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As good as it gets

The weather, the serenity of an empty park, 100 year old oak trees, the view of downtown from uptown, shouting cadence over the rumble of a street car, guys gathered for the betterment of the others, God’s blessings-  All things I thought of this morning and all or which make …

Lafitte’s Plunge #9

Five men grew stronger this morning…taking the plunge… -500 meters freestyle -200 meters kickboard and fins -free swim to finish the 45 min Countoff, namerama, announcements, shoutouts, prayer! …and Jingle Vader in a Speedo…something you can’t un-see! 0

New Thang

Perhaps the Today Show spot has energized the Pax a bit as 21 men posted at The Birdcage today.  My take after watching the video was that there is whole new world of exercise out there- why not try some?  They can often fail but we can’t just do burpees …

The Foundry 3/29/17

We arrived at the flag on this beautiful morning, and lo and behold, we were joined by 2 special guests: Hotty Toddy, making his second work-out this week, and Yo-Yo, son of Triple Shift, making his 4th appearance at F3! We reminisced on Kim Chi’s incredible streak of 69 work-outs …

Classic Skinny

Inspired by Roots’ recent proclamation that he was “bringing running back to the Skinny,” YHC decided to treat the Pax to some speed work around the park loop.  We started with a short warmup jog to oak alley, where we alternated between high knees and butt kicks at each lamppost …