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City Park Landmark Tour & Workout – Part 3

28 PAX ignored the threat of rain and made it out The Mothership this Sat. We lucked out with a “calm before the storm” as the the guys assmebled and prepared for takeoff. YHC wanted to mix things up with an old school City Park history tour as part of the workout, similar to a few beatbowns circa 2015. The night before had the forecast looking nasty, so the plan was to stay close to cover and hone in on a few of the iconic landmarks right there in the original part of the park. The 1300 acre park was established in 1854 and has lots of history, great architecture, nature, wildlife, and of course trees….home to one of the largest collection of live oaks in the world. Generations of New Orleans residents and visitors alike have enjoyed the park so it only seemed fitting to pay homage to a few things that make it a great place. As the clock struck 5:30 we discussed the plan for the day, followed by the disclaimer, then off to….

First stop, The Peristyle, built in 1907 to have outdoor dances and concerts for the “well heeled” New Orleanians….some chatter from Rudy about Jingle Vader being in that category. Using the year as the rep count, we started with Imperial Walkers x19 and Windmills x7.

Then an ugly mosey around The Casino Building with some doubt from the PAX before going up and over Popp Bandstand for Stop #2 on the nearby grass.

With 12 granite columns and topped with a bronze dome, Popp Bandstand was named for is benefactor, John F. Popp, and is a replica of the Temple of Love in Versailles. In 1916, Popp made a donation to the park to build the Popp Bandstand which was
completed in 1917.

The Spanish Mission Revival-style “Casino” building opened in 1913 as a place that sold refreshments. Because of that, the City Park legend says that the building originally was called a cantina, using the Spanish word for a place where food and drinks are served. In a 2008 Times-Picayune story, City Park Executive Director Beau Bassich said he believed the New Orleans dialect colloquialized the word into “casina.” However, 1913 newspaper articles do use the word “casino” to describe the new building, explaining it will be “the amusement center of the park,” though there is no mention of gambling.

Here we circled up using 1917 and 1913 to inspire the rep count for Peter Parkers x19, Low Slow Squats x17, Mountain Climbers x19 and Arm Circles x13.

Then we recaped the age of the park, 164 years, with a Plank Merkin circle where all PAX held a high plank while merkins were cranked out individually in a clockwise manner up to 164 total.

Then a mosey over the stone bridge towards City Park Ave for a meandering jog through the oldest grove of mature live oak tress the world. We made sure to recognize the two oldest ones by looping around McDonough Oak and then, after some doubt from the PAX about my navagation ability, made our way to the Ansmen Oak, both of which are approx 800 years old. Here we circled up for an 8 round burpee countdown, one round for each century…Burpees x8,x7,x6,x5,x4,x3,x2,…x8 for the crowdpleaser! More about City Park trees here: http://neworleanscitypark.com/in-the-park/trees-in-city-park

Then a mosey over the Ansmen Bridge, one of 9 built by the WPA, and back to The Peristyle where we lined up on one side for a partner circuit. This included 8 rounds of PAX #1 performing the specified exercise across the Peristyle and back (timer) while PAX #2 stayed put with a stationary exercise.

1)Inchworm & Wall Sit

2) Bearcrawl fwd/bwd & Balls to the Wall

3) Duck Walk & Declined Plank

4) Crab Walk fwd/bwd & Wall Sit

5) Lunge Walk & LBC

6) Kong & Balls to the Wall

7) Fiddler Crab & Flutter Kicks

8) Lateral Lunge & Wall Sit

Next up, we couldn’t leave out the adjacent Great Lawn that has hosted countless hours of F3 beatdowns. Built in 2010, the Goldring/Woldenberg Great Lawn is enjoyed by many and has seen a slew of picnics, concerts, yoga classes, and side straddle hops over the past 8 years. So we moseyed a quick loop to the Great Lawn and back to the nearby benches for a partner circuit of: PAX #1 Dips x20 OYO while PAX#2 runs to GL for Merkins x10 and back. Rinse and repeat for 3 rounds total follwed by a “victory lap” around the GL topped off with planking to wait for the six.

Still some time left for a few more history lessons so over to the rear of The Peristyle to gaze upon the banks of Bayou Metairie. Although it is now a landlocked lagoon, Bayou Metairie was originally a natural waterway spanning from Bayou St. John to the swampy area near what is now Old Metairie, essentially following the path of current day Metairie Rd. Once used by the Native Americans and early settlers, the banks of the bayou gradually formed the Metairie Ridge which provided high ground for ground transportation and later development of homes.

Since we didn’t have a year to use for rep count, we shifted our focus to 1946, the year of the first City Park Big Bass Rodeo, which is the oldest freshwater fishing rodeo in the country. At this point YHC had to alter the planned exercises and went with the first thing that came to mind, burpees, which really seemed to excite the PAX and peanut gallery, given the initial silence of disbelief followed by some grumbling and the “we already did enough burpees” comments. So PAX#1 knocked out Burpees x19 while PAX #2 held a wall sit on the ledge along Bayou Metairie, which had an awkward slope not conducive to said exercise. Then partner plank slaps, aka patty cake, holding a high plank and alternating hand slaps up to 46.

Nearing the end of our hour, we had just enough time remaining to circle up under The Persistyle for some themed Mary. YHC breifly talked about the various projects completed by the WPA (Works Progress Administration) in the 1930’s throughout City Park, including Tad Gormley Stadium, nine concrete bridges, a golf course, several art deco conrete benches, and Roosevelt Mall. In 1937, President Franklin Roosevelt came in town for the dedication ceremony. Pics below and more info at:
http://neworleanscitypark.com/in-the-park/works-progress-administration-in-new-orleans-city-park

https://www.nola.com/living/index.ssf/2014/08/city_park_throwback_thursday.html

In this undated archival photo, President Roosevelt chats with New Orleanian Paul Alfred Montreuil, 7, at the dedication of the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Mall in City Park. Also pictured: Marcel G. Montreuil, park superintendent; George Grundmann, chairman of the dedication committee and vice president of the park board; and James H. Crutcher, administrator of the WPA in Louisiana.

Our WPA and FDR themed Mary consisted of:

W – Weezey Jeffersons x10IC

P – Pickle Pounders x15IC

A – American Hammer x20IC

F – Flutter Kicks x20IC

D – Dying Cockroach x15IC

R – name??? exotic exercise led by Triple Shift x25IC

Moseyed back to the flag with some rain for added bonus. Capped things off with a COT and announcements. T-claps to War Eagle for stepping up to lead the prayer. He’s a pro at that stuff and much more eloquent in that field than YHC.

NMM – Thanks to the PAX for bearing with my non-professional tour guide ability and abbreviated history tidbits throughout the morning. As always, the peanut gallery led by Rudy and others kept it entertaining. T-claps to Mahatma and others for the occasional motivational cheers and USMC grunts to keep the PAX in high gear. Several guys asked for links (http://neworleanscitypark.com/in-the-park) to some of the City Park history in so I included several in this backblast, which may be one of the longest in F3 history….sorry for the long read, if you made it this far. My wife asked if I was writing a book.

Thanks for the chance to lead.

Tool



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December 9, 2018
Rarajipari on WPM

I took the Q this am bc I have been dying to try some Rarajipari after Hawgcycle told me about playing it in City Park for the 610 Stomp.

We showed up for a hot 68 degree AM in the gloom. We had a FNG – (CHIHUAHUA) named after the province in Mexico that is home of the Tarahumara people who invented this game. He was wearing a Bulldawg shirt so clearly this is a man of great taste and pedigree. Thanks to Brown Bag for EH’ing him!

We gave the disclaimer and headed directly to Wolfpack Mtn. I picked up a bucket of balls on the way.

At the base of WPM SSH x 20 IC, Dying Roach x 20, Imperial Walker Squats x 20, and Mtn Climbers x 20

Partnered up – got a ball and started to play RARAJIPARI on our way up the MTN. At each end of the garage we did 10 merks. Congrats to the winners Sandbar and Saban who won the race up the MTN.

At the top of the MTN. We circled up for Peter Parkers x 20, Flutters x 20, Parker Peters x 20 and Hip Dips each side x 10 each.

Then we got a new partner and went down the garage with 5 squat jumps at each side. This in hindsight was probably a bad exercise choice. – Most of the PAX did their jumps with their back to the balls still rolling down the MTN. A couple of near missed ankle injuries – as far as I know – no injuires occured.

Congrats to Mariah and Peppa for winnning the race down. It certainly helped that their ball plummeted over the edge to the bottom floor from 6 stories up.

At the base – we put the balls in the bucket and ran to the benches. At the benches we did x 20 shoulder taps x 20 power ups left and right, and x 20 dips.

We sealed the deal with x 15 low country crab in cadence.

Then we hustled back to the FLAG. If you got to the FLAG before the 6 each PAX knocked out a BLIMP or as far as he could get.

Announcements: Tree sale at HNJ tonight!, Lycee is having a Christmas Market Saturday

Thanks for letting me Q – I’m looking forward to a Flaming Lips beatdown next Friday!

+10

November 30, 2018
No Burpee Suicides?? What???

YHC arrived to the Mothership a few minutes early, and was surprised to be one of the first on the scene. With only 5 minutes to go, there were no more than a dozen Pax, which is a low number for the Mothership, but is understandable given a holiday weekend. YHC was pleasantly surprised with the final push of arrivals, bringing the total posting to 23, including an FNG!
With the clock turning 0630, time for a brief disclaimer, then…

Mosey toward the Great Lawn, in a direction that threw the Pax off. Keep ’em guessing is the best policy. Circle up on the Great Lawn for the Warm Up

SSH IC x 31
IW IC x 15
Ave Vigodas IC x 10
Grass Grabbers IC x 10
Arm Circles IC – 10 fwd, 10 bwd
Chinook Squats IC x 10
Plank-o-rama…Peter Parker IC x 15….Mountain Climber IC x 15….Parker Peter IC x 15.

A quick countoff proves an odd number of pax. YHC had a game of “Catch Me If You Can” planned out, but the odd number threw a wrench in the cogs. Not to fret, YHC had the odd and even numbers split up into two groups. Odd numbers start running backward on Great Lawn, Even numbers do five Burpees and “Catch Up” to Odd numbers. Once first Pax arrives, all drop into a plank and wait. Even Pax run backwards while Odd numbers do five Burpees and “Catch Up” to Even numbers.
One round of that was enough, YHC knew he should have put the cones out……but trying to infuse something new into the routine!

Mosey to the NOMA Fountain.

Box Jumps OYO x 10
LL Step ups IC x 10
Dips IC x 15
RL Step ups IC x 10
Derkins IC x 15

Mosey to the Tree Line, line up along the first tree.
Bear Crawl to 2nd tree, 10 merkins
Bear crawl to 3rd tree, 10 shoulder taps (King Kong did Kongs…)
Bear Crawl to 4th tree, 10 Floyd Mayweathers
Bear Crawl to 5th tree, 10 Burpees OYO and stand back up

Split the Pax in two groups again. Even number pax form one circle, Odd number pax form another circle.
Circle Burps!
All pax run in place. Each pax takes turns saying “down” which signals the entire circle to do a burpee, recover, and run in place. The odd numbers went around the circle twice, one can only assume the Even’s did roughly the same.

Mosey to the Foundry for Stations!

Station 1 – Dips AMRAP
Station 2 – Pull ups AMRAP
Station 3 – Merkins AMRAP
Station 4 – Leg Lifts AMRAP
Station 5 – Big Boi Sit Ups AMRAP
Station 6 – Run to bike trail, 5 Burpees, Run back – Timer

Complete 2 Rounds

Mosey back to the Great Lawn

Flutter Kicks IC x 20
Crunchy Frog IC x 10
Tin Snips IC x 10

Seal the Deal with 10 Burpees OYO!

Mosey back to the Shovel Flag.

COT

Count Off, Name-O-Rama, Announcements, Intentions, Close with a Prayer. Welcome Pele’!

NMM
The Pax were expecting some Burpee Suicides, but YHC threw ‘ em off with some new routines. Expect the Unexpected! Don’t worry, you’ll find yourselves doing Burpee Suicides again soon enough……
Not exactly sure how a guy born in Venezuela is named after a renowned soccer player from Brazil….but it works!
On a weekend of Giving Thanks, I’d like to say thank you to my F3 Brothers for continually pushing and supporting me to be a better person overall. This is a great organization, one that too many miss out on.

Thanks for posting with me today!

SYITG!

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November 24, 2018
Black Friday Murph
The disclaimer was short and there was no warm-up.

The Thang

A Murph.
- 1 mile run on the track around Pontiff
- 100 Pull-ups
- 200 Merkins
- 300 Squats
- 1 mile run on the track around Pontiff
We partitioned the exercises in reps of 5-10-15. I think we all modified the pull-ups in some form or fashion: jump pull ups, legs on the slide or step, not going all the way up, negatives, etc.

Tool, still recovering, rode his bike to the AO and then did the exercises sans runs. T-claps to Tool for keeping at it while injured. Glad to hear he was able to run the Turkey Day race with no issues.

Everyone pushed hard and finished strong. The first mile was just a little over an 8:00 pace. Below are our unofficial times:
- Hawg – 43:16
- JV – 43:41
- War Eagle – 44:31
- Rev Sox – 44:36
The Murph is tough, especially the pull-ups. Kudos to the men that came out to do it today. That’s how we get better.

-Hawg

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November 23, 2018
Three is the Magic Number

Well Fight Club is destined to be a workout for three. It doesn’t matter who drives out or stops by for a random morning beatdown, we will always have three. YHC will thrilled to see War Eagle arrive, knowing that JV and Hawg were on the way, YHC was excited to bust out some Dora for the first Wednesday since the Fight Club launch. Alas, Hawg fartsacked for something called R3 (rest, relaxation, and recovery). Since War Eagle and Jingle Vader are part of F3 we got in a glorious three man beatdown this morning.

WarmUp

SSH – 27 (to remind War Eagle in his ugly sweatshirt that the Yankees still have more WS Championships)

Hillbillies -20

Arm Circles – 10 forward and 10 reverse

Inchworms – 20

Windmills – 10

Hold a Plank

YHC is terrible at holding a plank position*, so the Pax moseyed back to the start and held a plank for a while. During the plank we did some exercises.

Shoulder taps – 20

Annies – 20

Peter Parker – 20

*YHC is still horrible at holding a plank.

Big Laps

The Fight Club has a long sweet ramp up the levee that is great for a calf burning run. The Pax did 5 big laps up the ramp, down the stairs and around the parking lap back to the ramp. At the end of each lap the Pax did descending burpees to celebrate the completion of each lap.

Bear crabs

Bear crawl from one bench to the other and do 15 incline merkins

Crab walk back and do 15 dips

Repeat twice with 10 and then exercises. There was a great deal of complaining at this point in the beatdown. JV’s hands hurt and War Eagle complains like an Alabama fan would if they needed to play an LSU schedule. War Eagle’s complaints continued throughout the beatdown. Nothing makes a Q smile like some good complaints from the Pax.

The OMV

Mosey down to the Kenner OMV and take a seat on the wall while the Pax waits for our numbers to be called. Since the OMV is currently closed, the wait was longer than normal. Ended the first sit with some air shoulder presses and ended the second sit by holding our arms in the Al Gore position.

Suicide Merkins

The Pax crossed the road to the parking lot for some suicides between the light poles. At each light pole, stop and do 5 merkins at the first pole, 10 at the second, and 15 at the third.

Lunge Walk back

The Pax alternated between lunge walks and mosey at each telephone pole on the way back to the start.

Mary

Wife Pleasers – 20

Hello Dolly – 20

Circle up, Count Off, Name-O-Rama, Announcements, and Prayer

Thank you men for coming out to the Kenner for a beatdown and thank the Lord for the joys of salvation in Christ and community in the Church and our families,

Rev Sox

+5

November 21, 2018
No Sleeves, No Gloves, No Problem
On the tail end of a surprisingly cold November week, four men proved their manhood by posting in the 45-ish degree gloom at Pontiff Park for The Uptowner. The scheduled Q requested a sub days prior so YHC hopped on it as to commit to posting and help ensure the frigid-fartsack would not prevail yet again. As the PAX trickled in, one could only notice some crazy dude walking up in beach-like attire….sleeveless, in shorts, no gloves, no hat….wait, that’s the one and only Jingle Vader! YHC is always in awe of his tolerance to cold weather. After exchanging a few stories to recap the frigid workouts throughout the week, the clock struck 5:30 and we kicked things off with a disclaimer followed by a quick warmup:

Hillbillies x20, WM x10, AC x20, ISWx10, Plank Roll x15

Circuit #1: Next up, grab a small “good form” rock to work with before moving on to a larger one. In an effort to avoid wet rocks and wet feet, we opted to stay on the pavement for:
- Tricep Ext x10
- Rock Overhead/Side Press to Opposite Knee x10 (Imperial Rock Press?)
- One Hand Rock Curl x10 (use other had to balance/assist)
- Squat x10
- Rinse and repeat (all IC)
Circuit #2: Set small rock down, grab a larger “man maker” rock and return to the circle. JV once again declined an offer of the extra pair of gloves YHC had five feet away….must be immune to the numbness that the rest of the PAX encounters with chilly boulders. I’m envious. This circuit would be w/partners doing the following:
- PAX #1 – Inchworm Burpee w/rock press (small) x10 (Timer)
- PAX #2 – Curl w/large rock AMRAP
- Switch, then rinse and repeat x8, x6, x4, x2 w/lagniappe x10 rock press on the last burpee round.
Circuit #3: Similar to previous circuit but different exercises
- PAX #1 – Squat Press w/large rock x10 (Timer)
- PAX #2 – Tricep Extension w/small rock AMRAP
- Switch, then rinse and repeat x8, x6, x4, x2 w/lagniappe x10 rock press on the last squat press round.
Time to return rocks back to base, throwing in curls x10 with each one.

Then burpees x10 to keep the blood flowing.

Mary: LBC x20, Dolly x20, Penguins x20, High Plank for 1 minute

COT to cap things off. As always, thanks for the motivation and giving YHC the drive to get out in the gloom.

Tool

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November 19, 2018
Stop me if you’ve heard this before
Today marks year 3 of YHC’s F3 addiction. Thanks to the brotherhood which has welcomed me, challenged me, improved me. Its been a great ride, and one I look forward to for many more years. I hope that in some small way, I’ve helped other F3 members in the same way that everyone around the Flag has helped me.

So – what better way to celebrate 3 years than by replaying the workout that first got me hooked on this. Back before Hawg became a stoner, he was a thrust into the role of Emergency Q, as the Q for the morning of November 23rd, 2015 failed to show. No, it was not “Shorty”. It was a true and faithful brother of a slightly different height.

Looking for Amnesty

In hindsight, I have no idea how I survived that workout. As Mambi referred to his first workout – I would echo that description for mine: “From Couch to F3”. But it hooked me, and set me on a path.

So here we are – November 19th, 2018. Anniversary #3. What did I do for the anniversary? Uh, the same thing I did on November 23rd, 2015. Same as I did on November 21st, 2016. Same as I did on November 20th, 2017… I’ve never been called “creative”.

Mosey to the Rock Pile! Oh wait, an old-school Cowbell Special: 10 Burpees OYO before we get started

Warm Up

SSH x5. Then grab a rock. Some muttering about how the warmup was as hard as Notre Dame’s schedule. I will remember that comment, Rev-Sox. But we’ve got to get busy.

The Thang

The thang that hooked me. The Lieutenant Dan. Yes, Bogey – WITH A ROCK. At the end of the tree line, start Lunging and Squatting until you get to the fence. x2. x4. x6. Must. Keep. Going. That’s a loooong way to that fence. When you get there, no rest for the weary! Grab a People’s Chair on the fence while we wait on the 6. Mix in some curls while waiting for Triple Shift to finish hauling the largest rock ever seen.

Once everyone gathered at the fence, it was time to give the legs a breather. What better way to rest the legs than with The Jack Webb. Yes, Amnesty – WITH A ROCK. Merkins (one arm on the rock), Rock Presses. 1x/2x. 2x/4x. Up to 8x/16x. Hand Grenada 20 count, please!

Circle up for some Mary. One group of 4 PAX scoot over to the playground. Everone get in a solid 10 Pull Ups, with spotting if needed. Then hurry back. Rest of the PAX are doing Mary.
- Dying Cockroaches while PAX group 1 followed King Kong’s slow mosey return, hanging us out to dry. 31. 32. 33. 34……
- Hello Dolly for PAX group 2, who seemed to understand that they should try and move a bit faster.
- Leg Raises for PAX group 3
- Flutter Kicks for PAX group 4
Time to start moseying back. And by Moseying back, I meant The Lieutenant Dan. Yup, go the other way down the field. Same as the first time. Only Al Gore at the end. Thanks, Kuch, for explaining the Al Gore to Momma and Dem. “You see, you’re hugging a tree. A tree hugger. Get it? Get it?” As we again waited on Triple Shift, the PAX were given the choice of modifying the Al Gore: do it with your rock, or do it like Rudy (sans Rock). Bogey tried with a rock for about 10 seconds, then decided he’d rather be like Rudy. Good choice!

Next up – another Hawg special from my second week: the Bloom Where You Are Planted. Grab your rock. The goal is to NOT PUT IT DOWN.
- Shoulder Press, Curl, Row, Squat, Bench Press x12
- Repeat x10
- Repeat x8
Time to return. But Mambi wanted more – so one more Shoulder Press x6, just for you. Now return the rocks and head back to the flag.

Back at the Flag, PAX did 10 more OYO burpees, just because Rev-Sox thought we needed a bit more from the workout.

Count Off, Name-o-Rama, Announcements, Intentions and circle up for the sweaty Circle of Trust. Thank you all for what you’ve given me. And thanks for the opportunity to lead again.

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November 19, 2018
War Eagle VQ

Pre-Thang:

Over the last three months, YHC has quietly sat back an observed all that is F3. Trying to explain F3 to family and friends makes YHC sound like he joined a cult. “Yea, so me and a bunch of random guys I don’t know show up early in the morning for a workout. We have code names and end each workout by getting in a big circle and praying.” Regardless, YHC has discovered that F3 is the real deal. Physically, I am in the best shape of my life, and mentally you have all stretched me further than I could on my own. For that, I say thank you to all.

YHC was volunteered for this workout (thanks, Rev Sox), but I have discovered the best workouts are planned, and the PAX ends sweaty…

Welcome, Disclaimer, Mosey.

Warm-Up:

SSH X 29 (Random number stuck n my head from this past weekend :))

Mountain Climbers X 25

Imperial Walkers X 20

Windmills X 10

Arm Circles X 10

Peter Parkers X 20

Hillbillies X 20

The Thang:

Mosey to the Hill for 11’s…

First side – burpees

Bear crawl uphill

Crab walk downhill

Second side – jump squats

Mosey to the field and partner up…

200 LBCs as a pair. The first partner does LBCs while the second partner lays down and holds legs 6 inches off the ground. Rotate every 20.

200 squats as a pair. The first partner squats while the second partner does a sitting squat, Rotate every 20.

Back to the flag.

COT:

Counterama, Name-O-Rama, Announcements, Prayer

Thank you F3, thank you PAX, thank you Rev Sox!

+9

November 9, 2018
The Early Bird

They say, “The Early Bird Gets the Worm.” F3 Men must get lots of worms, because we get at it early for the morning beatdown. This morning YHC was looking to get it started extra earlier as he started the disclaimer at 5:28am. Several of the Pax quickly pointed out that he was jumping the gun, and he discovered that his watch was two minutes fast, so he backed off.

Two minutes later…disclaimer, 13 Pax in attendance as we took off on a mosey to the rock pile for the Warm-Up

Special Guest Q

YHC noticed several weeks ago that his brother War Eagle was starting to look fairly comfortable at F3 workouts(as comfortable as one can be at a pre-sunrise beatdown). He was running with the Pax and never finishing as the 6, so YHC took it upon himself to sign up War Eagle to Q the Uptowner in November. Today was the morning for War Eagle to practice his cadence in anticipation of the big day. War Eagle was more than up to the task as for the first time in my year of F3, a rookie led the warm-up with no snide remarks or “helpful” comments from the Pax.

SSH – 25

Mountain Climbers – 20

Imperial Walkers – 20

Peter Parkers – 20

Hillbillies – 20

Parker Peters – 20

Route 66

Time for everyone’s favorite moment of the work week – let’s grab a rock. We picked up our rocks and moseyed to the far tree line near the picnic benches for some Route 66. YHC enjoyed this workout so much on his last Q that he had to go for another round. Ascending tricep extensions starting with 1 at the first tree and ending with 11 extensions on the 11th tree. Let’s get those triceps burning.

Suicide By Merkins

YHC set out 4 cones on the field this morning, so the Pax could begin and end the workout with some suicides. The Pax was grateful for YHC’s planning. The opening suicide was Suicide By Merkins. Run a standard suicide but at every cone, hit the ground, and knock out 10 merkins for a total of 80. Tricpes were burning more after the merkins.

The Conveyor Belt

Mahatma-Ice made a call for the Pax to select rocks for Rock City as opposed to pebbles or skipping stones. YHC decided that Mahatma was right, so he led in a workout that would require the Pax to use everyone else’s rocks to challenge the whole Pax to up our rock size (unless you are Mahatma or Triple, for them this workout just led to a break from their normal boulder workouts). Two men were stationed at each of the trees that were used for Route 66. YHC would lead an exercise in cadence, following the exercise, the Pax will drop their rocks, and bear crawl to the next tree or rock pair. The Pax did exercises until everyone did one exercise at each tree.

The exercises for the conveyor belt:

Shoulder Press

Curls

Rockettes

Rows

Curls

Low Slow Squats

Bench Press

The Picnic Benches

From the tree line, we took our rocks to the picnic benches for a few exercises.

Channing Tatums – 20

Sit down, Stand Up with Rock (Don’t ask it was dumb)

Tatum Channgings – 20

Sitting on the Wall

YHC always loves a good wall sitting on rock days. The Pax sat until YHC’s legs began to burn then started a 20 count of rows in cadence. Shook out our legs and then sat again. This round of sitting ended with 20 count curls in cadence.

Standard Suicide

Back to the field for a good old fashioned suicide. YHC was slightly disappointed by the Pax’s speed on the suicide. Next time he Q’s there will be more suicides at Rock City.

Mary

The Pax was instructed to deposit their rocks on the pile and return to the flag. YHC got a little confused during the workout due to the time being off on his watch. Instead of arriving at the flag 2 minutes late (6:15am to the world), he arrived 2 minutes early (6:11am). This meant 4 minutes of the Mary that he was hoping to avoid.

LBC – 25

Penguins – 20

Hello Dolly – 15

Wife Pleasers – 20

The Conclusion

Count-Off, Name-0-rama, Announcements (2.0 workout on Saturday at 7:30am at Audubon Park and the Fight Club at 5:30am on Wednesday), Intentions, Prayer

Thanks for the opportunity to lead and a special thanks to War Eagle for his F3 growth. If anyone wants to guest Q at the Fight Club in Kenner let me know.

Rev Sox (I’ve never hated my name more than right now – Go Dodgers!)

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October 22, 2018
H8 – Pushing the Boundaries
What we can learn from History:

The 1st H8 – 8/4/16 – 6 Pax – Amnesty – Cowbell – JV -Kim-Chi, Surge and Hawg

No official finishers as it was an AMRAP for only 25 min in the middle of a Hawg style beat down

#2 Can the H8 be Conquered -10/23/16 10 Pax : Bubba, Belloq, Cowbell, Frasac, JV, Maverick, Surge, Triple Shift, Tool and Hawg

Changed to the 40 minute challenge:

Each lap consists of running south to the top of the levee, crossing canal (bear crawling the neutral ground), running south to the bottom of the levee, cross canal and run north to the top of the levee, cross canal (bear crawling the neutral ground), running north down the levee and back across canal to the starting point. At the starting point you do a descending burp and merk pyramid starting at 8 (bupee with 8 merkins, burpee with 7 merkins, …..burpee with 1 merkin)

At the end of the 2nd lap the burp and merk pyramid starts at 7, etc.

The goal is to complete 8 laps in 40 minutes. According to MapMyRun, each loop is approximately 0.4 miles. Therefore, to conquer the H8! you will have to do the following in 40 minutes:
- Run over 3 Miles of Hills
- 550 Yards of Bear Crawls
- 36 Burpees
- 120 Merkins
NO Finishers: Bubba was the only one close with :20 away from completing.

#3 The H8 Can be Conquered 3/16/17 13 Pax – Bogey, Duct Tape, Fracsac, Griswold, Kimchi, Reluctant Yankee, Rudy, Shorty, Surge, Tool, Triple Shift, Yo-Yo (FNG), Hawgcycle

NOTE the oldest PAX this day was only 49!

BB states there were some finishers but did not state who and the click “here” to see results no longer is active. But non the less H8 had been conquered. Congrats!!

#4 Conquering H8 10/4/17 – 12 Pax – Cowbell, Da Parish, Fracsac, Nip/Tuck, Rudy, Shorty, SOGO, Surge, Triple Shift, Tool, Woz, Hawgcycle

5 of 12 complete – CowBell on his 2nd full attempt – NipTuck 1st Uptowner to conquer

#5 Conquering H8 One Small act at a Time 04/19/18 – 12 Pax -Abacus, Belloq (Kotter), Jingle Vader, Mahatma (H8!er), Rudy (H8!er), Surge, Triple Shift (H8!er), Tool, Walleye (H8!er), Hawgcycle (H8!er)

1/2 the group completed – Triple Shift conquered

JV was one lap away

#6 H8 – Pushing the Boundaries 10/18/18

The gloom was perfect…. 21 Pax showed up to Okwata on a cool and windy morning adding another bit of intrigue to the challenge. The anticipation of what some of the PAX knew and others were still asking themselves what the heck they were about to get into! On a personal note I hit two milestones the last couple of months (Sept was my 1 year F3 anniversary) and just 2 days ago I crossed the 1/2 century threshold. Roughly 6+ months ago I participated in my 1st H8 and as you read above from excerpts of Hawg’s BBs this event has been solid measurement of both physical and mental strength. I like many was ready to see what F3 training has done – NO Doubt the H8 does have a way in humbling ambition but non the less is an allure for giving you something work towards.

Look how the challenge brought out the PAX – 21 MEN almost double all previous H8 attempts! Almost 1/2 finished (with 3 coming close to completing 9) – several are on the cusp of reaching 8 and many more improving over previous attempts or just setting their own personal bar!

A lot of 1st timers:

War Eagle , Medulla, Pai Gow, Rev Sox, Abacus, Quiche, Frozone, Two Yutes, Gumby, Bongo, King Kong, Smooth, Gabriel, Baby Face

Repeat 8-attenders:

Rudy, Triple Shift, CowBell, FracSac, Mahatma, JV, Surge (T-CLAPS, he’s done everyone)

H8!er Club:

1st Time: Rev-Sox, King Kong, Smooth, Gabriel, Two Yutes, JV (congrats on reaching it) – Repeaters: Rudy, Triple Shift, Cowbell, Mahatma

There were some that came Oh so close – push hard for 6 months and come back and conquer the 8!

H8 Humility – setting a personal goal a little too high……for now! But following the advice of the H8 beat down originator: Hawg, I started on 9 and threw a few guys off. So along with

T-Claps to King Kong for pushing the pace – Smooth for kicking everyone’s butt – I’m confident 9 is # that will be conquered at the next H8 challenge.

Make the commitment to yourself- keep pushing to raise your bar. Good Work!

God Bless!

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October 18, 2018