Cat Gut (Mike Davis) – Page 3

President’s Day Q

February 16, 2026 BackBlasts

AO: asylum-am
Q: Hands
PAX: Casey Kasem (Jess), Cat Gut (Mike Davis), Cinco (Scott McGuire), Double Wide, Hands, P3, Pac-man, Waffle House (Brady Greene), Techmo
FNGs: None
COUNT: 9
WARMUP:
SSH, Froggy Squats, parking lot line agility drills, tempo man-makers
THE THANG:
Route 132 with squats and merkins
10 minute timer at base of cardiac – alternating 10 thrusters followed by a run up to the big right turn then back down for 10 each side of curl with a side lunge and a run up cardiac. The rock P3 chose is visible from outer space.
Went for a nice run with some up-effort portions.
Pav-a-lon for 11’s with table rows and bu# touchers.
MARY:
Plank & side planks with foot raise
In & Outs
Tempo scissors
Captain Thor
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Haw Ridge
COT:
Anger – know that the person I’m angry with is a beloved child of God made in His image. Pray that I may come to believe that and be charitable.
Ash Wednesday services at Sacred Heart Cathedral this Wednesday at 6:30, 8:05, Noon, 6 pm. All are welcome. Memento mori!

Not as rainy as I was led to believe

February 11, 2026 BackBlasts

AO: asylum-am
Q: Waffle House (Brady Greene)
PAX: Aquafina, Tropicana, Matlock (Bill Maddox), Gibbler, Cinco (Scott McGuire), P3, Rainbow, Casey Kasem (Jess), Cat Gut (Mike Davis), Cosmo 2, Fabio (Joe Hamilton), Gilligan (R. J. Duncan), Waffle House (Brady Greene), Tecmo
FNGs: None
COUNT: 13
SSHs, shoulder blasters, a decision to make. Enjoy the great outdoors and maybe get wet? Or retire to the Pavalon where it’s dry but dark, and where Gibbler still smells?

We did a little Rte 66+ up the dragon to warm up, and just when @Tecmo was feeling good about his decision to come this morning, we pivoted to the Pavalon and partnered up. A Pavalon partner pivot.

Lots of Rainy Day Burpees followed by various break excercises, including the TRC/Crab legs , the rumors of whose banishment from this platform have been greatly exaggerated.

My only regret is not having a speaker and not being able to shock tender snowflake sensibilities with some of my favorite música en español.

Faith, in my understanding, is an abject dependence. For most of us it comes from desperation and failure. But how else could we ever truly live?

Grateful for a presidential hospital visit. Grateful for a life, and for the challenges and rewards of a new life together.

7 or 11

February 9, 2026 BackBlasts

AO: asylum-am
Q: Rep Sleepy
PAX: Hands, Pull-A-Part, Double Wide, F3 Pluto ( Hugh Nystrom), Cinco (Scott McGuire), Cat Gut (Mike Davis), Aquafina, P3, Casey Kasem (Jess), Waffle House (Brady Greene)
FNGs: None
COUNT: 11
WARMUP:
Cat Gut (Mike Davis) chose 11
SSH x11 IC
Tempo Squat x11 IC
Tempo Merkin x11 IC
Imperial Walker x11 IC

THE THANG:
F3 Pluto ( Hugh Nystrom) chose 7
Mosey to Picketts Charge for some 7s
First hill – Merkins and Big Boys
Second Hill – Lunges and Boxcutters
Third Hill – Burpees and Squats

Still had some time so started the 11s on Baby Everest with Perfect Merkins and Iron Rockets

MARY:
Flutter Kick x25 IC
Hello Dolly x10 IC
Rosalita x10 IC
Stretching

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Escape from Haw Ridge in March

COT:
Great Leaders are intent on leaving a legacy that will resound to their Groups’ Advantage long after they have gone. Knowing their leadership tenure is limited by human mortality, they get prepared for the expected event of their departure by developing new Leaders. Because they cannot predict the precise time of their departure, they stay ready for the unexpected by ensuring that the Leaders they develop are ready right now instead of sometime tomorrow. Great Leaders are constantly working themselves out of a job.
– Qsource

“But Jesus called them to him and said, “You know that the rulers of the Gentiles Lord it over them, and their great ones exercise authority over them. It shall not be so among you. But whoever would be great among you must be your servant, and whoever would be first among you must be your slave, even as the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.””
‭‭- Matthew‬ ‭20‬:‭25‬-‭28‬

Pavilon Heater

February 2, 2026 BackBlasts

AO: asylum-am
Q: P3
PAX: Natty, Casey Kasem (Jess), Cat Gut (Mike Davis), Cinco (Scott McGuire)
FNGs: None
COUNT: 5
WARMUP:

5 Easssyy Burpees
SSH
Lap around the parking lot
Cherry pickers
Runners stretch
Up down dog
Shoulder lubricator

THE THANG:

Number off by 1’s and 2’s

1’s stay and 2’s run to rustic pavilon, when 2’s get back, switch. Rinse and Repeat

Pavilon
AMRAP
10 Bulgarian Split Squats (each leg)
15 table Rows
20 Merkins
30 LBCs on the 4 count

Pick up where you left off when you get back.

Rustic Pavilon

20 Burpees and run back

MARY: none

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

Haw Ridge coming up on the last Friday in March

COT:

Shared a discussion that I watched recently about the power of positive thinking. Specifically how positive thinking rooted in faith translates to better resiliency, thus a longer happier life.

2 Corinthians 4:16–18
“We do not lose heart… For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.”

Fun on the hills, even without snow!

January 30, 2026 BackBlasts

AO: asylum-am
Q: Cat Gut (Mike Davis)
PAX: Tropicana, Casey Kasem (Jess), Gibbler, Cinco (Scott McGuire), Matlock (Bill Maddox), Cat Gut (Mike Davis)
FNGs: None
COUNT: 6
WARMUP:
SSH x 25, arm circles in lunge, tempo merkins, plank jacks, tempo squats
THE THANG:
Bernie up baby Everest and do 5 up/downs. Mosey to benches on Cardiac and do 50 dips. Mosey to skunk hill and do 10 drydocks at each turn. 3 trips up skunk hill doing 10 monkey humpers on bottom and 10 hand release merkins on top. Bernie to first turn on Cardiac and do 10 squats. Run up to benches and do 50 dips. Mosey toward Everest and do 3 merkins and 3 big boy sit-ups at every other light pole. At Everest grab a partner. One runs while partner does exercise. Doras 150 merkins, 150 squats, 100 big boys. Run up Everest and when the spirit leads stop and do 15 big boys facing up hill. Mosey back to AO.
MARY:

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

COT: Reading a book called “ The Promise of Heaven” by Dr. David Jeremiah. If you are a follower of Jesus and He is Lord of your life you are an adopted child of God and you will spend eternity with Him. We will have a new body and live on a new earth. Lots of detail about our eternal home in the Bible, especially Revelation. 21 and 22. It is gonna be great! Don’t miss out and don’t let your friends miss out. Tell others the good news.