Category: Dawn Patrol

Pyramids at DP

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Mosey to the Sunbelt Lot

Warmarama followed by Pyramid of Pain circling the lot between reps

Pyramid of Pain

Take 1 lap after completion of each exercise

Jump Squats x 10
Flying Squirrels x 20
Carolina Dry Docks x 30
Flutters x 40 (Double Count)
Merkins x 50

Jumping Lunges x 50 (25 each leg)
Freddy Mercury x 40 (Double Count)
Dips x 30
Derkins x 20
Bombjacks x 10

Plank Up for 1 minute

Mosey home

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A Respectable Ramble

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WARMUP: Disclaimer only
THE THANG: A ruck around FM including WEP, Massey and Harris St.

Great conversation about life in Respect stage among 3 Respectables. Lots of love for The Fort and our pax referenced. Emphasis on living our best individual life now without waiting or deferring to the future.

MARY: She didn’t post
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Fast 5k
COT: Of course, always included

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Everyone wants to be Double D

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WARMUP: Mosey around the park with the following exercises throughout – SSH, cherry pickers, imperial walkers, hillbilly walkers, moroccan nightclub, windmill.
THE THANG: Start with bear crawls at the roundabout, then the following exercises between light poles along the sidewalk (OTW to sunbelt lot) – toy soldiers, lunges, bear crawls, toy soldiers, lunges…. mosey to sunbelt lot and then do 7 of diamonds – 4 stations starting with 7 merkins at each station, then 14 squats at each station, then 21 LBCs at each station, and finally flutters at each station. Mosey back towards COT and on the way – hold plank then mountain climbers, mosey to stairs, hold plank while running up and down individually. Mosey back to COT.
MARY: Ab workouts throughout
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Read newsletter
COT: Prayers and praises and ended in prayer.

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Ruck/run

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Dawn Patrol on Tuesday has a ruck or run option. FTC showed up to run!
WARMUP:
THE THANG: Head to WEP. Rucked laps around the park stopping at each swinging bench for 10 squats with ruck on.

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Hurt So Good

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WARMUP: Short mosey around amphitheatre, down path by pond around fire pit and back with some exercises along the way and short COP. Mosey to stairs in strip where Epic sits.

THE THANG: Figure 8 loop that includes a run upstairs, lunge walk to right end, run downstairs back to starting point, run upstairs, bear crawl to left end, run downstairs and back to starting point. One core exercise.

We did rinse/repeat of this route a total of 7x with some mods to vary the lunges and to include some crawl bears.

Mosey home

2 mins of burpees or flying squirrels

MARY: She finished off each lap

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Convergence Fri for leadership transition, Jaeger on Sat

COT: Always! Some added reflection by YHC on “Home” my word for 2025 and DOAH added some thoughts on his word “Grace”

It was great to have pax pushing themselves and each other throughout. Also a treat to have DOAH for his first ride along with the Dawn Patrol (his 2nd workout of the morning!).

Grateful for presence of each of you men. SYITG!

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Run or Ruck or Bootcamp or All 3.

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WARMUP: Started moving
THE THANG: Rucked to a parking lot, ran a loop, did accumulating exercises at each stop. 10 Merkins, 10 BigBoys, 10 Ruck Curls, 10 Dips, 10 Squats.
MARY: Nope. Landed right on time.
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Convergence at The Hive, The Jeager, CANNOLI RUN.
COT: Yes, Always

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Breezy beat down

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WARMUP:
Seal Jacks, Moroccan Night Clubs, Windmills

THE THANG:
Mosey to parking lot with some Karaoke, Butt Kickers, and High Knees along the way.

Dora with one partner running the perimeter of the parking lot while the other works the board:

Merkins – 100
LBCs – 150
Bomb Jacks – 200
Burpees – 100
Box Cutters – 150
Flying Squirrels – 100ish

MARY:
no time for her!

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Bethel Men’s Shelter tonight, convergence next Friday, Jaeger next Sat.

COT:
Prayers for PAX who lost their moms this week.

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Two schmucks and a Ruck(s)

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WARMUP: Say hello to departing Block Party PAX and set watch
THE THANG:
Ruck from Veterans Park to Springs Complex and back with heavy conversation on how YHC can love Pusher more than I already do…squeeze maybe 2%more out of me
2.9mi and deep cuts
MARY:
Think about the “how” and then act on it
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Read newsletter
COT:
Praying for Lent preparation and for us as men to lean into our Savor for more understanding and less on our own

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Failure as an exercise

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WARMUP: SSH , mosey, etc
THE THANG: Take the loop around Kingsley, stopping for a session with rocks, a session on the straight away along the pond
MARY: Yes, she closed us out including a plank to failure to put an exclamation point on the morning.

Nice work FTC on your VQ — save for missing BB 😉
ANNOUNCEMENTS: some
COT: as always!

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