The Stronghold

Date: 2026-10-22 AO: The Stronghold Q: Hipster , PAX: Makita, Red Skull, Crawlspace, Barney, Decaf, Tinkertoy, Pearl (Jonathan Halter), Pepsi, Right Said, Dan and Dave, Hipster, hambone, Dulce Mile,Napoleon,Heart Song,Floyd,Unc,Spagetti-O’s,Suasage Man,Bedazzled,Good Luck Charlie,Strikeout FNGs: None COUNT: -3 CONDITIONS: Crisp
WARMUP: Grab a block, warm o rama
THE THANG: Cary block to basketball courts
AMRAP circuit, 45 seconds on, 15 second rest, 45 seconds on
1- Merkins 2 – Drop Lunges 3 – Suicides 4 – Overhead Press 5 – Walking Block Lunge 6 – Tricep Extensions 7 – Curls 8 – Goblet Squats 9 – Admiral Dans
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MARY: Upper Case Alphabet
MOLESKINE: Finish Line Bias – notice it as you near completion, and adjust to maintain effort and intensity until you’re done. Don’t let up.
ANNOUNCEMENTS: SIGNING DAY MF’ers!!!!!! Ceremony and lunch Friday 1130
COT:
PLAYLIST: Old school hip hop

Titan

Date: 2026-10-21 AO: Titan Q: Dilbert , PAX: Rhombus, Spinal Tap, Shocker (Mark Holmes), CubCadet, Vector, Makita, Dilbert, Firefox, Pep, Papa Bear II, Hipster, hambone, Tim the Toolman, Xerox, Airballs, paper pusher FNGs: 2 Airballs, paper pusher COUNT: 16 CONDITIONS: perfect 47 degrees
WARMUP: SSH, arm circles, forward/oh clap, typewriter
THE THANG: 3 full rounds (rotate each exercise)
Group 1 – timer for the group around the circle about 250’ Carry the 100 lb tombstone 80 lb sandbag ball 100 lb sandbag
Group 2 Flutter kicks holding a coupon in the air
Group 3 Deadlift 60-80 lbs
Group 4 Bear crawl sandbag pull 20-35 lbs
Group 5 Curls 20-60 lbs
10 BBSU lunge walk (about 30 lunges) 10 merkins Mosey to start
9 BBSU lunge walk (about 30 lunges) 9 merkins Mosey to start
Repeato until time

MARY: 20 Alabama prom dates (or pickle pointers) 60 seconds monkey humpers
MOLESKINE: Lots of small group mumblechatter
ANNOUNCEMENTS: 4:13 fundraiser
COT: prayers for future employment and workplace success
PLAYLIST: 90s rock
Pep please tag who I missed on this BB as I know I missed a pax who didn’t HC

Tortoise and Hair – Run #6

Date: 2026-10-20 AO: Tortoise and Hair Q: Red Skull , PAX: Young and Restless, Wham-O, Red Skull, Makita, Crawlspace, Barney, Decaf, Pearl (Jonathan Halter), Pepsi, Hipster, Bedazzel, Doce Mille, Unc, T-Bone, Heart Song, Sausage Man, Floyd, Spaghetti-O, Good Luck Charlie, Strike Out FNGs: None COUNT: 20 CONDITIONS: Cool and dark
WARMUP: Standard pre-run warm-up: SSH, Squats, Runners Stretch, IWs, WMHs
THE THANG: Find a partner and RUN!!! 20 men took of on the usual 3 mile course but going in the reverse direction. All things were going well until we entered the final mile which was the mile around the barn. THP decided to get involved and sent everyone scattering. Some decided that was an excuse to run some extra distance while others took that as an opportunity to cut some corners.
MARY: Mary was organized by Hipster and led by the group.
MOLESKINE: Adversity invites us to either do more than expected or less than expected. Alway choose to do more!
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Come celebrate with us this week. ML Rose day benefiting 4:13 Strong on Wednesday, Graduation on Thursday at 6pm, Signing Day on Friday at 11:30am.

III Pillars

Date: 2026-10-20 AO: III Pillars Q: Focker , PAX: t-cell, Shocker (Mark Holmes), Shania, Swiffer, wardas1, Tackle Box, Will Norton, Harbaugh, Two Face, Grape, Black Lung, Covergirl (F3SH), Focker, LorelaiG, Go Fish, gov’t mule, Haggis, Makita, Polly Pocket, Rudy, Po Boy FNGs: 3 Polly Pocket, Rudy, Po Boy COUNT: 21 CONDITIONS: shorts and a hoody (the best)
WARMUP: stretches with explanation of theme (Bill Russell celebration since NBA tips off today)
THE THANG: Career averages 15 merkins (points) 22 step ups (rebounds) 4 burpees (assists) Take a lap and hold plank X5 (MVPs)
11s, on the hill (for championships) Squat Ww1
Back to start Career highs 37 monkey humpers (points) 49 dry docks (rebounds) 13 leg lifts (assists)
10 burpees for 10-0 record in game 7s
MARY: dealers choice
MOLESKINE: Grape wouldn’t stop talking about appreciation for Bill Russell’s legacy. Glad to get my brother in law out for a workout finally (Polly Pocket) So good to be back with yall!
ANNOUNCEMENTS: slack it up!
COT: prayers lifted
PLAYLIST: 1969 songs

Westeros – its getting spooky

Date: 2026-10-19 AO: Westeros Q: Natural Ice , PAX: Spinal Tap, Shocker (Mark Holmes), Dangle, Natural Ice, Papa Bear II, bluemule, Roadrash (Casey Greene), Gutterball, Pep, Vector, Makita, Young and Restless, Beaker FNGs: None COUNT: 13 CONDITIONS: chilly and spooky
WARMUP: Lots of stuff
THE THANG 1 – 1 incline merkin on the first step added an additional merkin on each step – it sucked
The Thing 2: Dora – but with WW1s then Squats then Star jumps WTFrick Vector ?
MARY: ended with some we sure did!
PLAYLIST: Disco never dies and is the 2nd scariest musical genera – Jameroqui is Disco and not funk because their use of orchestral sampled strings – The more you know!

[The Castle] Elevens to Dodgeball

Date: 2026-10-17 AO: The Castle Q: Steely , PAX: Steely, Waymo (formerly Space Baby), Shocker (Mark Holmes), Hipster, hambone, Dilbert, Fabuloso, Dr. Brown Slip, Makita FNGs: None COUNT: 10 CONDITIONS: Brisk
WARMUP: IC: 20 SSH 10 Toy Soldier 10 Imperial Walkers 10 Slow Squats 10 Merkins
THE THANG: ELEVENS Mosied to the Hill Round One: Broad Jumps at the bottom & Merkins at the top Round Two: Burpees at the bottom & Big Boys at the top
Finished with 15 minutes of dodgeball Catch a ball the thrower does 10 big boys Get hit by the ball complete 10 big boys before getting to rejoin the game
MARY: None
MOLESKINE:
ANNOUNCEMENTS: 413 strong fundraiser October 21st
COT: Prayers for cross-stitch wife and the coming baby
PLAYLIST:

The Stronghold

Date: 2026-10-15 AO: The Stronghold Q: Dr. Brown Slip , PAX: Makita, Hipster, Red Skull, Right Said, Wham-O, Decaf, Barney, Young and Restless, Chunks, Tinkertoy, Pepsi, Dr. Brown Slip, Strikeout, Heart Song, Dolche Mila, Unk, Good Look, Sausage Man, Floyd, Spaghetti-ohs, Train Wreck, , Atticus Ziegler (DooDoo Bird) FNGs: 1 Atticus Ziegler (DooDoo Bird) COUNT: 21 CONDITIONS: The air was thicker than a pirate’s grog
WARMUP: – 20 – SSH – 13 – Baby Arm Circles – Ahead & Astern – 13 – Big Arm Circles – Ahead & Astern – Right & Left Willie Hays Hayes to runner stretch – 15 Imperial Walkers – Collect Coupons & Mosey to Basketball Court
THE THANG: There She Blows! AMRAP – perform reps through each song
– “Wellerman” 2:15 minutes Coupon Thrusters (squat + overhead press) Every chorus: 5 burpees without coupon
30 Windmills IC 20 Count Breather
– “Drunken Sailor” 2:30 minutes Coupon Swings (like kettlebell swings) Every “early in the morning” = 5 coupon curls
20 Carolina Dry Docks IC 20 Count Breather
– “Roll the Old Chariot Along” 3:08 minutes Coupon Goblet Squats Every “roll along”: 5 coupon overhead presses (Chorus)
20 Rosalitas IC 20 Count Breather
– “South Australia” 2:10 minutes Coupon Deadlifts Every “South Australia”: 5 coupon rows
20 Monkey Humpers IC 20 Count Breather
– “Paddy Lay Back 3:07 Minutes WW1 Sit-ups with coupon AUDIBLE – SWITCH Weighted Leg Lift
20 Count Breather
– “Fish in the Sea” 1:28 Minutes Coupon plank hold during verses At each Windy Weather chorus: 5 coupon push-ups
– “Haul and Drag” 1:46 minutes American Hammer Rows All Circle up | Count 1 / 2 – 1’s Keep Coupons Pass to the left until end of song
– “Randy Dandy Oh” 3:16 Minutes Coupon Murder Bunnies Line up & Murder Away – Down & Back
– “John Kanaka” 2:17 Minutes Cool Down Mosey back to the flag, return coupons Hold a squat for the 6, of course while offering words of encouragement
MARY: None, the sea was too angry
MOLESKINE: A few members of the crew were dragging their anchors today and didn’t bring full effort to the deck.
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Check Slack; 4:13 Signing Day Next Friday
COT: Prayers for healing – physically, mentally, and spiritually; Job search; Travels
PLAYLIST: See Above

Westeros

Date: 2026-10-12 AO: Westeros Q: The Merchant , PAX: Chunks, Vector, Crawlspace, Dr. Brown Slip, The Merchant, Right Said, Tim the Toolman, CubCadet, Squatter, Makita, Dangle FNGs: None COUNT: 11 CONDITIONS: Moderate
THE THANG: A second round of the Wheel of Pain. Twice the pain, twice the gain. Spin the wheel and do 20 reps of the exercise the wheel lands on, then keep doing that for 45 more minutes.
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Westside Wednesday and the Halloween Hangout both coming up
PLAYLIST: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2bNvzR2MzHNQEeTLnOcntN?si=ENlFKeePRQScn4a3_WzCeA&utm_source=copy-link&pi=ko8mPfPbTPWBu

Westeros

Date: 2026-10-05 AO: Westeros Q: The Merchant , PAX: Sherlock, Pep, Chunks, Vector, Spinal Tap, Roadrash (Casey Greene), The Merchant, Tim the Toolman, Firefox, Dangle, bluemule, Makita, Gutterball, Farva FNGs: None COUNT: 14 CONDITIONS: Moderate
THE THANG: 14 PAX braved the Wheel of Pain. The Wheel spins and lands on an exercise, and PAX do 10 reps of that exercise. Repeat for 45 minutes.
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Keep an eye out for Westside Wednesday and the Halloween Hangout at the end of the month.
PLAYLIST: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/01smIJHr0g3o58uvSYzQuC?si=dNhjZFv_TKS6WYRn1jkj4w&utm_source=copy-link&pi=5zjHqyEFTxaor

Goooood morning!

Date: 2026-10-14 AO: Titan Q: Tim the Toolman , PAX: Sherlock, Churro, Spinal Tap, DintyMoore, Creamsicle, Crawlspace, Dr. Brown Slip, The Merchant, Right Said, Tim the Toolman, Firefox, CubCadet, Dangle, Black Lung, Squatter, Makita FNGs: None COUNT: 16 CONDITIONS: Just lovely
WARMUP: Stretching
THE THANG:
Coupons overhead to Parthenon
Tabatas (50’/10′)
2 rounds each: – Squats – Monkey humpers – Jump squats – Bulgarian split squats
Mary, plus 9 Burpees (thank you Black Lung)
One set each: – Diamond merkins – Declines – Inclines – Standard Merkins
Mary
Two sets each: – Stair jump/step – Lieutenant Dans – Reverse lunges, touch knee x3 – Triceps (with blocks) – Overhead press (with blocks) – Rows (with blocks) – Curls (with blocks)
MARY:
MOLESKINE:
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Westside Wednesday at Tailgate Brewery in Belleview, 5:30, families invited
COT: Makita’s job search, Creamsicle’s dad’s health
PLAYLIST: