Cruel Hall

Date: 2026-04-10 AO: Cruel Hall Q: Focker , PAX: Young and Restless, Focker, Esposa, Donkey Hammer, tampalibra, Pedialyte, Michael Freiburg, Tinkertoy, Sherpa, Matador (DR) FNGs: None COUNT: 10 CONDITIONS: cool with an awe-inspiring sunrise
WARMUP: various stretches while the 0531 convoy rolled in
THE THANG: 5 pull ups, 10 bar rows, 15 shoulder presses, 20 incline merkins Followed by various core engaging exercises (planks, flutters, hammers, bird dogs, Superman’s, dead bugs)
Repeat for entire workout
MOLESKINE: tampalibra bemoaning the faulty alarm clocks of half our PAX. Esposa always finding a new topic of conversation. Everyone saying “wow Focker what a great workout this is”
ANNOUNCEMENTS: impossible mile, march into may, various rucking challenges and go see 4:13!
COT: thankful for DR matador joining us! Prayers for Sherpa ministering to his wife in a tough time. Hopefully last interview for my wife.
PLAYLIST: good oldies

Middle Tooth

Date: 2026-04-07 AO: Middle Tooth Q: Focker , PAX: Pepsi, Tinkertoy, Esposa, Focker, DrRupp, Matador, Betty Ford, Toothless, Pep, Topanga (Scott), sooner FNGs: None COUNT: 11 CONDITIONS: perfect for what we had ahead of us
WARMUP: stretches and a jog
THE THANG: “Killer B’s” Broad Jump 10 yards, do 10 burpees, 10 Bonnie Blairs (jump lunges) and 10 Big Boi situps. Broad Jump 10 yards, do 10 burpees, 10 Bonnie Blairs (jump lunges) and 10 Big Boi situps. Broad Jump 10 yards, do 10 burpees, 10 Bonnie Blairs (jump lunges) and 10 Big Boi situps. Bear crawl back 30 yards.
Did this for 5 rounds
MOLESKINE: Everyone kept talking about much fun this was and wanted a longer version where the exercises were continuous. Maybe in a mile format perhaps
ANNOUNCEMENTS: -impossible mile April 23 – Matador doing his own Plankpril – March into May step challenge
COT: -illnesses and deaths -tolerating family -job interview for my M
PLAYLIST: “B” related songs

Dora and Boots

Date: 2026-04-03 AO: Cruel Hall Q: Tinkertoy , PAX: Focker, Donkey Hammer, Matador, Michael Freiburg, Esposa, Pedialyte, Tinkertoy FNGs: None COUNT: 7 CONDITIONS: decent. humidish
WARMUP: dynamics: jog, imperials, hillbillies, hip rotations, Frankensteins. Static: WMH, down dog, foot to elbow, cobra, scorpion, arm circles, Phelps, OHS.
THE THANG: Dora 6 rounds (work/1 lap) -10 Coupon Merkins / hold plank 6 rounds (work/1 lap) -15 Overhead squats / lunge in place 6 rounds (work/1 lap) -20 Coupon scull crushers / curls 6 rounds (work/1 lap) -15 Coupon thrusters / lunge in place 6 rounds (work/1 lap) -10 Coupon snatch / WW1 Circle of thrust if time
MOLESKINE: No rest. A lot of running. Okay playlist.
ANNOUNCEMENTS: He has risen
COT: Pastor Jay at Brentwood Baptist Tinkertoy’s brother’s father-in-law on hospice Focker’s wife considering full time work at FRA
PLAYLIST: Mediocre alternative music

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

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

Cold but not as cold as next week

Date: 2026-01-22 AO: greenmachine Q: Pep PAX: Squatter, Cowboy, Betty Ford, Esposa, Shania, Black Lung, Focker, Sherlock, Yalp FNGs: 1 Yalp COUNT: 10 CONDITIONS: Cold but not cold like next week
PLAYLIST: F- : no playlist.
WARMUP: – imperial walker – Good morning – Willie mays Hayes – Hillbillies
THE THANG: Travel around sideline of field Pax moving in a line, last man up runs to the front (Indian run) Movements – mosey – Lunges – Bear crawl – Bernie – Sideways – Duck walk
ANNOUNCEMENTS: – leanpax : “you’ll feel better in the morning to reject short term gratification”
COT: – yalp mom in stage three cancer

Pep does it again

AO: greenmachine
Q: Pep
PAX: Grape, Cowboy, Toothless, bluemule, Focker, Shania, moneyshot, Shy Guy, Peaches,d-flat
FNGs: None
COUNT: 11
CONDITIONS: January warm

Playlist: 80’s karaoke, provided by Grape
Grade: A

WARMUP:
Requisite and obligatory ssh
Imperial walkers
Seal claps
Good mornings

THE THANG:
Peaches (down ranger) took first fifteen minutes
– demotivates (forgot name) – exercise of ssh broken into parts
– Bear crawl the from one sideline to the other
– burpees : 1 at first number, 2 at hash mark, 3 at middle, 4 at hash mark, 5 at second number
.
– More demotivates
– Lunge back from sideline to sideline
– instead of burpees, mericans
– More demotivates
pep time:
– rectangle: from end zone to fifty yardline across to sideline, back to end zone, then sideline to sideline
– one partner runs the rectangle while the other moves in a slower motion through the rectangle
. When the runner gets back to partner they switch.
– Slow movements:
– lunge twist
– Komodo dragon
– Reverse lunge
– Bear crawl
– 11’s at hill: mericans + ww1
– Back to startx for short Mary

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
– leanpax
– rumors have it that some have lost 20lbs already (unconfirmed
)

COT:
– grapes dad head surgery. Done yesterday but dad is still unconscious (expected)
– Shy guy: new baby. Rumor has it that he doesn’t wake to do feedings (unconfirmed)

12 Days of Squatmas

AO: cruelhall
Q: tampalibra
PAX: Esposa, Donkey Hammer, Focker, Pedialyte, Tinkertoy
FNGs: None
COUNT: 6
SSH x 50
Squats SL x 10
Late penalty burpees x 20

THANG:
12 Days style – 1 rep of the first, 2 reps of the 2nd + 1 rep of the first, etc

Intentionally threw a ton of new movements focused on foundational strength, taking care of core, low back, and shoulders.

Rx: 30lb block

– Pistol hop (from a sitting position, holding block, single leg get up with power hop). 1 each leg.
– Worthy squats (Squat with straight arm block hold, we’re not worthy at the bottom)
– Referee jump. Modify to Iron Mike if needed (2 is 1)
– Around the world deep squat (4 each side, block around your noggin and back)
– Tennessee Wedding Dates (Hold top of APD with block overhead, reach it back down behind head and back up)
– Haunted tower (plank feet on bench and block in front, hands step up onto block and back down. 6 each side)
– Block pullover (Press block out front, back in, hinge it over your head and back (like you’re taking off a sweater))
– Thruster
– Angel crunch (crunchy with a block and on the picnic table)
– Ground 2 OH (block go on ground now block go overhead)
– Hinge squat (block squat, hinge and like your six at the bottom and back down)
– Plank reach (low plank, reach and touch block, rocking at full extension to extend further

Trail Runners 50K training =?utf-8?q??= 🤡

AO: nashville-running
Q: Chunks
PAX: Natural Ice, Right Said, Derby, Juicy J, Focker, Chunks
FNGs: None
COUNT: 6
CONDITIONS: 26 degrees NP

WARMUP: upper left groin stretch

THE THANG: 5.1 mile Mossy Ridge Trail run

MOLESKINE: good conversation trying to stay warm

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Right Said only wears 1 layer :flushed:

COT:

Emergency Q

AO: detention
Q: Donkey Hammer
PAX: Accounts Receivable, Movin On Up, Cal Worthington, Pedialyte, Esposa, Tinkertoy, Kraut, Harry Caray, Fortran, Deep State, Michael Freiburg, Focker
FNGs: None
COUNT: 13
CONDITIONS:
48 degrees, dark

WARMUP:
easy short loop, old man stretches

THE THANG:
short jog to Sir Winston Church Hill

11’s – atomic merkins at the bottom, jump squats at the top

short jog back to the start
Tabata 40 seconds on/15 seconds off- multiple rounds of Jane Fondas, SLR, imperial walkers, hillbillies, calf raises, Freddy Mercs, shoulder taps

MOLESKINE:
Thanks for letting me be the emergency Q. We made it up as we went but the energy level was high. Most animated coffeeteria I’ve seen in a while.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Crieve Hall Butter Ball Crawl this Thursday. Run starts at 7am. Coffee and pancakes after. Bring the whole family. EZ-Go sent out a sign up for planning purposes. $5 donation encouraged. We will also meet up Wednesday night for prerun planning and putting out signs. I’ll send out a time when I know it.

COT:
Thinking about Deep State ‘s aunt and Dale Clay.