Tag: Steve

  • Good to be back!! – from Shooter

    The gloom was perfect, slight breeze with very mild conditions. These conditions are obviously short lived here in SE LA, so YHC certainly tries to enjoy the lighter sweat angel days before the treacherous humidity and heat return.. 6 other PAX decided to join in as well and the mixture was close to balanced with Ruckers, runners and joggers… Thanks to Hammer for slowing down and pacing with YHC at a 9:30 as the other runners in Steve, Bushwacker and Zoolander clocked in around 8:50… PAX did learn this morning that the Ruckers apparently take detours, which is obvious why they always seem to show up right at 6 when the Mary or follow the leader as of late is done and over 🤫🤫, however today was a little different as Akbar and Russo returned a little early..

    Warmup
    10IC Self love, Windmills, Arm circles, Imperial squat walkers, toe touches, scorpion kicks and a little stretch.

    Thang
    Standard route with an extra loop for runners and a partial entry and turn around for Hammer and I.. Returned and completed some Mary of 15IC Right elbow to left knee, F/J, LBCs, Superman’s and 15 OYO WW1 sit-ups and Big Boy sit-ups.

    Count, announce and COT

    Glad to be back in the Gloom and until the next 👍🏼👊🏼✌🏼!!!

  • Ta-Battle! OR Hog’s Breath’s Eye Glasses Match His Birthday Suit – from Bushwacker

    The idea was there, but planning and fleshing out said idea was left ‘til last minute. Assuming the best case scenario, QIC anticipated 7 PAX. Hog’s Breath was a HC because of a meeting, Russo was an HC because, well, it’s Russo. The rest? Eh. Anyhoo, the appropriate fleshing out involved a plethora of coupons and so it went…

    WARMORAMA

    Several exercises that provided dynamic stretching of muscles necessary to perform scheduled primary exercises of the planned beatdown were carried out, all IC x10.

    THANG

    Q set up ( with welcomed help from the TWO F3 brothers present) 6 stations to revolve around during a fun-filled Tabata, including Stretch Band for Curls, Jump Rope, Tire Flip, Battle Rope, 45lb Plate for Prisoner Carry, plus stairs. 20 minutes in, Hog’s Breath arrived like a nitrogen based explosive, hitting the ropes like he was propelling a Higgins boat in a storming by of the beaches of Pontachartrain! He claimed to be going over a presentation (possibly in just his reading glasses and socks?) when he realized the time and bolted. Meanwhile, YHC had an eclectic running playlist providing motivation, entertainment, and confusion? La la la la la di da

    MARY

    A series of exercises providing a physiological strain to core muscles were performed IC.

    You guys don’t know what you’re missing at Grandmother’s House. On site and in the area are opportunities for challenging and enjoyable beatdowns. It’s geographically well-located and long-standing. It just needs more HIM to make it worth the effort the few regulars put in, and for down-rangers to post. We all love this thing we have, our thing (la cosa nostra;) The more consistently we feed it the stronger it will grow. YHC’s time is dwindling, but F3 will always be my medicine!

    Humble thanks!

  • Whose Flag is That Anyway? – from Bushwacker

    YHC FINALLY remembered to bring a truckload of shovel flags from the Fury, and, somehow still went home with 2/3 of them 🤔

    Good temp, succinct warm-orama, great cameo! Let me speak only honest words: QIC was relieved to not see Speedy upon last-second arrival. First “shared run” on new shoes, humidity on the rise again and YHC in less than peak form, you’ll forgive El Wackador if inner jubilation was present. I still love you Speedy.😘

    The consummate odd couple of Severn Ave. decided to ruck off in the direction of Sunset Point whilst the remaining trio ran for just over 4 miles that both broke down my silent resolve to be silent, and had a former Scramble shuffler potentially EH’d to return as maybe ruckless rucker? Good ol’ Garfield ran a little stretch of the lakefront with the crew, aflight such as we were.

    A brief slathering of yoga-esque recovery until the ruckers descended on the flag(s) deep in the throws of discourse.

    Count/name, Zoorich Classic Saturday – bring frisbees and friends if you’ve got either. Men’s dinner at St Timothy tonight @6:30 hit up Russo if interested in going. JV prayed us out.

    Many thanks, gents!

  • Late to the Party – from Akbar

    7 strong this morning, with YHC 15 minutes late, setting the alarm for 4:50 pm. Body clock woke me up, quick text to Hammer to get us started, and on the way. Arriving to 6 pax and the shovel flag that Quarterpipe picked up from a previous beatdown, we were ready to go. Day 1 home alone while the M is out of town for 2 weeks. Expecting the Whacker to show up after 3 days of silence, disappointment set in for a no show. Great to see Moby Dick down from Covington.

    Hammer got started with 11’s, Merkins and abs – which didn’t register with YHC – we started with a DORA. Plank Jacks, Merkins, and abs of choice. P1 works, P2 runs to the white mailbox and back to relieve.

    Head to the playground for pull ups and jump squats x 10 OYO, 3 sets

    Benches: Bulgarian split squats and freak nasties x 10 IC, 2 rounds

    To the swing set for Swerkins – Feet on swing, Merkin and tuck x 10. Jump squats after x10

    Lungewalk to center court and finish with abs x10 IC
    Flutter Kicks, Rosalita, Wife Pleasers, E2K left and right, Hello Dolly.

    Count, Name, and Hammer prayed us out with thoughts of his case and me home alone with kids for 2 weeks while the M is out of town.

    Announcements – Zoorich Classic Saturday at the Lakefront. Men’s Dinner and speaker at St. Timothy Thursday.

  • Scrambling along!!! – from Shooter

    Great mix on this mild morning at the Scramble.. We had 3 runners, 3 joggers and 2 Ruckers and it all worked according to plan.. YHC would like to thank two of the runners Bushwacker and Zoolander for pulling back their reins 🐎🐎 to jog along with the BIG 🐳🐳 of the group. Admittedly, as well as visually the Q has packed on some pounds and the time has come to get focused again too shed the extras gained.. The Queen has always been the struggle.. JV and Russo graciously and comically reminded YHC about his statement from coffateria on Saturday.. Committing to eating 🐠 🐠 for the next two weeks as he and the M travel abroad on a cruise filled with endless buffets and refreshments to satisfy anyone’s pleasure… Guys, this is the moment one must literally remove my 🦶🏻from my mouth… What was I thinking in saying this? The temptations will be overwhelming and this guy has fallen to less pressures admittedly… I guess the short of this rant, I will do my best to hold true. I am grateful that the Raiderpride community amongst the PAX are sure to ask upon my return how things went…

    Let me just give you the answer now..
    #epicfail 😬😬😬

    However, when I return I look forward to these F3 brethren pushing back at me and holding me accountable to the main goals… ACCELERATING in all 3Fs that has kept me committed to this PAX for 6 years…

    Warmup
    10IC Grass grabbers, Carolina dry docks, Toe Touches, Scorpion kicks, Bridges, wife pleasers, SSH and self love..

    Thang
    Steve, Speedy and Waterpik off and down W beach ti Lakeshore and backup the street passed the bridge.

    Bushwacker, Zoolander and YHC standard route with sunset point minus the pier still..

    JV and Russo rucking to Sunset point and returning..

    Joggers and runners received 6 mins of Mary consisting of ETKs, LMCs, Flutters, Hello Dollies, Rosalita’s, Nolan Ryan’s, Leg raises, 💯s and Jane Fonda’s!!!

    PAX announced and placed wagers on how long Bushwacker survives silence at Manresa this weekend. Contact your local book for the odds.. 😂

    Seriously though the PAX hope he enjoys the experience, which I am sure he will..

    Appreciate you HIMs for showing up and showing out as usual until the next Gloom
    👍🏼👊🏼✌🏼!!

  • E=M(Burpees)² – from Steve

    Looooooong beatdown today. Sometimes these things fly by, other times it takes an eternity to get to Mary. This beatdown felt like it fell into the latter category, with the only reasonable explanation being that all of this morning’s burpees created some sort of gravitational field that resulted in time dilating. Well, maybe it was the burpees, maybe it was the black hole known as humidity.

    Anyway, YHC woke up this morning and briefly weighed all options, but Waterpik had killed our legs at the Marsh the day before and, as for core, well… let’s just say YHC can’t do another sit-up for at least a week after Pope’s core-palooza at the baseball field during Saturday’s convergence. So upper body it was. (T-claps to Pope, btw, for handling the unruly men of the Northshore with such assured leadership.).

    Three pax turned into four when Onions rolled up on his bike for his second consecutive beatdown. 👏👏👏 YHC is no longer the only guy biking to beatdowns, so now I expect some sorta Jets vs Sharks face-off with runners Hammer and Pik on the streets of Old Mandeville.

    Warmorama: Grass grabbers, self love, torso twist, IW’s, SSH’s. x10 IC.

    Thang: YHC has often heard, “Nothing good ever happens in the tunnel.” And while that may be true, I’d argue that worse things happen on the way to the tunnel. This morning, though, wasn’t so bad as we nixed the Kraken Burpees and opted instead for 10x T-merkins at each of the three intersections.

    Moseyed to the base of the tunnel, where we partnered up for Burpback Mountain, with a cumulative tally of 75 burpees. Felt like that alone should’ve shaved 15 minutes off the clock, but no, only about 6. So we went directly into another partner routine, P1 performing alternating leg lunges (cumulative total of 100) and P2 up the ramp for x10 merkins and back down to flap jack.

    Next up, some quick leg work consisting of 10-15x IC squats, monkey humpers, and jump squats. Then a mosey back to the flag, stopping again at each intersection for 10x T-merkins.

    Surely by this point we’d be out of time, but no – amazingly we had enough time to squeeze in a set of 7’s (freak nasties down below, and Sister Mary’s up top of the tower) as well as a full 6 minutes of Mary where we practically hit everything in the book. But, if Wicket taught me anything at Saturday’s beatdown, it’s that YHC is a very poor judge of many things, time being chief among them.

    COT and Russo prayed us out, with thanks for our many blessings, above all the gift of grace. And thank you men also for the accountability, the opportunity, and the fellowship.

  • Did someone ask for sprints? – from Shooter

    The Scramble had a great showing today of regulars.. There was also hopes of an FNG on this Gloom, however we will need to wait and see if he decides to eventually take the Redpill..With remembrance of Chewy from long ago post bringing out the HIT type of runs YHC incorporated some sprint action at the corner of Monroe/Massena.. PAX started with some 10IC Windmills, Toe Touches, Imperial walkers, Grass grabbers, High knees, Butt kicks and 10 OYO slow squats. Then 6 PAX ran out the standard route making 1 loop and then met up with our 2 Ruckers.. We split into 2 groups about 100yds apart group 1 held mission impossible while group 2 sprinted then yelled to release and assumed Al Gores R/R 4 rounds.. PAX then added some distance where we back pedaled then turned and sprinted added some more distance R/R. Added more distance for 2 rounds of 25, 50, 75 and 100%.. Ruckers returned to Rucking and runners completed another loop and returned.. Graciously Waterpik hung back with the ole sluggers as we headed back. Arrived right on time to close with count, announce and COT..

    Appreciate the great show of support for my Q and until the next Gloom 👍🏼👊🏼✌🏼!!!

  • Tuesday mixer at Granny’s!! – from Shooter

    YHC decided to mix it up some with cardio, upper/lower and strength to go with our weather we been having lately.. Not knowing if one should wear a jacket or a beanie, Q decided on both for the cool morning.. PAX can always count on Bushwacker wearing his sweatshirt and hoodie if the temperature is below 60 🥶🥶… Success was found however when 20 mins into the beatdown the Wacker needed to ask if we were staying at our location or wether he should carry the sacred sweatshirt, as he removed with YHC effectively getting up the heart rate and perspiration…

    Warmup
    10IC
    Good mornings, Cherry pickers, Grass grabbers, Superman’s, Scorpion kicks, Bridges left/right and SSH..

    Thang
    First part was mosey down Lafitte stopping and performing 5 8 count body builders, 10 Jump squats, 15 lunges. Next block 5 Navy seal burpees, 10 Imperial squat walkers and 15 sister Mary Katherine’s..
    R/R on the way back..

    Corridor with coupons, core and cardio..
    PAX circles completing core work while 1 PAX military presses cylinder block up and down the staircase till each PAX completes.. With Zoolander present one would suspect 1 arm or 1 handed something or other, however todays 1 arm show was presented by the rehabilitating Bushwacker.. Core exercises were plank jacks, Mountain climbers, hello dollies, LBCs, flutter kicks and gas pumps.
    Next on to the jump rope and tuck plate.. 2 teams of 3 alternating curls and rope while 2 others weaved through the pillars or post to Lafitte street and returned alternating till each PAX completed each series..
    Ended with 1 min of chillcut plank…

    Count, announce, COT

    Don’t forget Marsh Madness headed up by Zoolander this Saturday and the Convergence on 4/1 “The Fury” come for one, come for some or come for ALL but at least Come!!

    Appreciate Bushwacker closing us with gratitude and servitude and until the next Gloom 👍🏼👊🏼✌🏼!!!

  • We Ran and Stuff – from Bushwacker

    With whacker at the helm, Nobody knew what to expect. However, it was all for the good. Some men rucked, some men ran, and one ran all the way to the toilet! Good showing of F3 brothers, keep up the good work, gentlemen!

  • Tuesday morn at Granny’s – from Chewy

    The pax met up for a beat down last Tuesday at Granny’s house:

    Warm up:
    SSH x 20 IC
    IW x 20 IC
    My climbers x 20 IC
    SL bridges x 10 IC
    JF x 10 IC

    Balance work:
    Y balance UE x 10 each
    Y balance LE x 10 each
    Single leg RDL 3 x 5 each

    3,2,1 GO…
    3 inch worms, 2 broad jumps, 1 burner with a sprint x 5 rounds

    Jack Webb 1 merkin: 2 skwaats x 10 rds

    Catch me if you can with 3 burpees x 1 block

    COM: plank push ups, Is, Ts, Ys and Ws

    COT, prayers