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FORTeen Years

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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

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The daily

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WARMUP:

  • Mosey around the big loop
  • Mountain climbers
  • Windmills

THE THANG:
10 second rests between sets
1 – Curls (12 reps x 3)
2 – Lying triceps extension (12 reps x 3)
3 – Overhead press (12 reps x 3)
4 – Side bends (L/R) (12 reps x 3)
5 – Bag press (12 reps x 3)
6 – Laying bag pullovers (12 reps x 3)
7 – Wrist rolls (12 reps x 3)
8 – Single leg rotation twists (12 reps x 3)
9 – Squats (12 reps x 3)
10 – Romanian deadlifts (12 reps x 3)
Mosey with the bag around the small loop
11 – Calf raises (12 reps x 3)
12 – Glute push (12 reps x 3)
13 – Leg lifts (12 reps x 3)
14 – Bent over rows (12 reps x 3)

MARY: N/A
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Read your newsletter
COT: It is what it is…

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Light poles and Bear Crawls

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WARMUP: Stretch and a few SSHs, windmills, etc…
THE THANG: Light poles alternate between sprint and bear crawls as mode of transportation, at each pole 5 burpees, 10 merkins, 15 squats, 20 LBCs. We got to 8 poles. On way back stop at each pole start with 1 big boy and go up 1 at each pole.
MARY:
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Lawn Care at Care center, 4th of July convergence,Bethel men’s shelter
COT: Prayers for marriages, kids home for summer, the struggles of being good dads and husbands.

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Just because you are at the top…

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WARMUP:
SSH
Welcome the FNG
Low slow squats
Low slow merkins
Mountain climbers

THE THANG:
Capture fort playground:
Bear crawl up the ramps on the play ground. Get out before the cops show up.

Attack the hill
At the summit: 10 manmakers OYO
Carry on down the hill
20 overhead presses OYO

Return to base

MARY:
Practice calling cadence with Brawny

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
COT: “On Earth as it is in Heaven” – chew on that and then make that happen

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Rucking with…….thoughts, a Socratic and a few exercises (but just a few)

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WARMUP: Nope – off at 0500

THE THANG: Ruck and insert exercises at different points along the 3 mile route.
Merkins with ruck on
Calf raises
Peter Parker’s
Parker Peter’s
Incline merkins with Ruck on
Squats
Lunge walks around circles
More merkins with rucks on

Lessons and questions shared from a recent reading YHC absorbed:
Be tolerant of others and strict with yourself
Control what you can control
Raise your children well
Contribute to your community
We are all vessels of something – what are you a vessel of?

All PAX got 3 miles plus exercises – 60 minutes of solid work put in by all. And great to see some newer and less familiar faces returning to the gloom. In the words of DD – Just Keep Posting.

MARY: nope – open to all men

ANNOUNCEMENTS: took place

COT: 5th core principle

Thanks for the call Sofrito – always honored to lead. :eye:

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Smiles with Some Miles

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WARMUP: SSH, Windmill, Plank position then honeymooner and downward dog a couple of times
THE THANG: Ran a U starting from Earthfare to Gold Hill Middle and back with Exercises being 10 burpees, 10 Squats, and 10 big boys at the starting point, every turn, and finish point. Then did a couple of loops around the Earthfare parking lot.
MARY: American Hammers, Flutters, Hello Dollies, and Heals to Heaven
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Read the newsletter
COT: Prayers and Praises

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I miss Ohio?

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5 were at Sole-to-Sole for a ruck through Kingsley where we found out the we are losing our Pax Battle Bot to …… Ohio…. Specifically Toledo.

This fascinating development puts him closer to his wife’s entire family, and as far as his family, not terribly ridiculous as they are spread out.

Little time was spent on what’s actually going on in Toledo these days.

We will miss our brother.

-30-

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Hills for the Pax

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WARMUP:
The Pax were disclaimed (sort of) and did 25 SSH, 10 windmills, and some leg and back stretches to warm up. The group split and the running group left Earthfare and jogged to the Brayden neighborhood.
THE THANG:
Hill repeats were done on 3 different hills in the Brayden neighborhood and Dave Gibson Blvd. On each hill, we started with an exercise on the bottom, ran up the hill, jogged back, did another exercise, and repeated it. 4 trips up each hill, with 25 reps of the exercises listed below (ab exercises were double count). The total distance covered was 4.2 miles.

Afton Way
Diamond merkins
Freddie Mercury
Lunges
Plank jacks

Len Patterson Road
Wide arm merkins
Hello Dollies
Sumo squats
Mountain climbers

Dave Gibson Blvd
Merkins
Flutters
Squats
Bombjacks (shortened to 10 reps due to time)

Mosey back to COT

MARY: See above
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Christmas party on Dec 21 (registration closed), Clave Boss 5K/Christmas convergence at The Yard on Dec 24, Dam to Dam Bar, Jan 25 (?). Check your newsletter.
COT: Prayers for: Cicada’s friend Miss B’s son passed away, Pax struggles with family and marriage -doing the right thing and accepting it more easily, safe holiday travels for all

NMM:
I don’t post regularly at the running AO’s anymore, and I wonder if the Pax do hill repeats regularly. ‘Back in the day’, I used to do these once a week. They are grind to get through but are a good way to build leg strength and speed (no pain,no gain). Ideally, you want steeper hills than we ran today, but they got the job done. The Pax did a great job pushing through them this morning and we all got at least 1% stronger.

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Is F3 all about acceleration?

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WARMUP:

– SSH x30
– Windmill x10
– Cherry pickers x10
– Quad stretch both legs 10 count each leg
– Calf stretch both legs 10 count each leg

THE THANG:

Ran to Berkshire heights loop and at each stop sign
– 10 bomb jacks
– 5 burpees
– 10 Freddie Mercury double count
got in over 3 miles

MARY:
One last set of the above exercises
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
4.01k <@U035XDY7ABC> run for CRI
<@U08GHEK16> 5k
Christmas party
Read your newsletter
COT:
Prayers and praises

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