F3 New Orleans

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  • Skinny Legs and All – from Sandbar

    YHC needs the regular leg day, in my lifelong pursuit of a buckeightyfive.
    Quick Disclaimer followed by a slow mosey up to the clubhouse, around the parking lot, over to the bandstand to scare the ducks, and then up and over the stand. Many pax modified the up and over.

    Warm up with SSH IC, Grass Grabbers and Windmills.
    Mosey to the benches in the shelter. Then we did several sets, each followed by a mosey through the parking lot.
    1st Set
    -10 Left Leg Shrimp Squat OYO
    -10 Right Leg Shrimp Squat OYO
    -10 Sissy Squats OYO
    -10 Goblet squats IC with butt to bench.
    Run down to the parking circle and then run backwards.

    2nd Set
    -10 Bulgarian Splits Left Leg IC
    -10 Bulgarians Right Leg IC
    -20 Jump squats OYO
    -15 calf raises, each leg IC
    Run to the clubhouse, run backwards through the lot and back to the shelter.

    3rd Super Set
    -10 RL Lunges IC
    -10 LL Lunges IC
    -10 RL side lunges
    -10 LL side lunges
    -10 RL back lunges
    -10 LL back lunges
    Run to the clubhouse, karaoke left down through the middle of the lot, karaoke right on the far side, then backwards through the middle to the clubhouse.

    4th Set
    -10 Left Leg Glute bridges IC
    -10 Right Leg Glute bridges IC
    20 monkey humpers OYO
    Then pair up for reverse flutter kicks on the bench. One pax swims with the legs extended off the bench and the other PAX does 50 LBCs. flapjack.
    10 quad hip extensions left and right leg IC.
    Run to the clubhouse, karaoke left down through the middle of the lot, karaoke right on the far side, then backwards through the middle to the clubhouse.

    5th Set
    -10 RL steps ups, 10 LL Step ups, 10 RL power ups, 10 LL power ups, Adding a hop to the top of each IC exercise. Then Angie’s List took us out with LBCs

    Back to the flag. Count-off, Name-o-rama, Announcements and Intentions. My sons (13 and 15) enjoy participating in F3 from time to time and I thank God for all of the pax that set such a fine examples for my sons of how to be a man in the world – for their families, in various careers, and as leaders in their communities.

  • Field Trip – from Tinkles

    After the excitement of last weeks Q vs Q the pax showed up expecting another well organized beat down. Much to everyone’s surprise there was no Q. After brief shrugs I was appointed and off we went!

    Warm up in front of Loyola:

    Grass grabbers, imperial walkers, and SSHs complete.

    BLIMPS down the Avenue. A progression of BLIMPS at each cross street to Daneel Park.

    Lovely grass in the park made a great location for burpee and jump squat ring of fire. Voluntary Mary followed.

    Back down St. Charles with run sprint alternating at cross streets. Cross street with a stop light: 5 burpees.

    Bench work at the fountain: advanced wife pleasers (as if!), right and left leg power ups, decline merkins, dips.

    COT: gratitude for great weather, prayers for hurricane victims in FL, thanks for each other!

  • Classic Loop – from Tinkles

    Thanks to Manchovy for getting me on the Q schedule. Great way to start the week. Park was expectedly soggy but didn’t deter!

    Warm up:

    SSH x 30, Grass grabbers x 20, Windmills x 20, Imperial Walkers x 20

    Workout:

    Lap around the park. Indian run to bridge with break for ring of fire with Al Gore hold and burpees x 3 in rotation. Finished with shoulder taps.

    Indian run to the fountain for decline Merkins x 20, R leg power up x 20, Dips x 20, L leg power up, Bulgarian split lunge each leg x 20, incline merkin x 20.

    Jog/sprint to the grassy knoll for ab work (Russian twists, tin snips, penguins, LBTs x 20)

    Indian run to pull up bars with circuits of pull ups, plank, jump squats, big boy sit ups.

    Strong finish work burpees x 5 on each of the next 5 ‘running man’ graphics.

    COT. Blessed to be out making ourselves better! And prayers for no more tropical weather!

  • Leg Day on the Mountain – Canyon Training – from Sandbar

    YHC is headed the Grand Canyon for the Rim to Rim hike in October and the M. is way ahead of me in training. So Leg Day on the Mountain.
    Disclaimer in the soft rain, followed by a slow mosey up and down St. Charles the Loyola palm circle.
    Warm up with SSH IC, Grass Grabbers and Windmills.
    Mosey to the base of the mountain, then march backwards up the stairs to 6.
    Time for the Dirty Mac (modified +1)
    -10 Left Leg Shrimp Squat IC
    -10 Right Leg Shrimp Squat IC
    -10 Sissy Squats IC
    -10 Goblet squats IC
    Run down 2 ramps, and march up the stairs backwards to 6.
    -10 Bulgarian Splits Left Leg IC
    -10 Bulgarians Right Leg IC
    -10 Jump squats OYO
    -10 calf raises, each leg OYO
    Down and up again
    -10 RL Lunges IC
    -10 LL Lunges IC
    -10 RL side lunges
    -10 LL side lunges
    Down and up again.
    Discussion about the “advanced wife pleaser.” Perhaps we have had the notion wrong for years. Perhaps this is about a result and not an action…. The ladies like tight buns PAX, and better form on the glute bridges will lead to that result. Think about it.
    -10 Left Leg Glute bridges IC
    -10 Right Leg Glute bridges IC
    -10 Left Leg Reverse lunges IC
    -10 Right Leg Reverse lunges IC

    And to keep it interesting – 10 quad hip extensions left and right leg IC.
    Down the stairs to the benches. Adding a hop to the top of each IC exercise.
    -10 RL steps ups, 10 LL Step ups, 10 RL power ups, 10 LL power ups.

    Back to the flag. Count-off, Name-o-rama, Announcements and Intentions.

  • Dirty Mac with Tropicana – from Reluctant Yankee

    Today YHC had a chance to meet and greet one of guys DR from F3 Knoxville. Love the F3 network and its fun to see how this group is connected across the Nation. When we really got moving with this thing 10 years ago next month – it was a perk I didn’t even consider.

    Gathering at the park entrance – early for me – I am usually catching up kind of late. Tropicana had the chance to meet a few PAX.
    Quick disclaimer and off we went.

    Ran to Wolfpack Mtn right away. At the base we did a warmup circle of pain.
    SSH, Imp Walker Squats, Mtn Climbers, and Dying Roach x 20

    Up the stairs to 7. Started our modified DIRTY MACDEUCE.
    Lunges, Plank Jacks, Shoulder Taps, and Backwards lunges x 20
    Down the BOB MARLEY staircase – WEED smell was DANK.
    Up the regular staircase.

    Arrived at FLOOR 6 to avoid the puddles this time.
    Our man from KNOXVILLE stepped up for a COP
    We did BBQ Squats, TIE FIGHTER L/R arm cicles, SLOW 3-PT SQUATS with Toe Touch x 20, and one more that my brain can’t remember
    Tclaps to Tropicana for stepping up to teach us how they do it in Gnarly Knoxville

    Back down Bob Marley staircase and up the regular staircase.

    Arrived at FLOOR 6 again. Notice a cooler weather in the air.
    Backwards lunges, Monkey humpers, Hip Dips and Flutter kicks x 20
    another lap

    Back to FLOOR 6. Down the dank stairs up the regular stairs.
    We did 20 jump squats OYO, 20 hand release merks OYO, Nolan Ryans x 20, and Freddie Mercury x 20
    Down the regular stairs avoiding the Dank Stank stairwell.

    To the benches for Step UPs L/R, and Dips.
    Back to Flag.

    Cool crisp summer moring. Thanks for the opportunity to Q.
    You guys get me up in the AM and I appreciate you.
    Tclaps to Tropicana for joining us!

  • Resist the PSL – from Sea Man

    PSL’s are coming and only a gun show will stop them!

    Mosey around the lot to pickup late arrivals Tube Steak and Willie (of course) and to the field in front of the zoo for standard warm up and Tantric Arm Circles.

    On to the statue for the Dora
    100 Shoulder Taps 2:1
    200 Dips
    300 Inclined Mercs

    Followed it up with Lunge back pedal around the loop while partner did LBCs, LBT to the Right, LBT to the left.

    Back to the field for Jack Web’s. After much whining about 10 we finished our 10 tantric Arm Circles and on to the flag.

  • Short Circuit – from Reluctant Yankee

    Today the Q was mine and what a nice treat to show up with a FNG and Chardonnay pulling a Kotter and joining us in the GLOOM! Man the 10 degrees cooler was a total game changer for my energy at the beatdown.

    Quick disclaimer – and then 22 MEN did the difficult thing and posted for F3 Birdcage at Audubon Park.

    We ran the mini loop by the club house for a warm up and then a quick COP warm up with SSH, Imperial Scott Walkers, Mtn Climbers, Dying Roaches, and Bird Dogs x 20

    Quickly set up a SHORT CIRCUIT –
    Station 1 in the benches –> Dips, Bulgarian Split Lunge L/R, Irkins and Derkins, and Seated Squats (x 20)
    Run to Station 2
    Station 2 SUICIDES in OAK ALLEY
    Run to Station 3
    Rows and Plank Jacks x 25
    Run to Station 4
    Pull Ups x 10 or Negatives
    Run back to Station 1

    Back to the BANDSTAND
    6 MIN OF MARY
    LBC, LBT, Lil baby obliques, Hip Dips L/R, Wife Pleasers, O Mary, Flutters, and Low Country Crab x 20

    Thanks for the opportunity to Q today!

  • The People’s Mountain (WPM 2023-06-23 – from Catfish

    Started off with a mosey over to the other side of St. Charles to warm up with:

    • Hip Circles clockwise x 5 (in cadence)
    • Hip Circles counterclockwise x 5 (in cadence)
    • Abe Vigodas x 10 (in cadence)
    • Grass Grabbers x 10 (in cadence)
    • Wacky Jacks x 20 (in cadence)
    • 8-Counts x 10 (in cadence)

    Moseyed to the base of the mountain for a backwards run up the ramp to the 3rd level. All PAX grabbed some wall space to hold a People’s Chair, and while here PAX did Overhead Claps x x20 (in cadence). Got off the wall and went right into Low Slow Squats x 20 (in cadence).

    Moseyed around, then backwards up the next incline to the 4th level. All PAX grabbed some wall space to hold a People’s Chair, and while here PAX did Seal Claps x 20 (in cadence). Got off the wall and went right into Monkey Humpers x 20 (in cadence).

    Moseyed around, then backwards up the next incline to the 5th level. All PAX grabbed some wall space to hold a People’s Chair, and while here PAX did Moroccan Night Clubs x 20 (in cadence). Got off the wall and went right into Donkey Kicks x 20 (in cadence).

    Moseyed around, then backwards up the next incline to the 6th level. All PAX grabbed some wall space to hold a People’s Chair, and while here PAX did Air Presses x 20 (in cadence). Got off the wall and went right into Bobby Hurleys x 20 (in cadence).

    Moseyed around, then backwards up the next incline to the top level. All PAX grabbed some wall space to hold a People’s Chair, and while here PAX did Arm Circles x 20 (in cadence). Got off the wall and went right into Alternating Lunges x 20 (in cadence).

    Moseyed over to the end of the parking lot, got a 20-count rest in, then put feet up on the wall to touch the upper body with Derkins x 20 (in cadence).

    Moseyed down the stairs to visit Touchdown Jesus for a round of 7s. PAX started with burpees on one end, then bear crawled to the other for Dr. Ws. Got about halfway through, then circled back up for a 90-second single leg balance hold (holding knee of the raised leg as high to the chest as possible), one 90-second hold for each leg.

    Moseyed back to flag for CoT.

  • Wolf Pack Mountain – Burpee Palooza Ring of Fire – from Willie

    The PAX gathered for 530AM sharp at the WPM meeting spot on St. Charles Ave, where I announced the standard disclaimer. I also had my Bluetooth speaker and playlist at the ready. The rules are pretty simple for my music. Any PAX can skip a song, but it will trigger a 10 burpee penalty for the whole group, and there are no back-to-back skips…sorry Catfish:(). O’Douls had the honor of shuffling the songs, and it landed on “The Children will Listen” by Barbara Streisand…. The entire PAX declared a skip, and we did 10 burpees out of the gate!
    We moseyed over to the base on WPM to warm up with the following exercises all in cadence:
    SSHx20, Imperial Walkersx20, Hillbilliesx20, Self lovex20, Grass Grabbersx10, Arm Circles F/Bx10

    Once the warmups were complete, the PAX ran up the mountain stopping at each level for a Ring of Fire. All inclines were run up backwards.
    Monkey Humpers 20 total, next PAX starts at 10. Hold Al Gore while you wait.
    Couch skipped with 5 seconds left of the “Humpty Dance” – PAX did 10 Burpees.
    Low slow Squats 20 total, next PAX starts at 10. Hold Al Gore while you wait.
    Douille skipped “It’s Raining Men” – PAX did 10 Burpees.
    LBCs 20 total next PAX starts at 10. Hold a hip bridge (wife pleaser) while you wait.
    Merkins 20 total next PAX starts at 10. Hold plank while you wait.
    Mountain Climbers 20 total next PAX starts at 10. Hold plank while you wait.

    Once at the top of the mountain, I had a surprise for the PAX. Instead of a traditional ring of fire, we had Burpee Palooza Ring of Fire. Each PAX was singled out to name the artist of the current song. We did 3 burpees as a group as the new song played. Once the burpees were done, the PAX next up in the ring of fire had to name the artist of the song, if he missed it, another 5 burpees ensued, if he got it correct, we did 10 Squats. We made it through 7 of the 21 PAX in the ring before heading back to the flag. Let’s just say we did a lot of burpees, and I will leave it right there.

    Here is a list of the songs that were played in the Burpee Palooza Ring of Fire:
    Get Ready – DJ Jubilee
    Da’ Dip – Freak Nasty
    Shake it off – Taylor Swift
    For Those About to Rock – ACDC
    What a Fool Believes – Doobie Brothers
    Let’s Dance – David Bowie
    What Does the Fox Say? – Ylvis

    We made it back to the flag right on time and closed out with the COT. It’s always an honor to lead this group of great men. Already looking forward to next time!

  • Another RARE Uptown Backblast – from Reluctant Yankee

    Man…I did NOT want to post when I opened my eyes at 5AM. I rolled over and laid there thinking about it…at 5:18 I was still awake somehow thinking about posting or sleeping. Its funny how even after 8 plus years of this – every gloom – I reluctantly drag my tired body out of bed. I knew there wasn’t a Q signed up. I knew I would need to step up. Pulled in to Birdcage – wheels on fire bc I sped to the workout due to my sleepy hesitation.
    Quick disclaimer while I yelled follow me – no stopping and we were off to the field in front of the ZOO. I noticed Peppa was here. I was happy to see Pep bc he has been out of town a bunch. I saw Quincy who hasn’t been posting regularly and I was happy to see him. I saw Angie’s List who is always talking with El Wire during the first circle of pain and I was happy to see him. As I looked at each PAX I was happy to see all of them. I started making a mental list of who wasn’t there – no Brown Bag, no Seaman, no Sphinxter, no Moana. I made a mental note that if I am happy to see these PAX and disappointed not to see some PAX – there must be others who feel the same way right. I was thinking I need to post more on Monday. 4 posts a week is usually my goal. Lately it has been only 2 a week.
    I never want to post – I never REGRET posting.

    1st CIRCLE OF PAIN: SSH x 20, Imperial Scott walkers x 20, 20 Hand Release Merks and 20 MTN CLIMBERS
    ran to Audubon Statue
    Partnered up for 3 laps with a partner: Lap 1 – Dips Lap 2 Left leg steps Lap 3 Right leg steps
    ran to the FLY – River view.
    Circled up for some Shoulder Taps, Plank Walks, J-Los, and Toe Tappers
    Ran to the Hill.
    Did 20 LBCs ran to midfield of soccer field 10 Hand Release Merks – decrease by 2
    back to Hill 20 LBCs ran back to midfield for 8 HR merks
    same and stopped after 6 HR merks.
    Long run to Labyrinth with Ping Pongs back to collect the 6.
    2 quick exercises at Labyrinth. Decline Should Taps, then 20 Plank Jacks.
    Back to FLAG
    Had to hustle to get there on time.

    I am taking the list of PAX who posted and filling in the calendar until June! You have been signed up.
    I will do my best to send a friendly reminder.
    I will also harass you to write a backblast.
    Thanks for posting. Without you out there in the gloom – I am certain that I would sleep in comfort