Back-Blast – Page 114

Slide With Me

August 22, 2025 BackBlasts

AO: juco
Q: Windex
PAX: Love Shaq, Starlink, Windex, Booster, Bowser, Butterknife, Dairy Queen, Dart Gun, Data, Erector, Guardrail, Lt. Dan, Mailbox, Man Bun, TrailMix, Wanderer, Ike
FNGs: None
COUNT: 17
WARMUP:
Tennessee Rocking Chair, LBAC – F/B, Windmills, SSH, Cherry Pickers

THE THANG:
Mosey to the corner of the step up building. Bear crawl across one intersection on the way. Proceed to riding the slide. One at the building and one across the road at the parking lot.

Slide 1:
10, 20, 30, 20, 10
Merkins, Squats, Dips, Iron Mike’s, Burpees

Slide 2:
25, 50, 75, 100
Flutter Kicks, LBC, Freddy Mercury’s, Hello Dolly’s

Start with one exercise at the smallest number, then slide to second exercise at the smallest number, and first exercise to the second number…and on and on it goes.

MARY:
Imperial Walker’s

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
10 Year Convergence

COT:
Building Our Life on Jesus
Matthew 7:24
“Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock.”

Life will bring storms—challenges, losses, and uncertainties. Jesus never promised a storm-free life, but He did offer a storm-proof foundation. When we build our lives on His words, His truth, and His love, we stand firm no matter what comes our way.
To build on Jesus means making Him the center of everything—our decisions, our relationships, our dreams. It means trusting Him even when it’s hard and obeying Him even when it’s costly. He is the only foundation that lasts.

Walk the Plank

August 22, 2025 BackBlasts

AO: asylum-am
Q: Tropicana
PAX: P3, Aquafina, Cat Gut (Mike Davis), Cinco (Scott McGuire), Cosmo 2, Farley, Matlock (Bill Maddox), TrampStamp
FNGs: None
COUNT: 9
WARMUP: the usual

THE THANG:
Walk Baby Everest. Carry something heavy. Vary how you carry. Rifle,farmer, shoulder. Alternate forward and backward.

Plank 1-2 min between walks

Rinse and repeat.

Very slow burn. Lots of mumble chatter.

MARY: stargazers

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Iron Pax on the horizon
10 anniversary convergence

COT: Aquinas

AMRAP

August 21, 2025 BackBlasts

AO: dogpound
Q: Madoff
PAX: Lightweight, Mayberry, Junk (Sam Yoakum), Earmuffs (Dan Studt), Ribbed (Joshua Sagraves), Browning (Hunter Willis)
FNGs: None
COUNT: 7
WARMUP:
20 SSH (with an ouch)
20 Tempo Squats
10 Rockettes
20 Calf Raises
Run up the Hill – 15 chest to rail merkins + 15 Dips
Run to stairs – 40 toe touches on the curb
Run to Matterhorn – 10 TN Rocking Chairs

THE THANG:
AMRAP for 20 min
– 3 burpees
– 6 squats
– 3 pull-ups
– 6 Big Boy Sit-Ups
Ran back the way we came with similar stops

MARY: Sat on our 6’s for about 45 seconds

ANNOUNCEMENTS: November 8 Mega Convergence

COT: Like today’s workout, doing small things we CAN do consistently over a long period gets harder and harder and we can fail without warning. Consistency is better that flashes of greatness for long term success (my opinion). Shared that word and challenged us to stay consistent to our beliefs and make the right choices consistently even if it gets harder sometimes.

[juco-rush] 800 m repeats

August 20, 2025 BackBlasts

AO: juco-rush
Q: Full Tank
PAX: Wagon Wheel (John-Mark Chesney), Erector, Zippy, Trash Panda (JUCO), Cheap Ride, Butterknife, Data
FNGs: None
COUNT: 8
WARMUP:

THE THANG:

MARY:

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

COT:

[cvproject-vls] Sticks and Carrots

August 20, 2025 BackBlasts

AO: cv-the-project-vls
Q: Mathlete
PAX: Boy George, Borg, TombRaider, Mathlete
FNGs: None
COUNT: 4
WARMUP:
Coffee
THE THANG:
Three big parts to the section:
1) Why persuasion is better than compulsive chicanery, or Carrots over Sticks – we debated somewhat whether the extended analogy to communism v. capitalism verges on a tangent. We also tried to work through the question of whether compulsion is appropriate in certain situations, e.g. kids, gross trouble makers, etc.
2) The primary opposing force to persuasion is procrastination – some discussion of how inertia and momentum are two sides of the same coin
3) The best way to make progress with persuasion is small, incremental movements, not wholesale conversion – I think it was generally agreed that this was the golden nugget of the Q point. High resonance. Led into some work shopping of the particular and practical application.