Category: The Forge

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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Running at the forge

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WARMUP:

  • 20 Side Straddle Hops
  • 15 Windmills
  • 15 Moroccan Nightclubs
  • 15 Hillbilly Walkers
  • 15 Imperial Walkers
  • 15 Cherry Pickers
  • 15 Low & Slow Squats

THE THANG:

Mosey 1 lap around the HT

● Bear crawl across the parking lot
● 4 shoulder taps at every other parking line
● Lunge walk back
● Bear crawl across the parking lot
● 3 Merkins at every other parking line
● Lunge walk back

Mosey to Roundabout
● 15 Flutter Kicks
● 15 American Hammers

Mosey to hill in arbors community
● 10 Sumo Squats
● Uphill Sprint → Walk Back
● 10 Big Boy Sit-Ups
● Uphill Sprint → Walk Back
● 10 Merkins
● Uphill Sprint
10 LBCs
● Uphill Sprint

Mosey to the child care

Elevens
● Start at the Child Care:
● 1 Big Boy Sit-Up
● Run up to the Fire Department
● 10 Burpees
Down to:
● 6 Big Boy Sit-Ups and
● 5 Burpees

Mosey Back to COT
● 5 Merkins at every speed hump we pass

COT
● 15 Box Cutters
● 15 Freddie Mercuries
● 15 Dying Cockroaches
● Stretching
MARY:
ANNOUNCEMENTS: 9/11 event, bethel shelter
COT: pray for health and family

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Running at the forge

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WARMUP:

  • 20 Side Straddle Hops
  • 15 Windmills
  • 15 Moroccan Nightclubs
  • 15 Hillbilly Walkers
  • 15 Imperial Walkers
  • 15 Cherry Pickers
  • 15 Low & Slow Squats

THE THANG:

Mosey 1 lap around the HT

● Bear crawl across the parking lot
● 4 shoulder taps at every other parking line
● Lunge walk back
● Bear crawl across the parking lot
● 3 Merkins at every other parking line
● Lunge walk back

Mosey to Roundabout
● 15 Flutter Kicks
● 15 American Hammers

Mosey to hill in arbors community
● 10 Sumo Squats
● Uphill Sprint → Walk Back
● 10 Big Boy Sit-Ups
● Uphill Sprint → Walk Back
● 10 Merkins
● Uphill Sprint
10 LBCs
● Uphill Sprint

Mosey to the child care

Elevens
● Start at the Child Care:
● 1 Big Boy Sit-Up
● Run up to the Fire Department
● 10 Burpees
Down to:
● 6 Big Boy Sit-Ups and
● 5 Burpees

Mosey Back to COT
● 5 Merkins at every speed hump we pass

COT
● 15 Box Cutters
● 15 Freddie Mercuries
● 15 Dying Cockroaches
● Stretching
MARY:
ANNOUNCEMENTS: 9/11 event, bethel shelter
COT: pray for health and family

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BRR warm up

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WARMUP:
Yog or jog. I dont know if I pronouncing this correctly. A lap around the parking lot.
SSH
Imperials
Hillbillies
Cherry pickers
Windmills
Peter Parker’s
Parker Peter’s
Plank it out!
THE THANG:
DORA
100 merkins
200 squats
100 plank jacks
200 seal jacks
100 Shoulder Taps
200 American Hammers
100 mountain climbers
200 LBCs
100 lunges
200 calf raises (I think a few made it here, no one finished)

MARY: I remember Hello Dollies. There was something before this. It’s was only two rounds.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
COT:

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Lawn Ornament Weights

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WARMUP: SSH / Cherry Pickers / 5 Windmills (crowd wasn't happy with the low quantity) / one lap around the lot dodging geysers.
THE THANG:
AMRAP CIRCUIT. 5 pairs of PAX. One pair leaves to do a lap with Cindys, Sandbags or KB the rest do AMRAP work.
Merkins, American Hammers, Jump Squats, Mountain Climbers, Flutter Kicks, Lunges After the circuit, run a lap. Repeat. Times 4 and 5 we swapped to Wall sit variations along the pilates wall.

Core Finisher
Hold a Bear Plank 60s, Back plank 60s, Side plank 30s each, dead bugs (IC), Toe touches and Gas Pumpers.

MARY: Core Finisher
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Newsletter and Bethel
COT: Yes

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The Smokin Corners

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Warm-Up:
SSH – 20 IC
Imperial Walkers – 15 IC
Hillbilly Walkers – 15 IC
Moroccan Night Clubs – 10 IC
Windmills – 10 IC
Strawberry Pickers- 10 IC
Cheese Shredder
Mosey around the parking lot

The Thang:
1. 4 Corners:
Corner 1: 10 Merkins
Corner 2: 15 Squats
Corner 3: 20 Plank Jacks
Corner 4: 25 American Hammers
➡️ Lap 1: Mosey between corners, Lap 2: Lunges between corners, Lap 3: Bear Crawl between corners, Lap 4: Crab Walk between corners

2. Partner Work:
P1: Plank
P2: 10 Burpees,
Repeat with:
20 Squats / partner holds Al Gore
10 Big Boys / partner holds 6 inches
20 Mountain Climbers / partner holds plank

3. Dora:
Partners:
100 Carolina Dry Docks
200 Shoulder Taps
300 LBCs
➡️ One partner works, the other jogs 25 yds and back.

Mary:
American Hammers – 15 IC
Box Cutters – 15 IC
Freddie Mercuries – 20 IC

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Read your newsletter
COT: Prayers and Praises

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Full-body at The Forge

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9 men survived The Forge this morning. Here’s what we did:
 
Warm Up:

  • 10 Low Slow Squats (IC)
  • 10 Imperial Walkers (IC)
  • 10 Windmills (IC)
  • 10 SSHs (IC)

 
The Thang
 
Long Loop Mosey behind HT and back to Starting Point

  • 10 Merkins (IC), run to Dollar Tree
  • 10 Merkins (IC), 10 Squats (IC), run to side of Harris Teeter
  • 10 Merkins (IC), 10 Squats (IC), 10 American Hammers (IC)

 
Mosey to the big wall

  • 10 Wallsits (IC)
  • 10 Bulgarian Split Wall Squats (10 IC each leg)
  • 10 Wall LBCs (IC)
  • 10 Dirty Hook-ups – Hands (IC)
  • 10 Dirty Hook-ups – Feet (IC)
  • 10 Australian Mountain Climbers (IC)
  • 10 Wallsits (IC)

 
Mosey behind Express Oil

  • 10 Dips (IC)
  • 10 Irkins (IC)
  • 20 Calf Raises In
  • 20 Calf Raises Out
  • 20 Calf Raises Regular

 
Mosey to the Blue Mail Box

  • Butterfly Stretch
  • Sitting Reach Stretch L
  • Sitting Reach Stretch R
  • 10 American Hammers (IC)
  • 10 Flutters (IC)

 
Mosey to what used to be Rita’s

  • 20 Forward Arm Circles (IC)
  • 20 Backward Arm Circles (IC)
  • 20 Seal Claps (IC)
  • 20 Overhead Claps (IC)

 
Mosey back to the big wall

  • Bear Crawl from curb to curb
  • Lunge Walk from curb to curb
  • Crab Walk from curb to curb
  • Power Skips from curb to curb

 
Long Loop through the Full Lot back to COT

  • 10 Freddies (IC)
  • 10 Rosalitas (IC)
  • 10 Dollies (IC)

 
NMM
A lesson I learned this week: sometimes career opportunities pay more in dollars but cost more in the things that actually matter. Career trajectory and higher compensation aren’t worth the sacrifice of time with your loved ones. No one on their death bed says, “I wish I would have spent more time at work.” There’s a very good chance your job posting will go online before your obituary.

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Mambo number 9

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WARMUP:
SSH
Imp Walkers
Moroccan nightclubs
Michael Phelps
Squats
Merkins
Broga

THE THANG:
Ladder interval up downs

Merkins and Squats
MOT Bear Crawk

LBC Jump Squats
MOT Lunges

Dora with shared bag

Merkins
Big boys
Imp Walkers

Carolina Dry Docks
Dips
LBC

50
100
150

Mosey w bag back to COT

MARY:
Stretching

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Pizza

COT:
Prayers for family and health

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Ring Around the Rosie

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WARMUP:
## 1. DYNAMIC WARMUP (10-12 min)
– Imperial Walkers x10 IC
– Bend & Reach x10 IC
-Windmill x10 IC
– Short warmup jog
**20 yards, non-stop, down and back:**
– High knees
– Butt kickers
– Walking world's greatest stretch
– Elephant walks
– Dinosaur walks
– Soldier walks
– Side shuffle (each way)
– Karaoke (each way)
-A-Skips
-B-Skips
– C-skips
– Power skips
-Jog
-Run
– Sprints

THE THANG:
##Ring around the Rosie (30 mins)
SPRINT → EXERCISE → RUN → EXERCISE → SPRINT → EXERCISE
Wait for a partner to race before sprinting
15x Squats > Sprint
10x E Fwd Lunge
10x E Rear Lunge > Sprint
15x Billy Cannon
15x Squat Jumps > Sprint
10x E Speed Skaters
15x Plank Jacks > Sprint
25x E Mountain Climbers
15x Merkins > Sprint
15x Carolina Dry Docks
20x Overhead Arm Claps > Sprint
20x Overhead Arm Claps
Jog back to COT

##Love Triangle (15 mins)
3 to a group minimum
Watch for perfect Form or punishment
If watcher doesn’t call them out for bad form, they they get punished

Exercises

  1. 15x Squats
  2. 10x E Forward Lunges
  3. 10x E Rear Lunges
  4. 15x Squats
  5. 15x Merkins
  6. 10x Hand Release Merkin
  7. 20x American Hammers
  8. 20x Flutter Kicks

Punishment
Sprint 25 Yards & Broad Jump Back
(Step Squat if unable to broad Jump)

MARY:
X’s & O’s
Gas Pumps
Superman’s
Box cutters
Flutter kicks

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Big Red Bus
Trash Pickup

COT:
Sobriety
Family

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A VQ and Lessons in Teamwork

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Eagle Claw's VQ!!!
WARMUP:
Eagle Claw led. Start right at COT, no mosey, circle up for:

  • 20 SSH
  • 10 WM
  • 10 IW
  • 10 MNC
  • 10 cherry pickers

Everything 4 count as usual. Then mosey over to the nearby Grace Presbyterian Church for the following:

THE THANG:
Part 1 – Ring of Fire:
Designed by Eagle Claw, led by both him and NASA
In the half of the parking lot closest to the church, we had 8 cones set up in a loop/ring, each about 15 yards apart, each with an exercise, in this order:

  • 15 burpees
  • 20 merkins
  • 20 big boy sit-ups
  • 25 LSS
  • 25 mtn climbers 2 ct
  • 20 lunge 2 ct
  • 25 LBC
  • 20 CDD

These are minimum rep counts. Each person picked a cone (with 6 PAX, 2 were left open). Do the exercise, then alternate duck walk or bear crawl to next cone.
The catch – NOBODY could move forward until the last person is done their minimum rep count they were on. Until the last person shouted "done!", everyone kept doing the exercise at hand, exceeding minimum rep counts. We all did 2 complete rounds as a group. The burpees and 2ct lunges were our 6s that kept the team together as a unit, but we all pushed together. Solid work.

Part 2 – DORA:
Eagle Claw designed, mainly NASA led. Mosey over to the parking lot behind Red Bowl, starting point was the corner of the back lot closest to Stockbridge Dr. Partner up. Run was from the start out past the RB dumpster to the end of that building and back. Exercise reps were cut due to time:

  • 50 merkins (was 100)
  • 100 LBC (was 200)
  • 150 LSS (was 300)

Dumpster did not stank no where near as bad as we expected it would! Great efforts by everyone!
We finished with a couple minutes to spare. Back to COT.
MARY:
Eagle Claw led – 1 minute of hello dollys
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Read your newsletter, get involved. If you see something that is your D2X, get behind it, EH some guys. and make it happen. Freed to lead! This is exactly how ALL of the things we see in the newsletter as well as F3 organized CSAUPs came about.
COT:
A LOT lifted up by everyone! A great COT session.

NMM:
This was designed to be lessons in teamwork:

  • RING OF FIRE: The team, large or small, is only as strong and fast as the last person in line. The team doesn't move forward as a collective group until everyone is done doing their work. You can choose to get out way ahead, focusing on personal gain, but then you leave the rest of your team behind.
  • DORA: When you are paired with someone to complete a set of tasks, you both should be putting in the same level of effort. Slacking on your part will only put more load on your partner, which over time could drive you two apart. Equal efforts keeps the partnership strong.

Eagle Claw is off to spread his wings and follow his passions at The Citadel. Thank you to all the PAX who have poured the 3 Fs, wisdom, motivations, and encouragements into him. You all have made him a better person because of it. I cannot thank you all enough. Love you all. Blessings and SYITG.
-NASA

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