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

ao_ground_zero Rub/Ruck Club

Date: 2025-11-03
AO: ao_ground_zero
Q: Mr Roboto
PAX: Dr. Phil, SAGA, Sparrow, Samsonite, Brainfog, Stock boy, Cheap Shot, Short Circuit, Pool Boy, Manhole, Too Big To Fail (TBTF), Crack, Mr. Bean, Da Vinci FNGs: None
COUNT: 15
WOR:
SSHs x10
Imperial Walkers x10
Good Mornings x10
Picking Daisies
Tappy Taps x10
Stretch OYO

The Thang:
– Run/Ruck south on the Prairie Path.
– Had a roughly 50/50 split of runners and ruckers.
– A couple of PAX modified as necessary by rucking north.

Moleskine:
You don’t control the feelings you have, but you control what you do with each feeling—how you respond to it and how you make others feel as a result.

COT:
Jobs, work travel, thanks for sunlight in the morning again.

Tags: ao_ground_zero, Dr. Phil, SAGA, Sparrow, Samsonite, Brainfog, Stock boy, Cheap Shot, Short Circuit, Pool Boy, Manhole, Too Big To Fail (TBTF), Crack, Mr. Bean, Da Vinci

ao_ground_zero Run/Ruck

Date: 2025-10-29
AO: ao_ground_zero
Q: Beaker
PAX: Audible, Crack, Ankles, Mr. Bean, Beaker
FNGs: None
COUNT: 5
WOR: SSHs, Runners stretch

The Thang:
Ruck north
COT: yup

Tags: ao_ground_zero, Audible, Crack, Ankles, Mr. Bean, Beaker

ao_flat_earth Ultimate

Date: 2025-11-01
AO: ao_flat_earth
Q: Cheese
PAX: Bloomer, White Noise, Cheese, Bucky, Homie, Hypotenuse, Jolly, Too Big To Fail (TBTF), Shiplap, BigBlue, Panda Express, Has Been, Banks, Oompa, Samsonite, DQ, Tortuga, @count, @treebeard FNGs: None
COUNT: 19
WOR:

The Thang:

Moleskine:

COT:

Tags: ao_flat_earth, Bloomer, White Noise, Cheese, Bucky, Homie, Hypotenuse, Jolly, Too Big To Fail (TBTF), Shiplap, BigBlue, Panda Express, Has Been, Banks, Oompa, Samsonite, DQ, Tortuga, @count, @treebeard

ao_ground_zero Halloween Run/Ruck + Story + Raffle

Date: 2025-10-31
AO: ao_ground_zero
Q: Dumpster
PAX: Panhandle, T-bone, SAGA, Flower Boy, Mr. Bean, Ankles, Samsonite, Mr Roboto, Too Big To Fail (TBTF), LeMond, Stock boy, Dumpster, Endo FNGs: None
COUNT: 13
WOR:
1. Sunstretch
2. Arm circles
3. Goofballs
4. Zombies
5. Imperial walkers
6. Mountain climbers
7. Runners Stretch

*Special guest – Sheila the mannequin

The Thang:
Run/Ruck East to Wheaton field & back

Moleskine: I CAN DO HARD THINGS (book reading)

COT: Silence, “We can do hard things” and Amen.

Raffle- with various prizes at the end!

Tags: ao_ground_zero, Panhandle, T-bone, SAGA, Flower Boy, Mr. Bean, Ankles, Samsonite, Mr Roboto, Too Big To Fail (TBTF), LeMond, Stock boy, Dumpster, Endo

ao_mastodon Arms Over And Over And Over And Over And Over Again

Date: 2025-10-30
AO: ao_mastodon
Q: DQ
PAX: Panhandle, Tortuga, Jolly, Jailbreak, Too Big To Fail (TBTF), Falsetto, Mr Roboto, Homie, Da Vinci, Stock boy FNGs: None
COUNT: 11
WOR:
– SSH
– Arm circles
– Abe Vigodas
– Copperhead merkins

The Thang:
SHOP Tabata (20s w / 10s rest) 5 rounds
• derkins
• table presses
• tricep dips
• upright row
• curls

COOTIES Tabata (20s w / 10s rest) 5 rounds
• Pull-up
• single arm rows (R)
• single arm rows (L)
• coupon swings
• skull crushers

DQ’s Physical Therapy
• marches
• clam shells
• canoe flappers
• bird dogs
• dead bugs
• american hammers

Moleskine:
Put your best foot forward at home. There are certain positive things we do behaviorally or relationally better outside the home, and neglect to do those same things when we’re at home with our loved ones. Put your best foot forward at home. Your family deserves your best.

COT:
– Jailbreak’s third child getting baptized
– Administrator at Wheaton going through a difficult time with his health – Mr. Roboto potential opportunity for a new job

Tags: ao_mastodon, Panhandle, Tortuga, Jolly, Jailbreak, Too Big To Fail (TBTF), Falsetto, Mr Roboto, Homie, Da Vinci, Stock boy