ao_dark_room Fireworks at the Veterans Memorial

Date: 2025-07-03
AO: ao_dark_room
Q: Manhole
PAX: Lakers, Framed, Toto, Flower Boy, Tumnus, Beaker, LeMond, Manhole FNGs: None
COUNT: 8
WOR: SSH IC, stretch

The Thang: Battalion Death March to Veterans Memorial Park, BOMBS spitoon to 400

Moleskine: Happiness is a feeling, choose joy

COT: LeMond BIL with heart condition, Framed friend battling throat cancer, PAX at large traveling for summer vacations (I believe there was one more, so please edit the backblast appropriately)

Tags: ao_dark_room, Lakers, Framed, Toto, Flower Boy, Tumnus, Beaker, LeMond, Manhole

ao_mastodon Let’s Ruck

Date: 2025-07-03
AO: ao_mastodon
Q: LouGee
PAX: Mr Roboto, Stock boy, LouGee
FNGs: None
COUNT: 3
WOR: 20x SSH, Arm Circles (f/b

The Thang: Ruck for 1.5+ miles, sprinkling in various exercises (hitting all big muscles) at various points. We took turns carrying a 20 lb sand bag.

Moleskine: Make every day a celebration!

COT: 60 seconds of silence.
Reminder-Convergence on July 4th!

Tags: ao_mastodon, Mr Roboto, Stock boy, LouGee

ao_flat_earth Ultimate Frisbee – Thursday Edition

Date: 2025-07-03
AO: ao_flat_earth
Q: Jolly
PAX: Shiplap, Banks, DQ, Candyland, Cheese, BigBlue, Jack, Panda Express, Fiona, Swish, Has Been, Stump FNGs: None
COUNT: 13
WOR: SSH, down and back

The Thang: 7v6 then 6v6 Ultimate

Moleskine: US is still the greatest country in the world. Let’s celebrate it.

COT: Stump’s baby and move, BigBlue’s thumb, Candyland & Fiona’s sister on mission trip

Tags: ao_flat_earth, Shiplap, Banks, DQ, Candyland, Cheese, BigBlue, Jack, Panda Express, Fiona, Swish, Has Been, Stump

ao_tar_pit Work b4 Play

Date: 2025-07-02
AO: ao_tar_pit
Q: T-bone
PAX: T-bone, Da Vinci, Mr Roboto, Portage, The wet burrito, Crack, Banks, Cheese, Jolly, LeMond, Manhole, SAGA FNGs: None
COUNT: 12
WOR: SSH, AV, Arm Circles, Runners Stretch

The Thang:
1) Bataan Death March – 2 lines, 3 burpees
2) 11’s – burpees on one side of the field, Jump Squats on the other
3) 6v6 Ultimate with Exercise Ball and Chuck-it Kickball – team that gets scored on gets to choose which ball for next round

Moleskine: Life is messy- embrace the mess, it makes the easy times more enjoyable and meaningful.

COT: Praise for clean biopsy for Mr Roboto , prayers for Circle K guy and his heart surgery – friend of Jolly

Tags: ao_tar_pit, T-bone, Da Vinci, Mr Roboto, Portage, The wet burrito, Crack, Banks, Cheese, Jolly, LeMond, Manhole, SAGA

ao_mastodon The sound of the lord of the Julie Andrews

Date: 2025-07-01
AO: ao_mastodon
Q: Sparrow
PAX: LeMond, Ankles, Sparrow, Probie, Probie
FNGs: 1 Probie
COUNT: 4
WOR: warmups

The Thang:
2 mile run: discussion question, after you’re dead, what of your life will live on?
Answers offered: children and the values we teach them, plus some sweet serial multiplier code that Lemond wrote at Texas Instruments.

Dora: it’s as easy as 100,100,100. Merkins situps, squats.
The Julie Andrews.
The samwise gamgee (bonus that we had an actual firefighter with us to show us the real carries.)

Moleskine: if my ultimate goal is a happy healthy family, then our miscarriage destroyed that. If my goal is to “seek first the kingdom and his righteousness.” Then I can continue to pursue that goal and trust God with my family.

COT: that we would be faithful disciples of Christ.

Tags: ao_mastodon, LeMond, Ankles, Sparrow, Probie, Probie

ao_flat_earth Ultimate

Date: 2025-07-01
AO: ao_flat_earth
Q: LouGee
PAX: Banks, Jack, Shiplap, LouGee, Candyland, Big Mac, Lib, Panda Express, BigBlue, Stump, Jolly, Swish, Wagyu, Fiona, Cheese, Stage Fright FNGs: 1 Stage Fright
COUNT: 16
WOR: 30x SSH, Down & Back (OYO)

The Thang: Ultimate Frisbee

Moleskine: Success is a result of being available, willing, and being part of something bigger. It’s a TEAM effort!

COT: 60 seconds of silence.

Tags: ao_flat_earth, Banks, Jack, Shiplap, LouGee, Candyland, Big Mac, Lib, Panda Express, BigBlue, Stump, Jolly, Swish, Wagyu, Fiona, Cheese, Stage Fright

ao_dark_room Climbing Down Ladders

Date: 2025-07-01
AO: ao_dark_room
Q: Beaker
PAX: Da Vinci, Flower Boy, Tumnus, Framed, Manhole, Toto, Crack, Lakers, Beaker FNGs: None
COUNT: 9
WOR: SSHs, windmills, runners stretch, merkins, Michael Phelps

The Thang:
Lines of cones were set up 20 yds apart.

For each round, PAX perform 25 reps at line A, travel to line B, perform 20 reps, travel back to A, perform 15 reps, travel back to B, perform 10 reps, travel back to A, perform 5 reps.

Move on the next round when complete with the 5 reps.

Rd 1: Merkins and bear crawls
Rd 2: Leg lifts and broad jump burpees
Rd 3: Hi –> lo planks and gorrilla walks
Rd 4: Jump squats and lunge walks
Rd 5: American hammers and inchworm

Moleskine: You can’t make new old friends.

COT: IYKYK

Tags: ao_dark_room, Da Vinci, Flower Boy, Tumnus, Framed, Manhole, Toto, Crack, Lakers, Beaker

ao_flat_earth Ultimate

Date: 2025-06-28
AO: ao_flat_earth
Q: Shiplap
PAX: Tortuga, BigBlue, Banks, Bloomer, Crack, Swish, Jolly, Panda Express, Has Been, Shiplap, Jack, Cheese, Stump, Wagyu, Da Count FNGs: None
COUNT: 15
WOR: SSH – down and back

The Thang: Ultimate

Moleskine: Have a good group to be apart of and ask for help when needed!

COT:

Tags: ao_flat_earth, Tortuga, BigBlue, Banks, Bloomer, Crack, Swish, Jolly, Panda Express, Has Been, Shiplap, Jack, Cheese, Stump, Wagyu, Da Count

ao_ground_zero Go north my fellow PAX

Date: 2025-06-30
AO: ao_ground_zero
Q: Manhole
PAX: Ankles, Katniss, Cheese, Pool Boy, Sparrow, Noodles, Dr. Phil, Crack, Manhole FNGs: None
COUNT: 9
WOR: yep

The Thang: some ran, some rucked

Moleskine: you are 100% responsible for your relationships

COT: Sparrow and his M

Tags: ao_ground_zero, Ankles, Katniss, Cheese, Pool Boy, Sparrow, Noodles, Dr. Phil, Crack, Manhole

ao_tar_pit Cindy-500

Date: 2025-06-30
AO: ao_tar_pit
Q: LouGee
PAX: T-bone
FNGs: None
COUNT: 2
WOR: OYO – Arm Circles (20x f/b), Alternating Side Squats (20x), SSH (30x), Plank (60 sec), Superman’s (15x)

The Thang:
Round 1-
10x Merkins, 15x Thrusters, 20x Merkins, 25x Thrusters, 30x Merkins, 400m Power Walk Round 2-
10x Thrusters, 15x V-ups, 20x Thrusters, 25x V-ups, 30x Thrusters, 400m Power Walk Round 3-
10x V-ups, 15x Sumo Squats, 20x V-ups, 25x Sumo squats, 30x V-ups, 400m Power walk Round 4-
10x Tempo squats, 15x Blockees, 20x Tempo squats, 25x Blockees, 30x Tempo squats, 400m Power walk Bonus round-10 reps each
Goblet squats, rows, chest press, plank jacks, Colt-45 (1 set), skull crushers, shoulder press, single arm row (l-r) ~finished with flexibility (5 minutes)

Moleskine: Monday is Funday…starting is the most important part!

COT: Encouraged each other in our roles as fathers!

Tags: ao_tar_pit, T-bone