3.20.2025

AO: the-knoll
Q: AAA
PAX: Timber, Étouffée, Pebbles, Stubs
FNGs: None
COUNT: 5
CONDITIONS: clear skies and dark

WARMUP: -caboose is lose around the knoll
-baby arm circles
-imperial walkers
-slow squats
-Willie Mayes hayes

THE THANG:
Pull up ladder
8- pull ups
Jog to cone and back.
7- pull ups
jog to cone and back.
Down to 1 pull up.

3 sets
1 minute pull ups jog bar hang
1 minute of leg raises

3 sets
1 minute step ups
1 minute of world war 2s

1 set
1 minute spicollis
1 minute of an exercise of choice

Finished with stretching

MOLESKINE:
“We suffer more in our imagination than in reality.” Seneca

Be cognizant of the unecessary stress we put on ourselves worrying about the future and what could happen vs focusing on the now and focusing on what we can control. So many things we worry about never actually happen.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

COT:

Spontaneous Combustion

AO: pain-train
Q: El Capitan
PAX: Wolfpack, G-string, Stubs, Cheeks, El Capitan, FLO, Pitmaster, Siri, Waffle, @OfficerDangle
FNGs: 1 @OfficerDangle
COUNT: 10
CONDITIONS: Crisp + chilly

WARMUP:

– Downdog, Cobra, sprinter stretch both sides
– 10x three-count merkins
– Back stretches
– BACs & BacBACs x7
– Imperial walkers
– Mosey to grab two cinder blocks with some high knees & butt-kickers thrown in for good measure

THE THANG:

Station Work at playground

80 seconds on, 20 sec. Rest. (Three complete circuits, adjusted to 60 seconds of work for circuits #2 & #3)

– Pull-up / Hangs
– 20 merkins, then hold plank
– Jump rope or Knee Taps
– “Psycho” squats with coupon (goblin goblet, straight-arm, above-head)
– Bear Crawl Plank hip-knee-toes
– Swims :sweat:
– American Hammers with weight / Reverse burpees (sit-up to jump)

Ended with two burpees.

MOLESKINE:

Reading from Every Moment Holy, Volume 1: “A Liturgy for the Ritual of Morning Coffee” while drinking coffee. :coffee:

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

March Merkin Madness continues! (We knocked out 70 today).

COT:

Nameorama, Countorama, named our FNG Wes @OfficerDangle (welcome aboard!), and closed in prayer.

I enjoyed our time together, men! :el-capitan:

“What’s next?” 🤔 Hmm…

AO: the-knoll
Q: morning stār
PAX: Wolfpack, Stubs, Pebbles, Malibu, AAA, Sparrow, Parka-Eh, morning stār, Bumble bee (Q, 2.0), Link (2.0), Ice Box (2.0)
FNGs: None
COUNT: 11
CONDITIONS: chilly and windy

WARMUP: ground movement to the road and back: crawl crawl, army crawl, crab walk, duck walk

THE THANG:
Part 1: Q and dealers choice exercises (WW2s, merkins, motivators, Lt dans, squats, dead bugs, flex capacitors, whatever you want)

Part 2: 3 games of infection

MOLESKINE:
– YHC is a proud of Bumble bee
– Appreciate the PAX kind mumble chatter helping Bumble bee along

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
– merkin madness challenge (check slack)
– please turn you head lights off if you pull up to the park and are waiting to get out; we typically get blinded as we walk in

COT:
– count-o-rama
– name-o-rama
– Prayers for travel and hope for the heavy galettes

Providing a new perspective on provision

AO: the-knoll
Q: morning stār
PAX: El Capitan, Wolfpack, Stubs, Papa Bear, morning stār, Bumble bee (2.0)
FNGs: None
COUNT: 6
CONDITIONS: mild and windy

WARMUP: jog to tree line with ground movement; circle up for motivators, arm circles, low slow squats, etc.

Jog to flood memorial table/bench.

THE THANG:
Rotate through 3 exercises on the minute (OTM) for 30 minutes:
– power elevated merkins … to slow merkins mixed with dips
– cross crawl step ups
– SSH with focus on core

MOLESKINE:
– solid work every one; appreciate the mumble chatter

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
– Ash Wed ruck starting at 0500 at greenway entrance down the road from the-knoll (text morning stār if you want to join)
– Merkin challenge (check 1stf)

COT:
YHC shared a word study on provision he did years ago in which he came to the following conclusion:
“”I wonder if the more correct definition of provision would be ‘to consider in advance the path and foresee the coming needs, traps, and opportunities, and then to act accordingly so that one’s family is well prepared and equipped to endure and overcome, fulfilling fully all their God given purposes.’””
Stay curious my friends,
-m*

Deconstructed Burpees

AO: the-knoll
Q: G-string
PAX: AAA, Sooie, Half Lyfe, Stubs, Lady Liberty
FNGs: None
COUNT: 6
CONDITIONS: Perfect! And luckily the grass was soft.

WARMUP:
– SSH
– Slow Squats
– Inch Worms
– Shoulder Warmup

THE THANG:
5 Rounds
– 15 Floor to ceilings
– 15 Groiners
– 15 Merkins
– 25 Yard Bearcrawl/Crawlbear back

4 rounds of Double EMOM
– 40 yard sprint
– 5-10 pull-ups

MARY
– Leg Raises
– Heel Taps
– Hollow Hold

MOLESKINE:
Talked about two questions from “Intentional Fathers”
What do you want your son to know how to do before he leaves home?
What do you want him to have experienced?

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
March Merkin Madness
Game Night
Night Moves
See the Nashville general channel for these.

COT:
Prayers were offered up.

Thank you gentlemen for letting me lead you this week! It has been and honor and a privilege.

Dealing it out

AO: the-knoll
Q: G-string
PAX: Pebbles, morning stār, El Capitan, Half Lyfe, Wolfpack, Stubs, Sooie, Papa Bear, Sparrow, Bumblebee
FNGs: None
COUNT: 11
CONDITIONS: Dark with a sliver of crescent moon. Brisk but warmer than than it has been.

WARMUP:
SSH and something else before I got there. Sorry guys!
– Slow Squats
– Mike Tysons
– Willie Mayes Hayes while we went over the mission and core principles

THE THANG:
Deck of cards work out. Reps match the card. Aces are 15
:hearts: – Decline Merkins
:spades: – Pulse Squats
:diamonds: – Pullups
:clubs: – Reverse Lunges
:black_joker: – 10 Burpees
Twos: Mosey to the backstop and sprint back
Threes: 15 reps of the exercise chosen by the person who drew the card.

MOLESKINE:
We discussed two questions.
1. What are some things you want your son (or daughter) to know before they leave home?
2. Who do you want them to be?
We then left with a challenge to think about how to communicate those things.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Biscuit run this weekend
March Merkin Madness starts on Saturday
Night Moves happening

COT:
Prayers were offered up.

A Walk

AO: the-knoll
Q: Pebbles
PAX: morning stār, Malibu, Étouffée, Stubs, Half Lyfe, Sooie
FNGs: None
COUNT: 7
CONDITIONS: 13 degrees

WARMUP: Ruck to pick up Malibu

THE THANG: Ruck for 2.5 miles while passing around 60lb sandbags.

MOLESKINE: YHC was smoked from late nights and sick kids. Great to enjoy a challenging ruck and good conversations. Loved seeing everyone want to take on extra weight.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

COT:

Hazzaah!

AO: the-knoll
Q: Pebbles
PAX: Stubs, Wolfpack, Half Lyfe, El Capitan, Malibu, Sparrow, morning stār, Pitmaster, Bumblebee
FNGs: None
COUNT: 10
CONDITIONS:
Cool trending toward cold

WARMUP:
Mosey to retrieve coupons
Bacs
Bac Bacs
Don Quixotes
Slow Squats
Stretch OYO – Mission stated, 5-core principles

THE THANG:
Split into two teams. One team completes 100meter MOT while the other works. 2 rounds for each exercise.

Exercises with coupon:
Deadlift
Snatch
Overhead Press
Floor to Ceiling

MOTs:
Lunges
Bear Crawls

Mosey to return coupons
3 min of Plank Ups/Ring of Wolfpack
2 min Mary

MOLESKINE:
Super impressive to watch the evolution of PAX from FNG to seasoned PAX. Everyone was bear crawling like a champ today.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Lot’s of opportunities to socialize on slack

COT:
I was up most of the night worrying about things. Money, job, housework, etc. It’s been a long time since I’ve worried. I blame it on not being able to workout for a week. Working out is critical to overall wellbeing.

Prayers offered for families and those without shelter.

A path of light in the gloom

AO: the-knoll
Q: Stubs
PAX: Lady Liberty, Half Lyfe, Stubs
FNGs: None
COUNT: 3
CONDITIONS:
Chilly, windy, very wet grass
WARMUP:
SSH x 19 (messed up the count!)
BACs x 12
BacBacs x12
Shoulder presses x 12
Willy mays Hays OYO

THE THANG:
Mosey with 4 lanterns to create running path.

Where each of lanterns were placed
5x mercans
5x shoulder taps 2 is 1
5x slow squats

Mosey to get coupons
Head to River table
Split into 2 teams.
Team 1 exercise
Team 2 runs to light path we created

Round 1 each team completed 3 laps
Step ups x 20 with coupon
Bent over rows x20 with coupon
Dips x 20

Round 2 each team completed 2 laps
Squats x15 with coupon
Floor to ceilings x15 with coupon
Incline mercs x15

Mosey to drop of coupons and gather lights

Ended with 3 pull-ups each

MOLESKINE:
Spoke about the fellowship of the group and how it motivates us to get out of bed on these gloomy mornings. If I was going to the Y by myself there’s no way I’d get out of bed

ANNOUNCEMENTS: game night, biscuit run. Check slack

COT:
Lady Liberty led us in closing prayer focused on mental and physical health.

4 corners and tumbling dice

AO: the-knoll
Q: Stubs
PAX: Wolfpack, Half Lyfe, El Capitan, Sooie, Stubs
FNGs: None
COUNT: 5
CONDITIONS: Raining cats and dogs

WARMUP:
SSH x 20
BACS x10
BACBAC x 10
Moroccan Night Clubs x 10
Stated mission
Slow squats x 5 – 1 for each principle
Willie Mays Hays OYO

THE THANG:
Thang 1
Mosey to all 4 corners of the park
At each corner
25x mercans
25x shoulder taps (2 is 1)
25x squats

Thang 2
Roll of the dice
2 large dice – six sided die determine the exercise – 20 sided die determines reps
1 = incline mercs
2= ww2s
3 = dips
4 = step ups or iron mikes
5 = jump squats
6 = swimmers

Doubles = Burpees

Did about five rounds of this

Mary
Each Pax picked 1 exercise
Imperial walkers x10
Pull-ups x5
Shoulder presses x 15
Mountain climbers x15
Motivators x 5

Ended with ring of pull-ups – 2 rounds

MOLESKINE:

Briefly touched on the Importance of relationships and the 2nd F especially when the conditions are this poor outside

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Game Night 2/28
Biscuit Run 3/1
Petition to stop road thru Percy Warner park. All can be found in slack.

COT: prayers were offered up and coffee was had before we headed to dryer ground