Category: Uncategorized

Date: 2025-05-08
AO: ao_dark_room
Q: Framed
PAX: Beaker, Manhole, Toto, LeMond, Banks, Framed
FNGs: None
COUNT: 6
WOR:
Side Straddle Hops, Abe Vigodas, Imperial Walkers, Tappy Taps, Calf Stretches on Coupon

The Thang:
Half mile loop stopping at the light poles—Rotation of Merkins, Squats & Big Boys. Parking lot (3 Circuits)—30 Lunges, 10 Burpees, Bear Crawl, run back. Playground Ab Circuit—Flutter Kicks, Decline Sit Ups, Freddy Mercurys, Box Cutters, American Hammers, 30 Dips on the bench as the control. 2 rounds of Colt 45s mixed in for good measure.

Moleskine:
Smile. Eye contact. Show up on time. Deliver. Say thank you. Give a damn. You don’t need hacks. In a world full of noise, mastering the basics gives you an unfair advantage. Plant seeds today your future self will thank you for. Small steps compound into something big. Keep it simple. Keep it strong.

COT:
Minute of silence, intentions/prayer

Tags: ao_dark_room, Beaker, Manhole, Toto, LeMond, Banks, Framed

Date: 2025-05-09
AO: ao_ground_zero
Q: Panhandle
PAX: SAGA, T-bone, Beaker, Ankles, TBTF, Toto, Dr. Phil, Stock boy FNGs: None
COUNT: 9
WOR: SSHs, stretching

The Thang: run/ruck north on the Prairie Path

Moleskine: Plat to succeed, prepare to fail

COT: Dr. Phil’s neck ailments and anniversary of brother’s death, Roboto’s brother

Tags: ao_ground_zero, SAGA, T-bone, Beaker, Ankles, TBTF, Toto, Dr. Phil, Stock boy

Date: 2025-05-09
AO: ao_flat_earth
Q: Banks
PAX: Tortuga, Jolly, Banks, DQ, Shiplap, Gummi Bear, Jack, Dewey, Swish, Candyland, White Noise, Sparty, Cheese, Manhole, BigBlue, Velveeta, Oompa, Panda Express, Bloomer, rawhide FNGs: None
COUNT: 20
WOR:the usual

The Thang:ultimate

Moleskine:ultimate

COT:big blue AP tests

Tags: ao_flat_earth, Tortuga, Jolly, Banks, DQ, Shiplap, Gummi Bear, Jack, Dewey, Swish, Candyland, White Noise, Sparty, Cheese, Manhole, BigBlue, Velveeta, Oompa, Panda Express, Bloomer, rawhide

Date: 2025-05-08
AO: ao_mastodon
Q: Stock boy
PAX: Falsetto, Linc, Cheese, Big Mac, Samsonite, LouGee, Tortuga, @HOA FNGs: None
COUNT: 9
WOR:
SSHs, tin soldiers, bat wings, copperhead squats, copperhead merkins to “The Chauffeur” by Duran Duran

The Thang:
Musical Dora:
1. Coupon swings – “Always Something There To Remind Me” by Naked Eyes 2. Blockees – “The Safety Dance” by Men Without Hats
3. Calf raises – “Funky Town” cover by Pseudo Echo
4. Overhead presses – “You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)” by Dead Or Alive 5. Curls – “She Blinded Me With Science” by Thomas Dolby
6. BBSUs – “Major Tom (Coming Home)” by Peter Schilling
7. Thrusters – “Axel F” by Harold Faltermeyer
8. Goblet squats – “The Metro” by Berlin
9. Flutter kicks – “Enjoy the Silence” by Depeche Mode

Moleskine:
I just got back from Sioux Falls, South Dakota, where my 2nd son, Short Circuit (Ethan), graduated. And this Saturday my oldest son, Cheap Shot (Ike), graduates from NIU. And I realized, I never tell them how proud of them I am. I need to do that.

COT:
My friend’s son, Nathaniel, fighting cancer, Falsetto’s M’s work transition, Mr Roboto’s brother

Tags: ao_mastodon, Falsetto, Linc, Cheese, Big Mac, Samsonite, LouGee, Tortuga, @HOA

Date: 2025-05-07
AO: ao_tar_pit
Q: Banks
PAX: Panhandle, Tortuga, Da Vinci, Ankles, Banks, Big Mac, Stock boy, The wet burrito, Captain Caveman FNGs: None
COUNT: 9
WOR: we did ssh and burpees every time they sang Rosanna, then we stretched oyo

The Thang: musical Dora
We started off doing squats and hike to Kokomo, then went into the Dora

One pax would complete the exercise while the other ran exercises were: – curls – All out of love
– Tricep extension – a groovy kind of love
– Chest press – Mr blue sky
– BBS – take it on the run
– One arm rows – the pina colada song
– Overhead press – let my love open the door
– Flutter kicks – hold the line

We circled up and finished with a plank while the boys of summer played

Moleskine:
Be kind to yourself. The Stoic philosopher Cleanthes was once walking through the streets of Athens when he came across a man berating himself for some failure. Seeing how upset he was, Cleanthes–normally one to mind his own business–could not help himself but to stop and say kindly, “Remember, you’re not talking to a bad man.” Discipline isn’t about beating yourself up. There’s a firmness involved, for sure. Ultimately, after a lifetime of study of Stoicism, this is how Seneca came to judge his own growth — “What progress have I made?” he wrote. “I have begun to be a friend to myself.” It is an act of self discipline to be kind to the self. To be a good friend. To make yourself better. To celebrate your progress, however small. That’s what friends do.

COT: prayers for peace around the world

Tags: ao_tar_pit, Panhandle, Tortuga, Da Vinci, Ankles, Banks, Big Mac, Stock boy, The wet burrito, Captain Caveman

Date: 2025-05-06
AO: ao_dark_room
Q: Manhole
PAX: Beaker, Framed, Toto, Manhole
FNGs: None
COUNT: 4
WOR: yep

The Thang: we did a thang or 2

Moleskine: don’t forget to have fun

COT: Beaker’s M job transition

Tags: ao_dark_room, Beaker, Framed, Toto, Manhole

Date: 2025-05-06
AO: ao_flat_earth
Q: Spielberg
PAX: Candyland, Oompa, Tortuga, Samsonite, Gummi Bear, TBTF, Jack, Cheese, Bloomer, Swish, Spokes, Fiona, White Noise, DQ, Panda Express, Spielberg, Shiplap FNGs: None
COUNT: 17
WOR: ssh, fire hydrants, donkey kicks, merkins, across the field and back

The Thang: 4v4 on smaller fields and then a full field game

Moleskine: pursue eulogy virtues over resume virtues

COT: pray on for Spielberg’s green card to come soon

Tags: ao_flat_earth, Candyland, Oompa, Tortuga, Samsonite, Gummi Bear, TBTF, Jack, Cheese, Bloomer, Swish, Spokes, Fiona, White Noise, DQ, Panda Express, Spielberg, Shiplap

Date: 2025-05-06
AO: ao_mastodon
Q: Da Vinci
PAX: Panhandle, Ankles, Stock boy, SAGA, LeMond, Sparrow, Falsetto, Big Mac, Da Vinci FNGs: None
COUNT: 9
PreGame to: Groove is in the Heart
Warmorama follow the leader to I’m Too Sexy
The Thang
Baseball Diamonds to Cotton Eye Joe
Betwixt sets print hill to an elected champion, if he wins, 20 burpees

Derkens and LBCs to Be My Lover
Curls (squeeze, thumb, or otherwise) and Boxcutters to Better Off Alone Skull crushers and Freddie Mercuries to Twilight Zone
Around the worlds to Around the World (but not that one!) and Outlaws One arm rows and flutter kicks to I Like to Move It
Hand release and BBSU to Rythym is a Dancer
Full coupon squats and Crunchyfrogs to What is Love
Shoulder press and oblique crunches to Be My Lover
Cool Down to All That She Wants

Moleskin: “Power based upon fear, domination, and violence is not ‘real’ power at all. It is real insofar as its destructiveness is concretely realized in human relationships, but it is in fact an idolatrous commandeering of true power… [But] true power – let us not be afraid of this word – is pacific, self-communicating, and empowering of others; it is just this power in which we are involved to participate in a creaturely way.” -Brian Robinette, https://undpress.nd.edu/9780268203528/the-difference-nothing-makes/ p. 25, 27

Tags: ao_mastodon, Panhandle, Ankles, Stock boy, SAGA, LeMond, Sparrow, Falsetto, Big Mac, Da Vinci

Date: 2025-05-05
AO: ao_tar_pit
Q: Tortuga
PAX: Da Vinci, Jolly, DQ, T-bone, TBTF, Panhandle
FNGs: None
COUNT: 7
WOR: ssh, Abe Vigodas, copperhead merkins and squats

The Thang:
Run 4 laps, do 10 reps of each exercise
Run 3 laps, do 20 reps
Run 2 laps, do 30 reps
Run 1 lap, do 40 reps
Run 4 laps

Block over burpees, overhead press, windshield wipers (2=1, feet touch the ground)

Moleskine: In three of the gospels there is a story of some friends who carry their friend to Jesus. The friend is a paralytic, and the crowds block the way to Jesus. They carry him up on the roof, cut a hole in the roof, and lower him down to where Jesus was. Talk about good friends! Jesus then says, “Your sins are forgiven.”
If I were one of the friends, I probably would have thought, “What!?!? We want you to heal him. Isn’t that obvious?” Jesus does go on to heal him, but I think the story points to our greater need for forgiveness. Obviously Jesus knew the man was a paralytic, and his friends brought him for healing. By forgiving him, Jesus shows us that the stain of our sin is much more debilitating than even paralysis.
If you haven’t turned to Jesus for the forgiveness of your sins, the offer stands. “Confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead and you will be saved.” “If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness.”
COT: prayers for Panhandle’s friend whose 2.0 recently passed away, Tbone’s other friend Ben who is having a biopsy on his eye, travelling mercies for Tortuga’s M and Tbone’s 2.0s.

Tags: ao_tar_pit, Da Vinci, Jolly, DQ, T-bone, TBTF, Panhandle

Date: 2025-05-05
AO: ao_ground_zero
Q: Manhole
PAX: Crack, White Noise, Hancock, Sparrow, Ankles, Samsonite, Cheese, Archive, Mr Roboto, Manhole, Gnome, Remains FNGs: 1 Remains
COUNT: 12
WOR: SSH IC, 5 T-Bone Burpees, Stretch OYO

The Thang: Run/ Ruck

Moleskine: Gratitude, practice it

COT: things

Tags: ao_ground_zero, Crack, White Noise, Hancock, Sparrow, Ankles, Samsonite, Cheese, Archive, Mr Roboto, Manhole, Gnome, Remains