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  • The Forgotten Q – Uugh Oohh Spaghetti Ohhh

    So this Wednesday morning yours truly was running just a minute late and joined the PAX in mid-mosey to the track for some warm-ups.  The first conversation with Frac-Sac went something like this.

    Abacus:   Good morning Fracsac.

    Fracsac:    Hey Nice of you to join us Abacus – this is your Q this morning.

    Abacus:   Great,  this is the first I am hearing of this.   (Lesson learned to check the Q schedule more frequently).

     

    Fracsac led the PAX through warm-ups near the track.    Warm-ups included SSH, Imperial Walkers,  arm circles, and a few other well placed warm up exercises.

    Fracsac led the next exercise on the track – Run one lap of the track doing exercise at each corner including the following:  Merkins, Burpees, Cataline wine mixers, and squats.

    Abacus took over from here and led the mosey to the grassy area near the new Children’s Museum under construction.    Circle up for three minutes of “Suck” – 7 SSH, 7 Merkins, and 7 squats, AMRAP in three minutes.    Then a few minutes of Mary including flutter kicks, hello dolly, dying cockroach, and penguin.

    Mosey to the Foundry for workout on the equipment.  Pair up and we were able to do twice through the following exercises.   10 Burpees – was the timer.     AMRAP – pull-ups, step-ups, squats, incline or decline merkins (dealer’s choice), and dips.

    Mosey back to the flag just in time for count-off, name – o – rama, announcements, and special intentions.

    Thanks to Fracsac for the Co-Q.   Lesson has been learned to check the Q schedule.    Thanks to all for the opportunity to lead.

    Abacus

  • Teamwork

    Mosey over for a quick warm up in the great lawn.

    • 15x Plank Jacks IC
    • 20x Elevator Merkins IC
    • 20x Peter Parkers IC
    • 20x SSHs IC

    Partner up for some Dora 1-2-3.

    1. 100 Burpees (at the Great Lawn)
    2. 200 Mayweathers (at NOMA)
    3. 300 Squats (NOMA neutral ground)

    Mosey over to the refinery and split into 2 groups.

    1. Calf Raise Circuit (timer)
    2. 3x Pull ups, 5x Merkins/Squats AMRAP

    Back to the flag, where we held the COT. Coffeteria and 3rd F (Q’d by Woz) was held after…great time!

    Moleskin

    MURPH at the Foundry…get some!

  • Making a Backblast from Scratch

    YHC typically creates his Beatdowns on paper prior to the Q that way when he returns to his CPU, all he needs to do is add an opening statement and sign off.   This post however has been created entirely from scratch as YHC created today’s beatdown on the fly.   I miss my Wienke.

    W/U – rather than the traditional COP warm up, start at the first bench and do 1 Irken and 2 Squats, at the next bench do 2 Irkens and 4 squats and continue to the end of Roosevelt mall using that Jack Webb style of Irkens & Squats.

    The Thang

    • Mosey to the side of NOMA for wall-sits.  Go down the line and state your Hometown, College Alma Mater (Geaux Colonels!), and favorite Professional Sports Team.  We had a couple of Yankees with us today from Minnesota and Washington DC.  One PAX said his favorite Pro Team was Ole Miss Baseball.  I’ve placed a call to the NCAA to impose sanctions….again. It was good to hear that for the post part, F3 NOLA loves the Saints.
    • Mosey to The Foundry – Partner Up
      • 10 Under The Fence/Dive Bomber Merkins (the count)
      • Reverse Lung to Squats
      • 10 Rocky Balboa’s to Burpee
      • Pull Ups or Negative Pull Ups
      • Hanging Toe-to-Bar
    • Rinse & Repeat
    • Circle up for High Knees to Burpees on the Q Count
    • Circle up for Birth Control Merkins
      • Do 10 Mountain Climbers and then go in to Merkins.  Today we learned the ages of all of Triple Shift’s Kids by doing Merkins for each child’s age.
    • Mosey to the Track, Spring 1/4 of the Track and Mosey to the flag

    Mary

    • LBCs x 25
    • AH x 20
    • WJ x 15
    • CF x 10
    • Plank Up, Right, Left

    COT – Count off, Nameorama, Announcements (Babycakes Game, Barathon, Murph Challenge on Memorial Day w/ Mahatma Ice), Intentions

    Thank you for the opportunity to lead,

    Da Parish

    Moleskin – Happy Birthday Fracsac.

  • Side Effects and a side of bricks

    Going back through the backblasts while looking for ideas – YHC ended up in the way back machine, re-reading several of the ideas from good ol’ Side Effects.  So that, coupled with one surprise YHC saw while doing a slow mosey through City Park looking for something different, would inspire the Saturday workout.  YHC pulled in to the parking lot, happy to see lots of our recent new faces.  Always refreshing to see new gentleman returning, bringing new ideas, new members, new enthusiasm.  Thank you Pai Gow, Dry Rub, Mambi!  Keep it coming!

    5:30 – start with the disclaimer, and welcome to our FNG.  Challenge issued to the PAX to try to learn about our cohort during the workout so we can start the naming with some ideas!  Then mosey off towards MOMA to get started.

    Warm Up:

    Counts (and exercises?) are approximates.  But I think this is mostly right.

    • SSH x25
    • Windmills x12
    • Smurf Jacks x25
    • IW x25
    • Peter Parker x25
    • Floyd Mayweather x25
    • Parker Peter x25

    Bear Crawl over to the lightpole.

    Route 66

    Side Effects was always a fan of the Route 66.  One whole Sat AM workout was JUST Route 66.  6 of them, as I recall.  Just kept going down Esplanade Street.  Felt like it would NEVER END.

    Outbound – Squat Jumps.  1x at first light pole, 2X at the next, 3x, 4x, …. up to 11x at the end.  Al Gore on the netural ground for the 6.

    Inbound – Merkins.  1x, 2x, …. up to 11x back at the water fountain.  Plank and wait for the 6.

    Heat is here.  Humidity is out in force.  Everyone Hydrate, por favor…

    Tooth Fairy

    Another Side Effects special.  Irkins on the side MOMA stairs.  1x on the first stair, 2x on the second, 3x, 4x, … stopping at 10x.  The stairs go up to 14 (which is the expected measurement), but YHC audibled for the sake of time.

    4 groups (causing mass confusion, which YHC incorrectly blamed on bumbling PAX when it was, in fact, YHC who created this chaos through poor instructions).  Whatever.  Each PAX ended up cycling through the 4 stations.  Tooth Fairy was the timer.

    • Tooth Fairy
    • Continous Lunges
    • Continuous Dying Cockroach
    • Wall Sit

    Mosey back to the Fountain

    Fountain Times

    (or “Get in the way of the other morning group”)

    • Right Leg Step-up x20
    • Box Jump x10
    • Left Leg Step-up x20
    • Derkins x10
    • Dips x20
    • Irkins x10

    Mosey off to the Refinery.

    Refinery

    Side Effects always pushed us to get stronger, especially with Pull Ups.  7 stations.  Everyone partner up (PAX managed to get this right)

    • Burpees x12 (timer)
    • Jumpin’ the Shark
    • Pull Ups
    • Box Jumps
    • Dips
    • Knee-Ups
    • Merkins

    Everyone made it through one station.  (Thanks, Gabrielle, for the extra help to get YHC up to the pull up bar those last reps)

    The Surprise

    YHC had been cutting time short on some exercises to reserve time for one surprise, which he’d noticed on a drive through the park the night before.  More Bricks.  YHC has decided that adding bricks to the workout is a Good Thang, and plans to do it more.  And it so happens there was an unguarded pile o’ bricks right inside Tools Wall.  So everyone grab a pair.  (Much mumble chatter about who’s bricks were bigger.  CHILDREN.  PAY ATTENTION).

    • Newton’s Cradle x20
    • Jack Webbs: 1 Merkin: 2 Brick Presses.  OYO.  Go as far as you can.  YHC called time after 8:16
    • Shoulder Tabs x20

    Return the bricks just ahead of the park ranger arriving in his golf cart…

    Quick stop on the Tool Wall for Calf Raises x25 and Monkey Humpers x31.

    Mosey back to the Main Lawn, and one final sprint back to the flag.

    Lots of announcements to get through: Bible Study, Babycakes Game, Bar-a-thon, Summer Series, Summer cookout.  No shortage of F2 events coming up – hope to see everyone out!

    Count-off and Name-o-rama.  Then naming of the FNG.  Hoochey was a close 2nd, but the winner was Thigh Master, quickly shortened to just “Thighs”, coming from Suzanne Sommers, via Three’s Company.  And I don’t recall how we ended up on Three’s Company for him – but the name stuck.  Welcome aboard Thighs!

    Thanks for the opportunity to lead!

     

  • One more time up the Mountain

    After lots of smiling faces and mumble chatter along the avenue, YHC decided to quickly change the tone for the day. Brief disclaimer (if it hurts, keep doing it) then moseyed across the street.

    What’s more fun than starting your day with bear crawls?

    Bear crawled to 1st tree then crab walk back

    42 SSH then 10 Burpees

    Moseyed towards the mountain for stop at the parking garage fence: 20 calf raises

    Up the mountain: Indian Run two lines

    Top of Mountain: 10 Burpees

    Lined up facing the down ramp: 10 Merkins, 10 RTs, run down the ramp, 10 burpees, run backwards up the ramp – repeat 3 times, last time bear crawl up instead of backwards run

    After watching Brown Bag perform advanced yoga moves, moseyed down the stairs to the benches.

    Dips x20, RLSU x20, Dips x10, LLSU x20, Dips x12 & Decline Parker Peter x20

     

    With about 12 minutes, most of the PAX were ready to pack it for some mary and plankwork next to the nonchalant Jesus statue (looks like he doesn’t care there’s a better university next door).

    Not so fast…we’re back up the mountain for another indian run. Quick mary of RTs & the Real Freddie Mercury (can’t stop me now) then back to the flag.

    Count-0-rama, soft tees & prayer.

    Strong 25 today…thanks for being in that number.

     

  • Your Kids Are How Old?!?!

    YHC’s commute was from Kenner this morning.  Rather than the usual 20 min drive, it was more like 12 with very little stop lights.   With the extra time, YHC reviewed his Weinke in preparation for todays Beatdown.  A Pax can always prep for his Q, but the only true way to perfect is through experience.   YHC is grateful for F3 and it’s $0 cost mantra.  The best way to show your gratitude and “pay” back what you receive is by signing up to Q.

    W/U

    • SSH x 26
    • Ave Vigoda x 20
    • IW x 20
    • MC x 20
    • Butt Kicks x 10

    The Thang

    Indian Run to NOMA

    • Wall Sits – In COT fashion, name your Occupation, M’s Name, # of Children

    Indian Run to the Foundry for equipment free Beatdown Stations

    • 8 Ct Body Builder x 10 is the count
    • Jack Webbs 1:2, 2:4, 3:6
    • Squat + Plank
    • Plank Combo
    • Jump Squats

    Circle Up for Merkins – In Cot fashion, do a Merkin for each year of the age of your children.  This was either a really good or really bad idea.  Depends on the Pax interpretation.

    • Mambi – 7, 5
    • Pai Gow – 7, 5
    • Walleye – 8, 5
    • Da Parish – 3, 1
    • Cowbell – (K9) 3
    • Bogey – 20, 19, 14
    • Tool – 14, 12

    Mosey to the Track – Pax assigns Mary to be performed and then takes off for a lap.  To save time, a new Pax took off every half lap.

    • Mambi – Flutter Kicks
    • Tool – LBCs
    • Da Parish – Wife Pleasers
    • Walleye(?) – Hello Dolly
    • Cowbell – Crunchy Frog
    • Bogey – American Hammer
    • Pai Gow – Wheezy Jeffersons

    Back to the Flag for Count Off, Namorama, & Announcement (CSAUP/F2 tonight at the Lafitte Greenway & Bayou Beer Garden, Lakeview Running Club every Thursday, Free BabyCakes tickets on May 17).

    Thank you for the opportunity to lead.

    Da Parish

  • What’s better then a Merkin ladder? 2 of course!

    I guess its better late than never to post a back-blast. Eight men arrived in the dark gloom on Wednesday 5/2/18. Still no lights on Roosevelt Mall. The usual disclaimer and off we go.

    We moseyed down Roosevelt Mall to a warm-up COP.
    SSH x 20 IC
    Imperial Walkers x 20 IC
    Lunges x 20 IC
    Windmills x 10 IC
    Arm Circles 10 forward, 10 backward IC
    Mountain Climbers x 20 IC

    Next an Indian Run to the front of NOMA.
    Merkin ladder up the steps, 1 Merkin at the bottom, 11 at the top
    10 box jumps on the fountain at the bottom
    Repeat
    Merkin ladder up the steps, 1 merkin at the bottom, 11 at the top
    10 box jumps on the fountain at the bottom

    Mumble chatter ensues. As it turns out, 2 Merkin ladders not as much fun as it sounds. The Pax suggested a Reverse Merkin ladder for round 2 may be better. Perhaps they are right…

    Then exercises up and down the NOMA steps
    10 squat jumps at the top, 20 dips on the fountain at the bottom
    Repeat 3 times

    Next we moseyed to the Foundry for some circuits. 8 men, 4 stations:
    Pull-ups
    Body rows
    Step-ups
    10 WWII had the count
    2 rounds total

    Finally, to the track for some sprints, Hawgcycle-Style.
    We split into pairs. 1 man sprints 200 meters, the partner jogs across the infield to meet on the other side, sprint 200 meters, jog across the infield. 2 times around the track.

    A short mosey back to the flag. Count-off, name-o-rama, announcements, intentions, and a prayer. I am grateful to theses men for keeping me strong. Thanks for the opportunity to lead.

    Walleye

  • A Bulgarian Celebration of Cinco De Mayo

    YHC came in with high hopes of easily surpassing 3 miles in this morning’s Mothership.  Well, we only got to 2.8.  Below is a recap of my failure.

    Warm-up

    Line up on the great lawn:

    • High knees (20 yards)
    • Carioca (40 yards)
    • Butt Kicks (20 yards)
    • Arkansas Do-si-dos (20 yards)

    Circle Up:

    • Arm Circles (15 forward, 20 backwards) – Keep ’em up
    • Moroccan Night Club x 25
    •  Self-Love x 15

    The Thang

    Mosey to the Museum for some Red Hot Chili Pepper

    • 10 Bulgarian Split Leg Squats Right Leg Forward
    • 20 Decline Merkins
    • 10 Bulgarian Split Leg Squats Left Leg Forward
    • 20 Incline Merkins
    • 8 Bulgarian Split Leg Squats Right Leg Forward
    • 10 Decline Merkins
    • 8 Bulgarian Split Leg Squats Left Leg Forward
    • 10 Incline Merkins
    • 6 Bulgarian Split Leg Squats Right Leg Forward
    • 6 Decline Merkins
    • 6 Bulgarian Split Leg Squats Left Leg Forward
    • 6 Incline Merkins

    Mosey to the Bayou for 10!  Pace is important.  Be quick.

    • 10 Merkins, 10 Squats, 10 Big Boi Sit-ups
    • 9 Merkins, 9 Squats, 9 Big Boi Sit-ups
    • 8 Merkins, 8 Squats, 8 Big Boi Sit-ups
    • …….
    • 2 Merkins, 2 Squats, 2 Big Boi Sit-ups
    • 10 Merkins, 10 Squats, 10 Big Boi Sit-ups  (See what I did there?)

    Mosey on to the track for an SFx Special.  Partner up.  Pax 1 sprints a 200 meters while Pax 2 jogs across the infield to meet him.  Flap jack and meet on the other side.  Each team completed 1600 meters. #CrowdPleaser

    Mosey back the Great Lawn, for some Cinco De Mayo inspired Dora.  YHC knew there was no way were were finishing, but that didn’t keep us from trying.  Partner up.  This was the plan:

    • 100 Ocho-Count Body Builders
    • 200 Mexican Jumping Beans
    • 300 Moribundo Cucaraches

    A few teams made it through the Body-Builders and into the Jumping Beans.

    Sprint back to the flag for COT.  Welcome to our FNG Stooge and T-Claps to The Hokey Pokey for the EH.  Big Coffeeteria afterwards with 17 Pax.  T-claps to Bogey for buying with his NCAA winnings and T-Claps to Rudy and Fracsac for paying their burpee debt.  Bible Study with Woz on Q next week at 8:15.

    -Hawg

     

     

  • Three Years of Respect

    A PAX can sometimes be a deaf lot, such as when a Q makes a disclaimer and then starts to mosey: huh, huh, what’d he say?  Where’s he going?  Hey, wait, we’re supposed to be following him?

    After a clearly articulated, strong-voiced disclaimer at precisely 5:30:00a, YHC started the usual mosey to Walnut, as the PAX slowly caught up with lots of mumblechatter.  We continued a mosey to the front of Tulane, but past the wall and into the area with more room.  After all, some of the PAX were, shall we say, gaseous.  Warm-up:

    • SSHs 31xIC
    • Hillbillies 28xIC
    • Monkey Humpers 31xIC (always a crowd pleaser)
    • Peter Parkers 30xIC

    Mosey to old stomping grounds with a new twist suggested by Reluctant Yankee: at the corner of Calhoun and St. Charles in front of the oh-so-lovely tiers landscaping featuring an elegant cement carving that just happens to spell LOYOLA, the Pax broke up into four groups (some difficulty encountered, apparently dividing sixteen by four can sometimes be challenging in the Gloom).  Group One: mosey over to the three-floor outdoor staircase to go up and down twice (that’s 24 up each time for those who climbed steps by twos and 48 down for those not crazy enough to do same on the way down, for a total of 144 steps–or so); meanwhile, Group Two did merkins AMRAP at the corner, Group Three did squats AMRAM on the first tier and Group Four did Nolan Ryans AMRAP on the second tier.  The merks were definitely the most challenging.  Cycle through until each group has done all four stations.

    After a somewhat quiet 20-count by Cowbell, the PAX moseyed to and up the central stairwell for Wolfpack Mountain.  At the top, the PAX divided into two groups (again, apparently, some difficulty in dividing sixteen in half).  Group One moseyed down the stairway to the third floor and back up, while Group Two did some prayer chairs; then both groups flipped.  Rinse and repeat once, and then a Circle of Mary:

    • Russian Twists 20xIC
    • Flutter Kicks 20xIC
    • Penguins 20xIC
    • Hello Dollys 20xIC
    • Crunchy Frogs 20xIC
    • Dying Cockroaches 20xIC
    • LBCs 20xIC
    • Dr. Ws 10xIC (apparently, YHC was going too fast?  He thought it was easier that way.  Beware, next time he might do it oh so slow to keep the burn burning hot.  We miss you, Side Effects.)

    Mosey back down the ramp and back to the would-be flag to finish at, RY will be happy to hear, precisely at 6:15a.  A black dog and his man Sea Man were dutifully waiting, with a bemused smile as he watched 16 (or really 15, since Pony Boy had to peel off) PAX drip sweat into the sweet, dewy grass.  Count off, Name-O-Rama, and a closing COT.

    #Moleskin: YHC was, um, a bit more exhausted (Douille thought YHC might need to go to a hospital) when he finished his first BeatDown, led by Splash on the first Friday of Jazzfest in 2015.  #TClaps to all the PAX for giving YHC three years and one week of great BeatDowns.

    Jingle Vader

  • Spartacus II…again

    DISCLAIMER, let’s mosey…Grab a rock, medium, one you won’t drop on your head…Let’s mosey to the shelter (cuz it has benches and a lovely aroma).

    COP:

    -SSH x 30 IC

    -Mt Climbers x 30 IC

    -Arm Circles x 30 IC (15 ea. dir.)

    -J-Lo’s x 30 IC

    1. Bulgarian Split Lunge (30 sec/ea leg)
    2. Shoulder Press
    3. Goblet Squat
    4. T-pushup
    5. Alternating Step-up w/rock
    6. Squat Press
    7. Side Lunge with Touch (Elf on the Shelf)
    8. Merkins
    9. Lunge and Rotation
    10. Elevated Wife Pleasers (Rudy, stop looking…)

    Rinse and Repeat for a total of two rounds.

    times is almost up…send your rock home and grab some grass (with stickers) for some Mary:

    -LBC x 30 IC

    -Flutter Kicks x 30 IC

    -Penguins x 20 IC

    -Dying Cockroach x 20 IC

    Times up, mosey to the SF…

    Countoff, namerama, announcements, and a prayer.  It was an honor to lead.  SYITG…