Backblasts
Backblasts

Escalate/De-Escalate

Pre Thang:  Seven men met in the gloom and hit the ground running as the clock hit 05:30. The Thang:  Mosey 1/4 mile out and over to Loyola Comm Complex Terrace for a warmup on the escalator.  5 Burpees a the bottom, 10 Squats at stop 2 and 15 LBC’s …

How About Something New

Pre-Thang The PAX rolled in disbelief that the morning felt like a November day, but it’s August.  What’s happening here?  YHC felt inspired that this would be a highly intense backblast with the PAX running through a cool breezy morning. Warm-Up Everyone grab some curb for some IC Toe Taps …

Dive Bomb till You Drop

10 set off with Bluedog nowhere to be found The Thang: Long Mosey to Tulane Lawn Frankenstein Double knee ups Lunge lunge rotate Merkins x10 Squats x 20 Plank Jack x 15 Imperial Walker x 15   Mosey to Loyola Corner 4 sets 10 reps Station 1 Dive Bomber Merkins …

Mississippi Salute

Pre-Thang This morning started off with what seemed to be a record-tying post of 15 men. When the long hand hit the 6, we….er they…embarked on a workout that pushed every man to at least one of their limits. The Thang Mosey to the first COP at the back corner …

Ruck City #2

Three Ruckers met in the Metairie gloom for the now traditional last Monday of the month Rucksack Workout at #RockCity.  Jazzy’s Hello Kitty Ruck was in the possession of his daughter, so he modified with a rock sans ruck. The Thang Ruck to the rock pile for a Warm-up COP: …

Mano y Mano y Cindy

Six PAX started off with false hopes of cloudy skies with one little piggy running wee-wee-wee to catch up!  “Poisoned” Orleans Parish water complicated our attempts to avoid heat stroke. The Thang: Mosey to Great Lawn Side Straddle Hops x 25 Bird Dogs 15 sec each leg, rinse and repeat …

As Nasty as We Wanna Be

2 men hit the #RockCity gloom this morning.  It made for easy decision making when it came time to partner up. The Thang Mosey to Rock Pile warm-up COP: SSH IC x 30; Imperial Walkers IC x 30; Windmill IC x 15 (these got nostalgic as they reminded Jazzy of …