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DORA – AROD (Dora spelled backwards for those who need an explanation)

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Great start to the morning with a few Kotters arriving before kick-off. Short disclaimer and a lap around the parking lot. Circle -up for warm-ups (SSHs, Imperial Walkers, Windmills, MNCs, and some burpees mixed in.
Next, we moseyed to the church parking lot.
DORA 1-2-3 merkins (100), Squats (200), and LBCs (300).
Partner 1 – ran around the parking lot
Partner 2- performed exercise
Flapjack

AROD 3-2-1 merkins (300), Squats (200), and LBCs (100).
Partner 1 – ran backwards around the parking lot
Partner 2- performed exercise
Flapjack

Back to COT

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In Honor Of September, 11, 2001

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WARMUP: All PAX but Shield dropped in the plank with their ears wide open to listen to our brother Shield share his experience as an NYPD officer on 9/11/2001. This included the names of a few of Shield’s fallen brothers. Some of us have been fortunate enough to hear him talk about that day but every time I hear it, I take away something new. This morning was no different.
Following the plank, we mentioned a few numbers of significance for the PAX to think about:
9 & 11: This was obvious
22: Years since that day 22yrs ago
100: The number of days Ground Zero in NY smoldered
ALL PAX 100 Side Straddle Hops (50 in cadence) & 22 Burpees

THE THANG: Grab your bell and meet over by Clickbait’s trailer where we had more gear. Everyone has a weight of some kind for the following 9 exercises:
11x Kettle Bell Swings
11x Thrusters
11x Goblet Squats
11x Bent Over Rows
11x Overhead Tricep Extensions
11x Big Boy Sit-ups w/ Weight
11x Bicep Curls
11x Standing Lunges
11x Overhead Press

We went through these 9 exercises one more time and occasionally modified the cadence.

In groups of 4, we all got to experience the 200lb sand bags for 4 reps, taking the bag from the hips, to the shoulders, to an overhead position, back to the shoulders and finally, back to the hips. If we weren’t on the 200lb sand bag, we did the same evolution with our own coupon.

Then, back to 22 Side Straddle Hops & 11 Burpees.

MARY: Throughout
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Lots in the newsletter & THE BLOOD DRIVE
COT: Indeed

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Keep Moving at The Fort

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WARMUP: Mosey the WEP loop with 3 merkins at each bench. COP with all the favorites
THE THANG:

Chest: do exercise, run/jump on stage, tag wall and run back to start. Accumulator. 5x merkins, 5x wide arm merkins, 5x shoulder taps 5x CDD

Legs: Lt Dan. #soulcrusher

Cardio: Triple Nickel. Big hill. 5 Mal Tar jai at bottom, 5 burpee at top, 5x. Group temp run.

MARY: LBC, flutter, dying cockroach, grave digger.

COT: theme today was Keep going. In the work out, work, family, life. Great to be back in the gloom today. Trucker’s mumblechatter never disappoints. We welcomes two FNGs. Let’s keep @Ditchwitch and Kulu coming back.
Aye

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Options at Flight Plan

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WARMUP: Route explanations
THE THANG:
Option 1: WalMart loop
Option 2: 4 miler through Baxter with a few hills
Option 3: 5 miler through Baxter with a few hills
MARY: Nope-It’s a running AO
ANNOUNCEMENTS: HIM camp, Litter pickup
COT: Had to be there.

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Whetstone – The Vertical Relationship between Men

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15 Pax chose to make a downpainment on the day and learn more about Whetstone this morning at Colosseum. Rebound is leading the charge to educate the Pax on Whetstone and Shieldlock and incorporating Qs to discuss these topics. YHC was excited for the opportunity to Q and added a Blade in Maximus for additional pain and discussion.

THE THANG:

Mosey to parking lot
COP:
IWs x 10
SSH x 30
Strawberry pickers x 10
Mtn Climbers x 15
CDD x 10
Identification of those Pax currently in a Whetstone

Mosey to back lot with track

Modified Dirty McDeuce
12 burpees
12 Big Boys
12 Squats
12 Merkins
Then a lap
Round 1 = OYO, Round 2 = in cadence, Round 3 = with a partner

Mention of hypocrisy “we are all hypocrites” and goal of “audio matching the video” through accountability and Whetstone.

Hand off to Maximus

A comment about Grace (brief comment) and mosey to the playground

15 Pull-Ups while partner does Jump Squats – Flapjack then repeat

Mosey to the wall for 10 Mike Tysons on wall then 5 Muscle Ups
Repeat
15 Hand Release Merkins
5 Hand Release Merkins

Mosey back to the parking lot
Partner 1 NUR then Partner 2 American Hammers
Flapjack

Flutter Kicks with feet 12” apart
Jail break to COT
6” foot hold

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Farewell Repeat Farewell

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WARMUP:
CakeBoss led mosey down trail towards Harris Street
Stop every 100 yards for exercise
Tap out (head spin 2.0) assisted 1st time with leading
THE THANG:
Get to Harris street park and get partner. (Can’t do life without others in your life) partner 1 suicides
Partner 2 exercise (Merkin, leg lifts, CDDs)
Flip flop

Partner 1 bear crawl path full circle
Partner 2 5 burpees then chase #1
FlipFlop

Mosey up Harris Street
Every 2nd light pole do 10 calf raises

Hand off to Pusher
DORA 1-2-3
Partner 1 runs around church
Partner 2 Merkins, big boys, squats

Mosey down street to spring’s old office park for some Mary

Jailbreak to COT

MARY:
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Repeat moving to Chucktown and will be missed as a leader in The Fort but we will pray for him and his growing family and know he will always be with us.

COT:
Pusher says take your vitamins and say your prayers and you’ll be strong like him👏🏻🥓🎸🔥

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From the Archives

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WARMUP: Disclaimer and Pledge were pronounced. Nothing else is allowed at MP if there’s no FNG.

THE THANG: pax ran to WEP and mustered at the far end along path near 160 and Sidney Johnson St (who is that guy?).

3 rounds of running and pain as follows:

round 1: Run (not a mosey!) across park to hill, bear crawl to top, 20 squats, bear crawl down, run back to start, 20 shoulder taps, plank for the six.

round 2: repeat, adding 20 monkey humpers after squats

round 3: repeat adding 20 side lunges after humpers

mosey to WEP parking lot

AMRAP session (AKA Free MacGyver)

run to top of stairway to heaven 10 merkins, run to parking lot at entrance from Ardrey St, 10 Freddy’s

repeat sequence adding 10 to each exercise on each end until time is called

mosey home

COT: solid work by all pax today — 100% veteran HIMs, good push, average mumble chatter, solid reminders of GetTo, no plateaus, no finish lines. stay close to your brothers and keep posting.

veteran pray out by 3rd F Q Emeritus Short Sale.

Thanks for the invite Funhouse and for keeping the Pond spicy!

appreciate the much needed recharge from you men! long live The Fort!

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Gas station route of pain

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WARMUP: massey uphill to utility parking lot
THE THANG:
I. Partner DORA – 100 Merks, 200 squats, 300 LBC with run up and down hill.
II. 1 mile loop with pain stations at each gas’s station. Same exercises as DORA but rep was 15 each.

Touch workout with the hills!

MARY: no time
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
COT:

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No one reads these…

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WARMUP: We did, in fact, warm up.

THE THANG:
Round 1:
– Get a partner – size ALWAYS matters. That’s what she said.
– Mile loop with stops. At each stop, 10-10-10, Merkins, Squat Jumps, Flutters (4ct)
Loop =
1. Run up Massey to the parking lot on Right
2. Run from Parking lot to far end of Sisk Parking Lot on left
3. Run to Valero
4. Slight left onto Spratt – stop at intersection of Leonidas
5. Run to other end of Leonidas – intersection at Kanawha
6. Left on Kanawha – left onto White St – stop at FM Rescue Squad
7. Run to Amoco on Corner of White and Spratt
8. Run back to bottom of Massey…

Round 2:
– Same loop. 10-10-10 is CDDs,
– Slight variation is bear crawl up Massey to top and Partner Carry down Leonidas

MARY: No chicks.

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Read your newsletter…

COT: The 5th Core Principle.

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Honey Badger – Q School 101

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Following the Honey Badger First Monday of the Month 7 minutes of burpees we moved to a lighted area near the gate to the football field. There was a supposed to be a 601 group peel off, but Slap Shot likely needed a minute after taking the record for the most burpees in 7 minutes.

WARMUP:
Started with some explanation to the men of the components of a workout and the purpose/importance of each. Disclaimer, Warm-up, The Thang, Mary, COT. Given that we had AKA in attendance there were a number of PAX participating that taught YHC how to Q. This provided a unique opportunity to identify three PAX in attendance that either had never Q’d or had Q’d less than 5 times. I catered a lot of my message to them and some to all in attendance.
• SSH x25
• Windmill x10
• Imperial Walker x10
• Diamond Merkin x10 (at this point I mentioned the importance of good form in leading. If your form is poor, then your leadership is poor. A number of PAX tend to cheat the exercise, count fast, and get ahead of the PAX they are trying to lead.)

THE THANG:
Mosey past the pull-up bars to the bottom of the hill. The point of this part of the lesson was planning. When planning a Q, Google Maps is a great tool as you will you see things that you may not have seen in the gloom before. The hill behind me was a great example. Every PAX in attendance has run that hill at some point, but they may not have noticed the equally spaced trees moving up the hill. These can be used as a markers as part of a workout. YHC have Q’d this workout previously, but it offered a nice example of how to use an AO and that creativity does not need complexity to offer a solid challenge. It also highlighted that setting up a workout that allows PAX of different speeds and fitness levels to challenge themselves together is always a good idea.

Round 1:
• Bear crawl to the first tree 1 Spider-Man Merkin (Merkin while bringing right knee to the right elbow and then repeated on the other side)
• Run to the pull-up bars and complete 2 pull ups.
• Run back to the bottom of the hill
Round 2:
• Bear crawl to the first tree and complete 1 Spider-Man Merkin
• Bear crawl to the second tree and complete 2 Spider-Man Merkins
• Run to the pull-up bars and complete 4 pull ups
• Run back to the bottom of the hill
Rounds 3-5: Continue the series through 5 trees
Once all the PAX finished up the series, we circled up in the street near the pull-up bars. The 3 PAX that did not have experience Qing were invited to the center of the circle. I took a turn counting cadence and then the PAX each had an opportunity.
• Squats x25
• LBC x15
• Flutters x15
• Merkins x15

Each member of the PAX then grabbed a coupon from the stack of cinder blocks. We circled up and had another demonstration of counting cadence with the PAX involvement.
• Overhead Press x25
• Curls x25
• Bentover Rows x25
Put the cinderblocks back and moved to COT.

Reminder on how to write a backblast. Open slack and type /backblast and select the form that pops up.

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