Convergence For Our Brother Shower Curtain

WARMUP:
Four Lines: Toy Soldiers, Butt Kickers, High Knees, mosey with Q to first of four rotations
THE THANG:

Slapshot’s Pain Station:

Each Pax performs

50 Merkins
100 LBCS
50 HR Merkins
100 4-CT Flutters

Every minute a timer would go off and we’d run from one side of the “track” to the other. We would then do two burpees and resume the exercises.
Group 4 only had 3-4 minutes left so we did 10 Burpees OYO then Captain Thor until 5:55.

Badland’s Pain Station:

10 rounds Tabata – 45sec work 15sec rest –
SSHs, Freddy Mercuries, high knees taps, American Hammers, mtn climbers, laying Leg Raises, In and Out Plank Jacks, J-Los, star crunches, high knee goofballs

Punchlist’s Pain Station:

Light Pole Speed Drills –

5/10/15 Merkins
5/10/15 CDD’s
5/10/15 Bonnie Blairs

Bear-pees to finish

Shady’s Pain Station:

Sheet 1: 10 diamond Merkins, 20 Merkins, 30 Mountain Climbers, 40 Seal Jacks, 50 American Hammers, 50 Shoulder Presses, 40 Crab Cakes, 30 Flutters, 20 Big Boy Situps, 10 Flying Squirrels

Sheet 2: 10 Burpees, 20 Knee to Chest jumps, 30 Carolina Dry Docks, 40 Plank Jacks, 50 LBCs, 50 Squats, 40 Dips, 30 Calf Raises, 20 Wide Arm Merkins, 10 Dive Bombers

Each sheet ~50 yards apart. Do the top exercise on sheet 1, run to sheet 2 for first exercise, then run back to sheet 1 and do 2nd exercise…and so on. Furthest we got was 50 shoulder presses and 50 squats. And we had awesome music courtesy of Detroit.

Great job Qs

COT:

Today we came to support our brother, Shower Curtain. He is recovering from his injuries and will need our help and support for several months to come. More than a workout!

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Wake Up, ISI DORA!

WARMUP:

20 SSH IC
14 LSS IC
10 Windmills IC
15 MNC IC

Farmers carry to center parking lot

THE THANG:
PAX partnered up, ideally based on ability or kettle bell weight to help promote a ISI DORA. PAX would complete exercises while the their partners performed a movement across the parking lot. After each completed the exercises, they would share their rep count and the delta would determine the number of reps the winner/loser would perform of an easier/harder exercise.

Round 1: NUR
– [ ] Goblet Squat
– [ ] Skull crusher
– [ ] Lunges
Winner – Plank
Loser – American Hammers

Round 2: Sprints
– [ ] KB Swings
– [ ] Curls
– [ ] Halos
Winner – LBCs
Loser – Flutter with press

Round 3: Bear Crawl
– [ ] Snatch
– [ ] Merkins
– [ ] Upright Row
Winner – Al Gore
Loser – Man Makers
**this round was tough**

Round 4: Power Skips
– [ ] Bent over row
– [ ] OH Press
– [ ] Tricep Extension
Winner – Hello Dolly
Loser – Hello Dolly w/ press

MARY:
10 Flutters IC
10 Windshield Wipers IC
10 American Hammers IC

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
The JOC is hosting Rock Hills version of AKA Wednesday, great way to support and get to know our regional neighbors to the south.

Convergence coming up at NaFo I n Labor Day.

COT:
As we start the week, be mindful of all we have to be thankful for. Everything else stays in COT.

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ClimbTheRope

Flounder was MIA this morning and was missed. WARMUP:we prerucked down to the elementary school to offer some prayers for a safe school year. Then we took a ruck around the block.
THE THANG: standard low slow squats, some weighted and slick merkins,
MARY: we did a few big boy sit-ups. Also brought back a new ab exercise learned from the San Antonio Nantan called climb the rope. Happy to give a demonstration in the gloom. We also did some standing penguins.
ANNOUNCEMENTS: read your newsletter
COT: Fishsticks took us out.

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Around and around we go!

4 of the 5 of our shield lock met at Kingsley as usual at least one of us was running behind as we meet at 5am
THE THANG: YHC and Stang Jogged 3 miles clockwise around the mile Kingsley loop. (By the way this route sucks as it is mostly up hill for .50 miles. Cheddah and Slayer to a hike counter clock wise as Slayer has slightly injured his Achilles. YHC needs all the miles I can get since the Bourbon Chase is coming up faster than I thought.

Once YHC and Stang finished 3 miles we caught up with the other half of our shield-lock for a cooldown lap of 1.20 miles

Afterwards we had coffeteria at Starbucks Cor 25 min catching up on life and what has be going on as we all have been DR at some point this summer for work or on vacation. Afterwards 3 of us joined the 2nd F at the the ale house.

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Rolling in Hot

THE THANG: On the way to the site got stuck behind a petroleum truck and I started sweating getting to the site on time.

Made it just in time. With Cheddah and Sprocket already there and Bitcoin showing up right after YHC. We Rucked to 160 and played frogger getting across the Hwy. We made it to the old Kingsley business park. Stoping every .50 miles for

10 Merkins IC on Down
10 LBC IC
10 Ruck Squats IC on Down

We made our way to laces in. Back over through old Kingsley and back to Panera

We got in 3 miles, 60 Merkins, 60 LBC, 60 Ruck Squats

ANNOUNCEMENTS: 10-Year Fort anniversary,

COT: Prayers for Teachers and families as school starts back. Prayers for illnesses

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Dust in the Wind? No!

WARMUP: SSH, Mtn climber, Peter Parker, Parker peter

THE THANG:
Triple Bs day — bells, bricks and blocks

Bells:
10 Swings (round 1)
10 Goblet squat (round 1)
10 Lawn mower pull each side (round 2)
20 Tricep extension (round 2)

Bricks (1 pair per pax):
20 Moroccan night clubs
20 Punches
20 Overhead claps
20 Bent over flies

Blocks (1 per pax):
20 Derkins
20 Irkins
20 Overhead press
10 Man makers (blockees)

Half of group runs to each pile, completes first exercise, runs back to bells and completes 2 exercises, runs to opposite pile, returns to bells to complete sa.e 2 exercises.

Group made it through almost two full rounds.

MARY: American Hammer, Flutter

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Final Countdown coming 9/10, 10 yr convergence 9/17 am, 10 yr party 9/17 pm, The Bubble 8/4, Pints & Padres Tue pm at Amor Artis.

COT: Battle Bot was missed today. Hopefully we moved enough heavy stuff and listened to enough UHaul ear candy and mumblechatter to meet our Site Q’s standards. Get well!

Reports of Barry Manilow posting proved to be false unfortunately.

Special guest visitor posted today — Uncle Sam, fresh back from Colombia on his way to Virginia for 12+ most of education and inspiration before returning back to Colombia to continue his life’s work in his home country. great to have you in the Gloom with us and to hear your stories of Picking up the Six. Keep up your HIM efforts and example! Praise and prayers for you!

Prior Site Q Shatner was back in the Gloom today after many weeks DR. welcome back!

DaVinci proved he can throw shade with the best of the pax, dropping some darkness with a smile on Cake Boss. Watch out DOAH, he’s coming for you next!

Thanks to Battle Bot for the Q invite, my first at a gear AO. Sometimes we all need the push toward something new and different. As I persevere through a long, hot, sometimes mundane summer that at times feels like Ecclesiastes and Kansas “Dust in the Wind” this morning’s experience with the pax including dialog before, during and after gave me a real jump start to the week. Thank you!

This thing we call The Fort is special. It’s impact is actually global, as we heard this am from Uncel Sam. And it only continues if you post tomorrow. #keep posting #noOYO

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Log Jam at the Highland Games

YHC celebrated 37 trips around the sun today and could think of no better way to start it off then with my brothers at Currahee!

WARMUP: Some stretchy things
THE THANG: The PAX went to the back of the school to find the logs. Two teams carried 2 logs (aprox 100-1000 lbs each) around the school and dropped them in the field. Pax lined up on the fence line for 4 rounds of the following
– 10 merkins
– 10 Squat
– 10 Ruck Curl
– 7 Man Makers
Ruck overhead carry to failure then suitcase carry length of the field.
Rinsed and repeated this routine for 4 rounds then split up for some Highland Games style relay log flip race! Pays to be a winner!
One more round of the movement above then losing team had to carry all rucks across the field while winning team jogged back and forth until the six was in.
Each team loaded up their log (aprox 500 – 5000 lbs each) to take back around the school – rotating as needed.
Ruck back to front parking lot for ruck overhead carry to failure back to COT – no one failed!
Olaf took us out with some BROGA
MARY: BROGA
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Charity brew ruck on Thursday – Bourbon and BBQ coming back in Nov – GORUCK Star Course coming in early October (lots of interest here) – Grow Ruck Valley Forge coming later in the Fall – Cylops is HC! – Currahee should be busy with all these events coming!
COT: You had to be there

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The Smokin 90s

WARMUP: Mosey, SSH, Windmills, Morrocon NC, Merkins, Hillbilly Walkers, Overhead Claps, Calf Raises, Cherry Pickers
THE THANG: While hearing to 90s Hip-hop; Each exercise was for 1 minute and 30 second rest, Round 1: Swing, Single-Arm Overhead Press, Sumo Squat, Single-Arm Row, Chest Press, Round 2: Deadlift, Clean & Press, Halo, Reverse Lunge, Thruster, Round 3: Goblet Squats, Snatch, Tricep Extension, Burpees, Mountain Climbers; Ran a short mosey between rounds
MARY: Flutters, American Hammers, Bicep Curls, and SSH
ANNOUNCEMENTS: 2nd F Lunch Sites, T-Shirt Deadlines, 9-6-3 Relay Race
COT: Punchlist’s M, Uhaul’s nephew and sister in law, and Happy Hour’s friend Joe

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Diabeetus

WARMUP: First, we warmed up.
THE THANG: Then we did a lot of kettlebell stuff and ran a little.
MOSTLY, we listened to what might have been the worst playlist ever conceived. From the marginally incestuous Osmonds, to the Killers, to what was probably the biggest surprise which was Wilford Freaking Brimley. The diabeetus commercial guy you say? Yes. Beloved actor who starred in the 1985 hit movie Cocoon? Yes. He’s a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints? Well, he was when he was alive, yes… but please tell me THAT isn’t the thing that you find most surprising. He has albums. Of music. Where he sings. Doesn’t that shake you a little more to your core? I mean… even just a little? And to add insult to injury (and trust me, his singing was injurious), there’s not a single freaking song on his album about DIABETES TESTING SUPPLIES. Seriously, lean into your strengths, Wilford. WTF? You know diabetes supplies like no other… and yet you choose to sing about someone’s silver-haired daddy…? I’m not sure what to think anymore… I’m not sure this world was meant for me…
MARY: Once again, girls aren’t allowed. Core Principle #2.
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Read your newsletter.
COT: Core Principle #5

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