FORTeen Years

WARMUP: 14 Burpees
THE THANG: Mosey to center of WEP

Pax rotated into center based on year of 1st post (ie Class of 2026, 2025, 2024, etc). Varied exercises were performed by all including Burpees, Partner Derkins, Squats, Sumo Squats, SSH, Mtn Climbers, Mahktar N'Dyiae, Flutters, Freddys, Monkey Humpers, etc

Pax sprinted home for the finish.

MARY: She participated during the Thang

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Bethel Shelters service

COT: Yes, of course, 5th Core Principle

The pax came early and stayed late to celebrate this Community of Brothers we call The Fort. For 14 years, men have posted in the Gloom of WEP and other wonderful sites throughout FM/TC (and in Rock Hill, Clover/LKW and now Chester) to sharpen each other, to hone leadership skills, and to prepare themselves and each other to tackle the ups and downs Life will regularly throw their way.

The number of men who've stood at COT in The Fort over these years exceeds 2,000. And roughly 200 pax keep the flame burning in 2026. Their continued participation is an individual choice, one they can't not keep making because, as they shared, they've found brotherhood, community, belonging and accountability in The Fort.

Who will be standing in COT in 2036 or 2046? Anybody? Nobody? You? Your son or son-in-law or grandson?

As Band Camp shared, we Get To make this choice. Each man stands apart from the general crowd in our culture in making this choice. And yet, each man of The Fort is no better than any other man who lives among us. All men are made of the same fiber in the same image of our Creator. As Dark Helmet said, every man is needed in the leadership mission required to bring to fruition the world our Creator intended. So stay in the game. Find the next man and bring him into the fold. Because 14 years of history only matters if we continue to bring Impact to men and our broader community today, tomorrow, next week and next year. #KeepPosting

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Cinder Block Party

We had 12 including a fly by guest appearance from @U061FJV3GVD.
Standard warm-up exercises then we moseyed over to the stack of cider blocks.
1st DORA – Merkins (100), Squats (200), LBCs (300)
partner 1 did exercises, partner 2 carried cinder block around outside of stage. Flipflop upon return.
2nd DORA – cinder block exercises: Curl / Shoulder Press (100), Chest Press / V Up (200), Leg Lift over Block (300)

Great job Pax!

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Of course, more burpees

WARMUP:
Moroccan nightclubs
Windmills
Cherry pickers
Hillbilly walkers
Mosey to some curb merkins in cadence

BurpBackMountain

  • partner up. Partner 1 does burpees while partner 2 nurs up the hill and runs down twice. Then switch. Completed when 100 burpees are done

THE THANG:
The Sheldon Cooper
10 burpees, 10 squats, 10 merkins, 10 big boy sit-ups, run .3 miles around park to halfway point and complete
9 burpees, 9 squats, 9 merkins, 9 big boy sit-ups, run .3 miles back to Amphitheatre. Repeat with 8, then 7, then 6…
MARY:
Fear of being alone is why I come out to F3 and to give other men the opportunity to push themselves to be better. I want to be around others that will help me improve and to be held accountable.

Flutters led by Dark Helmet for 1 minute
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
COT:

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The Ol Swap a roo


WARMUP:
SSH, Imperial Walkers, Slow Windmills, Morrocan nightclubs
THE THANG: 100 FLUTTERS, 75 SSH, 50 MERKINS,40 SQUATS,30 SHOULDER TAPS, 25 LBC'S, 15 BOMBJACKS AND 10 CDD. AFTER EVERY EXERCISE WE RAN FROM THE AMPHITHEATER TO THE PLAYGROUND. AT THE END I WAS GIVEN AN ASSIGNMENT TO TELL THE PAX "MY WHY"…MY WHY STARTED AS JUST WORKING OUT TO GET INTO SOME SORT OF SHAPE BUT AFTER 7 YEARS ITS SO MUCH MORE. FRIENDSHIP,COMRADERY, BROTHERHOOD AND A CALLING TO BE BETTER.
MARY: had to leave early so not sure if there was any Mary
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
COT: im sure it ended with prayers and praises

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Bucket o Fun

WARMUP:

  1. Side straddle Hop
  2. Moroccan Nightclub
  3. Imperial walker
  4. Windmill

THE THANG:

  • Bucket of Fun – 6 station + run
  • American Hammers
  • Kettlebell swing – 30 lbs
  • Man makers with 40 lb sandbacg
  • Makhtar N'Diayes
  • Squat with a kick
  • You pick
  • Run up the hill and back
  • One person runs to the top of the hill and back. When they return, we rotated stations
  • DORA
  • 40 CDD
  • 60 Merkins
  • 80 Squats
  • 100 LBCs
  • 120 Side Staddle Hops
  • Repeat

MARY:
ANNOUNCEMENTS:

  • Bethel Men's Shelter
  • BRR
  • Site Q meeting

COT:

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Run The Block !!!

Disclaimer Shared
WARMUP:

10 Wind Mills
10 Moroccan night clubs
10 Imperial Walkers
10 Hillbilly Walkers
THE THANG:
Round
Run
Station
First Round
400m
10 reverse lunges each leg
2nd Round
400m
10 burpees
3rd Round
400m
20 merkins
4th Round
400m
25 squats
5th Round
400m
30 mountain climbers
6th Round
400m
20 dips
7th Round
400m
15 step-back lunges + 15 calf raises
8th Round
400m
45-sec plank
9th Round
400m
20 alternating Bonnie Blairs or 20 step-ups
10th Round
400m
30-sec burpee AMRAP

MARY:
Glute Bridges
V-Ups
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Newsletter, La Grama, etc
COT:
Always stay in COT.

Run The Block !!!

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Chance, Choice, and Scrotum Tunnels: The Memoirs a MILGA Man

It was a moist, humid morning. The message covered a fairly simple topic, Life.

We delved into the topic of chance with the use of a coin flip. Winner named the activity and rep count. Things are at times (Most) out of our hands. We are but passengers on this life river as we flow along. We did a few rounds of this. Lots of curveballs were thrown out of the most unexpected PAX. Life doesn't go as we planned and usually we don't get what we expect out of someone.

Life is about Choices. The choice was to get across the park from the bathroom to the playground. The options were bear crawl or burpee broad jump. The catch, every time you changed your mind there was a 5 merkin penalty.

We then teamed up to chose who would go first. The only way your partner could move is if you did 1 merkin per step. The object, get 1 partner over the line and then BOTH were done. For reference there was about 70-90 steps to get across. Some teams did equal amounts and crossed together. Others, Mine and Dark Helmets, relied on 1 person to basically do all the work so the other could advance. Then we both chilled at the end waiting on the other, less able teams.

But wait, there's more….The next set of partner work was the same concept but the exercise was burpees. The catch, whoever crossed first on the original trek could NOT be the one to cross first this time. The lesson, sometimes finishing first isn't all it turned out to be. Sometimes the person out from will the next day need to carry someone else. Needless to say I did more burpees this morning than in my entire time at f3 combined.

We then had a lesson on encouragement but I'm tired of typing.

We also did the scrotum tunnel just so everyone could get a rash in the grass.

Lastly we concluded with an unfair amount of burpees selected for random PAX. some did 1, some 3, some 5…..guess what, LIFE isn't fair. Deal with that shit and move on.

At the end of it all the message is this, it is ALL life. the good, bad, fair, unfair, choices, encouragement, discouragement, chance, highs, lows. There is no BIG thing to discover. If your waiting for that your wasting your life. Appreciate it all. Find joy in a birds chirp, contentment in mashing that dam keyboard for 8 hours a day, reach to the heaven and give thanks for it all. The argument with the wife, the aggravation with the kids, the person who cut you off in traffic.

Your PERSPECTIVE will drive your life. Stop waiting

MILGA bitches

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A slice of pie

WARMUP: SSH, arm circles, windmills, imperial walkers, hillbilly walkers, Moroccan nightclubs, mosey

THE THANG:

Thang 1: 7’s
Merkins at the bottom of the hill into parking lot – NUR to top – jump squats at the top – run back down

Mosey across Ardrey to FMPD lot

Thang 2: 4 corners
Corner 1: Carolina dry docks
Corner 2: squats
Corner 3: plank jacks
Corner 4: mountain climbers
Rep count = 20
MOT = run

Completed 5 rounds

Mosey back to flag for Mary

MARY: flutters, box cutters, big boy sit-ups , big boy sit-ups , big boy sit-ups … and more big boy sit-ups 🙂

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Regular Service opportunities in the fort:

#C0BAPRMGF8V – lawn service for fort mill care center. Contact @U050B5M1DGR or check 2F

Bethel men’s shelter: 1st Thursday of month. BOLO for signups or contact @U083QU67RF0

COT: yes

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The blockiest of Parties

WARMUP: stretches before and some at top of Massey
THE THANG: 11’s on Massey burpees and jump squats. Run to smooth Baptist church parking lot. 4 corners. Reps of 25 merkens, big boys, dips , and squats. Run mode of transport. 3 rounds reduce count by 5. Run back to COT. DORA 200 flutters Nur up hill run down.
MARY: no
ANNOUNCEMENTS: newsletter
COT: what happens stays

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