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Gratitude

July 14, 2025 BackBlasts

AO: asylum-am
Q: Russell Crook/Crablegs
PAX: F3 Pluto ( Hugh Nystrom), Farley, Sawdust, Code Brown, Waffle House (Brady Greene), Cinco (Scott McGuire), Hands, Hot Tub (John Muller), Cat Gut (Mike Davis), Gibbler, Matlock (Bill Maddox), Charmin (John Willis), P3, Double Wide, Coco, Aquafina, Loves
FNGs: None
COUNT: 18
WARMUP: glove and other favorites

THE THANG: tour de asylum, with a healthy dose of trifecta. More favorites like Jack Webb, and Lieutenant Dan.

MARY:

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

COT: what an honor it’s been to be with you guys. I’m so grateful. And, this is not goodbye but more of a see you later. Gratitude is the word of the day. And, remember, God has a plan for all of us. Are you listening? Big hugs brothers and thank you all for the turnout and kind words.

Billy Strings Roulette 2.0

July 9, 2025 BackBlasts

AO: asylum-am
Q: P3
PAX: Cinco (Scott McGuire), Matlock (Bill Maddox), Coco (Sam Duzan), F3 Pluto ( Hugh Nystrom), Hands, Waffle House (Brady Greene), Cat Gut (Mike Davis), Tropicana, Aquafina, Pac-man, Cosmo 2
FNGs: None
COUNT: 12
WARMUP:

Easy up/downs
SSH
Lap around the parking lot
Agility drills
Cherry pickers
Runners stretch
UpDown Dog
Shoulder Lubricator

THE THANG:

Billy Strings Roulette 2.0. Work until the random song ends and then move stations

Station One (Muscle Beach):

AMPRAP
– 10 Pull-ups
– 20 Step-ups or box jumps
– 30 Big Bois

Song played – While I’m waiting here

Station Two (Poets Amphitheatre):

5 up/down tuck jumps – bottom
15 Dirkins – Tier 1
15 Irkins – Tier 2
15 Up/downs – Tier 3

Song played – Gild the Lilly

Station Three (New Playground Pavilon):

AMRAP
– 15 table rows
– 15 squat jumps
– 15 V-ups
– 30 Toe Merkins

Song Played – I’d like to be a train

Station Four (Muscle Beach):

Cindy:
5 Pull-ups
10 Push-ups
15 Air Squats

Song Played – In Hiding (Pearl Jam cover)

MARY: Nope

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

Smokey’s game tomorrow night and convergence this weekend!

COT:

Serenity Prayer

“God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.

of bloody noses and men in weird hats

July 7, 2025 BackBlasts

AO: asylum-am
Q: Matlock (Bill Maddox)
PAX: Tropicana, Charmin (John Willis), bluebird, F3 Pluto ( Hugh Nystrom), Code Brown, Gibbler, Rugby
FNGs: None
COUNT: 8
WARMUP: waited for Charmin’s truck to settle down

THE THANG: to the left and away we went..
Topics included Mason’s, Shriners and Elks Lodges. But sadly no mention of classic 90s country song “Bobby Ann Mason”

Then Charmin caught a stray forearm shiv straight to the beak from Cinco as they passed by us.

Im not sure what was more disturbing….the bloody nose or learning that Tropicana carries wet wipes in his ruck

MARY: took terms stanching the flow

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

COT: CatGut had a great. Sucks for you guys that missed

Three is a magic number

July 3, 2025 BackBlasts

AO: asylum-am
Q: Waffle House (Brady Greene)
PAX: P3, Pac-man, Waffle House (Brady Greene)
FNGs: None
COUNT: 3
Look. When both PAX are absolute professionals like P3 and Pac-man, the Q only needs to lift his feet and let the current of greatness carry him along, and that is exactly what your humble scribe did.

One of us had an early commitment and one of us had a heavy story on our mind, so we front loaded the BOM to coincide nicely with the blasting of our shoulders. That set us up for a great 45 minutes of thoughtful conversation about the most important things any of us knows to talk about. Grateful to have had the time with guys willing to ponder.

We sweated while we pondered. I always like to give the right man credit for the worst exercise I know, Rainbow’s Burpee Box™. Thanks, I suppose. We did a little Route 91 up the dragon, we did that crab walk thing on the wall, we sprinted, we nickel-dime-quartered, we ATMed. Quick pic and we were out.

Slow Down

July 2, 2025 BackBlasts

AO: asylum-am
Q: Gibbler
PAX: Matlock (Bill Maddox), P3, Cat Gut (Mike Davis), Tropicana, Cinco (Scott McGuire), Hot Tub (John Muller), TRC/Crab legs, Bunny, F3 Pluto ( Hugh Nystrom), Gibbler, Hands, @Archie, @Coco, @Medicine Woman, @Aquafina, @Medicine Woman
FNGs: 1 @Medicine Woman
COUNT: 16
WARMUP: legs and chest and arms

THE THANG: 4 laps of with merkins and jump squats and flutter kicks. Go 1/2 speed and go slow at loop. Mosey to pavalon and do 4 rounds of Bulgarian squats and shoulder taps at 1/2 normal speed. Abs of box cutters and side crunches and pickle pounders and Georgia cheerleaders. Mosey back and stopped to do 5 squats at each light pole.

MARY: mixed in as usual

ANNOUNCEMENTS: legs last Q in Knoxville is coming soon.

COT: slow down.