WARMUP:
THE THANG: 3.4 miles Kingsley & Old Kingsley
MARY:
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
COT:
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
WARMUP: We walked
THE THANG: We walked
MARY: No Mary
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Bethel men's Shelter, Convergence
COT: Prayers and Praises
WARMUP:
THE THANG: #C02P7E2V66B — “The Jaunt” 🎒
Six PAX stepped into the gloom this morning for what YHC advertised as a simple little jaunt around Fort Mill.
Apparently, “jaunt” has a very flexible definition at Soul to Sole. 😂
@UJKGM3VKJ, @U0AR7NYUGTE, @UMDE5QUET, and @U097M51KFEW clearly understood the assignment. They pushed the pace, flirted with the limits, and somehow rolled back into COT right on time looking like responsible adults!
Then there was @U0818FC8SUS and YHC.
We also pushed the limit. Unfortunately, we pushed it about seven minutes past COT. 🤣 Somewhere around Self Street and Jackson Street, the philosophy became: “We’re not late… we’re just getting bonus miles.”
The PAX waited. The clock kept ticking. @U0818FC8SUS and YHC eventually emerged from the darkness, presumably just before a search party, helicopter, and Amber Alert for two middle-aged men with rucks were activated.
And because one video apparently couldn’t contain all of this athletic excellence, today’s cinematic masterpiece had to be split into TWO parts. Hollywood calls those sequels. Soul to Sole calls it poor time management.
Final score:
6 PAX went out.
6 PAX eventually returned.
4 beat the clock.
2 got their money’s worth.
Another successful morning at Soul to Sole — where we go the distance… occasionally farther than the schedule permits. 😂 3.70 miles
Aye! 💪🎒
MARY:
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
COT:
The Quad: 4 PAX. Small enough to be an intimate dinner party; strong enough to reshape the concrete.
The Main Event: Four Corners. Because why just run in a straight line when you can suffer at every cardinal direction? We ran, we reached a corner, we paid the toll in pain, and we repeated.
The Leg Destroyer: 100 Step-Ups. Pretty sure we collectively climbed a small mountain. Our quads are currently holding a press conference to protest tomorrow's alarm.
The Remix: A spicy, chaotic blend of other exercises thrown in just to make sure nobody could breathe properly.
The Verdict: No tuxedos, no disco balls, just four dudes putting in work while the world slept.
If you missed it, your calves thank you, but your pride shouldn't. See you at the next beatdown!
WARMUP:
THE THANG: 3.5+ laps around Kingsley
MARY:
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Yes
COT: Yes
WARMUP: SSH, IW, HBW, MNC, WM, cherry pickers, mosey
THE THANG: mosey through all the parking lots around Kingsley stopping for pain stations along the way:
Pain stations alternated between
And
2. Burpees (started with 2 and increased to 10 by the last stop)
MARY: throughout
ANNOUNCEMENTS: bethel, trash pickup
COT: praise for graduating students, prayers for life transitions, medical challenges
Reprise of Coach Box discussion on combatting worry in our lives. – Many men fail because worry convinces them not to act. Leadership often requires moving before certainty arrives.
WARMUP:
THE THANG:
4 Stations
MARY:
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
COT:
It was a dark, dank, steamy morning and then Stud Muffin walked in and we were able to officially start. Quick warmup and then we made like a tree and moseyed.
Over to the benches for dips, dirkins, and step-ups.
For the main event:
100 yard sprint, 100 squats, 100 yard sprint, 3 kraken burpees
90 yard sprint, 90 flutters, 90 yard sprint, 3 kraken burpees
80 yard sprint, 80 clave raises, 80 yard sprint, 3 kraken burpees
70 yard sprint, 70 CDDs, 70 yard sprint, 3 kraken burpees
60 yard sprint, 60 american hammers, 60 yard sprint, 3 kraken burpees
50 yard sprint, 50 lunges, 50 yard sprint, 3 kraken burpees
40 yard sprint, 40 merkins, 40 yard sprint, 3 kraken burpees
30 yard sprint, 30 big boys sit-ups, 30 yard sprint, 3 kraken burpees
20 yard sprint, 20 superman’s, 20 yard sprint, 3 kraken burpees
10 yard sprint, 10 lbc’s, 10 yard sprint, 3 kraken burpees
Back to the bench for dips, irkins, and step-ups.
Back to COT for prayers and praises.
JWow
WARMUP: light jog to bball court, SSH, cherry pickers, windmills, low slow squat, tempo merkins
THE THANG: old school Dora: 100 merkins, 200 squats, 300 LBCs.
Wrapped up the Dora and jogged over to the track. At the track we did: 20 single lunges, 20 double count hammers, 30 calf raises (inner, regular, outer).
MARY: no time left
ANNOUNCEMENTS: newsletter aside from murph and invergence
COT: yep, completed