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The Buffalo

Date: 2026-09-04 AO: The Buffalo Q: Waymo (formerly Space Baby) , PAX: Ultratecht, Hipster, Waymo (formerly Space Baby), Hot Route, Makita, Giving Tree FNGs: None COUNT: 6 CONDITIONS: very humid
WARMUP: SSH, Willie Mays Hays, Good mornings, Cherry pickers, Imperial Walkers, Arm Circles, Runners stretch to world’s greatest stretch, Mosey around the block
THE THANG: 3 rotation circuits 1st rotation (while 1 does 5 inverted suicides) 1. Curls with coupon 2. American Hammers with kettlebell 3. Squats with sandbag 4. Mountain Climbers 5. Hand release merkins
2nd rotation (while 1 does bear crawl across basketball court and back) 1. Rows with coupon 2. Swings with kettlebell 3. Squat thrusters with sandbag 4. Freddie Mercurys 5. Carolina dry docks
3rd rotation (while 1 lunge walk across basketball court and back) 1. Skull crushers with kettlebell 2. Curtsy Lunges with coupon 3. Overhead press with sandbag 4. Box cutters 5. Pull thru with coupon
Cool Down / Stretch: Willie Mays Hayes; Downward Dog; Cobra Stretch; Runners stretch to world’s greatest stretch
COT: potential work transitions, new puppy
PLAYLIST: music.apple.com/us/playlist/rock-reps/pl.bbbac0ed083742f7b434bf4db7959e3c
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Handsomizer

Date: 2026-09-04 AO: Handsomizer Q: Natural Ice , PAX: Salami, Spinal Tap, Freakonomics, Natural Ice, Cuban Missile, No contact FNGs: None COUNT: 6 CONDITIONS: hot
WARMUP: stratchin- ssh
THE THANG: 3 pairs of pax and 3 sets of weight (2 rucks and a sand bag) Partner one ran the big loop around the soccer field Wall partner two carried one of the weights up and down the stairs.
Rinsed and repeated – took a a few intermissions to do some Mary and merkins
We basically were simulating what it’s like to do trail run. If you’re doing it right the running becomes the recovery, which is a nice change of pace from typical street runing.
MOLESKINE: fighting for a heart of gratitude – takes community and getting outside of your own head.
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Spinal Tap and YHC men’s group Wednesday nights at 7
COT: prayers went up!
PLAYLIST: Aerosmith!!!!!
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Green Machine – The Hand as Delt

Date: 2026-09-03 AO: Green Machine Q: Cowboy , PAX: Pep, Cowboy, moneyshot, Pepsi, Black Lung, Betty Ford, Esposa, Road Rash, Snooze, FNGs: None COUNT: 9 CONDITIONS: Hot, Just Hot. Beautiful Sunrise Mosey to 50 yard line and circle up WARMUP: SSH, Big Arm Circles, Michael Phelps, Good Mornings, Don Quixote, Prone Stretches
THE THANG: At the Goal Line a deck of cards called our workout. Each round we turned a card from the stack. The Suit called the exercise and the Number of the card called the Reps
♦ Diamonds = Merkins ♣ Clubs = Lunges ♥ Hearts = Mountain Climbers (4-ct) ♠ Spades = Big Boy Sit-ups – Number cards = reps as shown; + 10 yard line – Jack/Queen/King = 15; + 20 yard line – Ace = 25; + 50 yard line – Joker = 25 Burpees + Full field mosey
Per suit breakdown: – Number cards = 54 reps – Jack, Queen, King: = 45 reps – Ace: 25 reps – Total per suit = 124 reps – Mountain Climbers were 4 count =496 Totals for the full deck: Exercise Suit Total Reps Merkins ♦ Diamonds 124 Lunges ♣ Clubs 124 Mountain Climbers (4-ct) ♥ Hearts 496 Big Boy Sit-ups ♠ Spades 124 Burpees Jokers (×2) 50Grand total: = 918 reps across the workout . BUT we didn’t quite finish the deck. We had 2 aces left and at least 3 face cards. So about 95 reps left on the table.
Adjusted grand total: 823 reps completed
PLAYLIST: Cowboys 8 Track Mashup, sort of.
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Pocket Chicken

Date: 2026-09-02 AO: Pocket Chicken Q: Giving Tree , Ultratecht PAX: Ultratecht, Giving Tree FNGs: None COUNT: 2 The usual :man-running::call_me_hand:
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Wet Hot American Titan

Date: 2026-09-02 AO: Titan Q: Hipster , PAX: Hipster, Pep, Natural Ice, Black Lung, CubCadet, Baby Bird, bluemule, Papa Bear II, PositiveVector, Firefox, Spinal Tap, Rhombus, Jitterbug FNGs: None COUNT: 13 CONDITIONS: Schwetty
WARMUP: WOR and mosey
THE THANG: Wheel of Fortune + Name That Tune
MARY:
MOLESKINE:
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Vector reeeally likes Foreigner
COT:
PLAYLIST: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2CVB395Boqv1h4HK8GcjoS?si=cd6ORdc7RmuPAQx2AOg6FA&utm_source=copy-link&pi=Vs6S7JEVRWCt7
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The Knoll

Date: 2026-09-03 AO: The Knoll Q: The Banker , PAX: morning stār, The Banker, Half Lyfe, Étouffée, AAA, Bumblebee FNGs: None COUNT: 6 CONDITIONS: Fine morning
WARMUP: stretching and jogging, work a little bit of calisthenics
THE THANG: Dora- partner does a 25 yard MOT of choice down and back while other partner is getting reps.
MOT’s : Bear crawl, crab walk, lunges, burpee broad jumps, politicians, duck walk
Exercise: 100 Merkins, 200 WWII’s, 300 flutter kicks, 200 squat jumps
MARY: Stretches and personal shares
MOLESKINE: I’m very tired and sore, had to be willing to adapt the plan
ANNOUNCEMENTS: next Wednesday at Tailgate Brewery, get together with families
COT: prayers
PLAYLIST:
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The Knoll

Date: 2026-09-01 AO: The Knoll Q: The Banker , PAX: The Banker, Timber, Pebbles, Sooie, Juicy J, AAA FNGs: None COUNT: 6 CONDITIONS: Fooled us with some dry wonderful conditions and then the steam machine turned on.
WARMUP: A few SSH, slow merkins, slow squats, stretching
THE THANG: Wurph not to be confused with its cousin Murph 1 mile run, 10 rounds of 10 burpees, 20 dips, 30 squats each. Set the timer for 1 min and 45 sec each round, finished with another mile run.
MARY: no time
MOLESKINE: I recently watched the movie Young Washington, which you can watch on the Angel app, and found it to be a very good movie. It was centered around George Washington’s younger years and highlighted some of his early challenges, particularly around his stubbornness and inexperience. I enjoyed seeing and reflecting on my own mistakes and my own shortcomings and how to think about channeling that into wisdom and understanding that comes from defeats. You never know what lies on the other side of defeat, and as long as you don’t quit or give up, you give yourself a chance for amazing things. Disclaimer: It’s pretty gory and graphic in parts, so it might not be suitable for young children, but my older boys enjoyed it as well.
ANNOUNCEMENTS: See general channel
COT: Prayers were said
PLAYLIST:
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Nothing Guaranteed but Death, Taxes, & Sandbags

Date: 2026-09-02 AO: Insane Train Q: El Capitan , PAX: Siri, Roadkill, Choo Choo, Argggg, Bulldog, El Capitan, Juicy J, 2 a dayz, @OfficerDangle FNGs: None COUNT: 9 CONDITIONS: clear, mid-70s
WARMUP:
Stretch Sesh Motivators 5x
THE THANG:
Mosey sand bags to middle school front benches.
At benches, 30x dips, 30x decline merkins, 30x elevated crunches.
Then mosey to tennis courts.
Pax line up along fence with bags.
Sandbag MOT Suicides
Round 1 – First court & back: bag toss – Second court & back: murder bunnies – Third court & back: overhead carry
Interlude along fence: 7x Slow Squats, 6x Inch Worms, 5x Good Mornings
Round 2 – First court & back: Lunges – Second court & back: Goblet Toss – Third court & back: front load carry
Interlude along fence: 7x Slow Squats, 6x Inch Worms, 5x Good Mornings
Interlude #2: 30x Bench Press, 30x Bagged WW2s, 30x Plus-size prom Dates (a Roadkill special request :joy:)
Round 3 Unbagged suicides, all three courts.
Return to playground parking lot.
MOLESKINE:
Find something you enjoy / want to do that also requires patience and endurance (a hobby, a home project, a health commitment). We’re so prone to seek the easy way out or the path of least resistance – that’s human. But practicing stick-to-it-ness does something to our souls that makes us better men. 
Start with something you really want to do but may be hesitant to commit to. For me, it’s reading a really long classic novel or climbing a difficult route at the gym. It’s gonna suck sometimes but there’s a joy in pushing through the struggle to the end. Take the lessons learned from this experience and apply it to other areas of your life where giving up is easy.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
westside-wednesday returns 09/09 at Tailgate Brewery! I will try to be there with the fam. Come on out!
Free entry for Titans 5k in Brentwood (thank you Juicy J !) at the end of the month – see post on slack for details.
Go Ruck is putting on several rucking events in the next few weeks across the country. Choo Choo is headed down to ATL for one in the next few weeks. “It’s gonna suck!”
COT:
Closed out with prayers for the people of Nepal, then enjoyed some fellowship + Mtn. Mojo :coffee:
Grateful for the opportunity to lead y’all this morning!
:el-capitan:
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Line Hopping

Date: 2026-09-01 AO: Tire Station Q: Steely , PAX: Horizon, Locksmith, One Inch, Happy Trees, Butterfingers, Splitter, Steely FNGs: None COUNT: 7 CONDITIONS: Decent
WARMUP:see photos
THE THANG:see photos
MARY: We Mary’d for time going around having the PAX choose a exercise
MOLESKINE:
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
COT: We were able to name our second time FNG Keith – aka One-Inch. One-Inch’s M is expected, prayers him and others in our PAX
PLAYLIST: NONE
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Smokeboots

Date: 2026-09-02 AO: Smokeboots Q: Focker , PAX: Focker, ATM, Dr Seuss, Fortran, Donkey Hammer, Cowboy, Beer Run, moneyshot, Down Under, Tinkertoy FNGs: None COUNT: 10 CONDITIONS: sweat inducing
WARMUP: running
THE THANG: running
MARY: we didn’t ask their names, so unsure if we saw Mary
MOLESKINE: great convos
ANNOUNCEMENTS: none
COT: had to be there
PLAYLIST: heavy breathing