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  • Burpees, Football, Running, Oh My! – from Bushwacker

    Cold as ballz? Tell that to F3 Fargo. Small crowd? Not likely. F3 Northshore showed up to play. Today we dedicated the beat down to our own Maximus the Marathon Man, Tanked Up, who is running the La Marathon tomorrow aiming to qualify for Boston.

    WARMORAMA

    5burpees OYO
    SSH
    HI KNEES
    BUTT KICKS
    IWs
    5 Burpees
    GOOD MORNINGS
    TOE TOUCHES
    TORSO TWISTS
    5 Burpees

    THANG

    Partnered up and each pair grabbed a football. Mosey to gazebo while passing football back and forth. The partner throwing couldn’t move, and for any dropped passes, both do 5 burpees.

    At gazebo,circled up and did 4 rounds of circle Up/Downs.

    Mosey to shaft in similar fashion.

    Lined up along tree line, P1 stayed put while P2 went out for a pass (dropped passes were 5 Burpees each). While P2 ran to shaft and back, P1 did an exercise, then switch. The exercises included SSH, Mnt Climbers, Freddy Mercurys, Hand Release Merkins, J Los, Flutter Kicks, and more! T claps to Waterpick and Baby Yoda, who connected on some long bombs like Drew Brees and Marques Colston!

    Mosied back to flag again in similar fashion, but this time the Pax honed their strategy to pick up the pace with shorter passes. BONUS, no balls in the frigid lake!!!

    MARY

    Made it back to the flag with 3 minutes to hit some core, much to Duke of Hazard’s chagrin.

    5 Burpees
    20 LBCs
    100 100s
    And planked up waiting for the man of the hour to roll in from a light 2 mile run.

    COT
    Count/name
    F3 camping Saturday Jan 27th
    https://maps.apple.com/?ll=31.212232,-90.023317&q=Dropped%20Pin&t=h

    Nightmare Before Christmas’24 Sunday January 21st 1pm lakefront, bring backpack with 10-40lbs of weight

    JV prayed us out, Byrd and Cowbell were Starskys, joining us at coffeeteria.

    Guys (you know who you are) thanks for letting us play with your ballz this morning!
    Hammer went out of his way to prove that a good beatdown isn’t complete unless someone gets hurt. Ice it up big guy. I hope you feel better soon.
    And speaking of Hammer, if anyone is looking for a nice house in a small, conveniently located sub division (with a hot tub😎) give him a shout.

    Gentleman, thanks for coming out and freezing cheeks with the Wack, and celebrating our own Medicare Machine, and best of luck to him tomorrow!

  • Nothing new here but detours! – from Shooter

    4 PAX joined YHC this Gloom for the Scramble.
    Started with the normal warmup of exercises 20IC SSH, Toe Touches, Imperial Walkers, Grass Grabbers, Cherry pickers and finished with Al Gore hold 2 jump squats per PAX around 2x.

    Route was out and down Messina, left on Monroe through the circle back out to West Beach to the Lake. Steve and Waterpik set a quicker pace and I believe turned past the bridge. YHC detoured Jose10k and Hammer 3/4 of a way down a private road and back out to also turn past the bridge and back to the AO..
    Distance for all somewhere between 3.8 and 4.2..

    Congratulations to Hammer on a contract for his home and he did the honors in closing us with COT..

    Until the next gloom 👍🏼👊🏼✌🏼!!

  • Are you sure that goes there!! – from Shooter

    Well, once again I lost the original BB. It was not as Epic (in my head) but hey it’s my fault for not typing and pasting from notes as instructed from Rouso Saturday morning..
    Simply stated

    Warmup
    20-10 IC Seal jacks, Cherry pickers, Abe Vogadas, Grass grabbers, Arm circles, Hillbillies, Butt kicks and slalom 2x through the pillars and back.

    Beatdown
    5,10,15 and 20 (4x)
    5 Burpees
    10 Merkins
    15 Jump squats
    20 Mountain climbers 2(1)

    R/R (4x)
    5 Absolutions
    10 Carolina dry docks
    15 Sister Mary Catherine’s
    20 Donkey kickoffs
    Back blast title obtained from Akbar at this moment.
    Are you sure that goes there?

    Moseyed to Treen center utilized benches Freak Nasties and Bulgarian split squats.
    Returned for Mary 20 IC Little Mannys, Flutters and Hello Dollie’s. 10 OYO Heels to heaven..

    Akbar closed in prayer..

    Until the next Gloom 👍🏼👊🏼✌🏼!!

  • Dirty Santa on the 6th day of Christmas – from Russo

    Good weather, maybe a little “brisk” at upper 30s, since YHC will never call it cold. Pax of 11 for some outstanding fellowship and putting in work (or paying the rent as I believe the Millenials like JV call it).

    Warmup (10x – 20x IC)
    – SSHs
    – Self love
    – Imperial walkers
    – Arm circles
    – Toe touches
    – High knees
    – Hillbillies

    Thang
    A replay of Granny’s 12 days of Christmas – themed beatdown. We moseyed down to the lake and back, stopping each block to honor one of the days of Christmas, starting at 12, stopping at the trailhead for Dirty Santa, and making it back down to 1.

    As for the days (it helps if you sing it):
    On the twefth day of Christmas, F3 gave to me:
    – 12 knuckle merkins
    – 11 Peter Parker’s
    – 10 Legs a lunging
    – 9 Americans hammering
    – 8 count body builders (8)
    – 7 jumpers squatting
    – 6 monkeys jumping
    – 5 Don-key kiiiiiiiiicccks
    – 4 frogs a crunching
    – 3 T merkins
    – 2 stars a jumping
    – And a burpee for both you and for meeeeeee

    Dirty Santa – relatively simple
    (1) Each HIM picks a number.
    (2) Number 1 picks a random gift/exercise from the bag and performs said exercise while the other HIM perform the standard (e.g. 10 merkins)
    (3) Number 2 has a choice: Number 1’s chosen exercise, the standard, or a new “gift”. If he chooses either of the first two options, the one who had their “gift” stolen can steal or select another mystery “gift”.
    (4) Around and around we go, until all HIM have a chance to select.

    The “gifts” included one cherry picker, slaloming the columns, trip up and down the pilot house, 20 monkey humpers, donkey kicks, arm circles, etc. Two separate rounds that had Bird intensifying, SOGO hating me, JV doing too many freak nastys, YHC taking notes to never include absolution again, and Jose being the beneficiary of limited cherry pickers this year, a complete 180 from when he got stuck with multiple last year or the year before.

    Back at the lake, we did a quick 12 days, with freak nastys, box jumps, BSSs, step ups, urkins, durkins, wife pleasers, penguins, big boys, Freddie Mercury’s, hello Dollie’s, and one cherry picker.

    COT
    Count, NOR, announcements, and prayer closed us out, where we continued to lift up Freon and his family, as well as the Brady family.

    Wrapping up the year, getting started with a new year on Monday with either an Akbar Marsh beatdown and Waffle House trip, the Franco’s Dip and Dash, or maybe both!

    I look forward to more beatdowns in 2024 and a continuation of the fellowship that makes getting up before 6AM on a cold Saturday morning worth it.

    SYITG

  • Splashing Merlot – from Waterpik

    I guess the man was sick but it would considered very uncommon for a grizzled F3 veteran like Jose 10k to vomit during a beatdown, but vomit he did! In his defense he said he was ill. I’ll take his word for it.

    Now to the workout:
    The pax ran 4.0, 4.2, 4.4 miles today. It depended on who you asked. Everyone’s watch or phone was different.

  • 1st Annual Norwegian Speed Skater Workout – from Einstein

    Perfect weather today for dry land speed skater drills ~ 45 degrees

    A quick warmup: toe touch, windmills, parker peters

    The main event: 2 sets of 10 exercises, one minute of exercise followed by one minute of rest.
    All done in speed skater form: bent low – chest at thigh level, eyes forward, same leg same arm extend at the same time (left arm out left leg back, then right arm out right leg back).
    1: UP DOWNS
    2: ALTERNATING SINGLE LEG UP DOWNS
    3: SKATER JUMP WITH UP DOWN
    4: PUSH RECOVERY
    5: UP DOWNS FIVE TIMES FOLLWED BY A JUMP
    6: SIDE TO SIDES
    7: DRY SKATE
    8: SKATER JUMPS
    9: LOW WALK FORWARD, THEN BACKWARD
    10:ONE MINUTE BASIC POSTION HOLD

    See YouTube “FULL LENGTH Speed Skating Dryland workout” for proper technique,

    All (except for Jose10K) enjoyed the Norwegian techno music playing in the background.

    After two set of the above, that was a wrap.
    Miles Davis from F3 Jackson, MS prayed us and took a group photo.

  • December Flickerball on the Northshore – from TruCoat

    The third installment of Flicker ball on the North Shore’s lakefront pitch was a battle to the end. After a short warmup of core exercises and a push-up medley that included gorillas and spidermans, the group divided into two teams of 8 based on age. Once again the Juniors versus the Seniors went back and forth on a long field, showcasing soccer skills tuned over time, and surely depleting Pontchartrain of the local O2 source. The score ping ponged as the Seniors captured an early lead, the Juniors made a mid-game run that the Seniors rallied to close. Zoolander’s fancy footwork drew taunts by the Seniors and Bushwacker’s vigorous defense may have worn down the Seniors. With the game tied, a two-minute warning was announced that shot adrenaline in the likes of Cowbell, Baby Yoda and Bird whose coordinated pressure resulted in successive goals and the first-ever victory by the Juniors. Some 2-point scoring highlights included Barely Legal’s Messi like magical kick, SOGO’s dominating left-footed end-to-end run, and Bird’s curving shot from unfathomable distance. The pitch welcomed back to the area Burgundy from Houston and Popeye from Huntsville, and the group welcomed first-timers and Dukes of Hazzard’s relatives Fieri (8th grade) and Craggle (4th grade).

  • That’s gonna leave a mark!! – from Shooter

    With 5 PAX this gloom YHC decided to take a stroll down East causeway on a tour of our future sidewalk to be. Of course being the critic that I can often be, I expressed my comments about how we spend tax dollars here in Mandeville, as if maybe I know better. Nevertheless, as we continued to mosey turning down Monroe, YHC quickly found the elevated drain, which would quickly humble this critic as I took a plunge on to the pavement… Must admit if any of my F3 brethren ever want to trade professions any one of them would make great first responders as they quickly jumped to action in concern of my fall.. Much appreciated find gentleman!!

    Enough with my mishaps..

    Began with 10&15 IC, Hillbillies, Toe Touches, SSH, Imperial walkers, Torso twists and a wonderful stretch movement shared by Einstein the previous day.

    Our Mosey was down East causeway, up Monroe, back down through old Golden shores around and back to Monroe returning up Messina and around the horn of the park.

    Finished with Mary 15IC and some OYO exercises 💯s, Big Boys, Hello Dollies, Flutter kicks, WW1 sit-ups and some EOKs..

    Appreciate each of you for your concerns of my safety and allowing me to lead!!

    Until the next Gloom 👍🏼👊🏼✌🏼!!!

  • Ab-Solutelty “Seizing” the Opportunity to Lead HIM – from Bushwacker

    YHC feels like he has been pretty absent as of late – missing openings in my work schedule to join my brother’s in the gloom for side projects and time with the 2.0s. Yes, priorities are what they are, and no one would fault a guy for having them. But seeing an opportunity to pick up the Q at Granny’s, the Wack knew it was just time.

    There were flimsy excuses about pheasants, boxing, and working early flying about, but there were equally stalwart and brave men of the red pill showing up and giving it hell! The cool (almost deceptively so) temps this morning made for a good atmosphere to push some core!

    WARMORAMA

    x10 IC:
    SSH, IW, Torso Twists, Butt Kicks, Tuck Jumps (OYO)

    THANG

    Partnered up and while P1 ran the length of the columns, up the stairs and back, P2 did 500 LBCs, 400 American Hammers, 300 Freddy Mercurys, 200 Crunch Frogs, 100 100s, and 50 each of E2K L/R.

    Our T-Clapsgiving Silver award winner, Jose had to roll out at his appointed early time to transform into his alter ego, Mr. Anderson. And so the rest of the PAX ran a lap around the Trailhead, then proceeded to Imperial Walk from one end o the the field, do 10 IC 8 count Merkin Climbers…Mountain Merkins…a Mountain Climber and two Merkins per 8 count, and then Imperial Walk back

    Circled up in Plank position for several rounds of Ring of…Christmas! Each round had 2-3 runs for each PAX. Round 1: favorite Christmas movie (no repeats), Round 2: favorite Christmas carol (no repeats), Round 3: favorite Christmas dinner item, Round 4: something you’re grateful for

    COT

    Cout, Name, Byrd prayed us out.

    Thursday December 14 5:30pm at Wackatomi Plaza (62215 Raymond Rd) F3 Movie Night featuring Die Hard

    Sunday December 17 1pm at the Lakefront Grundy’s Nightmare Before Christmas. Bring a ruck sack or backpack with 20-40lbs of weights, bricks, etc for a annual dose of hell

    Take 2 – Saturday January 27 the 2nd F3 Camping Trip of the season in Kokomo, MS. 1 day, 1 night 1 non-stop camp fire! Gentlemen this will be one you won’t want to miss as our own Jose 10K has already officially hard committed to his 1st ever F3 Camping Trip!

    Thank you, gentlemen, for the opportunity to pay my F3 dues.

    PS There may have been and minor incident early in the beatdown that was handled with grace and caring thanks to all PAX in attendance. Many thanks.

  • The Pacer – from Akbar

    Beautiful, crisp morning at the Scramble, where 4 HIM showed up to get better.

    Warm up: SSH, High Knees, Butt Kicks, Windmills, Scorpion Kicks, Leg Swings.

    YHC forgot the ruck today, so 4 went out on the regular route with an extra loop in Hermitage.

    No ruckers, no Pik, no Hammer, and Zoolander showed up.

    Done with 10 minutes to spare, we headed to the playground equipment for 10 reps each for pull ups, triceps, abs, and Merkins.

    Mary – LBC’s, Hello Dolly, Rosalitas x 10 IC. 8 ct Peter Parker Merkins x8 IC

    Count, Name-o-rama

    Announcements: Nightmare before Christmas Dec 17th

    YHC prayed us out with thanks for all 3 F’s, suicide victim at SLU yesterday, Freon’s M, and the opportunity to lead our concentrica today.

    SYITG,

    Akbar