropriate adverb) completed by the assemblage of PAX with the combined “experience” of more than 340 years:

    Absolution
    Big Boy Sit Ups
    Cut-a-Flip
    Dying Cockroach
    E2K
    Freddy Mercurys
    Guantanamo
    Hundreds
    Indian Crab Walk(missed you Legal!)
    Jackees
    Killer B’s
    LLCoolJs
    Monkey Humpers
    Never Cross Dolly
    Obamas (Tanks’s favorite!)
    People’s Air Press
    Quixote (new exercise)
    Rochamburpees
    SSH
    T Merkins
    Upstraddle Hop
    Van Godas
    Werkins
    XYs
    Yurpees
    Zombie Crunches

    And so you see, from A to Z the PAX put in the work. Though grumbles did bely the fact that some of them did hurt. But certainly you’ve heard it said “no pain, no gain”, it’s true. So post tomorrow, if you dare, cause Wacker’s got that Q too!

    SYITG

  • Not Counting Reps Just making the Reps Count – from Mobydick

    After a thorough warm up and a sprint to the rock garden the real work begins. Pax selects their favorite rock with the idea of working one arm at a time. The goal is not to count Reps. The only count is “And one more” til there aren’t any left. Curls, presses, to exhaustion with each arm. It took a while. Slow and full did the trick. Over head curls and sumo squats til there wasn’t another one in the tank with a coupons and then fast mossey back to the trailhead and leg lifts and wife pleasers till it burned took us to the end. COT and YHC prayed us out

  • 2 to 22 too – from Russo

    Cool for some, not for others this morning as a dozen HIM took to the streets to make themselves stronger. Very basic this week as I’ve run out of creativity but not heart.

    Warmup IC 10x
    – SSHs
    – imperial walkers
    – Self love
    – arm circles
    – Good mornings
    – High knees
    – Torso twists

    Thang

    Given the date, I had to throw in the number 2. We would mosey around, stopping periodically for some combination of 2 burpees plus 22 of one or two exercises:
    Lunges
    Squats
    Monkey humpers
    Jump squats
    Merkins
    Wide merkins
    Shoulder taps
    Plank jacks
    Gas pumps
    American Hammers
    Crunchy Frogs
    Leg raises
    Flutter kicks
    SMCs
    Apollo Ohnos
    Freak Nastys
    Step ups
    Box jumps (though only 11)
    BSSs

    Midway through we made it to the Splashpad for two calf raises up each step and 2 rounds of slalom the columns.

    Back at the flag, it was 11 IC penguins, LBCs, flutter kicks and we closed with COT, NOR, A, and P.

    I enjoyed the camaraderie of each of you and thanks for joining.

    SYITG

  • Arms and Abs along Route 66 – from Hogs Breath

    Two pax assembled at the 007. The holiday season is officially upon us, as the park began to set up Christmas decorations.
    Warm up
    Began with a slow mosey. Some grass grabbers, torso twists, cornholios and such.

    The Thing
    Pass interference is still recovering from a sprained ankle, so we took it easy on the running and legs. We began with a round of POWs [ aka Jack Webbs ] one merkin to two air press, in an increasing manor till 10 merkins and 20 air presses.
    Next up was a partner set of 11s. One partner stared with Merkins, the other partner started with Abs.
    Once this was finished, we did a route 66, with merkins and walking the route instead of running. This provided for some active rest and allowed our aching shoulders to calm down!
    Ended with COT.

  • 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.

  • So about that Iron Pax Challenge…. – from Hogs Breath

    Two yutes showed up this very warm and muggy gloom. After a quick rock, paper, scissors determined that Hogs Breath would take the Q.
    Since the Northshore decided to abstain from IPC, still Hogs Breath like one of the beatdowns and stole this one.
    Warm up
    Some hillbillies, torso twists, grass grabbers, Moroccan night clubs, and self love.
    The Thang
    After a mosey to the coupon pile;
    EMOM – 5 coupon thrusters, followed by a cumulative count of burpees. Once the total count got to 100, then we took a lap around the circle track (1/6 of a mile).
    Repeated with 5 chest press EMOM and 100 merkins. Followed by another lap around the circle track.
    There was some mumblechatter amongst the modifications.
    Ended with COT and Pass Interference grabbed a solo coffeteria while Hogs Breath had to make his way to work.

  • Back to School – from Hogs Breath

    Borrowed and modified this from a few different “back to school” style beatdowns mentioned in various backblasts.
    Begin with a kindergarten warm-up. Suddenly Pass Interference came screeching in and arrived two minutes late! In retrospect, he should have had a punishment for arriving tardy on his first day of school!
    After our kindergarten workout we began with the ABCs and 123s;
    A- ankle grabber (penguin)
    B- bridge (wife pleaser)
    C- crunch
    1- Merkin
    2-Squats
    3-SSH
    We began with 1st grade and worked our way up to 12th. After each grade we had to catch the bus by mosey into the flag pole and back. At each grade the rep count would get multiplied by the grade number, so 2nd grade would be 2x Ankle grabber, Bridges, and Crunch’s 2x Merkin, 4x Squat, 6x SSH, etc.
    We were able to get to 11th grade and in 12th grade we received a graduation present! The rep count was reduced back to the first-grade numbers so that we could finish on time.

    Ended with a COT!

  • Tabata in Africa – from Hogs Breath

    Pass Interference and I met at the shovel flag and began our weekly start of the week ritual.

    Warm up:

    Toy Soldiers, slow butt kicks, Abe Vigodas, imperial walkers, hill billies, and SSH.

    The Thang,
    To commemorate Murdoch’s upcoming Africa trip, we played “Africa” by ToTo. The pax had his choice of SSH, Imperial walker, or Hill Billy and every time “Africa” was mentioned, we did a burpee. Basically, “Africa” is mentioned a lot less than I originally remembered. So the total amount of burpee’s was only about 10…
    The next thing was a trip to the coupon pile and selecting a coupon. We traded it back and forth while we mosey’d back to the shovel flag.
    A round of Tabata. 20 seconds on, 10 seconds rest for eight rounds. Exercises included a coupon hop over, mountain climbers, and squats. In the middle, a pickup truck pulled up and Royal Ralph arrived. Tclaps for showing up, many newcomers would be deterred from showing up if they messed up the time or showed up late, but not Royal Ralph! Royal still arrived, albeit 25 mins late! He jumped into Tabata with us, followed by a mosey around the park. And finishing with 5 mins of Mary.
    Ended with COT and coffeteria at Starbucks.

  • Nickel and Dimed to Death OR Steve Is a Mean Stupid Face – from Bushwacker

    First off, let’s just take a moment to recognize the Pax that got out there early for the pre-thang – I think there were 7-8 guys? And that’s not counting Jose and JV, who started even earlier to roll at their own pace. AND, an additional t-claps to Jose for not only EH’ing JV, but also for getting out to the Marsh extra early for a pre-pre-thang of 30 minutes of pull-ups.

    And I’d argue we were off to a good start even before that, when in the wee hours of the morning the temperature mercifully dipped down into the mid-60’s. That small fact made all the difference – were it not for those 8-10 degrees, JV (by his own admission) would’ve punched that guy on roller blades in the face. And hasn’t Christian Slater suffered enough these last few years?

    Usual warmorama (can you decode them all?): WM’s, IW’s, GG’s, HB’s, AC’s, SSH’s. And 20 Merkins OYO.

    Split Q today, with YHC (Steve right now), up first. I tried to find the most pricker-filled patch of grass to mosey to for our first set of:

    Nickel and Dimes I:
    5 burpees, 10 hand release merkins, then SSH until next minute – for a total of 5 minutes. (Shout out to Catfish who taught me that one way back when.)

    Many noticed PI’s entrance at this point, but few saw Zoolander’s sly exit.

    Next up: Partner Races (or foot races, if Turtle had been there):
    Line up at the start of Marigny for a sprint down the longest block known to man. Winner does 10 merkins, loser 10 burpees.

    Tank, who positioned himself as the final sprinter, noted that every guy looked good running that block. “If I was passing by and saw those guys, I’d say, ‘Wow, those guys are athletes.’” High praise from the leader of the gazelles.

    Back at the pricker-filled, ant-infested (sorry Bird) patch of grass for:

    Nickel and Dimes: First Blood Part 2
    10 Sister Mary’s (2:1), 5 squats, plank until next minute. 5 minutes.

    And another partner race down Marigny, with winner taking 10 merkins, loser 10 burpees.

    There were plans for Nickel and Dimes III: Nickel and Dimed With A Vengeance, but thankfully Bushwacker had arrived and it was time to cede leadership duties. Even I was hating myself by this point. (Though I’ll point out, quite a few guys still had plenty fuel left in the tank for Wacker – including Russo, who was somehow able to calculate the age of Madonna’s hoo-ha in between Side Straddle Hops [approx. 130 yrs old, if I heard correctly].)

    So without further ado, time to turn the pages of this backblast over to the man himself, the Wacker of Bushes (and here you thought he was the long-winded one!).

    Geez! Chatty Cathy, huh, guys?

    Anyhoo, YHC got a taste of this race business (10 Burpees courtesy of Mr “I’m not really trying hard” Tank), and no thank you sir! Instead, a healthy order of circuit training was on the menu.

    All OYO, plank for the 6:

    50 100s, 40 SSH (single count), 30 Freddy Mercury’s (2is1), 20 Jump Squats, and 10 Burpees. 1 lap around Noah’s Ark and plank for the six. I reckon we made it through 5 or six rounds, with the final lap continuing to the flag.

    COT

    Count, Name, Steve prayed us out. Guys, I don’t know why you put up with Steve and his shenanigans, but I know he appreciates the allowance of said pied piper status. On a much more humble note, I appreciate this brotherhood and the ability to contribute in any small way to its lively and fulfilling existence.

  • Nickel and Dimed to Death OR Steve Is a Mean Stupid Face – from Bushwacker

    First off, let’s just take a moment to recognize the Pax that got out there early for the pre-thang – I think there were 7-8 guys? And that’s not counting Jose and JV, who started even earlier to roll at their own pace. AND, an additional t-claps to Jose for not only EH’ing JV, but also for getting out to the Marsh extra early for a pre-pre-thang of 30 minutes of pull-ups.

    And I’d argue we were off to a good start even before that, when in the wee hours of the morning the temperature mercifully dipped down into the mid-60’s. That small fact made all the difference – were it not for those 8-10 degrees, JV (by his own admission) would’ve punched that guy on roller blades in the face. And hasn’t Christian Slater suffered enough these last few years?

    Usual warmorama (can you decode them all?): WM’s, IW’s, GG’s, HB’s, AC’s, SSH’s. And 20 Merkins OYO.

    Split Q today, with YHC (Steve right now), up first. I tried to find the most pricker-filled patch of grass to mosey to for our first set of:

    Nickel and Dimes I:
    5 burpees, 10 hand release merkins, then SSH until next minute – for a total of 5 minutes. (Shout out to Catfish who taught me that one way back when.)

    Many noticed PI’s entrance at this point, but few saw Zoolander’s sly exit.

    Next up: Partner Races (or foot races, if Turtle had been there):
    Line up at the start of Marigny for a sprint down the longest block known to man. Winner does 10 merkins, loser 10 burpees.

    Tank, who positioned himself as the final sprinter, noted that every guy looked good running that block. “If I was passing by and saw those guys, I’d say, ‘Wow, those guys are athletes.’” High praise from the leader of the gazelles.

    Back at the pricker-filled, ant-infested (sorry Bird) patch of grass for:

    Nickel and Dimes: First Blood Part 2
    10 Sister Mary’s (2:1), 5 squats, plank until next minute. 5 minutes.

    And another partner race down Marigny, with winner taking 10 merkins, loser 10 burpees.

    There were plans for Nickel and Dimes III: Nickel and Dimed With A Vengeance, but thankfully Bushwacker had arrived and it was time to cede leadership duties. Even I was hating myself by this point. (Though I’ll point out, quite a few guys still had plenty fuel left in the tank for Wacker – including Russo, who was somehow able to calculate the age of Madonna’s hoo-ha in between Side Straddle Hops [approx. 130 yrs old, if I heard correctly].)

    So without further ado, time to turn the pages of this backblast over to the man himself, the Wacker of Bushes (and here you thought he was the long-winded one!).

    Geez! Chatty Cathy, huh, guys?

    Anyhoo, YHC got a taste of this race business (10 Burpees courtesy of Mr “I’m not really trying hard” Tank), and no thank you sir! Instead, a healthy order of circuit training was on the menu.

    All OYO, plank for the 6:

    50 100s, 40 SSH (single count), 30 Freddy Mercury’s (2is1), 20 Jump Squats, and 10 Burpees. 1 lap around Noah’s Ark and plank for the six. I reckon we made it through 5 or six rounds, with the final lap continuing to the flag.

    COT

    Count, Name, Steve prayed us out. Guys, I don’t know why you put up with Steve and his shenanigans, but I know he appreciates the allowance of said pied piper status. On a much more humble note, I appreciate this brotherhood and the ability to contribute in any small way to its lively and fulfilling existence.