F3 New Orleans

Tag: The Hammer

  • Extra Extra!! – from Shooter

    Feeling some swole from the previous days beatdown the Scramble provided less in some categories but Extra in others.. 5 PAX ran through the streets of Mandeville taking a different path down West Beach to Lakeshore drive and up a fellow F2 brethren who didn’t make it out the sack on this Gloom (Steve) down Monroe and returning to the AO.. Put in between 3.8 and 4 miles depending on the tracking device… All in all a nice Gloom with great chatter amongst the PAX as Zoolander and Hammer paced together and YHC, Bird and Waterpik lead the run.. YHC felt like he was special this Gloom running with normal fast pace fellas, however I will comeback down knowing those guys were just demonstrating selflessness as they held back to keep one company…

    Thanks to Waterpik for closing the COT…

    Appreciate the post gentlemen and until the next Gloom 👍🏼👊🏼✌🏼!!!

  • Iron Pax week 4: We’re all super ants! – from Russo

    Pretty nice weather, a little on the humid side, but that’s picking nits, for the final week of the 2021 Iron Pax at the Lakefront this morning.

    Between a storm, a sinus infection, and vacation, YHC has been MIA for most of this year’s IPC, so my goal was to at least proctor and attempt some of the fun this week.

    As we gathered, Tanked Up took things to that next level with a (homemade) tee showing off his Raider Pride. Any Rummel alumni worth his salt (admittedly not much) knows the story of the Super Ants: an underdog Raider football team defeated the might Chalmette Owls (!!!) back in the day, and the moniker Super Ants made it into the newspaper write up (remember those?). From them on, a super ant is anyone that displays courage, heart, fight, and a motor that never quits (all characteristics of your typical college football “possession receiver”). Think Don Beebe running down Leon Lett. Danny Amendola. Abram Booty. Any Iowa receiver.

    I digress, but this week there was a colony of super ants that gave an incredible effort and pushed themselves HARD in the gloom.

    Pre Thang
    Quick warmup of seal jacks, cherry pickers, toe touches, and mummy kicks approx. 10x each, all IC)

    Thang
    A descending ladder, each set 25 reps, with a 25 yard run, followed by three burpees, and then 25 yards back for the next round of 25 reps.

    Rounds were:
    8 sets of curls (200 total)
    7 sets of squats (175 total, you get the picture)
    6 sets of overhead presses
    5 sets of kettle bell swings
    4 sets of merkins
    3 sets of thrusters
    2 sets of Bonnie Blair’s
    1 set of blockers

    Finish those, and you work your way back up the ladder, times for a total of 52:30.

    Major T claps to Grundy and Tanked up for setting the pace, but incredible effort and very little resting (excluding YHC) from what I saw.

    A mosey back from the Shaft and a COT closed us out with name-o-rama, announcements (F3/FIA mixer on the 21st and NOLA convergence on the 16th), and a prayer. Special appearance by Speedy and Cowbell, while Bean, Swoll Patrol, and an FNG had to scamper out early.

    Much respect to Zoolander for commandeering the coupons and markers and helping to coordinate this week. It was very much appreciated.

    Raider Pride and SYITG

  • Obstacles aboard – from Shooter

    3 PAX posted at the Scramble to run through the streets of Mandeville. After a warmup of Toe touches, Torso twists, Windmills, Imperial walkers, Arm circles, Leg swings in and out and front and back all 10IC. Leaving out the park would throw the first obstacle with our gazebo covered with a tree down. Ran the standard route bypassing the barricades to Sunset point seeing all the crane trucks staged along the way.. Returned to AO and wrapped up with some staggered left/right Merkins 10IC, LBCs, Jane Fonda’s and Flutter kicks..

    Count, intentions for a fiend of Waterpik, COT..

    Thanks for the post Hammer and Waterpik, great to be back out at the Scramble!!! T 👏🏼👏🏼 to Zoolander for holding it down for the YHC the last few weeks..

    Till the next Gloom 👍🏼👊🏼✌🏼!!

  • Jaybirds – from Akbar

    2 Jays gathered this gloom to postpone the punishment of the upper body. When Hammer explained what IPC week 2 looked like, YHC knew the correct decision had been made.

    Warm Up: IW, Hilbillies, Grass grabbers, Self-Love x10

    Mosey to the Lakefront for the Thang: Light Poles and Ladders

    5 light poles. Perform 10 reps of said exercise at pole 1, 20 at pole 2, 30 at pole 3 up to 50 at pole 5. Exercises were as follows:

    Squats, LBC’s, SSH, Rocky Balboa’s

    When on set 4 of SSH, we were at a stop sign at Noah’s Ark and a car pulled up. We simultaneously laughed – wondering what the driver must be thinking of 2 grown men flapping around like birds. At least we weren’t doing Monkey Humpers.

    Mosey back to the basketball court for Sister Mary Catherine’s. 10, 20, 30, 40 on each line – time called.

    Mary: 25 Mountain Climbers

    Short Countorama, Nameorama and YHC prayed us out: safety for South Louisiana, thanks to all of those still helping, and protection from the evil one.

  • The Young and the Restless: IPC week 1.2 – from Akbar

    15 braved the Lakefront on a beautiful day for a beatdown, 1 in a stroller. No, it was not Bushwacker. The 2nd day of IPC week 1 was upon us, and the plan was to have 2 Q’s. Jose 10k took the 2nd Q with a plan for football, but with only 3 PAX not doing IPC, it was a bust. So – Jose10k and Barely Legal did it again. T Claps guys.

    After an elongated explanation and several questions, the playlist started and we got to work. Speedy and Tank were out of the gate hot with Hammer not far behind. Great work again guys, everyone finished. Here are the results from the score sheet – missing a few times.

    Speedy 26.24

    Tank 27.16

    Hammer 29.56

    Zoolander 30.0

    Steve 32.30

    Chainsaw 32.28

    Akbar 36.15

    Jose 10k 37:33

    Slider 38.15

    Enter your times here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdesBJtTGntJx9e2UfhmmcMyZ_UGEy6TtFk50Mz-W4DHHcN-w/viewform

    Bushwacker arrived at 0700 after his shift and Moby came strolling up in his convertible just in time for COT.

    And yes, Speedy beat Tanked UP! Impressive, a 17 year old and a 62 year old take the top 2 times. Tank may not be that restless – he went to cut a yard right after COT.

    YHC had trouble lifting the phone for a picture after this beatdown, great work by all.

    Jose10k prayed us out with thoughts and prayers, remembering 911.

    Coffeeteria at Book and the Bean.

  • Almost a Murph – from Akbar

    6 HIM arrived at the Milestone Marsh with a late 0700 start for a Labor Day Murph.

    Conditions: Blistering hot and no wind

    WU – SSH, Self-Love, High Knees, IW x10

    The first run was great, possible YHC’s fastest ever – maybe even a PR. We finished up and headed to the playground to start in reps of 5,10,15 x 20 rounds. Music kept us going with hard rock classics.

    With about 5 rounds left, our jam session was interrupted by “How Great Thou Art” (the piano version). Was this divine intervention? We were all doing great. Or did my wife just bogart Spotify for her morning coffee accompanied by hymns? It was the latter, of course. After scrambling to switch it over, we then returned to Quiet Riot’s Bang Your Head and finished up.

    Heading out to the last mile, the PAX requested we take the route to the Lakefront, since it was a mile. YHC’s math skills failed again by trying to convert feet to miles on the first run. It was .5 miles, so we came up just short of the traditional Murph.

    COT – Hammer prayed us out with prayers of safety and recovery for Louisiana, and those still struggling with COVID.

    Bird had some trash bags and we picked up the Marsh as is our custom every Monday. We found a $1 bill on the ground, which we decided to add to our Waffle House tip. Looking forward to some good grub and air conditioning, we headed out only to find that WH had limited food and we couldn’t eat inside. So, we ordered some hot food and sat in the hot parking lot using Jose’s car as a table.

    Gret work men, thanks for letting me lead – Akbar

  • Rock You Like A Hurricane – from Akbar

    YHC arrived early in the gloom to plant the flag’s, knowing that the pre-thang crew would see it and wonder what was in store. Jose 10k an Tanked Up! came running up from the 2 miler and settled in with 5 others as we began the warm-up.

    Conditions: mid 70’s, no rain, slight breeze

    Warm Up:

    SSH, IW, HB, HKNEE’s x 20

    Freestyle, backstroke x10

    THANG 80’S – one of the best decades, especially for music.

    Partner up, 80 reps per exercise. P1 works, P2 mosey’s to the flag and does 5 Hand Release Merkins, then returns to relive Partner 1. Sets were divided into 3 exercises of 80 reps each, when done plank for the 6. We did 6 rounds as outlined below.

    1. Shoulder taps (1=1), twinkle toes, freak nasty, karaoke, 5 HR Merkins

    2. Stone Mountain, superman, air squared (Al-gore with overhead clap), bear crawl, 5 HR Merkins

    3. Nolan Ryan’s, Freak Nasties, Monkey Humpers, sprint, 5 HR Merkins

    At this time, Zoolander showed up and joined in. Better late than never.

    4. Shoulder taps (2=1), twinkle toes, freak nasty, run 5 HR Merkins

    5. Stone mountain, squats, LBC, lunge walk to flag, 5 HR Merkins

    6. Nolan Ryans, Freak Nasties, Monkey Humpers, backward lunge to flag, 5 HR Merkins

    Head back to the flag for Mary

    Box cutters X 20 – 6 inch hold (feet together), dolly out, up, together, down= 4ct

    LBC, E2K L/R X20; LEG RAISES, HANDS TO HEALS X10

    Count, name, Happy Birthday (57) Yellow Snow! Hammer prayed us out – safety for all during and after the storm.

    It’s been a great two years: met a lot of great men, lost a lot of weight, did some stupid stuff, and look forward to doing it again and again. Thanks, Russo, for the EH!

    NMM
    The main thang went a lot faster than YHC expected. Originally only having 3 rounds of 6 exercises total, another 3 rounds were added with some quick thinking. Basically, whatever Bushwacker complained about – we did more of. He was sore from work – which is a lot harder than what most of us do.

    Hammer entertained us with his insane knowledge of everything, peppering “did you knows” or “remember when’s” throughout the beatdown.

    Jose 10k was hurting from last night, and after a while just did whatever he wanted (he did run with Tank on the pre-thang). Thankfully Zoo showed up to take his place. See what missing Pickle Ball does to you? Great work guys.

    Playlist:

    · Ratt – Wanted Man, Round & Round
    · Scorpions – Rock You Like A Hurricane, No One Like You
    · Def Leppard – Rock of Ages
    · Whitesnake – Still of the Night
    · Quiet Riot – Cum on Feel the Noise, Bang Your Head
    · Billy Squier – The Stroke
    · 38 Special – Hold on Loosely
    · The Clash – Should I Stay or Should I Go
    · AC/DC – Back in Black
    · Twisted Sister – I Wanna Rock
    · Tesla – Modern Day Cowboy
    · The Cult – Love Removal Machine
    · Skid Row – Youth Gone Wild
    · Van Halen – Hot for Teacher
    · Queensryche – Jet City Woman
    · Echo and the Bunnymen – Lips Like Sugar
    · Violet Femmes – Blister in the Sun

  • Red Light, Green Light – from Russo

    Sometimes the most fun and effective way to get some something done is to take it back to when we were kids, when it seemed like everything was simpler.

    That was the goal this morning at Grandma’s. Grover owns the “Duck Duck Goose” beatdown, and I still haven’t found a way to plan an effective “Red Rover Red Rover Send Bushwhacker On Over” beatdown in a Post-COVID world, so in the meantime a fine looking Pax of 7 took to the old Mandeville streets to play some Red Light Green Light.

    Warmup (all IC 15x to 20x)
    SSH
    Grass Grabbers
    High Knees
    Cherry Pickers
    Imperial Walkers
    Mummy Kicks

    Thang
    Very simple: mosey around, call “Red light” randomly along the way, and perform exercises of varying reps (e.g. 10 burpees, 50 butt kicks) and distance (e.g. Duck walk), call “green light” to pick the mosey back up.

    The goal was to push the pace a little, but keep it light enough to figure out what our favorite football teams would do in the fall, and if there was time left, solve the world’s problems.

    Beatdown included the following:
    – circle ups
    – merkins
    – squats
    – Apollo Ohnos
    – Bobby Hurleys
    – monkey humpers
    – gas pumps
    – plank jacks
    – shoulder taps
    – butt kicks
    – duck walk
    – murder bunnies (what’s up, IRON Pax, we’re ready)
    – freak nastys
    – step ups
    – LBCs
    – big boi sit-ups

    YHC timed it relatively well, leaving no time for Mary, but plenty of time for a COT, name-o-Rama, announcements, and prayer from Hammer (thank you, sir).

    Announcements included kick ball this Thursday, Iron Pax starting up soon (register, earn points good toward nothing but pride and fellowship), and Akbar’s anny Q on Saturday.

    Thank you, gents, for joining and wishing Cowbell a safe and enjoyable trip out to Oregon this week.

    SYITG

  • Some of this and some of that! – from Shooter

    6 PAX decided to join YHC this Gloom at the Scramble. Still keeping with the primary goal of running on our Thursday route I decided to mix in 5 stops along the way with some varying exercises at each stop. Having the return of Sir Bushwacker promised to fill the Gloom with welcomed chatter all the while Jose10k and Cowbell ran the streets of Mandeville at their own pace..

    Brief warmup
    15IC Monkey humpers, grass grabbers, SSH, Scorpion kicks and then lizard crawl for about 30 feet.

    Off we went cutting off the circle and stopping at Monroe and the gate to the pier twice and once at the end of the pier for reps of 5,10,15. These included Body builders, Merkins, Shoulder taps, squat jumps, squats, leg lunges, freak Nasties, Irwin’s and Carolina dry docks..

    Once back at the AO we wrapped up with some core LBCs, scissor kicks, hello Dollies, Rosalitas, freddie Mercurys and leg ups while each PAX completed reps of 10 pull-ups and 10 chin ups.

    PAX finished with Count, Annouce and COT

    YHC prayed out the PAX with intentions for Waterpiks patient and Cowbells travels this weekend..

    Appreciate the follow men and until the next Gloom 👍🏼👊🏼✌🏼!!

  • Tour De Covington – from Einstein

    Short disclaimer…

    Warmup:
    all 20xIC: Toe Touch, Side Straddle Hops, Good Mornings, Hill Billys, Shoulder Shrugs, Imperial Walkers, Swimmers, Grass Grabbers, Seal Jacks

    Thang:
    We did various and sundry (excuse the tautology) exercises, all over town

    The PAX: Akbar, Barely Legal, BBQ, Bean, Einstein, MobyDick, Shooter, Tanked-Up, The Hammer, Turbo-Dog

    Count-o-rama, Barely Legal leads us out with a motivating prayer.

    Thanks guys. Always extremely decent of you letting me lead.