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“It Gets Easier (But It Never Gets Easy)”
A 400-Rep Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit Tribute
Q: Deliverance  AO: Graphite
Date: 10/12/25  Coupon: 1 per PAX
Location: Barrie Park and Hill with stairs (for partner carries and climbs)  Total time: 45 minutes
The Mission
Plant, grow, and serve small workout groups for men
Disclaimer
I am not a professional — modify as necessary. Push yourself… We leave no man behind and no man where we found him.
Warm-Up – “Alabama Pines” (10 min)
Band’s tuning up; shake the road dust off.
🎵 Cue: “Don’t Be So Tough → Outfit → Hope the High Road”
In Cadence (IC): SSH × 20 | Imperial Walkers × 15 | Abe Vigodas × 10 reverse x 10 | Mountain Climbers × 10 | Seal Claps × 10 | Overheads × 10 | Rossy & Old Man | Daisey Pickers × 10 | Don Quoties × 10 |
OYO: Mosey up & down the stairs once as a group | 10 Squat-to-Press with coupon
The Thang – 400 Total Reps (30 min)
Pair up — one works, one moves. Switch every trip. Count combined reps. Goal: 400 total reps per team. Each round named for a Jason Isbell song — pace yourself, but don’t get comfortable.
Round 1 – “24 Frames” – Run stairs / bear crawl halfway down or all the way down
25 Merkins • 25 Tower of Power (2 coupons) • 25 Rows (coupon) • 25 Big Boys
Round 2 – “Cover Me Up” – Rifle carry coupon up hill and down stairs
25 Curls • 25 KB swings • 25 Lunges • 25 LBCs
Round 3 – “If We Were Vampires” – Bear crawl 1/3 or all the way up hill
25 Coupon Thrusters • 25 Step-Ups • 25 Bent-Over Rows • 25 Incline/Decline Merkins (on coupon)
Round 4 – “It Gets Easier” – All PAX together 
25 Partner Coupon Swing • 25 Flutter Kicks (4-count) • 25 Coupon Presses (on back) • 25 Jump Squats
Mary / COT – “Something More Than Free” (5 min)
🎵 Cue: “Speed Trap Town → Something More Than Free”
Stretch and Reflect: 20 American Hammers | 10 V ups 
“Growth is hard doesn’t mean it gets easier — it means you get stronger.”
Count-o-Rama → Name-o-Rama → Announcements → COT
🪶 Circle of Trust – “It Gets Easier (But It Never Gets Easy)”
You know, Jason Isbell has a line — “Don’t be tough until you have to. Let love knock you on your ass.” It’s been a hard year. But we can learn and grow with each other. You can allow to have things in your life that knock you on your ass. Being tough means being vulnerable. To be continued on Wednesday at the Donut Shop. ☕️
PLAYLIST
🎶 Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit – “It Gets Easier” Setlist
Approx. 45 minutes of music to fuel the 400-rep grind
Warm-Up – “Don’t Be So Tough”
Don’t Be So Tough – Jason Isbell
Outfit – Drive-By Truckers
Hope the High Road – Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit
Round 1 – “24 Frames”
24 Frames – Jason Isbell
Decoration Day – Drive-By Truckers
Round 2 – “Cover Me Up”
Cover Me Up – Jason Isbell
Alabama Pines – Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit
Round 3 – “If We Were Vampires”
If We Were Vampires – Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit
Goddamn Lonely Love – Drive-By Truckers
Round 4 – “It Gets Easier”
It Gets Easier – Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit
Super 8 – Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit
Cool Down / COT – “Something More Than Free”
Speed Trap Town – Jason Isbell
Something More Than Free – Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit
Bonus Tracks / Coffeeteria Jams
Relatively Easy – Jason Isbell
Dreamsicle – Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit
Never Gonna Change – Drive-By Truckers