WARMUP: Gear Carry
THE THANG: Sandbag fun, KB fun
MARY: Short and sweet
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Read Newsletter
COT: Prayers for children, marriages. Praises for health to exercises and the men of F3.
WARMUP: N/A
THE THANG: The Hill, out and back.
MARY: 20 LBC's with ruck on legs, 11 4-count flutter kicks
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Bethel Men's shelter upcoming,
COT: Prayers.
Thanks to @U0818FC8SUS for the privilege to Q and to everyone for having me.
WARMUP: 20 SSH, 15 Hillbilly’s, 15 Potato Pickers, 10 Windmills and 15 Imperial Walkers
THE THANG: Moseyed over to the church parking lot beside an awesome pumpkin patch. Partner up and do sets of 100 reps split between each partner they where:
100 squats: partner 1 does 25 squats while partner 2 bear crawls as far as he can till partner 1 tags him. Then partner 2 does 25 squats while partner 1 bear crawls on. After each exercise complete you and partner run a loop around the parking lot together. This sequence was continued for rest of workout with different modes of transportation.
100 Hand Release Merkins/ Bear Crawl
100 Carolina Dry Docks/ Duck Walk
100 Monkey Humpers/Duck Walk
100 LBC’s/Lunge Walk
We finished with 10 Burpees each while partners did Big Boi’s.
COT for some stretching with 5 minutes left.
MARY:
ANNOUNCEMENTS: read your newsletter
COT:
WARMUP:
THE THANG:
Walk to Walmart and back via Hubert Graham
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:
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…
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.
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
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:
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