Author: willhlaw

Date: 2026-08-03
AO: Monday Night Ruckers
Q: Rocketman ,
PAX: Rocketman, Thunderball
FNGs:
COUNT: 2
THE THANG: 4.2, mi on a pretty evening
COT: prayers for peace, patience, and self-control.

Date: 2026-08-04
AO: Atlantis
Q: Infinity ,
PAX: Hammer, Palmetto, Dairy Free, Infinity, Forceps
FNGs: None
COUNT: 5
Warm up: SSHs, Don Quixotes, Beet Pickers, WMHs, Michael Phelps, LBACs, and Mosey to boardwalk. The Thang:
11’s: Complete 1 and 10, then 2 and 9, etc reps of the following, with a run down the boardwalk in between each set. – Derkins and Jump Ups
– Thrusters w/rip rap and Bonnie Blairs
Mary: American Hammers.
Announcements: 9-11 Stair Run
CoT:
I love memories. But memory can be cruel if left unchallenged. Memory is often our only connection to who we used to be. Painful or passionate, surreal or sublime, we cherish those little rocks of peak experience, polishing them with the ever-smoothing touch of recycled proxy living. In so doing—like pagans praying to a sculpted mud figure—we make of our memories the gods which judge our current lives. Nevertheless, we must take care not to let the bliss of the present fade when compared to supposedly better days. We’re happy, sure, but were we more happy then? If we let it, memory can make shadows of the now, as nothing can match the buttressed legends of our past. Do not let memory chase you. Enjoy memories, yes, but don’t be a slave to who you wish you once had been. Those memories aren’t alive. You are. – Brandon Sanderson, Tress and the Emerald Sea

Date: 2026-08-01
AO: The Sandlot
Q: Jag ,
PAX: Jag, Holy Smokes, Menace, Disco, Boardwalk, Attache’, Trademark, Hops, Forceps, Mogul, Park Place FNGs:
COUNT: 11
WARMUP: SSH; Air Press; Phelps; LBAC; IW; Hillbillies; WMH; Cherry Twists; Down Dog; Runners; Greatest; Cobra

THE THANG: The Q shared tips on leading a workout while the group completed a tour of the greater Sandlot area. They stopped from time to time to perform a set of 10-20-30-40 (10 Burpees, 20 Merkins (of some variety, including Dusty Baker Merkins), 30 ab exercises (again varied) and 40 legs (also varied, including White Men Can’t Jump Squats)). Four sets total. The tour was mostly at mosey pace, but included one segment of Bear Crawls (of course) and another segment of Lt. Dans (uphill).

MARY: Flutters; Penguins; Dirty Dogs; Donkey Kicks; Dirty Donkeys; Protractors

ANNOUNCEMENTS: 9/11 Stair Climb

COT: Pass along what you have learned. For the Q, the lesson of “you don’t need to get every acorn” a colleague taught me 20 years ago resonates to this day. Out.

Date: 2026-08-03
AO: Hamilton
Q: 2 percent , CornerKick
PAX: CornerKick, 2 percent, Hard Knox, Sloop
FNGs: None
COUNT: 3
WARMUP: SSH, Imperial Walkers, Hill Billy’s, Arm Circles, Don Quixote’s, Willy Mays Hays, RVE’s, Downward Dog, Kobra Kai, World’s Greatest Stretch, 90/90’s, 45 Second OYO Stretch

THE THANG:
Active recovery exercises-Fellowship Lap around the field stopping for the following: Karaoke, Open the Gates, Close the Gates, High Knees
10 Diamond Merkins
10 Toe Tap Merkins
Inch Worms
Lunges
Reverse Inch Worms
Reverse Lunges

Dead Hangs/Scapula Retractions/5-5-5’s – 1 round of Pull Ups Max Effort

Wall Sits w/ 20 Seated Calf Raises
20 Dips/10 Bulgarian Split Squats (each leg)
10 Bret Michaels (aka Standing Hip Squat Thrusters)

MARY:
10 Dead Bugs IC
10 Medial Leg Lifts (each leg)
10 Straight Leg Front Raises (each leg)

ANNOUNCEMENTS: 9/11 Stairclimb, NightOwl, Monday Coffee

COT: Prayers for Uncle Jim.

Date: 2026-08-03
AO: Horizon
Q: 3 mile ,
PAX: Booking, Purple Rain, Attache’, SPINAL TAP, Disco, 3 mile, Woody FNGs: None
COUNT: 7
WARMUP: SSH, Michael Phelps, Arm Circles, WMH, Cherry Picker, Down Dog, Up Dog, lunge stretch, THE THANG:
– Mosey to the following PAX’ houses: Disco , SPINAL TAP , Magoo , Poe (monkey humpers!), Kodiak , Patchouli vplaxico , Attache’: added exercises at each stop. burpees, 100+ merkins, monkey humpers, squats etc – All PAX contributed given Q’s late volunteering
MARY: JLos, LBCs
ANNOUNCEMENTS: 9-11 stairclimb; Coffee-teria on Mondays during the summer
COT: We have a lot, esp in this area. Grateful for all of it, such abundance, esp grateful for the dudes who helped me Q a solid beatdown to start the week.