Tribute to Analog at Distillery

Tribute to Analog at Distillery

QIC: Q

Date: 06-12-25

PAX: Rustbucket, Drama Queen, Nelly, Cruiser, Tonka, Blind Date, Sunshine, Recess, Animal, Adobe ( Q )

Well…it was that time again.

Let’s get after it at Distillery!

Frostbite shot me a message and asked if I could Substi-Q as he was still on the recovery road.

I was going to have to come up with something quick.

Think Adobe, think…

Ahhhh, I think I’ve got just the thing. Just keep it simple.

So that’s just what we did.
Simple on paper anyway… Let us begin.

With the passing of two music legends, Sylvester Stewart ( A.K.A. Sly Stone, from Sly and the Family Stone ) and Brian Wilson ( musical genius and one of the founding members of The Beach Boys ), I absolutely had the playlist down. Check…

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3YUP7Gi3RgBDymIIk9SNYx?si=c06c0bb20ff54ce1

Warm-O-Rama:

Mission Statement, 5 Core Principles….Check

Usual suspects: SSH, Abe V, Whirlies, Goof Balls, Seal Clap, OH Clap, Michael Phelps.

Enough of that…

The THANG:

We went over to grab some blocks and PAX were instructed to leave the blocks at the starting line while we took 2 Warm up laps around the parking lot.
You know how much I love running 😉

When we got back, the Q gave the marching orders.

Again, wanted to keep it “simple” and make sure everyone had “fun” this morning.

( Side note: Distillery has a LOT of parking spaces ! Keep that in mind. )

At EVERY parking lot line, PAX were to do a ladder of sorts, but a ladder that only goes up.

At Parking line 1, the PAX does 1 Dead Lift , then carry block to the next line. Then, do 2 KB Swings. Walk to the next line. Then do 3 Dead Lifts. Then 4 KB Swings….etc.. Pattern clear?

All in all, I think there are about 20-ish lines all the way to the other end. OUCH.

Just as we were passing the speaker booming some awesome tunes strategically placed in the middle of the parking lot, the PAX were probably thinking, “Man…I wish we could turn around.” We pressed on.

We finally arrived at the end of the parking lot. Some arrived faster than others! Rustbucket and Blind Date cruised right through this. And then, being the true #HIM’s they are, they came back to pick up the 6. #BEASTMODE

After briefly composing ourselves, the Q reminded the younger PAX in the crowd that, just like any great record ( google it ) there is an A-Side and a B-Side. Time to go back.

This time, at EVERY parking lot line, we would complete the following:

1 Squat w. block, 2 Lunge w. twist ( L + R = 2. ), 3 Squat w. block, 4 Lunge w. twist,,,,etc.. All the way to the other end of the parking lot.

Holy back pain Batman. I’m still feeling this routine the day after while writing this BackBlast.

Super suck fest.

And for good measure, after we finished, two more laps around the parking lot.

Done.

COT:

Announcements:

Next opportunity to serve up in WNC is coming next weekend. See Slack and\or contact Superfly if interested.

Q-School coming up this Saturday at Alcatraz. @ 6:30 before the main beatdown.

Prayers:

Prayers for one of DQ’s clients that passed away unexpectedly. Prayers for the Clark family.

Prayers for Blind Date’s mom. Turning 70 this week.

Prayers for Boomerangs family.

Prayers for the injured PAX on the road to recovery. ( Tonka, Frostbite, )

YHC took us out.

NMM:

While the tunes were amazing ( in my opinion ) this morning, there sure was a LOT of groaning…especially from the Q ! LOL.

Holy crap was that one tough.

All you guys showed up this morning and really pushed hard. Thank you!

There wasn’t a dry eye in the crowd once we were done. Time to start packing extra clothing in the car for post beatdown wardrobe changes.

• It was great to be able to catch up with Tonka this morning. Glad to hear about some new findings from his Dr and prayers the Vitamin D booster will speed up the healing process.
• It was great to see Rustbucket out there. It had been a while. Again, I think he and Blind Date need to have their Gatorade bottles checked for performance enhancing supplements. Dudes were straight killing this routine!
• The Loblolly Gang had to take 2 cars this morning as some of the young bucks wanted to post. Great to see them getting after it. I mean, come one, it’s summer break and they are waking up at O’Dark 30. #TClaps.
• DQ made a request to have a bar graph created to show the different age groups represented this morning…See below.

Until Next Time…

“I’ve got to Thank You, for lettin’ me, be your Q…Ah-gain…”

Adobe – OUT