Door Dash Monday

WARMUP: Run behind Earth Fare out past bank into Brayden around back to parking lot by the pool and muster.

THE THANG: 10 Hand release merkins OYO + 10 Shouldwr taps IC

Then we sprinted up to Inizios and onto several other establishments along 160, stopping each time for 10 merkins of varying flavors and some abs. last sprint was to HT lot. pax moseyed back home with some extra running and Mary to wrap up. Great push by all!
ANNOUNCEMENTS: D2DB slated for Sat and will have outstanding 2nd F so be there!
COT: Words on Whetstone from Olaf + prayers.

Life is full of sprints, some long and some short and some of unknown duration or finish lines. We do this crazy stuff in the Gloom to prepare ourselves. Now you know you’re prepared when the next sprint arrives in your life.

Thanks to Badlands for the invite!

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Make Wednesday Matter

THE THANG: we ran to WEP, out the trail in backside to Harris, right turn on Jackson back to 160 and back home. some added distance. all got better!
COT: yes!

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Heroes from Gettysburg to Ukraine to Fort Mill

In the spirit of MLK, who fought for peace and justice, we tapped the history books to honor another minister from the battlefield. Fr. William Corby served for 3 years during the Civil War as chaplain to the 88th New York Infantry, which was one of the five regiments of the Irish Guard. He was at Gettysburg and a statue there memorializes his blessing of the Union troops on the 2nd day of the battle. His unit originally included 3,000 troops, and started the battle with 500, only to lose 200 to death, wounds or MIA. Fr Corby went on to become the president of the University of Notre Dame 2x later in his life.

WARMUP: SSH, Mtn climbers, Peter Parker, Parker Peter, Carioca, Toy soldiers, Butt kickers, Run, Nur

THE THANG: In honor of Fr Corby and his regiment, we did 88 reps of three exercises as follow:
Round 1: Run lap then do 22 burpees (4 cycles)
Round 2: Run lap then do 22 Squats (4 cycles)
Round 3: Run lap then do 22 Mahktar N’Dyaes (4 cycles)

MARY: Flutters, Freddys, Box cutters, Big boys, LBCs, American Hammers, Planks

ANNOUNCEMENTS: D2DB 10k Jan 28; Murder Bunnies game 3 Wed 7p, Weekend in woods event in Blue Ridge, VA in late Feb

COT: Words from Clickbait, kidney donor request from Splinter, & prayers from Mark Twain

Thanks to Saw Dust for the Q stick. Always an honor to lead the heroes of The Fort!

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NFL PIGSKIN PICK’EM

THE THANG:

NFL Pickskin Pick’em Fund Raiser

14 Pax picked the potential winner of every NFL game this season
Each correct pick was awarded 10 pts
Each E.H. that posted throughout the season was awarded 20 bonus points
Each time a Pax volunteered at an F3 community service outing (Bethel Men’s Shelter, Blood Donations, FMCC, Adopt-a-Highway) was awarded 30 bonus points.

Most correct picks with 173 out of 269 games – Fogerty and Pusher
Most E.H.’s with 1 each – Uhaul and Cohiba
Most Community Service posts with 5 times – Fogerty, Sprocket, Badlands

Overall Standings
1st place Fogerty 1880 pts and $185
2nd place Sprocket with 1850 pts and $46
3rd Badlands 1840 pts
4th Pusher 1730 pts
5th Poppins 1710 pts
6th Double D 1700 pts
7th Uhaul 1690 pts
8th Cohiba 1670 pts
8th Dojo 1670 pts
10th Backdraft 1640 pts
11th Barry Manilow 1610 pts
11th B.O.B. 1610 pts
13th Crab Cakes 1390 pts
14th Cyclops with the tagline “4 yards and a cloud of dust” – 1340 pts

1st and 2nd place get to create a workout beatdown based on standings.

$273 dollars donated to the Fort Mill F3 Scholarship fund.

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Circle of death

Warmup:
SSH
Moroccan Night Club
Imperial Walkers
Mountain Climbers
10 man makers
squat hold with the bell
Turkish get ups
10 man makers

The Thang:
Partner up for Catch me if you can. One partner did 10 merkins and the other partner carried both bells. The first partner then caught up and swapped.

Next up was 6 cones with exercises that we rotated through.
20 Burpees
20 Curls
20 Seated one arm presses
20 American Hanmmers
20 Goblet Squats
20 Single Leg Dead lifts(oil derricks)

The PAX got in 3 rotations or more around the circle.

Overhead one arm carry the bell back to the COT.

Mary:
10 V-ups with bell
LBC’s in Cadence

The Site Q duties were passed from @airborne to @happy hour. Airborne has done a great job with this site and we look forward to Happy Hour’s leadership. We had 2 FNG’s which was great.
Thanks for the opportunity to lead!

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Pink Mangoes and Root Beers Dum Dum Pops

2 went on a run.
2 brought extra weight to the bootcamp.
Being a moderate, I gave it everything I had to match to intensity of those who showed.

Warm up:
ran to the top of “the” hill and alternated types of exercises: standing, on your 6, standing, plank. Various exercises, 3 times, count about 10-15.
Back down the hill and a few monkey humpers for our friends from Minnow Pond.
The main event:
5
5-10
5-10-15
5-10-15-20
5-10-15-20-25
5-10-15-20-25-30
different exercises with a run in between, utilizing the stairs, all the stairs.
Again, a few monkey humpers for our friends from Minnow Pond.
One round of Assassin suicides (repeat instructions to Bandcamp as needed).
back near COT for the crowd favorite Mahktar N’Diayes
Finish up with Jack Webb, very near a full JW
Various exercises through out included:
imp walker, hillbilly walker, toy soldier, freddie mercury, gas pumpers, LL Squat, side squat, jump squat, travolta, merkins, SSH, flying squirrels, shoulder taps, crunches, O/H claps, BB sits.
Thanks to DOJO for the nod and all of those who participated at 80% or more.

Looks like we made it,
Barry Manilow

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Last Site Q for Boehiem

WARMUP: welcome the new year.
THE THANG: River District run
MARY:
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Lots… Newsletter
COT: Boehiem has served the Pax well as site Q of Flight Plan for 6+ years. Thank you for your leadership!!!

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The Legend of Dora and the Burpee Hill

WARMUP: SSH 25x, Imperial Walkers 10x, Hillbilly Walkers 10x, Peter Parker 10x, Merkins 10x, Honeymooner, Downward Dog

THE THANG:
To the hill for 11s: Bear crawl to the top for Burpees, run to the bottom for Squats
Mosey up to the Massey St parking lot.
DORA style workout – Count off into groups
100 Merkins, 200 Big Boys, & 300 squats per team. As the group completes the exercise, a pax runs down the hill and back. Swap out till all reps are done.
Run Back to COT

MARY: Jackknife sit-ups w/clap 10x, Flutters 15x, American Hammer 10x

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Dam to Dam, Volunteer Events, New accountability meeting once per month at Hanging with Stang

COT: Prayers for Grout’s wife and her family due to the loss of her mother-in-law.

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Start your One Word at Alcatraz for 2023

11 pax gathered at Alcatraz this AM to make their downpainment on 2022 and create momentum for 2023. The Site Q, Uber, requested a discussion on One Word and Double D and YHC obliged that request by incorporating this into the workout. We also celebrated DD 56th birthday today. He is a fantastic leader and has been a huge influence on my life over the past 10 years. I am blessed to have him in my life.

Similar to years past, this week has been a time of reflection for YHC. The time between Christmas and New Year offers an opportunity to review the previous year, recognize the blessings in my life, assess how the year went and get organized for next year. I review my One Word, journal entries, calendar, budget, etc. as part of this “Year End Review”.

As I reflect on 2022, my One Word was “intentional” yet the word I would use to describe the year was “unsteady”. Some parts of acceleration including my relationship with my M and 2.0s, a strong D2D performance, deepening of relationships with SL, Whetstone and other, increased faith with Shady/Backdraft and the McGospel crew and my job environment has improved. Some deceleration particularly in the Spring/Summer, continued identity in my Mammon, some struggles at home including a torn ACL and a continued jester around self worth that leads to various symptoms. Overall, there was growth particularly as we close 2022 and I have hope for 2023.

In preparation for the workout, I mentioned to Maximus and DH to join us and they requested a difficult workout. DD was quick to oblige using his One Words from previous years and I decided to crack the seal by leading my first ever cinder block workout. I search “F3 cinder block” and found lots of good ideas.

WARMUP: DD
After sharing that DD woke up with a sense of being “full” this morning celebrating his birthday with a group of HIMs we circled up for COP:

SSH x 20
Mtn Climbers x 20
Peter Parkers x 10
Parker Peters x 10

Mosey to the baseball field

THE THANG:

DD at the Q
14 Big Boys
15 Burpees
16 hand release merkins + shoulder tap
17 Mahktar Jai
18 Apollo Ono
19 Kneetar Jai
20 Mike Tysons
21 Backward lunge
22 Freddy Mercury
23 Big Boys
24 Burpees
25 HR merkins + shoulder taps
26 Mahktar Jai (

After each exercise run to the fence and back

Handoff to Pusher

Grab cinder blocks from DD truck and mosey to basketball courts

Partner up

P1 does the following:
1 Merkin
1 Squat
1 Curls for the girls
1 Shoulder press
1 Tricep Extension
1 lunge each leg

Partner 2 planks while P1 does exercises
Rinse and repeat adding a rep up to 5

Gassers
50/50
75/25
100/25

Round 2 – rinse and repeat from round 1

Coin flip – heads equals (2) manmakers/tails equals (2) big boys

Mosey back home

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
– Dam to Dam for a Cause fundraising focus over the next 8 weeks
– Q Source relaunches on 1/3
– Upcoming BBQ fundraiser
– Murder Bunnies hockey team starts this week – great 2nd F opportunity
– Opportunity to EH younger guys in the Fort and responsibility for older guys to serve as Whetstone

All men in attendance created momentum heading into 2023. YHC is thankful that I just “keep posting” because the men of the Fort inspire me.

#SYITG

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