[The Castle] The Castle

Date: 2026-07-18 AO: The Castle Q: Mr. Pancake , PAX: Butterfingers, Pep, Cross-stitch, Barney, Dr. Brown Slip, Horizon, Flipper, Steely, Mr. Pancake, Fabuloso, Strutter, hambone, Andrew, Philip FNGs: 2 Andrew, Philip COUNT: 14 CONDITIONS: H-U-M-I-D
WARMUP: SSH Hamstring Scoops Toy Soldiers Arm Circles Michael Phelps Good Mornings
THE THANG: MOUNT RUSHMORE SUICIDE (Inspired by ‘Thruster Mountain’ from last week)
4 movements 10 cones; Traditional suicide between rounds.
Merkins Squats Peter Parker Lunges
1st cone = 1 rep per movement 2nd = 2 reps per movement . . . 10th cone = 10 reps per movement . . All the way back down to 1st cone.

MARY: Flutter kicks WWI
MOLESKINE:
ANNOUNCEMENTS: – CSAUP 50 coming up
– Shrimp Boil at First Baptist Hendersonville; Thurs 6/30 @ 6:00PM fbchville.com/event/mens-shrimp-boil/
COT: – Strutter’s Friend – Ramos Famiky
PLAYLIST: Mr. Pancake Music Library Mix

Tire Station Bootcamp

Date: 2026-07-14 AO: Tire Station Q: Butterfingers , PAX: Mr. Pancake, Butterfingers, Splitter, Steely FNGs: None COUNT: 4 CONDITIONS: Warm, zero (basically unforgiving) wind
WARMUP: 20 Side straddle hops, 15 imperial walkers, 10 large arm circles front and back, 15 hillbillies, then mosey to the pull-up bars.
THE THANG: Push through the pain and sweat! 3 reps of: 5 pull ups, 10 merkins, 15 squats, then mosey to the stadium. 4 reps of: sprint up the bleachers with 10 merkins at the top, careful down with 15 squats at the bottom. One lap around the track, stopping about every 100 m for burpees or merkins. Mosey to the dip bar area. 3 reps of: 12 dips, 20 walking lunges each leg, 15 big boy sit ups Indian run where lead drops out, performs 10 merkins, then joins back. 25 American hammers, 30 seconds low plank, 30 seconds high plank, 10 big boy sit ups, finally high plank another 30 seconds.
MARY:
MOLESKINE: Yes, our feet still got wet, watch out for the deer, and how does the wind/breeze seem to miss me?
ANNOUNCEMENTS: New Nashville leadership with the men of the north leading the way! New process for announcements in process with the new Nan tan.
COT: Prayers for Mr. Pancake old colleague’s wife and for Squatter, we can’t wait to see him back.
PLAYLIST: Nature

[Iron Giant] Iron Giant

Date: 2026-07-13 AO: Iron Giant Q: hambone , PAX: Mr. Pancake, Horizon, hambone FNGs: None COUNT: 3 CONDITIONS: swampy
WARMUP: SSH, IST, Cherry Pickers, Good mornings, hilly billy
THE THANG: rounds of:
Run 10 merkins IC Run 10 sandbag squats 10 rows Run 10 pull ups Run 10 sandbag lunges 10 presses
Repeat (4x)
MARY: Alabama prom dates, crunches
MOLESKINE: Not too hard, but harder than it could have been
ANNOUNCEMENTS: shrimp boil at First Baptist

[The Castle] Thruster Mountain

Date: 2026-07-11 AO: The Castle Q: Steely , PAX: Waymo (formerly Space Baby), UTAH, Dr. Brown Slip, Steely, Mr. Pancake, hambone, Fabuloso, Horizon, Butterfingers, Scoober, Aaron, named Rapid Rewards FNGs: 2 Aaron, named Rapid Rewards COUNT: 11 CONDITIONS: Warm and Muggy, began in the rain
WARMUP: None
THE THANG: Thruster Mountain 45 minute workout with Coupon Begin with one rep for the first minute increasing reps each minute until minute 23 then the decreasing reps begin back to 1 rep. Due to the Qs tardiness we only got to 21 reps and worked back down for a total of 441 Thrusters!
MARY: None
MOLESKINE: We got to about 10 when it began to suck!
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Check slack
COT: Continued prayers for our PAX
PLAYLIST: Classic Rock

Tire Station Bootcamp

Date: 2026-07-07 AO: Tire Station Q: Tigger , PAX: Splitter, Cross-stitch, Mr. Pancake, Steely, Fabuloso, Tigger, Horizon, Butterfingers FNGs: None COUNT: 8 CONDITIONS: Warm clear wet
WARMUP: Hip openers Hip closers Hamstring scoops Inch worms
THE THANG: F3
7min dead hang Squat hold when drop. Back to hang when squat fails
7min time cap 60M down and back 30 squat 120M down and back 20 squat 180M down and back 10 squat
EMOM push-up x4
7min cap 30,20,10 sit ups with same M runs
EMOM hand release push-up 30% less reps X4
7min cap 30,20,10 lunges 2:1 same M runs
MARY:
MOLESKINE:
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Forgot
COT:
PLAYLIST: Nature sounds and heavy breathing

[The Discipline] The Discipline

Date: 2026-07-08 AO: The Discipline Q: Dilbert , PAX: Country Parkour, Dilbert, Mr. Pancake, hambone, Butterfingers, Derivitive FNGs: None COUNT: 6 CONDITIONS: warm, its July but not too muggy
THE THANG: Walked with weight
ANNOUNCEMENTS: CSAUP, Night moves, Convergence
COT: Prayers for families and traveling PAX

[Iron Giant] Iron Giant – Get back after it

Date: 2026-07-06 AO: Iron Giant Q: Dilbert , PAX: Mr. Pancake, Horizon, Dilbert, hambone FNGs: None COUNT: 4 CONDITIONS: Perfect, no humidity
WARMUP: short mosey, good mornings, Michael Phelps, slow large arm circles, typewriter
THE THANG: Deck of doom Round 1 & 2 – double the card pulled for qty. Once you did at least one of each suit, 10 BBSU. SPADES – RDL HEARTS – CURLS DIAMONDS – SQUATS CLUBS. – SHOULDER PRESS
Round 3 & 4 – double the card pulled for qty. Once you did at least one of each suit, 10 BBSU. SPADES – LUNGES HEARTS – MERKINS DIAMONDS – TRICEPTS EXT CLUBS. – WEIGHTED ALABAMA PROM DATES
Round 4 & 5 PAX choice of exercise, card pulled for qty.
MARY: 1 min of BBSU
MOLESKINE: lots of lunges done, PAX thought the Q had a stacked deck of face card spades.
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Convergence, CSAUP, Prayers spoken and not
PLAYLIST: Rock hits

Tire Suicide

Date: 2026-06-16 AO: Tire Station Q: Mr. Pancake , PAX: Horizon, Dilbert, Fabuloso, Steely, Locksmith, Mr. Pancake, One Wheel FNGs: None COUNT: 7 CONDITIONS: Gorgeous. Sunny, crisp, wet grass.
WARMUP: SSH Shoulder Circles Michael Phelps Good Mornings Mosey with Coupons
THE THANG: Tire Suicides 5 cones 5 rounds 1st cone = 1 rep Tire Flip (Must come back to come 1 after every other cone workout, à la a suicide drill in basketball)
2nd cone = 2 reps Alternate Coupon Merkin
3rd cone = 3 reps Coupon Shoulder Press
4th cone = 4 reps Coupon Kettle Bell Swing
5th cone = 5 reps Coupon Squats
MULTIPLY REPS BY THE ROUND!!!
Finish with Suicide Blockies for good measure
MARY: -WWI Sit-ups -Freddie Mercury (slow and controlled breath) -Flutter kicks -Side Plank swaps -High plank Low plank
MOLESKINE:
ANNOUNCEMENTS: -Check slack -Convergence
COT: -Prayers for Squatter/Stephanie -Butterfingers family pet -Horizon Daughter Wedding -Fabuloso Baby #2 arrival
PLAYLIST: Mr. Pancake forgot speaker

[Iron Giant] Iron Giant – Time Under Tension

Date: 2026-06-15 AO: Iron Giant Q: Dilbert , PAX: Dilbert, Beary Queen – BQ, hambone, Horizon, Mr. Pancake FNGs: None COUNT: 5 CONDITIONS:perfect
WARMUP: SSH 20 IC and good mornings
THE THANG: Time Under Tension (43 min) Grab a heavy bag (55-80 lbs) and a lighter one (20-40 lbs)
and we start walking about every 5 or so min drop the weights and perform the following
10 Merkins 10 Bent over rows 10 Shoulder press 10 Curls 10 BB SU or continue until the last PAX finishes their 10
Rinse and repeat and we got in 8 stops.
MARY: no time
MOLESKINE: Not much mumble chatter today
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Check slack, lots to name
COT: Prayers for Squatter, Horizon’s daughter’s wedding this weekend, and the PAX health
PLAYLIST: None today

[Iron Giant] Iron Giant

Date: 2026-06-08 AO: Iron Giant Q: Mr. Pancake , PAX: hambone, Dilbert, Mr. Pancake FNGs: None COUNT: 3 CONDITIONS: Cloudy, but dry
WARMUP: Mosey SSH
THE THANG: Upper, Cardio, Lower
Upper: 4 rounds (40, 30, 20, 10…although only got through two rounds)
Upper: -Merkins -Carolina Dry Docks -Curls -Tricieps -Overhead Press -Upright Rows
Cardio 1 minute each -Bag Carry -Mountain Climbers -Power Skips -Bear Crawl
Lower x 30 -Weighted Lunges -Squats -Dead Lifts
MARY: WWI Freddie Mercury’s LBC Planks
MOLESKINE:
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Convergence July 11 Leanpax begins after July 4th holiday
COT: Prayers for Squatters wife and their travel/treatment
PLAYLIST: The symphony of sweat from Dilbert, Hambone, and Mr. Pancake