(We) Need Never Get Old
Date: 2025-07-30 AO: meathead Q: voodoo PAX: MARTA, Alf, ickey_shuffle, Fotomat, Unplugged, Uncle Leo, Focker, taggart, Toto, Orange Whip, flipper, voodoo, stonecold FNGs: None COUNT: 13 YHC arrived at 0522 for the second Wednesday in a row and the parking lot was already filling up with the broga crew. There were Meatheads but also other random cars nearby. Being half asleep, I didn’t think much more about it.
WARMUP: the usual – SSH x 20 IC – 5 swings per side – IW x 15 IC – 5 high pulls per side – Sharon Towers x 10 IC – 5 cleans per side – Synovial Circles (forward and back)
THE THANG: – From the current program: 20:00 EMOM of 5 snatches and 8 merkins, switching sides every minute – Single bell carries – racked and overhead – Complex: 8:00 EMOM of clean and press into an overhead reverse lunge x 3, switch sides every minute – 50 unbroken heavy swings – every time you put the bell down, add 5 more swings
ANNOUNCEMENTS: 1. Horsey Half Marathon and Ruckathon on Saturday at 0600. Show up at 0530 and Orange Whip will be making a big announcement at 0545. 2. Dads’ Camp will be at Camp Thunderbird the weekend of 8/15-8/17. Get signed up, your kids will love it!
Moleskine: The song “I Need Never Get Old” by Nathaniel Rateliff came on the radio on my way home from the workout and I thought it would make a perfect title for this backblast given my transition into #respect land today.
We’re all growing older, but that doesn’t mean you have to “get” old. Your eyes might not work as well, you might have more aches and pains but getting old is a choice. Getting out there and moving your body will keep you young. Hanging out with a bunch of friends and busting each other’s balls while getting stronger or faster will keep you young. Choosing not to sit on the couch when your kids ask you to play will keep you young. While these choices may be harder in the moment, you shouldn’t let that stop you. You start aging the minute you start taking the easy path. When you choose to do that is up to you.
Thanks to Orange Whip, Alf, Focker, and Stone Cold for coming to Meathead when I know that’s not their usual Wednesday AO or they’re on IR. Thanks to the SACS crew and their fearless leader Cheese Curd for converging with us (and to Starch who is still dealing with sleep deprivation!). And thanks to the kettlebell regulars that keep me posting week after week. I can honestly say that I would not be doing this after almost 12 years if it weren’t for all of you.
COT: YHC took us out with a short and not particularly eloquent prayer. I believe we had 23 total pax with the Anvil and SACS pax.
WARMUP: the usual – SSH x 20 IC – 5 swings per side – IW x 15 IC – 5 high pulls per side – Sharon Towers x 10 IC – 5 cleans per side – Synovial Circles (forward and back)
THE THANG: – From the current program: 20:00 EMOM of 5 snatches and 8 merkins, switching sides every minute – Single bell carries – racked and overhead – Complex: 8:00 EMOM of clean and press into an overhead reverse lunge x 3, switch sides every minute – 50 unbroken heavy swings – every time you put the bell down, add 5 more swings
ANNOUNCEMENTS: 1. Horsey Half Marathon and Ruckathon on Saturday at 0600. Show up at 0530 and Orange Whip will be making a big announcement at 0545. 2. Dads’ Camp will be at Camp Thunderbird the weekend of 8/15-8/17. Get signed up, your kids will love it!
Moleskine: The song “I Need Never Get Old” by Nathaniel Rateliff came on the radio on my way home from the workout and I thought it would make a perfect title for this backblast given my transition into #respect land today.
We’re all growing older, but that doesn’t mean you have to “get” old. Your eyes might not work as well, you might have more aches and pains but getting old is a choice. Getting out there and moving your body will keep you young. Hanging out with a bunch of friends and busting each other’s balls while getting stronger or faster will keep you young. Choosing not to sit on the couch when your kids ask you to play will keep you young. While these choices may be harder in the moment, you shouldn’t let that stop you. You start aging the minute you start taking the easy path. When you choose to do that is up to you.
Thanks to Orange Whip, Alf, Focker, and Stone Cold for coming to Meathead when I know that’s not their usual Wednesday AO or they’re on IR. Thanks to the SACS crew and their fearless leader Cheese Curd for converging with us (and to Starch who is still dealing with sleep deprivation!). And thanks to the kettlebell regulars that keep me posting week after week. I can honestly say that I would not be doing this after almost 12 years if it weren’t for all of you.
COT: YHC took us out with a short and not particularly eloquent prayer. I believe we had 23 total pax with the Anvil and SACS pax.
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