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[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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[The Castle] The Castle Pre-party run

Date: 2026-06-06 AO: The Castle Q: Strutter , PAX: Butterfingers, Chunks, Dr. Brown Slip, Strutter, Locksmith, Horizon FNGs: COUNT: 6 CONDITIONS: Beautiful morning. WARMUP:
THE THANG: 2+ mile run before the workout. MARY:
MOLESKINE:
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
COT:
PLAYLIST:
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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
MARY:
MOLESKINE:
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
COT:
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[Iron Giant] Iron Giant

Date: 2026-05-25 AO: Iron Giant Q: Dilbert , PAX: Butterfingers, Horizon, Cross-stitch, Locksmith, Dilbert, Steely FNGs: None COUNT: 6 CONDITIONS: muggy and foggy
WARMUP: none get moving
THE THANG: Murph
Some modified, some didn’t but we all pushed for over an hour
MARY: none
MOLESKINE: God mumble chatter and met Ben, maybe a new FNG. He was doing the Murph alongside us
ANNOUNCEMENTS: check slack
COT:
PLAYLIST: 90’s rock
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Too Many to List

Date: 2026-05-19 AO: Tire Station Q: Steely , PAX: Butterfingers, Country Parkour, Tigger, Coach Nado, Horizon, Locksmith, Steely, One Wheel FNGs: None COUNT: 8 CONDITIONS: Warm!
WARMUP: SSH x 25IC IMPERIAL WALKER x 25IC WINDMILLS x 10 IC GOOD MORNINGS OYO SLOW SQUATS x 15
THE THANG: Mosied to greenway asphalt
THE GRINDER:
10 Burpees OYO 20 Merkins slow and controlled OYO 30 LBCs OYO 40 Squats 50-yard Bear Crawl 100 yard Mosey – 50 yards 60% / 50 yards 100%
DORA 1-2-3:
Partnered up One partner Mosied 100 yard Second partner accumulates reps Switching whenever runner returns
100 Big Boy Sit Ups 200 Carolina Drydocks 300 Flutter kicks (2 is one)
THREE CORNERS OF PAIN:
Corner 1: 15 Jump Squats
Bear crawl to second corner
Corner 2: 15 Hand release Merkins
Bear crawl to third corner
Corner 3: 15 alternating lunges
Crab walk to starting point
Finish with 15 dips.
MARY:
MOLESKINE:
ChatGPT must think we’re beasts because it’s creates some intense exercises.
We struggled through it and made it to the other side
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Check slack for things going on.
COT:
Prayers for Squaters wife, and family. Don’t be shy about being vulnerable with each other, it’s something like 8out of 10 Suicides in the US are committed by men. Let’s us share each others burdens. Show up for each other.
PLAYLIST: Classic Rock again. I think I need a better mix. That’ll be on my agenda!!
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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
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[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 –
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[The Castle] Let’s get TIRED

Date: 2026-04-14 AO: The Castle Q: Dilbert , PAX: Locksmith, Horizon, Cross-stitch, Dilbert, MapQuest FNGs: None COUNT: 5 CONDITIONS: Perfect, 60 and no wind
WARMUP: SSH, Good mornings, arm circles,
THE THANG: Deck of opportunity (sounds nicer than deck of pain)
Standard deck of cards Hearts – Tire flips Diamonds – Derkins clubs – slow crunches then leg lifts near the end spades – incline pull ups (hanging from the low beam and pull up) mosey to the wall and back when all four suits gets two each (we ended up only doing this twice)
MARY: shoulder mobility stretches, superman holds, plank and scorpion.
MOLESKINE: Lots of mumblechatter on what to do with all these awesome obstacles out there. And Mapquest forgot his shoes at home so he hit up the local Walmart last night so he would not miss the workout. Well done, you HIM.
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Check here (slack)
COT: Prayers for Country Parkour with his torn quad, Horizon for his travels, Cross-stitch and his M for continued health.
PLAYLIST: Beastie Boys hits (and one Rob Zombie)

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[The Castle] The Castle

Date: 2026-04-11 AO: The Castle Q: Squatter , PAX: Brown Slip, Pep, Squatter, Butterfingers, Chunks, Locksmith, Cross-stitch, Horizon, Juicy J, Strutter, hambone, Flipper (Matthew), Weezer FNGs: 1 Weezer COUNT: 13 CONDITIONS: Perfect!
WARMUP: Mosey w/ disclaimers SSH IW Shoulder warmups
THE THANG: Mountain Climber Merkins 10 Side Squats 10 Plank Jacks 20 Carolina Dry Docks 15 Side straddle hops burpees 10 2X
11s V-ups Superman’s
Teams of 3 Transportation: Weighted sled / KB farmer carry / sandbag. Each PAX chooses Rest of PAX performed exercise called by moving team
Merkin Mix IC Standard / Wide / Close / Diamond
MOLESKINE: Congrats to Pep for highest post count of 2025 and completing at most 50% of each workout.
ANNOUNCEMENTS: March to May CSAUP 50
COT: We prayed
PLAYLIST: Shuffling feet