ao_mastodon Die of Failure Death

Date: 2025-11-11
AO: ao_mastodon
Q: Da Vinci
PAX: Sparrow, Falsetto, Jailbreak, T-bone, Too Big To Fail (TBTF), Panhandle, Da Vinci, Big Mac, LeMond FNGs: None
COUNT: 9
WOR: Follow the Leader to Egyptic

Get your Ticket as we listen to Vincent 1952 (60 curls, 50 merkens, 40 shoulder press, 30 BBSU, 20 skull crushers, 10 thrusters) ROLL THE DIE OF DEATH COUPONS:
1. Curls
2. Skull crushers
3. Derkens
4. Shoulder press
5. One arm rows
6. Swimmer’s press
7. Hodors
8. Goblet squats
9. Thrusters
10. Around the worlds
11. Curls
12. Skull crushers
13. Derkens
14. Shoulder press
15. One arm rows
16. Swimmer’s press
17. Hodors
18. Goblet squats
19. Thrusters
20. Around the worlds

ROLL THE DIE OF DEATH NO COUPON

1. hand release merkens
2. merkens
3. Diamond merkins
4. Jump squats
5. Flying squirrels
6. Burpees
7. LBCs
8. Flutters
9. Box cutters
10. Leg lifts
11. hand release merkens
12. merkens
13. Diamond merkins
14. Jump squats
15. Flying squirrels
16. Burpees
17. LBCs
18. Flutters
19. Box cutters
20. Leg lifts

Martin of Tours celebrated on this day, Nov. 11. Pandhandle moleskin echo in Thomas Kelly (Quaker): “Nothing matters, everything matters.” T.S. Eliot (who nearly converted to Hinduism): “Teach us to care and not to care.”

Martin of Tours: “Lord, if I am still necessary to Thy people, I do not refuse the toil.” (he died in 601, between the ages of 60 and 81). Dorothy Mills, The Middle Ages, p. 34

Prayers for family and friends in distress.

Tags: ao_mastodon, Sparrow, Falsetto, Jailbreak, T-bone, Too Big To Fail (TBTF), Panhandle, Da Vinci, Big Mac, LeMond

ao_tar_pit T-Bone is Back

Date: 2025-11-08
AO: ao_tar_pit
Q: T-bone
PAX: Da Vinci, Panhandle, Beaker, HOA (F3KC), Homie, Portage, The wet burrito, LeMond, DQ FNGs: None
COUNT: 10
WOR: Motivatorsx7, Runners Stretch with yoga dogs

The Thang:1) 5 Alive around the lake (merkins, squats, shoulder taps, lunges, burpees). 2) Mosey around the school. 3) 1 swimmers press at bottom of ramp, 1 burpee at top – repeat adding one rep each time ~ 8-10 rounds completed

Moleskine: Prioritize the things and people in front of you – put your phone down – give people your full attention – for meetings be prepared and practice active listening (sources: James 1:19-20 and Jamie Dimon).

COT: Panhandle FIL, Noodles

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/10/21/jamie-dimon-checking-phone-tablet-in-meeting-is-disrespectful-mistake.html

Tags: ao_tar_pit, Da Vinci, Panhandle, Beaker, HOA (F3KC), Homie, Portage, The wet burrito, LeMond, DQ

ao_tar_pit Five Alive with a Murder Bunny Twist

Date: 2025-11-10
AO: ao_tar_pit
Q: Jolly
PAX: SAGA, Da Vinci, DQ, Big Mac, Panhandle
FNGs: None
COUNT: 6
WOR: Abe Vigodas, Arm Circles, SSH, Michael Phelps

The Thang: Murder Bunny 5 Alive
We did Five Alive with Curl Presses, Nut Crackers, Skull Crushers, Thursters and Merkins.

It worked like this…
You did one curl press and then Murder Bunny 5 yards and do two curl presses, Murder Bunny 5 yards/three curl presses. Continue until you do five curl press.

Then you reverse murder bunny back to the start and add nut crackers. So 5 curl presses, 1 nut cracker. Repeat the murder bunny pattern up to 5 curl press and 5 nut crackers. Reverse murder bunny back and add skull crushers. Continue this same routine through all 5 exercises.

As an added bonus we had a timer to stop and do 20SSH/5 burpees every 5 minutes.

Moleskine:
Embrace the suck.
COT: IYKYK

Tags: ao_tar_pit, SAGA, Da Vinci, DQ, Big Mac, Panhandle

ao_ground_zero A Walk In The Dark

Date: 2025-11-10
AO: ao_ground_zero
Q: Lakers
PAX: Tortuga, Too Big To Fail (TBTF), Manhole, Mr. Bean, Ankles, Sparrow, Samsonite, Crack, Beaker, Pool Boy FNGs: None
COUNT: 11
WOR:
Stretchy, Tappy, chilly

The Thang:
Veni
Vidi
Vici

Moleskine:
Where are you feeling joy or satisfaction in living out your purpose or calling?

COT: IYKYK

Tags: ao_ground_zero, Tortuga, Too Big To Fail (TBTF), Manhole, Mr. Bean, Ankles, Sparrow, Samsonite, Crack, Beaker, Pool Boy

downrange Red Rucks – Red Rocks Trading Post- Morrison, CO

Date: 2025-11-09
AO: downrange
Q: Dumpster
PAX: Dumpster, Other guys that I don’t know, but they were friendly and talked with a few of them. One guy grew up in Naperville. The other guy he used to live in Chicago and another guy is from Rockford, so all in all great crew and made some connections with these guys who live in the Denver area. FNGs: None
COUNT: 10
WOR: stretch OYO

The Thang:
Rucked 2.5 miles around the trails at Red Rocks in Colorado- beautiful views!

Moleskine:

COT:

Tags: downrange, Dumpster, Other guys that I don’t know, but they were friendly and talked with a few of them. One guy grew up in Naperville. The other guy he used to live in Chicago and another guy is from Rockford, so all in all great crew and made some connections with these guys who live in the Denver area.

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