Category: Uncategorized

Date: 2025-07-31
AO: downrange
Q: Crack
PAX: Crack, Buzz (Q), Speed Racer, Tuba, Madonna, Dougie, Woodie, and one other FNGs: None
COUNT: 1
WOR: SSH, El Chapo, Peter Parker’s, Merkins, Imperial Walkers, Hillbillies, Tin Soldiers, Mountain Climbers

The Thang: 7’s: four stations going up the drive, 7 reps each station, mosey back to start and plank for the 6. 1. Hand-release merkins
2. Squats
3. Star Jumps
Om the last round, we continued to the other end of the drive, but movement downhill had to be 1/3 lunges, 1/3 bear crawl, 1/3 crab walk.

Jacob’s Ladder: Run to top of hill, do reps. Each round add another exercise 1. Merkins (5)
2. Merkins, Dips (10)
3. Merkins, Dips, Squats (15)
4. Merkins, Dips, Squats, LBCs (20)

People’s Chair at the Wall – held for a 30 count from each PAX, ~3min time.

Mary

Moleskine:

COT: prayers for travel, for those who serve

Tags: downrange, Crack, Buzz (Q), Speed Racer, Tuba, Madonna, Dougie, Woodie, and one other

Date: 2025-07-31
AO: ao_dark_room
Q: Lakers
PAX: Manhole, LeMond, Jolly, Toto
FNGs: None
COUNT: 5
WOR:
– Mosey around parking lot
– Windmills
– Arm circles
– Leg stretches

The Thang:
Setup: 5 coupon stations spaced around the edge of the cricket circle. PAX partner up. • One partner runs a lap around the circle
• Other partner AMRAP at a station
• Switch and rotate until both partners have done all 5 stations (2 laps around the circle)

1 – Thrusters
2 – Blockees
3 – Curl-to-Press
4 – Lawnmower Rows
5 – Coupon Flutter Kick Press

Thang 2:
Hero Worship on playground
– Count was 20 dips
– Pull-ups
– Horizontal pull-ups
– Leaning push-ups
– BBSU

Mary:
– Box cutters
– Leg lifts
– Hold low plank
– American Hammers
– BBSU

Moleskine:
We only get so many laps around the sun, make them count. Connect with others and don’t let your mistakes define you.

COT: Manhole’s M

Tags: ao_dark_room, Manhole, LeMond, Jolly, Toto

Date: 2025-07-30
AO: ao_tar_pit
Q: Da Vinci
PAX: Stock boy, Da Vinci, T-bone, Panhandle, Samsonite, TBTF, Airpump, Jolly, Tortuga, SAGA, The wet burrito, DQ FNGs: None
COUNT: 12
Warmorama: Follow the leader to Margaratiaville with burpee at Margaritaville

The Thang:
In order to gain the privilege to roll:

Sprint 200/mozy 200
60 curls
50 merkens
40 shoulder press
30 BBSU
20 skull crushers
10 Thrusters
Those who finish, make up for others (during rolling as well)

ROLL THE DIE OF DEATH
1. 100 curls
2. 20 hand release merkens
3. 30 derkens
4. 40 merkens
5. 50 shoulder press
6. Run 400 meters
7. Run 800 meters
8. Scout run around lake
9. Scout run around school
10. 10 World War III sit ups
11. 20 burpees
12. 20 Skullcrushers
13. 13 burpees
14. 14 hodors
15. 15 thrusters
16. Sprint 200 meters/ mozy 200 meters
17. 40 BBSU
18. 60 curls
19. 25 thumb curls
20. 100 LBCs

Moleskin: If, as Josef Pieper put it, what I means for us to love is to say, ‘I am glad you exist,” then what it means for God to love us is for God to say, “Because I am glad, you exist.” -Bauerschmidt, https://www.amazon.com/Love-That-God-Invitation-Christian/dp/0802877958 (14)

COT: Prayer for PAX in harm’s way in Hawaii, T-bone’s M’s birthday

Tags: ao_tar_pit, Stock boy, Da Vinci, T-bone, Panhandle, Samsonite, TBTF, Airpump, Jolly, Tortuga, SAGA, The wet burrito, DQ

Date: 2025-07-29
AO: ao_mastodon
Q: Mr Roboto
PAX: Sparrow, SAGA, Samsonite, LouGee, Falsetto, Jailbreak, Airpump, Da Vinci, Stock boy, Jayhawk, Penny FNGs: None
COUNT: 12
WOR:
SSHs x20
Grass Pickers x10
Abe Vigodas x10
Michael Phelps OYO

The Thang:
(Courtesy of Thin Mints from AO Legion of Gloom in F3 Pittsburgh)
Mosey to playground. According to https://youtu.be/v69HA7CpU7A?si=trETplBqWueImPYa, the men who fought in WWI and WWII did only the following to prepare. – SSHs x10
– Merkins x10
– BBSUs x10
– “Climb the rope” x10 (Get your harness on first!)
– Lap around the baseball field

Completed 6 sets.

3 minutes of Mary

Moleskine:
Habits can be formed and broken with reward systems. (Case in point, my 10-year Dunkin’ habit.) If there’s a habit you want to start or stop, you may want to try a reward system.

COT:
Jobs, citizenship, new moves.

Tags: ao_mastodon, Sparrow, SAGA, Samsonite, LouGee, Falsetto, Jailbreak, Airpump, Da Vinci, Stock boy, Jayhawk, Penny

Date: 2025-07-29
AO: ao_flat_earth
Q: Panda Express
PAX: BigBlue, Candyland, Fiona, Wagyu, Shiplap, Tortuga, Jack, Lib, Jolly, Cheese, DQ, TBTF, Swish, Panda Express, dacount FNGs: None
COUNT: 15
WOR:
SSH, there and back
The Thang:
frisbee
Moleskine:
have fun
COT:

Tags: ao_flat_earth, BigBlue, Candyland, Fiona, Wagyu, Shiplap, Tortuga, Jack, Lib, Jolly, Cheese, DQ, TBTF, Swish, Panda Express, dacount

Date: 2025-07-28
AO: ao_tar_pit
Q: Panhandle
PAX: SAGA, Jolly
FNGs: None
COUNT: 3
WOR: (had to move to parking garage b/c of lightning) SSHs, Abe vigodas, copperhead squats, picking daisies

The Thang: 7 stations with an exercise and mode of transport to the next station. Make your way through with 10, then 20, and then 30 reps per station. Exercises and mode as follows:

– merkins/lunge
– squats/bear crawl
– BBSs/sumo lunge
– Hand-release merkins/lunge (switched to shoulder taps b/c garage ground was kinda nasty) – star-jumps/bear crawl
– leg-lifts/sumo-lunge
– broad-jump burpee to last cone

(note that original plan had to make PAX run a lap in between sets, but with move to garage, just ran back down to first cone)

Moleskine: invest in people

COT: Panhandle’s friend Bill with brain cancer; SAGA’s dissertation writing

Tags: ao_tar_pit, SAGA, Jolly

Date: 2025-07-28
AO: ao_ground_zero
Q: Manhole
PAX: Stock boy, Mr Roboto, Manhole
FNGs: None
COUNT: 3
WOR: nope, drove to parking garage

The Thang: walked stairs up, ramps down

Moleskine: enjoy the time you spend with others

COT: Stock boy 2.0 looking for a job, Manhole M with health issues

Tags: ao_ground_zero, Stock boy, Mr Roboto, Manhole

Date: 2025-07-26
AO: ao_flat_earth
Q: Shiplap
PAX: BigBlue, Shiplap, Candyland, Fiona, Stump, Jack, Cheeks, Jolly, gUMP FNGs: None
COUNT: 10
WOR: ssh, DOWN AND BAKC

The Thang: Ultimate

Moleskine: Enjoy time with the kids – it goes fast

COT:

Tags: ao_flat_earth, BigBlue, Shiplap, Candyland, Fiona, Stump, Jack, Cheeks, Jolly, gUMP

Date: 2025-07-26
AO: ao_mastodon
Q: Stock boy
PAX: Jailbreak, Cheap Shot, The wet burrito, Carmen, Dave (flesh wound) FNGs: None
COUNT: 6
WOR:
Side straddle hops, mountain man poopers, Abe Vigodas, toy soldiers, bat wings

The Thang:
Six rounds of 5 stations. We did coupon exercises at station 1, then related non-coupon exercises at the 4 other stations, then the same coupon exercise at station 1 again. Exercises were: 1. 10 nut crackers/BBSUs
2. 20 derkins/merkins
3. 30 kettlebells/good mornings
4. 40 curls/pretzels
5. 50 goblet squats/air squats
6. 60 coupon calf raises/curb calf raises
Moleskine:
Find ways to surprise your loved ones with simple gifts or words or affirmation.

COT:
Jobs for Stock boy’s 2.0s

Tags: ao_mastodon, Jailbreak, Cheap Shot, The wet burrito, Carmen, Dave (flesh wound)

Date: 2025-07-26
AO: downrange
Q: Mr Roboto
PAX: Mr Roboto, Thin Mints, Ramblin’
FNGs: None
COUNT: 1
Backblast: Bob Wylie Beat Down
Date: 7/26/25
AO: #ao-legion-of-gloom
PAX: Thin Mints, Ramblin’ , Mr Roboto
FNGs: 0
Q: Thin Mints
Total: 3
Conditions: Upper 70’s and humid

Warm-O-Rama:
Welcomed Mr. Roboto from F3 Wheaton.

Side straddle hops 15xArm circles F&R 10xTapout twist 10xDon Quixote’s 10xGrass Grabbers 10x

The Thang:
The Q had come across a video clip of NFL football coach saying that stretching is overrated. We won two world wars by having guys get in shape doing jumping jacks, push ups, sit ups, rope climbing and running. So that is what we did today. 5 rounds of the following:

Side straddle hops 10x Merkins 10x Big boy sit ups 10x Rope climbers 10x Run or walk the circle

Mary:
Was built in to the thang. So we did a cool down stretching routine. Sky reach, Body hang, Michael Phelps, Open the gate

COT
Prayers for our fellow PAX and all those traveling. Prayers for Ramblin’s recovery from injury. Prayers for 724’s family.

Tags: downrange, Mr Roboto, Thin Mints, Ramblin’