F3 New Orleans

Tag: Pool Boy

  • Easy as 1, 2, 3 plus an FNG – from Bolt

    The pax gathered in the gloom, buzzing with excitement at the mere sight of the JBL speaker; great to see Kotters: Left Coast and Mambi along with Boo Boo who was doing penance for missing Thursday Rucking. Upon giving the disclaimer KnOTS headed their way while we were off to the middle of the field where the pax’s exuberance exploded upon hearing Rapper’s Delight, especially Vagabond, while Triple’s FNG certainly started to question exactly what he’d gotten himself into. Warmorama of the usual with demonstration/explanation for the pax who’d become Malware by the end of the BD (welcome to the gloom, brother). Music skip rule in effect.

    The Thang:
    Dry dock ladder up the bleachers
    Squat ladder in reverse count down the bleachers, mosey to playground.

    Morning Call: all pax high plank while two pax do 5 pull ups, calling out the count for planking pax to merkin, Triple doled out a 5 burpee penalty about half through on a 5 minutes song with only 30 seconds to go. Mosey to the rocks.

    Easy as 123 (AMRAP):
    Chest press 1 min (really made the burpees tougher)
    Burpees 2 min (goal 20+, Triple, fueled by competitiveness and his younger, lighter FNG’s stamina hit 32—impressive)
    Step ups 3 min (the “Halfway there” announcement seemed to take 3 minutes)

    Circle up for 5 Absolutions OYO followed by Mary where Triple and YHC were feasted on by ants, ironically after YHC encouraged pax to seek an area without visible ant piles (the best laid plans…). KennaBrah took over the lead after my LBCs and Protractors (a pax favorite—Rudy where were u!?) with a plank/reverse plank alternating leg lift, while I disposed of the ants and passed it Cheese Steak for Hello Dollys and Mambi brought us home with ???

    Return to the flag, COT and naming ceremony for FNG/Malware; come back for ur second BD and discover that F3 is for YOU. SYITG.

  • Remember 9/11 – from Fracsac

    With a Q-less Rock City at 0530, the Knot’s Pax left to do their thing so YHC gave a disclaimer and took the reins. Started with a warmup on the field.
    Mosey to Rock pile and grab a medium rock.
    With this being anniversary of 9/11 we had a 9/11 themed beat down.

    10 no cheat ‘mericans and 11 burpees
    3 sets of 11 reps with a rock of stuff

    10 no cheat ‘mericans and 11 burpees
    3 sets of 11 reps with a rock of stuff

    10 no cheat ‘mericans and 11 burpees
    3 sets of 11 reps with a rock of stuff

    Mosey to gym and find some bleachers.
    9 steps up and down x 11 rounds

    Lots of calf raises followed by some Mary.

    COT remembering the attack 22 years ago.

    SYITG

  • Friday morning Football – from Pool Boy

    Weather a nice 81 degrees. Quick disclaimer as Knots headed for their workouts and we hit the football field. With it being football season, thought some of us could relive our glory days.
    WARMUPS of:
    SSH
    Grass Grabbers
    LBC’s
    Arm circles
    Peter Parkers
    Imperial walkers
    Hillbillies
    Merkins
    7 FOOTBALL WORKOUTS
    1ST Karaoke 40 yds- 10 merkins. Karaoke 40 yds back – 10 merkins
    2nd Backpedal 40 yds – 10 merkins. Backpedal 40 yds back – 10 merkins
    3rd High Knees 40 yds – 10 merkins. High-knees 40 yds back – 10 merkins
    4th 12 up downs
    5th With 4 cones in a square, back pedal to 1st cone, then shuffle to 2nd and sprint. 5x
    6th With 4 cones in a square, bear crawl to 1st cone, then karaoke to 2nd and sprint. 2x
    7th With 4 cones 3 yds apart, agility drill of shuffling feet. 5x

    Game time! After a few rules, a football game commenced.
    Team 1(shirts): FNG(Manziel), Wedding Planner, Hand Grenada, Mayhem
    Team 2(skins): Pool Boy, Mahatma, Vagabond, Architect
    I believe skins took it 3-2.
    All time QB – Bogey Montana

    Some Mary to finish out.
    COT. We welcomed FNG – “Manziel” to the group

  • Hump Day Gloom – from Vagabond

    Black Jack 21s

    Run lap, warmup

    7 stations

    Field
    burpees
    Sit-ups
    Squats

    Gazebo 1
    Step ups alternating
    Derkins
    V ups

    Wall Gym
    Plank ups
    Wall step ups
    Incline wife pleasers

    Stairs Gym
    Calf raises
    Balls to walls 21 secs
    People’s chair

    Gazebo 2
    Dips
    Bulgarian split
    Decline shoulder taps

    Hill
    Bear crawl to top and crawl bear down
    Incline hello dolly
    21 incline burpees

    Rocks
    Thrusters
    Curls
    Russian twists

    Mary

  • The Day After the Day of No Labor – from Fracsac

    10 pax showed up to either do S&M with Bolt, Knees over Toes with Hokie, or Sprint under the instructions of Pai Gow.

  • Uptowner Old School AMRAPs – from Mahatma

    YHC – showed up with 5 minutes, planted the flag AT the Rock Pile as we did pre plandemic. Dropped off his TJ Max bag with Pickleball gear then headed down to the cage arriving just as the seconds ticked off to 5:30. Quick disclaimer as the Knots crew headed to the track and the rest of the pax to a slow walk back to the rock pile all the while with chatter as to what’s this about an “old” starting spot for “the” Uptowner!

    After 6 years YHC learned a few things and one is don’t get sucked in to the chatter as it will never go your way! So circle up for a warm up.

    Various cadence:
    2 rounds Scantron stretch
    Side Lunge
    Windmills
    Nolan Ryan’s
    Peter Parker’s
    Mnt Man Poopers
    Parker Peter’s
    Forward Lunge Left leg with Arm circles
    Flap Jack
    SSH

    Grab a rock
    1st AMRAP (as many ROUNDS as possible)
    Thrusters (a.k.a. squat press) x 10
    Merkins x 10
    10 wall jumps or alternating step ups
    Lunge walk from tree to light pole
    Walk or run back
    This is 1 round – complete as many rounds as possible in 10 minutes

    Grab your rock relocate on the other side of the road – 4 rounds of Mary

    2nd AMRAP
    6 burpees
    Extended Curls x 10
    6 burpees
    Squat front raises x 10
    Bernie Sanders from tree to power pole
    Walk or run back
    That is one round – again complete as many possible in 10 minutes

    Rtn the rocks – 1 minute of plank to push ups

    COT

  • Tests of Strenth – my Festivus – from Rudy

    YHC decided to try out some fitness tests that have been bouncing around in my head. Whenever I think “this is a bad idea, it probably won’t work”, I recall the immortal words of Hawgcycle from years ago – something to the effect of “Only one way to find out.”

    So at 530 am, a solid group of PAX moseyed off towards the rock pile to get started. A warm up of some stretching and imperial walkers. Then a quick trip to the train tracks for some balance work. Try your best to get 5 squats in. Several minutes of this – SOGO was up to 20 squats, Mahatma had quit in frustration, and finally YHC managed 5 things that sort of loosely resembled squats. So lets grab a rock and head to the field.

    At the field – YHC announces the Thang. 5 Fitness Tests. My Festivus, if you will.

    Test 1: Rifle Carry your rock for 1 lap around the trap. YHC had been curious if this was doable, and if so – how long it would take. The answer: sort of doable, and roughly 5 minutes.

    Test 2: The suck (7 SSH, 7 Merkins, 7 Squats), for 5 minutes instead of the usual 3. Dang, FracSac. Those farts were AWFUL.

    Test 3: Bear crawl the length of the field, then lunge walk back.

    Test 4: The Rock-Suck for 5 minutes. 7 Overhead Press, 7 Curl, 7 Row. Dang, Frac. Those farts were AWFUL. PAX kept shifting to avoid being close, but it didn’t matter. lack of wind meant that noxious fume just hovered over us.

    Return the rocks.

    Test 5: EMOM burpees for 5 minutes. Meanwhile, the Pickle-ballers decided to bail on this.

    Back to the flag for COT. Thank you all for the many years of inspiration you have provided. And thank you Sky Q for the gift of one more year around the sun.

  • 1988 National Championship – Again – from Rudy

    YHC decided to start the Birthday Week bonanza with a replay of his very first Q

    1988 National Champions – A Year in Review

    So as 530 struck, 9 PAX set off to the rock pile (it would grow to 12 as late arrivers Heisenberg, Mr Rogers and Wedding Planner joined us during the warm up) while another 5 went off for KoT.

    Circle Up for quick warm up to get blood moving. Grass Grabbers and Don Quixote (what they were called back in 2016, according to my backblast) and then describe the workout. Hand Grenada had the audacity to talk smack about the recency of this national championship. Yet he proudly recalled the 1959 Ole Miss championship year.

    Lets relive the year.

    Game 1: #13 ND 19 – #9 Michigan 17. 5 foot nothing freshman Reggie Ho boots 4 FGs. 19 count IW, SSH and Peter Parkers. False Start as Frac appropriately notified the Q that he was performing Hillbillies. And a 5 burpee penalty applied to Kenna Brah for talking smack.

    Game 2: ND 20 – MSU 3. 20 Merkins in cadence. NOLA football star Michael Stonebreaker returns an INT for a TD.

    Grab a Rock.

    Game 3: As our young QB (Tony Rice) starts showing of his arms, we’ll start working our arms. ND 52 – Purdue 7. Overhead x15, Curl x15, Row x15, Push x7. Drop the rock (Yes, Mayhem – that was 52 total)

    Game 4: ND 42 – Stanford 14. Repeat with x13, then x3 for the Push.

    Game 5: TRAP ALERT! Looking forward to upcoming “Game of the Century”, ND squeaks by. ND 30 – Pitt 20. Repeat with x9, then x3 for the Push

    Mosey to the football field, leave the rock on the baseline as we won’t be needing it for a bit.

    Game 6: Catholics vs Convicts! #4 ND 31 – #1 Miami 30. Hero of the game, Safety Pat Terrel with an interception return, and breaking up the potential game winning 2 pt conversion with 30 seconds remaining. We’ll sprint the 50 yards, 10 Squat Jumps, sprint 50 yards back.

    Games 7 & 8. The Military Academies. ND 41 – Air Force 13, and ND 22 – Navy 7. Suicide Sprints and Burpees. 10/20 then 10 burpees. 10/20/30 then 7 burpees. 10/20/30/41 then 5 burpees. Mr Rogers is FLYING through this.

    Game 9: ND 54 – Rice 11. Rocket takes it to the house! 80 yard sprint. Oh wait, HE DOES IT AGAIN. 80 yard sprint back.

    Grab your rocks, head to the pavillion

    Game 10: ND 21 – PSU 3. Bad weather so the passing game is shelved, leaning on the stable of RBs. Work our quads with Step Ups – x21 each side.

    Game 11: 2nd “Game of the century” of the year. #1 ND 27 – #2 USC 10. Coach Lou Holtz sends 2 starters home for “improprieties”. What integrity! We’ll take a seat in the people’s chair and watch the game with them. 27 seconds, then 10 curls. Repeat.

    Getting late – return rocks, head back to the flag.

    Game 12: #1 ND 34 – #4 WVU 21. Finish up with 34 LBC as we were running behind.

    COT: Count Off, Prayers for Mr Rogers for his surgery this week. He swears he’ll be back for the Friday Birthday Q!!! YHC remains incredibly grateful for this group of men and the accountability and encouragement they bring. Prayers that we all may bring those same skills and abilities to all of our encounters.

  • 10 things, 10 times, 10 times – from Kenna Brah

    10 things 10 times, 10 times
    1 is 1 for each movement
    10 reps per exercise
    10 exercise per rd
    10 rnds
    NO WARMUP. Must start on time!!
    IN CADENCE 1 is 1
    I’ll call count, but would love help!
    2.7 sec per movement
    SSH
    TOY SOLDIERS
    IMPERIAL WALKERS
    MERKINS
    PETER PARKER
    FREDDIE MERCS
    LBC
    FLUTTER KICKS
    JUMP SQUATS
    BONNIE BLAIRS

    Completed in 20 min!!

    RND 2:

    With Rocks
    10 Curls
    10 Rows
    10 Sumo Squats
    10 OHP
    10 “DO-ceps” extensions because there is NO TRI only DO!

    Finish with Mary Go Round
    COT

    See ya!!

  • It Wasn’t Me – from Architect

    Since the listed Q didn’t show, and no one else stepped up, I had no choice but to take the lead and use my enhance mental capacity to scheme up a decent workout on the fly.

    Disclaimer provided, encouragement provided to push one’s self. Warm-ups conducted.

    Mosey’d to playground for some group therapy. First group hung out, second group just sat there, and the third remained face down. Threw in some squats because there were some special requests for leg work. PAX rotated through the three stations above.

    Partnered up and grabbed some rocks. Round 1 – Pairs made it across the baseball field, one riffled carried, the other bear crawled (also by special request). Partners switched as needed. Round 2 – repeat round 1 but with lunges (again, trying to accommodate special requests)

    PAX whined about HR remaining too low (obviously they neglected to listen to the disclaimer). YHC threw in some sprints and BBsitups. After rocks returned, workout concluded with some Mary and COT.