Blue Light Special

Rainy and cold morning. Chatted with <@U05TY21AC2X> yesterday about meeting at Walmart. Glad I was not part of his fast paced Q.
Started our journey to Walmart, stopping at a few light posted for exercises.
As we crossed Dam Road, I noticed the rain had turned to sleet. We arrived early so we moseyed over to Verizon (cover from the rain)
Saw some headlights in the distance, it was not Santa and his reindeer, it was <@U05TY21AC2X> pushing his Pax around Tega Cay.
We stopped for some squats, form was impeccable.
Back to COT, rain picked up. Felt like we were wearing rucks. Stopped at a few light poles for exercises. Returned under the awning for dips, seeking, squats, lunges.
The weather sucked, but it was great to have the fellowship.

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What it is to be a Good Man

WARMUP: In Cadence: Imperial Walkers, Cherry Pickers, Hillbilly Walkers & Windmills. Counted off.

THE THANG: Took off for a basic run and boot. 3.02 miles with stops along the way.
Pain Station stops included: merkins, squats, burpees, cocaine bear crawls, Carolina dry docks, jump squats, etc as we moseyed from COT to Dam Rd and back.

Many words were given and they all mattered and defined. From honest, accountable, virtuous, dependable etc all great words. There is no perfect definition but we should all be striving to make sure we are doing all we can to be a Good Man because the world badly needs Good Men. The words above that we do without thinking keep it up, those that we have to strive to do better at – keep working at it – the world needs GOOD MEN. You have 31 days to close 2025 and set the tone for 2026 – go be a Good Man!

MARY: Sprints, hot white speed sprints!

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Announced, Fort fill free to edit – Rock Hill announcements pertinent to Fort is F3 in RH Christmas Parade this Friday Dec 5th – see me if you’d like to join. SLT Handoffs Jan 1st NYD Convergence.

COT: Prayers and praises and I prayed us out.

Thankful for the privilege to lead this workout.

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Apparently “another” Pendulum

WARMUP: Some
THE THANG: Pendulum on Monroe White St.
5 Bombjacks in the middle: 25 Merkins at the top of the hill. 25 Seal Jacks at the top of the other. Decrease by 5 each round then back up.
MARY: some
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
COT:

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Don’t drink the ‘Mountain Dew’

7 PAX from Stockade came over to see what I was doing at Slowburn.

Warm up
Accumulator board (up to 6 exercises), run in between
Wall sits and burpees
Back to the board for exercise-run-exercise-run-etc
Finished with a properly executed Mary

Note to self: there are 2 sides to a board, one side for Oldburn PAX, the other side prepare for when the PAX from Stockade show up

Thank you for the nod Peach Stand

Looks like we made it,

Barry Manilow

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Lion King

8 men were at The Sink this morning, one ran away after warm-ups.
Partnered up for a run/farmer carry – big loop.
Stopped at the front of school, shuttle run/bag toss.
Lion King, reps stopped when muscles roared
Calf raises, Simba, Squats
Big loop again – run/farmer carry/bag toss
Back to COT for 5 minute push
5 reps rinse and repeat till 06:00
Bag Press, Bag Curl, and Bent Over Row

Great job men!

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Heavy

WARMUP: A little broga
THE THANG: A long mosey with rucksacks and sandbags. 2 miles-ish
MARY: NA
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Read your newsletter
COT: It is what it is… Sometimes you get a little lazy and sleep in for a few days or weeks. A good thing about the Fort is someone will notice and hold you accountable, so you can get back at it.

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Charge!

WARMUP: Jog with some karaokes, toy soldiers, and power skips.

THE THANG: Took the long way down the hill (Ben Casey to Patricia Lane)
At stop sign, 10 pulse squat to squat jumps (1 pulse squat and 1 squat jump is 1 rep)
20 lunges — single count
10 big boys

Ran to the basketball courts
10 modified merkins (similar to the squats, all the way down, halfway up, back down, then all the way up)
10 tricep dips
10 Mountain Climbers (double count)

Ran to Dam Rd.
10 burpees
10 side lunges (each leg)
10 Freddy mercury’s (double count)

Go in reverse and increase reps by 5

At COT complete burpees, side lunges, and FM (10 reps) then big loop around earth fare.

Wrapped up with 10 more modified merkins and squats

MARY:
ANNOUNCEMENTS: a lot going on in the fort. Check your newsletter.
COT:

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End of the Road

WARMUP: Yea, this is important.
SSH
IW
HW
Plank sequence
Included some dynamic stretching

THE THANG:
String of Pearls
5 burpees
10 merkins
15 squats
20 lunges
25 ……. something

added an exercises each stop. (e.g., first stop = burpees only, second stop = burpees and merkins, etc.)

the 25 rep count was one of the previous exercises. So, when we found the literal end of the road it was stop 5 and we did:
5-burpees
10-merkins
15-squats
20-lunges
25-burpees in cadence

Next end of the road stop was
5-burpees
10-merkins
15-squats
20-lunges
25-merkins

Ran out of time before finding all the ends of the road.

MARY: did imperial squat walkers at COT for the 6….that’s kinda a core exercise, right?
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Food Drive happening now. Thanksgiving Convergence at the Ranch
COT: was held

NMM:

When you find yourself at the end of the road, your left with the same resources that got you there. Gotta use them to get moving again!

I heard a reference to a “second starting” line in terms of my mammon (teaching music). That is: once we learn the notes and rhythms, there’s a second starting line. We’re finally ready to make art rather than simply craft.

When you hit end of a road, turn around and think of it as the second starting line. Ain’t nothing to it, but to do it.

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Back to Skool

WARMUP:
Moroccan nightclubs
Windmills
Cherry pickers
Hillbilly walkers

Mosey around park, stopping for merkins, calf raises, then down the big hill in back for some low slow squats and Mime Tyson’s, then back up the hill to a whiteboard.

THE THANG:
Each exercise gets 12 reps. Complete round 1, mosey to fence by the fire department and back and you’ve graduated from first grade. Next do first and second, then run to complete second grade and so on.
1 – Moroccan nightclubs
2 – LBCs
3 – Calf raises
4 – Merkins
5 – Flutters
6 – Squats
7 – Shoulder taps
8 – American Hammers
9 – Lunges
10 – Burpees
11 – Big boy sit-ups
12 – Good mornings
MARY:
4 boards for a star workout to finish. Mike Tyson’s, Bomb Jacks, Squats, American Hammers, each board had a mode of transportation back to the center, where you do 2 burpees
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
COT:

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Webbs and Swings

WARMUP: SSH/MERKINS/peter Parkers/mountain climbers
THE THANG:
Jack Webb at the print shop- pull-ups / merkins up to 6/24

Ran to top of hill at Withers and Watson- stopped to bear crawl through field. Once we got to intersection Lunge walk to parking lot entrance, perform 20 burpees, run down to stop sign, 15 burpees, then run to next stop sign 10 burpees. Bear crawl to parking lot entrance, run back to stop sign for 5 burpees, run back top of hill at. Watson lunge walk to parking lot entrance and start over with X’s and O’s 20,15,10,5
Last round was squats
Mosey back to COT
MARY: YEP
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Operation love, thanksgiving convergence, Christmas party, read your newsletter
COT: yes

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