Lulu (Greg Huddy) – F3 Knoxville

Crash Dummy Performs A Pusher Q (Guest Speaker at the COT)

February 28, 2026 BackBlasts

AO: asylum-daybreak
Q: Crash Dummy
PAX: Mr Jinxy, Lizzy, Pusher, Brick, High Heels, Pac-man, Crawdad (Robbi Dickens), Veggie (Rylen Huddy), Lulu (Greg Huddy), Cart Girl (John Sadler) (Chatt, TN), Honeydew, Swimmies (Nathan Chesney), Snitch (Cory Beilharz )
FNGs: None
COUNT: 14
WARMUP: Run around pavilion/playground back to AO. SSH – 20ea. Windmills – 10, Cherry Pickers – 5, Mountain Climbers – 20. Pterodactyls – 10 fwd/bkwd. Monkey Humpers – 10. Stretching. Run the parking lot.

THE THANG: Mosey to bathroom: Every 4th light pole, 10 Merkins. 4x. (Rabbits hold squat).

Run back to bathroom. Run up Pickett’s Charge to the Coliseum.

4 Stations (3, 6, 9, 12 o’clock): **2 count when applicable.

1st Rd: Dry Docks/Squats/American Hammers. 10 reps each.
(Rabbits: Wall Sit till 6 arrives. After each rd)

2nd Rd: Jump Squats/Merkins/American Hammers. 10 reps.

3rd Rd: Iron Mikes/SSH/American Hammers. 10 reps.

4th Rd: Bobby Hurleys/Reverse Lunges/American Hammers. 10 reps.

Mosey back to bathroom parking lot: Lunge walk or bear crawl to the end. Turn around and do 5 Burpees every other island to the other end. Run back to AO.

MARY: Pusher led Motivators – 5 count. LBCs until the end.

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Escape from Haw Ridge. 2nd F at Xul.

COT: Guest speaker: My father, Carl Reitz, who spent time in Pakistan and Guatemala, talked about winning the lottery by being fortunate to live in the US. He explained how lucky we all are to not have to worry about food, shelter, clothing, etc. He asked each man to give thought to the air we breathe each day because so many people in this world aren’t as fortunate as we are.

Hot Toddy Quadruple Birthday Q

January 10, 2026 BackBlasts

AO: asylum-daybreak
Q: Lilydipper , High Heels, Charmin (John Willis), Snitch (Cory Beilharz )
PAX: Veggie (Rylen Huddy), Natty, Wes Franks (Pony Tail), Drum Major, Curveball, Crash Dummy, Dain Bramage, Mr Jinxy, Pele (Jon Lindberg), Bail Bonds, flyball, MD Hammer, Pusher, Crawdad (Robbi Dickens), Honeydew, Lulu (Greg Huddy), Rainbow, Crop Top
FNGs: None
COUNT: 22
WARMUP: Lilydipper led us in 20 Side Straddle Hops, Curly Stomps, 7 Twistees, 10 Windmills, 7 Pterodactyls Forward, 7 Pterodactyls Backwards, and a Little of This and That

THE THANG: Snitch (Cory Beilharz ) then led us on sidewalks we could barely see due to lakes and puddles out to the Bros Bowl. He nearly killed us from there. We started with10 Merkins on the bottom and ran clockwise to do 53 (Snitch (Cory Beilharz ) turned 53 on December 23) Bench Dips then ran to the bottom to do 22 Hello Dollies in the lake there at the bottom of the Bros Bowl. Thank goodness there was no sewage from the Bowl. Next we ran clockwise up to the top again to do 53 Incline Merkins on the benches. We ran to the bottom only to do Tempo Squats in the lake. The man made us run clockwise on more top to the top of the Bros Bowl to do 23 Step-ups on the Benches. In an exhausted and drenches state, we got back to the bottom.
High Heels took over from there. We ran to the outdoor chapel and I thought God would have mercy on us there. But not with High Heels in command. We did Doras, each partner running around the chapel in the rain while the other partner did exercises. One would expect about 100 of each exercise but not with High Heels. He had us do 120 Merkins, 240 Bench Dips (our arms were in pain!) and 360 Side-Straddle Hops. Gassed and nearing death, we were looking forward to Charmin (John Willis) lightening things up as he took over the Q. But no!!! Charmin (John Willis) has us run, instead of sidewalks, through a grassy, muddy, trench-filled mess with rats and other varmints floating by us until we got back on the watery roadway to the AO. Ahh, the AO! No!! The man, saying he needs to work his quads for ski patrol, has us Bernie Sanders all the way to the top of Mini-Cardiac and do 5 Burpees in the river up top. Then we run back down past the AO to pick up doggone boulders and take then to the pavilion. He then has us do some kind of configuration of 11s that I never understood, saying we should quadruple each exercise of Curls and Gobble Squats. I finally plopped my boulder down on the picnic table and nearly broke the top. From there, Charmin (John Willis) takes us to steps that were so soaked and muddy that we couldn’t see our feet. He has us do a multitude of Calf Raises with toes out, inward, outward, and every which way but upward, which almost occurred if I hadn’t had the rail to hold onto and keep me from falling backwards. Charmin (John Willis) was kind enough to let us go back to the pavilion, pick up those doggone boulders, and put em back where we found em. Ahhhhh, Sweet Respite. But no, we had do the traditional Asylum Daybreak race up Mini-Cardiac after the COT.

MARY: We had no stinking time for a Mary

ANNOUNCEMENTS: The fact that we had Hot Toddys waiting for us was announcement enough!

COT:

Message: The four Q leaders each talked about something they were thankful for in 2025 and something they were looking forward to in 2026. High Heels was on target when he told us we have so much to be thankful for.

Prayers: Prayers of praise for Mr. Jinxy whose daughter, Carli, the wife of our very own Hooker (Grant Gentry) who now lives with Carlyi in North Carolina, just had a baby. This is the couple’s third child. Prayers of praise for all God blesses us with.

But, But, But.

September 6, 2025 BackBlasts

AO: asylum-daybreak
Q: Lilydipper
PAX: Lulu (Greg Huddy), Veggie (Rylen Huddy), Krauss (John Greene), Crawdad (Robbi Dickens), High Heels, Drum Major, Crash Dummy, Waffle House (Brady Greene), Farley, Pele (Jon Lindberg), Swimmies (Nathan Chesney)
FNGs: None
COUNT: 12
WARMUP: 20 Side-Straddle-Hops, Curly Stomps, 10 Windmills, 15 High Knees, 10 Tennessee Rocking Chairs, 10 Tempo Squats, 160 Raise the Roofs (or 40 x 4).

THE THANG: Split into teams of two. We will mosey across the street to the shady parking lot. Each team will get two bricks off of my trailer and mosey back to the AO parking lot. From there we will Dora. While one man runs to end of parking lot, does 10 merkins off the curb, and runs back, the other partner works on the exercises. Then partners switch off. Here are the exercises that each set of partners will do as a team with the bricks;
100 Overhead Presses
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100 Curls
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100 Tricepts
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100 Rows
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100 Punches with both hands = 1
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100 Wings Up
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100 Wings Down
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100 Wings Out
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Replace bricks in trailer. Then mosey on sidewalk and up to Haslam’s Rock. We will stop there to do 20 Hello Dollies.
Mosey to Coliseum. We will stop there for 30 second gander at the BSIA and then to do 15 American Hammers and 15 Flutter Kicks.
Mosey to stairs and down the stairs to the parking lot below the Coliseum. We will split into teams of two again for another round of Doras. This time one partner does exercises while the other runs up the steps, over to the stop sign near the parking lot, and back down the parking lot to the exercise area where partners switch places. Here are the exercises:
100 Merkins
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100 Iron Mikes
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100 Smurf Jacks (4 ct)
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100 Carolina Dry Docs
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150 Baby Crunches
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Mosey south to the intersection of the side road with the main park. We will stop at the circle to do 20 Rocky Balboas.
Mosey to parking lot that heads to playground close to ballfields. We will stop to do 20 Freddie Mercuries.
Mosey to entry way to the parking lot by the outdoor chapel. We will stop to do 20 Bench Dips off curb.
Mosey to the parking lot with the nice restrooms. We will Bear Crawl 12 paces and Lunge 12 paces repeating the pattern to the end of the parking lot.
Mosey to the AO.

MARY: Stretches

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Farley and his Y-12 Credit Union companions will be hosting a super Tailgate Party at today’s Tennessee Vols football game. All are invited. Food and drinks are free. The Y-12 Credit Union tailgate will be located at Circle Park on campus.
Don’t forget the 10-Year Anniversary of F3 Knoxville on November 8, 7 am at the Asylum.
Finally, at Coffeeteria, Professor Crawdad (Robbi Dickens) will be leading a Ph.D. level class on “Advanced Uses of the Bidet.” This will be a can’t miss lecture.

COT: Message
But, But, But . . .

I truly believe that the major reason why most of us men keep coming back to F3 workouts isn’t the workout itself but to share the love we have for each other. That may feel awkward and it may be hard to admit. But, I believe it to be true.

Some of us find it easier to say I love you to one another than others. Even when we do it generally must be in a quick, sorta manly kind of under one’s breath way, like “Hey, love ya bro.” But, whether we say that or not, the good thing is that there are all kinds of ways to love one another. It can come in the form of sharing coffee at Coffeeteria or beers at a board meeting and laughing at each other’s jokes; it might be through helping a brother move his damned furniture from one place to another; or, it can be just through letting a guy know you’re praying for him.

What got me thinking about all this is a scenario within a book I was reading. The name of the book is My Friends and it is by the author, Fredrik Backman. In the scene I am referring to, two brothers are talking and sharing some beer together. They have had a rough upbringing, are different in their natures, and haven’t been that close to each other. But, they are brothers and have shared experiences. Their father has died from cancer. Their mother is a hard-assed woman who can be mighty hard on them. Yet, she herself was abused and mistreated in childhood and she wants to make sure people don’t walk all over them like she was stomped on in her youth.

So, the brothers in a rare moment of togetherness are sharing beers. They talk about never really hearing their parents say, “I love you.” But, there was one occasion when they were in the car and their Mom was angry because their Dad was complaining about her driving. She told him to “shut the hell up.” Then she lit a cigarette and almost drove off the road, so Dad had to reach over and grab the wheel, which made their tough as nails Mom even angrier. Then, their Dad got so frustrated that he screamed, “For God’s sake, I LOVE you, but . . .” That was probably the first time anyone in her life had said that word to their mother. She was quiet the rest of the way home. As the older brother remarked, it was probably too much for her. But that night, when their parents went to bed, their Mom whispered to their Dad, “But, but, but.” Their Dad said the same thing back to her. And that is was their parents said each night before they went to bed until their dad died.

After these two brothers, who had so much unsaid between them, shared the story, one whispered into his beer, “But, but, but” The other repeated, “But, but, but” down his own.

So F3 brothers, as awkward as it is, what I want to say to each of you, is “But, but, but.”

Prayers
Prayers for all of us as we are all children of God.

Be Dad, Not Coach

July 12, 2025 BackBlasts

AO: asylum-daybreak
Q: CRISPR
PAX: Crawdad (Robbi Dickens), F3 Pluto ( Hugh Nystrom), Kung Blue, Pele (Jon Lindberg), Veggie (Rylen Huddy), Lulu (Greg Huddy), Mr Jinxy, Doubtfire (Nick Bond), Dain Bramage (Will Olson), Ike, CRISPR, Lilydipper, Power Supply
FNGs: None
COUNT: 13
WARMUP: Got the blood flowing and limbered up a little.

THE THANG:
Round 1 (3x): step ups, cossack squats, pendulum lunges, Bobby Hurleys, run a lap
Round 2 (2x): bird dog merkins, arm haulers, gorilla hop outs, shoulder taps, run a lap
Round 3 (1x): butterfly big boys, hello dollys, Freddy Mercurys, flutter kicks, run a lap
Round 4 (1x): T-merkins, supermans, Apollo Onos, calf raises, run a lap

MARY: 25 American Hammers OYO

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

COT: I’ve reached the point in life where I’m trying to manage the roles of father & coach, especially with my son. I was a decent player back in the day and love seeing my son excel at baseball. But, when does my enthusiasm exceed his? My wife and I have talked about ensuring we only invest as much energy into sports as our kids do.

I knew this was something to share when my son said it in front of me and 500 other people. Along with baseball, he’s into theater, and recently performed High School Musical (2006). Ironically, he played Coach Bolton, the high school coach chasing the dream of a state title. His star player was his son, who wanted to participate in theater as well, but was pressured by his father and peers to be only play ball.

I hadn’t noticed until I saw my son’s performance that throughout the show the coach calls his son “Bolton”, and the son calls his father “Coach”. At the end of the show the father tells his son he was too busy focusing on what he wanted for his son that he forgot to consider what his son wanted for himself. He goes on to tell him he can do anything he wants, and calls him by his first name, “Troy”. The son replies, “OK, Dad”.

It was like a punch in the gut, and a huge reminder that Dad comes first, and Coach comes second.

God Loves the 99

June 7, 2025 BackBlasts

AO: asylum-daybreak
Q: Lilydipper
PAX: lebowski, Brick, Mr Jinxy, Drum Major, Waffle House (Brady Greene), Lizzy, Crash Dummy, Pusher, Kung Blue, Dain Bramage (Will Olson), Doubtfire (Nick Bond), Snitch (Cory Beilharz ), Lulu (Greg Huddy), Veggie (Rylen Huddy), Jumbo(Carter Dickens), Pele (Jon Lindberg)
FNGs: None
COUNT: 17
WARMUP: 20 Side Straddle Hops, 10 Mountain Climbers, 10 Windmills, 10 Twistees, 10 Bobby Hurleys, 10 Rockettes, 10 Gas Pumps, 10 Baby Arm Circles Forward and 10 Backward.

THE THANG: Mosey up Mini Cardiac. We will stop at the top for 10 Imperial Walkers.
Mosey to small parking lot located on north side of roadway as roadway goes west. We will bear crawl across parking lot.
Mosey to stop sign at northeast corner of Admin Bldg. We will stop to do 20 Hello Dollies.
Bernie Sanders on semi-circle roadway to guard rail on north side of roadway. We will stop to do 20 American Hammers.
Lunge to Big Tree on right side of roadway. We will stop to do 20 Merkins.
Sprint to where roadway is even with bat house. Take 20 second rest.
Sprint to beginning of gravel parking lot. Take 30 second rest.
Lunge to end of parking lot.
Sprint to where the road curves to the east. We will take 20 second rest.
Sprint to tree on right down the road. We will take 20 second rest.
Bernie Sanders to end of semi-circle road. We will do 20 American Hammers
Sprint south to the circle at the middle of the intersection with the main roadway. We will stop to do 20 Rocky Balboas.
Mosey to parking lot west of ball fields. We will stop to do 10 Hand Release Merkins.
Mosey to picnic tables in baseball fields’ pavilion. We will do the following exercises stopping after each one to run around the pavilion twice:
40 Baby Crunches (single count)
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40 Freddie Mercuries (two count)
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20 Picnic Table Pull-ups
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20 Bench Dips
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Mosey to Basketball Courts. We will play Knock Out and continue until we have a champion. All those knocked out run laps around the other half of the court three times before getting back in line. Rinse and repeat two more times.
Mosey east to the circle at the intersection of main roadway and roadway that heads to the admin bldg. We will do 20 more Rocky Balboas.
Mosey to driveway that leads to Outdoor Chapel Parking Lot. We will take 20 second rest.
Alternate between mosey and gentleman moseys until we get to last speed bump before AO and then sprint to the AO.

MARY: Nada, we were behind time!

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Lizzy has bachelor’s party next Saturday, 6 pm at the Orange Hat. The Banjo AO will now be an OTB

COT: Message

The Ninety-Nine are Not Forgotten

Luke 15:1–7

The Parable of the Lost Sheep

[1] Now the tax collectors and sinners were all drawing near to hear him. [2] And the Pharisees and the scribes grumbled, saying, “This man receives sinners and eats with them.”

[3] So he told them this parable: [4] “What man of you, having a hundred sheep, if he has lost one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the open country, and go after the one that is lost, until he finds it? [5] And when he has found it, he lays it on his shoulders, rejoicing. [6] And when he comes home, he calls together his friends and his neighbors, saying to them, ‘Rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep that was lost.’ [7] Just so, I tell you, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who need no repentance. (ESV)

I love Jesus’ parable of the lost sheep. I have certainly felt lost in sin and it is good to know that my God will come after me when I am lost and rejoice when he takes me home. At the same time, verse number 7 can trouble me at times, especially when I am trying to be righteous. So is God going to ignore me and only rejoice with the sinner? Sometimes I feel like the brother of the prodigal son.

I think all of us can relate to that desire to be noticed. That is why kids are thrilled to see their parents in the stands when involved in a sports game. That is why sibling rivalry occurs. Sometimes, kids will act up and do something bad, just to be noticed by their parents. I used to do some consulting work on the Oncology/Hematology Unit at Children’s Hospital. Every year, they would have a one week camp for the siblings of patients with cancer. At the hospital, they realize that the siblings of patients with cancer are not only suffering the grief of their brother or sister having cancer but also suffering because their parents are required to pay so much attention to their child who has the cancer.

In the parable of the lost sheep, Jesus is speaking in hyperbole as he often did in parables. Of course he isn’t ignoring us when we are righteous. God delights in our righteous acts. And, isn’t it good to know that God wants us to walk along side of him and reach out to help sinners? He wants us to be a disciple and work with him. In doing so, we don’t have to be the focus. Others become the focus. We give up childish things.

And, if we can do that, God still loves us. He isn’t forgetting us. He is pretty damned proud.

Pele knows that one of my favorite songs is No Hard Feelings by the Avett Brothers. It is not only a song about forgiveness but is about living for God. One of my favorite lines in the song is one that captures what the writer foresees after death: “Will I join with the ocean blue? Or run into a savior true? And shake hands laughing.”

Imagine that. You are in heaven. You meet God, who knows you, who has seen you through it all, although He has seemed so far away. And, you shake hands with him laughing! God is saying yes, Brick, I saw your struggles but I also saw how much you loved and gave to others. Yes, Pele, I knew you were frustrated so many times with the conflict between others, but you hung in there with them and loved on them. Yes, Waffle House, I saw all the work you did on missions. Yes, Lizzy, I saw how you suffered through the deaths and sicknesses of family members but continued to serve others. Welcome home, welcome home! I have loved you through your sins but I have always seen and been proud of your righteousness. That message goes out to you, my brothers, for God sees the many righteous acts among you.

Prayers
Prayers for Crash Dummy’s 91 year-old grandmother, Sue, as she most likely will not be on this good earth for much longer but will join God in heaven. Prayers for Sue’s and Crash Dummy’s family. Prayers for Lebowski who strained his ankle during the Knock Out portion of our workout today. Prayers for Pusher as he travels to the Phillipines soon to see family, including his father.