Month: March 2026

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Tortoise and Hair

Date: 2026-03-24 AO: The Stronghold Q: Red Skull , PAX: Hipster, Crawlspace, Brown Slip, Red Skull, Pearl (Jonathan Halter), Barney, Decaf, Right Said, Wham-O, Stir Fry, Angry Bird, Groot, T-Bone, Turkey, Hot Topic, Cheese Wiz, Holy Water, Mater FNGs: None COUNT: 18 CONDITIONS: A very cold and dark 43 degrees with a much lower “feels like” temperature.
WARMUP: Standard pre-run warm-up: SSH, Squats, IWs, Stretches, WMH
THE THANG: RUN!!! 3 miles around the 4:13 Strong campus.
MOLESKINE: We had 3 men set a new PR this morning, one of which was a new fastest time for this class. Holy Water coming in at a fast 23:30!
ANNOUNCEMENTS: 4:13 Strong Standing Strong Dinner at Rocketown is two weeks away. Secure you spot be registering now. Once the table is full, the spots are gone!
COT: Prayers for strength, truth and wisdom.
PLAYLIST:
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[The Discipline] Coupons for the Course

Date: 2026-03-24 AO: The Discipline Q: Butterfingers , PAX: Butterfingers, Fabuloso, Mr. Pancake, Rob (named Locksmith) FNGs: 1 Rob (named Locksmith) COUNT: 4 CONDITIONS: 40s
WARMUP: Side straddle hops, good mornings, Willie may hayes, runners pose. Mosey.
THE THANG: Coupons everywhere. Pull-ups while others do merkins, tire throws as a timer while the rest do merkins, squats, reverse lunges, overhead presses. Mosey with coupons to dip bars where we did 5 dips, 5 knees to chest, 10 rows then repeat. Over to an Indian run with the coupons with stops for decline and incline merkins, squats, OH presses. Back to start for LBC, WWI sit ups, bananas, and Superman’s.
MOLESKINE: Hope it’s the hardest thing you have to do today/week/month/etc.
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Holy smokers tonight. Whites creek OTB, Sunday White House Ruck OTB.
COT: prayers for Mr Pancakes girls’ tryouts, and his job. For those in a tough time.
PLAYLIST:
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Middle Tooth Spring Break 1996

Date: 2026-03-24 AO: Middle Tooth Q: sooner , PAX: sooner, Esposa, Old Maid, Pep, Ruffage (DR St. Louis) FNGs: COUNT: 5 Warm up
Thing 1: boat race
Split up into two groups. Compete in an exercise style, boat race.
During the race, hold a static exercise. Start with the first packs in the line of each group. First team to finish the exercise down the line wins that round. Move down the line for each round until everybody on the team has started a race. The winner of the match rests while the loser takes a lap. Repeat for three to five matches depending on time. Best of three/five takes bragging rights.
Match 1 back-to-back wall sit 10 Burpees
Match 2 Hollow body hold 10 star jumps
Match 3 Low plank 10 big boy sit-ups
Match 4 Monkey humpers (thank you AI) 10 Hand release merkins
Match 5 Flying ‘V’ hold 10 lieutenant dans
Match 6 Static hang 10 leg lifts
Match 7 Swing plank 20 swing tucks
Thing 2 Speed cycle AMRAP – 1 minute, Winner runs a lap while pax does a backwards exercise. When runner catches pax, join and reverse direction
Round 1 – mountain climbers, left leg only Murder bunnies to normal bunnies
Round 2 – tuck jumps Crawl bear to bear crawl
Round 3 – merkins Bernie to mozy
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Middle Tooth Spring Break 1996

Date: 2026-03-24 AO: Middle Tooth Q: sooner , PAX: sooner, Esposa, Old Maid, Pep, Ruffage (DR St. Louis) FNGs: COUNT: 5 Warm up
Thing 1: boat race
Split up into two groups. Compete in an exercise style, boat race.
During the race, hold a static exercise. Start with the first packs in the line of each group. First team to finish the exercise down the line wins that round. Move down the line for each round until everybody on the team has started a race. The winner of the match rests while the loser takes a lap. Repeat for three to five matches depending on time. Best of three/five takes bragging rights.
Match 1 back-to-back wall sit 10 Burpees
Match 2 Hollow body hold 10 star jumps
Match 3 Low plank 10 big boy sit-ups
Match 4 Monkey humpers (thank you AI) 10 Hand release merkins
Match 5 Flying ‘V’ hold 10 lieutenant dans
Match 6 Static hang 10 leg lifts
Match 7 Swing plank 20 swing tucks
Thing 2 Speed cycle AMRAP – 1 minute, Winner runs a lap while pax does a backwards exercise. When runner catches pax, join and reverse direction
Round 1 – mountain climbers, left leg only Murder bunnies to normal bunnies
Round 2 – tuck jumps Crawl bear to bear crawl
Round 3 – merkins Bernie to mozy
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[The Castle] Test

Date: 2026-03-23 AO: The Castle Q: hambone , PAX: hambone, Pep FNGs: None COUNT: 2 CONDITIONS:
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Stairs and sliders

Date: 2026-03-20 AO: handsomizer Q: Purple Tiger , PAX: Salami, Old Maid, El Gran Verde (Mario Avila) FNGs: 1 El Gran Verde (Mario Avila) COUNT: 4 CONDITIONS: Perfect
WARMUP: standard stuff
THE THANG: Used core sliders on turf field, crawling with sliders on feet and hands, then 15 steps ups each leg and 30 dips. Repeat
Mosey to ramps, 15 inverted rows, 15 derkins, squat walk up ramp. Repeat.
Run each set of stairs and then 10 hand release merkins or 10 jump squats on each platform. Repeat but hop up stairs.
Mosey to cot, stopping at bench along the way to do 25 glute bridges and 25 incline merkins.
MOLESKINE: Been sick for a week but it was great to get to back to the cult of camaraderie!
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Check main channels
COT: Names FNG Mario Avila El Gran Verde as he is a Dartmouth Alum. Prayers for Salami’s girlfriend and her back injury and my old man who is about to undergo radiation treatment.
PLAYLIST: Power over me playlist on Spotify
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Cheeks Style!

Date: 2026-03-20 AO: pain-train Q: Derby , FLO PAX: Juicy J, Shakira FNGs: None COUNT: 4 CONDITIONS: Perfect!
EARLY BIRDS: 11’s of Merkins and Dead Lifts
WARMUP: SSH, BACs, BACBACs, WMH
THE THANG: Tour De Bellevue! -5 SB Burpees to Kick off the Journey -Working thru the Church Parking Lot. Exercises rotated for each line crossed: 10 SB Rows, 10 SB Curls, 10 SB Squats -10 Hero Burpees at the 9 Ball Court -20 Dips and 20 Merkins at the Break Tables -Tennis Court Broad Jump Burpees: 10 Merkins and 10 WWII’s between each court. (60 of each) -Going to School: 20 Decline Merkins, 20 Dips, 30 Step Ups -Fire House Salute: 10 SB Burpees to Pay our Respects -Back to Church Parking Lot for Exercises at each line: 30 WWIs, 30 Flutter Kicks (2 is 1) and 10 SB Row Shrugs
MOLESKINE: Encouraged PAX to look at their calendar and mark up a Vacation Day to recharge and feed their soul. I took yesterday off to go fishing with a good friend and had no idea how much I needed it. Just one day put me back on solid ground.
ANNOUNCEMENTS: March 24th Holy Smokers w/ Wolfpack. Merkin Madness. Check Slack for others.
COT: Prayed us out
PLAYLIST: Brainstorming Cheeks new name!
Have an excellent weekend fam!
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1030-40

Date: 2026-03-18 AO: insane_train Q: Shakira , PAX: Derby, El Capitan, Juicy J, Santana FNGs: 1 Santana COUNT: 5 CONDITIONS: Chilly at the end but warm and sweaty by the end.
WARMUP: Arm circles, chess press, slow merkins, willie mays hayes
THE THANG:
Early bird special: 5 laps w/10 sandbag curls, burpees, and presses.
10 Lunges w/sandbag 20 Sandbag Gorillas (swing up and down) 30 Chest presses w/sandbag 40 WW2s with Sandbag 30 Chest presses w/sandbag 20 Sandbag Gorillas (swing up and down) 10 Lunges w/sandbag
Sandbag Bucket Brigade: Keep the sandbag in the air. Derby dropped the bag to gift us all 10 burpees.
Storks stands with bag: grab bag balance on one foot (1 minute each foot)
10 Plank hands up/down (pull thrus w/bag) 20 Pitchfork movement with sandbag (10 left, 10 right) 30 Squats with bag 40 Lift bag overhead from shoulder to shoulder 30 Squats with bag 20 Pitchfork movement with sandbag (10 left, 10 right) 10 Plank hands up/down (pull thrus w/bag)
American hammers and pull throughs in a circle: Passed the bag around while exercising. After each rotation, a set of 20 pushups.
MOLESKINE: “God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble.” Psalm 46:1. In times of trouble, look towards the people God has placed in your life who can help you.
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Holy Smokers coming up at Wolfpack’s
COT: Prayers for patience in parenting and strength to support spouses by listening to them. Also, prayer for all those affected by war.
Merkin Madness: 180 pushups completed during the workout
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Eight Reliving 1979

Date: 2026-03-19 AO: greenmachine Q: Cowboy , PAX: Shania, Esposa, Black Lung, Focker, Betty Ford, Movin On Up, moneyshot FNGs: None COUNT: 8 CONDITIONS: Fine Fine Finely Warmer
WARMUP: Good Mornings OYO, SSH, LBC (forward and backwards) with slow lunge, Don Quixote, Mosey to Amphitheater. Divide in 3 groups THE THANG: 3 Rounds of 3 Exercises, Dora 100 Merkins, Box Jumps up, 3rd Man Loop as Timer 200 Palm Squats, Box Jumps, Timer 300 Dips, Ditto Plank for six between each round Line up at Stairs : Bunny Hop up burpee at each landing. Mosey back with a planned stop at intramural field for sprints – New fence around it so had to improvise. Back side of Lipscomp Athletic Complex at hill – Mosey down sprint back up x2 Back to stardex Mary till the end
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Monster Mile April 23, see clack for rest
PLAYLIST: Hits from 1979 – My HS graduation music.apple.com/us/playlist/1979/pl.u-leyllaJCxgZkbN