“I could wax philosophical about our facility giving you good endurance and functional strength in your everyday life,’ he said, “but, honestly, I think what it exercises more is the creative spirit. Setting rules for each would directly go against one of Broussard’s founding principles. That’s the thing about Hot Lava: There may be specific obstacles, but there are no specific ways in which you’re obligated to use them. Behind this is the free form area with mats to utilize however you’d like. Beyond that is the carbon net tunnel, where you climb up, down, in between, or across hanging nets. Rings hanging at various heights are lined to hang on and step through by using all four limbs individually. Up front is a section I referred to as the “military motion.” There’s a pipe slide, American Gladiator jousting, slack lines you can extreme tightrope on, over-under-throughs, and quad steps you can use for jumping. There are no walls or separate areas – just eight different activities in an industrial room. One year later she was creating the functional flow inside the gym. After some pleading, he got Kate on board. Kate Broussard, his cofounder and wife, had a simple response: “We have a backyard.”īroussard wanted to do more than that. He said that he decided to open the gym after he had a simple realization: he wanted to have fun while he trained. Its diversity stems from Broussard’s mixed athletic background, which includes gymnastics, martial arts, and even breakdancing. This new training facility on Burnet Road is a place where anyone can train for any challenge at all. “It’s a playground geared towards adults,” Ben Broussard, founder and owner of Hot Lava Obstacle Course, told me when I stepped into the North Austin building. obstacles you can use to steer clear of the simulated lava in what’s quite possibly the most creative exercise and training facility this side of Rocky’s Russian wilderness. Sitting atop all that red carpeting are obstacles. When you walk into Hot Lava Obstacle Course, the first thing you notice is the carpet: It’s red. Maybe it’ll hide a while, but it’ll always resurface – especially when it hears the words “Hot Lava Obstacle Course.” It doesn’t matter how old we grow, our inner child never truly runs away. The Hot Lava Obstacle Course, where monkey business is encouraged (by Carly Yansak)
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