[The Castle] The Castle

Date: 2026-06-06 AO: The Castle Q: Strutter , PAX: Fabuloso, Horizon, Pep, Chunks, Strutter, Flipper (Matthew), Dr. Brown Slip, Locksmith, Butterfingers FNGs: COUNT: 9 CONDITIONS: Amazing morning. WARMUP: Each of the following were 10 each IC. Side Straddle Peps Toy Soldiers Frankensteins Windmills Hillbillies THE THANG: The Men of the Northern District of Nashville (NDoN) took a tour of the Castle ground for a series of reasonable, and 1 unreasonable exercises. We began with 3 rounds of wall sits which included air presses, opposite ankle touches, and same side ankle touches all while maintaining our position. After the second set we took a small intermission for a round of Balls to the Wall. Our next round took place at the benches. Two rounds of dips and step ups dominate leg and nondominate leg sets were included. Round 3 took place at the picnic shelter. Rounds of inclined merkins and declined merkins. This is when the unreasonable stuff began. We stood in a line side by each for the Tunnel of Love. Round 4 to the playground. I gave the option for pull-ups or dead hangs. Round 5 we moseyed to the tennis court for a set of suicide runs. Round 6 to the bottom of the hill. Mahktar N’Deaye at the bottom with a sprint to the top of the hill. Squats at the top. 2X Back to Startex. MARY: 10 Flutterkicks IC 55 Least Beneficial Crunches IC MOLESKINE: Proud to be part of this group, and I’m excited to see it continue to grow. ANNOUNCEMENTS: CSAUP 50 Stairs on 7/11 COT: Squatter’s wife and family.
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Tire Station Bootcamp

Date: 2026-05-26 AO: Tire Station Q: Locksmith , Cross-stitch PAX: Horizon, Butterfingers, Cross-stitch, Locksmith, Steely, Fabuloso, OneWheel- F3 Muletown FNGs: None COUNT: 6 CONDITIONS:70
WARMUP: 20 SSH 10 Arm Circles Both ways 20 Chinook Squats
THE THANG: 1 Mile Run
Teams of 3 merry-go-round of below: 3 X 15 Dips 3 X 15 Shoulder Taps 3 X 15 Merk’s
Tire Flip Half The Yard 60 Second Plank Tire Flip Remaining Yard
Mosey back to street and back to trail
Grandma’s Speed Walk (high swinging arms)
15 – Merk’s 15 – Shoulder Taps (each shoulder) 15 – American Hammers
Mosey to COT
Stretch (Misc.) 5 – Burps
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[The Castle] The Castle – Race day

Date: 2026-05-16 AO: The Castle Q: Dilbert , PAX: Squatter, Makita (Anderson Fader), Barney, Steely, Dilbert, Horizon, Waymo (formerly Space Baby), Fabuloso, Pep, Brown Slip, Flipper (Matthew) FNGs: None COUNT: 11 CONDITIONS: perfect, 62
WARMUP: mosey to the field, shoulder circles, front clap, oh clap, Willie mays
THE THANG: Split the pax into two teams
One pax from each team will be the racer
Race 1 – 30 yards murder bunny 80lb bag. Bear hug carry back and switch Remaining pax perform the following WW1 sit ups, merkins, squat
Race 2 – 60 yard 80 lb carry speed walk there and back Remaining pax Lunges, iron mikes, leg lifts
Race 3 – 5 80 lb over head toss Remaining pax ankle taps, squats
Remaining time Ultimate football 20 min
MARY: side plank
MOLESKINE: Chunks hambone mumble chatter was missing. Plenty of space between Pep and Steely
ANNOUNCEMENTS: holy smokers, t shirt launch, prayers
PLAYLIST: JOCK JAMS!!!

No Slack in the Rope

Date: 2026-05-12 AO: Tire Station Q: Steely , PAX: Squatter, Butterfingers, Cross-stitch, Splitter, Country Parkour, Fabuloso, Steely, Locksmith, Mr. Pancake, Dilbert, Chris Lopez, One Wheel, Henry(back hand spring) FNGs: 1 Henry(back hand spring) COUNT: 13 CONDITIONS: Brisk
WARMUP: 25IC SSH 15IC Imperial Walkers 15IC Hillbillies 10F/R Armcircles 15IC Toy Soldiers Good Mornings OYO 20Sec. High Knees 20Sec. Butt Kicks
THE THANG: Two teams competition style One team member must pull the rope attached to the tire 25ft The rest of the team does 20 Merkins, 20 Squats, hold a plank until the entire team finishes ROTATE First team to finish choice the other teams punishment. Secret was revealed that both teams punished each other and themselves.
Mosied to greenway and performed punishment, team 2 had to bear craw while team one had to broad jump about 50-100ish yards. PAX held plank or squat until all finished. Teams swapped the “punishment” back.
10 minutes of AB work. 40 sec work/20sec rest Flutter Kicks Freddie Mercuries American Hammers High Plank Heel Touches Big Boy Sit-Ups Leg Raises Box Cutters Shoulder Taps Low Plank
Finished with BOAT – CANOE
Mosied to start, circled up and stretched for the last two minutes.
MOLESKINE: “Where did you get the ropes?” “Can we skip Purple Rain?”
Lots of encouraging each other, just 40 seconds!
ANNOUNCEMENTS: North Nashville AOs T-Shirt orders link to be launched.
Check Slack
COT: Prayer for Squatter and his family Prayer for Mr Pancakes family after the loss of his aunt Prayers for Cross-Stiches mom needing back surgery
PLAYLIST: Classic Rock

[The Castle] Protect The Castle from Dr. Waffle

Date: 2026-05-09 AO: The Castle Q: Mr. Pancake , PAX: Pep, Butterfingers, Brown Slip, hambone, Fabuloso, Flipper (Matthew), Steely, Mr. Pancake, Waymo (formerly Space Baby), g-string, Strutter, Dilbert FNGs: None COUNT: 12 CONDITIONS: Perfect. 55 degrees and sunny.
WARMUP: -SSH -Toy Soldiers -Good Mornings -Willie Mays Hayes -Runner’s Stretch w/twist
Mosey -Indigenous People March w/coupon
THE THANG:
***Protect The Castle*** The sinister Dr. Waffle has threatened to attack Princess Flapjack and the short-stack kingdom. The only way to insure the safety of the kingdom is to dig a moat around the castle.
The Moat Digger (rotating): -10 Flips then finish the lap (timer)
Castle Soldiers: -Blockees or Burpees -Merkins -Kettle Bell Swings w/coupon -Squats -Overhead Press -Curls -Upright Rows -Bent Over Rows -Mountain Climber / Spider-Man -Grave Diggers -WWI Sit-ups -Fire Hydrants
-Coupon March back to base
MOLESKINE:
ANNOUNCEMENTS: -Holy Smokers Thursday 21st -New AOs: Tire Station & Sisu
COT: -Prayers for Squatters wife/family as she recovers -Prayers for all the mommas! Happy Mother’s Day!
PLAYLIST: Mr. Pancake’s Gameday Playlist circa 2001 (with Spotify commercials)

[Tire Station] Tire Station Grand Opening

Date: 2026-05-05 AO: Tire Station Q: Butterfingers , PAX: Country Parkour, Fabuloso, Steely, hambone, Splitter, Dilbert, Mr. Pancake, Cross-stitch, Horizon, Coach Nado, Butterfingers, Chris Lopez FNGs: 1 Chris Lopez COUNT: 12 CONDITIONS: Very nice weather
WARMUP: SSH, imperial walkers, Hillbillies, arm circles, over head claps, squats. Type writers, 10 burpees
THE THANG: partnered up for 10 tire flips while other partner does merkins (x3). 20 of: incline merkins, decline merkins, and step ups (x2). Off to the dip station for 5-10 dips, modified rows, knees to chest (x2), back to tire flips while other partner does squats or merkins, with third round the partner runs while the tire flipper works. Work on our 6 with WWI, flutter kicks, Rosalitas, Superman’s ending with mosey and 5 burpees.
MOLESKINE: enjoying the morning.
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Whites Creek AO start, keep an eye on slack if it’s moved.
COT: keeping Squatter and his M in our prayers!
PLAYLIST: random men’s workout noises.

[The Castle] Flipping Out

Date: 2026-04-21 AO: The Castle Q: Steely , PAX: Locksmith, Splitter, Butterfingers, Steely, Mr. Pancake, Horizon, Cross-stitch, Fabuloso FNGs: None COUNT: 8 CONDITIONS: A bit chilly at 44, no wind and lots of wet grass
WARMUP: 2 Mile Run – CrossStitch, Splitter and Steely
20 IC SSH 15 IC Imperial Walker 10 CNT Squats 10 CNT Merkins 10 IC Mountain Climbers
THE THANG: Partner up for tire flips as the timer Round One 12 flips 20 Merkins 30 Squats
Round Two 20 flips 20 Carolina Dry Docks 30 Monkey Humpers
Round Three 30 Flips 10 hand release Merkins 20 Jump Squats
Round Four 20 Flips 10 Wide Merkins 20 Alternating Side Lunges both sides equals one
AB Work – We dried the grass for the next group
30 IC Flutter kicks 10 IC Freddy Mercuries 10 IC LBC 3 x 10cnt Superman’s
.5 Mile Mosey to bridge Bear Crawl up and to the end of the bridge Crab walk back and down. .5 Mile Mosey back to tires with a stop where PAX rotated in to complete 10 at your own pace dips
Finished with ABs 30 IC Flutter Kicks 10 IC Freddy Mercuries 10 IC Leg Raises
MOLESKINE: We got wet, we did burpees, for those who don’t have gloves: the concrete made our hands hurt. Next time bring gloves!
ANNOUNCEMENTS: The Tire Station officially launches May 5th. Let’s show up.
COT: Prayers for co-workers, and those around us who may be losing their job
PLAYLIST: Not my favorite –

[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.
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Stadiums

Date: 2026-03-17 AO: offthebooks Q: Steely , PAX: Horizon, Fabuloso, Butterfingers, Steely FNGs: None COUNT: 4 CONDITIONS: Cold, 26
WARMUP: Side Straddle Hops 20 IC Stretches
THE THANG: Mosey Stoped for 20 slow IC Squats Mosey to the stadium Did stadiums Bathroom break!! Incline Merkins Step ups Mosey Bear crawls / Sprints x2 Flutter kicks / WW1 Mosey, Indian style 20 on your own Merkins Mosey, Indian style 5 burpees Mosey, Indian style Partners up for tire flips / sprints x2 Mosey Pull ups OYO Mosey 5 dips / 5 leg lifts on dip bar X2 Mosey back
MOLESKINE: Q felt like either puking or passing out at the end. The bathrooms at the stadium were open!! Praise God!
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PLAYLIST: Jack FM!

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:
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