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[cv-brickyard] Feb/Aug You vs You

August 9, 2025 BackBlasts

AO: cv-brickyard
Q: Otis
PAX: Spellcheck, Otis, Herbie, Natty, Gordie, Recoil (Blake Conley), Biohazard (Jay Shepherd), fast-n-easy (Nate Votta), Floppy Disc, Hamm (the real Jamie Suarez)
FNGs: None
COUNT: 10
WARMUP:
Shoulder taps in cadence, 2 count x 20
Cherry pickers in cadence x 5 #4R #5L
Thai Fighters in cadence x 10 per side
Little This and That
Shoulder taps in cadence, 2 count x 20 Downward Dog 30 sec
Cobra 30 sec
Hand release merkins x 5 oyo
Deep squat hold 10 sec
Squats in cadence x 5
Shoulder taps in cadence, 2 count x 20

THE THANG:
1.5 mile run for time
# BBs in 1 min
# merkins in 1 min
# pull ups to failure, (let go or 90 sec)
# Burpees in “5” min

MARY: Ultimate Frisbee
10 shoulder taps per turnover to 100
1 burpee after that

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
See newsletter

COT: Contentment
“Keep your life free from love of money, and be content with what you have, for he has said, “I will never leave you nor forsake you.” So we can confidently say, “The Lord is my helper; I will not fear; what can man do to me?””
‭‭Hebrews‬ ‭13‬:‭5‬-‭6‬ ‭ESV‬‬

A Ruckin good workout

August 8, 2025 BackBlasts

AO: thequacken
Q: DoorKicker (Jud)
PAX: Backflow (Wesley Hunt), CrossPuke, FixerUpper, Frizzles, Mountain Ice, Otis, Recoil (Blake Conley), Shotgun, Wedding Singer, Z-Pack
FNGs: None
COUNT: 11
WARMUP: We don’t need no stinking warmup.

THE THANG: Ruck to the track at the middle school. Split into two teams then the fun began.

100 m Ruck sprint relay. Losing team was blessed with 20 merkins

Double Ruck speed walk. Losing team did 20 air squats

50m crab walk squats relay with ruck on. Everybody did 20 Carolina Drydocks

MARY: don’t remember but is wasn’t much

ANNOUNCEMENTS: see the F3 newsletter

COT: Praise God for all the blessings and for keeping His promises.

[cv-lostpearls] Do you really need me?

August 8, 2025 BackBlasts

AO: cv-lostpearls
Q: Natty
PAX: Bail Bonds, flyball, Natty, 30 second warning, Boy George
FNGs: None
COUNT: 5
WARMUP: 10 Imp squat walkers

THE THANG: ruck around ball fields to courthouse for some tempo merkins then around the corner and Bernie up the hill by Charmin (John Willis)’s office and down to First Baptist for 4 rounds of 15 monkey humpers butts facing traffic then down hill for 25 2 ct shoulder taps, Bernie back up and repeato. Ruck on to the big hill by the stadium and Bernie that bitch. Mosey back through the library corridor to the AO

MARY: why ya buggin?

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

COT: prayers for Mooch, Bail Bonds son’s foot, 30 Second warnings son going through the trials of puberty and Natty’s daughter starting a new chapter of her life in Chapel Hill for grad school.

Sprïntenn Daåzs

August 8, 2025 BackBlasts

AO: asylum-am
Q: Waffle House (Brady Greene)
PAX: Cinco (Scott McGuire), Cat Gut (Mike Davis), Aquafina, Double Wide, Waffle House (Brady Greene), White Belt
FNGs: None
COUNT: 6
A fine morning to be outside; maybe a little steamy from the rain last night
6 Motivators (still got it), the Stretchies (safety first), the Preacher (thanks @preacher John Stone), BSIAd around the lot and picked up some lapidarian buddies for the journey.

Made our way to the Bros Bowl and commenced to sweating. Has my summer fling with late night BOGO Hägen Daåzs Cookies and Cream been beneficial? I can’t make that determination yet. It’s been a pleasure, I’ll say that. But now I need to put in a little work in to balance things out. Matlock (Bill Maddox) knows what I’m talking about. So the PAX helped straighten me out with multiple dead sprints up the hill.

And the stars came out. Cinco (Scott McGuire) led; Double Wide led; Aquafina was up there. @white belt has wheels! Cat Gut (Mike Davis) was never far behind and in fact led every time down the hill when the rest of us were too gassed to move.

We curled, we OHPd, we lunged, etc.

This being Friday, and us knowing how things should be, we went to the ATM. A fine finish for a great week, thanks to Cat Gut (Mike Davis)for starting us off on Skunk Hill and to Cinco (Scott McGuire) for an interesting trip to Muscle Beach.

COT: put yourself in the way of beauty and life. Serve out of gratitude, and you’ll be free from yourself.

Gratitude

August 7, 2025 BackBlasts

AO: asylum-pm
Q: Brick
PAX: Curveball, Crash Dummy, Rooney(Carl Whipple), CRISPR, Abacus, Switchhitter (Tony), Franzia, Mr Jinxy, Welch’s, Lizzy, Lilydipper, Doubtfire (Nick Bond), Pele (Jon Lindberg), Serpentine (Jason Pierce), Cheetah Boy
FNGs: None
COUNT: 16
WARMUP:
SSH x100

ARMY PHYSICAL READINESS TRAINING
Bend and Reach
Rear Lunge
High Jumper
The Rower
Squat bender that we turned into Tennessee Rocking Chairs haha
Windmill
Forward lunge
Prone Row
Bent leg body twist
Merkins

THE THANG:
•Mosey to Bros Bowl but grab a rock at the rock pile!

Abs with holding rock along the way

Middle of Bros Bowl

Run to the middle after each of the below exercises with your rock and do:
1. 50 curls
2. 50 overhead presses
3. 75 bent over rows
4. 20 total lunges
25 each
– 9pm Wide Squats
– 12pm Derkins
– 3pm Big Boys
– 6pm 10 burpees

7s on the long Bros hill!
SSH/Imperial Walkers

Bottom of Bros
Squats bench touches at top
Crawl Bear at bottom

Run Pickets!
Flutters at the top!
Hello Dollys
Slow LBCs

AYG to the flag

ATMs at flag

MARY:

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

COT:
Gratitude!!!!

“Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows.”

James 1:17 (NIV)

Experts say that the attitude you have for the day is set in the first eight minutes of your day. Do you want to grumble, gripe, and grunt your way through the day, or do you want to be grateful?

The Bible says, “Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows” (James 1:17 NIV).

Gratitude gets you to focus on your loving Father who meets all your needs.

Don’t start your day with confession or requests. Start with gratitude. Think about God and his goodness. Tell him he’s a good Father, thanking him for being caring, close, and consistent. List the ways he’s been good to you. Tell him what you’re thankful for: running water, bed and a blanket, a warm house when it’s cold and a cold house when it’s hot outside. You don’t have to worry about the right thing to say. Just say what you feel and what’s on your mind.

One of the ways you can start your day with thankfulness is to make a playlist of songs. Choose songs of gratitude that remind you of who God is and what he has done for you. Turn it on as soon as you open your eyes so that your first thoughts are grateful. Worship is the best way to wake up!

You can also make a list of the things you’re thankful for and keep it near your bed or wherever you have a quiet time. A gratitude list can help keep you focused on God’s goodness, and then you can pour out your heart to him in thanks.

When you wake every morning, make sure the first thing you’re doing is thanking God for his consistent love and recalling all the ways that he’s good to you.

Get up with gratitude. It will change everything about your day!