Cosmo 2 – F3 Knoxville

Not Spring Break

March 11, 2026 BackBlasts

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?

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.”

Thing 1 and Thing 2

March 4, 2026 BackBlasts

AO: asylum-am
Q: Cinco (Scott McGuire)
PAX: Casey Kasem (Jess), Cosmo 2, Rainbow, F3 Pluto ( Hugh Nystrom), Cinco (Scott McGuire), Double Wide, Suds, Hands, Matlock (Bill Maddox), Pac-man, Hot Tub (John Muller), P3, Gibbler, Cat Gut (Mike Davis)
FNGs: None
COUNT: 15
WARMUP:

SSH
Misc Stretching

THE THANG:

Count off Thing 1 & Thing 2

🏃 Mosey to Toilet Bowl (¼ mile)
⸻
Partner Bump Workout
Thing 1 starts halfway on route
200 Jump Squats (team)
Thing 2 jumps / partner runs → switch on bump
200 Merkins (team)
Same format
200 Big Boy Sit-ups (team)
Same format
⸻
🏃 Mosey to Muscle Beach
⸻
Pull-Up Station
Thing 1 alternate:
10 pull-ups each round
Rest while Thing 2 works
➡ Goal: 40 pull-ups per person

MARY:

No time for Hairy Mary

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

COT:

“Two are better than one, because they have a good return for their labor: If either of them falls down, one can help the other up. But pity anyone who falls and has no one to help them up.”
Ecclesiastes 4:9-10 NIV
bible.com/bible/111/ecc.4.9-10.NIV

The night the lights went out in Matlock’s brain

February 25, 2026 BackBlasts

AO: asylum-am
Q: Matlock (Bill Maddox)
PAX: Double Wide, Suds, Cat Gut (Mike Davis), Rainbow, Waffle House (Brady Greene), Tropicana, Hands, Cinco (Scott McGuire), Casey Kasem (Jess), Cosmo 2, Tecmo, White Belt
FNGs: None
COUNT: 13
WARMUP: started with State of F3 Union. Quoted from Freed 2 Lead 2:47

Threw down Gauntlet State of the Union Trivia Question. Sadly no one got both. A late appearance by Cosmo 2 salvaged one.

Where is Charmin (John Willis) when we need him the most?? Was a frequent query today

THE THANG: terribly disjointed Q. Pisspoor tribute to Waxjob Black Betty Q.

2 sandbags to be carried up the hill and back down. Other dudes did exercises while waiting but not enough cards for everyone. #awkward

On to Cloud for “I go, you go”
Partners alternate working to amass
300 squats
200 merkins
100 V Ups

With a synchronized buy in/cash out each time we switch

MARY: the Reba v Vicki Lawrence debate was by far the highlight of the morning

ANNOUNCEMENTS: I FORGOT THE NAMEORAMA. Holy Q fails this was a dumpster fire (no offense to Dumpster Dive (Brad Burnette)

COT: Romans 8:26. The Holy Spirit definitely needed to intervene on the Q’s behalf

Last chilly morning??

February 23, 2026 BackBlasts

AO: asylum-am
Q: Cat Gut (Mike Davis)
PAX: Pac-man, Double Wide, Hands, Casey Kasem (Jess), Cinco (Scott McGuire), Suds, P3, Cat Gut (Mike Davis), Cosmo 2, Tecmo
FNGs: None
COUNT: 10
WARMUP: SSH x 25, baby arm circles in lunge, cherry pickers, tempo squats, tempo merkins

THE THANG: mosey to circus Maximus – 4 exercises, merkins, squats, sit-ups, jump squats. So 20 of each exercise and then run a lap. Repeat exercises and run 2 laps, repeat exercises and do 3 laps. Mosey to skunk hill. 7’s — merkins bottom and squats top. Bernie up cardiac and do 2 up-downs at each turn. 50 dips on bench. Mosey to AO. 21 merkins and sprint to other side of parking lot. 20 merkins and sprint to other side. Then 19, 18,17….till time is out.

MARY:
No
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
No
COT: 1 Thessalonians 5:17 Pray without ceasing..