[Pain Train] 2 year anniversary celebration

Date: 2026-04-03 AO: Pain Train Q: Timber , PAX: Cheeks, Étouffée, Half Lyfe, Stubs, Pebbles, Shakira, Siri, Derby, Timber, Pitmaster, FLO, Chili Dip FNGs: None COUNT: 12 CONDITIONS: 68 degrees, just right
WARMUP: BAC/back BACs, merkins, LS squats, motivators from 5, mosey to cinderblocks and grab 1, mosey to pull-up bars
THE THANG: hit each exercise, rinse and repeat adding 1 extra rep each round; start at 5 reps (start at 10 to level up) Pull-ups Apolo Ohnos Imperial Blocksters Nolan Ryan’s The Lion Kings Run (~100 yrds) American Hammers Iron Mikes No cheat merkins
*finished with pull-up ring of fire. Dead hang, go in circle, everyone does 1 PU and then 2 for 2nd round.
MOLESKINE: Étouffée and Derby leveled up X2 with extra weight! Shakira has made impressive gains, enjoyed fellowship afterwards, thanks Cheeks for the hot brew, thanks Publix for the buy 1 get 1 free muffins and cold brew.
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Pitmaster hosting a cookout, F3 dads event upcoming in May, check slack for more announcements and details.
COT: motivation is not a good foundation for long term success. Some of the top companies in the world have been studied to find what separates them from everyone else. As it is with the most successful people, you can’t let motivation be your driving factor in working hard. Motivation comes and goes. Some companies crushed it early on, and when things got challenging, they folded, went bankrupt, etc. As Christ did on his walk to Calvary, when things are challenging and hard, which they will be at times, put 1 foot in front of the next and keep marching.
Thanks, Wolfpack and Siri for helping get pain-train going 2 years ago.
PLAYLIST: tunes were so-so (had to start with “Timber”)

The Eddy

Date: 2026-03-30 AO: The Eddy Q: Stubs , PAX: FLO, Legos, Choo Choo, Stubs, Motorola, Juicy J, Roadkill FNGs: None COUNT: 7 CONDITIONS: Almost perfect WARMUP:
THE THANG: Ensworth loop MOLESKINE: “You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.”  – Aristotle
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Crawfish Boil
COT: prayers and coffee
PLAYLIST:

Eddy Pitmaster throwdown

Date: 2026-03-16 AO: The Eddy Q: Pitmaster , PAX: Legos, Juicy J, Pitmaster, Choo Choo, Half Lyfe, Roadkill, Stubs, Motorola, FLO FNGs: None COUNT: 9 CONDITIONS: chilly
WARMUP:
THE THANG: 3 mile Ruck- Edwin Warner
MOLESKINE: Word of wisdom from Pitmaster
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Pitmaster cookout of course!
COT: Prayers up
PLAYLIST:

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:

4 co-workateers

Date: 2026-03-09 AO: coworking Q: Juicy J PAX: morning stār, Natural Ice, FLO FNGs: None COUNT: 4 Working and walking happened to the daily Panera sound track.
We concluded that AI is like a teenager/20 year old … sometimes it doesn’t do what it says it did and yet it’s always confident. Providing context is important. Opportunities to have some extra grace and repeating oneself are also bound to happen.

The Stubs Trail

Date: 2026-03-02 AO: the_eddy Q: Roadkill PAX: Juicy J, Stubs, FLO, Legos, Motorola FNGs: None COUNT: 6 CONDITIONS: drizzly
WARMUP: nah
THE THANG: Brisk walk up the Ukraine trail with a detour to the newly named Stubs trail. Q energy had me walking too fast…
MOLESKINE:“The difference between successful people and really successful people is that really successful people say no to almost everything.” — Warren Buffett
The big takeaway I’ve had from all the other moleskins lately is making sure we’re focusing our time on higher things, serving others and the right things. Sometimes saying no is the best way to make that happen.
ANNOUNCEMENTS: none
COT: Prayers for our nation, troops, and all those suffering and impacted.
PLAYLIST: Rain….

No time to waste

Date: 2026-02-27 AO: pain-train Q: Stubs PAX: Shakira, Derby, Cheeks, Chili Dip, FLO, Stubs, Pitmaster, G-string FNGs: None COUNT: 8 CONDITIONS: Chillier than expected but steamy by the end
WARMUP: SSH x25 BACs x15 BACBACs x15 Slow squats x 10 Slow Mercans x5 WMH OYO Slow mosey with sand bags to the hill
THE THANG: Part 1 The hill 3 sets 15x Carolina Dry Docks at bottom Bear crawl up hill (sandbag drag modify up) 20x LBC
Part 2 Mosey to start of ADA ramp Lunge walk with sand bags up the length of ramp
Sandbag carry to playground
Part 3 Dora 200x bent over rows Timer runs short track around playground
150 sand bags bench presses Timer runs approx 2/3 of short track
200 Bear Hug burpees Timer runs approx 1/3 of short track around playground
Sandbag shoulder carry walk around the park
MARY: various counts of JLo’s, burpees, leg raises, low slow squats

MOLESKINE: Time is our most precious commodity and can be a thief. Be mindful of how we are using it.
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Upcoming events: Holy Smokers, Merkin Madness, Growth School, Biscuit run…check general channel
COT: prayed out. Congrats to Derby on the forthcoming 2.0
PLAYLIST: the sound of pain leaving the body

Reach Higher

Date: 2026-02-24 AO: the_eddy Q: Wolfpack PAX: Stubs, Roadkill, FLO, Choo Choo FNGs: None COUNT: 5 CONDITIONS: brrrrrrr
WARMUP: Too cold for warming up
THE THANG: Stayed on the paved path like good rule following PAX.
MOLESKINE: “Let go of lower things, reach higher” Encouragement to PAX to take inventory of the things we think are serving us in life and find places to let go and reach higher.
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Check out NattyIce post in -f3-nashville-general
COT: Prayers lifted
PLAYLIST: The woods of Edwin and mumblechatters

Walk at the Greenway

Date: 2026-02-16 AO: the_eddy Q: Motorola PAX: FLO, Legos, Roadkill FNGs: None COUNT: 4 CONDITIONS: Foggy
THE THANG: 2-mile-ish out and back at the Greenway
MOLESKINE: In honor of Presidents’ Day, “Whatever you are, be a good one.” Abraham Lincoln
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Holy Smokers
PRAYER REQUESTS: Aaron Stokes, Austin Huskey, and their families. Aaron, Huskey, and two others died in a plane crash last week. I went on a fishing trip with Aaron last fall and was emailing with him last week. Prayers for their families.

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Date: 2026-02-13 AO: pain-train Q: Sooie PAX: Juicy J, FLO, Roadkill, Sooie FNGs: None COUNT: 4 CONDITIONS: Cold. Crisp. Waning crescent moon. Frost-bitten field. The kind of morning that makes poor decisions feel noble.
WARMUP: With only FLO and I present at 0530 we began with the F3 heresy of stretching. For a fleeting moment, I considered bypassing the labor entirely, fast-forwarding straight to coffeeteria, forging an epic backblast, and pretending the tables had been arduously carried. But before temptation could commit, Roadkill and Juicy J arrived in unison. And just like that, the motion I once considered… was tabled. We then as a group performed: – Motivators – Walkout merkins – Low slow squats
THE THANG: THE BEAST Six cones. Straight line. Ten yards apart. At each cone: 6 reps. Carry the tables the entire distance. Complete the circuit 6 times. Partner up. Acquire lumber. Cone 1: Merkins Cone 2: Table Squats (one PAX per side) Cone 3: Skull Crushers (incline Carolina Dry Dock style, hands on table) Cone 4: Step-Ups — 2 is 1 (Originally table walk-overs… but frost + slick lumber suggested we adjourn before litigation was introduced.) Cone 5: Dips Cone 6: Decline or Incline Merkins (dealer’s choice)
Lumber migrated. Shoulders fatigued. Grip integrity declined. Rounds accumulated.
Inspired by doubles luge, we proceeded to perform doubles WWII’s upon the table tops, undulating our torsos in unison! jk/lol we did not.
Instead, we shifted to ISO holds: – Reverse plank – Low plank Followed by suicide sprints to retrieve cones. 10 yards out and back. 20 yards. 30 yards. …and so on. Each cone claimed = points earned. Speed gradually decreased. Breathing escalated. Dignity fluctuated.
The remaining minutes were surrendered to abdominal exercises, as mandated by F3 law and upheld by unanimous consent.
MOLESKINE: Reflected on the faithfulness of God in the midst of uncertain circumstances.
ANNOUNCEMENTS: holy smokers Leanpax at an end. T-claps to those who made it through!
COT: Prayers lifted. Coffee enjoyed.
PLAYLIST: Gasps and Groans by the 440+