[The Castle] The Castle

Date: 2026-08-22 AO: The Castle Q: Flipper , PAX: Strutter, Pep, Flipper, Horizon, Waymo (formerly Space Baby), hambone, Steely, Happy Trees, Makita, Dr. Brown Slip FNGs: COUNT: 10 CONDITIONS: Beautiful!
WARMUP:
Baby arm circles in cadence. 20 reverse Type writer. 10. 10. Quad stretch Good mornings on your own. Number off 1s and 2s
THE THANG:
Mosey to wall. One does wall sit while two does 30 burpees. Until last guy finishes. Switch. Recover. Twice – 15
Mosey to field. As a team, both groups get in a row into a plank in front of the other group. At the beginning of the row, the brothers will play paper rock scissors, and the losing team does 5 merkens. Both guys go to the end of the row. Play until each guy gets to the beginning. Recover when everyone completes one set. Twice.
Mosey to hill. One team does squats while the other runs up, then the other team squats while the other team runs up. Go back down together. Second set. Lunges.
In between tennis courts. All bear crawl to the end. Next set. Crab crawls.
Once done, mosey to start.
MISSING! Search party beginning – Steely and Horizon. No body eats until found!!!
COT: Squatter. Lift one another’s load!

[The Castle] Pre-party run

Date: 2026-08-22 AO: The Castle Q: Strutter , PAX: Strutter, Flipper, Waymo (formerly Space Baby), hambone, Happy Trees, Dr. Brown Slip FNGs: COUNT: 6 CONDITIONS: Beautiful! WARMUP: Calf stretches. THE THANG: 2-ish mile OAB. MARY:
MOLESKINE:
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
COT:
PLAYLIST:

The Buffalo

Date: 2026-08-21 AO: The Buffalo Q: The Bobs , PAX: Ultratecht, Giving Tree, Waymo (formerly Space Baby), Hot Route, The Bobs, Makita, Inglewould; Duggar from JC FNGs: None COUNT: 7 CONDITIONS:
WARMUP: mosey
THE THANG: dirty dozen
MARY: dealers choice
MOLESKINE:
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
COT:
PLAYLIST: MMJ

[The Castle] The Castle – It’s Dibert time

Date: 2026-08-15 AO: The Castle Q: Dilbert , PAX: Dilbert, Horizon, Waymo (formerly Space Baby), Flipper, Under the Table, Cross-stitch, Pep, hambone, Mr. Pancake, Fabuloso, Makita, Happy Trees FNGs: None COUNT: 12 CONDITIONS: Warm, too warm
WARMUP: Not sure because Dilbert was not there…
THE THANG: Several lifting stations while two PAX did the barbell rolling plank. This worked better in my head compared to reality. But it was fun watching the pax try.
Stations: perform one station for the duration of the 2 PAX rolling barbell planks and back Squat, BBSU, tricep extensions, curls, and a few others I cant remember… It was an off day for the Q
MARY: None
MOLESKINE: making fun of the Q for being so out of it, late, discombobulated (or however it is spelled).
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Pep is selling these cups hard, keep it up. Lots going on in F3 Nashville nation, check slack
COT: Prayers for families in this time of change and the spoke and unspoken requests.
PLAYLIST: none, the Q was too late to get it all set up…

[The Castle] Strutter’s Pre-run

Date: 2026-08-15 AO: The Castle Q: Strutter , PAX: Waymo (formerly Space Baby), Flipper, Cross-stitch, Strutter, Happy Trees FNGs: COUNT: 5 CONDITIONS: Soupy WARMUP: Calf stretch THE THANG: 2-ish mile OAB MARY:
MOLESKINE:
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
COT:
PLAYLIST:

Le Tour de Etang Sevier (part deux)

Date: 2026-08-07 AO: The Buffalo Q: Giving Tree , PAX: Ultratecht, Hipster, Giving Tree, Waymo (formerly Space Baby), @Beans(Omaha) FNGs: None COUNT: 5 CONDITIONS: Humid
WARMUP: SSH Slow and low squats Slow and low lunges
THE THANG: Mosey down to pavilion for first set of work. All workouts follow same format (see below). Mosey to different parts of the park by pond and work way back up.
Repeat below 3x: 30 seconds of 1 30 seconds of 2 20 second rest
Pavilion Decline merkins Alt side mountain climbers
Bird Statue/Bollards Step ups Jump squats
Fence/guardrail things Bulgarian split squats Broad jumps
Pavilion (part deux) Incline merkins Dips
Stairway to heaving :nauseated_face: (Hipster :tm:) – run giving max effort up the long hill adjacent to the trails over the cave to tennis court parking lot
Basketball courts Bent over row (with coupon) Curls (with coupon)
Put coupons back on way to startex.
MARY: 4-5 minutes of stretches
ANNOUNCEMENTS: In local news, tomato fest Friday and Saturday. Take heed.
Check the general page for corporate news.
COT: Return to school season and getting used to the new grind.
PLAYLIST: 90s NY hip hop

Tora! Tora! Tora!

Date: 2026-07-13 AO: Tora! Tora! Tora! Q: Waymo (formerly Space Baby) , PAX: Ultratecht, Hipster, Waymo (formerly Space Baby), g-string FNGs: None COUNT: 4 Once upon a time in 1942… Harrison Ford was born
Warm-Up 1. SSH – 20 IC 2. Willie Mays Hays 3. Good mornings 4. Cherry pickers – 10 IC 5. Imperial Walkers – 10 IC 6. Arm Circles – 10 forward / 10 backward 7. Runners stretch to world’s greatest stretch 8. Mosey to runway and back
The Thang “Air Force Ones” 1. Burpee broad jumps 2. Squat thrusters with coupons
“Indiana Jones” Temple Escape – Suicides – hold plank and then slow side mountain climbers – bear crawls
Tabata (1 min on, 30 secs off) – Set x 2 1. The Whip (tricep extensions) 2. Excavators (gravediggers) 3. Grail Kneels (reverse lunges) 4. Lift the treasure (Coupon curls)
“Han Solo” Tabata (1 min on, 30 secs off) – Set x 2 1. Millennium Falcon Merkins (wide grip) 2. Lightspeed rows 3. Rebel hammers 4. Wookie hangs (pull-ups) and crunches
Kessel Run with throne sits (12 parsecs) – alternate between pax until time is up
Cool Down / Stretch (5 min) 1. Downward Dog 2. Cobra Stretch 3. Runners stretch to world’s greatest stretch

[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

Tora! Tora! Tora!

Date: 2026-07-06 AO: Tora! Tora! Tora! Q: Giving Tree , PAX: Waymo (formerly Space Baby), Hot Route, Ultratecht, greyalbum, The Bobs, Giving Tree FNGs: None COUNT: 6 CONDITIONS: We’ve gotten to the time of the year where you can assume extreme humidity or rain. It was the former.
WARMUP: Mosey Slow and low good mornings in to squats Hip dips Kickbacks Slow and low pistol squats
THE THANG:
Below exercises with 30 second rest between supersets.
Deadlift with coupon 1. 30 seconds right leg 2. 30 seconds left leg 3. 30 seconds both legs
Reverse lunge with coupon 1. 30 seconds right leg 2. 30 seconds left leg 3. 30 seconds alternating side lunge
B stand squat with coupon 1. 30 seconds right leg 2. 30 seconds left leg 3. 30 seconds both legs
Glute bridge with coupon 1. 30 seconds right leg 2. 30 seconds left leg 3. 30 seconds both legs
Step ups with coupon (keep leg on bench) 1. 30 seconds right leg 2. 30 seconds left leg 3. 30 seconds box jumps or jump squats
Curtsie lunge with coupon 1. 30 seconds right leg 2. 30 seconds left leg 3. 30 seconds sumo squat
Calf raises on coupon 1. 30 seconds right leg 2. 30 seconds left leg 3. 30 seconds ski downs
Repeat first 5 supersets and return to circle for stretches then done.
MOLESKINE: Banana
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
No new local announcements, but check the other channels.
COT:
General gratitude.
PLAYLIST:
Gabriel and Dresden live from Electric Zoo NYC 2011
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[The Castle] The Castle

Date: 2026-06-27 AO: The Castle Q: Cross-stitch , PAX: Waymo (formerly Space Baby), Pep, Barney, Cross-stitch, Dilbert, hambone, Locksmith, Fabuloso, Flipper, Horizon FNGs: None COUNT: 10 CONDITIONS: perfect
Warm-O – SSH x30 IC – Imperial Walkers x20 IC – Windmills x15 IC – Moroccan Night Clubs x20 IC – Merkins x10 OYO – Mosey to the workout
1996 Ladder Station 1 – Merkins: Start at 1 rep and increase by 1 each round (1, 2, 3…10). Run to station 2 – 9 Big Boys – 9 Carolina Dry Docks – 6 Burpees Run back to and station 1 and repeat until you finish 10 Merkins.
30 Years Around the World Station 1 – 30 Merkins – Bear Crawl to Station 2 Station 2 – 30 Squats – Lt. Dan to Station 3 Station 3 – 30 Big Boys – Crab Walk to Station 4 Station 4 – 30 lunges
Mary – Hello Dollies x30 IC – Flutter Kicks x30 IC – American Hammers x30 IC
Recover
ANNOUNCEMENTS: check slack
PLAYLIST: billboards top-100 from 1996