WARMUP: no warm up needed to ruck
THE THANG: to Walmart and back W/ upright rows, squats, overhead press
MARY:
ANNOUNCEMENTS: bethel me s shelter, 4-B’s
COT: praises and prayers
WARMUP: Too cold to warm up so we just ran
THE THANG: YHC posted a route the night before, was all downhill, but driving up Sutton realized there was less sidewalk and minimal shoulder to safely run on so quickly pivoted and decided that WalMart could use some foot traffic
MARY: Nope
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Bethel, 4B’s, Christmas party requested, update and golf moved to spring
COT: What separates us from the lulu chasers at OrangeTheory, among other things.
WARMUP: SSH, lizard and plank stretches, windmills
THE THANG:
1) 5 Burpees at each set of benches until reaching playground
2) Dora at Playground 100 Irkins, 125 dips, 150 step ups, run the playground ring
3) 5 merkins at each bench until reaching the big hill with the statue
4) 11s up the big hill, jump squats at top and CDDs at bottom
5) run back around park loop, 10 squats at every bench until reaching COT
MARY: Hammers, flutters, gas pumpers, V ups
ANNOUNCEMENTS: newsletter
COT: prayers up
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: OYO
THE THANG:
Harvest pointe
Market street
Cross Sutton to
Founders st
Straight onto Settler heights dr
Straight onto Stratford run dr
Cross new gray rock to
Harvest pointe
Down to the end and back
4mi
MARY: no
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Convergence, Soul2Sole Flag hand off, Q School
COT: yes
WARMUP:
Moroccan nightclubs
Windmills
Cherry pickers
Hillbilly walkers
Mosey to some curb merkins in cadence
BurpBackMountain
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:
WARMUP: Mosey to the elementary school side lot. COP with exercises in cadence
Windmills
Cherry pickers
Imperial Walkers
Hillbilly walkers
Seal jacks
Low slow squats
Hold peoples chair while doing Moroccan night clubs and shoulder presses in cadence
Plank with salutations
Merkins
Recover and move
THE THANG: Track and light poles
Moseying to the track, pax stopped at the flag to honor those who made the intimate sacrifice this week 25 years ago. Never Forget
At the track, 9’s and 7’s were called.
7 rounds
Rounds 1,3,5&7 – 9 merkins and 7 big boys
Rounds 2,4&6 – 9 big boys and 7 burpees
Mosey to the light poles.
As a group – various merkins and an exercises of 9’s and 7’s were called every other light pole to the top of the hill.
At the top of the hill – 10 burpees – just because.
Descend the hill stopping for 9’s and 7’s at every third light pole – time was running short, hence fewer stops.
Mosey to benches for a round of Bulgarian split squats and then on to COT at 0600.
MARY: no time
ANNOUNCEMENTS: plenty of ‘em
COT: 5th core principle and some solid vulnerability among posting pax.
NMM: F3’s credo is leave no man behind and leave no man where you found him. Today’s workout was kept together with that very purpose in mind.
No matter what we bring to any workout, we have the blessing of a place where we can be met and welcomed as we are with the capacity to change ourselves for the better. What a privilege!!
Give this thing away, men. Because it’s a gift.
Thanks for the call, Halfback. 👁️
WARMUP: mobility and the norms
THE THANG: 50 KB swings, 40 goblet squats, 30 gorilla rows, 20 snatches, 10 clean and press, 10 thrusters, 20 high pulls, 30 reverse lunge, 40 merkins (hand on bell), 50 swings
15,10,8- swing, overhead press, goblet squats, rows r/l.
MARY: alternating around the world, oblique bends, chest press
ANNOUNCEMENTS: CRI out training, newsletter
COT: prayers and praises
WARMUP:
THE THANG: 160 to Stonecrest, Right @ roundabout on Hubert Graham all the way back to Gold Hill.
MARY:
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
COT:
WARMUP:
Mosey around drop off line and back to beginning of GHMS loop.
THE THANG:
4 corners of stuff: (3 rounds)
Station 1: 40 mtn climbers, 40 sec plank hold
Station 2: 40 LBC, 40 Flutter
Station 3: 40 reverse lung, 40 squats
Station 4: 40 steps, 40 dips (with the bench)
MARY:
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Bethel, Newsletter
COT: Focus on Excavation. What is holding you back? Identify IT and use the tools that are here to support. Get IT removed!!