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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.

Tour de Parking Lots

November 29, 2025 BackBlasts

AO: asylum-daybreak
Q: Pele (Jon Lindberg)
PAX: Lilydipper, Crawdad (Robbi Dickens), High Heels, Pusher, Lizzy, Cat Gut (Mike Davis), Jumbo(Carter Dickens), CRISPR, Dain Bramage, Waffle House (Brady Greene), Serpentine (Jason Pierce), Pele (Jon Lindberg), Inconceivable, MegaWatt
FNGs: None
COUNT: 14
WARMUP:
-5-ct Motivators
– 10 Windmills (4-ct IC)
-10 Grady Corns (4-ct IC)
– 10 Bolt 45s (15 top ½ squats, 15 bottom ½ squats, 15 full squats)
– 10 Mountain Climbers (4-ct IC)
– Orphan Annies
THE THANG:
MOSEY up Baby Cardiac to parking lot on the left. WELSH DRAGON (4-ct Bear crawl + 1 Merkin, rinse and repeat w/ same # of bear crawls but adding 1 merkin until you get to 10.)

MOSEY to parking lot across street.
– EVOLUTION OF MAN: 10-ct BEAR CRAWL, 20-CT LUNGE, then run to end.
MOSEY TO PARKING LOT across street. AIKEN LEGS: 20 Split Jacks (10 right/left), 20 squats, 20 Jump Squats, 20 lunges R&R
MOSEY through the small parking lot where we park. Just a fly by to check it off the list. 10 SSH.
MOSEY to nice parking lot by bathrooms.
– TOTEM POLE. Do all the exercises, run to cone, do 10 SSH, and run back. Do all the exercises minus the first one, R&R until done.
10x Prisoner Get Ups
9x Dive Bombers
8x American Hammers (4-ct)
7x Carolina Dry Docks
6x Imperial SQUAT Walkers (4-ct)
5x Mountain Climbers (4-ct)
4x Froggy Jumps
3x Overhead Claps
2x Bobby Hurleys
1x NAMASTE
MOSEY back to AO parking lot
FOUR CORNERS ESCALATOR (UP AND DOWN), all single ct
1st corner (RUN): 10 SMURF JACKS
2nd corner (KARAOLE LEFT): 10 SMURF JACKS, 20 PLANK JACKS (single count)
3rd Corner (BERNIE): 10 SMURF JACKS, 20 PLANK JACKS, 30 Seal Claps
4th corner (KARAOKE RIGHT): 10 SMURF JACKS, 20 PLANK JACKS, 30 Seal Claps, 40 ROCKY BALBOAS
1st corner (RUN): 40 ROCKY BALBOAS, 30 Seal Claps, 20 PLANK JACKS, 10 SMURF JACKS
2nd corner (KARAOKE LEFT): 30 Seal Claps, 20 PLANK JACKS, 10 SMURF JACKS
3rd corner (BERNIE): 20 PLANK JACKS, 10 SMURF JACKS
4th corner (KARAOKE RIGHT): 10 SMURF JACKS
MARY:
A quick set of American hammers and Boat/Canoe to honor Catgut
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Polar Bear Plunge coming up Jan 1!

COT: The Minister at my church was recently discussing how he often spends time this time of year answering questions from people asking him how they would deal with family members over the holidays, given the deep social and political divides in this county, and he would ask them two questions:

1. Do you want to still have a relationship with these people while whatever is causing the disagreement is going on, and when it is over?
2. Do you feel obligated, or is it a necessity in your life, to attend every fight to which you are invited?

If the answer to #1 is NO, then feel free to attend the fight, but understand that your relationship may be permanently damaged. If the answer is YES, then you might want to DECLINE to attend every fight to which you are invited and preserve that relationship rather than engage in a confrontation that you likely cannot win.

Shortly after I heard this advice, I found myself listening to a wonderful song by Joni Mitchell called BOTH SIDES NOW that gave me a new outlook that could help me avoid attending all the fights I’m invited to. Here is how the first part of it goes:

So the clouds when she looked at them at one time in her life were fanciful images and innocent dreams, but then later in life she looked at them differently. They were a nuisance, a distraction, things to dread and avoid, if possible. At the end of the verse, after looking at clouds all her life, she admits she doesn’t know clouds at all.

The song goes on for two more verses that talk about LOVE and LIFE with a similar pattern; an innocent, optimistic impression of them followed by a more cynical opinion, and ending with an admission that she doesn’t really know what LOVE and LIFE are all about, just like the CLOUDS.

So I’m trying to take this to heart and be more like Joni Mitchell and admit that I don’t know as much about stuff as I think, and that there are many perspectives and points of view of everyday objects like clouds, and most of the time there is no wrong or right answer. It depends on our perspective, life experiences, and simple opinion. And if I recognize those uncertainties, AND the fact that the opinions of others are coming from their own frame of reference that also might evolve and change, as mine have, I feel less obligated to ATTEND THOSE FIGHTS that the pastor spoke of, and choose Harmony over Division. Because, as the Great Joni Mitchell wrote, even after 53 years, maybe I really don’t know everything about these things after all.

The Benefits of Being Thanksful

November 27, 2025 BackBlasts

AO: asylum-pm
Q: Lilydipper
PAX: Mr Jinxy, Dain Bramage, MD Hammer, CRISPR, Pele (Jon Lindberg), Code Brown, Pusher, Doubtfire (Nick Bond), Lizzy, Franzia, Joshua Foster, Rooney(Carl Whipple), Drum Major
FNGs: None
COUNT: 14
WARMUP: 20 Side Straddle Hops, 10 Windmills, Curly Stomps,10 Tennessee Rocking Chairs, 7 Twistees, 10 Imperial Walkers, 5 Pterodactyls Forward and Five Backwards, Turkey Gobble Run around the parking lot, Little of This and That.

THE THANG: Mosey past the pavilion and to the eastern end of the Caribbean parking lot. We will bear crawl the length of the island on the eastern side.

Mosey to the Bros Bowl. We will stop to do 25 Flutter Kicks.
Next, we will run counterclockwise up and then down the Bros Bowl. About halfway to the Benches up top, stop to do 20 Merkins. At the benches, stop to do 20 Bench Dips. About halfway down to the bottom, stop to do 20 Hello Dollies. Those rabbits getting to the bottom first will alternate between 20 Side Straddle Hops and 20 Baby Crunches until the six arrives. Then we will rinse and repeat.
Mosey to the parking lot by the soccer fields. We will run on the left side of the parking lot, stopping at every crosswalk to do 10 Carolina Drydocks, until we get to the area past the playground.
We will next bear crawl up the hill, run to the small amphitheater, go up the theatre stopping to do 10 Bench Step-ups at every bench, then run back to the bottom of the hill and rinse and repeat.

Mosey to the baseball fields area and to the Flags. We will stop to do 20 American Hammers. Mosey to the pavilion. We will stop to do 20 Picnic Table Pull-ups and 20 Decline Merkins.

Mosey onto the baseball field with the artificial surface. We will circle the bases, then circle the outfield area, and then run up the hill. Stop to do 20 Squats at top.

Mosey to the “Rocky Balboa Circle” We will stop to do 20 Rocky Balboas.

Mosey to the parking lot that is below and south of the Coliseum. We will split into teams of two for Doras. While one partner runs to the stop sign, does one burpee, and runs back, the other will do the exercises listed below. Then partners switch. Here are the exercises partners do as a team:
– 100 Bobby Hurleys
– 100 Merkins
– 100 Big Boy Situps.

Mosey across the Pickett’s Charge area to the south end of the parking lot with the nice restrooms. We will Bernie Sanders to the north end of the parking lot.

Mosey back to the AO. We will go to west end of the parking lot and sprint to the east end. Then, we will sprint back.

MARY: No time, baby!

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Polar Bear Plunge on News Years Day!

COT:

Message: Gents, it is Thanksgiving, and we certainly have things to be thankful about. I think it is important to focus on those things. In fact, as a psychologist, I know there are mental health benefits to being thankful. Here are a few:
– Enhances mood leading to emotions of joy, optimism and affection.
– Reduction in symptoms of depression and anxiety.
– Improved relationships with others.
– Increased resilience in that thankful people are better able to cope with setbacks.
– Greater life satisfaction due to a greater awareness of the positive aspects in one’s life.
So, at this time of Thanksgiving I encourage each of us to begin to make a habit of thinking thankful thoughts. That can come through thanking friends and loved ones, writing down thankful thoughts, or just thanking God for blessings you have received each time you pray to Him.

Prayers: Prayers for Franzia’s coworker, Jeff. Prayers of thanks on this Thanksgiving Day.

Zen Thursday

November 14, 2025 BackBlasts

AO: asylum-pm
Q: Drum Major
PAX: SlideRule (Stephen Sloan), Bacon (Ben), Serpentine (Jason Pierce), MD Hammer, Franzia, Switchhitter (Tony), Lilydipper, Pele (Jon Lindberg), Crash Dummy, Mr Jinxy, Pusher, Kung Blue, Curveball, CRISPR
FNGs: None
COUNT: 15
WARMUP:

Chinese warm-up with timer

· Bunny hops

· Full toe touch swings

· Opposite arm swings

· Bending tight twists

· Dead arms

· Golf swing twists

· High knee march with claps

THE THANG:

Mosey to Picketts

Pickett’s charge suicide:

2 burpees at the bottom each time

Run up first level and do 5 imperial walkers

All the way back down and then up 2 levels and do 10 imp walkers

All the way back down and then up 3 levels and do 15 imp walkers

Rabbits can do LBCs until 6 is up to Coliseum

Mosey over to Dora circle

Lap up stairs and around, after first lap do 10 Merkins, 10 squats and 10 Big Boys, run lap again and then take off 1 of each so 9 of each exercise, go until down to zero. Rabbits can start counting up until the 6 finishes.

Go grab rocks from pile

10 alt lunge with halo AND

10 side lunge with thrust

Repeat 3 times

With rocks still did 20 curls and rows as a group.

MARY:

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

Thanksgiving workout at 9am. Wild Turkey PM special session!

COT:

Spoke of upcoming holidays and how it is a time of joy, but more many a time of depression and pain. Be there for your people who tend to struggle during this time of year.

Exercise Your Right…to Workout

November 4, 2025 BackBlasts

AO: asylum-pm
Q: Rooney(Carl Whipple)
PAX: Lizzy, Crash Dummy, Dung Beetle, Curveball, Rooney(Carl Whipple), Lilydipper, Drum Major, Mr Jinxy, Sparkler, Pusher, Pele (Jon Lindberg), Doubtfire (Nick Bond), Shogun
FNGs: None
COUNT: 13
WARMUP:
– Easy jog around the parking lot
– Walking lunges
– Buttocks
– High knees

THE THANG:
Block 1
– Moderate-pace run, 5 minutes
– Strength circuit (5 minutes) – 20 Squats, Forearm planks (30 seconds), 10 lunges (4 count), rinse & repeat

Block 2
– Moderate-pace run, 5 minutes
– Strength circuit (5 minutes) – 10 Merkins, 15 pickle pointers, 10 Superman’s, rinse & repeat

Block 3
– Interval run (10 minutes) – run 7 light poles, walk 4
– Sprint up Baby Cardiac, jog down once

MARY: Stretch

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Convergence Saturday.

COT: The only thing that defeats democracy is apathy.