Paulie Walnuts doesn’t take no sh&* from nobody!

The BackBlast:

The Pax got a little bigger and we all got a little better. How did we do it? Hilary headlocked Paulie Walnuts and we all went balls to the wall.

Mosey to Freedom Park to the train parking lot for COP
SSH X 20 IC
Squats X 15 IC
Plank – A little speech about helping those who suffer – Hilary liked my speeches.
Merkins X 10 IC
Imperial Walkers X 20 IC
Squat Straddle Hops X 20 IC – Hilary did not like Squat straddle hops. “this is stupid” – yeah, but you looked good and your quads thank you!

the thang-
– Mosey to the Stairs – The Q stopped to make a call and then noticing the stairs were occupied by some climbers we went to the top and used the fence for some pullups.
– 10 pullups IC
– Mosey back down the steps to the wall for 20 dips IC – audible to another spot due to the traffic
– Mosey to the bottom of the hill by the pond for sevens up the hill to the unnamed tree. “Which tree?” – Merkins and Burps
– Plank-o-rama for the six
– Mosey to a place of no so fond memories – Grow Ruck 24 brought the pax to the freedom park duck pond and made us all do exercises in the pond. I didn’t ask the pax to get in, but we stopped for some Mary and recounted the suffering. Most of the battle of @f3growruck is mental. How do you get through it? You band together with your brothers.
– Mosey back to the Amphitheater to “beat our bodies and make it our slaves.”
– Peoples Chair – 1min 30 seconds
– Balls the wall – Again, Hilary did not like it. Modify when need. the rest… don’t stop get it get it – Another speech – Paul said “in a race all runners run, but only one gets the prize. They do it for perishable prizes, but we do for imperishable ones. Therefore, I discipline (literally “beat”) my body and bring in under control (literally “make it my slave”) so that after I have preached, I will not be disqualified.” – Part of the process of fighting our #mentalbattles is training. The Mind and the… the inner and outer man work together and are inseparable. We are psychosomatic beings – Mind effects body and body, mind. Both need to be healthy. Both need to be brought into submission to the truth. Yup – we are still holding balls the wall
– Peoples chair – 1 min
– Balls the wall – not much talking – only suffering – only pain – only mind over matter until failure.
– Mosey back to the hill – The stairs are still occupied
– run to the top and do 10 pullups IC on the bar
-run to the bottom and do 50… oops 49 plank shoulder taps IC – my mind gave way. I was tired and weak and I failed to get to 50. Being tired makes us fail mentally and physically. The necessity of sleep and rest.
– back to the top for 10 more pullups IC
– back to the bottom to pick up the shoulder tap we missed… plus some extra 30 IC
– It’s about time to mosey home but wait the stairs are now open so we have to run up them one more time. up and down and then hightail it back to the flag. Sable gave a push pull and felt the presence of someone’s footprints sneaking up on me for the sprint to the parkinglot – I thought it might be Redd Foxx… turns out I was wrong. Should have known. Slaughter pushing it beast mode.

Endex
COT
counterrama
nameorama
Correction from Slaughter who is always leading – its “Starting position Sloppy, not ready position.” Duly noted. I’ll be better tomorrow.
Welcome to Paulie Walnuts – and Kudos to Hilary for the headlock.

Announcements
– Kudos to all those who broke records with 104 pints of blood donated over the weekend. Red Cross said they didn’t think 80 could be done. What’s a sure way to get it done, tell a bunch of F3 guys it can’t be done.
– King of The Hills is back – sign up to run up a bunch of terrible hills in charlotte. It’s… a battle, but one worth undertaking.
– Follow YHC to Black Widow tomorrow for next edition (5 more days of Sloppy to go). Hilary, I promise I won’t do any more Squat straddle hops. I can’t promise I won’t give any more speeches.

Hilary with a great take out praying for those who suffer and for faith for all of us amidst the suffering… whatever it is.

Thanks for the banter brothers. Thanks for following me around out there today.