Category: Uncategorized

Date: 2026-08-13
AO: Dark Room
Q: Panhandle ,
PAX: Framed, Lakers, Jolly, Beaker, Ankles, perculator, Panhandle, Tortuga, Endo, Manhole, Body Double, DQ, Flower Boy, LouGee, Brainfog, Crack FNGs: None
COUNT: 16
Conditions: warm and humid

WOR: goofballs, abe vigodas, arm circles, picking daisies

The Thang:

– Thang 1: PAX pair up with one farmer-carrying coupons and the other doing a set of BOMBS (3 burpees, 4 outlaws, 5 merkens, 6 BBSs, and 7 air squats). Chases down partner and switch. Go around half-mile loop.

– Thang 2: BOMBS at every light-post around the loop (3 blockees, 4 overhead presses, 5 block merkens, 6 WWI sit-ups, 7 goblet squats)

Moleskine: take delight in the world (even in times of trouble).

Tags: Dark Room, Framed, Lakers, Jolly, Beaker, Ankles, perculator, Panhandle, Tortuga, Endo, Manhole, Body Double, DQ, Flower Boy, LouGee, Brainfog, Crack

Date: 2026-08-15
AO: Mastodon
Q: Endo ,
PAX: Cheap Shot, Mr Roboto, Too Big To Fail (TBTF), Endo, Stock boy FNGs: None
COUNT: 5
Conditions: muggy but no rain!

WOR: SSH, goofs, apolo ohno, shaun whites, xc skiers, parking lot plyos (arms and skipping)

The Thang: Endo brought some old dumbbells from home (one pair from 1950s at least). A couple of the dumbbells stop nuts came undone, so thanks to Stockboy for bringing extras.

Did blocks of single side focus exercises.
BLOCK 1 each arm/side and repeat until time
6x snatch
6x low bent row
6x offset goblet squat (1 foot up on coupon)
6x lateral lunge to single leg hop
(Music – Cranberries “Linger” and Sixpence None the Richer “Spotlight” and “Field of Flowers” from their original album “The Fatherless and the Widow”)

BLOCK 2 – each arm and repeat until time
6x overhead press
6x chest fly (laying down)
6x single leg bridge (like a pickle pusher – leg up on coupon) 6x single leg squat jump (other leg behind propped on coupon for stability)
(Music – 1974 live Petra concert at Sterling College “Backslidin’ Blues” and “Holy Ghost Power”)

BLOCK 3 – each arm and repeat
6x single arm bench press (laying)
12x situps with the dumbbell
6x kneeling curl
6x upright row

Final challenge – 1 min of either the single leg squat jumps or the lateral lunge to single leg hop

MARY – flutter kicks, LBCs and side plank leg raises each side

Moleskins: Flip flopped with moleskin i meant to do Monday … had conversation with my son while run hiking in PA on the appalachian trail. Talking about marathon running and fueling and how if you don’t fuel during the race eventually you hit the wall real hard late in the race, so it ends up being ideal to intake regular amounts of fuel along the way. I kind of see church attendance the same way as a regular intake of fuel that can help me go the long haul in my walk with God. On the flip side, you wouldn’t want to be fueling and not using it, so let’s use the rest of the week to “run hard for God” and interact like a Christian and be a light to others and our families.
The other moleskin was about Leigh Nash, lead singer of Sixpence None the Richer, so come to Ground Zero monday to hear more.

Tags: Mastodon, Cheap Shot, Mr Roboto, Too Big To Fail (TBTF), Endo, Stock boy

Date: 2026-08-12
AO: Ground Zero
Q: Cheap Shot ,
PAX: Audible, Stock boy, Cheap Shot, Pool Boy, Mr Roboto, Samsonite, Crack FNGs:
COUNT: 7
Conditions:

WOR: SSH, Abe Vigodas

The Thang: Ruck East

Moleskine: Nose to the grindstone

Tags: Ground Zero, Audible, Stock boy, Cheap Shot, Pool Boy, Mr Roboto, Samsonite, Crack

Date: 2026-08-15
AO: Flat Earth
Q: White Noise ,
PAX: Knuckleball, Banks, Oompa, Cookies, Y2K, Krampus, Panda Express, Tortuga, T.B., Bloomer, Cheese, Swish, White Noise FNGs: None
COUNT: 13
Conditions: hot and humid

WOR: SSH D&B

The Thang: 7v7 and 7v6 frisbee

Moleskine: back to school; step up and q; drink water

Tags: Flat Earth, Knuckleball, Banks, Oompa, Cookies, Y2K, Krampus, Panda Express, Tortuga, T.B., Bloomer, Cheese, Swish, White Noise

Date: 2026-08-14
AO: Ground Zero
Q: LeMond ,
PAX: Mr. Bean, Stock boy, Samsonite, Brainfog, LeMond, Crack, Da Vinci, Beaker, Shamwow, Panhandle, Cheap Shot, Endo FNGs: None
COUNT: 12
Conditions: humid, lots of mosquitoes.

We headed north on the Prairie Path and then headed back to ao_ground_zero

– Moleskin: forgiveness
– Not forgiving someone is like consuming poison and expecting the other person to die. – Who are the ones who have hurt you in your life?
– Ask God to forgive them and help you forgive them.

Tags: Ground Zero, Mr. Bean, Stock boy, Samsonite, Brainfog, LeMond, Crack, Da Vinci, Beaker, Shamwow, Panhandle, Cheap Shot, Endo

Date: 2026-08-14
AO: Flat Earth
Q: Tortuga ,
PAX: Jolly, Tortuga, Y2K, Shiplap, Cheese, DQ, Spit Valve, MaiTai, BigBlue, Panda Express, Knuckleball, Bloomer, Boss Baby FNGs: 1 Boss Baby
COUNT: 13
Conditions: amazing

WOR:yes

The Thang: ultimate

Moleskine: Be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to get angry. Ask, listen, remember.

Tags: Flat Earth, Jolly, Tortuga, Y2K, Shiplap, Cheese, DQ, Spit Valve, MaiTai, BigBlue, Panda Express, Knuckleball, Bloomer, Boss Baby

Date: 2026-08-13
AO: Mastodon
Q: Dumpster ,
PAX: Mr Roboto, Big Mac, Audible, Tenderfoot, Dumpster, Stock boy FNGs: None
COUNT: 6
Conditions: Humid- but no rain

WOR:
Arm circles
Michael Phelps
Mountain climbers
Stretch – on your own

The Thang:

-Stay at start
Hungry Like A Wolf
Lunge to bench, do 20 LBCs, lunge back do 20 squats

-Go to PacMan
Hungry Like a Wolf – remix by Reel Big Fish (Ska Cover)
Side shuffle around – do 20 SSH, repeat

-Go to grass near PoopHouse
Mini Dora – teams of 2 (run across bridge & back)
100 Merkins
200 BBSUs
300 Squats

-Move to Hamptons
Do exercise stations with objects in a circle with Tabata timer & music

Moleskine:
Plan ahead, even when you don’t think you have to. Story about almost running out of gas yesterday. I was at our rental property in Miller Beach, IN assessing & fixing things. So many gas stations were closed in Northwest Indiana area (because gas stations and so many other businesses without power). Finally drove 20 mins to Costco in Merrillville on “empty” to get gas there. Should have filled up and gotten gas in Illinois before I left. Plan ahead, even when you don’t think you have to.

Tags: Mastodon, Mr Roboto, Big Mac, Audible, Tenderfoot, Dumpster, Stock boy

Date: 2026-08-12
AO: Tar Pit
Q: Panhandle ,
PAX: Beaker, Jolly, The wet burrito, Nyet (F3 Dallas), Sparrow, Panhandle, LouGee, Mall Cop, Too Big To Fail (TBTF), Tortuga FNGs: None
COUNT: 10
Conditions: warm and humid

WOR: SSHs, arm circles, abe vigodas, picking daisies, shoulder stretches

The Thang:

DORA:
– 100 blockees (with 50 meter run)
– 100 thrusters (with 100 meter run)
– 300 BBSs (with 150 meter run)
– 400 squats (with 400 meter run)
– 300 merkens (with 50 meter run)

Moleskine: remember to take delight in things

Tags: Tar Pit, Beaker, Jolly, The wet burrito, Nyet (F3 Dallas), Sparrow, Panhandle, LouGee, Mall Cop, Too Big To Fail (TBTF), Tortuga

Date: 2026-08-11
AO: Flat Earth
Q: Panda Express ,
PAX: Spielberg, Tortuga, Swish, White Noise, Boomerang, MaiTai, Knuckleball, Pine tar, BigBlue, Cheese, Hypotenuse, Krampus, Homie, Panda Express, Y2K, Lib, Gummi Bear, chopsticks, waffles, bard, bolt, yoyo, geico, awol FNGs: 3 yoyo, geico, awol
COUNT: 24
Conditions:

WOR: ssh, there and back

The Thang:
2 games of 6v6

Moleskine:
have fun

Tags: Flat Earth, Spielberg, Tortuga, Swish, White Noise, Boomerang, MaiTai, Knuckleball, Pine tar, BigBlue, Cheese, Hypotenuse, Krampus, Homie, Panda Express, Y2K, Lib, Gummi Bear, chopsticks, waffles, bard, bolt, yoyo, geico, awol

Date: 2026-08-11
AO: Mastodon
Q: Stock boy ,
PAX: Spit Valve, Endo, Too Big To Fail (TBTF), Stock boy, Tenderfoot, LeMond FNGs: None
COUNT: 6
Conditions:
Overcast, about 70°

WOR:
Toy soldiers, bat wings, stretch on your own

The Thang:
3 rounds of Dora:
1. 100 derkins, 200 goblet squats, 300 2 is 1 flutters
2. 100 curls, 200 lunges, 300 LBCs
3. 100 one arm pulls, 200 deadlifts, 300 American Hammers

Playlist:
1. Dora The Explorer – Dora The Explorer Theme
2. Duran Duran – Hold Back the Rain
3. Blind Melon – No Rain
4. B. J. Thomas – Raindrops Keep Fallin’ on My Head
5. The Beatles – Rain
6. SKÁLD – Riders on the Storm
7. Creedence Clearwater Revival – Have You Ever Seen the Rain? 8. Guns N’ Roses – November Rain
9. Jars of Clay – Flood
10. AC/DC – Thunderstruck
11. Dora The Explorer – We Did It!

Moleskine:
Very often the right thing or the best thing to do is the hardest; stay disciplined so you can step up and do what is needed even when no one else will.

Tags: Mastodon, Spit Valve, Endo, Too Big To Fail (TBTF), Stock boy, Tenderfoot, LeMond