DATE: 10/7/20

QIC: Chappie

Six HIM got better today by winning THAT FIRST BATTLE and leaving the fartsack behind, demonstrating their grit at the Grit Mill for a Dicey Chappie Burpee beatdown. It went a lil’ something like this…

WARM-O-RAMA:

• SSH – 18 IC
• Prison Merkins – 10 IC
• Swartz Jacks – 18 IC
• Shoulder Tap Merkins – 10 OYO
• Seal Jacks – 18 IC
• Carolina Drydocks (AMRAP, to last man ‘standing’) *Ruxpin outlasted all, won the last man standing award: Kudos for the push!

Mosey to lot behind Calvary United Methodist.

THE THANG: (Partner up: 6 PAX, 3 Teams)

Routine: Roll THE BIG DICE (3) down parking lot, Bearcrawl/Crawlbear (at the whims of the Q) to the dice, do # of Burpees rolled. Roll again (Next team). Rinse and repeat to opposite end of lot. Covering the distance, each team got 2 rolls.

Remember team totals. Highest total wins, and winning team dictates what losing teams must do (Ab work)

Team #1: Waterfall & Gump – 2 rolls totaling 23

Team #2: Ruxpin & Chappie – 2 rolls totaling 30 *Winners

Team #3: Woodstock & Eugene – 2 rolls totaling 20

Total Number of Burpees = 73

Team 2 dictated the losers had to do 73 LBC’s, of course, all PAX joined the fun.

YHC shared the following 3rdF here:

“Out of every hundred men, ten shouldn’t even be there, eighty are just targets, nine are real fighters, and we are lucky to have them, for they make the battle. Ah, but the ONE, the ONE is a warrior, and he will bring the others back.” ~ Heraclitus

Are you one of “the real fighters”? Are you “the ONE” who is the warrior? To some degree this is why we train ourselves under the burdens we do…to prepare ourselves to be THE ONE who “will bring the others back.” You see here what Heraclitus said was that THE ONE was not only about the fight, he was about the others.

“‘I believed therefore, I spoke,’ we also believe, Therefore, also we speak.”  2 Corinthians 4:13

Jeff Schreve shared: “The life of the Apostle Paul is a story of grace, glory, and suffering.  God worked miracles in and through Paul as He used him to speak the truth in love and lead multitudes to faith in Christ. As Paul presented the truth of man’s utter sinfulness and the Savior’s sacrifice and victory over sin, death, hell, and the grave, many people had their feathers ruffled.  In fact, both Jews and Gentiles often reacted to the gospel message with violence.  Paul was beaten, whipped, and imprisoned numerous times for preaching the truth and obeying the Lord.  His unwavering commitment to Christ and His Word resulted in his beheading under the persecution of Emperor Nero.

Could Paul have avoided all the suffering?  Yes!  He could have easily quit preaching the unadulterated truth.  He could have dialed down his message to tickle the ears and fit in with the sinful culture.  He could have bowed to the demands of Rome and played ball with the corrupt Jewish religious leaders.  He could have turned his back on his Lord and his calling and saved himself a ton of grief and pain.  He could have wilted under the pressure, but he did not!  He truly believed that Jesus died and rose again, therefore he spoke the truth without stutter, stammer, apology, or equivocation.  He was faithful to Jesus Christ all the way to the finish line, regardless of the circumstances and the backlash.”  The Apostle Paul was THE ONE who was a warrior for Christ.

I believe we are living in the last of the last days.  The signs of Christ’s return are all around us.  One of the telltale signs is the hatred we’ll receive for standing up for the Lord and His Word, especially without compromise or apology. America used to value Christianity and uphold the authority of the Word of God—but those days are gone.  Today, faithful followers who hold to the clear teachings of Scripture are vilified, mocked, scorned, marginalized, and attacked.  Can physical violence be far behind?  I think not.

What’s the answer?  Should we water down the message to make it more palatable to a sin-sick world?  Never!  If we really believe, we will speak up and speak out, just as 2 Cor. 4:13 states.  And if we grow silent in the face of persecution, moral decay, and social lunacy, did we really ever believe at all?”

So, this is about being THE ONE, or at the very least being a real fighter…for the sake of others. Don’t merely be a target. Fighting “to bring the others back” [to Christ], HIM train themselves physically, spiritually, emotionally, mentally and morally to be real fighters, even if it means standing alone for the sake of their family, their church, and the communities in which they serve.

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PAX mosey’d back to the beginning point at other end of parking lot, did about 4 mins of Plank Pulls with the sandbag mini’s (PAX planked side-by-side and pulled sandbags bag and forth between them).

Return mosey to AO, alternating with sandbags overhead between PAX.

COT/BOM:

• Announcements: Headless Horseman Ruck WOD, Roving RuckF3st Friday, Oct. 30 at CHOP in Milton. Sign up to earn the patch at rucksonparade.com DONUT RUCK, (Family Ruck) Saturday morning Oct. 31 following the workout in Georgetown. Plan is to meet at Del Tech and Ruck around campus to Dunkin…because America runs on Dunkin! Patches will be earned by all! Great opportunity for some family 2ndF among the PAX
• Prayers: Prayers for Allen Chorman (Woodstock’s dad, recovering from open heart surgery); for Dietrich (Waterfall’s 2.0, starting school today); for Carol (Chappie’s M, having elbow surgery tomorrow morning); for Eugene (a personal struggle over last few days); for Peddles and all the BMX competing this weekend in Milford.

Another workout, another Q. Privileged and honored to lead. Shout out to all who posted!

~Chappie, out!