No Stone Unturned

WARMUP: SSH, Mtn. Climbers, Imperial and Hillbilly Walkers, MNC & Squats
THE THANG: mosey to parking lot up by the Soccer Field. Burpee Broad Jump over 2 parking spaces, do 2 squats, jump 3 more spaces, do 3 squats, then 4/4 and 5/5. Next round: Bear Crawl and Merkins. Then Lunge Walk with Am, Hammers. Ended with some sprints.
Mosey to playground for some Dora partner work. Partner 1 runs while Partner 2 does swing crunches. 50 of those. Next round 100 Squats then 200 Step Ups.
Head to the stage for some wall sits & Flying Squirrels. Finished it off with Airborne’s Hip Series. Crowd Pleaser.

MARY: no time. Next time Mary
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Break The Dam run and the Cannoli Run.
COT: went around the horn and prayed for healing, patience. Praise for the fellowship
Thanks Minuteman for the spot.

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The ol Tripod

Was a chilly one today but we kept moving to warm us up. With some running events on the calendar for the PAX, it was a good time to bring out the Tripod
WARMUP: Run to the traffic circle (1/2 mile). SSH, Squat, merkin, mountain climber
THE THANG: There are three directions from the traffic circle. PAX would run leg 1 and at the end of leg:10 merkins 20 squat 30 LBC. This would repeat in 2 more directions. Every time PAX pass through the center traffic circle: 3 burpees. Rinse and repeat until 6:50 then run back to COT. We achieved 2.4 miles 50 merkins, 100 squats and 150 LBC.
MARY: Round Robin that included fluttah, box cuttah, American Hammer, Rosalita, Freddy Mercury, Hello Dolly, LBC
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Break the Dam run, and Cannoli Run(May)
COT: health and healing, job searches

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1-10-26: Breathing exercises

WARMUP: Mosey to Police Station lot

Exercises in cadence
Imperial walkers
Hillbilly walkers
Windmills
Low slow squats
Hold people’s chair with Moroccan night clubs
Side straddle hops

Mosey to veterans park – plank and pledge of allegiance

Mosey to the site formerly known as footloose

THE THANG:

Partner DORA was the theme, but she wasn’t there (open to all men). Partner 1 runs to designated light pole and back. Partner 2 does the same while partner 1 picks up where partner 2 left off.

100 burpees
200 squats
300 flutters

A few words shared and a mosey to bottom of Monroe white.

Gather, then sprint uphill to the right hand turn and recovery jog to print shop pull up bars

Hangs and Merkins
Hang 30 seconds – 15 merkins
Hang 20 seconds – 10 merkins
Hang 10 seconds – 5 merkins

Mosey to pike energy lot and 5 burpees OYO….because why not.

Mosey to wall of police station for wall sits and gratitude expressions.

Mosey to COT

MARY: there was no time and she was not there. Open to all men.

ANNOUNCEMENTS: You bet – Break the dam on 1/31 and Q source Wednesdays at Tega Cay Dunkin. Read your newsletter.

COT: Was, is and will always be the 5th core principle. Cousin Vinny was welcomed, named and will be back per his words and knowing where 2nd f happens afterwards on the west side.

Thanks for the call, JWOW. You were missed.
Honored as always to lead.
:eye:

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Last Call

WARMUP:
Windmills
Calf raises
SSH
Elbows-to-High Knees
Cherry Pickers

THE THANG:
HIIT Tour to Grace Covered Pavilion (including parking lot four corners)
15 Merkins
20 Shoulder Taps
25 Jump Squats

Arm Dora @ Grace Covered Pavilion
While partner takes a lap, with a burpee halfway:
100 Dips
200 Moroccan Nightclubs
300 Shoulder Presses

Mosey back to HT

Group Inchworms (to HT)
– Each set will start together (starting positions – move)
– Group #1 – Bear crawl or lunge walk to next parking lot island
– Group #2 – Curb Alperts
– When the last Group #1 PAX arrives he calls ‘FLAPJACK’ and then
– Group #1 – Curb Alperts
– Group #2 – Bear crawl or lunge walk to Group #1
– Last PAX to arrive calls ‘RECOVER’

Group Inchworms (from HT)
– Each set will start together (starting positions – move)
– Group #1 – Walking Squat Shuffle (Walking Al Gores?) to next parking lot island
– Group #2 – Big Boys
– When the last Group #1 PAX arrives he calls ‘FLAPJACK’ and then
– Group #1 – Big Boys
– Group #2 – Walking Squat Shuffle to Group #1
– Last PAX to arrive calls ‘RECOVER’
– Shufflers alternate direction throughout

MARY: nah
ANNOUNCEMENTS: AO restructure, Bethel, Break the Dam
COT: prayers for health of friends, praise for the new MinuteChild

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Eve of the Lord’s birth – convergence

WARMUP: The usual
THE THANG: DH-type-stuff
MARY: worked into Thang
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Newsletter & upcoming changes
COT: Lauren Hope Styles (sp?) – 21 RIP, Prayers for Geronimo & family. Reading from Ezekiel centered around helping others find their purpose

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Rockin Around the Kingsley Christmas Tree

‘around’ should be interpreted here as ‘in the vicinity of’

WARMUP: windmills, imperials, calf raises, moseyed for a bit and added some monsters

THE THANG:
In celebration of the most popular Christmas hit singles, we do sets of 45’s in the Kingsley Amphitheatre
Each round separated by a recovery jog to the fire pit and back

All I Want for Christmas is You To Do Big Boys
It’s the Most Wonderful Time For Shoulder Taps (count one shoulder)
It’s Beginning to Look A Lot Like Jump Squats
Last Christmas I Wasn’t In F3, So I Didn’t Know Merkins Means Pushups
But Do You Recall, the Most Famous Exercise of All? SSH

Intermission: Walkin’ In A Winter Wonderland
(Not considered a popular Christmas hit single but I’m adding it because I’m the Q and I say so)

I’m Dreaming of a Tricep Dip
Santa Baby Crunches
Simply Having a Wonderful Makhtar N’Diaye (45 collectively – favorite plank if not exercising)
Please Lunge Home for Christmas (22.5 each leg)
You’re A Mean One, Mr. Bandcamp (45 collectively – Al Gore if not exercising)

MARY: What would Christmas be without Mother Mary?

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Christmas Convergence, Break the Dam, Bethel

COT: family, health, relationships, new life

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Counting Down from 100

WARMUP:
Spike took the warmup right where we plant the shovel flag. Counts and cadence were perfect, and we even did 6-count burpees. Impressive!!!

THE THANG:
Ran around to do a few more warm ups before heading to a building for the countdown.

2 locations for exercises. Run between each, which included stairs and some bear crawls or lunges:
100 Flutters
90 Squats
80 Shoulder Taps
70 Hello Dollys
60 SSH
55 LBCs
50 Merkins
40 Speed Skaters
30 Lunges
20 Burpees
10 Big Boy Sit-ups

Great work done by all pax!

MARY:
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
COT:

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Rockin around the Christmas Tree

WARMUP: couple loops in the AO lot with high knees, buttkickers, and karoake.
THE THANG: Bucket 11 – one bucket at each end of the top lot. Pax pulled random exercises in an 11 format. Mak tar jyes and burpees were everyone’s fave.
Did some partner work on the wall near the upper town hall lot. Bear crawl with wall sit and balls to the wall.
Mosey to Christmas tree. 12 stations surrounding tree. Do two stations and run a loop. We darn near didn’t even come close to finishing all the stations. Great mumblechatter.
Brick by brick, post by post.
MARY: No showed.
ANNOUNCEMENTS: All of them.
COT: Pretty special today.

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We Took the Long Route So No One Could Pretend Everything Was Fine

The PAX were asked a simple question before the work began:
“What burdens are you carrying?”
No answers required yet—just something to sit with.

Opening Smoke Session
Sprint up the hill, knock out 5 burpees, then run it back down. Consider it the price of admission.

From there, we headed down the path toward Harris Street and rolled straight into a moving warm-up, keeping the group together and the heart rate climbing:
• Windmills
• Run
• Imperial Walkers
• Run
• Monkey Humpers
• Run
• Moroccan Night Clubs
• Run
• Low, slow squats

We pushed up the Harris Street hill, then made our way toward the high school pull-up bars.

Mini Dora (Partner Work)
• Partner 1: Dead hang for a 40-count
• If you drop, you get back up. No shortcuts.
• Partner 2:
• 30 Burpees
• 75 Mike Tysons

An audible was called to keep us moving and on mission, so the 100 Big Boys and 150 Sumo Squats were left behind as we transitioned to the next station.

Mosey to the Band Practice Lot

Tire Work — Team Load
• Teams of 4–5 per tire
• Carry the tire around the parking lot
• One man drops to complete 5 burpees, next man steps in
• Cycle continues until the full loop is complete

Then:
• Tire flips — 2 men flip, rotate out, next 2 step in
• Shared load. Shared effort. No spectators.

COT

After returning the tires, we walked and slow-moseyed back to COT.

This is where the real work happened.

Each man shared the burden he’s carrying with the brother next to him.
Then we answered the follow-up:
“What can you do to help carry that load?”

No fixing. No speeches. Just presence and accountability.

Totals:
• 3.2 miles
• Solid boot camp
• New ground covered—both physically and personally

We stayed together the entire way.
No man left behind. No man left where we found him.

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Brick by brick/Post by post

WARMUP: Did some moseying around with SSH, Hillbillies, and Squats
THE THANG: A Dip/Derkin 11 at the Ampitheater/ mosey to the Stairs in Textile Way / pax planked and elbow planked while one at a time went up/down.
Mosey to Sunbelt lot.
Quick DORA like run with merkins/lbc’s/squats.
Mosey to Main Event – Starfish type workout with 7 solid stations. Burpees/Merkins/Big Boys/LBC’s/Mak Tar Jyes/Dry Docks/Jump Squats. All stations had high rep counts for max suffering.
Mosey to a station, near crawl back, do 1 burpee on first round, 2 burpees on second, etc…
All pax gave max effort to complete, but fell a little short on time. Moseyed back to COT.
MARY: Not her day.
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Christmas Party! Get there!
COT: All shared. Live your best life!

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