A 20 Year Love Story at Cooter Brown’s…

A 20 Year Love Story at Cooter Brown’s…

And for my 68th Q, I’m now in the great state of LA with the family as our tour of the Southeast continues….

These guys have a freaking GroupMe link on their website so I cannonballed in immediately! “Where is a bootcamp tomorrow and I can take Saturday’s Q Catfish!” Everyone I’m sure was like “who the hell is this guy?” A quick scan showed an opportunity to lead and I’m happy to do my fair share. And that’s where the story begins…

I started working on my wienke the day before as the kids napped at the house at a place I had visited exactly 20 years ago. Cooter Brown’s is an experience and a perfect start to get the creative juices flowing when paired with Parish’s 4DH Envie.

It was 6:29am and I was prepared to whip out my 6ft DiCCS in a beautiful park. Say that again? We are all children and a helpful disclaimer to assist with a safety overview is a great way to start your morning. But what does it mean?

• 6ft – reminder to keep yo distance!

• Di – the usual F3 disclaimer

• C – Cellphone on a pax in case of an emergency

• C – CPR, who knows it?

• S – Safety, are we crossing any roads? Anything to be aware of?

And it’s 6:30am, let’s roll…by circling up. Ruckers warming up with us.

THE THANG

Warm up:

1. Jog in place

2. High knees

3. Butt kickers

4. 20 x SSH IC

5. 20 x Imperial Walker IC

6. 10 x Morroccan Night Club IC

7. 20 x Deep Slow Squats IC

8. Jimmy Dugan

9. Calf Stretch

10. Can Opener

Time to mosey now towards Roosevelt Mall for some street lamp Paula Abdul. Up two lights, 32 x Speedskaters. Back one light, 5 x burpees.

Ab Webb time. 1 x Big Boy. 4 x American Knockout. That rhythm is Rd 1 and keep multiplying. Finishing at 10 and 40. Halfway done

Back to Roosevelt Mall for Paula Abdul. This time 12 x monkey humpers on the up 2 lights and 12 x Bonnie Blair’s on the back 1 light.

Mosey to fountain area to finish the Ab Webb. Then mosey to the large parking lot.

Line up across the stretch for the always dreadful but important demon, Mike Crawl Webb. The combination of Mike Tysons and Bear Crawls is just brutal. You start with 1 x MT and 4 x BCs. Then multiply for 10 total rounds, finishing off at 10 x MTs and 40 x BCs. Stopped after Round 7.

Time to give the shoulders a rest. Team up. P1 runs to one end the parking lot and back, while P2 does the exercise:

• 100 x V- Ups

• 100 x Bomb Jacks

• 100 x Bobby Hurley’s

Cut short for time. 10 count. Mosey back to the grassy area to finish rounds 8, 9 and 10 of the Mike Crawl Webb. And that’s time…

MOLESKIN

The workout went as planned and I appreciate the 5 of that joined me for the post. We got 3mi in across the full 60mins workout crushing different parts of the body. My goal was to work off last night clarified butter from my Crawfish @ Boil Seafood House, which was delicious.

It was a great morning all round and I throughly enjoyed the 60 degrees to boot. I can’t even imagine the temps in the peak of summer and I’m sweating thinking about it now.

I was able to post 3 times during my time in New Orleans and these guys got something special here. Great small group on the levee on Thursday, massive group the next day at Tulane U and then my Q at City Park. I’ve been lucky to post all over the Southeast. Some have a “i gotta come back here” feeling and some don’t. This was absolutely true and they reminded me a ton of our own Waxhaw, NC. Thanks again for the opportunity to lead and I will see you all the next time I’m in town. Special shout out to Reluctant Yankee who took me under his wing while in town with F3 locations, questions and where to find to go mixed drinks near Audobon Park.