Fifteen faithful PAX of F3 NOLA steadily trickled in Audubon Park this am for the usual Wednesday sweat fest. This was YHC’s second Q at the Birdcage and had been kicking around a few new ideas. With April being the peak of festival season, YHC thought it was only fitting to have a core focused workout to help offset the crawfish, beer, cracklins, and cochon-de-lait poyboys that so many of us indulge on. After contemplating “45 Minutes of Mary”, it was decided we would take a slightly different approach by rounding out the core work with a few other things. A minute before take off, YHC shared some lingo from the F3 Lexicon to hopefully motivate the troops and encourage everyone to give it 100%: WHISKEY-DICKING (verb)-“Half stepping through a Workout or other Event. More generally, execution of anything without sufficient Zeal.” This was followed by some mumble chatter which concluded modifying an exercise is way more legitimate than the aforementioned action.
Usual disclaimer and off in a mosey to the field for a Warmup COP:
SSH IC x25
IPW IC x25
Crab Taps IC x25
Up Downs x15
Head to goal post and split off in four stations, rotate w/two rounds each exercise:
Peek-a-Boo Pull Ups
Monkey Humpers
Burpees (8 was the timer)
Squats
Mosey to the zoo entrance to pair up next to a concrete post:
PAX #1: Inclined Hip Slappers (feet on top of post)
PAX #2: Neutral ground loop (timer) – run first half, backpedal second half (approx 240yds total)
Rinse and repeat with each PAX doing two rounds
Gather near the circular legde for:
PAX #1: Ledge Crunches (these brought the burn)
PAX #2: Run neutral ground loop (timer)
Rinse and repeat with each PAX doing two rounds
Line up on neutral ground for a Mary themed Indian Run/Crawl:
Round 1: LBT while last two bear crawl to front
Round 2: Russian Twists while last two run to front
Round 3: Flutter kicks while last two run to front
Round 4: Penguins while last two bear crawl to front
Round 5: Plank while last two run to front
Round 6: LBC while last two run to front
Time was almost up but still managed to squeeze in a sudden change: 10 Burpees
Mosey back to the flag. YHC once again read the F3 definition of Whiskey-Dicking for the latecomers and thanked the PAX for not falling victim to such actions. Many of us are guilty of occasionally lagging on an exercise or skipping a few reps but need to try to stay focused and dig deep to make ourselves stronger. Thanks for giving me the opportunity to lead.
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