Category: Uncategorized

Date: Wednesday, 12/27/23

AO: #ao_tar_pit

PAX: @Katniss @T-bone @Pool Boy @DQ @Tortuga @Search Party (F3Naperville) @Manhole @Jolly @Spit Valve

FNGs: 0

Q: @Jolly

Total: 9

Conditions: very pleasant for a late December morning.

Warm-Up: Abe Vigodas, picking daisies, quad stretch, 10 Burpees, 20 flutter kicks (4 count)

The Thang: We did EMOM for five different exercises with a run to a specific cone and back run – 7 rounds per exercise. We added one rep and about ten yards of distance to each round.

Set 1: Merkins – started with 12 merkins ran ~ 20 yards out and back, then 13 merkins 30 yards….up to 18 merkins 80 yards
Set 2: Jump Squats – started with 11 reps to make it easier to keep track of the number of cones to run to…11/1 cone, 12/2 cones….17/7 cones
Set 3: Burpees – started with 5 reps
Set 4: Big Boy Situps – started with 11 reps
Set 5: Dips – did three rounds: 15reps/5 cones, 17 reps/7 cones and 20 reps/10 cones

MOLESKIN: Don’t focus on the negative in people. Look for the positive.

COT: prayers for the family staying with T-Bone and dealing with a lot of life struggles.

Date: 12/26/2023
AO: #ao_mastodon
PAX: @TBTF @Crack @LeMond @SAGA @Tortuga @Katniss @Mr Roboto @Framed @Ankles @T-bone @LouGee @Hancock
FNGs: 0
Q: @Hancock
Total: 12

WOR: SSH, Tappy-taps, stretch OYO

The Thang: pearls on a string, including 10 burpees for the 12 days of Paxmas

Moleskin: Persistence. Most successful people credit their success to persistence. Not money. Not talent. Persistence. And it’s something anyone can do, but it’s so rare it might as well be a superpower.

CoT: Praise for a good Christmas; prayers for travelers; prayers for the family of the victim at Rosie’s

Backblast: wonderful sound of picnic tables crashing

Date: 12/21/23

AO: #ao_mastodon

PAX: @LeMond

FNGs: 0

Q: @Stock boy, @Linc, @Tortuga, @Ankles, @Falsetto, @T-bone, @8-Track, @Katniss, @Jailbreak, @LeMond

Total: 10

• Warmorama: 5 mins

  • Goofballs

  • Arm circles forward and backward.

  • Imperial Walkers

  • Mountain climbers, bring leg up to side.

• Pre-Thang

  • Lunge bucket brigade towards the shed.

  • Scout Run where Pax lunge with coupon; last Pax does 5 merkins, runs to front.

• First Thang

  • 11s with blockies and table lifts

  • 1 blockie, 10 table lift, etc.

• Third: Smurf Jacks, man-rise

  • Murder Bunnies to base of Hoffa.

  • 20 4-ct regular smurf jacks

  • 20 4-ct smurf jacks with coupons.

  • Run up and down Hoffa.

• Core and Shoulders

  • Same partner

  • 100 salt shakers between Pax; on Pax holds plank; switch as needed.

• Core exercises:

  • 20 4-ct flutter kicks

  • Supermans

Moleskin:

1 Thessalonians 5: 16-18

Rejoice Always. Pray without ceasing. In all circumstances give thanks, for this is the will of God for you in Christ Jesus.

-Most people in my life haven’t done anything like this.

-Give it a try.

Date: Wednesday, 12/20/23

AO: #ao_tar_pit
PAX: @Sparrow @Shiplap @Samsonite (respect) @Da Vinci @LeMond @Tortuga (respect) @Panhandle (respect) @Falsetto @Bloomer @Hotbox @DQ @Big Mac @Banks @Bo-Peep @Hancock @8-Track @Jolly (respect) @The wet burrito (respect) @T-bone (respect) @T.B. @SAGA
FNGs: 0
Q: @SAGA
Total: 21

Conditions: A cool and cheerful w/some Elvis “Blue Christmas” album.

Warm-Up: Side Straddle Hops / Mtn Man Poopers / Mtn Climbers / Merkins / OYO stretch

The Thang: pushed SAGA’s Sleigh over near the spa while other PAX farmer carried coupons // 5 burpees at bottom & rifle carry coupon to spa & 10 coupon curls // mosey down the hill for a white elephant grad from the sleigh: 5 burpees + mosey up hill + 10 of self-selected coupon workout + mosey back to the sleigh for a gift (rinse & repeat)

Announcements: #2nd-F event this evening

MOLESKIN: “I have said these things to you that in me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take heart; I have overcome the world.” ~ Jesus (Jn 16:33)

Backblast: Meatloaf’s Massacre
Date: 12/19/23
AO: #ao_tar_pit
PAX: @Panhandle @SAGA @Da Vinci @T-bone @Banks @8-Track @Jolly @Tortuga @Hotbox (Welcome back!!) @Cheese @Bo-Peep
FNGs: 0
Q: @Banks
Total: 11

Conditions: high 17’s and calm

WOR:
7x Motivators
10x Windmills IC
10x Mountain Man Poopers IC
15x Merkins IC
Stretch OYO

Thang 1: Meatloaf’s Massacre

4 Rounds of the following exercises followed by a decreasing number of laps around the track. We started with 4 laps and finished with 1

Exercises:
10x Blockees
20x Kettle Bell Swings
30x Overhead Press
40x Coupon Squats
50x Merkins on your Coupon

Lots of grumbling on this one after @T-bone destroyed the PAX this weekend. Most people finished.

Moleskin: Do the work in all areas of your life to be successful. We only improve in the areas we focus and work on.

COT: Prayers for Bo-peep and crew as they get ready to leave Jan 11th.

Date: 12/16/23
AO: #ao_mastodon
PAX: @Bloomer@Jailbreak@Maniac@Stock boy@Falsetto@Mr Roboto@The wet burrito@TBTF (QIC)
FNGs: 0
Q: @TBTF
Total: 8WoR

• SSH x25
• copperhead merkins x10
• copperhead squats x10
• Abe vegods x10
• arm circles x10 forward/backwards
• Micheal Phelps/stretch OYO – 30 seconds

The Thang
Part 1: "15s" – pike press/SSH (we ended up going through the sets 2x on the path we took)
Part 2: Dora at Hoffa (partner up)

• Blockies x50
• Coupon Swings x75
• Coupon Press x100

Part 3: Derkins (10 at bottom w coupon; 10 at top of Hoffa is 1 round) – 4 rounds

• R1: diamond merkins
• R2: ranger merkins
• R3: standard merkins
• R4: wide merkins

Mosey back to the flagMoleskine –
Discussed why I don’t like the phrase "It’s not my job" (the collective effort/result will be bigger than you own efforts). Challenged the group to find an opportunity to help someone even if it "is not your job"CoT

• Prayers for @Stock boy’s neighbor recovering from neck surgery
• Prayers for @Jailbreak’s childhood friend’s family due to his passing

Date: 12/12/23

AO: #ao_dark_room

PAX: @Beaker, @Crack, @Framed, @Manhole, @LeMond

FNGs: 1

Q: @LeMond

Total: 5

• Warmorama: 5 mins

  • Windmills

  • Side leg raises

  • Imperial Walkers

  • Mountain climbers, bring leg up to side.

• Pre-Thang: Jacked Up

  • SSH x 20 4-ct IC

  • Seal Jacks x 20 4-ct IC

  • Plank Jacks x 20 4-ct IC

  • Crossover Squat Jacks (aka Deny Terio) x 20 IC <- Pax did 10

  • Smurf Jacks x 20 IC

• Pre-Thang 2: blockies

  • Mosey–really mosey–to swingsets.

  • Partner 1 does 10 blockies.

  • Partner 2 hangs from the bar or chain.

  • Switch, one round only.

• 1st Hill Thang

  • Murder bunnies up gentle side of hill; resurrection bunnies steep side.

• 2nd Hill Thang: Partner up. Partner 1 does goblet squats while Partner 2 does Bernie Sanders up the hill, does 3 burpees at top.

  • At the top: 3 burpees

  • At bottom: Partner does 20 goblet squats, then holds Al Gore.

  • 4 rounds per Pax.

• 3rd Hill Thang

  • Partner rifle holds block.

  • Other Partner runs around hill. Switch.

• Extra Thang:

  • Lunges with coupons moving forward in a line of Pax

  • Last Pax does 5 merkins off the block and then moves to front of line

• Mary:

  • Flutter kicks, holding coupon up

  • Leg lifts up and over block

  • American Hammers.

• Moleskin:

  • My M has made me go to bed by 9pm, even when remained only 20 minutes of a movie we were watching.

  • I’m grateful for the sleep; I’m grateful for the nudge.

  • We need to sleep, we need to be nudged.

  • “Sorrow can be alleviated by good sleep…” – Thomas Aquinas

• Notes:

  • Manhole brought out an FNG today and we named him Framed!

Backblast: The Ultimate Monday
Date: 12/11/2023
AO: #ao_flat_earth
PAX: @DQ @Jolly @Hershey @Shiplap @Velveeta @Tortuga @8-Track @Bean @Big Mac @Krampus
FNGs: 0
Q: @Shiplap
Total: 10WOR: get there early and run aroundThe Thang: Full field ultimate 5 v 5. The teams weren’t close

Backblast: Pearls on a String = AO VQ! Date: 12.7.23
AO: #ao_dark_room
PAX: @Manhole @Banks @Beaker @LeMond @8-Track @Crack @Captain Crunch
FNGs: 0
Q: @Banks
Total: 7

WOR:
– 7x Motivators IC
– 10x mountain man poopers IC
– 10x Windmills IC
– 10x Merkins IC
– Stretch OYO

The Thang: Pearls on a String

Since this was my AO VQ, I wanted to explore a little bit and take the PAX on an adventure. We took the long loop and made various stops along the way:

We moseyed North and Started with Dan Taylors up to 8 as we headed West.

From there we moseyed over to hacksaw ridge and completed a Jacobs Ladder. We ran over the hill and down, completed a burpee and then ran back over the hill. We did this 7 times adding a burpee each time.

Next we moseyed along the outer loop and then completed 11s at each lamp post. We started with 10 Merkins and 1 Squat and finished with 10 squats and 1 Merkin.

Finally we finished our loop with some reverse BBS Suicides. We completed 20 BBS and then ran to the last light pole, turned around and ran back to complete 20 BBS at the next light pole. There were a total of 4 stops for 80 BBS

We next completed 7s (same concept as 11s) with 6 Pull-ups and 1 Squat finishing with 6 squats and 1 pull-up.

We wrapped up with 20 BBS to make it an even 100 on the day and then ran back to the flag

Moleskin: The man in the arena

It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat.

Theodore Roosevelt

COT: Prayers for Crunches girls as they have a recital this weekend, Prayers for Cracks family and all of the current chaos and for his daughter as she tries to figure out a big upcoming move.

Backblast: First annual Krampusfest
Date: Thursday, December 7th, 2023
AO: #ao_mastodon
PAX: @Linc @Samsonite @Hancock @T-bone @Tortuga@Spit Valve @Stock boy @Sparrow @Jailbreak @Jolly @Big Mac @Ankles @TBTF @Spokes @Mad Cow @Da Vinci
FNGs: 0
Q: @Da Vinci
Total: 16

Warmorama to Krampus Song

Thang:
Between rounds: Hit Krampus with Disc and 1 Sprint
Not Hit Krampus is 2 Sprints
Rounds:
Exercises during hand-rolled non-algorythm songs (from Bruce Cockburn, Amy Grant, Dolly Parton/Kenny Rogers):
Derkens and American Hammers with Coupon
Dips and Scissors
Curls & LBCs
Overhead Press & spell Krampusfest
Skullcrushers & Flutters
Merkens and BBSU
Chest Press and Coupon Sit ups
Rows & Squats
Thrusters and Bicycles

Moleskin:
Summary of Arthur Brooks’ Build the Life You Want: The Art and Science of Getting Happier. “Happiness is not a destination. Happiness is a direction. We won’t find complete happiness on this side of heaven. This is good news. We can stop wondering what’s wrong with us.” He prefers the term “Happierness.” The macronutrients of happiness are enjoyment, satisfaction, purpose

Enjoyment takes an urge for pleasure and adds two important htings; Communion and consciousness.. Thanksgiving dinner. Pleasure is animal, enjoyment is human. Don’t settle for pleasure, but rather make it into enjoyment.

Satisfaction. The thrill of accomplishing a goal you worked for. When you do some difficult or painful and it meets its life’s purpose. It doesn’t come without work or sacrifice.

Purpose This is the realm of meaning… purpose leads to the transcendent. True purpose almost always entails suffering.

Each of these has some pain in them. Happiness and sadness can co-exist. You cannot eradicate your feeling of unhappiness to get happier.