S.H.O.W.E.R. C.U.R.T.A.I.N.

WARMUP: 2 line running, high knees, butt kickers, side straddles, that kind of thing, . . .
THE THANG:
S
Sleep Walkers 123 – Squat, windmill, reverse lunges, 1,2,3, then 2,4,6, . . . keep going . . . !

H
Hurricane Hoedown – Flutters 7 X 4 exercises X 6X

O
One-legged Burpee -13 on leg of choice

W
Wave of Merkins – We got to 5 around the circle

E
El Capitan – deep walking lunge going up a small hill. The lunge has the back leg straight out behind you, your front leg at 90 degrees or less – both hands go fully on the ground in merkin position on the inside of your front leg. Return to a standing position and repeat the lunge until you reach the top of the hill.

R
Rampage – 13 finger tip dips, bear crawl down the hill, 13 sumo squats, crawl bear back up the hill, 13 regular dips, bear crawl down the hill, 13 sumo squats, crab walk back up the hill

C
Catch Me If You Can – Two partners. Partner 1 performs 10 Diamond Merkins and then sprints to catch the Partner 2, who has been running sprinting to the goal post and running back to start

U
Up downs
A mix between chopping your feet or high knees. On my signal chest hits the dirt and bounce back up and we resumed chopping or high knees.

R
Red Bull Smurf Jack
Exceptionally high-tempo cadence at 3 times the speed of a normal cadence. Did in cadence, no less than 20. 20 is challenging, 30 will take your breath away, and 40 would be a very high level of achievement.

T
Triple Check
Teams of three. First man in a peoples chair, second man in front of him in plank, third man sprints 100 yards and back, rinse and repeat times three.

A
Alarm Clock
Lie on ground- back of head and heels touching ground. Get up (as quickly as possible). Hop up. Rinse, repeat. Did 15.

I
Inch-Worm N’Diayes
Proceed with a standard inch-worm but when you get completely stretch out in plank, perform a Makhtar N’Diayes before completing the remainder of the inch-worm. Did 8.

N
Nolan Ryan
Start in a side plank position with your ungrounded arm extended. Complete a punching motion as if someone, namely Robin Ventura, were under your other arm. Did 6.

MARY: n/a
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Read your newsletter. Labor Day 2 hour morning event at 6 am. Be there is you dare!
COT: Prayers for the injured, PAX to be leaders
MESSAGE: Focus on kindness by way of your nonverbals and your verbal talk. Especially between 3-8 pm each day when you are tired!

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Running … into trees

It was hot and humid, first day all year as such.
We ran.
Some ran 3.4 miles.
At least one ran 5.5 miles.
At least one ran into a tree (it’s not a laughing matter)
At least one hung out by the bank and smoked Marlboro Reds (rumor has it)

Get off my lawn!

Looks like we made it,

Barry Manilow

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Longest 11 ever

WARMUP: SSH, Imperial Walkers, Merkins, Downdog
THE THANG:
Mosey to the school for a round of 11’s.
Breakdance merkins(double count) on one side.
Crunchy frogs(in cadence) on the other side.
Distance between points was approximately 0.2mi.
No one got through all 11. Maybe it was too far?

Thanks for the opportunity to come run with the high performance HIM’s of the Fort. I’m always impressed by the showing and the effort laid down.

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What’s the count?

Big crowd at Clydesdales this morning. The planned route was followed by some and others took their own path. Twister has a new pair of shoes. Apparently, they were out of all the men’s colors.

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Death by at GC

WARMUP: Mosey around the HT past the trash cans (horrible) for COP including Broga, IWs, Windmills, Merkins, MTN climbers, SSHs and MNCs.

THE THANG: Mosey to the church and circle up for Death by…with rounds of Burpees, merkins and Big Boy sit ups. Mosey back to parking lot for a bear crawl and lunge walk sequence with CDDs and dips in between. Leg time! 3 sets of squats followed by monkey humpers. Mosey back for Mary

ANNOUNCEMENTS: See the newsletter

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Happy Independence Day India

WARMUP:
SSH
Windmills
Merkins
Peter Parkers

THE THANG:
Farmer’s carry to big parking lot

In celebration of India’s Independence 75 years ago today, we started things off with 75 kettlebell swings

Split into 2 groups:
Lighter bells – 30lb and under
heavier bells – over 30 lbs

1 minute each exercise
Heavy bells:
Squats
Deadlifts
Chest Presses
Lawnmower pulls
Swings

Light bells:
Curls
Tricep Extensions
Shoulder presses
Clave Raises
High Pulls

Farmer’s carry around the parking lot. Drop your bell, and switch groups.

2 full rounds of this, then between rounds 2 and 3, we added 1 minute of LBCs and 5 man makers to each lineup.

MARY:
Bonsai called for Merkins, then we held the bottom until time was up

COT:
Prayers for the first day of school today in the Fort. Prayers for teachers, parents, students.
Praise for DaVinci’s step father

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Citadel Cendoff

WARMUP: Jackalope soon to be off to Citadel got good practice leading the PAX in COP. Chip off of Bojangles block.

THE THANG:
Mostly Merkins squats and LBCs today. Got in 2.5 with some Dora and hill work.

COT: Prayers for our kids and teachers going back to school. And for 2.0 mental health. We also prayed for and blessed StateFarm and Jackalope as well their fathers (and mothers) for strong leadership and embarking not only college but at Citadel. Aye!

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Like a Flock of Seagulls …

We ran.
Most ran past Hardee’s, some ran to Hardee’s.
Some ran all the way to Summersby & Unity.
One pre-ran the run.
17 out, 17 back.
Note to Olaf … the trees need trimming between launch and The Peach Stand.

Looks like we made it,
Barry Manilow

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We got route options

WARMUP: pre-stretching OYO
THE THANG: ran 1 big loop. Route was down 160 to White street, all the way to Kanawha up to Spratt, then down Harris alllll the way (hills included) to Munn and back to COT.

Some PAX cut over before Kanawha, some PAX added in extra down by Sam Smith or old Kingsley…but all PAX came back soaked with sweat and up 1-0.
MARY: nada
ANNOUNCEMENTS: lots in your newsletter!
COT: ✅

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Dust in the Wind? No!

WARMUP: SSH, Mtn climber, Peter Parker, Parker peter

THE THANG:
Triple Bs day — bells, bricks and blocks

Bells:
10 Swings (round 1)
10 Goblet squat (round 1)
10 Lawn mower pull each side (round 2)
20 Tricep extension (round 2)

Bricks (1 pair per pax):
20 Moroccan night clubs
20 Punches
20 Overhead claps
20 Bent over flies

Blocks (1 per pax):
20 Derkins
20 Irkins
20 Overhead press
10 Man makers (blockees)

Half of group runs to each pile, completes first exercise, runs back to bells and completes 2 exercises, runs to opposite pile, returns to bells to complete sa.e 2 exercises.

Group made it through almost two full rounds.

MARY: American Hammer, Flutter

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Final Countdown coming 9/10, 10 yr convergence 9/17 am, 10 yr party 9/17 pm, The Bubble 8/4, Pints & Padres Tue pm at Amor Artis.

COT: Battle Bot was missed today. Hopefully we moved enough heavy stuff and listened to enough UHaul ear candy and mumblechatter to meet our Site Q’s standards. Get well!

Reports of Barry Manilow posting proved to be false unfortunately.

Special guest visitor posted today — Uncle Sam, fresh back from Colombia on his way to Virginia for 12+ most of education and inspiration before returning back to Colombia to continue his life’s work in his home country. great to have you in the Gloom with us and to hear your stories of Picking up the Six. Keep up your HIM efforts and example! Praise and prayers for you!

Prior Site Q Shatner was back in the Gloom today after many weeks DR. welcome back!

DaVinci proved he can throw shade with the best of the pax, dropping some darkness with a smile on Cake Boss. Watch out DOAH, he’s coming for you next!

Thanks to Battle Bot for the Q invite, my first at a gear AO. Sometimes we all need the push toward something new and different. As I persevere through a long, hot, sometimes mundane summer that at times feels like Ecclesiastes and Kansas “Dust in the Wind” this morning’s experience with the pax including dialog before, during and after gave me a real jump start to the week. Thank you!

This thing we call The Fort is special. It’s impact is actually global, as we heard this am from Uncel Sam. And it only continues if you post tomorrow. #keep posting #noOYO

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