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It’s about community

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WARMUP: The heartstrings got loosened up out of the gates as Warning Track unloaded some baggage from a tough week, acknowledging the challenges of Living Right through the Flux of life and the importance of showing up this morning to be lifted up by his brothers. He followed up with the Obligatory SSHs and then set off from WEP.

THE THANG:

WT took the pax to the old Pike Elec parking lot stopping for some windmills, burpees and other fun enroute.

Pax broke into groups of 3 for a modified Dora across the parking lot. Midway through WT called audible due to pax incompetence and simplified to Dora in groups of 2. Terrible things like Merkins, squats, lunges, flutters, burpees, etc were unleashed on the pax

WT took pax to Memorial Park for more burpees and more shared pax stories of Why they come out to the Gloom on a wet Sat morning.

DD took the reins and moved the pax to a series of parking lots (pharmacy), Pike front courtyard, Town Hall back wall for pain stops including shoulder taps, wall sits, plank jacks, burpees, mtn climbers, peter parkers, Parker peters, etc.

Pax returned to WEP to appreciate JWOW’s lovely Christmas tree. Two rounds of partner work included bear crawls around tree + flutters followed by crawl bears around tree + HR merkins.

Mosey to grass in front of band shell for more partner work (merkins, shoulder taps, sit ups) interspersed with some burpees and lap around band shell. Finished off with Knee Tar N’dyae and Mahktar N’dyae.

Mosey home

MARY: included throughout

ANNOUNCEMENTS: coffeteria at HC

COT: great morning where we welcomed 3 FNGs + a Kotter while pax from 30s to 50s mixed it up and pushed each other to get 1% better.

“Our youth are our present” I heard my pastor say from the pulpit recently. Note he did NOT say “our future.” It’s as true in The Fort and in our community as it is in NYC with a 34 yr old mayor. Younger pax, you ARE leaders today — embrace your opportunity and duty. Seasoned pax — your leadership focus IS about bringing along the next generation of leaders — embrace your opportunity and duty.
We are blessed men to have these roles at this time.

Thanks to JWOW for the opportunity and Warning Track for the partnership.

Love you brothers!
#KeepPosting

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Pray for Jamaica

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WARMUP: sure
THE THANG:

Out and back – 4.3mi

L on Munn
R on Harris
R on Sam Smith
R on Choate
L on Drew
L on Sharon Lee
R on Sutton
Out to 6 Baxter

MARY: nah
ANNOUNCEMENTS: 4Bs, Xmas party
COT: prayers for Jamaica recovery efforts, medical treatments/procedures, home repairs

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All around WEP

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WARMUP: normal stuff
THE THANG: take a lap followed by another lap stopping at the 9 swings for proper form upper body and lower body alternated and core at all stops
MARY: no time for her today
ANNOUNCEMENTS: newsletter
COT: prayers for family issues. Health

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4 Swole Bros

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WARMUP: some stuff
THE THANG:
25 min EMOM
5 Deadlift
5 squats
5 Clean
5 swing

After time was up did a few more reps of another circuit.
10 Halo squats
10 Clean Press each side
10 Ballistic Row each side
10 curl
10 Around the World with shoulder touch

MARY: a few to finish off time.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
COT:

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Keep em coming, 10 at a time

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WARMUP: Obligatory SSHs, a mosey with carioca, butt kickers, high knees, nur, parker peter, hillbillies, stretching, then back to amphitheatre
THE THANG:
Station 1 (amphitheatre) = burpees x10, shoulder taps x20, Freddy x30

Run to station 2

Station 2 (Pacos plaza) = burpees x10, squats x20, flutters x30

Run back to station 1

Rinse and repeat for 5 total stops at each station

MARY: yes, box cuttah, Am hammer, flutter, dollies, rosalita

A new twist — some of the above was done in reverse (huh?)

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Bourbon and BBQ event coming

COT: yessir, Mr Sir

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run, rundown, run-of-the-mill, runaway

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WARMUP: assorted stretching, grunting, groaning, whining about the cold
THE THANG: FMHS to new Kingsley, out/back to 21, around Sunbelt parking lot, back out. Studs add old Kingsley.
MARY: assorted stretching, grunting, groaning, whining about the cold
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Bourbon & BBQ, Trash pick-up, Christmas Party, read your newsletter
COT: as per usual

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Board of Pain

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It was cool and rainy. Perfect conditions for the #gloom
WARMUP: Ran to top of hill and hit the regulars: SSH, Seal Jacks, squats, arm circles, windmill, broga
THE THANG:
Board of Pain. Finish each exercise and take a lap. See how far you can get down the board.
DD: Started LBC
Spike: Finish squats
Dojo: finish squats
Minute Man: finish squats
Jekyll: finish squats

MARY: no
ANNOUNCEMENTS: HIM Camp was excellent and all 3 Fs- Minute Man. Bethel Men’s shelter
COT: Praises/Prayers for family. Prayers for Green card extension.

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You can’t out-Merkin a BigMac.. but you can try

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WARMUP:
– 25 SSH
– 10 Windmills
– 15 Imperial Walkers
– 10 Moroccan Night Club
– Mosey 1 lap around the parking lot

THE THANG:
1. Improvement contest -> Record the results
1. 1 minute Merkins
2. 1 minute Big Boy Situps
3. 1 minute Shoulder taps
4. 1 minute Mountain Climbers

2. Big Mac Burn-off -> takes 2,000 merkins to burn off a Big Mac
– 7 rounds EMOM – 10 merkins then plank

3. Whopper Crunch -> takes 3,300 situps to burn off a Whopper
– 25 big boy situps
– 25 American Hammers
– Mosey 1 lap of the parking lot
– repeat

4,.Chick-fil-a Challenges -> burning off one spicey nugget, one spicy rep at a time.
– 25 Mountain Climbers
– 10 Shoulder taps
– 25 Mountain Climbers
– Mosey 1 lap of the parking lot
– Repeat

5. Sweet Tea-Spring -> 700 jumping for one glass of sweet tea
– 50 jumping jacks
– 25 squats
– Mosey 1 lap
– Repeat 2

MARY:
– 5 Burpees OYO

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
– Trash pickup Nov 1
– Massey blood drive Nov 1
– Beers for Beetus Nov 1
– Christmas Party Dec 12th
– Ruck and Roll – Dec 13th
– 4B’s – Nov 7th
– Charlotte Half Marathon – 11/15
– Family Care
– Bethel Men’s Shelter – Nov 6th
COT:

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Patrolling at Dawn

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WARMUP: Yog to upper WEP lot for a little of this/little of that. Included a sliding scale of Burpees OYO
THE THANG: Head down dark path to hill running up to Ardrey St. Ladder of 7s with Merkins at top of path, Big Boys at bottom. Mosey to Amphitheater stage for 4 corners. 10 reps each corner, bearcrawl on the sides, lunge walk across the stage. Little bit of wall sits and ended with 1/2 of Jack Webb.
MARY: minimal
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Bourbon & BBQ event, Xmas party, etc.
COT: prayers for Double D’s fam, Dojo’s household and praises for our Fort brotherhood.
So with my 10 year “manniversary” coming up, I had each of the Pax share memories of their first workouts. It was a fun group. Honored to lead.
Shortest of all Sales out.

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