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2 Year Anniversary!

AO: the-castle
Q: Chunks
PAX: Horizon, The Merchant, Mr. Pancake, hambone, Pep, Strutter, Cross-stitch, Fabuloso, Squatter, Space Baby, Juicy J, Brown Slip, Butterfingers, Victoria, Fanny Pack, Flipper, Abacus, Diddy Kong
FNGs: 2 Abacus, Diddy Kong
COUNT: 19
Celebrated the 2 Year Anniversary of The Castle’s start as an OTB workout.

Moseyed to the parking lot at the Drakes Creek baseball fields stopping for some Monkey Humpers at the traffic light.

Did some warm up exercises while having some story time about the start of the Castle. Grateful to Cross-stitch and Flipper for planting the seed before we got here. Thanks fellas.

Moseyed around the concession stand. Circled up for the Burpee Apocalypse with a lap around the stand after each set.

Moseyed back to the Startex with some more Monkey Humpers at the light. Then a sprint to the flag.

Finally, 5 mins of MARY and 5 Burpee buy out.

Announcements: LeanPax, Holy Smokers, F3 After Hours. Check Slack for all the details.

BIG ANNOUNCEMENT: Brown Slip is the New AOQ. Congrats brother.

Prayer requests: Travel, Strutter’s family

COT: Was absolutely blown away, yesterday. I didn’t want to start an AO in Hendersonville and was told by several people. “Oh we’ve tried and it’s never worked”. Sunshine pushed me to do it along with Pep , hambone and others committing to coming up from Nashville and beyond. So we launched as an OTB workout, Jan 2024. To see 19 HIMs there, was beyond anything I could comprehend. There were times when it was 2 or 3 of us. Then Dilbert showed up and EH’d every single person he met. Then Strutter arrived from NC, bringing the energy from the mother land.

There are countless others to thank. Thank you all for showing up, leading and investing in the fastest growing AO in Nashville with the best coffeetria. I’m excited to see what is next for the HIMs beyond the Wall (Old Hickory Blvd). White House is growing and it’s just a matter of time before another AO is Hendersonville starts.

SYITG,
Chunks

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New Years Day Convergence – Welcome 2026!

AO: thestronghold
Q: Red Skull
PAX: Hipster, DintyMoore, Mumbler, Ponzi, Natural Ice, Purple Tiger, hambone, toga, Chunks, Barney, Wolfpack, Tinkertoy, Young and Restless, Tim the Toolman, Decaf, Grape, Pep, Topanga, Take 3, Animal, BTB, Tool Bit
FNGs: None
COUNT: 23
CONDITIONS: 32 Degrees – perfect workout weather!

WARMUP: Mosey to the gravel lot for the usual warm-up: SSH, IWs, Windmills, Squats, Merkins, T-Ups and Scorpion Stretch.

THE THANG:
Mosey to the Auditorium

Part 1: Mental Toughness Week (Tryouts) – Burpee Apocalypse with a run around the building the building in between each round.

Mosey to the North Lot

Part 2: 40 Day Challenge – 6 weeks of work condensed down to six movements: Lt. Dan, Bear Crawl, Crab Walk, Burpee Broad Jump, Crawl Bear and Politician.

Mosey to The Hill

Part 3: The Work Phase – 7’s on the hill with Hand Release Merkins at the top, run down the hill, Jump Squats at the bottom, Politician up the hill.

Mosey back to the flag and time!

MOLESKINE:
4:13 Strong is a great program for men who want to change the course of their life, but it is hard. Only 35% of the men who enroll have what it takes to complete all program requirements. A big factor to success are the relationships that our men build with other men who can show them how to handle hard things. You can make a real difference for the 4:13 Strong guys by showing up, working out with them and modeling how HIM face challenges.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
LeanPax begins on 1/5
The Stronghold is now meeting every Thursday
Struggle Prep is coming in a few short weeks
Young and Restless is the new AOQ of The Stronghold

COT:
A great turnout for our New Years Day Convergence. Thank you all for coming out to join us!

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NYE Countdown

AO: titan
Q: Spinal Tap
PAX: Natural Ice, Good Morning America, SalPal, Pep, Tim the Toolman, Choo Choo, Juicy J, Right Said, bluemule, Hipster, Papa Bear, Young and Restless, Stumbles
FNGs: None
COUNT: 14
CONDITIONS: :cold_face:

WARMUP: The usual

THE THANG:
DORA 100 merkins, 200 LBC, 300 squats
Midnight countdown madness around the circle with our coupons
Mary

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
4:13 New Years convergence at 6! Set alarms now and SC!

COT:
2026 – challenge everyone to build a deeper community where conversations go beyond “I’m good.” Everyone has ups and downs and deep, accountable, and challenging relationships are a life line to our mental health. We cannot grow if we are just counseling ourselves and not sharing and encouraging each other.

Natural Ice and I host a small group every Wednesday night at 7:30 and you are all invited whether you go to our church or not.

Lastly thanks to Pep for being our new AOQ as he will take us to new heights and start being in our photos!

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WEIGHTsteros 4

AO: westeros
Q: Michelin Man , Vector
PAX: bluemule, Red Skull, Vector, Old Maid, Spinal Tap, Tim the Toolman, Michelin Man, Pep
FNGs: None
COUNT: 8 pack
CONDITIONS: insta-cold

WARMUP: standard jog around the park

THE THANG:

1. Sevens

Thrusters in middle of parking lot.
Murder bunnies as mode of travel (modify to lunge walk if needed).
Blockees at the Christmas tree pile.

2. Acronym circle- BLOCKS

Do the following:
Big boy sit-ups
Lunges (2 is 1)
Overhead press
Curls
Kettlebell swings
Squats

Did sets of 5x, 5x, 10x, and 5x.

3. Mary. Cool guys incorporated the block in their Mary call. Thank you cool guys.

MOLESKINE: Didn’t want to come. Glad I went. Workout got better with every murder bunny.

ANNOUNCEMENTS: YHC Grinchingly stealing all the Qs in December is over. Back to regular rotation next week. As repayment, those in attendance received a brand new, gently used cinder block as a holiday gift. BRING YOUR OWN COUPN EVERY WEEK MOVING FORWARD.

COT: thank you LORD. Amen.

Subsequently, Doseteria was held at Star Bagel.

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Oh Hill no, Christmas edition

AO: the-castle
Q: Strutter
PAX: SalPal, hambone, Fabuloso, Brown Slip, Barney, Strutter, Steely, Cross-stitch, Pep, Wrong Way
FNGs: None
COUNT: 10
CONDITIONS:

WARMUP:

THE THANG:

MOLESKINE:

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

COT:

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12 days of RESPECT

AO: bomber
Q: Puzzlah
PAX: DintyMoore, Pep, Vector, Papa Bear, Tim the Toolman, Firefox, Leonardo
FNGs: None
COUNT: 8
CONDITIONS: frigid, waaandy

WARMUP: move to playground. Start watch.

THE THANG:
12 days of christmas

1 — Lap & 1 Cartwheel
2 — Dive Bomber Merkins
3 — Big Boy Sit-ups
4 — Pull-ups
5 — Swing Rows
6 — Squats
7 — Crunchy Frogs
8 — Curtsy Lunges
9 — Dancing Bears
10 — Tuck Jumps
11 — Monkey Humpers
12 — Carolina Dry Docks

Had this in mind, but definitely need to credit my guy, Pole Dancer, for some comparisojs yesterday. No one, to my knowledge, had 24 days of Christmas, but there’s still time.!

MOLESKINE:

ANNOUNCEMENTS: boxing day Q tbd

COT: prayers for work, travel, safety and family, especially through tough times and loss

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Reindeer Games

AO: greenmachine
Q: Puzzlah , DintyMoore
PAX: Pep, Cowboy, Betty Ford, Michelin Man, Esposa, Sherlock, Topanga, Black Lung, Works for a Guy, Grape
FNGs: None
COUNT: 17
CONDITIONS: tropical on the north pole

WARMUP: run a lap

THE THANG:
First reindeer game was a mile race last man up. First lap: 10 elf burpees before the chase, then 10 reindeer kicks, 3rd North pole hammers, 4th lap grinch humpers.

Then, second race: a sprint ladder, 10 sprint, 90 jog; 20 sprint, 80 jog; etc.

After sprint, 10 merkins then lunge walk until 6 joined and team jogged in reindeer formation to end zone.

Mosey back to start and big boy situps to end.

MOLESKINE: enjoyed finishing up month of partners at green machine with the guy who brought me to F3.

Thought I recorded, but alas, i didn’t, we had 17 so sorry if i missed your tag. It was dark. I did one scan through the list and this is what i came up with. You can edit and add yourself in.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

COT:

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WEIGHTsteros #3

AO: westeros
Q: Michelin Man , Vector
PAX: Vector, Tim the Toolman, CubCadet, Spinal Tap, Michelin Man, Papa Bear, Red Skull, Squatter, Pep, Oil Rig(?), Cash Crop
FNGs: 1 Cash Crop
COUNT: 11
CONDITIONS: 14 degrees and completely dry. Not that cold? Red Skull “it was cold”

WARMUP: 41 side straddle hops!

THE THANG:

Follow the leader lap around the park. Carrying blocks!

Low quality in the initial run. So we did a bonus follow the leader to the interstate bridge and back. Continued varying levels of interest in running occurred. So…

Circle of Blocks!
Pair up. 6 stations. Spinal Tap and Squatter are the timers and do 6 reps. Then each group shifts to the next station.
Stations:
1. OHP
2. Squats
3. IYTs
4. Halos
5. Kettlebell swings
6. Curls

1 warm us up lap in the middle around the bus loop. Run back carrying blocks.

Mary

MOLESKINE: gratitude for Cash Crop and Oil Rig joining down range. Thanks Vector for keeping us Hot with that playlist.

Never Miss a Monday.

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“Die Hard” – A Christmas Workout

AO: greenmachine
Q: Matador , EZ-Go
PAX: Shy Guy, Esposa, Hipster, Cowboy, Chunks, Grape, Topanga, Matador, Pep, EZ-Go, The Merchant
FNGs: None
COUNT: 11
CONDITIONS: As cold as Christmas on the 30th floor of a skyscraper with the windows blown out

WARMUP: OYO party: SSH, Good mornings, Willie Mays, broga, etc

THE THANG: DIE HARD

Ascend 30 floors up Nakatomi Tower
-Run the Bleachers many times

Survive against terrorist-thieves, lead by Matador
Start in Endzone 
Bearcrawl (thru glass) to 50 yard line
20 burpees (climb up elevator shaft)
Peter parker to other endzone (crawl thru AC vent)
50 calf raises bc your feet hurt from glass
Bearcrawl back to 50 yard line
20 burpees
Peter Parker to original endzone
50 calf raises

Hostage Rescue Relay, lead by Matador
Partners — 1 person doing SSH while waiting
1 person sprint out to 30 yards
30 high knees (escaping down 30 floors)
Sprint back, switch places
Do this a bunch of times. There are many hostages

Hans Gruber hangs and falls to his death, lead by EZ-Go
Partners – 1 does a dead hang until failure
Other partner does V-Ups
Switch and do again, many times

The Final Shot, lead by EZ-Go
Reginald VelJohnson (Al) shoots final terrorist for John McClane
Partners – 1 of you takes the bullet (burpees) – the other… shoots the shot? Somehow related to the plot (full sprint across field and back) 

MOLESKINE: spoiler: they’re not actually terrorists, they’re just regular old German thieves.

ANNOUNCEMENTS: this is what slack is for

COT: prayers for challenges related to divorce, family hardships during Christmas travels. Gratitude for Shy Guy’s new baby.

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The Great Shave Deception

AO: titan
Q: Squatter
PAX: Chunks, hambone, CubCadet, Pep, Spinal Tap, Tim the Toolman
FNGs: None
COUNT: 7
CONDITIONS:
Windy 42 degrees

WARMUP:
SSH
Michael Phelps
Butt-Kickers
WMH-Runners Stretch-2Buck
Good Mornings

THE THANG:
Indian Run w/ speaker

15 minutes of
5 Pull-ups
10 Merkins
15 Squats

Coupon work in cadence
Curl to OH Press 4 ct
Body Builders 8 ct
Slow Thrusters 8 ct
Deadlift to Row 4 ct
BB Sit-ups 4 ct
Flutter kicks 4 ct
Lunge walk/OH walk w/ coupon
Rinse Repeat til 615

MOLESKINE:
Squatter still has a beard. You can’t believe anything you see online these days. But as promised the PAX saw a beardless Squatter as they passed around his drivers license pic from 15 years ago.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
F3 Christmas Party 12/12
Christmas Eve Titan Workout – 2.0 friendly
New Year’s Eve Titan Workout – AOQ change

COT:
Prayer and Coffeteria at Star Bagel