With a Little Luck . . .

Date: 2026-03-16 AO: westeros Q: Vector PAX: Pep, CubCadet, Chunks, Squatter, Spinal Tap, SalPal, DintyMoore, Papa Bear, Tim the Toolman FNGs: None COUNT: 10 YHC thought that today’s highly anticipated version of Weightsteros should celebrate tomorrow’s holiday, St. Patty’s Day :four_leaf_clover: with a theme about luck.
CONDITIONS: Cool but perfect.
WARMUP: SSH, LBAC, Overhead presses, Seal Claps, Moroccan Night Clubs, RLBACs, Squats, WMH and Good Mornings
THE THANG: #1 Lucky :four_leaf_clover:: PAX each draws a card. Lucky PAX has highest card and gets to wear the shamrock necklace and pick an exercise for the PAX to do while they run across the lot and back x 3.
#2 Unlucky :x: :four_leaf_clover:: Now the PAX with the lowest card goes, but has to do 5 burpees with each exercise lap
#3 Lucky #7 :four_leaf_clover: :seven:: Spinal Tap’s turn to go — same principle as #1
#4 L-U-C-K: 17 reps of Lunges Ultimate/Utilitarian/Ugh Burpees Crunches of the Lil’ Baby Variety Killer Squats
Mary to time.
MOLESKINE: In life, you’ll encounter good and bad luck — be prepared with the skills to handle both as leaders and men.
ANNOUNCEMENTS/COT: – Holy Smokers, Grow School, Etc. – check the Slack – Kudos to The Merchant for a successful murder mystery night that may have involved Tim the Toolman turning into a demon?? – Thanks to some lippy jib-jab from DintyMoore and Chunks, the Q made the PAX run a little sprint. Gotta get your movement tracker started I guess . . . – SalPal was the dreaded Lucky HIM as he picked blockees more than once. He’s practically on vacation anyway. – Prayers for Title Max’s daughter, those traveling, our Muslim community members, and our leaders – Pep was most excited about Tom Petty’s entry on the playlist, singing aloud and recalling its post-apocalyptic music video. – 110% coffeeteria as Title Max joined us at Dose for CubCadet’s favorite $17 coffee.
PLAYLIST: Get Lucky – Daft Punk Lucky Star – Madonna Good Luck Babe – Chappell Roan I Feel Lucky – Mary Chapin Carpenter Some Guys Have All the Luck – Rod Stewart You Got Lucky – Tom Petty With a Little Luck – Wings A Stroke of Luck – Garbage My Lucky Day – Bruce (for Papa Bear) Lucky – Britney Spears
:four_leaf_clover: wishing you much luck Vector

Horizon’s VQ

Date: 2026-03-16 AO: iron-giant Q: Horizon PAX: Butterfingers, Dilbert, hambone, Mr. Pancake, 0 FNGs: 1 0 COUNT: 5 CONDITIONS:38:cold_face: Winds 16 Gusting 24 @ 270
WARMUP: SSH x20 Frankensteins x 10 IC Willie Mays Imperial Walkers x 10 IC Good mornings
THE THANG: Burpees x 10 Mosey Merkins x 10 IC Alabama Ass Kickers x 10 IC Mosey Diamond Merkins x 10 IC Mosey Carolina Dry Docks x 10 IC Fast Walk Makhtar N’Diayes x 20 IC Slowsey Crunch x 25 IC Dolly x 15 IC World War I x 20 Slowsey Burpees x 8 Mosey Merkins x 10 IC Alabama Ass Kickers x 10 IC Mosey Diamond Merkins x 10 IC Mosey Flutter Kicks x 12 IC American Hammer x 12 IC World War I x 25
MOLESKINE: How does hambone define a fast walk? Butterfingers hit the head midway…doors were unlocked.
ANNOUNCEMENTS: offthebooks Tuesday 5:30am Station Camp near the obstacle course Thursday 5:30am Whites Creek High School after-hours Tuesday 7pm Granite State of TN map bottom of the hill north of the capitol building
COT: Mr. Pancake starting new job soon Mr. Pancake’s daughters dance competition Horizon down range Friday visiting parents for a week
PLAYLIST: Gloomy silence and the occasional grunt

Sunday 5 mi Ruck / Hike

Date: 2026-03-15 AO: the_eddy Q: Juicy J PAX: FLO, Roadkill, Stubs, Juicy J FNGs: None COUNT: 4 CONDITIONS: breezy & chill
WARMUP: left glute stretch
THE THANG: 5 mi ruck @ Burch Trail
MOLESKINE: Indians & 30A
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Flo not pictured runs off to church
COT:
PLAYLIST:

Grow School! Emotional Headlocking

Date: 2026-03-14 AO: 1stf Q: Derby PAX: Juicy J, Shakira, Piglet, Hair Band, SalPal, Puzzlah, Salami, Squatter FNGs: None COUNT: 9 CONDITIONS: Perfect!
WARMUP: SSH, BACs, BACBACs, WMH, Runners Stretch, PE Stretch
Credo, Mission Statement, 5 Core Principals (Burpees/Merkins)
THE THANG: Starting w/ Merkins PAX then carries weight ~25 yards and back then adds in the following exercise and repeats until they’ve added all 5 exercises into a set. Once complete PAX knocks out 25 WWII’s then starts back at the top.
10 Merkins 10 SB Rows 10 SB Squats 10 SB Curl w/ Overhead Press 10 SB Burpees
After completing 3 Sets of the above, half of PAX held Planks while the other half carried weight to/from Stage (2x)
Ended w/ 25 Merkins to ensure we hit our Merkin Madness Quota for the day.
MOLESKINE: Challenged PAX to find a moment to be intentional and check in with significant other or someone close to them. Goal is to listen and provide emotional support as needed. I’ve personally lagged in this department as I’ve fallen into the typical male trap of fixing not listening which was all my M needed in the end.
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Check Slack but to highlight a few: March Merkin Madness, f3nashville.slack.com/team/U06KPV4RRAT Murder Mystery, Chunks 50 Mile Relay, Wolfpack Holy Smokers, Juicy J Classic Downtown Marathon in the works
COT: Prayers for continued strength in relationships and f3nashville.slack.com/team/U020QR7192Q‘s EH discussion with PAX
PLAYLIST: Offspring Pandora!
Appreciate you all coming out to Bellevue and giving me the opportunity to lead! You all got after it today!
:horse_racing:

Grow School! Emotional Headlocking

Date: 2026-03-14 AO: pain-train Q: Derby PAX: Hair Band, Salami, SalPal, Shakira, Juicy J, Piglet, Puzzlah, Squatter FNGs: None COUNT: 9 CONDITIONS: Perfect!
WARMUP: SSH, BACs, BACBACs, WMH, Runners Stretch, PE Stretch
Credo, Mission Statement, 5 Core Principals (Burpees/Merkins)
THE THANG: Starting w/ Merkins PAX then carries weight ~25 yards and back then adds in the following exercise and repeats until they’ve added all 5 exercises into a set. Once complete PAX knocks out 25 WWII’s then starts back at the top.
10 Merkins 10 SB Rows 10 SB Squats 10 SB Curl w/ Overhead Press 10 SB Burpees
After completing 3 Sets of the above, half of PAX held Planks while the other half carried weight to/from Stage (2x)
Ended w/ 25 Merkins to ensure we hit our Merkin Madness Quota for the day.
MOLESKINE: Challenged PAX to find a moment to be intentional and check in with significant other or someone close to them. Goal is to listen and provide emotional support as needed. I’ve personally lagged in this department as I’ve fallen into the typical male trap of fixing not listening which was all my M needed in the end.
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Check Slack but to highlight a few: March Merkin Madness, The Merchant Murder Mystery, Chunks 50 Mile Relay, Wolfpack Holy Smokers, Juicy J Classic Downtown Marathon in the works
COT: Prayers for continued strength in relationships and Hair Band’s EH discussion with PAX
PLAYLIST: Offspring Pandora!
Appreciate you all coming out to Bellevue and giving me the opportunity to lead! You all got after it today!
:horse_racing:

Chunks Q

Date: 2026-03-14 AO: the-castle Q: Chunks PAX: Chunks, Strutter, Butterfingers, Space Baby, Fabuloso, Cross-stitch, hambone, Horizon, Pep, Pack rat (NWInd) FNGs: None COUNT: 10 CONDITIONS:
WARMUP:
THE THANG:
MOLESKINE:
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
COT:
PLAYLIST:

Celebrating 56 Years Young

Date: 2026-03-13 AO: bomber Q: Vector PAX: Pep, Firefox, Tim the Toolman, Squatter, Sherlock, Title Max FNGs: None COUNT: 7 A tradition unlike any other . . . no, not the Masters. A Vector Birthday Q. This was the 9th one, which is crazy. I can’t seem to get rid of you HIMs.
For the theme, after some careful, thoughtful feedback (?criticism) from Michelin Man about branching out my playlists to, I don’t know< decades other than the 1980s, I opted to go with a playlist so new, you're afraid to park it in a downtown Nashville parking garage for fear of that first door dent. Despite what Natural Ice might say . . .
CONDITIONS: Cool (like the playlist)
WARMUP: For the 9th year in a row, SSH x my new age. (Some looks on the PAX faces of "Damn, why's he gotta be so old." LBAC x 11 (i.e. 5+6), Overhead Presses x 11, Seal Claps (complete with the porcelain bark c/o Title Max) x 11, RLBAC x 11, WMH and GM OHO, and Imperial Walkers x 11
THE THANG: After a side mosey to pay our respects to the now demolished McCabe playground (RIP pull up bars), back to the hill for
#1 5+6s (aka 11s) — squats at bottom; merkins at top
Then mosey to upper lot for #2 6 stations – do 56 reps of exercises (Mountain Climbers, Iron Mikes, BB sit-ups, Star Jumps, Shoulder Taps, and as a party gift, an exercise of your choice). Then 5 burpees just 'cause.
Mosey to startex for #3 DIDs (28 dips, 14 incline merkins, 14 decline merkins) x 2
Mary with Flutter Kicks, Hello Dollys, Leg Raises, and ending with 56 LBCs
ANNOUNCEMENTS: – Murder Mystery Party tomorrow – Holy Smokers — check Slack
COT: – Prayers for Title Max’s little girl, my kids traveling abroad, and all of the PAX coming and going for Spring Break – Thankful for all of the PAX for making me better each time I am out. Apologies Tim the Toolman for the profanity in the songs – you know the kids these days and their cursing.
PLAYLIST: – Private – The Neigbourhood – Dracula – Tame Impala – As Alive As You Need Me to Be – NIN – Glide – Neiked and Portugal, the Man – Basic Being Basic – Djo – Sex, Drugs, Etc. – Beach Weather – Opalite – Taylor Swift – Ready, Steady, Go! – Harry Styles – Your Direction – Goose – Distorted Light Beam – Bastille – Lost in Space – Foster the People – mangetout – Wet Leg

Block Party

Date: 2026-03-13 AO: thestronghold Q: tampalibra PAX: Shocker (Mark Holmes), Pearl (Jonathan Halter), Young and Restless, Decaf, Chunks, Red Skull, Tinkertoy, Ginger, Barney, Winger (Bill Diebenow), hambone, Groot, Mater, Grimes, Angry Bird, Turkey, Puff Puff, Holy Water, Hot Topic, T-bone, Cheez Whiz FNGs: None COUNT: 22 CONDITIONS: Windy
WARMUP: SSH x 50, Squat x 10, LBACF x 10, LBACR x 10, Air Press x 50
THE THANG: Rep scheme: 10 + mosey, 10 + 20 + mosey, 10 + 20 + 30 + mosey…up to 50 and then start dropping reps from the bottom
10: We’re not worthy 20: Thruster 30: 4-count flutter 40: HR Merkin 50: Block curls
Mode of transpo -> Burpee broad jump Mode of transp <- Lt. Dan
MOLESKINE: Prayers for strength and perseverance, shut out the negative voices (internal and external), court dates, etc. Stay focused!
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Chunks 50k Struggle: Endure
PLAYLIST: Heavy breathing

3 Dudes Having a Good Time

Date: 2026-03-12 AO: the-knoll Q: Pebbles PAX: Juicy J, Half Lyfe FNGs: None COUNT: 3 CONDITIONS: Shockingly Cold and Windy
WARMUP: Side Straddle Hops Don Quixote’s Cherry Pickers Slow Squats
THE THANG: Circle up for station work. Rotated thru stations while one pax ran for appox 1min as the timer. Sandbag was available to level up. Exercises completed: Pull Ups WWIIs Squats Merkins WWIs Step Ups Mike Tyson’s Iron Mike’s Dips
MOLESKINE: 3 brave men showed up in the dark and cold. Humbled that they did.
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Check Slack.
COT: We talked about moderation. As men we are wired to push and persevere. Our challenge is to practice the virtue of temperance and moderate our efforts so we’re effective and don’t burn out.
The season of Lent in the Church is a great way to practice this virtue.
PLAYLIST: Pop music

Make Sandbags Great Again

Date: 2026-03-11 AO: titan Q: Natural Ice PAX: Pep, Tim the Toolman, Sherlock, Title Max, Papa Bear, Natural Ice, Radish FNGs: None COUNT: 7 CONDITIONS: Soggy but not too soggy
WARMUP: SSH for my man Pep we did 30, because I am mean. Some Stretching some Hill Billies, Some Merkins
THE THANG: Make Sandbags Great Again! Pax formed a circle and performed Merkins until the timer ran out. The timer consisted of each member of the Pax performing 5 sandbag burpees. Once all of the burpees had been paid we ran a little loop.
Rinse and Repeat, but Pax could swap out the 5 sandbag burpees with 10 goblet squats. The resting exercises also rotated with varies forms of mery as well as incline merkins.
MOLESKINE: Do Hard Things!
ANNOUNCEMENTS: So many! The Merchant Murder Mystery this saturday!
COT: Praying for Title Maxs family and his new born daughter to have a speedy and safe recovery!
PLAYLIST: David Bowies hits in his various forms