F3 New Orleans

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  • Grandma’s Boys

    Another day in paradise at Grandma’s House.  The Tuesday beatdown that started it all here on the Northshore has had relatively low turnout lately, but the company couldn’t be better.  Grandmother-regulars Chewy and Shooter both posted and reminded YHC of the high quality of men F3 seems to attract.  We’re all works-in-progress, but these guys seem to be a bit ahead of the curve in terms of their attitude, priorities in life, and the standards they set for themselves and others.  Getting up early with guys like Shooter and Chewy is one of best things about F3. (Quick aside, YHC has not seen the movie that loosely inspired this post’s title and so can neither endorse nor dismiss it. We’ll need Choppa to come back from his extended leave and give us a full breakdown and analysis.)

    Alright, let’s get to it before Einstein cranks out his backblast and makes my tardiness even more apparent (couldn’t beat Pik though, that man is too quick!).

    Warmorama: Good Mornings, Abe Vigodas, Toe Touches, IW’s, SSH, Butt Kicks, all at or around 20x IC.

    The Thang:
    Zoolander’s challenge seems to have single-handedly resuscitated ISI and, since the 1st, we’ve all become a bunch of running fools.  So first thing up was a run to the tunnel and back, rounding the block to make it an even 2 miles.

    Next up (and last up), was a routine, running to the following stations:

    • Up to the top of the stairs for 10x merkins
    • Down and over to the benches for step ups with knee raises 10x (5 ea. leg)
    • Run the corridor to the end for Mountain Climbers 10x IC
    • Over and up to the stage for Plank Jacks 10x IC
    • Hop down and to the wooden platform for LBC’s 10x IC

    Then back to the start, add 2x to each exercise.  Again and again until time expired.

    COT and Chewy prayed us out.  Thanks guys for the steady inspiration – it’s always an honor to be in your ranks!

  • Got TAXES??? Here’s a Beatdown

    With the new, recently constructed, tax payer funded workout equipment at the Mandeville City Hall playground, YHC decided it was time to take full advantage of it’s convenient location. Funny thing is, this new equipment is about 15 lunge walk paces (we found that out today) from where Shooter plants his American Flag and where we form our COT, so it’s almost as if the equipment was meant for F3 Northshore. And this hasnt been lost by our group, as nearly every week we have utlized it and have even joked about who it was intended for.

    WARMARAMA

    SSH, HK, BK all IC x 15. Lunge walk to end of cars (thanks, EiEi, for parking nearly to East Causeway Approach)

    THANG

    Off we go…our routine 5k through the gloomy streets of Old Mandeville and Sunset Point.

    POST THANG

    We all pay taxes, RIGHT? Ok, let’s enjoy the fruits of our labor. PAX lunge walks about 15 paces to F3 Workout Equipment at the Mandeville City Hall.

    PAX rotates through all of the equipment. Presses, Pull-ups, Merkins, Freak Nasties, Knees to Chest…heck, I dont even know the name of those things we were using, but it felt good.

    MARY

    Putins x 20 IC, Crunchy Frogs x 10 IC, Freddy Mercs x 20 IC.

    Countoff, COT, and thanks to Zoolander for praying us out.

    Many thanks to the men of F3 Northshore for following my lead and always inspiring me to become a better man.

  • Back At It

    Ah, it’s exciting to be back to the month of January. A new year, another chance to join a run challenge I’ll almost immediately regret. A new year, another chance to see Shooter post to a 16º beatdown in shorts and sans gloves. And of course, a new year, another chance to don a tank top and claim the hammer at the upcoming Ivan.

    But first, there’s work to do. The PAX as a whole is incredibly strong these days and YHC has some serious catching up to do. One lesson that has crystallized for YHC the past two weeks is how hard it is to actually build something and how easy it is to let it fall apart. Nothing new, of course. It applies to nearly everything – relationships, spiritual life, career, fitness, etc. Deep down, though, YHC honestly thought that hey, I might be able to leave the PAX for 5 months and return, still able to knock out 500 merkins and run 10k’s.

    That, of course, is not the case.

    And so, humbled, YHC eased back in with my first Q in a few months. The scramble is one of my favorites, and seemed a great place to start.

    Warmorama: Toe Touches, Seal Jacks, IW’s, all 20x IC. Lunge w/ twists through the parking lot, and then off to the races.

    Ran the traditional route, with one exception – Chewy thought it’d be a good idea to run the loop in the opposite direction, considering the new year and all.

    Once back, YHC led the PAX over to the monkey bars, except, hey – there are no longer any monkey bars at the city hall playground! This is what happens when you’re gone for a bit. After some searching, we found a weird, arched-web piece of playground equipment near the back that kinda/sorta worked for our needs:

    Partner up, P1 knocks out 10 burpees and 10 pull-ups, P2 does scorpion kicks. Flapjack.

    Next, P1 knocks out 20 Australian pull-ups while P2 is doing 180º jump squats.

    Finally, a quick mary of Hello Dolly’s, Flutter Kicks, and Rosalita’s (all 20x, IC). COT and Shooter prayed us out. Guys, a sincere thanks for the opportunity to lead, it’s always a pleasure to get stronger with this group of men.

  • Where Yat?

    Dec 31st means out with the old in with the new… but first we need to know where were at to know where were headed. todays beatdown was based on our previous endeavor of the go ruck challenge and basically the marshes reason for existence. How many merkins, big boy sit ups, and pull-ups can you do in one minute of time along with a timed mile run 😉

    WARMARAMA

    20 ssh ic

    20 toe touches ic

    20 high knees ic

    20 windmils ic

    20 mummy kicks ic

    20 good mornings ic

    20 little arm circles forward ic

    20 ” ” backwards ic

    THANG

    partners keep count and accountability during

    1 min of merkins

    partners switch

    1 minute of big boy sit ups

    partners switch

    1 minute of pull ups

    partners switch

    1 mile timed run to the lakefront and back

    MARY

    20 lbc ic

    20 fred mercs ic

    10 leg lifts ic

    20 flutter kicks ic

    15 hip ups left ic

    15 hip ups right ic

    cot

    bom

    the manny prays out

    thanks and Happy New Year to all you go getters!!!

  • Returns welcomed with or without receipts!!

      With plenty of rain in the forecast the Q opened the garage anticipating a wet post, yet to his surprise it was only the sound of swirling winds, which left a path of blown over garbage cans spewing garbage throughout the streets and early dismantling of Christmas decorations hanging from the rooftops as I journeyed to the AO.. Anticipating a possible return of other PAX who have not posted in sometime (Turtle), Q was excited arriving to the headlights of regulars like Veteran (Steve), post record setter (Ringo) and 2 Scramble essentials in Garfield and Water Pik.. Planted the shovel flag and started the chatter amongst the PAX.

      Began our warmup with

      10 IC Good mornings, Windmills

      15 IC Toe Touches, SSH followed by lunge twist inward and outward for 25 yards. Burgundy arrives as we wrap up the warmup to start our journey..

      Moseyed our standard route through the debris filled streets of ole Mandeville. With steady winds and severe gusts we still managed a respectable time of less than 30 mins. Arrived back for 10 mins of work which consisted of the PAX taking to our 6 while another completed 5 pull-ups as we rotated around to each man. R/R 3 series that included LBCs, Flutter kicks and Crunchy frogs. Closed with 1 min of Merkins.

      Circled up for count, announce, COT

      Reminded everyone of the upcoming Crazy Ivan, which should prove another domination by the Northshore representing and preserving the Hammer 🔨 trophy!!

      Also Water Pik put it out to the PAX for some F2 following his Q next Tuesday at Grandmas House on New Year’s Day!! We will converge at the Cafe Du Monde following the beatdown for some coffee and beignets to start the New year right!! That is of course for any man willing to delay their New Years resolution of tasty warm fried dough coverd in powdered sugar 😋😋…

      YHC prayed us out.

      Appreciate the commitment through the holiday week F3 brethren and Returns are always welcomed!! New year = New choices

      👍🏻👊🏻✌🏻 Till the next Gloom!!

    • Christmas Vacation

      Christmas Vacation

      Thanks to the holiday season giving many PAX a respite from work the Milestone Marsh was hopping in the pre-dawn gloom of Christmas Eve day. A big welcome to all the PAX for coming out early on a Monday morning.

      CONDITIONS

      46°; 51% humidity; 6:54 AM sunrise

      DISCLAIMER

      The experienced PAX knew YHC’s rank amateur status.

      THE WARM UP

      All exercises done IC

      • Split jacks X15
      • Toe touches X10
      • Abe Vigodas X10
      • Ray Finkles X10
      • Steve Earles Copper head squat finished with hill billy X 10
      • Good mornings X10
      • High knees X15

      Every time Catherine revved up the microwave, I’d piss my pants and forget who I was for about half an hour or so.

      THE THANG PART 1: Getting Stronk

      YHC sees Northshore PAX getting mad strong, so he thought he would keep the trend of lower rep, higher difficulty movements.

      4 rounds
      Pull up sets x6
      Single leg squats X6 each leg

      1 minute recovery after each set

      YHC wobbled some on the single leg movements, but the assembled PAX were rock solid, straight vertical. Backdraft even rocked some of the pistol-style movement.

      It wouldn’t be the Christmas shopping season if the stores were any less hooter than they – HOTTER than they are. Whew. It is warm in here, isn’t it?

      THE THANG PART 2: Let the beat drop

      PAX did some work with 5 drop sets focusing on the lower body. Each set consisted of 15 knee tucks, 15 jump squats and 15 air squats done in succession with no rest. YHC was gassed at the end of these but the PAX grinded out each of the 5 sets with style.

      Surprised, Eddie?… If I woke up tomorrow with my head sewn to the carpet, I wouldn’t be more surprised than I am now.

      THE THANG PART 3: The big, big finish

      PAX finished in fine form with the following fun and games.

      • Gecko crawl across the court
      • Boo-yah merkins (Q was tired at this point and the cadence / count confused the heck out of the PAX)
      • Clapping merkins
      • Single leg hops / Marios
      • Snow board hops
      • Grand finale, 1 minute of hanging knee raises

      Can I refill your eggnog for you? Get you something to eat? Drive you out to the middle of nowhere and leave you for dead?

      CountORama, NameORama, and COT

      YHC prayed us out.

      MOLESKIN

      Merry Christmas y’all

      Carve the turkey, turn the ballgame on Make Bloody Marys 'cause we all want one Send somebody to the Stop 'N Go We need some celery and a can of fake snow A bag of lemons and some Diet Sprite A box of tampons and some Salem Lights Hallelujah, everybody say cheese Merry Christmas from the family

      Thanks F3-bros, for the fellowship, the beatdowns and for being willing to follow my lead.

    • The Nightmare Before Christmas

      ‘Twas nine nights before Christmas, and all around a flag, a nightmare was shared that involved weights in a bag. There was Shooter and Steve and Turbo and Grundy. Tanked Up and Suckles and briefly Burgundy. Barely Legal, Jose, and American Hammer. Bean Counter, Garfield, and of course Zoolander.

      A collective experience of terror ensued that forced all the men in the PAX to conclude. That the “leader” was not their friend from before, but rather a tyrant they rather deplored. Jose had some hostile feelings today, but that’s what you get with 2 rounds of foreplay.

      Sometimes we went slick and sometimes with a ruck, and in the times it got hard we embraced the suck. It went back and forth on what was hated more, but both burpees or manmakers sure made us all sore.   For those not aware or not in the know, here is the list of the workout below.

      The Nightmare Before Christmas
      Slick (no ruck):
      100 burpees
      1 mile run
      50  burpees
      1 mile run
      With Ruck 30 or 20 lb
      100 manmakers
      1 mile ruck
      50 manmakers
      1 mile ruck
      Slick (no ruck):
      100 pushups
      100 situps
      100 air squats
      100 4-ct mountain climbers
      100 4-ct jumping jacks
      100 4-ct flutter kicks
      With Ruck 30 or 20 lb
      100 ruck press
      100 plank ruck pull through
      100  2-ct ruck twists

      One might ask why anyone would do this, and I’ll give you the reason that you cannot dismiss. It was 13 men committed to Fellowship, Faith, and Fitness, and thus was the workout “The Nightmare Before Christmas”.

    • The Morning before the Nightmare before Christmas

      18 strong on the Mandeville Lakefront this morning, our warmup circle of pain expanding as the sun rose with long lost veteran EiEi finding his way out of the fartsack and back to the PAX just in time for the standard disclaimer.

      Off to the races with a warmup of Seal Jacks, Imperial Walker Squats, Toe Touches, Windmills, and Side Straddle Hops, all 20x IC.

      Mosey towards the Harbor for the next COP:  T Merkins, Jane Fondas, Wife Pleasers, Merkin Circle, Nolan Ryans, and Flutter Kicks. All IC with various rep counts.

      Mosey again towards the Harbor with another COP stop for front to back lunges, monkey humpers, and copperhead squats.  Again IC with various rep counts.

      Then all the way to the Harbor playground.  YHC divided the PAX into six teams of three for some rarajipari variations around the playground.  Good times and all in line with YHC’s diabolical plan to run the PAX as much as possible this morning to train surreptitiously for the Krazy Ivan without wearing them out for tomorrow afternoon’s Nightmare Before Christmas beat down.

      Indian Run back to the shovel flag for our countorama, nameorama and a prayer.

      Welcome FNGs Big Ugly, Bolt and Hawk!

      Thanks for letting me lead guys.  YHC always appreciate you playing along with my hare brained ideas.

    • FNG: Out of Work Hair Dresser

      As YHC pulled up to the Wednesday rendevieu point for “we south of I-12” a familiar looking vehicle simultaneously pulled in a few spots away.Taking the gamble that I wasn’t about to make a fool of myself, I jumped out pointing and waiving my hands. Sure enough, Steve had returned on a more permenant basis to reclaim his moniker of Out of Work Hair Dresser! Shooter pulled up and we were on our way to meet up with the Wednesday warriors of The Gipper.

      The frosty gloom was ripe for a proper beat down, and QIC was ,indeed, hoping not to disappoint.

      WARM O RAMA

      Toes Touches x20

      Cherry Pickers x 15

      Imperial Walkers x10

      Fire Hydrants Rx10 Lx10

      Scorpion Kicks x10

      THANG

      Gathered at Clock Tower, PAX did_____ while each individual did _______…..

      R1 Hi Knees, 50%/100% sprints

      R2 Butt Kicks, Side Shuffle

      Mosied to court house for Irky Dirks: OYO Irkin up each step, Dirkin down each step

      Mosied to parking lot outside parking garage; suicides to each parking space line

      Mosied up the parking garage ramps and down the steps  and over the front of court house for some Freak Nasties, Box Jumps, Irkins, and Step Ups

      Indian Run back to clock tower to continue…

      R3 Squats, Backward/forward sprint

      R4 SSH, Bunny Hops

      COT – Out Of Work Hair Dresser prayed us out

      Many thanks to the brave souls showed up and stuck it out even when they discovered it was Bushwacker they would be following. APPRECIATION

    • Steve’s cameo

      3 pax posted Tuesday morning at the mandeville TH  including Steve, who was on his one week hiatus from Hollywood. Although claiming to have been mostly sedentary since early summer, he has not seemed to skip a beat.

      Even if it was just for a week, the pax were glad to have him back, as he and shooter have become 2 pillars of the north shore pax. These two are always consistent, always upbeat and positive, and ready to receive or deliver a beat down! YHC is definitely greatful for these two.

      The thang:

      warm up:

      fwd lunge with elbow to ground x 10

      bkwd lunge with twist x 10

      lateral lunge x 10

      plank walked x to 10

      sumo squat to stand x 10

      mosey to lakefront, past former captains cove, back up toward TH.

      Hip crossovers x 10

      scorpion kicks x 10

      maybe a few other things that yhc has since forgotten…

      COT, Name o Rama, prayer.

      See you again soon Steve!

      Thanks,

      chewy