King Cake Conditioning

“If you get da baby, you gotta Q the next workout”

January 5th is day of little significance, at least in all places outside of South Louisiana. For those of us fortunate enough to live in and around The Big Easy, it’s the last day that we, at least the purists, will have to hold out to the temptation of scarfing down a piece of king cake…..that’s cause the following day is King’s Day, aka Epiphany, when it becomes kosher to enjoy that tasty treat unique to our hometown. Plus it’s “officially” the end of the Christmas season making way for all things Mardi Gras! That being said, YHC thought it would be fitting to have a king cake conditioning theme for this morning’s Renaissance workout, focusing on cardio and core, in an effort to make room for the doughy goodness that is sure to plaque kitchens and break rooms throughout the region. Here’s how the morning went…

Catfish was first PAX to arrive…t-claps for running there! Dax came on his bike…t-claps for biking there! Hokey drove up, despite a lingering knee ailment…t-claps for still posting! YHC had no pre-workout recognition other than having a rough game plan for the morning. Started things off with a warmup COP consisting of IW, AV, Toys Soldiers, PP, Side Lunges, and SSH.

Then on to the meat and potatoes, or dough and cinnamon…

51 days in Mardi Gras season this year, so that was our number of the day. Plan called for a total of 51 Burpees, 51 Big Boy Sit Ups IC, 51 Shoulder Taps IC, 51 Gas Pumps IC, 51 Box Cutters IC….and running approx 5.1 kilometers (3.17 miles). We broke up the run in 3 legs, stopping 3 times for 17 reps of each exercise. The moseying brought us throughout the park, structured so that the PAX that needed modification could do so.

Ended up behind the museum for 2 rounds of obligatory “Sunday Mornings”, just to keep things kosher.

Good times, great F2, ended with a COT and BOM. Perfect attendance at coffeeteria for deep conversation solving many of the world’s problems.

Not many better ways to start a Sunday.

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