2026.19 The Forge

Mosey to the church parking lot for Dora with 100 merkins, 200 squats, 300 LBCs.
Bear crawl length of lot with 3 merkins at every other parking line.
Mosey around to the large wall of the grocery for Wall sits and donkey kicks for 3 rounds followed by balls to wall and jump squats for 3 rounds.

Fin

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Q-school and the 3 C’s

WARMUP: windmills, imperial and hillbilly walkers, planks, shoulder taps and mountain climbers all in cadence. Throw in some seal jacks in cadence too.

THE THANG: 3 C’s of q school – corners, chalk and cardboard.

4 corners – 5-10-15
Manmakers
Goblet squats
Tricep extensions

4 corners – 10-15-20
Goblet squats
Tricep extensions
Flutters with bell held high

4 corners – 15-20-25
Tricep extensions
Flutters with bell high
Kettle bell swings

4 corners – 10-15-20
Goblet squats
Hammer curls
Flutters with bell high

4 corners – 5-10-15
Manmakers
Kettle bell swings
Hammer curls

Headed to cot after 3 of the 4 corners completed on the last set

MARY: nope – open to all men

ANNOUNCEMENTS: in the newsletter – read it

COT: 5th core principle

Q-school lessons shared from 3 C’s and four corners. Reminders that simple can be effective. In keeping the group together, four corners and self-explanatory exercises are helpful to keeping pax connected and together during a workout – all while embodying the credo of leaving no man behind but not leaving him where you found him.

Thanks for the call Deep Dish.

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Staff Sgt. Benjamin Noah Pennington

Staff Sgt Ben was KIA at Prince Sultan Air Base on March 8, 2026 due to injuries sustained in an attack by Iran in Operation Epic Fury. He was 26 years old, from Glendale, Kentucky. An Eagle Scout who knew from a young age that he would join the army, he enlisted at age 18. Ben grew up in Glendale Christian Church, and recently in January 2026 he had reconnected with Jesus Christ by being baptized. His parents survive him; Tim & Carrie Pennington. Lt. General Sean Gainey said, “He gave the ultimate sacrifice for the country he loved. That makes him nothing less than a hero, and he will always be remembered that way.”

Warmup:

Imperial Walkers
Windmills
Merkins
Big Boy Situps
Low Slow Squat
Plank (Read about Staff Sgt. Benjamin Pennington)

Grab Cinder blocks, one per person. Farmers Carry to Bottom of Hill.

DORA:
100 Merkins
200 Squats
300 LBC
The partner farmer carries two cinder blocks up the hill and back.

Cindy Exercise. 10 pace bear crawl. Mosey. Merkins. Mosey back.
Complete one cindy exercise. Transit and return.

  • 20 Overhead Press
  • 20 Swings
  • 20 Chest Press from laying on back
  • 20 Squats
  • 20 Curls
  • 20 American Hammers

Repeat this list as time requires. (We barely made it to the end one time.)

Return cindys. Return to COT.

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Loops Deep in Brayden

WARMUP: mosey down into Brayden
THE THANG: triangle loops (1/2 mile loop with 3 station—1. 10 normal merkins, 15 big boys. 2. 10 wide arm merkins, 15 side straddle hops. 3. 10 diamond merkins, 15 squats. 5 loops, finish off with mosey back to earth fare- 10 more merkins, 15 side straddle hops, 5 burpees
MARY:
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
COT: Marriage, self reflection, life is precious.

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11’s in the Rain

WARMUP: WM, CP, HW, stretching
THE THANG: Moseyed to the hill at the entrance. Pax picked a rock, first set of 11’s were curls with a nut to the top of the hill for merkins, second set was OH press and big boys. Yogged over to the benches for Irkins, Dirkins and Dips
MARY: last bit of stretching
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Good showing at Bethel, Minute Man’s wife was a great General of the kitchen. Bowser Jr wants a cannoli and thinks he can do the greater than in less than 12 hours
COT: Always

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Miles, smiles, and a little rain

WARMUP: None, but I did theragun at home
THE THANG: With a light but steady rain, four Pax set off across 160 through the office park. We then circled back and explored the sidewalks of Kingsley with good mumblechatter along the way. We did have three brief stops for ruck upright rows, and squats. We arrived back at COT at 5:59 so we wrapped it up with 20 monkey humpers. All in, we got ~3 miles under weight.
MARY: nope
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Bethel, CSAUPs
COT: Family

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300

WARMUP: 10 Strawberry Pickers / 10 windmills/ 10 hillbilly walkers
THE THANG: Mosey around the theater and back to get .9 Miles. Begin circuit of 5 merkins and 5 walking lunges until you get 300 each. Mosey .6 miles at the end to get to COT
MARY: No
ANNOUNCEMENTS: newsletter
COT:

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There and back x6

WARMUP: mosey to bottom of Brayden
THE THANG: 20 merkins, 20 big boys then run up Brayden to the stoplight and do 20 squats and 20 calf raises then run down Brayden. Repeat 5 times to get 100 reps of each. Run back to the stoplight then jailbreak back to COT
MARY: Ferris Wheels
ANNOUNCEMENTS: newsletter and Mother’s Day.
COT:

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