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40 years of Ladders

Date: 2026-03-09 AO: toratoratora Q: Giving Tree PAX: Hot Route, Ultratecht, Third Coast, Giving Tree FNGs: None COUNT: 4 CONDITIONS: Foggy, but generally have no idea how to dress for a workout this month.
WARMUP: Mosey put to track and back with standard fare.
THE THANG:
Ladders in the following format:
– 10 seconds of workout 1 – 10 second rest – 20 seconds of workout 2, 20 seconds of workout 2 – 20 second rest – 30 seconds of workout 3, 30 seconds of workout 2, 30 seconds of workout 3 – 30 second rest – 40 seconds of workout 4, 40 seconds of workout 3, 40 seconds of workout 2, 40 seconds of workout 1 – 30 second rest – 50 seconds of workout 5, … – 30 second rest – 60 seconds of workout 6, …
Ladder 1: Core (low and slow)
– Workout 1: marches with arms up mimicking a shoulder hold – Workout 2: inchworm with a pause in high plank – Workout 3: cross-body mountain climbers – Workout 4: dead bugs – Workout 5: shoulder taps – Workout 6: wall sit
Ladder 2: Plyo (HIIT)
– Workout 1: power jacks – Workout 2: alternating front kicks from squat – Workout 3: side shuffle to side lunge – Workout 4: speed skaters – Workout 5: ski downs – Workout 6: burpees
MOLESKINE:
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
COT:
PLAYLIST: Songs from albums released in March 1986
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Bonus Workout

Date: 2026-02-23 AO: toratoratora Q: Giving Tree PAX: Ultratecht, Hot Route, Giving Tree, greyalbum FNGs: None COUNT: 4 CONDITIONS: Cold
WARMUP: Mosey out to track, SSH, hillbillies, imperial walkers, mosey back to start.
Core Drop Rest: repeat following exercises with 15 minutes rest between workouts. Second time through rest drops to 10 seconds, third and final time there is no rest… just 2 minutes of work.
American Hammers Frog Leg Crunch Freddie Mercury Flutter kicks
THE THANG:
Exercise 1 for 30 seconds Exercise 2 for 30 seconds 15 second rest X3 Bonus Exercise (cardio) for 1 minute
1. Thrusters 2. Alternating reverse lunge 3. BONUS: 1-2-3 Heisman
1. Bear crawl 2. Merlins 3. BONUS: Up Downs
1. Deadlifts 2. Alabama prom dates 3. BONUS: Duck walk with coupon to 180 squat jumps
Curls, rows, overhead tricep extension, and overhead carries.
Cool down stretch and end.
MOLESKINE:
ANNOUNCEMENTS: March Merkin Madness plus a lot more on general channel.
COT:
PLAYLIST: No Doubt – Tragic Kingdom
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Groundhogs Day

Date: 2026-02-02 AO: toratoratora Q: Giving Tree PAX: Ultratecht, Space Baby, Hot Route, Giving Tree FNGs: None COUNT: 4 CONDITIONS: Cold
WARMUP:
SSH, imperial walkers, hillbillies Mosey Arm circles, good mornings, Willie mays hays
THE THANG:
5 burpee buy-in
5 cones were set up about 30 feet apart from each other. PAX does workout 1 at first cone, drop coupon, sprints to next cone and back, picks up coupon and overhead carries coupon to cone 2 for exercise 2. Continue through exercise 5, sprint to starting cone and back, grab coupon and overhead carry to start.
Exercises: 1. 10 thrusters 2. 20 reverse lunges with coupon (2:1 first time through, 1:1 second) 3. 30 Squats with coupon 4. 40 Side lunges with coupon 5. 50 deadlifts with coupon
2x
5 burpee buy-in for 10 minute plank EMOM:
1. 60 second plank 2. Overhead press 3. 50 second plank; rest for 10 4. Bicep curls 5. 40 sec plank; rest for 20 6. Dips 7. 30 sec plank; rest for 30 8. Rows 9. 20 sec plank; rest for 40 10. Merkins
Quick shoulder and leg stretch before end.
MOLESKINE:
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
COT:
Prayers to those still impacted by the storm.
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1st of the Year

AO: toratoratora
Q: 40 Minutes
PAX: greyalbum, Goodwill, Giving Tree, Hot Route, Space Baby, Ultratecht
FNGs: None
COUNT: 7
CONDITIONS:

WARMUP:

THE THANG:

MOLESKINE:

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

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Chapter 26

AO: thebuffalo
Q: The Bobs
PAX: Giving Tree, Space Baby, Hot Route, Ultratecht, Makita (Anderson Fader)
FNGs: None
COUNT: 6
CONDITIONS: clear, cool, and optimal for werewolf sightings :full_moon:

WARMUP: SSH, Good Mornings, Willy Mays, Runner’s + World’s greatest stretch

Mosey on down to the lake, stopping halfway for Alabama Prom Dates (daily meditation: why Alabama??) and arrive at the piano pavilion

THE THANG: Relive your high school sports years and find a bench to ride. Perform the following circuit:

– Step-ups – 20 (10 each leg)
– Incline Merkins – 15
– Decline Merkins – 15
– Dips – 20
– Repeat x4 (5 sets total)

Mosey on back up the serpentine switchbacks to the playground. At the halfway point, stop for:
– 20 squats
– 20 merkins

At the playground, alternate between 10 pull ups and 1 minute of plank, until the remainder of the 45 minutes

Return to base

MOLESKINE:

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

– Nothing is stopping Goose from making more disciples of Seger; awaiting reschedule details for Night Moves, continue to check the general channels
– Moves: Night Edition. The royal Hipster is moving! (Don’t worry, he’s staying nearby). Which means free coupons in the form of furniture and boxes of old band hoodies and skinny jeans to get our pump on. Cauliflower vegan pizza and kombucha to follow as recompense (maybe). Date and time are TBD at the moment

COT:
– prayers of peace for Hot Route during season of health tests
– My mother is navigating the process of placing her mother in a dementia care facility

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Frostbite Four Corner Contest

AO: toratoratora
Q: Space Baby
PAX: greyalbum, 40 Minutes, Giving Tree, Ultratecht, Hot Route, The Bobs
FNGs: None
COUNT: 7
CONDITIONS: Chilly, felt like 22

WARMUP:
– SSH – 20 IC
– Mosey
– Willie Mays Hays
– Good mornings
– Cherry pickers – 10 IC
– Imperial Walkers – 10 IC
– Arm Circles – 10 forward / 10 backward
– Runners stretch to world’s greatest stretch

THE THANG:
The Thang – 4 corners (30 min)
Spin the wheel app
1 min exercise at each corner
Blocks in the middle

Round 1 – lunge to next corner
Winner – squats
Losers – jump squats

Round 2 – side shuffle to next corner
Winner – merkins
Losers – burpees

Round 3 – 50% mosey to the door and then back to next corner
In the middle
Winner – Swings with coupons
Losers – Skullcrushers with coupons

Round 4 – broad jumps to next corner
Winner – flutter kicks
Losers – mountain climbers

Round 5 – side shuffle to next corner
Winner – shoulder taps
Losers – Carolina dry docks

Round 6 – 90% to the door and then to next corner
In the middle
Winner – Curls with coupons
Losers – Rows with coupons

Round 7 – lunge to next corner
Winner – LBCs
Losers – V-ups

Round 8 – side shuffle to next corner
In the middle
Winner – Present press (overhead press) with coupons
Losers – Elf on the shelf (gravediggers) with coupons

Round 9 – side shuffle to next corner
Winner – WWIs
Losers – Freddie Mercurys

Round 10 – 50% to the door and then to next corner
In the middle
Winner – American Hammers
Losers – American Hammers with coupons

Round 11 – lunge to next corner
Winner – mountain climbers
Losers – Plank jacks

Round 12 – 90% to the door and then to next corner
In the middle
Winner – Curls with coupons
Losers – Rows with coupons

MOLESKINE:

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

COT: Prayer for holiday stress and patience

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Dawg Days of August

AO: thebuffalo
Q: The Bobs
PAX: Hot Route, Giving Tree, Ultratecht, Space Baby, Hair Band, greyalbum, Elroy
FNGs: 1 Elroy
COUNT: 8
CONDITIONS: Ideal. Clear and cool

WARMUP: Moseying down the hill and stopping at the stations:
SSH, Good Mornings, Willy Mays Hayes, Imperial Walkers, Hillbillies, Little Baby Arm Circles to World’s Greatest Stretch

THE THANG: Find a park bench or picnic table:
• Step-ups – 20 (10 each leg)
• Incline Merkins – 15
• Decline Merkins – 15
• Dips – 20
• Repeat x4 (5 sets total)

Run up the path to the secret cave and stop for 20 squats + 20 merkins. Finish moseying to the playground

At the playground (rotate through until time)
• Pull-ups – 10 (modify with rows using a bar if needed)
• Burpees – 10
• Plank Hold – 1 minute

MOLESKINE:

ANNOUNCEMENTS: F3 Nashville Night Moves, Walk for Apraxia on 9/13 at Cornelia Fort. East side HH is the works — please vote on Hot Route’s post

COT: Hair Band’s father’s health and friend who will soon be a father. TAPs for each of us to remain consistent, grounded, and to be lights to our communities

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Partner Grinder

AO: thebuffalo
Q: The Bobs
PAX: Ultratecht, greyalbum, Hot Route, Giving Tree, Goodwill, Space Baby, Bryce Perham
FNGs: None
COUNT: 8
CONDITIONS: Clear, calm, and collected

WARMUP: SSH, Good Mornings, Willy Mays Hayes, Imperial Walkers, Hillbillies, Little Baby Arm Circles to World’s Greatest Stretch. Mosey around the neighborhood

THE THANG: Find a partner. One exercises, one runs around community center

While Partner A runs, Partner B does:
• Merkins
• Squats
• Overhead Press
• American Hammers
• Repeat x2 (total 3 sets)

Swap each time the partner returns and cycle through list

MOLESKINE:

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Tomato Arts Festival, Nashville Night Moves, Walk for Apraxia (9/13) at Cornelia Fort

COT:

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Days of Thunder

AO: thebuffalo
Q: The Bobs
PAX: Giving Tree, Ultratecht, Goose, Hot Route, Space Baby
FNGs: None
COUNT: 6
CONDITIONS: Ideal weather-wise; OSHA compliance of the AO was questionable as Shelby Community Center gets a makeover

WARMUP: SSH, Good Mornings, Willy Mays Hays, LBACs w runner’s pose stretch, mosey around the hood

THE THANG: Find a partner. One exercises, one runs around community center

While Partner A runs, Partner B does:
• Merkins
• Squats
• Dips
• Lunges
• Repeat x2

Swap each time the partner returns and cycle through list

MOLESKINE:

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Pickin’ Party (last one?? Gasp) tomorrow at the Airpark

COT: prayers for Hot Route and his family as they have recently experienced the loss of a family friend. Peace, wisdom, strength to Space Baby as he is traveling to AL today to be with his father for medical tests. Gratitude from me as my son took his first steps all by himself this week

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Fruitcake

AO: thebuffalo
Q: greyalbum
PAX: Ultratecht, Hot Route, 40 Minutes, The Bobs, Daylight, Giving Tree, Goose
FNGs: None
COUNT: 7
CONDITIONS: Crispy and cold

WARMUP:

F3 Fruitcake Toss

Mosey
SSH
Imperial Walkers
Low and Slow Merkins
WMH
LBAC

THE THANG:

HILL DORA:
Partner 1 mosey up the hill and back rifle carrying your fruitcake (coupon)

*If, during the workout, someone calls the fruitcake a coupon PAX do 10 burpees.

Partner 2 performs reps. Do 50 of Each Exercise before moving on.

F – Flamingo Merkins
Perform a merkin (push-up) while keeping one leg raised, resembling a flamingo stance. Alternate legs every 5 repetitions.

R – Russian Twists
Sit on the ground, lean back slightly, and twist your torso from side to side, touching the ground beside your hips.

U – Up Downs
>From a standing position, drop into a plank, perform a merkin, then quickly return to standing.

I – Imperial Walkers
While standing, march in place, bringing your knees up to waist level and touching them with the opposite elbow.

T – Turkish Get-Ups
Lie on your back and stand up without using your hands for support, then return to the starting position.

C – Carolina Dry Docks
Start in a downward dog position, then lower your head toward the ground by bending your elbows, and push back up.

A – Alternating Shoulder Taps
In a plank position, tap your left shoulder with your right hand, then your right shoulder with your left hand, while maintaining a stable core.

K – Knee Tucks i.e. Mountain Climbers
>From a plank position, bring one knee toward your chest, then switch legs in a running motion.

E – Elbow Plank
Hold a plank on your elbows, keeping your body straight and core tight.

MARY

MOLESKINE:

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

COT: