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ao_flat_earth Ultimate 11/8

Date: 2025-11-08
AO: ao_flat_earth
Q: T.B.
PAX: Shiplap, Jolly, Has Been, White Noise, Tortuga, Cheese, Hypotenuse, Wagyu, Bloomer, Too Big To Fail (TBTF), Da Count, Sticky Fingers FNGs: None
COUNT: 13
WOR: SSH x20, down-and-back

The Thang: ultimate

Moleskine: set aside time to be in prayer with others.

COT: unspoken needs of PAX

Tags: ao_flat_earth, Shiplap, Jolly, Has Been, White Noise, Tortuga, Cheese, Hypotenuse, Wagyu, Bloomer, Too Big To Fail (TBTF), Da Count, Sticky Fingers

ao_flat_earth Lake-show at Flat Earth

Date: 2025-11-07
AO: ao_flat_earth
Q: Lakers
PAX: DQ, Samsonite, Big Mac, Jolly, White Noise, Banks, Manhole, Cheese, Dewey, Gummi Bear, Krampus, Shiplap, Fiona, Candyland, Treebeard, Ironheart, Sparty, Sticky Fingers FNGs: 1 Sticky Fingers
COUNT: 19
WOR:
SSH
Buttkickers
Karaoke

The Thang:
Discs were thrown
Some were caught
Some were not
Friends became enemies
Enemies became friends

Moleskine:
Question o’ the day: What feelings are you stifling that you need to speak up and share?

COT: White Noise 2.0 with a broken arm

Tags: ao_flat_earth, DQ, Samsonite, Big Mac, Jolly, White Noise, Banks, Manhole, Cheese, Dewey, Gummi Bear, Krampus, Shiplap, Fiona, Candyland, Treebeard, Ironheart, Sparty, Sticky Fingers

ao_dark_room Half mile, half mercy

Date: 2025-11-06
AO: ao_dark_room
Q: LeMond
PAX: Body Double, Jolly, Brainfog, Framed, Manhole, Beaker, Toto, Banks, Lakers FNGs: None
COUNT: 10
– Warmorama:
– Goofballs
– Abe Vigodas
– Imperial Walkers
– Mountain climbers.
– Mountain man poopers
– Rocky Balboas
– Pre-Thang at Hacksaw, by the hill; everything in cadence
– 20 SSHs, 10 4-ct LBCs at top
– 20 seal SSHs, 10 reachups at top
– 20 plank jacks, 10 groiners at top
– No Mercy Mile with variations: lamppost to lamppost on trail. – Jog to lightpole, 20 merkins
– bear crawl to next lightpole
– Jog to lightpole, 40 squats
– lunge walk to lightpole
– Repeat steps 1 to 4
– Should do four rounds.
– Merkin variations: regular, diamond, wide, one-legged.
– Squat variations: regular, Chinook, Bobby Hurleys, side lunges – Body weight hold on ledge while other Pax do 10 burpees
– Switch and repeat
– Note: should do this in partner pairs, not as a group.
– Mary
– Flutter kicks
– Breakdancers
– Supermans
– American Hammers
– Moleskin:
– Phillips Brooks was a prominent American Episcopal clergyman, author, and preacher from the 19th century.
“Be patient and understanding. Life is too short to be vengeful or malicious,” and “Bear with the faults of others as you would have them bear with yours”

Tags: ao_dark_room, Body Double, Jolly, Brainfog, Framed, Manhole, Beaker, Toto, Banks, Lakers

ao_mastodon The 5:30

Date: 2025-11-06
AO: ao_mastodon
Q: Audible
PAX: Stock boy, Archive, Sparrow, Dumpster, Jailbreak, Too Big To Fail (TBTF), T-bone, Tortuga, Panhandle, Audible FNGs: None
COUNT: 11
WOR:
Abe Vigodas
Shoulder Rolls OYO
Imperial Walkers
SSH

The Thang:
Mosey the shortest mile… end @ The Hamptons

ROUND 1
30 – Calf Raises
30 – Little Baby Crunches
30 – Superman Extensions
Facedown – arms and legs out and raised
30 – Squat to reverse lung
combo
1 deep squat → step back into a reverse lunge
(alternate legs)
30 Merkins

* Mosey up Hoffa and back to the Hamptons *

ROUND 2
30 – Bicep Curls
30 – American Hammers
30 – Shoulder Taps
30 – Burpees
30 – Flutter Kicks (4 is 1)

Rinse and Repeat until 0615

Moleskine:
Go to bed a little wiser than when you woke up

COT:
Archive friend having surgery, Jailbreak M’s grandparents, Panhandle FIL is in hospital. Also the unspoken needs and requests of the PAX.

Tags: ao_mastodon, Stock boy, Archive, Sparrow, Dumpster, Jailbreak, Too Big To Fail (TBTF), T-bone, Tortuga, Panhandle, Audible

ao_mastodon Trick or Treat Beat-down

Date: 2025-11-01
AO: ao_mastodon
Q: Stock boy
PAX: Jailbreak, The wet burrito, Bloomer, Falsetto, Mr Roboto, Dumpster, Cheap Shot, Treebeard FNGs: None
COUNT: 9
WOR:
SSH, Abe Vigodas, arm circles, toy soldiers

The Thang:
Pax took turns pulling a paper from a bucket. On one side a “trick” exercise was listed, and the other a “treat” exercise. I then asked them a trivia question; if they got it wrong, we did the trick exercise, and if they got it right, we did the treat. 18 questions in all were answered, about half correctly.

Moleskine:
Treat your loved ones well

COT:
Jobs for PAX, patience for loved ones

Tags: ao_mastodon, Jailbreak, The wet burrito, Bloomer, Falsetto, Mr Roboto, Dumpster, Cheap Shot, Treebeard

ao_tar_pit The Dirty Dozen

Date: 2025-11-05
AO: ao_tar_pit
Q: Lakers
PAX: Stock boy, Manhole, The wet burrito, Panhandle, Tortuga, T-bone, Da Vinci, DQ, Too Big To Fail (TBTF), Big Mac FNGs: None
COUNT: 11
WOR:
20 SSH, IC

The Thang: The Dirty Dozen
12 reps of 1st exercise, run a lap around the track.

12 reps of 1st and 2nd exercise, run a lap

Continue until time is called. Here are the exercises:

1 WW3 SUs
2 Derkins
3 Star jumps
4 Shoulder taps (2 is 1)
5 Coupon Squats
6 Skull Crushers
7 Freddie mercuries (2 is 1)
8 Box cutters
9 Chest Press
10 Diamond merkins
11 American hammers
12 Blockees

Moleskine: Question-O-Rama:
Where are you contributing to your biggest frustrations at home?

COT: Panhandle’s FiL recovering from stroke, WB’s grandmother in law passing away at 106!

Tags: ao_tar_pit, Stock boy, Manhole, The wet burrito, Panhandle, Tortuga, T-bone, Da Vinci, DQ, Too Big To Fail (TBTF), Big Mac

ao_flat_earth Ultimate

Date: 2025-11-04
AO: ao_flat_earth
Q: Cheese
PAX: Jolly, Candyland, Tortuga, Banks, Cheese, Has Been, Oompa, Shiplap, Spielberg, Lib, White Noise FNGs: None
COUNT: 11
WOR: SSH & down n back

The Thang: Ultimate

Moleskine: welcome back Lib & Spielberg

COT: health

Tags: ao_flat_earth, Jolly, Candyland, Tortuga, Banks, Cheese, Has Been, Oompa, Shiplap, Spielberg, Lib, White Noise

ao_dark_room Around the World (2nd Edition)

Date: 2025-11-04
AO: ao_dark_room
Q: Dumpster
PAX: Brainfog, Portage, Toto, Beaker, Audible, Body Double, Manhole, Flower Boy, Dumpster FNGs: None
COUNT: 9
WOR:
One Day – Matisyahu
– Sun stretch, Toe touch, Leg Stretches, Michael Phelps, Arm Raise Claps, Runners Stretch

The Thang:
La Bamba – Ritchie Valens
– 20 Derkins, then sidestep w/ coupon following the curb & back

Move to sidewalk by skate Park

Suerte – Shakira
– 10 right arm rows, 10 left arm rows, then run down and back, repeat

Move to outside of turf field

Ja Se Na Morar – Tribalistas
– 20 OHPs, 20 Goblet Squats, murder bunny to fence and redrum back, repeat.

Leave coupons and Go to center of Broga Mat

Grotti – Skald
– 30 BBSUs, run forwards half field, run backwards back, repeat

Move to baseball field

American Wake – Riverdance
– 40 salt shakers then run bases, repeat

Go to Booties = Big Looties (playground)

Gipsy Kings – Medley
– Various Exercises as a group, take individual turns galloping around Booties – circle (Exercises – LBC’s, SSHs, lunges, squats, etc)

Go to inside Skate Park (Scooties)

Flash – Perfume
– 10 Coupon Swings, 10 Coupon Curls, then run up ramp to fence and back, repeat

Go back to start

Moleskine: Shared story of growing up as a missionary kid in the Philippines and people were a bit covertly racist. I’ve been working to unlearn the sense of superiority, mild racism, etc for the past few decades. Main point is : All cultures have things that are both positive and negative. We should listen and learn from other cultures and show respect.

COT: Prayers and thinking about ongoing ICE raids and all the families and communities affected = stress, anxiety, fear, loss, etc…

Prayer read aloud:

A World of Beauty and Love Is Coming

Spirit of Life, love which holds us,
We gather in reverence and thanks for You.
We are grateful for the gift of another breath,
and for each moment of connection, beauty, and truth.
Cry with us in our pain for our world.
Remind us that we are loved, just as we are.
Remind us that we are connected with all that is.
Remind us that we do not journey alone.
Give us what we need for today.
Call us back to our promises, commitments, and values.
Help us love ourselves and each other,
And to show that love in our actions.
Make us instruments of justice, equity, and compassion.
Free us from all that is evil.
We declare that life and love are stronger than tyranny and fear, That a world of beauty and love is coming,
And we must shape it together.
May it be so. Amen.

By Elizabeth Bukey Saunter

Tags: ao_dark_room, Brainfog, Portage, Toto, Beaker, Audible, Body Double, Manhole, Flower Boy, Dumpster

ao_mastodon Turn and Burn

Date: 2025-11-04
AO: ao_mastodon
Q: Lakers
PAX: Big Mac, Mr Roboto, Stock boy, Da Vinci, LeMond, Falsetto, Jailbreak, Too Big To Fail (TBTF), Samsonite FNGs: None
COUNT: 10
WOR:
20 SSH, IC
10 Tappy Taps, IC
10 Arm Circles, IC
10 Reverse Arm Circles, IC
10 Chinooks
Hurdle Stretches
Butterfly Stretch

The Thang:
1st and 10
10 merkins 1 burpee
Sprint 100 yds mosey back 90
9 Merkins 2 burpees
Sprint 90 yds mosey back 80
8 Merkins 3 burpees
Sprint 80 yds mosey back 70
R&R

Block & Roll Circuit
1. Block Curls
2. Block Overhead Press
3. Block Flamingo One Armed Row
4. Block Swings
5. Block Sit-Ups (WW3)
6. Block Pass-Through Plank

Cool Down Stretch

Moleskine:
Question-o-Rama:
Where are you finding joy?

COT: IYKYK

Tags: ao_mastodon, Big Mac, Mr Roboto, Stock boy, Da Vinci, LeMond, Falsetto, Jailbreak, Too Big To Fail (TBTF), Samsonite

ao_tar_pit IPC 2023 week 1 Redux

Date: 2025-11-03
AO: ao_tar_pit
Q: Big Mac
PAX: Jolly, DQ, Oompa, Tortuga
FNGs: None
COUNT: 5
WOR:
5 minute EMOM: 35SSH & 8 Burpees
5 t-bone burpees
Pick Daisies OYO
Arm circle stuff

The Thang:
Mosey to far side of football field.
Alternate exercise pairs every 10 reps until PAX get to 80 of each then move on to the next pair. Every 5 minutes use the MOT prescribed to go 10 yards back and forth, and continue.

1. Flying Squirrels & WWIII Sit-ups; MOT: Coupon Lunges
2. Block over Burpees & No Cheat Merkins (Hand Release, and Shoulder taps); MOT: Murder bunny and reverse murder bunny. 3. Thrusters & Coupon Swings; MOT: Rifle Carry

45 minutes, repeat if finish.

Moleskine: Sin and its effects on earth are a blip in terms of eternity. Core of who you are is defined by what you love, desire. What are you pursuing?

COT: Jolly’s brother.

Tags: ao_tar_pit, Jolly, DQ, Oompa, Tortuga