ChatGPT Wrote It, Your Quads Regret It

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WARMUP:
– Windmills – 10 IC
– Imperial Walkers – 15 IC
– Arm Circles – 10 IC
– Overhead Claps – 25 IC
– Mosey to the larger parking lot

THE THANG:
Part 1: Dora 1-2-3 – Partner up
– 100 Merkins
– 200 LBCs
– 300 Air Squats
– While one partner worked, the other ran a 50-yard shuttle.

Part 2: Four Corners – AMRAP
PAX took on each corner with intensity:
– 10 Burpees
– 20 Bonnie Blairs
– 30 Plank Jacks
– 40 Flutter Kicks (4-count)

Part 3: Jack Webb
1 Merkin to 4 Air Presses, all the way up to 5:20.

Mosey back to COT

MARY:
Worst Worst LBC – 10 IC
Fire Hydrants – 10 IC Right Leg
Fire Hydrants – 10 IC Left Leg

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
– Blood Drive
– Cannoli Run
– Read your news letter

COT:
Prayers and praises, This was done C-Span Style everyone shared.

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Almost too much

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WARMUP: SSH out of sync optional, Cherry pickers, moroccan night clubs, slow merkins, Imperial walkers
THE THANG: 1 man tosses the 60# 30 yards, NURs back. Meanwhile, groups of 4 rotate between pull-ups, merkins, and thrusters. 11 rounds.
Bag carry hill walk
EMOM 10 burpees for 6 rounds
MARY: Core baby
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
COT:

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Man makers make it

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Warm Up: SSH, MNC’s, Imperial walkers, hillbilly walkers. One lap

Workout: 3 Rounds
3 man maker buy in before each round of: 20 Tricep Ext, 20 Swings, 20 curls, 3 man makers, run lap

3 Rounds
3 man maker buy in before each round of:
20 big boys with bell, 20 chest press, 20 flutters with bell

Overhead carry to main parking lot. Start on far left side facing the school.

Bells out in front of you, toy soldier march to first horizontal parking line, stop, 2 man makers repeat to the next line. Next two lines was Halo, stop, 2 man makers at each line. Next two lines was murder bunnies, stop, 2 man makers at each line.

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Cannoli Run, tortoise and the hare, read your news letter

COT: Prayers and praises from everyone

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21 reps X 10

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WARMUP: Missy around Lowe’s W/ SSH, cherry pickers, windmills
THE THANG: 10 stations of 21 reps. 5 coupons jumped out of the back of my truck to get involved
MARY: pax’s count
ANNOUNCEMENTS: lawn care, cannoli run, read your newsletter
COT: long Duck took us out in prayer

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IPAX inspired workout

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WARMUP: SSH, Merkins, Run, Wind Mill, Squats, Run, Grave Cinder Blocks.
THE THANG: 35 yard Merry, one end do 50 reps of and exercise the use the corresponding MOT, then do 5 Burpees and return to the beginning using the same MOT and continue with the next exercise.
1. 50 Merkins, MOT Murder Bunnies
2. 50squats, MOT Broad Jumps
3. 50 Big Boys, MOT Bear Crawls
4. 50 CDD, MOT Lunges
5. 50 Mike Tysons, MOT Crawl Bear
6. 50 Chess Press W/CB, MOT OH Cinder Block
7. 50 American Hammer, MOT Lieutenant Dan
MARY:
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
COT:

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Youngest Q in the Fort

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Tapout’s 2nd Q
WARM UP
Play “We Will Rock You”
When it says “We will, do a squat
When it says “Rock you” do a burpee
And every other beat do an overhead clap
Mosey
Down the road to the bus entrance
THE REAL WORKOUT
Run to the 2nd pole and do 10 Merkens and run
back to the first pole and do 10 LBCs. Then run 2
poles up for 10 merkens, and one pole back for 10
LBCs. Repeat
IF WE HAVE EXTRA TIME
Run to the football field and do the same thing but
when you get to each 10 yard line do 10 bomb jacks
and when you come back do 10 squats
GO TO COT
Count OFF
Name-O-Rama
Announcements
Prayers and Praises
Tapout’s Prayer

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East and West

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The Fort is big in number and small in geography. For the first time in our history, we have two 1st F Qs.

  • Bonsai on the West
  • Time Machine on the East

The mission of F3 is to plant, grow, and serve small workout groups for men for the invigoration of male community leadership. We’re doing such a good job on the plant & grow side, that we’re making this change to the Shared Leadership Team. Leading requires disruption. Its Foundation 1 in the Q-source. The SLT has been disrupted this morning (5/15/2025).

This isn’t a management change: the 1st F Q doesn’t “manage” anything. Their gig is to serve the AOs and invigorating the PAX’s leadership. Two tasks that need more than one man in a region with 34 AOs. Day-to-day operations for the PAX will be unchanged, but our Site Qs will now be supported more appropriate to our size.

This is The Fort. We work to be better everyday because the alternative is unacceptable.

What will change for the PAX? Very little. You show up to a workout, invest in the men around you and go home to be a better leader for your family, at work, in your church, etc.

What does this mean for our Region? We’ve got two proximate leaders pouring into our the AOs, the Site Qs, and the Region as a whole. Each side currently has 17 AOs.

  • Yes, Hwy 21 is roughly the dividing line.
  • Yes, #ao-training-ground looks like West Berlin inside East Germany.
  • Yes, your individual work of EHing men and giving away this thing we call F3 is still paramount.
F3 The Fort AOs East West
So, go be about the mission. Let’s build each other up to become the leaders our community needs.

East. West. The wind blows the same in both. You still have to keep accelerating.

—
Band Camp

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2025 PGA Championship – Quail Hollow

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WARMUP: Pledge of Allegiance
THE THANG:
Inspired by the 2025 PGA Championship at Quail Hollow this will be a loop with 18 stops. The distance between the stops are based on the length of the holes (slightly modified down to get us 3 miles instead of the actual length of 4.3). The stops were marked with cones.
•Red = Par 4 = 4 Burpees
•Yellow = Par 3 = 20 Big Boys
•Green = Par 5 = 20 American Hammers
•Green Mile = Written on cardboard signs

We stuck together for the first 8 holes (1.25 miles) and then I turned the fast guys loose to run the remainder of the course (1.75 miles).

I didn’t hear it all, but I did hear some great mumble chatter:
– “Where’s the cart girl?” – Cyclopes
– “What’s the distance from the senior tees?” – Barry Manilow
– “There’s no such thing as a par 6, right?” – Dark Helmet

Thank you Nasa for the call.

COT:
Thank you Slapshot for your dedication and efforts as the 1st F Q!

Congratulations Bonsai and Time Machine on taking on the 1st F Q roles and to Cyclopes on assuming the LDP role. Really looking forward to seeing what you bring!

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Homage & Something New

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Combine some of the greatest hits from previous Qs at Dawn Patrol and mix in something new.

WARMUP:
Mosey by the pond to staircase:
SSH, Windmills
Bear crawl the stairs
Imperial & Hillbilly Walkers

THE THANG:
Mosey back to Amphitheater:
Jack Webb

Mosey to fire pit:
WALK THE PLANK
One PAX lunge walks the pier up and back while the rest of the PAX do burpees.

Mosey back to Amphitheater:
Lieutenant Dan

Mosey to fire pit:
PLANK THE WALK
One PAX reverse lunge walks the pier up and back while the rest of the PAX do flying squirrels.

I should have had us do planks instead of burpees and flying squirrels, for a perfect double entendre. Dang it Bobby! Next time…

MARY:
Good mix followed by some yoga and stretching.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Tomorrow’s AI deal with Old Bay & Cornerstone.
After next week Tuesday Dawn Patrol is moving to WEP @ 6:15 am and will become a boot camp.

COT:
Praise for family’s good health, grandkid on the way. Prayers for wisdom and discernment with work projects and talking on new responsibilities.

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This Shirt Stinks

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11 men toured the Ranch this morning to get a full body beatdown. The workout received the shirtless Change Order seal of approval, so pretty good start to the day. Here’s what we did.

Warm Up
– 10 Low Slow Squats (IC)
– 10 Imperial Walkers (IC)
– 10 SSHs (IC)

The Thang
Mosey to the front of SMS
– 20 Squats, Lap
– 20 Squats, 20 Merkins, Lap
– 20 Squats, 20 Merkins, 20 American Hammers

Mosey to the back of SMS
– 20 Forward Arm Circles (IC)
– 20 Backward Arm Circles (IC)
– 20 Seal Claps (IC)
– 20 Overhead Claps (IC)

Mosey to the back of SES
– 20 Flutter Kicks, Lap
– 20 Flutter Kicks, 20 Alternating Shoulder Taps, Lap
– 20 Flutter Kicks, 20 Alternating Shoulder Taps, 20 Burpees

Mosey to car loop
– 20 Wall Lunges
– 20 Wall LBCs (IC)
– 10 Australian Mountain Climbers (IC)

Mosey to picnic tables
– 20 Calf Raises (IC)
– 10 Derkins (IC)
– 20 Dips (IC)

Mosey to bus loop
– 20 Bombjacks, Lap
– 20 Bombjacks, 20 Wide Arm Merkins, Lap
– 20 Bombjacks, 20 Wide Arm Merkins, 20 Butterfly Sit-ups

Mosey to alley
– Wall Sits and 10 Merkins each
– 10 Dirty Hook-ups (hands) IC
– 10 Dirty Hook-ups (feet) IC

Mosey to COT
– 10 Boxcutters (IC)
– 10 Reverse Boxcutters (10)
– 10 Pretzel Crunches

NMM
How many of us have said something we wish we could take back? I know I’ve burned bridges and hurt feelings because I didn’t control my words. It happens, but we should strive to reduce the frequency by being slow to anger and biting our tongues. Words have the power to build or break. You can’t take back toxic talk and bitter babble. “Those who guard their mouths and their tongues keep themselves from calamity” – Proverbs 21:33.

Let’s keep that in mind when frustrated at work or when arguing with loved ones. What has been said cannot be unsaid. Sometimes silence is best.

Aye!
IJ

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