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[virtuous-leadership-school] Disruption

January 4, 2026 BackBlasts

AO: virtuous-leadership-school
Q: Mermaid
PAX: Mermaid, Honeydew, Borg, Baby Boomer, Pool Boy, Stitch, Scratch-off
FNGs: None
COUNT: 7
We covered disruption found here
f3nation.com/disruption

I am way behind at work and behind on backblast, so this is not documented as well as it should be.

Eliza stopped by and created a disruption during our meeting.

12 Days of Partnering Together!

December 22, 2025 BackBlasts

AO: shamrock
Q: Pool Boy
PAX: Mermaid, Baby Boomer, Anchorman, Crawlspace, slappy, Honeydew, None
FNGs: 1 None
COUNT: Seven!
WARMUP:
Tha thang without a CMU:

1 Blockee (aka Burpee)
2 Merkins
3 Jump Squats
4 BBS
5 Thruster or Goblet (aka Squat Air Press or Squat)
6 Shoulder Taps
7 Squats
8 Box Cutters
9 Overhead Press (aka Raise the Roof)
10 Overhead Claps
11 Toe Merkins
12 4-count flutter kicks

THE THANG:
Mosey to the Pavilion for 7’s
-7’s (no running in between exercises) – Squats & BBS
-Partner 7’s (also no running in between exercises)- 1 partner does the Squat reps and the other does the BBS reps.

Mosey to the CMU Pile for an attempted 12 Days of Christmas Goal: 3x through (we only got through 1 full round):
Totem Pole where each round you add one exercise and go every one you’ve done before. Reps are the “days” of the exercise you’re on so on the first day you do 1 rep, second day you do 2 reps, etc.:

1 Blockee
2 Merkins
3 Jump Squats
4 BBS
5 Thruster or Goblet
6 Shoulder Taps
7 Squats
8 Box Cutters
9 Overhead Press
10 Overhead Claps
11 Toe Merkins
12 4-count flutter kicks

After every completed round PAX were given the option for how far they wanted to run / recover all the way down the hill and back. Most ran but some tired to be more stationary.

It was 6:08 after the first round so the Q called Recover but we were also supposed to attempt to repeat the above except as follows:

Round 2 – With a partner or a group of 3 so half as many reps and hopefully twice as fast.
Round 3 – All PAX split up and 1 person does only an exercise so everyone can go as fast as they can with each exercise.

Fellowship mosey (S/O to Ribbed for this term) to the second corner then Mosey back to the spot the flag normally is.

MARY:
Cumulative MARY where each PAX leads a MARY exercise but then the previous MARY exercises are also done:

Pool Boy – Hello Dolly’s (10 + 10 + 10 + 10)
Honey Dew- LBC’s (0 + 10+ 10 + 10)
Slappy – American Hammers (0 + 0+ 10 + 10)
Boomer – Pickle Pointers (0 + 0+ 0 + 10)

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
None

COT:
The purpose of the workout was supposed to demonstrate how we need each other and how when we do help and work with each other it tremendously lightens our load but also helps us accomplish things better together.

Right now is the season known as Advent – the season of waiting. We wait for many things – I’m waiting for major ones. Not for 400 years – but it is an unknown amount of time I’m waiting. What are you waiting for? Now consider this – God doesn’t want you to or me to waste our waiting. We can sow to reap even while we’re waiting. One of the temptations we all face is to isolate and get away from it all – especially with secret sin. I’ve done that more times than I can count even while being “known” by those around me. But as the verse says, “do not be deceived, God is not mocked.”

This isn’t a merely hard warning for those who do want to please God, but His discipline will correct you and me just as a loving father to his children. Today God offers us all a choice – to share or not. To sow in the waiting or not. To be known by others or not.

Sin hides in the dark – it doesn’t want to be seen. But while it will be one day the Lord Jesus came as a baby after 400 years of waiting so that you and I can bring it to the light and be healed:
James 5:16 says. “Therefore, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person has great power as it is working.”

So today, I tell you I’m sowing in the waiting and I invite you to join me. Confessing our sins of lust, self-righteousness, anger, pride, laziness, fartsacking, and so much more – so that you may be healed.

Boomer and I will be meeting and inviting any other men who are willing and able to join us on Tuesdays at Dunkin (401 N Cedar Bluff Rd, 37923) from 630am-730am after shamruck to study Finally Free, a book on sexual purity, for the next 10 or so weeks. Come join us to know and be known while walking out this most critical of all Achilles Heels for any man so you can become a HIM.

[virtuous-leadership-school] Equipping

November 30, 2025 BackBlasts

AO: virtuous-leadership-school
Q: Mermaid
PAX: Borg, Baby Boomer, Drano, Stitch, Mermaid
FNGs: None
COUNT: 5
f3nation.com/equip

I told about my professional story from my past that demonstrated equipping. We discussed how humility plays a large role in leadership by giving away tasks that other people may be stronger at performing. We broke down the bank robbing scenario and applied that personal and professional opportunities.

We discussed this in marriage and parenting, and talked about how a leader can be successful by serving his constituents, or his family, or his wife.

We talked about the need for a mission statement and some key directives so that we can accurately describe and execute the MET or mission essential tasks. Each team member needs to know and articulate how their job pertains directly back to the mission and that what they are doing is important in success. This really hit home with “subservient” tasks like cleaning toilets. Often times there are less desirable jobs, but they are still important. This is particularly on display in parenting. We discussed the concept of gentle parenting and why less desirable jobs are important.

Happy Thanksgiving

November 27, 2025 BackBlasts

AO: shamruck
Q: Mermaid
PAX: Mermaid, slappy, Baby Boomer, Honeydew, Drano, MacGruber
FNGs: None
COUNT: 6
WARMUP:

THE THANG:
we walked the CAK route aka old faithful at a gentle pace and had a great start to Thanksgiving
MARY:

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

COT:
We talked about complaining versus gratitude. Complain to God, not your peers. Sometimes the things we complain about are actually blessings and we need to readjust our mindset.

Handoff shuffle

November 26, 2025 BackBlasts

AO: shamrock
Q: Stitch
PAX: Mermaid, Baby Boomer, Drano, Anchorman, Eliza, Crawlspace, slappy, Honeydew, MacGruber, Lizzy, Snaggletooth (Elijah Tafao), Dumpster Dive
FNGs: None
COUNT: 13
WARMUP:
Neck Stretch
SSH
Run in place/high knees/butt kickers/jump rope
Imperial Walkers
Cherry Pickers
5 Burpees

THE THANG:
Mosey to the track and make one lap through the bleachers and around to the front southwest corner of the football field.

Line up across the goal line. We will start a group of exercises, each one called out by the starter. We’ll go in a series of upper, legs, core. Everyone will start the first round. For example, we will all do burpees. While everyone is doing the exercise, the man closest to the sideline will carry a football to the man on the farthest end of the goal line, hand it off and bump him down to the next man in line on the far end. The football will continue to get passed off until the last man has received the ball and finished back where the ball started.

That man will then call out an exercise (of the next target)

and start the process over again. We’ll repeat this until everyone has started and called out an exercise.

Parking ultimate football for the remainder of time.

COT:
For those of you that have been here recently when I’ve Q’d, you might recall that in our COT’s, I’ve challenged us who claim to be Christians, to be different from the world.

A couple of weeks ago, I read from one of my favorite passages in Philippians 4 about centering your mind on things true, pure, lovely, commendable, excellent, worthy of praise. When we make these things the center of our thoughts, it’s hard to be anything other than at peace and with thanksgiving.

On that note, Thanksgiving is tomorrow. A lot of us will be spending that time with friends and family. Young and old. Close and distant. Brothers and cousins. Mom’s and uncles. Dry and bubbly. Hilarious and infuriating. I challenge every one of you to truly be thankful at this time. This life is fleeting and we have no idea what tomorrow brings. My prayer for each of us is that we spend this time being light. BE. A. LIGHT.

I read a book 2-3 years ago called “A Gentle Answer: Our ‘Secret Weapon’ in an age of us against them” by Scott Sauls. The book was call for those who claim to be Christians to pivot our hearts towards Jesus, and how we engage a hostile world. A lot of times that hostility comes from our very own family and close friends. It was a very thoughtful, encouraging and challenging book. And, it came to my mind as I was thinking about this week and the opportunity we have.

I highlighted some quotes from the book and here are just a few…

“While true faith is filled with holy fire, it is a fire that is meant for refining and healing, as opposed to dividing and destroying. If our faith ignites hurt rather than healing upon the bodies, hearts, and souls of other people—even those who treat us unkindly—then something has gone terribly wrong with our faith.”

“Jesus’ gentle answer was bold and costly. His gentle answer included pouring out his lifeblood and dying on the cross. Our gentle answer will be costly as well. We must die to ourselves, to our self-righteousness, to our indignation, and to our outrage. Christians are a light to the world only to the degree that they stand out as different from the world. The world does not thirst for a religious imitation of its often-outraged self.”

As we leave here today, ask God to show you His light and ask him to help you be a reflection of that. Let’s be different. Let’s not be so quick to speak but let’s listen. Let’s ask hi Jim questions and make eye contact. Let us breathe and offer kindness and empathy. Let’s show everyone around us where our faith and trust lies. I’m praying for all of you and your families.

Happy Thanksgiving!