The Sandlot

Date: 2026-10-17
AO: The Sandlot
Q: MixTape ,
PAX: Hops, MixTape, The Tulip, Ziggy Stardust, Mogul, Picasso FNGs: None
COUNT: 6
WARMUP: All IC: SSH, SSH, IW, SSH, IW, HB

THE THANG: THE INCREMENTAL MIX (Exercise #=Rep Count; Add 1 movement (all IC except 9 by rep) post lap & plank hold for 6) : 1 Blockie
2 Turkish Get-Ups
3 Goblet Squats
4 Alternating Forward Lunges
5 2-Arm Rows
6 Windshield Wipers
7 Superman Raises
8 Alternating Birddogs
9 Plank Jax

COOLDOWN: March, Inner/outer Hip Rotation, Fwd/Reverse Arm Circles, Left/Right Cross-Arm Hold, Downward Dog, Left/Right Deep Lunge/WGS, Child’s Pose

ANNOUNCEMENTS: The Grunt. Check channels on slack.

COT: What is your “compass” in life–the directional grid through which you choose and prioritize? Is it worth living for? Is it worth dying for? MixTape shared the challenge given to him in Memphis to make the response: Jesus.

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Saturday Funday***Spontaneity

Date: 2026-10-17
AO: Olympus
Q: Doodles , Norm, Flea, Walk-on, El Camino
PAX: El Camino, Doodles, Norm, Walk-on, Flea
FNGs: None
COUNT: 5
Workout Spontaneity

Warm up:
Doodles and flea arrived in the parking lot. They stared at each other with a grim look on their face. No Popfly they said to each other. What do we do? They asked each other. doodle said we must move forward. flea smiled and agreed. A few minutes later walk-on showed. It was now 7 AM. Let’s start doodle, said. doodle had an active warm-up routine which included SSH, cherry twist, Willie maze, and a few other things that they did in the parking lot.

The Thang
What’s next? they said to each other. A few minutes later Norm showed and they all decided to do a lap around the school. They arrived at the stumps in the back of the school. Each pax gave an exercise. Some them were remembered were step ups, Merkens, derkins, cactus squats,. Then they mosey to the front of the school at the front entrance undercover. They did some other exercises. Each pax gave one. Out of nowhere, appeared the chosen one – El Camino – we were all comforted. Then Norm had a great idea to do it all in reverse so they ran back around the school to the stumps again. Then each pax gave an exercise in reverse.

Then they ran back to the parking lot. And retrieved a few frisbees. It was now 730. what to do? we only have five and it’s an odd number. We asked. doodle said let’s do some drills so we did some frisbee drills for the next 30 minutes, those included passing catches, a three man weaving drill, some long passes some short passes. all improved. all got better. It was a success. We had so much fun we didn’t want to stop but 756 arrived and doodle said let’s circle up.

Announcements
The grunt on Nov 7th

COT
Doodle asked, does anybody have a COT to offer? Walk on spoke up. “I have something. He offered a COT about his grandfather who died at the age of 101. he was in World War II and he came home to Vermont and then became a lumberjack, and then a plumber, then he built furniture. Everything he did, he did it to the best of his ability. The furniture he built was so well built, even walk on could stand on it. When he sharpened a knife a few years later, walk on picked it up and cut himself and asked why is this knife so sharp? His sister said because your grandfather sharpened it. The point being that anything he did, he did it to the best of his ability and completed the task so that everything was right. The point of the story is if you do something, do it right and do it to your best.

Then the pax prayed for Hightower‘s best friend who passed this past week and El Camino‘s family.

Then they went to Peet’s for coffee.

The End.

Kid tossing practice

Date: 2026-10-16
AO: Atlantis
Q: Hammer ,
PAX: Palmetto, Hotbox, Hammer, Mom’s Spaghetti, Teenager
FNGs:
COUNT: 5

WARMUP: usual.
THE THANG: 5 men, 5 stations, 1 minute each, 10s to switch; 5 rounds, Station 1: 60# bag, rows. (Alts: RDL, chest press)
Station 2: 30# plate, curls
Station 3: 40# bag, burpee-thruster complex
Station 4: 10# bag, dealers choice abs
Station 5: 20# plate, overhead tricep
Did a recovery mosey after set 3.
MARY: none
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Grunt, Thanksgiving football, 2F happy hour coming up
COT: my sister Deirdre passed away last night, about 3h before today’s beatdown. She lived for 51 years in a severely disabled body by sheer strength of spirit.
We carry the spirits of those who came before us in everything we do, however we choose to do it.

Terrapin Station – Fri

Date: 2026-10-16
AO: Terrapin Station
Q: Breach ,
PAX: citrus, Goldfish, Flipper, Sloop, Ice Tea, Legacy, Breach, Kodak FNGs: None
COUNT: 8
WARMUP: the usual stuff
THE THANG:
Circuit 1: 3x
20 x curls
20 x coupon press
20x coupon swings
Coupon carry (choice)
Circuit 2: Four Corners
20 x merkins
20 x lBCs or plank
20 x air squats
MARY: big boys, Freddie murcuries, planks
ANNOUNCEMENTS: The Grunt, Kettle Bells
COT: checking in on those around you who may be struggling through a difficult time but they don’t show it