Audubon Park
Audubon Park

Let There Be Rock

Ten men gathered in the gloom in what could be described as a temperate? New Orleans morning to face the mountain. Warm Up Mosey Side Straddle Hops (IC) x20 Smurf Jacks (IC) x15 Low & Slow Squats (IC) x15 Suzanne Somers (IC) x15 Iron Mike (IC) x15 Mosey to Touchdown …

Walk The Plank

Another beautiful muggy morning in New Orleans was met by the crew of Audubon Park for what would turn out to be a test of both mind and body (mostly shoulders).  Went as follows: Quick Mosey through the Bag Drop and over to Oak Alley for a warm-up Lunges to …

No sweat

6:05 am … 56 degrees … summit of the Mountain … sunrise over downtown … glorious … But first, the pain — The Pax was aimlessly waiting for the Q as YHC rolled in hot at 5:30 sharp.   Quick disclaimer on the move and we were off to the Loyola …

Improvising at the Birdcage

“Ruck this!” – Birdcage Pax First GrowRuck AO training of the season!  Hawg, Cowbell and YHC wanted to launch the first one at an Uptown AO to spark some more interest from the NOLA Pax….stuff like “Look at how cool there bags look!” & “Wow, I wanna join in the …

Same as Wednesday except it’s backwards

(sbuıɥʇ ʎɟıןdɯıs oʇ uo ʍou ɯoɹɟ “uosɐǝɹʇ ǝɥʇ” ʇı ןןɐɔ ʇsnظ ןן,ı˙˙˙ʇı ,ɟ˙˙˙ɟɟq s,ɐʞɐʌı ɹo uosɹǝןןıʇ xǝɹ ǝɥʇ ɹo suoıssǝs ɟɟǝظ ǝɥʇ ɹo uuʎןɟ ןɐǝɥɔıɯ ǝɥʇ ɐʞɐ osןɐ) uıɐbɐ ʇsıʍʇ uɐıssnɹ 02x ʇqן ’02x ɔqן 02x (ǝuoʇs ɹǝboɹ ǝɥʇ ɹo ʇɹoɟɐuɐɯ ןnɐd ǝɥʇ ɹo ǝbɐd ɹǝʇɹɐɔ ǝɥʇ ɐʞɐ) ʇsıʍʇ uɐıssnɹ …

Burpee Fun Time

With only Saban’s single burpee on Monday the PAX requested a healthy dose.To enhance our Wednesday morning experience, we added a fun movement to every burpee. After mocking Tickles’ shorts that he apparently stole from John Stockton in the 80’s, we moseyed: 1st COP – the warm-up: SSH x20, Mountain Climbers …

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 …

FNG Friday Funday

16 Pax showed up this morning for a fun filled workout. Warm up: SSH x25 Hillbilly x15 Imp Walker x15 Smurf Jack x15 Peter Parker x20   Mosey to TD Jesus: Partner up – bear crawl to TD Jesus, crabwalk back, while partner is doing Burpees. Repeat doing monkey humpers …

A Wednesday Tradition

“To know nothing of what happened before you were born, is to forever remain a child.” – Cicero Before there was Lafitte’s Plunge, Okwata, or The Foundry; there was The Birdcage: F3NOLA’s original Wednesday beatdown.  YHC loves a good tradition!  It’s always good to go back to the basics every once …