The Buffalo

Date: 2026-05-01 AO: The Buffalo Q: Hot Route , PAX: Third Coast, The Bobs, Hot Route, Hipster, Giving Tree, greyalbum, Ultratecht, Waymo (formerly Space Baby) FNGs: None COUNT: 8 CONDITIONS: crisp
WARMUP: mosey and standards
THE THANG: 1min w/coupon: Russian high knees Scissors Squat jumps Groiners
45s on w/coupon and full court suicide in between: Bus drivers Leg raises Thrusters Boat rockers Squat curls Goblet curtesy Hammers Single leg RDL
45s wall sits with swerkins and pistol squats in between on the swing set
MOLESKINE: pink floyd got some chatter as we went through early Syd Barrett to mopey miserable Roger waters and then the great Gilmour years
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Ultratecht gets his 10-yr chip today, congrats and well done on the feat! TAPs for Squatter and wife. East side is praying for ya.
COT: delightful ballz
PLAYLIST: music.apple.com/us/playlist/pink-floyd/pl.u-xlyNJRYuvRNg1

Titan

Date: 2026-04-29 AO: Titan Q: Esposa , PAX: Pep, Hipster, Papa Bear, CubCadet, Esposa, Saigon Sam FNGs: None COUNT: 6 CONDITIONS: Crisp and the Ground was wet with puddles
WARMUP: Espoga= (Yoga+Bro) Esposa/Thunderburpee
THE THANG: Playground led by DR Saigon Sam. Dips, step ups, pull ups
4 corners Around Parthenon 25 dry docks 25 LBC 25 drop squats 50 plank jacks High skip Karaoke left Karaoke Right Bernie 25 merkins 25 aqua man’s 25 Bonnie Blair 50 Hill Billy’s
MOLESKINE:
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Ruck see Hipster tampalibra
COT: Prayers for Frank, Kevin new life
PLAYLIST: LA Riots inspired with it being April 29th 1992

[After Hours] After Hours Bootcamp

Date: 2026-04-21 AO: After Hours Q: Strutter , PAX: Hipster, Strutter FNGs: COUNT: 2 CONDITIONS: Balmy WARMUP: A lap around the state. 20 SSH IC THE THANG: We started with a fast loop around the ruins. Headed to the amphitheater. Up and down the stairs with a stop each way for an exercise. In no particular order: Squats -std Squats – s&d Irkins Dips Split Squats Mosey back to start. Ran up the Capital hill to see the sunset. Down the stairs. Repeato. MOLESKINE Great 2nd F following the workout. Got to meet @Tootsie who is looking to get back into F3. ANNOUNCEMENTS: Holy Smokers Thursday COT:
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The Stronghold – Cindy 500 workout

Date: 2026-04-09 AO: The Stronghold Q: Purple Tiger , PAX: Brown Slip, tampalibra, Tinkertoy, Red Skull, Decaf, Hipster, Wham-O, Purple Tiger, Young and Restless, Barney, Chunks, T-Bone, Groot, Mator, CheeseWiz, Hot Topic, Angry Bird, Holy Water, Turkey, Toto, Chicken Little, Honey Badger, Precious FNGs: 2 Honey Badger, Precious COUNT: 23 CONDITIONS: Perfect
WARMUP: Will update
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Tortoise and Hair

Date: 2026-04-07 AO: Tortoise and Hair Q: Red Skull , PAX: Brown Slip, Crawlspace, Barney, Hipster, Right Said, Chunks, Pearl (Jonathan Halter), Wham-O, Red Skull, hambone, Decaf, SalPal, Young and Restless, Squid (Boise), Angry Bird, Groot, T-Bone, Turkey, Hot Topic, Cheese Wiz, Holy Water, Mater FNGs: None COUNT: 22 CONDITIONS: Perfect PR weather, 46 with a hint of a sunrise
WARMUP: Led by Cheese Wiz who took us through the standard pre-run activities
THE THANG: RUN!!!
MOLESKINE: We had five out of eight 4:13 Strong guys set a PR today, and 7 out of 8 finished below 30 mins. This is by far the fastest class we have had. Next week, everyone finishes sub 30!
ANNOUNCEMENTS: The Standing Strong Dinner is this Thursday. If you are interested in joining us, let me know. We have a few available seats.
Signing Day for this class will be Friday, 4/17. Make plans to enjoy the celebration and stick around for some lunch and fellowship. We will begin the ceremony at 11:30am.
COT: Prayers for strength, healing and guidance

The Buffalo

Date: 2026-04-03 AO: The Buffalo Q: Hot Route , PAX: greyalbum, Third Coast, The Bobs, Waymo (formerly Space Baby), Hipster, Makita (Anderson Fader), Giving Tree, Ultratecht, Hot Route, Mr. Roboto, Cowboy, The General FNGs: 1 The General COUNT: 12 apostles CONDITIONS: pretty damn good
WARMUP: mosey around the block and standard warmarama
THE THANG: partnered up and each group grabbed a coupon as our ‘cross to bear’ while running down to the pavilion alternating who carries. Tables: 1min ea Box jumps Bulgarian Split Squats DIDs Table lifts
Partners: 45s of coupon exercise whilst other does LBCs or Hammers Squat thrust Forward raise RDLs alternating merkin kettle swings Incline ski jumps (altogether)
Mosey up Stairway to Heaving w/partner and coupons
Abs on the bball court: V-ups Crunchy frogs 5-sec plank + merkin ABCs
MOLESKINE: Theme was ‘good’ and playlist followed suit. Big number today and good to have a full group of apostles
ANNOUNCEMENTS: East side hang 4/7 at BC as posted above. Fridays by River starts today. 10,000 steps. Upcoming races. Songwriter night. Check main channel.
COT: TAPs to Hipster friend going through divorce and @Mr. Roboto daughter
PLAYLIST: music.apple.com/us/playlist/good/pl.u-kv9lReltDqYAk

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

The Stronghold

Date: 2026-03-26 AO: The Stronghold Q: Wham-O , PAX: Pearl (Jonathan Halter), Swig, Red Skull, Wham-O, Hipster, Dan and Dave, Tinkertoy, Barney, Nut spread, 4:13 strong men, Sparky FNGs: 1 Sparky COUNT: 19 CONDITIONS: first warm morning
WARMUP: relaxing
THE THANG:
March Madness
– round of 64 1. Mountain climbers (cadence) 2. Side straddle hop (cadence) 3. Flutter kicks
STRONG MAN FOUL SHOT missed = 64 Merkins, Hit = 32 merkins
– Round of 32 1. Squats 2. Overhead presses (cadence) 3. Iron mikes (2 is 1)
STRONG MAN FOUL SHOT missed = 32 Merkins, Hit = 16 merkins
– Sweet 16 1. American hammer (cadence) 2. Peter Parker Merkins 3. Lunges down and back
STRONG MAN FOUL SHOT missed = 16 Merkins, Hit = 8 merkins
– Championship 1. F3 march madness men (Barney and Tinkertoy go head to head on as many merkins as possible (in cadence) to fail 2. PAX position of pain (merkin, squat, mt climb, lbc)
F3 MAN FOUL SHOT missed = 20 Merkins, Hit = 10 merkins
Finisher: Plank high five line (end of game)
MOLESKINE: skipped Elite 8 and Final 4
ANNOUNCEMENTS: – F3 fundraising dinner 4/9 – SIGN UP NOW! – Picture attached is from Dinner, our church group served the 4:13 strong men and got to be a part of their world for the evening. Such an honor, and so much fun! Strongly encourage all F3 men to connect with Decaf on how you can get more involved outside of the gloom.
COT: prayers for Pearl (Jonathan Halter)’s nephew who’s friend just took his own life. Pray for stability in his home (support) and for his own mental health while in grief.
PLAYLIST: nonexistent

Tortoise and Hair

Date: 2026-03-24 AO: The Stronghold Q: Red Skull , PAX: Hipster, Crawlspace, Brown Slip, Red Skull, Pearl (Jonathan Halter), Barney, Decaf, Right Said, Wham-O, Stir Fry, Angry Bird, Groot, T-Bone, Turkey, Hot Topic, Cheese Wiz, Holy Water, Mater FNGs: None COUNT: 18 CONDITIONS: A very cold and dark 43 degrees with a much lower “feels like” temperature.
WARMUP: Standard pre-run warm-up: SSH, Squats, IWs, Stretches, WMH
THE THANG: RUN!!! 3 miles around the 4:13 Strong campus.
MOLESKINE: We had 3 men set a new PR this morning, one of which was a new fastest time for this class. Holy Water coming in at a fast 23:30!
ANNOUNCEMENTS: 4:13 Strong Standing Strong Dinner at Rocketown is two weeks away. Secure you spot be registering now. Once the table is full, the spots are gone!
COT: Prayers for strength, truth and wisdom.
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Music City Boyz

Date: 2026-02-21 AO: the-castle Q: Cross-stitch PAX: Fabuloso, Strutter, Butterfingers, Steely, Brown Slip, Squatter, Hipster, Space Baby, Dilbert, Pep, Beary Queen – BQ, Spellcheck FNGs: None COUNT: 13 CONDITIONS:
WARMUP: 1. Good Mornings 2. Willy mays hays 3. Bac bacs 4. Micheal Phelps
THE THANG:
The Q plays “Tubthumping” by Chumbawamba. Start with SSH at the beginning of the song, and every time they say, “I get knocked down, but I get up again,” do a burpee. While not doing burpees, continue performing SSH.
Born to Lunge Play Bruce Springsteen’s “Born to Run” and do lunges around the speaker. If the PAX gases out, switch to reverse
Cotton-eyed Joe The Q plays “Cotton Eye Joe” by Rednex. SSH / Banjo solo: CEJ / Woman singing: Merkins
The twist American hammers Half way Imperial walkers
Done to Van Halen’s Jump from the 1984 album. Pax will hold an air chair. Every time you hear “jump” you complete one jump squat.
Baba orielly 5 mins of imperial walkers
Listen to “Get Lucky” by Daft Punk, and every time they say “get lucky” do a merkin. Every time the song says “we’re up all night” hold an Al Gore until he says “get lucky” again.
Proud Mary – CCR Perform Big Boy Situps until ”Rolling”, switch to Gas Pumps for each “Rolling”, then to Flutter kick after “Rolling”, then back to Gas Pumps during “Rolling”, then back to Big Boy Situps. Repeat til song ends.
Phil Collins’s ending