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Ruck Down Garden

August 15, 2025 BackBlasts

AO: thequacken
Q: Mountain Ice
PAX: Z-Pack, Recoil (Blake Conley), Shotgun, FixerUpper, Backflow (Wesley Hunt), DoorKicker (Jud), Wedding Singer, Spellcheck, Handbell, Flathead
FNGs: None
COUNT: 11
WARMUP:
Ruck-a-loop, as dictated by tradition

THE THANG:
Walk down Garden Dr, loop through Central High’s parking lot and head home

MARY:
No time
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Same old, same old
OTB Ruck tomorrow morning, see DoorKicker (Jud)
OTB Goruck training at Asylum, 0600 ruck, 0700 PT
COT:

Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth;

Then took the other, as just as fair,
And having perhaps the better claim,
Because it was grassy and wanted wear;
Though as for that the passing there
Had worn them really about the same,

And both that morning equally lay
In leaves no step had trodden black.
Oh, I kept the first for another day!
Yet knowing how way leads on to way,
I doubted if I should ever come back.

I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I–
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.

— Robert Frost, The Road Not Taken

A lot of people read the final stanza of this poem and assume it’s about taking the road less traveled, when earlier in the poem, it states that both paths are about the same. I believe it’s about standing strong in your decisions and forging ahead regardless of what lies down the path. I encourage each of you to stand at the precipice of a decision (path) look down both ways as far as you can see and stop to ponder each one. Make your decision with intention, and don’t look back as you head off towards the next intersection.

[cv-brickyard] You only turn 40 once

August 14, 2025 BackBlasts

AO: cv-brickyard
Q: flyball
PAX: Bail Bonds, Colonel, Spellcheck, Mooch, Appleseed, Gmail, Jim Norris, Recoil (Blake Conley), Biohazard (Jay Shepherd), Floppy Disc, Simmons, Pop Wizz, Taco Surfer
FNGs: 1 Taco Surfer
COUNT: 14
WARMUP:
SSH
Ti Fighters
TN Rocking Chairs
Seal Claps
Shoulder taps

THE THANG:
Bring CMU with you to the skatepark for 10 x Manmakers and 10 x Bear Crawl/Crawl Bears on half-pipe.

Grab CMU and perform the following exercises with a NASCAR down, rifle carry back, and 2 Manmakers before moving to the next exercise.

1. Derkins – 40
2. CMU Overhead Press – 40
3. WW3 Sit-ups – 40
4. Sumo Squats – 40
5. Curls for the Girls – 40
6. Rocky Balboas – 40 2-ct
7. Lunges – 40 total
8. CMU Swings – 40
9. Staggered Merkins – 40
10. Rows – 40

We ended up abandoning the 2 Manmakers between so that we could knock them all out together in cadence before Bail Bonds turned into a pumpkin.

MARY: no time

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
– Dad camp this weekend
– GTE coming up (see newsletter)
– Fall F3 Knoxville Convergence (see newsletter)

COT:
40 is a significant number. To some, it represents the mid-point of our lives here on Earth where people begin having a so called “mid-life crisis”. I found some random “40 facts”: 40 is the maximum number of players an MLB team is allowed to carry including active, injured, or minor league players. 40 is also the number of times it took to perfect the formula for the magic in a can we know and love as WD-40. Not to mention, most of us have a standard work week of 40-hours. There are several others… But there are two 40 references that I wanted to focus on. Each represent a period of transformation. The first is the typical gestation time for a human being to form in the womb, which is 40-weeks. The other is the number of days Jesus fasted in the wilderness before He began his earthly ministry.

I’m not sure if any of you have fasted before but for someone like me it’s a wild ride. The amount of transformation that happens when you fast even for a day can be profound. For me it showed me how hateful I can be when I’m hungry and don’t eat…

In all seriousness, the number 40 symbolizes growth as babies are formed in the womb and as Jesus went into the desert to be tempted before starting his ministry. Hopefully the past 40 years have shaped me in a good way for what God has in store for the rest of my days here. Although I’m still growing daily, this first 40 has been pretty important. Here’s to many more!

“for bodily training is just slightly beneficial, but godliness is beneficial for all things, since it holds promise for the present life and also for the life to come.”
‭‭1 Timothy‬ ‭4‬:‭8‬ ‭NASB2020‬‬

[virtuous-leadership-school] backblast! Q 3.4 Vision

August 10, 2025 BackBlasts

AO: virtuous-leadership-school
Q: Scratch-off
PAX: Spellcheck, Borg, Otis, Scratch-off, none
FNGs: 1 none
COUNT: 4
Today, we started with a prayer and began to discuss the waypoints of an effective leader touching on how small movements can lead to big victories. Also, we touched on casting visions to others with the big picture and reverting back to the small increments it takes to get there. We also discussed issues of trust between the virtuous leader and those he means to lead, trust that the leader’s vision doesn’t have to be so spectacularly radical. We touched on the survivor and sad clown as well. In wrapping it up, that to lead right a man must first get right and then live right. We closed with a prayer, all in all a wonderful meeting. There were many side points discussed, too many to mention, but all very insightful.

[cv-brickyard] Feb/Aug You vs You

August 9, 2025 BackBlasts

AO: cv-brickyard
Q: Otis
PAX: Spellcheck, Otis, Herbie, Natty, Gordie, Recoil (Blake Conley), Biohazard (Jay Shepherd), fast-n-easy (Nate Votta), Floppy Disc, Hamm (the real Jamie Suarez)
FNGs: None
COUNT: 10
WARMUP:
Shoulder taps in cadence, 2 count x 20
Cherry pickers in cadence x 5 #4R #5L
Thai Fighters in cadence x 10 per side
Little This and That
Shoulder taps in cadence, 2 count x 20 Downward Dog 30 sec
Cobra 30 sec
Hand release merkins x 5 oyo
Deep squat hold 10 sec
Squats in cadence x 5
Shoulder taps in cadence, 2 count x 20

THE THANG:
1.5 mile run for time
# BBs in 1 min
# merkins in 1 min
# pull ups to failure, (let go or 90 sec)
# Burpees in “5” min

MARY: Ultimate Frisbee
10 shoulder taps per turnover to 100
1 burpee after that

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
See newsletter

COT: Contentment
“Keep your life free from love of money, and be content with what you have, for he has said, “I will never leave you nor forsake you.” So we can confidently say, “The Lord is my helper; I will not fear; what can man do to me?””
‭‭Hebrews‬ ‭13‬:‭5‬-‭6‬ ‭ESV‬‬

[cv-brickyard] RoCo repeat

August 7, 2025 BackBlasts

AO: cv-brickyard
Q: Spellcheck
PAX: Simmons, Jim Norris, Spellcheck, Biohazard (Jay Shepherd), Floppy Disc, Herbie, Recoil (Blake Conley), Otis, Appleseed
FNGs: None
COUNT: 9
WARMUP:
Cherry pickers
Abagota’s
Thai fighters
Tempo squats
Overhead claps
Seal claps
Shoulder taps (10)

THE THANG:
45sec’s
Curls
Cactus Jump Squats
Tricep ext.
Squat Thrusters
Rows

Rifle Carry to the field

Shoulder Taps (10 – 4 count)
Murder Bunny’s (x2 x4 x8 x16)

Mosey does a flagpole w/o CMU
5 Burpee’s
10 Merkins
15 Big Boys

Mosey back to the field
5 Burpee’s
10 Merkins
15 Big Boys

Rifle Carrie to the AO & Repeat…

MARY:
Nope

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Giving blood Saturday the 16th after coffee and some calories we will head to Medic. We will confirm a little closer to that date once we get a headcount.

Cadre Hand will be leading a Goruck Tough and Basic here in Knoxville November 14th and 15th. LFG ????

COT:
Humans are the only thing in existence that concern themselves with a higher power, sky Q, God, or religion. Ironically if a person chooses to follow such a thing the only thing that gets in in the way of that human following, living out or practicing their beliefs is their own volition, will or desire to do something else that they prefer in the moment “the fart sack.” . :sleeping_accommodation: :dash:
We get done what we want to get done. :f3:
We will get more done together!