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III Pillars

Date: 2026-10-20 AO: III Pillars Q: Focker , PAX: t-cell, Shocker (Mark Holmes), Shania, Swiffer, wardas1, Tackle Box, Will Norton, Harbaugh, Two Face, Grape, Black Lung, Covergirl (F3SH), Focker, LorelaiG, Go Fish, gov’t mule, Haggis, Makita, Polly Pocket, Rudy, Po Boy FNGs: 3 Polly Pocket, Rudy, Po Boy COUNT: 21 CONDITIONS: shorts and a hoody (the best)
WARMUP: stretches with explanation of theme (Bill Russell celebration since NBA tips off today)
THE THANG: Career averages 15 merkins (points) 22 step ups (rebounds) 4 burpees (assists) Take a lap and hold plank X5 (MVPs)
11s, on the hill (for championships) Squat Ww1
Back to start Career highs 37 monkey humpers (points) 49 dry docks (rebounds) 13 leg lifts (assists)
10 burpees for 10-0 record in game 7s
MARY: dealers choice
MOLESKINE: Grape wouldn’t stop talking about appreciation for Bill Russell’s legacy. Glad to get my brother in law out for a workout finally (Polly Pocket) So good to be back with yall!
ANNOUNCEMENTS: slack it up!
COT: prayers lifted
PLAYLIST: 1969 songs
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Handsomizer

Date: 2026-10-16 AO: Handsomizer Q: Spinal Tap , PAX: Natural Ice, Spinal Tap, Black Lung, Freakonomics FNGs: None COUNT: 4 CONDITIONS: perfect
WARMUP: the usual
THE THANG: lots of fun all around Geodis
The most painful and memorable were Black Lung 30 count WWI and my modified Jane Fonda’s…
ANNOUNCEMENTS: look at slack
COT: toiling under the sun is vanity. We all die. Preach the gospel, die, and be forgotten.
PLAYLIST: variety and some fitz and the tantrums
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Goooood morning!

Date: 2026-10-14 AO: Titan Q: Tim the Toolman , PAX: Sherlock, Churro, Spinal Tap, DintyMoore, Creamsicle, Crawlspace, Dr. Brown Slip, The Merchant, Right Said, Tim the Toolman, Firefox, CubCadet, Dangle, Black Lung, Squatter, Makita FNGs: None COUNT: 16 CONDITIONS: Just lovely
WARMUP: Stretching
THE THANG:
Coupons overhead to Parthenon
Tabatas (50’/10′)
2 rounds each: – Squats – Monkey humpers – Jump squats – Bulgarian split squats
Mary, plus 9 Burpees (thank you Black Lung)
One set each: – Diamond merkins – Declines – Inclines – Standard Merkins
Mary
Two sets each: – Stair jump/step – Lieutenant Dans – Reverse lunges, touch knee x3 – Triceps (with blocks) – Overhead press (with blocks) – Rows (with blocks) – Curls (with blocks)
MARY:
MOLESKINE:
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Westside Wednesday at Tailgate Brewery in Belleview, 5:30, families invited
COT: Makita’s job search, Creamsicle’s dad’s health
PLAYLIST:
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Green Machine

Date: 2026-10-01 AO: Green Machine Q: Hipster , PAX: Hipster, Black Lung, Shania, Sherlock, Focker, Grape, Esposa, Three Tenors FNGs: None COUNT: 8 CONDITIONS: Pretty OK
WARMUP: Mosey to the 50, quick WOR
THE THANG:
Testing Day – 5 movement, 8 rounds each, 20 second AMRAP + 10 second rest each round. Log your reps.
– Merkins – Situps – Squats – Dips – Flutter Kicks
Beep Test – 20 yard shuttle run til you can’t
MARY: Some
MOLESKINE: Commas are important people.
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Check slack
COT:
PLAYLIST: LCD Soundsystem
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Bomber – 10.02.26 – “Sting, Stang, Stung”

Date: 2026-10-02 AO: Bomber Q: princessaurora , PAX: Dangle, porcelain, princessaurora, CubCadet, t-cell, Vector, Firefox, Tim the Toolman, Black Lung, Pep FNGs: None COUNT: 11 CONDITIONS: Moderately warm but still dry
THE THANG: To honor the 75th birthday of one Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner aka Sting, today’s workout was built around some of my favorites from his catalog.
Upper Lot – “Fortress Around Your Heart” & “Synchronicity II” Long mosey up to and around practice green before settling in at the Upper Lot for a COP:
– SSH – Imperial Walkers – WMH – LBAC F/R – Frankensteins
MCC Circle Drive – “King of Pain” Ring of Pain Squat hold aka People’s Chair as each PAX goes up one by one around the circle for entirety of song. Max reps. We hit 340 squats!
The Low Wall – “De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da” DID Do Do Do, DID Da Da Da Dips, Irkins, Derkins x 10 RnR for song
Main Drive – “All This Time” & “If I Ever Lose My Faith in You” All This Climb Run up hill to stop sign, perform 10 Mountain Climbers. Return to base. 15 Mountain Climbers. Continue adding 5 reps for each subsequent ascent and descent. RnR through both songs.
At least some made to 60 Mountain Climbers.
Playground – “Murder By Numbers” & “Money for Nothing” M.U.R.D.E.R By Numbers Partner up – P1 takes lap around MCC while P2 does exercise. Flapjack, working up to 75 cumulative reps for each exercise.
– Merkins – Up Downs – Reverse Lunge – Decline Shoulder Taps – Elevated Split Squats – Reverse Plank Heel Taps
Think most got murded but nobody was murdered before time was called.
Startex – “Don’t Stand So Close To Me” Mary Dealer’s Choice
Cut for time!
MOLESKINE: Bomber is alive and well and dare I say more mature than ever. So glad to have the opportunity to Q this AO that will always be near and dear to my heart even if it isn’t geographically. Thanks to CubCadet for the ask!
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Many 2nd F opportunities ahead, and even a couple of 1st Fs with The Struggle tonight and the Tussle next month.
COT: Praises for Dangle’s new grandson and lots for which to be grateful.
PLAYLIST: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0Ga6vti8fA5XX53YHOSOFl?si=hEBxKRO5TsqW73nASMJ6lA&utm_source=copy-link&pi=zmsgPSNWSemln
PA out!
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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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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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A+ playlist convergence

Date: 2026-08-28 AO: Bomber Q: Spinal Tap , PAX: Black Lung, Spinal Tap, Papa Bear II, Tim the Toolman, PositiveVector, Natural Ice, Papa Bear, CubCadet, Old Maid, Freakonomics, Dangle FNGs: None COUNT: 11 CONDITIONS: perfect under the moon
WARMUP: the usual
THE THANG: Roll of the double dice with subsequent workout with the partner with interval lunges/bear crawl/run. Followed by ab focused workout.
MARY: Circle up and focused on the most important muscle, gluteus medius. :peach:
MOLESKINE: PositiveVector knew all the songs from Natural Ice as he went to every single concert.
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Natural Ice and I put out an open invitation to join our small group, Wednesday evenings at 7.
COT: continue to pray for those who could not make it, health of loved ones, and building of deep community with others

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Everybody Hurts Sometimes

Date: 2026-08-21 AO: Bomber Q: SalPal , PAX: Pep, CubCadet, SalPal, Firefox, Thomas T, Topps, DintyMoore, Vector, Black Lung FNGs: None COUNT: 9 CONDITIONS: Moist
WARMUP: Burpees + Equalizers
THE THANG: DORA + Abridged Murder Mile
MARY: No time.
MOLESKINE: Vector’s attitude was delightful.
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Westside Wednesdays, Water Bottles, Convergences for 9/11, 9/12, TN Tussle, check slack.
COT: Gratitude
PLAYLIST: Assorted Song List #8
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Handsomizer

Date: 2026-07-31 AO: Handsomizer Q: Juicy J , Black Lung PAX: bluemule, Chunks, Vector, Squatter, Cuban Missile, Spinal Tap, Dangle, Old Maid, Right Said, Juicy J, DintyMoore, Pep, Black Lung, Tim the Toolman, Salami FNGs: None COUNT: 15 CONDITIONS: beaut
WARMUP: side straddle hops, baby arm circles, backpacks, hillbillies, imperial walkers, Willie May Hayes
THE THANG: Black Lung lead a nice first half beat down which included running up and down the steps playing a game of 11’s. These included jump squats and merkins.
Juicy J lead the second half beat down which included Dora Dora. We did 200 jump squats, 100 Merkins, 100 World War II’s, and 50 Burpee’s while the Partner ran a lap around the track. It was so much fun listening to Pep complain
MARY:
MOLESKINE: money can’t buy a fit body!
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Bellevue Hang August 12. Ping Juicy J for detes. CSAUP postponed
COT: prayers up!!
PLAYLIST: Black Lung : solid grunge and classic rock. Juicy J : obviously had the better playlist with Nickelback and Creed