Never Forget

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Driving to the AO this morning, I saw @U014K6EAUFM running done 160 carrying a shovel flag to #C0A6CS739NW . Great reminder for the community to never forget 9/11. If you have ever carried a shovel flag for an extended period of time, you know this was not an easy task.
The workout began with the typical warmup exercises then a quick mosey to the far parking lot. We partnered up and began a AB Dora 100 V-ups, 200 flutters, and 300 LBCs.
Next, we did a few versions of the cocaine bear, merkins and CCDs. A version with lunges and squats.
I few minutes left to mosey back to COT and a few more Ab exercises

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You use your whole body so workout your whole body

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WARMUP: SSH, cherry pickers, greatest stretch ever, down dog, honey mooners, mosey to big parking lot above old Pike building

THE THANG: 4 corners each corner focused on a different muscle group and had various exercises. 25 reps each and did it for 5 laps. You would do the first set of exercises on lap 1 then move on to the second set on lap 2 etc…

Corner 1 (with Cindy or bumper plates)
Curls
Push press
Over head squats
Bent over rows
Floor bench

Corner 2
Merkins
Wide arm merkins
Diamond merkins
Carolina dry docks
Plank jacks

Corner 3
Squats
Jumps squats
Sumo squats
Calf raises on curb
Lunges

Corner 4
Big boys
LBC
Mountian climbers
Flutters
American hammers

After that we partnered up and did a bear crawl really race across the parking lot. Partner 1 started bear crawl while partner 2 ran from one end to the other. Where ever they met on the run back they switched until as a team they made it across the parking lot. All that lost had a 2 burpee punishment.

Moseyed back to WEP stage and did wall sits while raising arms and going up on toes and down. Then a balls to the wall contest. You held balls to the wall as long as you could if you dropped you did burpees until the last man dropped.

Our finisher was a set of 7. In front of the stage you did squats the climbed up wall and ran to back wall of stage for a mike Tyson.

After that we moseyed to flag for core work (arts and crafts for 15min) until 7:30.

MARY: Was glorious

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Convergence 29th at WEP for The Fort’s birthday party (gifts not required) , read the letter of News every Sunday.

COT: prayer for BRR teams, PAX with injuries, and any PAX going through life hardships quietly

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Pipe Hitters Shieldlock Q

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14 at Lazarus for a Pipe Hitters Shieldlock beatdown. Here’s what we did:

Warm-up

  • 5 Merkins (IC)
  • 5 Low Slow Squats (IC)
  • 10 SSHs (IC)

The Thang
Island Hopping with Maximus

  • Run to 2nd island, run back, 10 Mtn Climbers
  • Run to 4th island, run back, 10 V-Ups
  • Run to 6th island, run back, 10 Mtn Climbers
  • Run to last island, run back, 10 V-Ups

Mosey to mid-lot

  • 10 Rounds Captain Thors (1:4 American Hammers, Flutters)

Handoff to Italian Job
Mosey to the Movie Theatre fountain

  • 1 Round of Rolling Thunder (Irkin/Dip repeat around the fountain)
  • 15 step ups
  • 20 Calf Raises Regular
  • 20 Calf Raises In
  • 20 Calf Raises Out

Mosey to side wall

  • 10 Wall Sits (IC)
  • 10 Dirty Hook-ups (IC)
  • 10 Reverse Dirty Hook-ups (IC)
  • 10 Bulgarian Split Wall Squats Left (IC)
  • 10 Bulgarian Split Wall Squats Right (IC)
  • 10 Wall LBC’s (IC)
  • 10 Australian Mountain Climbers (IC)
  • 10 Count Stretch

Handoff to Dark Helmet
Long Mosey to Greek Grill

  • 10 OH Chair Press (IC)
  • 10 Mike Tysons, run across the parking lot, 5 Burpees (3 Rounds)
  • Bear Crawl 30 yards

Long Mosey back to COT

  • 15 Flutters (IC)
  • 15 Hello Dollies (IC)

NMM
We were honored to lead this morning. Helmet shared some eloquent words about the value of having men in your life to speak truth, no matter if it hurts. If you don’t have those men, find them. It will enrich your life.

-IJ

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Rememberence

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WARMUP: 9 exercises of 11 counts per started and ended with burpees
THE THANG: Atempt to get 10 rounds of the following 34 step ups, 28 Merkins/derkins ors irkins, 18 big boy situps, bear crawl length of building. We all worked the entire time with a little mumble chatter of where we were 25 years ago when the world felt like it stopped. We didn't finish but we didn't stop just like the brave men and women that gave their lives trying to save others. The ultimate sacrifice. Remeber and Never forget.
343 FDNY, 23 NYPD, 37 Port Autority, 2184 in the trade centers, 2735 in buildings, pentagon, flight 93. God Bless and Rest in Peace.
MARY:
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
COT: Never Forget…

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Remembering the week of 9-11

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WARMUP: Mosey to the elementary school side lot. COP with exercises in cadence
Windmills
Cherry pickers
Imperial Walkers
Hillbilly walkers
Seal jacks
Low slow squats
Hold peoples chair while doing Moroccan night clubs and shoulder presses in cadence
Plank with salutations
Merkins
Recover and move

THE THANG: Track and light poles
Moseying to the track, pax stopped at the flag to honor those who made the intimate sacrifice this week 25 years ago. Never Forget

At the track, 9’s and 7’s were called.
7 rounds
Rounds 1,3,5&7 – 9 merkins and 7 big boys
Rounds 2,4&6 – 9 big boys and 7 burpees

Mosey to the light poles.
As a group – various merkins and an exercises of 9’s and 7’s were called every other light pole to the top of the hill.

At the top of the hill – 10 burpees – just because.

Descend the hill stopping for 9’s and 7’s at every third light pole – time was running short, hence fewer stops.

Mosey to benches for a round of Bulgarian split squats and then on to COT at 0600.

MARY: no time
ANNOUNCEMENTS: plenty of ‘em
COT: 5th core principle and some solid vulnerability among posting pax.
NMM: F3’s credo is leave no man behind and leave no man where you found him. Today’s workout was kept together with that very purpose in mind.

No matter what we bring to any workout, we have the blessing of a place where we can be met and welcomed as we are with the capacity to change ourselves for the better. What a privilege!!

Give this thing away, men. Because it’s a gift.

Thanks for the call, Halfback. 👁️

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WARMUP: Jogged from the Amphitheater to the big parking lot behind Panera for a warm up consisting of

1 Burpee
15 Side straddle hops
1 Burpee
15 Cherry pickers
1 Burpee
15 Windmills
1 Burpee
15 Tiny Arm Circles (10 forward and 10, as us southerners say, "backerd.")

THE THANG: Indian Run from the parking lot down to the drainage ditch. Grab the perfect rock for a Dora consisting of

100 shoulder presses
100 Squats
100 bent over rows
100 Stiff Leg Deadlifts

Run to the roundabout and back. Repeat until 6:50. Indian Run around the long way back to COT.

MARY: 15 LBC's, 15 Box Cutters, 15 Flutter Kicks, 15 Big Boys, 15 Freddy Mercury's

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Convergence Sept 29th WEP, 0515

COT: Close out with prayer. Remember 9/11/2001

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We’re going the distance !!!

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N/A We are all Veterans
WARMUP: None
THE THANG: 🎒 SOUL TO SOLE BACKBLAST — GOING THE DISTANCE
This morning the distinguished gentlemen of Soul to Sole gathered in the gloom for a little more than smiles and miles.
YHC had the Q, and the assignment was simple: put on the ruck, start walking, and go the distance.
We rolled out from Panera, made our way into downtown Fort Mill, hit Town Hall, and brought it back home for roughly 3.25 miles of good conversation, questionable wisdom, and shared burdens.
The cast of characters:
McHale — Just kept moving like a man who knew exactly where we were going. Whether he actually did is irrelevant.
Fogerty — Brought enough commentary to ensure there was absolutely no danger of this becoming a silent meditation ruck.
Ruby Slippers — No yellow brick road this morning, but somehow those slippers still found their way all the way to Town Hall and back.
Bonsai — Compact name. Full-size effort. Quietly putting in the work while the rest of us solved the world’s problems before sunrise.
Bassomatic — Providing the low-end rhythm for the morning. Every good ruck needs a soundtrack.
3D — Three dimensions, 3.25 miles, and somehow still finding another angle to the conversation.
Pollo Hermano — The Chicken Brother was in the house. Thankfully, no chickens were harmed during this ruck. 🐔
Sofrito — YHC — Had the Q and promised miles. Delivered approximately 3.25 of them, which means the Q math was close enough for government work — especially since we actually visited Town Hall. 🇵🇷😂
But underneath all the mumblechatter was what makes Soul to Sole special.
We carry weight on our backs because sometimes it reminds us that we don’t have to carry everything else alone.
3.25 miles. Panera → Fort Mill Town Hall → home.
Miles were logged.
Smiles were shared.
Burdens got a little lighter.
MARY: Never found
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Read your newsletter
COT: Reach out to someone today.

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Healthy perseverance

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WARMUP:
Mosey to stop sign for some imperial walkers
Mosey to main school entrance for some side straddle hops
Mosey to benches at R wing pickup for step-ups, irkins, and derkins

THE THANG: mosey down the hill to the traffic light on Hwy 21 for 11’s

Bottom: jump squats
Light pole 1/2 way up: big boy sit ups

Mosey back COT

MARY: flutter
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
COT: https://www.kcrg.com/2026/09/08/iowa-band-member-collapsed-heat-hawkeyes-football-game-taken-off-life-support/

  • healthy perseverance: Leaders are hardwired to push through discomfort, mask their pain, and show up for their people no matter the physical cost.
  • Where in your life are you pretending to the world that you are completely fine?
  • Vertical Accountability: relationship between you and the standard you hold yourself to.
  • Why is it so difficult for high-performing men to raise their hands and say, "I am hitting my limit, I need to sit this out"?
  • Horizontal Accountability: relationship with peers.
  • Are we actively looking at the faces of those around us, and able to see when someone is silently red-lining or are we too focused on our own performance?

Iowa band member dies after collapsing in the heat at Hawkeye football game

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