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Smokeboots

Date: 2026-09-30 AO: Smokeboots Q: moneyshot , PAX: Dr Seuss, Back Office, Harry Caray, Snow Bunny, moneyshot, Trap House, Donkey Hammer, Down Under, My Pleasure, Tinkertoy, Fortran, Beer Run FNGs: None COUNT: 12 CONDITIONS:
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[After Hours] After Hours Bootcamp

Date: 2026-09-29 AO: After Hours Q: Flipper , PAX: Choo Choo, Flipper FNGs: COUNT: 2 CONDITIONS: nice
WARMUP: side straddle hop, ankle circles, hip circles, and Michael phelps
THE THANG: mosey to the other side of the train tracks, lunge up a walkway, bear crawl down. One wall sits while the other does 30 burpees and then switches. Next phase. Up with lunges, 10 merkins, down crab crawls. Wall sits while the other does 20 burpees; switches.
MARY: Cross Rosa Parks, up the stairs, 20 jumping squats, cross the walkway path, 20 low and slow squats, down the hill, 20 squats. Next phase, up, 20 LBCs, walkway, then 20 merkins, down the hill, 20 crunches. Cross Rosa. 15 dips, quick mosey.
MOLESKINE: Six inch hold, then plank to recover.
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Tussle and Spartan are coming
COT: prayers over ourselves and our families.
PLAYLIST: No fear by Jon Reddick and Hero by Enrique E.
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The Knoll

Date: 2026-09-29 AO: The Knoll Q: Malibu , PAX: Papa Bear II, Juicy J, Sooie, AAA, Malibu, Pebbles, Creamsicle FNGs: None COUNT: 7 CONDITIONS: mid-50s- warm enough for short sleeves+shorts, cold enough for a cone-fire to stay warm
WARMUP: SSH, slow-squats, slow Mericans, BAC/BBAC
THE THANG: Hero WOD in honor of Tennessean Alvin York’s 1918 exploits in France that resulted in his award of the Medal of Honor. By sheer power of his will, he captured 132 enemy prisoners. This workout was structured on two sets of numbers connected to his fateful day:
(1) The Seventeen: 3x Rounds of 17*(Squats, Mericans, and WWI’s). York was one of seventeen sent to out maneuver a German battalion’s sized machine gun emplacement. Immediately, half of his unit were killed or wounded. Leading the rest, York used every skill and amount of grit to win the day. (2) The 132: Partners- P1 does a sandbag or partner carry to the end of the lot and back while P2 banks reps (rotate merkins, overhead press, big boys). Swap. Each pair did 132 total per exercise. By power of his will, York captured 132 prisoners of war and returned them to his base.
MARY: Final 7 minutes of abs, with a minute of dealer’s choice per man.
MOLESKINE: York had to wrestle with his conviction that God had a mission for him in uniform. He went up a mountain to pray and discern, and came back with a stronger conviction of service, to his God and his nation. Life has difficult seasons, and refining beliefs in these seasons can be difficult. What’s one belief about yourself that is holding you back? Find one in your mind, test it, and inject some order to it so that you can be ready for whatever you are called to do. You don’t have to go up a mountain like in York’s example, but he shows us that it is both possible and good.
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Check Slack, esp for departure times for the Bellevue Trains :steam_locomotive: :burpee::+1:
COT: Prayers lifted for those in need, those providing need, and those affected by furloughs.
PLAYLIST: I prepared coffee, not tunes.
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Tortoise and Hair

Date: 2026-09-29 AO: Tortoise and Hair Q: Red Skull , PAX: Red Skull, Barney, Decaf, Young and Restless, Right Said, Pearl (Jonathan Halter), Wham-O, hambone FNGs: None COUNT: 8 CONDITIONS: 54 degrees and dark! Perfect running weather
WARMUP: Standard pre-run warm up: SSH, IWs, Squats, Stretches.
THE THANG: Split into two groups: Group 1) Those who choose to bring their best effort and a positive attitude; Group 2) Those who choose to treat this opportunity like a punishment and deliver a pathetic effort with a bad attitude.
After everyone chose to be part of Group 1, we did what we all came to do….RUN!!!
MARY: Worked our way down from 10 reps to 5 reps of Burpees, Squats and WWIs.
MOLESKINE: Every day we get to choose how we will show. Our effort and our attitude are both 100% within our control. Choosing joy and a spirit of gratitude can change everything.
ANNOUNCEMENTS: The Struggle 007 is this Friday. Registration will close today. Its not too late to be part of this epic experience.
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Tire Station Bootcamp

Date: 2026-09-29 AO: Tire Station Q: Horizon , PAX: Happy Trees, Tigger, One Inch, Locksmith, Horizon, Splitter FNGs: None COUNT: 6 CONDITIONS: Refreshing low 50s, calm
WARMUP: Willie Mays, SSH, Toy Soldier, Hillbillies, Imperial Walkers, Small arm Circles
THE THANG: Elevens with kettle bell swings and overhead press as a starter 4 stations setup in a rectangle with one station in the middle: Station 1 – Curls Station 2 – Flutter kicks Station 3 – Squats Station 4 – Merkins Middle station – Burpees
Start at 20 reps with stations 1-4 5 burpees at the middle station
Each round thereafter, decrease by one except the burpees.
MARY: Big boy sit-ups, high plank
MOLESKINE: Staying out of the grass – it’s wet. Where’s Steely? How many reps am I at?
ANNOUNCEMENTS: TN Tussle, CSAUP 21 miler from Gallatin to Madison, check slack for details
COT: One inch’s dad – health and family dynamics
PLAYLIST: The sound of men pushing themselves outside their comfort zone.
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Wee-steros

Date: 2026-09-28 AO: Westeros Q: Vector , PAX: Vector, Papa Bear II, Tim the Toolman, CubCadet, Pep, DintyMoore, bluemule, Firefox, Sherlock, Pacer (WL Chapel Hill) FNGs: None COUNT: 10 YHC recently returned from the land of haggis, bagpipes, whisky, and Nessie, so today we celebrated all things Scotland.
CONDITIONS: Just a wee chill in the air
WARMUP: SSH, LBAC, Overhead presses, Seal claps, RLBAC, Imperial Walkers
THE THANG: Interspersed with trivia questions about :flag-scotland:. Answer correctly = 3 burpees. Incorrectly = 5
#1: Elevens with Highlander Caber Toss Jump Squats and 4 count Mountain Climbers.
Break: During the song “I’m Free” by the Soupdragons, hold Al Gore and squat with every mention of the word “free.”
#2: NESSIEs 50 reps of Normal merkins Excellent Form Step Ups SSH Squats Iron Mikes Excellent Form Lochness Merkins (check the exicon)
MARY: A wee variety of exercises
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Tussles, Brewsdays, and CSAUPs oh my. Check Slack.
COT: Thanks for Pep’s appearance and recovery
Great to meet Pacer and bluemule’s kilt. Hopefully the mule grill was relocated without generating new business for Pep’s surgeon.
PLAYLIST: Selected Scottish artists In a Big Country – Big Country Strut – Sheena Easton I Would Walk (5000 Miles) – The Proclaimers Someone Somewhere (In the Summertime) – Simple Minds Walking on Broken Glass – Annie Lennox I’m Free – Soupdragons Magic – Pilot Saturday Night – The Bay City Rollers Stuck in the Middle with You- Stealers Wheel Stupid Girl – Garbage Take Me Out – Franz Ferdinand
:flag-scotland:Trivia: 1. What 2 colors are on Scotland’s flag? 2. What creature is Scotland’s mascot? 3. Name 3things invented by Scotsmen/Scotland 4. What is haggis? 5. What is a hairy coo? 6. What city is the capital of Scotland?
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Tora! Tora! Tora!

Date: 2026-09-28 AO: Tora! Tora! Tora! Q: Giving Tree , PAX: Waymo (formerly Space Baby), Ultratecht, Giving Tree FNGs: None COUNT: 3 CONDITIONS: Perfect
WARMUP: Mosey to runway and back, SSH, hillbillies, imperial walkers, hip flexor stretch and arm circles
THE THANG: Drop Rest Core: 4 core exercises 30 seconds each. Rest between reps starts at 20 seconds first time through. Drops to 10 seconds rest between reps second time through. No rest between reps on last time through.
– frog leg crunch – American hammers – 1-2-3 Mercury’s – flutter kicks
Circuit: 30 seconds workout 1 30 seconds workout 2 20 second rest Repeat 3x 60 seconds of cardio workout
Circuit 1 Thruster Reverse lunge 1-2-3 Heisman
Circuit 2 Bear crawl Merkins Up downs
Circuit 3 Deadlift Prom dates Duck squat walk jump squat
Circuit 4 Rows Coupon Swings Burpees
ANNOUNCEMENTS: maybe one more(?) Fridays by the river
COT: Anticipation of tough weeks.
PLAYLIST: Third Eye Blind – Third Eye Blind
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Handsomizer

Date: 2026-09-25 AO: Handsomizer Q: Freakonomics , Freakonomics PAX: Old Maid, Salami, Freakonomics FNGs: COUNT: 3 CONDITIONS:
Cool, perfect
WARMUP:
Warmup Side Straddle Hops – Low and slow Squat – 15 Low and slow push ups Hamstring Stretch Good mornings Greatest stretch
THE THANG: Mozy to the stairs 30 of each: merkins, squats, Carolina dry docks, lunges, run to the top.
Repeat 3 times
Step ups Dips Alabama prom dates Single leg dead lifts
MARY: 4 minutes of core
MOLESKINE: new AOQ coming up, thank you Old Maid. And thank you Salami for your great leadership this past year
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Tennessee tussle
COT: safe travels
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The Buffalo

Date: 2026-09-25 AO: The Buffalo Q: The Bobs , PAX: Waymo (formerly Space Baby), The Bobs, Ultratecht, Giving Tree, Hot Route FNGs: None COUNT: 5 CONDITIONS:
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