Category: Titan

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Titan – This day in punk-rock history

Date: 2026-04-08 AO: Titan Q: Good Morning America , PAX: Tim the Toolman, CubCadet, Good Morning America, Sherlock, Papa Bear, Black Lung, Pep, Spinal Tap, @Radish, @MisterSafety, Squid FNGs: None COUNT: 11 CONDITIONS: crisp
WARMUP: Inchworms, Mobility, Core warmup
THE THANG: Clash and Smash circuits with punk rock intensity and short breaks
MOLESKINE: break for 13+ Blacklung penalty birthday burpees
ANNOUNCEMENTS: walk a lot and count your steps? See slack
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PLAYLIST: Clash and Offspring mix; consensus A+
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What a fool believes…

Date: 2026-04-01 AO: Titan Q: Puzzlah , PAX: Puzzlah, LIGHTNING(Devario Parson), Right Said, Stumbles, DintyMoore, Speechless (Bryan), Tim the Toolman, CubCadet, Bubbles – Tyler (Franklin, TN), Squatter, Sherlock, Black Lung, Papa Bear, Hipster, Candy Striper, Big Red (Brandon Romagossa), Radish, Schmear, Cupcake, Ambien, Faucet FNGs: 2 Ambien, Faucet COUNT: 21 CONDITIONS: Perfect
WARMUP: 45 minutes, 15 Burpees EMOM 45 minutes, 15 Burpees EMOM April Fools Stretch-er-out
THE THANG: 2 Burpee Last-man-up run around the park — Don’t look in the dark corners. Some Bernies and lunges to keep the group together.
HCA Garage: Level 1: 25 Merkins Level 2: 50 squats Level 3: 75 Big Boy Sit-ups Level 4: 15 Burpees Level 5: Suicide run up and DR Lead – Candy Striper led us in some Bear Crawls to the line and Merkins at each line – Schmear led us in some Carioca into some LBCs Bernie up the ramps, sprint along flats.
Mosey back to Startex – Mosey one side of parking lot, sprint back — 3 laps – Tempo Merkins
MOLESKINE: Huge group of HIMs supporting one another–inspired to lead this group.
ANNOUNCEMENTS: See Slack COT: Support our loved ones and family as they go through recovery. Reflections on Easter Week.
PLAYLIST: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3UVeHAksVrWRAoSkE68ZQ4?si=sWjC_KwySoW603-MML6YDg
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Hold Me Closer, Tiny Titan

Date: 2026-03-25 AO: Titan Q: Vector , PAX: Vector, Choo Choo, Bubbles – Tyler (Franklin, TN), Roughage, Pep, Papa Bear, Sherlock, White Belt, Black Lung, Firefox, Tim the Toolman, Squatter, CubCadet, GMA, Deuce, Ramrod, Speechless, Real Nemo Rubicon FNGs: None COUNT: 18 CONDITIONS: A perfect spring morning.
YHC was planning a spring based theme but the playlist wasn’t giving me A+ vibes. So we pivoted to recognize a music great on his 79th birthday: Sir Reginald Dwight aka Elton John.
WARMUP: Mosey to Parthenon for SSH, LBAC, Seal claps, Overhead Presses, Moroccan Nightclubs, Reverse LBAC, Squats.
THE THANG: Mosey to hill. ELTONs: 79 reps of each exercise with a sprint up the hill in between.
Excellent Form Squats (see Squatter) Lunges Thrusters Overhead Press Normal merkins
Pause for 7 burpees to celebrate Black Lung’s arrival as per AOQ edict
Mosey to Parthenon to play PIANO. Partner up. One runs around monument while other does:
Plank Incline merkins Asskickers Normal squats Overhead press
Mary at Startex.
MOLESKINE: Had a great crew of DR/WL out at Titan representing Chicago, Dallas, California, and Franklin TN. A lot of pressure on Q to make sure folks get in a good workout. Intentionally stayed in front of Parthenon so our guests could experience a pretty cool AO view.
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Check Slack. Note: Bomber :bomb: convergence with Handsomizer ⚽️ this week so don’t go to McCabe or u will be sad.
COT: Prayers for Aurora, Polly, Mark and those unnamed aloud in our hearts. Prayers for reason and compassionate leadership in our world.
PLAYLIST: All by Sir Elton :eyeglasses::musical_keyboard::sparkles: Rocket Man I’m Still Standing Goodbye Yellow Brick Road Don’t Go Breaking My Heart Tiny Dancer Crocodile Rock Bennie and the Jets Saturday Night’s All Right for Fighting Someone Saved My Life Tonight

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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
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Fight like hell and slay your demons

Date: 2026-02-25 AO: titan Q: SalPal PAX: Pep, Squatter, CubCadet, Black Lung, Stumbles, Spinal Tap, caprate, Papa Bear, Sherlock, swamper FNGs: None COUNT: 11 CONDITIONS: Weirdly warm for my Rocky impersonation.
WARMUP: 11s, Pullups and Weighted Squats
THE THANG: Recreation of the Myth of Sisyphus: Bear Crawl + Coupon Drag, Hill Runs with HR Merkins and Lt. Dans. Plank circuit and 10 burpee buyout.
MOLESKINE: Music was brutal and repetitive. Great for getting locked in.
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Grow School, Merkin Madness, Murder Mystery, White’s Creek AO, Check Slack
COT: Changes at work with project, intentions unspoken.
PLAYLIST: Hades + Hades II + Doom (2016) soundtrack
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Natural sounds of centennial park

Date: 2026-02-18 AO: titan Q: Sherlock PAX: Squatter, Pep, Vector, Steak knives (dr) FNGs: None COUNT: 5 CONDITIONS:
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Mike Tysons Are Hard

Date: 2026-02-11 AO: titan Q: Cowboy PAX: Pep, Tim the Toolman, Squatter, Stumbles, Black Lung, Good Morning America, Firefox, Todd Doherty – F3 UMass, Spinal Tap, Choo Choo FNGs: None COUNT: 11 CONDITIONS: Cool, crisp, downright pleasant.
WARMUP: As per Titan tradition a piece of the workout was offered to PAX DR from Atlanta Todd Doherty – F3 UMass
THE THANG: Choose Pairs and Mosey Parthenon Steps. 1. Pairs do 50 Total of Mike Tysons : partner run the loop. FlipFlop R&R with Jump Shots, R&R with Mike Tysons 2. 11s at side incline hill. Burpee Buyin: ladders @ 5 GiggyUps at the bottom – Iron Mike at the top – Partners start on opposite ends With 5 Slap Merkins in the middle when you meet your partner
Mary: Hold AL Prom Dates, add leg raised to sky, 30 sec Supine Planks x 2,
MOLESKINE: Cowboy doesn’t know his right from his left. Grateful was the word of the day
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Holy Smokes 2/19 and see above :point_up_2:for New AO at Whites Creek HS.
COT: Gaze at the moon and acknowledge how small we are in a great expanse AND yet chased down by a Maker
PLAYLIST: All Coverbands – only 2 hidden original recordings. Who were they?
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Facebook’s birth

Date: 2026-02-05 AO: titan Q: princessaurora PAX: Chunks, Hipster, Tim the Toolman, Pep, Good Morning America, Puzzlah FNGs: None COUNT: 7 CONDITIONS:
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Cold Iron

Date: 2026-01-28 AO: titan Q: SalPal PAX: Pep, Chunks, Squatter FNGs: None COUNT: 4 CONDITIONS: Freezing fog sighted
WARMUP: Careful weighted slowsy to Parthenon + SSH + WMH + Good mornings + merkins + squats
THE THANG: EMOM, 6 rounds: 10 Burpees Wall Sits 15 KB Swings 15 Squat thrusters Planks
MOLESKINE: good mumblechatter. Playlist grade: N/a
ANNOUNCEMENTS: See slack, shieldmock, after hours, holy smokers, etc
COT: gratitude for the men and women getting Nashville back on its feet. Career and work.
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Last man standing!!!

Date: 2026-01-21 AO: titan Q: Choo Choo PAX: Spinal Tap, Sherlock, Tim the Toolman, Hipster, Stumbles, Natural Ice, Drop Trow, Pep, Vector, bluemule FNGs: None COUNT: 11 WARMUP: some warmup with 5 core principles
THE THANG: Thang: we did 2 rounds of each Partner up. Keep pushing till one of you give up -> easy mosey -> switch partners HiFi merkins Curls American Hammers OH Press American hammers Swings
MOLESKINE: Its better to be a hole than a sink hole. A hole is something that you can see on the surface, you would know how wide, deep it is. But a sinkhole looks all good on the surface, it keeps corroding within then one fine day collapses, taking everything down with it.
ANNOUNCEMENTS: check out after-hours leanpax
TCLAPS to Tim the Toolman for being a HIM and getting blocks on demand.