Likely that it was actually a step down, or a step back, but nonetheless three men met in the early morning gloom of Kenner-brah and this is what went down.
Warm-up
YHC gave the disclaimer and we proceeded on a warm-up lap, passing by the police station, up the levee ramp, and back down the steps to the SF.
SSH x 30; Hillbillies x 20; Windmills x 15; Peter Parker x 20; Copperhead Squats x 20.
A lap up the stairs and down the other side and we were ready for…
The Thang
Given the venue, I decided to modify the Jack Web, by adding some punches. I renamed it the Jack Johnson in honor of the man who became the first African-American Heavyweight Champion of the World in 1908. We definitely have race issues in this country now, but it’s got to be better than when Jack was fighting. Here’s what they say the NY Times wrote about him before the fight: “If the black man wins, thousands and thousands of his ignorant brothers will misinterpret his victory as justifying claims to much more than mere physical equality with their white neighbors.” Wow New York Times. It appears that he ended up being arrested on some suspiciously racist laws and was just recently pardoned posthumously by President Trump.
Just as we started the Jack Johnson a plane flew overhead….Time for a Sudden Flight Change. Sometimes life doesn’t go as planned. Things happen and you have to suck it up and roll with it. During this workout we had to do 5 burpees every time a plane flew overhead. Since the AO is located directly south of the airport, you can imagine how many times this occurred. Well, whatever you are thinking you are probably wrong. This one time is the only time we did sudden flight change burpees. Either the flight patterns were kind to us today, or I wasn’t paying close enough attention.
The Jack Johnson: 1 Merkin, 1 left-right combo, 1 victory shoulder press; repeat with two reps of each escalating until maxing out with a set of 10 reps of each.
Proceed to the ledge:
Channing Tatums* x 20; Decline Merkins x 7; Tatum Channings x 20; Incline Merkins x 7
*Keeping with the theme of the AO, in addition to starring in Step Up Channing Tatum starred in a movie called Fighting. 39% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Tabata – 20 seconds all out followed by 10 seconds of rest. We did burpees, merkins, squats, and big boi sit-ups, then repeated for a total of 8 sets. #CrowdPleaser
Cool down lap up the stairs and back down the other side.
Back to the ledge:
Channing Tatums* x 20; Decline Merkins x 7; Tatum Channings x 20; Incline Merkins x 7
To the top of the levee for another #CrowdPleaser – Quadraphilia….4 minutes of running down the south side of the levee and back up always facing the river.
Back to the flag for 1 minute of Mary – Dying cockroach x 30.
NMM
- I worked out in shoes for the first time in months. This AO is tough on flops.
- I really thought Rev Sox and Gremlin would hate Quadraphilia. I was disappointed that they didn’t complain about it more. In fact, it didn’t really seem to bother them at all.
- Hopefully the City of Kenner can use all of the money they are going to save by not buying Nikes to mow our AO more often. This is definitely our most poorly maintained AO.
