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[Iron Giant] Iron Giant

Date: 2026-09-28 AO: Iron Giant Q: hambone , PAX: hambone, Creatine, Happy Trees, Horizon, Goat Knuckle FNGs: 1 Goat Knuckle COUNT: 5 CONDITIONS: COLD (just kidding, but not bad)
WARMUP: lots of warmup–in fact, Goat Knuckle inflicted this pain on the baseball team later on.
The pax did many bag carrying and movement exercises–good job, crew.
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Tire Station Bootcamp

Date: 2026-09-29 AO: Tire Station Q: Horizon , PAX: Happy Trees, Tigger, One Inch, Locksmith, Horizon, Splitter FNGs: None COUNT: 6 CONDITIONS: Refreshing low 50s, calm
WARMUP: Willie Mays, SSH, Toy Soldier, Hillbillies, Imperial Walkers, Small arm Circles
THE THANG: Elevens with kettle bell swings and overhead press as a starter 4 stations setup in a rectangle with one station in the middle: Station 1 – Curls Station 2 – Flutter kicks Station 3 – Squats Station 4 – Merkins Middle station – Burpees
Start at 20 reps with stations 1-4 5 burpees at the middle station
Each round thereafter, decrease by one except the burpees.
MARY: Big boy sit-ups, high plank
MOLESKINE: Staying out of the grass – it’s wet. Where’s Steely? How many reps am I at?
ANNOUNCEMENTS: TN Tussle, CSAUP 21 miler from Gallatin to Madison, check slack for details
COT: One inch’s dad – health and family dynamics
PLAYLIST: The sound of men pushing themselves outside their comfort zone.
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[The Castle] The Castle – New duration – The Castle is now 1 hour

Date: 2026-09-26 AO: The Castle Q: Dilbert , PAX: Creatine, hambone, Steely, Dr. Brown Slip, Happy Trees, Dilbert, Mr. Pancake, Barney, Makita, Horizon FNGs: None COUNT: 10 CONDITIONS: friggin perfect
WARMUP: SSH, typewriters, arm circles
THE THANG: the 1 hr thang TABATA Round 1 – 1 min 40 sec on and 20 rest Stretchy band back pull Heavy bat shoulder rotation Curls Gas pump Abyss merkins Front raised shoulder hold 10 sec at a time 80 lb Sandbag squat thrust 30 lb Kettlebell swing toss as far as you can 55 lb Side lunges 100 lb Tombstone carry
Mosey to Makita car to fetch the frisbee
Round 2 – 30 sec on and 10 sec rest
5 v 5 Ultimate frisbee
MARY: none
MOLESKINE: lots of mubblechatter
ANNOUNCEMENTS: lots happening in October
COT:
PLAYLIST: various high energy songs
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Tire Station Bootcamp

Date: 2026-09-22 AO: Tire Station Q: Locksmith , PAX: Happy Trees, Cross-stitch, Splitter, Horizon, Locksmith, Steely, Flipper FNGs: None COUNT: 7 CONDITIONS:
WARMUP: Micheal Phelps Good Mornings Short Mosey
THE THANG:
10 tire flips out 10 Merks 10 tire flips back 10 Merks 10 tire flips out 10 decline Merks 10 tire flips back 10 decline Merks 10 tire flips out 10 Carolina dry docks 10 tire flips back 10 Carolina dry docks Mosey 10 incline rows on bar / 10 Merks (x3) Repeat tire flips out schedule dropping to sets of 5 on the flip side Mosey You call it for final 6min on your 6 Superman’s/planks/dead bugs/A Franklin’s/missing a couple there/Merks for final 30sec
MARY:
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[Iron Giant] Iron Giant

Date: 2026-09-21 AO: Iron Giant Q: Dilbert , PAX: Happy Trees, Horizon, hambone, Creatine, Dilbert FNGs: None COUNT: 5 CONDITIONS: Warm but appears to be getting cooler, thankfully
WARMUP: SSH, Good mornings, arm circles, typewritters
THE THANG: Mosey to the middle of the baseball fields where we spent the full time with some heavy objects
Tabata: 1 min on 20 sec rest 7 stations
100 lb tombstone – carry 40 ish feet, set it down, repeat 30 lb kettlebell oblique sitting twist 45 lb curls 25 lb big boy situps 80 lb bleacher stands climb up and down uneven abyss merkins 55 lb heavy bag on a rope pull up from top bleacher seat (about 15-18′ of pulling), drop to ground, repeat
mosey back to Startex.
MARY: none, finished 10 sec over time
MOLESKINE: lots of good mumblechatter
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Check slack, join my Wounded Warrior Ruck team Oct 10
COT:
PLAYLIST: Rock
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[The Castle] Pre-party run

Date: 2026-09-19 AO: The Castle Q: Strutter , PAX: Happy Trees, hambone, Flipper, Waymo (formerly Space Baby), Strutter, Dr. Brown Slip, Rewind FNGs: 1 Rewind COUNT: 7 CONDITIONS: Still hot WARMUP:
THE THANG: 2-ish mile OAB MARY:
MOLESKINE:
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
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[The Castle] The Castle

Date: 2026-09-19 AO: The Castle Q: Makita , PAX: Makita, Mr. Pancake, Happy Trees, Barney, SalPal, hambone, Locksmith, Butterfingers, Steely, Flipper, Waymo (formerly Space Baby), Creatine, Dr. Brown Slip, Dilbert, Pep, Strutter, Rewind FNGs: 1 Rewind COUNT: 17 CONDITIONS: Moist :sweat_drops:
WARMUP: 15 SSH, Forward Fold, Willy Mays Hayes, Good Mornings on your own, 15 Imperial Walkers, 15 Hillbillies
THE THANG: Mosey to Parking Lot right by the Police car. “Nothing illegal going on here Officer :male-police-officer:” 25 Squats, Side Shuffle to the Police Car ish. 25 Merkins, Bear Crawl back to start 25 Lunges (Each leg is half), caricoa to Police car 25 Mountain Climbers, Sprint back to start Repeat from bottom to top.
Very quick 5 count.
25 Squats, Run to the Memorial Wall and back 25 Merkins, Run to the Memorial Wall and back 25 Walking Lunges towards Memorial Wall, run remainder of the way and back 25 LBC’s run up the hill and back 10 Burpees and run up the hill and back
MARY: She was present. Steely thought we were done. :face_palm2:
MOLESKINE: My speaker is not a giveaway Dr. Brown Slip :mullet:
ANNOUNCEMENTS: CSAUP 21, Spartan Race, Tennessee Tussle, Struggle 007…Check Slack…
COT: Prayers for Pep and his recovery, Squatter and his family, everyone’s travels, and any other prayers mentioned and not mentioned.
PLAYLIST: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4Zt1uqy3L9Zt6yVmk2fl3J?si=94693a3824184ad1&pt=4927639ad547895268af2d3dbfbc1e72

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Tire Station Bootcamp

Date: 2026-09-15 AO: Tire Station Q: Happy Trees , Horizon PAX: One Inch, Horizon, Happy Trees FNGs: None COUNT: 3 CONDITIONS: cool low 70s
WARMUP:
THE THANG: combo of Merkins Superman’s pull ups hangs leg extensions, lunges, ab work, running speed sessions at 50% 60% 70% and 80% second half handoff shout out to horizon for finishing up. Combo Merkins squats. Big boy sit-ups.
MARY:
MOLESKINE:
ANNOUNCEMENTS: 21 mile October 24 gallatin to Madison. Go check out 1 inch’s coffee shop Goodlettsville.
COT: prayer for Keith’s father. Horizon will be traveling.
PLAYLIST: