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Baptized in Muddy Waters

August 13, 2025 BackBlasts

AO: asylum-am
Q: P3
PAX: Aquafina, Gibbler, Cosmo 2, Cat Gut (Mike Davis), Waffle House (Brady Greene), Hands, Cinco (Scott McGuire), Matlock (Bill Maddox), Grandslam, Tropicana, Hot Tub (John Muller), Pac-man, Tecmo
FNGs: None
COUNT: 14
WARMUP:

Easssy up downs
Lap around the parking lot
Hands agility drills
SSH
Cherry Pickers
Abe V’s
Runners Stretch sequence
Shoulder lubricator

THE THANG:

Pavilon

After each round:
Lunge down
No Bear Crawl across (audible due to the mud!)
Burpee broad jump back

3 rounds
15 Dirkins
15 Table Rows
15 gas pumpers
50 Toe Merkins
– repeat sequence above

3 rounds
15 Irkins
15 table rows
15 V-ups
15 Up/downs
– run (2) laps after each round

MARY:

Some cool down stretching

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

Dad Camp this weekend!

COT:

“If we want hell, if we want heaven, they are ours. That’s how love works… God says yes, we can have what we want, because love wins.” – Rob Bell

12 Days of an Asylum Christmas

December 27, 2024 BackBlasts

AO: asylum-am
Q: Sawdust
PAX: P3, Hot Tub (John Muller), Cat Gut (Mike Davis), Breaststroke (Will Duncan), Matlock (Bill Maddox), Cinco (Scott McGuire), Gibbler, Hands, Cosmo 2, F3 Pluto ( Hugh Nystrom), Shotgun, Tecmo
FNGs: None
COUNT: 13
WARMUP:
– SSH
– Tempo Merkins
– Stretching (Including Wayne Dunn Wisdom)
– Cherry Pickers
– Abe Vigodas
– Rockettes (Bunny-style)
– Tie-Fighters
– X-Wings (Not TN Rockin’ Chairs)

THE THANG:
12 Days of an Asylum Christmas:
1. [Partridge in a Pear Tree] Squat Thruster
2. [Turtle Doves] Big Boys
3. [French Hens] Cosmic Pickle Pounders
4. [Calling Birds] Monkey Humpers (4-Ct.)
5. [Gold Rings] Man Makers
6. [Geese a Laying] Sumo Squats
7. [Swans a Swimming] Hello Dolly
8. [Maids a Milking] Gas Pumpers
9. [Ladies Dancing] Dancing Bears (4-Ct.)
10. [Lords a Leaping] Jump Squats
11. [Pipers Piping] Lt. Dans
12. [Drummers Drumming] Alt. Shoulder Taps (4-Ct.)

MARY: She was there in spirit, but we didn’t have time for her.

ANNOUNCEMENTS: 51 weeks until the next Winter Solstice Hike.

COT:
C.S. Lewis spoke at length about Joy in his book Surprised by Joy

Luke 2:10 – But the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid; for behold, I bring you good news of great joy which will be for all people.”

Happiness & pleasure are fleeting and do not sustain. Joy however is deep in our souls. It comes from knowing the Almighty and His Love for Us. That does not mean that every path will be flat & wide. But carrying this Joy in our hearts will help us weather any storm.

The Little Things

November 8, 2024 BackBlasts

AO: asylum-am
Q: Charmin (John Willis)
PAX: Backflow (Wesley Hunt), Bunny, Cat Gut (Mike Davis), Charmin (John Willis), Cinco (Scott McGuire), Code Brown, Cosmo 2, Farley, Gibbler, Love’s, Matlock (Bill Maddox), P3, Pac-man, Patty Melt (Parker Greene), Sawdust, Waffle House (Brady Greene), Kentucky, Breaststroke (Will Duncan), Tecmo, Shotgun, Newton, White Belt
FNGs: None
COUNT: 22
WARMUP: SSH, Abe Vagodas, Tempo Merkins, lap @ the AO, ISWs

THE THANG:
Mosey to Circus Maximus for 25s with partner running (Merkins and BBS)

Mosey to loop at the dock for bump drill with stations of squats, merkins and BBS

Mosey to Cardiac with 25s of Carolina Dry Docks and Iron Mikes, at each stop, with a Bernie up the to the first curve.

Mosey back to the AO

MARY: no time.

ANNOUNCEMENTS: 2nd F lunch at Dead End BBQ

COT: take time to notice the beauty in the mundane. Say hi to a stranger. Wave to someone. Slow down and pay attention to the world around you. As Kurt Vonnegut says, we’re dancing animals.

You Only Get Wet Once

November 1, 2024 BackBlasts

AO: asylum-am
Q: Sawdust , P3
PAX: P3, Breaststroke (Will Duncan), Cinco (Scott McGuire), Double Wide, Love’s, Cat Gut (Mike Davis), Hands, Cosmo 2, Bunny, Fabio (Joe Hamilton), Tropicana, Gibbler, Rainbow, Backflow (Wesley Hunt), Hot Tub (John Muller), Matlock (Bill Maddox), Shotgun, Tecmo
FNGs: None
COUNT: 19
WARMUP:
– SSH
– Tempo Merkins
– Stretching
– Cherry Pickers
– Windmills
– Rockettes (Bunny Style)
– Tie-FIghters
– X-Wings
– Burpees (until the PAX confirmed they were warm)

THE THANG:
– Phase I: Get to the Top
– Peter Parkers at the Base of Baby Everest
– Run to the Summit of Baby Everest
– Manmaker at the Summit of Baby Everest
– Phase II: Stop, Drop & Mosey
– Travel from the Base of Baby Everest to the new Roundabout
– Stops for Big Boy Sit Ups & Merkins
– Phase III: Roundabout Abs
– Pickle Pounders
– Flutter Kicks
– Hello Dollys
– Box Cutters
– Gas Pumpers
– V-Ups
– Sawdust handed the Q off to P3
– Phase IV: Pickled Elevens
– Mosey over to the Pickle Ball Courts for Elevens
– Started with 10 ‘Easy’ Burpees to 1 Iron Mike and went the the 6 was done.
– Phase V: Stairway to Awesome Calf Muscles
– Toe Merkins – Straight Ahead
– Toe Merkins – Pointing Toes Inside
– Toe Merkins – Pointing Toes Outside
– Phase VI: Parking to Crunch on Some Derkins
– Mosey a 1/3 of the way back to the AO
– Three (3) Rounds of Derkins & Crunches

MARY: Final Stretching

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
– 2nd F Lunch scheduled for 11/8. Location & Time TBD)
– 9th Anniversary Convergence scheduled for 11/16 at the asylum-daybreak

COT:
– Sawdust handed the :shovelflag: officially off to P3 & P3 shared a little bit of his journey from FNG to AOQ, with a little help from Pac-man.

Muscle Up

October 23, 2024 BackBlasts

AO: asylum-am
Q: Gibbler
PAX: Bunny, Cat Gut (Mike Davis), Charmin (John Willis), Cinco (Scott McGuire), Cosmo 2, Double Wide, Gibbler, Hot Tub (John Muller), Kentucky, Matlock (Bill Maddox), Pac-man, P3, TRC/Crab legs, @passport, @tecmo, @baxkflow
FNGs: None
COUNT: 16
WARMUP: SSH and a deep squat for Coolio (Greg Fox)

THE THANG: mosey to muscle beach. Partner workout and rotate through all the equipment for a total body beatdown. Parter that runs to the end of the parking lot does a burpee

MARY: 100 flutter kicks

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

COT: habits of productive people