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Hey Guys Where’s Black Lung

Date: 2026-04-10 AO: Handsomizer Q: SalPal , PAX: Spinal Tap, Old Maid, SalPal, Black Lung FNGs: None COUNT: 4 CONDITIONS: Delightful
WARMUP: Mosey to school
THE THANG: Pullups, Burpees, Merkins, Iron Mikes
MOLESKINE: Black Lung went on a wild goose chase to come find us.
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Manly Mile, Murph, Summer Series, Check Slack
COT: For this world we live in.
PLAYLIST: The pained grunts of men.
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Green Machine

Date: 2026-04-09 AO: Green Machine Q: moneyshot , PAX: Black Lung, moneyshot, Shania, Grape, Pepsi, Esposa, Topanga, Pep, Cowboy, Peabody FNGs: None COUNT: 10 CONDITIONS: clear
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PLAYLIST:Phil Collins, Genesis, Peter Gabriel
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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
COT:
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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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
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From Foxes to Bears

Date: 2026-03-06 AO: bomber Q: Firefox , CubCadet PAX: Black Lung, Chunks, Papa Bear, Puzzlah, Pep, Tim the Toolman FNGs: None COUNT: 8 CONDITIONS: Perfect
WARMUP: Mosey to parking lot. Broga
THE THANG: Firefox AOQ Farewell Starting at one end of the parking lot, PAX did a sequence of: – 40x plank jacks – 30x mountain climbers (each side is a half) – 20x merkins – run to end of the parking lot and back 4 full rounds. Maybe should’ve been 3. But we did 4. 10 WW1s 30s Hollow Body Hold 10 WW1s Hollow Body Hold until the playlist indicated it was time for a change…
Handoff to our new AOQ CubCadet! Mosey down to bottom of the hill 9s: star jumps at the bottom, bernie halfway up the hill, run the rest to the stop sign, then do squats to a full sit on park bench or wall
Return to startex. Extended Mary.
MOLESKINE: – Papa Bear and Tim the Toolman with the R-rated zingers – Promises of future coffeeterias at McD’s (on me and my gift card!) – 7 for coffeeteria at Star Bagel
ANNOUNCEMENTS: – Check Slack
COT: – Gratitude, particularly for the support we all have for each other
Peace out. My Watch has ended, but I’m not going anywhere.
PLAYLIST: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1YeYujX771JwSrhvDlkFqp?si=ee42902006134fd7
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7th Manniversary of Toothless 🦷

Date: 2026-03-05 AO: greenmachine Q: Toothless PAX: Focker, Esposa, Pep, Sherlock, Grape, Black Lung, Cal Worthington, Betty Ford, Topanga FNGs: None COUNT: 10 CONDITIONS: Clear sunrise, breezy, not too warm, felt like 30A. Perfection.
WARMUP: – 49 x SSH – 7 x Good mornings – 7 x Scorpions
THE THANG:
7 Rounds of Tabata – 45s on, 15 off – High knees, squats, burpees, butt kickers, prisoner squats, peter parkers, iron mikes
Six-Seven’s – Perform 6 and 7 reps of two exercises respectively at every 10 yard line – Broad jump, hand release merkins for 6, WW2’s for 7
Repeat 7 Rounds of Tabata (mod burpees to low plank)
Stairway to 7 – Stair runs up & down all the way to the end – After each, do an increasing count of burpees, add 1 per round
MOLESKINE: YHC was gassed by this one – I pulled the plug a little early on the stairway to 7. We only got through 5 rounds when we probably could have made 7, but as they say if you can’t do it don’t Q it! Folks were big fans of year 8 Toothless who threatened penalties for exercise infractions or dropping during the low plank of tabata. Perhaps a precursor of what is to come :smiling_imp: Finished up by draining the thermos of some excellent anaerobic natural processed coffee. :coffee:
ANNOUNCEMENTS: – Holy smokers soon – Merkin Madness – Many other good things in the Slack post!
COT: – Praise and prayers around those battling leukemia – Prayers for those taking on a 50k this Saturday! For weather and injury free endurance! – YHC shared a learning of this last year, that it’s the little habits that can make you or break you. Don’t shy away from the hard but right choice in the small things because those compounding choices build momentum for the big things.
PLAYLIST: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5Q4PxR9KwkV62jZ86GZ9iI?si=b48993d308b5458b – The PAX loved this one – in reality it wasn’t close to all 7 minute songs but they were picking up what I was putting down with the 70’s rock ballads!
As always, it was an honor to lead men! Looking forward to the next 7 years with you!
— Toothless :tooth: , start date March 8th, 2019
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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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Olympics

Date: 2026-02-13 AO: greenmachine Q: Focker PAX: Pep, Shania, Black Lung, Betty Ford, Cowboy, Esposa, moneyshot, Sherlock, Purple Tiger, Sardine FNGs: None COUNT: 11 CONDITIONS: crisp with closing sunrise
WARMUP: various stretchy stretches
THE THANG: Celebration of Olympics! EVENT 1 – bobsled 20,40,20,100: Bear Crawl down 10 Merkins Crab Walk back 10 jump squats increase by 10 everytime EVENT 2 – Hockey Start on goal line. Sprint to 20 yd → 5 hand release merkins Backpedal to goal line → 5 lunges Sprint to 40 yd → 10 hand releases Back → 10 lunges Sprint to 60 yd → 15 hand releases Back → 15 lunges EVENT 3 – BIATHLON COMBO Broad jump across field 1 minute wall hold 20 bird dogs each side 20 heel lifts Repeat continuously for time.
MOLESKINE: Pep complaining about obvious truth espoused by Esposa
ANNOUNCEMENTS: nothing special except Slack!
COT: Put away your cynicism and enjoy the Olympics. A time to let sports overcome differences and show America is still the best country around (except when it comes to VO2Max, Norway has us on that)
PLAYLIST: Rocky