Date: 2026-02-17
AO: Dark Room
Q: Manhole ,
PAX: Cookies, Framed, Flower Boy, Crack, Manhole, Beaker, Toto FNGs:
COUNT: 7
WOR: yup
The Thang: total body coupon beatdown
Moleskine: Proverbs 27:17 (NIV)
COT: IYKYK
Tags: Dark Room, Cookies, Framed, Flower Boy, Crack, Manhole, Beaker, Toto
Date: 2026-02-17
AO: Mastodon
Q: Mr Roboto ,
PAX: Mr Roboto, Samsonite, Endo, Too Big To Fail (TBTF), Falsetto, Big Mac, Stock boy, LeMond FNGs:
COUNT: 8
WOR: ~5 min
SSHs x10
Abe Vigodas x10
Mountain Climbers x10
Mountain Man Poopers x10
Stretch Arms OYO
The Thang:
O’Hare – 10 min
AMRAP at the Shop (30 sec work, 10 sec rest for 4 sets of 3 cycles): 1. Superman with weight (kind of a breast stroke motion)
2. Stretches with bands (palms up with elbows in at sides, grip band in each hand shoulder distance apart, pull hands outward) 3. Table presses
Lake Shore Drive – 8 min
Partner #1 completes Overhead Presses as Partner #2 bear crawls ~15 yards, completes 20 Shoulder Taps (1:1) and crawls back. Switch. Complete a few cycles.
(Based on “Feedback February” received, recommend completing this after Sears Tower next time.)
Sears Tower – TBD time
2149 overhead clap with weight Dora spittoon – 1 for each stair of the Sears Tower. (It will always be the Sears Tower.)
(Based on “Feedback February,” would either have PAX contribute 30 spittoon style before running up Halffa (50% Hoffa) or setting a target—like 200—to hit before everyone runs up.)
The Loop – Till Time
Thrusters while partner completes loop around lot. Switch.
Moleskine:
Making a small change makes a big difference over time: holding one pound in each hand for exercise, or setting your trajectory 1° different than it was to start. Make a little change over a long time can bring success in changing a habit.
COT:
Jobs, friends
Tags: Mastodon, Mr Roboto, Samsonite, Endo, Too Big To Fail (TBTF), Falsetto, Big Mac, Stock boy, LeMond
Date: 2026-02-16
AO: Ground Zero
Q: Mr Roboto ,
PAX: Sparrow, Stock boy, Cookies, T.B., Audible, Cottontail, Archive, Endo, Mr. Bean, Dumpster, Manhole, Flower Boy, Cheap Shot, Mr Roboto FNGs:
COUNT: 14
WOR:
SSHs x10
Goofballs x10
Copperhead Squats x10
Runner’s Stretch
The Thang:
9 ruckers, 5 runners
Went north. Ruckers went through the marsh.
Moleskine:
Matthew 16:26 says “For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world and forfeits his soul? Or what shall a man give in return for his soul?”
Don’t give up your soul for something temporary. If you’re struggling with anything, share it with someone you trust. Don’t go it alone.
COT:
Manhole’s coworker, Mr. Bean job, Cookies’s M
Tags: Ground Zero, Sparrow, Stock boy, Cookies, T.B., Audible, Cottontail, Archive, Endo, Mr. Bean, Dumpster, Manhole, Flower Boy, Cheap Shot, Mr Roboto
Date: 2026-02-14
AO: Mastodon
Q: Too Big To Fail (TBTF) ,
PAX: Cookies, Jailbreak, Too Big To Fail (TBTF), Cheap Shot, Audible, Falsetto, The wet burrito, Stock boy, Mr Roboto FNGs: None
COUNT: 9
WOR:
Breakfast In Bed – AKA Warm-O-Rama – 5 minutes
– Good mornings x10 (IC)
– Abe Vegodas x10 (IC)
– SSH x25 (IC)
– Copper Head Squats x10 (IC)
– Michael Phelps x10 (IC)
The Thang:
Flowers – 10 minutes
– picking daisies x10 (IC), burpees x10 (OYO), sprint Hoffa, picking daisies x10 (IC), mosey back
– – picking daisies x10 (IC), burpees x10 (OYO), sprint Hoffa, picking daisies x10 (IC), mosey back
– – picking daisies x10 (IC), burpees x10 (OYO), sprint Hoffa, picking daisies x10 (IC), mosey back
Box Of Chocolates (AKA Follow The Leader) – 10 minutes
• mosey a completely random route
• do not tell PAX what is coming form the Q – make it up on the fly • encourage PAX to call out exercise if so inclined to add to the chaos • quote Forrest Gump annoyingly
Couples massage – 10 minutes
* start mid-Hoffa
– Power merkins x10 (Partner planking on bottom does merkin with PAX feet on his back), switch, wheelbarrow up Hoffa, mosey back
– Derkins x10 (PAX feet on planking partners back then merkin), switch, wheelbarrow up Hoffa, mosey back
– Incline merkins x10 (PAX does merkin on planking partners back), switch, wheelbarrow up Hoffa, mosey back
– Power merkins R2 x10 (Partner planking on bottom does merkin with PAX planking on his back), switch, wheelbarrow up Hoffa, mosey back
Lovers Lane – 10 minutes
Partner 1 runs a lap, then swap with Partner 2. Partner 2 is working on the reps below: L — Lunges – 100
O — Overhead Clap – 125
V — V-Ups – 150
E — E2K (Elbow 2 Knee) Sit ups – 175
R — Rocky Balboa – 200 – shadow boxing/feet switch 2 is 1
S — Smurf Jacks — 225 – low squat
Moleskine:
Lift up your M – it’s Valentine’s Day afterall
COT:
Cookies M’s health, Mr Roboto’s friends divorce, Falsetto’s son’s new job
Tags: Mastodon, Cookies, Jailbreak, Too Big To Fail (TBTF), Cheap Shot, Audible, Falsetto, The wet burrito, Stock boy, Mr Roboto
Date: 2026-02-16
AO: Tar Pit
Q: Jolly ,
PAX: Tortuga, Jolly, Too Big To Fail (TBTF), Portage, Panhandle FNGs: None
COUNT: 5
WOR:
Abe vigodas
Arm circles
SSH
Mountain man poopers
The Thang:
We headed to the track and did a one lap warm up mosey.
Round 1
We did 10 reps of the following exercises slow, in cadence, with good form and full range of motion.
Skull crushers
Overhead press
Curls
Goblet squats
Block merkins
Big boy sit-ups
Pax then repeated all of the exercises on their own and then ran a lap.
100 thrusters spittoon style.
Round 2
Tortuga called the exercises for this round and was given the option to keep them the same, swap one out for a new one or just add one on. In true Tortuga fashion he added one (crunchy frogs) and modified one (block merkins to hand release block merkins).
Repeat on own, run lap, 100 thrusters spittoon style.
Round 3
Panhandle called this round. He decided to subtract crunchy frogs and block merkins and add bent over rows.
Repeat on own, run lap, 50 blockees spittoon style.
Back to the flag for some flutters called by Panhandle.
Moleskine:
“My dear brothers and sisters, take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry,” James 1:19 NIV
COT: IYKYK
Tags: Tar Pit, Tortuga, Jolly, Too Big To Fail (TBTF), Portage, Panhandle
Date: 2026-02-14
AO: Flat Earth
Q: T.B. ,
PAX: Hypotenuse, Spielberg, White Noise, Archive, T.B., Endo, Cheese, Tortuga, Shiplap, Banks, Wagyu, Jolly, Cookies, Gummi Bear, Da Count FNGs: None
COUNT: 15
WOR: SSH x20, down and back
The Thang: old guys vs. young guys. Old guys won this time.
Moleskine: 1 John 4:7-12. Go read it.
COT: Cookies M chemo treatment, T.B. Job interview coming up
Tags: Flat Earth, Hypotenuse, Spielberg, White Noise, Archive, T.B., Endo, Cheese, Tortuga, Shiplap, Banks, Wagyu, Jolly, Cookies, Gummi Bear, Da Count
Date: 2026-02-14
AO: Tar Pit
Q: Lakers ,
PAX: Lakers, LeMond, Big Mac, Beaker, Panhandle, Da Vinci
FNGs: None
COUNT: 6
WOR:
As we waited for Beaker’s old man car to arrive…
1. SSH
2. Arm Circles
3. Butterfly
4. Runner stretch
The Thang:
Flowers – Only found daisies
– picking daisies x10 (IC), burpees x10 (on Q), sprint Spa, picking daisies x10 (IC), mosey back
– picking daisies x10 (IC), burpees x10 (on Q), sprint Spa, picking daisies x10 (IC), mosey back
– picking daisies x10 (IC), burpees x10 (on Q), sprint Spa, picking daisies x10 (IC), mosey back
Box Of Chocolates (never know what you’re gonna get)
• mosey a around the track, stopping at each corner
• have Pax call out exercises
• mix in some Pickle Pounders, Pickle Pointers and Monkey Humpers for good measure.
Finish at the spa
Couples massage – at the Spa (obviously)
– Power merkins x10 – Partner planking on bottom does merkin with PAX feet on his back – Derkins x10 – PAX feet on planking partners back then merkin – Incline merkins x10 – PAX does merkin on planking partners back
– Power merkins again x10 – Partner planking on bottom does merkin with PAX planking on his back Rinse and Repeat with opposite partner doing above exercises
Lovers Lane – There was length of heavy breathing
Partner 1 runs hamster wheel, then swap with Partner 2. Partner 2 is working on the reps below: L — Lunges – 100
O — Overhead Clap – 125
V — V-Ups – 150
E — E2K (Elbow 2 Knee) Sit ups – 175
R — Rocky Balboa – 200
S — Smurf Jacks — 225
Moleskine:
To a Friend
W.S. Merwin
I will think of you
when I am old
and you are old
and I will remember
what it was like
when I was young
and you were young
and we were alive
and I will remember
how we walked
together in the world
and what we said
and how we laughed
and I will remember
how we were
and I will remember
how you were there
when I needed you
and I will remember
how I was there
when you needed me
and I will remember
how we loved each other
COT: IYKYK
Tags: Tar Pit, Lakers, LeMond, Big Mac, Beaker, Panhandle, Da Vinci
Date: 2026-02-13
AO: Flat Earth
Q: Jolly ,
PAX: Gummi Bear, White Noise, Cheese, Shiplap, Too Big To Fail (TBTF), Wagyu, Oompa, Tortuga, Panda Express, Has Been, Jolly, Candyland, Banks FNGs: None
COUNT: 13
WOR: SSH/Down and back
The Thang: 7 – old school F3 vs 6 – new school. I did not go great for the old school folks.
Moleskine: sometimes things are hard and you struggle. Suck it up and make your self better.
COT: Candyland and M expecting a 2.0.
Tags: Flat Earth, Gummi Bear, White Noise, Cheese, Shiplap, Too Big To Fail (TBTF), Wagyu, Oompa, Tortuga, Panda Express, Has Been, Jolly, Candyland, Banks
Date: 2026-02-13
AO: Ground Zero
Q: Stock boy ,
PAX: Mr. Bean, Short Circuit, Panhandle, Da Vinci, Mr Roboto, Manhole, Toto, Big Mac, Cottontail, Cookies, LeMond, Endo, Stock boy, Moana FNGs: None
COUNT: 14
WOR:
Side straddle hops, copperhead squats, Abe Vigodas
The Thang:
We ran/rucked North
Moleskine:
Keep perspective on problems; don’t make mountains out of molehills. Remember gratitude for all you have.
COT:
Manhole’s coworker, Stock boy’s grandma
Tags: Ground Zero, Mr. Bean, Short Circuit, Panhandle, Da Vinci, Mr Roboto, Manhole, Toto, Big Mac, Cottontail, Cookies, LeMond, Endo, Stock boy, Moana
Date: 2026-02-12
AO: Dark Room
Q: LeMond ,
PAX: Sparrow, Brainfog, Crack, Lakers, Manhole, Toto, LeMond, Flower Boy, Beaker FNGs: None
COUNT: 11
– Warmorama:
– Ghostbusters
– Base Move: Alternating Reverse Lunges (performed throughout the song). – “Ghostbusters” Mention: 1 Burpee (every time the word “Ghostbusters” is sung). – “I ain’t afraid of no ghost” Mention: 3 Squat Jumps (or 3 Seal Claps/SSH). – Arm circles.
– Route 66 with bricks.
– Go around the short loop doing blockees at each lamppost.
– 1 blockee at 1st lightpole, 2 at the second, …
– Between lightpoles, single-arm farmer carry.
– Circle up for some fun
– Colt 45
– Howling Monkeys done correctly
– Each Pax calls out 5 in cadence.
– 20 uneven merkins off the coupon, alternating right and left – Breakdancer: 10 reps
– Coupon pass between partners
– Partners stand back-to-back in squat.
– Pass one coupon between them for 10 rounds in each direction. – Broad jump torture: 2 rounds
– Coupon remains fixed; broad jump from coupon to cones, mosey back – 10 salt shakers
– Mary
– Flutter Kicks
– Moleskin:
– Stoicism is an ancient philosophy focused on cultivating a virtuous character, mental resilience, and tranquility by focusing solely on what is within our control—our own thoughts and actions.
– Stoicism says that negative experiences are meant to teach us lessons and make us stronger. – What bad experiences have you had recently that made you stronger?
Tags: Dark Room, Sparrow, Brainfog, Crack, Lakers, Manhole, Toto, LeMond, Flower Boy, Beaker
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