8/23 Backblast: Tour de Shillito: All aboard the Pain Train

by Hanz&Franz, posted in Backblast

Our ride on the Pain Train was one of success, suffering and sweat.  HanzandFranz was the conductor and he worked to bring variety, constant movement and encouragement.

Q: HanzandFranz

PAX: 24 including one FNG. We circled up, welcomed the group and offered up the safety brief and disclaimer.

Count-O-Rama:  24

Warm-A-Rama: The Pax did a active dynamic warm up.  We stretched and move some items that hadn’t been moved in a while.

Pain Train:

1st Stop: steps at the shelter.  This was no picnic as we did 30 step ups on each leg.

2nd Stop: straight leg sit ups. We stopped at the first open area we came to, circled up, got on our backs and did old skool sit ups that our granddad’s may have done.

3rd Stop: step overs:  Thank you Parks and Rec for placing a guardrail so strategically in our path.  We did 3 minutes of step overs and could feel the burn and hear the fatigue setting in.

4th Stop:  hand release Mericans.  We stopped in an open field, dropped down on the ground and started pushing them out.  It was great to hear the men sound off with vigor regardless of their fatigue levels.

5th Stop:  Basketball Court for line drills.  We sprinted to half court then backpedaled, then sprinted full court followed by a backpedal.  We did this 5 times and were all fairly reassured that our sprints and backpedals had seen better days.

6th Stop:  Hill Bear crawls.  I apologize for not researching my F3 lingo to properly describe a bear crawl but nonetheless we got after it.  We climbed a respectable hill and it looked like the Pax was being taxed the proper amount.

7th Stop:  Body weight squats and bench dips.  How many uses can one group have for picnic tables that don’t involve tasty food?  I believe that we are just scratching the surface.  We paired up and did 100 dips and 100 body weight squats between the pair.  From here we moseied over to our Flag to complete the day.

Name-A-Rama: Stapler, Hair Ball, Mr. Hand, Incognito, Road Trip, Ooze, Oshag, Barney Fife, Dugger, White Wall, Hertz, OG, Lincoln Log, Beeper, Kisses, Sous Vide, Zebra, Yanni, Wolverine, Count Chocula, Radio, FNG – Danny Steckler

FNG- Danny Steckler – 43 – Sparkles

COT:  Great time of reflection, prayer and intentions