F3 New Orleans

Tag: Zoolander

  • Mr. Miata! – from Shooter

    Not much to see here, except the throwback ride Speedy just picked up. 7 men decided to take the red pill 💊 and put in some work. While there would be no sand Da floor, or paint Da fence the PAX had much chatter as we Rucked and ran through Mandeville. Mr. Miata joined Hammer, Zoolander and YHC as we traveled down Massena to Monroe and turned down W beach toward the lakefront. Most chatter focused on the older HIMs first G rides ranging from a Cutlass, to a Mustang and of course a Volkswagen..Returned with the Ruckers right on time. Completed 4 miles and closed out with thoughts for our brethren Waterpik recovering from his remarkable performance at Zoolander’s soccer Saturday.
    Speedy closed out the PAX as the veterans circled around Mr. Miata throwing out way to many references for YHC to reference or repeat.. But if you see Speedy out there on the streets with his 747 wing attached please refrain from promoting or encouraging him to light them up or challenging any type of drift as his Hallos are sure to blind bystanders..

    Take the red pill in the gloom and commit to the A1c to celebrate its 3rd anniversary..

    See you in the Gloom 👍🏼👊🏼✌🏼!!

  • We didn’t start the fire at the Roxbury! – from Jose10k

    The mumble chatter was plenty this morning, and it started immediately. 8 showed up this morning, 3 ruckers and 5 gazelles. The runners did 4 miles and YHC had no clue what they talked about. Us Ruckers, that’s a different story. It started off with the new remake of “We didn’t start the fire” by Fallout Boy. Once we started there, then it was all about Hollywood and their remakes (Point Break, Road House, etc…) SNL movies that we love, including the classic Night at the Roxbury. Then it was onto MTV and their shows (Next, Room Raiders, Real World, Road Rules) which led us into comedians from MTV reality shows, then into new comedians vs old school comedians. Think Chris Rock vs Matt Rife. Anywho, made it back to the flag for COT. Shooter prayed us out. Intentions for Backdraft, Phoenix, Cowbell’s M, and all others both spoken and unspoken. Zoolander has the Q on Saturday (his birthday Q) 3 year anniversary at the A1C next Friday, the 28th of July. The F2 was great today gentlemen. As always, I am proud to call you my brothers. Thank you for posting/reading. And a special Happy Birthday to my 17 year old daughter!

  • Sizzling 🥵 Scramble – from Shooter

    Well the brief cool mornings were simply a tease of sorts as this morning brought back that the heavy and humid air at the Scramble..
    So much so that Hammer figured he would just go ahead and leave the shirt at home..
    Smart move as by the second warmup YHC already had sweat building on the forehead..
    Lagniappe from both Hammer and Waterpik as they came moseying from the house.. Speedy continues to impress YHC with his discipline of posting the Scramble on a regular basis and for an 18 year old young man to have that type of commitment… Well, let’s just say the future has hope after all as he develops into more of a HIM each and everyday.. Today produced no Ruckers, but the PAX matched up in pairs and journeyed roughly 4 miles through the streets.
    Prior to getting started we completed 10IC bridges left/right, Parker Peters, Peter Parker’s, Mountain climbers and Groiners. Toe Touches, Cherry pickers and 10 OYO slow squats..
    Started the run with 2 groups of 3 and then partners prevailed in the end as Zoolander hung back with the Clydesdale (YHC), Hammer and Waterpik were out front and Cowbell and Speedy in the middle.. Different course for day but some extra was obtained..

    Intentions for the young man out of Covington named Phoenix, who had heart situation last week and is still in the hospital fighting for his life..

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

  • Back to the regulars!! – from Shooter

    The Scramble produced pairs once again. Ruckers returned with JV and Russo.. Cowbell and Waterpik were the speedsters.. Zoolander and YHC were the Clydesdale’s. Sorry to categorize you that way this morning Zoo, after all we know you are nowhere near a Clydesdale..
    Appreciate you graciously holding back to jog with one this morning though..

    Warmup
    Mixture of 15IC and 10IC
    SSH, Toe touches, Imperial walkers, Superman’s, Wife pleasers, Bridges, Scorpion kicks and squat holds..

    Ruckers rucked down Massena and back. Runners and joggers turned right on Monroe and then left on Antibes to Mariners and back around to Monroe..

    Returned for some Mary
    10IC Right elbow to left knee, F/J, LBCs, Little Manny crunches and Merkins.

    Count, announce and COT

    Thanks to JV for taking us out in prayer!!
    Until the next Gloom 👍🏼👊🏼✌🏼!!!!

  • Downrange PAX brings energy! – from Shooter

    Awoke to another exceptionally mild morning on this 1st of June. YHC can only hope these days continue, however the truth is that one of these mornings will come and the temperature will still be in the 90s from the previous day. When this occurs it will be interesting to see how much more of Russo’s perspiration can be captured in his already soaked attire. It did however allow for conversation with downrange PAX Dinghy about the challenge Jose10k and Zoolander completed awhile back.. Not sure after explanation what was thought, but soon after he returned to his vehicle with a little more urgency as Russo rung out his shirt..

    Warmup
    10IC Grass grabbers, Toe touches, Peter Parkers, Parker Peters, Mountain climbers, SSH, Selflove, and 3 second hold squats.

    Thang
    Off to the same route as last week, yet instead of turning left off of Antibes we turned right and moseyed to east causeway approach returning back to the AO with 10 mins to spare.
    PAX used pull-ups for a 1 min timer as the rest completed core. Different core exercises consisted of LBCs, flutter kicks, alternating right over left knee F/J, 100s, and chill-cut plank.

    Appreciate Dinghy for closing us in prayer and safe travels to him on the return to Durham..

    Until the next gloom 👊🏼👍🏼✌🏼!!

  • Murph at the Marsh on Memorial Day – from Jose10k

    It’s as simple as the title: we had a Murph at the Marsh on Memorial Day. You have to love the alliteration. 26 total showed up for the annual event. Hogsbreathe began with a history of the workout, his own personal experience, which we greatly appreciated. It was fun watching Zoo’s face as each car pulled up. He so graciously offered up his beautiful outdoor kitchen for breakfast afterwards. A huge shout out to his wife for helping prepare breakfast for a bunch of smelly men. Warm-up followed by the murph. COT, 2 FNG’s, (welcome Pole Dancer and Flex Seal), followed by Hammer praying us out. Thank you all for posting and the fellowship as always. Happy Birthday Pick!

  • Efficiency – from Akbar

    YHC has been working with Whacker helping cut yards for the past month. One thing that I’ve learned is the efficiency in which he works. Active, productive, profitable, skillful, decisive, effective, valuable, proficient, organized. It’s not like when we cut our own yard: chilling to tunes, stopping to talk with the neighbors, maybe looking forward to a cold beer afterward. This is an operation to get finished as soon as possible.

    For example, tight and wide. You cut the smaller spaces first toward the street, then the larger ones working back toward the house – this makes clean up more efficient. Don’t cut other people’s grass, even it’s a patch of grass the size of a shoe box. If you do, you’ll get yelled at by a screaming man running toward you with a weed eater. Snake mow only when the grass is shorter, box cut when it’s growing to make clean up more efficient. Mow the edges of the yard first, watch out for protruding or non-protruding items in the yard (stumps, toys, power lines). Don’t wear dark sunglasses.

    Drive fast in between jobs – rolling stops are permissible at stop signs. Blow grass with the wind. Eat something, drink lots of water, and don’t use the bathroom until the jobs are finished.

    In pondering these recent adventures, efficiency was on the mind. What kind of beatdown covers all the bases without being too complicated? 7’s and 11’s

    PAX: Akbar, Wicket, Jose 10k, Hogsbreath, Zoolander, Russo, Minnow, Maverick, Bird, Grover, Hammer, JV, Trucoat, Waterpik, Sogo, Brexit

    Warm up x10-20 IC:
    SSH, Mountain Climbers, Mummy Kicks, Grass Grabbers, Windmills, other stuff

    Thang:
    Mosey up and down the Lakefront, stopping for 7’s, then 11’s, rinse and repeat. All exercises started on the wall, with a 60 foot mosey to the sidewalk to perform exercise #2, then a mosey back.

    7’s Dirkin, Army Crawl, Mountain Climber
    11’s Freak Nasty, flying nun (lunge walk with arm circles), Twinkle Toes (Al Gore calf raise)
    7’s Wall Jumps, Bear Crawl, Hand Release Merkins
    11’s Stone Mountain, High Knees, Renegade Row

    7:19 am, Lightning round
    7’s Bouncy Squats, run, Superman’s
    11’s Al Gore Shoulder Clap, run, Scuba Steve’s

    Indian run back to the flag for Mary

    Mary
    Mountain Climbers x20 IC, LBC’s x20 IC
    30 Merkins OYO courtesy of Wicket

    Name, count, and YHC prayed us out.

    Announcements
    Memorial Day Murph at the Marsh Monday, Jose has Q with Coffeeteria after
    Hogsbreath retirement party at Faubourg Brewing June 10, 5-7

    NMM
    • Great to have Brexit join us again
    • One thing YHC loves about 7’s and 11’s is the Mumblechatter. There was a whole group on the far side that quoted movie lines pretty much the whole workout. Gives you a chance to catch up with everybody, like switching conversations on a speed date, but you aren’t trying to date the other dude.

    Thanks for following my lead. SYITG – Akbar

  • No Q? No problem! – from Shooter

    With a blank on the board PAX will still show, so AO responsibilities include the occasional self EH no matter how many mental excuses come to mind.. Whether it be wanting to rest a little more hitting the snooze or simply making the assumption someone else will take it attitude, which every PAX out on this Gloom would have done most willingly.. Especially the likes of Q Master Russo, who has single handily kept the splash pad a float for the last few months.. PAX agreed that the old Jose10k would have clearly began his annual return of posting every Gloom now that school is out for the summer, then again a name change (Jose10Katie) changes a man. Let’s face it most all of us have been there.. We love you Jose10k, Jose10Katie or whatever your first F3 name happened to be…. 😬😬

    Light warmup
    10IC and 20IC SSH, Imperial walkers, Grass grabbers, arm circles, neck rolls and Toe Touches.

    Runners only out and down East Causeway to Monroe, down Monroe turning on Antibes and a left at the stop sign around the circle and returning. 3.5 total with all PAX.
    Time for Mary WW1 with legs spread 15 OYO, straight led and knee up crossing elbow F/J, 10 Merkins OYO, LBCs 10IC and Superman holds for 5 seconds to 10 and ended with Flutter kicks.

    Appreciate the Hammer praying us out and until the next Gloom 👍🏼👊🏼✌🏼!!

  • And Twins! – from Russo

    About 70 degrees and “not too bad” as Steve concurred this morning. 6 pack this morning for what I thought might be an ambitious beatdown.

    Great conversation throughout revolving around vacations, movies, beaches, gravel in our elbows…and twins! (Remember when beer commercials used to be fun?)

    Warmup – all 10x IC
    Toe touches
    SSHs
    Self love
    Cherry pickers
    Grass grabbers
    High knees

    Thang
    Mosey to the bridge, with 10 Peter Parker’s, Jump squats, and Flutter kicks interspersed.

    At the bridge

    11s – 8 count body builders and Absolution, with alternating side shuffles, backpedals, sprints, cariocas, and recovery walks from one side of the bridge to the other.

    Rounds 8/3, 9/2, and 10/1 were part of the mosey back (with a modification to merkins on the last round in the interest of time).

    COT, Name-o-Rama, Announcements, Prayer, in that order.

    Akbar had Saturday lakefront Q, YHC has Splashpad Friday Q, and check the schedule for the rest of the week.

    Another week at Granny’s in the books. Thanks for joining and reading.

    SYITG

  • Flicker Ball 2023 Installment – from Zoolander

    15 proved fit for the 2nd flicker ball installment in 3 years on the North Shore. The game warm-up included two rounds of a lung-busting core medley (mountain climbers, V-ups, supermans, squats with jumps, and side-touches) and some soccer ball Merkins. Teams were arranged based on age with Wicket and Barely Legal captaining a Juniors versus Seniors match-up. The game went back-and-forth, needed instant replay at one point to dispel a goal debate as heated as Crystal or Tobasco, and even a flawless Scissors Move was sighted within the Junior’s ranks (Zoolander). Fancy moves were no match for Akbar and the Senior’s stiff defense. In the end, Dangerfield’s Zioned shoe was all it took to unleash his barefoot speed with Senior ace’s Bird and Waterpik on his flanks. The Senior’s long-range shooting, including Jose 10k’s Steph Curry range peppering, bested Cowbell’s golden cleats and the Junior’s fancy playmaking, leaving the Juniors bent over gasping for air and petitioning for a re-match. The work-out ended with the introduction and naming of the newest member of F3 North Shore, “Brexit.”