asylum-am – F3 Knoxville

I ain’t as good as I once was

March 12, 2026 BackBlasts

AO: asylum-am
Q: Matlock (Bill Maddox)
PAX: Tropicana, Pac-man
FNGs: None
COUNT: 3
WARMUP: Rocky 7 minute Tabata in dry Pav. Hands is down. Enter Matlock out of bullpen

THE THANG: EMOM. Finish each workout rest to next minute
20 jump squats
40 SSH
12 Merkins
20 Hollow Rocks
Totally blank on minutes 5-6
High knees for full minute
Minute rest

Repeat

Then “suffer in place workout”
one minute each
Plank
Wall sit
Merkins
Balls to the Wall
Flutters

MARY: ab exercises a la Tropicana

ANNOUNCEMENTS: zip

COT: Nehemiah 1

God may let you scatter after you rebel. But he will bring you back when you seek him

AO: asylum-am
Q: Hands
PAX: Fardeen Rastagar, Pac-man, Cosmo 2, Waffle House (Brady Greene), Cinco (Scott McGuire), Double Wide, Hands, Matlock (Bill Maddox), Tropicana, Hot Tub (John Muller)
FNGs: None
COUNT: 10
WARMUP:
SSH, froggy squats, planks, TN rocking chair, rockettes, stretching

THE THANG:
Impossible parking lot lap-
Lap 1 – broad jump burpees
Lap 2 – bear crawl
Lap 3 – lunges
Lap 4 – jog
Then did 5 minute timer of running up Baby E, 20 Merkins 20 Big bois at the bottom, Bernie up, repeat. Next round was shoulder taps and flutter kicks.
MARY:
10 partner merkins and 20 partner big bois.
More stretching.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Haw Ridge.
Software update on the way.
COT:
What are the 5 smooth stones God has given you to face life’s battles?

Fence Funding

March 9, 2026 BackBlasts

AO: asylum-am
Q: Waffle House (Brady Greene)
PAX: Cat Gut (Mike Davis), Snitch (Cory Beilharz ), Double Wide, Cinco (Scott McGuire), Rainbow, Waffle House (Brady Greene)
FNGs: None
COUNT: 6
7 motivators, Wayne Dunn, Aw-Yeahs (for you, babe), Shoulder Blaster. All to warm up for the Burpee Buy-In, which is like Rainbow’s Burpee Box but with all the fun removed. I ended up with 60, which was probably the least of anybody.

Turned a Route 66 with Get Ups for the Grand Kids™ into a Route 55, 1) because I was not man enough to do eleven more, and 2) because we needed to get to the main event which was a Double Wide Sprint Session, AKA the Italian Tune-Up. It works wonders.

Little trip up Everest to find the first and second of approximately 23 fences we had to get over. Snitch (Cory Beilharz ) speculates that they are cash extraction devices for Big Jim & friends, and he may be right.

There was some bear crawling and some Crab Walking, followed by some picking sharp little rocks out of palms. Cat Gut (Mike Davis) might still be up there had we not retrieved him. Unmatched devotion to the game.

Last sprint in the parking lot and met up with the ruckers. Story that meant a lot to me on Saturday, about God’s attention and love for us. Prayers for the bereaved and for a friend carrying an enormous burden.

Now put those dewy shoes outside to dry.

For Educational Purposes

March 6, 2026 BackBlasts

AO: asylum-am
Q: Waffle House (Brady Greene)
PAX: Tropicana, Cinco (Scott McGuire), Hands, Matlock (Bill Maddox), Cat Gut (Mike Davis), Cosmo 2, Fardeen Rastagar, Hands, Sawdust, Waffle House (Brady Greene)
FNGs: None
COUNT: 10 but missing one welshman
Today’s Q was planned for the benefit of @Blowhole, a young Welshman eager to experience all East Tennessee has to offer. The plan was to educate him about our disputatious nature and our history of crankiness, so by not showing up he proved he fit right in.

He did miss out on a decade of health and happiness, however, when the Junk Science was offered to all present. Shoulders were well blasted then shaken out in preparation for the Cloud’s very own Jack Webb. Jack is never easy.

As we made our way to Cardiac (as is my custom) I wondered if more people than just Matlock (Bill Maddox) labor under the misapprehension that Waffle House Qs are occasionally spirit led. Nothing could be further from the truth! I plan meticulously; I just don’t have any imagination.

Prayers for our old friend who we miss having out there in the gloom; prayers for a family going through something truly awful; gratitude for our being out there together another day.

>From Between Noon and Three by Robert Farrar Capon: “…it is Jesus who is your life. If he refused to condemn you because your works were rotten, he certainly isn’t going to flunk you because your faith isn’t so hot. You can fail utterly, therefore, and still live the life of grace. You can fold up spiritually, morally, or intellectually and still be safe.
Because at the very worst, all you can be is dead – and for him who is the Resurrection and the Life, that just makes you his cup of tea.”

Bait and switch

March 5, 2026 BackBlasts

AO: asylum-am
Q: Hands
PAX: P3, Waffle House (Brady Greene), Hands, Matlock (Bill Maddox), Snitch (Cory Beilharz ), Borg, Casey Kasem (Jess), Tropicana, Sawdust, Blowhole
FNGs: 1 Blowhole
COUNT: 10
WARMUP:
SSH, froggy squats, high knees, butt kickers, tie fighters, tempo merkins
THE THANG:
Trotted over to the Grand Lawn to do a Waxjob Q – Crazy 48’s :tm:
Round 1 do a lap, 48 squats
Round 2 at the 1/2 way point and end of the lap, 24 4 ct flutter kicks and 24 squats
Round 3 at the four corners, 12 4 ct mountain climbers, 12 4 ct flutter kicks, 12 squats
Round 4 at the 4 corners and the 2 1/2 points on one leg of the lap (6 stops total) do 8 HR merkins, 8 4ct mountain climbers, 8 4 ct flutter kicks, 8 squats
Round 5 make a figure 8 and at each turn do 6 burpees, 6 of all the other exercises
We only got 1/2 way done and had to return to the AO. This workout was too crazy to complete by 6:15.
The pax was most discouraged that we had no time for broga. This was an epic Q fail. The Q promises to have a dedicated broga day on a Tuesday or Thursday soon.
Snitch (Cory Beilharz ) did remind us how to start leading and exercise and the proper phraseology thereof. However, we learned he does not have equivalent skill in ending an exercise. You can’t have it all I guess.
MARY:
She laughed at the Q’s time mismanagement
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Haw Ridge
We talked about the upcoming Fardeen Rastagar BBQ. More details to come.
Go hiking with Pac-man Friday morning.
COT:
I need to make a big change. I am scared but not paralyzed.
We welcomed Casey Kasem (Jess) ‘s friend from Wales – Blowhole. (get it? Wales, whale, …)

Tag: asylum-am

I ain’t as good as I once was

Not Spring Break

Fence Funding

For Educational Purposes

Bait and switch