WARMUP: Ruck up!
THE THANG:
We left Kinsgley, heading south across 160, in the darkness of the gloom. Our goal was to check on those PAX loafing at The Coach’s Box. Very little traffic this early in the morning, so no troubles crossing. Lots of chatter about the recent Aaron Rodgers injury… could we match his snap count in miles this morning?
We had a great pace down Munn Rd, crossing to get onto FMHS property. Stopped in the student lot to do some exercises IC: Squats, Merkins, Shoulder Press. Ruck Up and continue.
Witnessed some loafing at the Coach’s Box. I guess that’s what happens when Cyclops is DR.
Touched HWY 21 and made the 180.
Stopped at the Gym for a few more exercises OYO: Step Ups and Dips on the benches. Ruck Up!
Good pace back across the parking lots and up the most underrated hill in The Fort by the football stadium.
Sugarbug and Shady began reminiscing of Michigan, it was too dark to tell if any tears were shed. Perhaps YHC will visit one day.
Stopped in the bank parking lot for a few more exercises IC: Squats, Up Right Rows and Shoulder press.
Safely made it back across 160. Made a small lap around the front of Kingsley and back to CoT. All PAX made it 3miles.
Perhaps Aaron Rodgers should ruck during his rehab?
MARY: None
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Were made.
COT: Stays in CoT.
Tag: Kermit
Heart Rates & Deck of Cards
WARMUP: Run around the school then the large loop doing a variety of warmup exercises along the way.
THE THANG: It’s the deck of cards:
Hearts: Burpees
Diamonds: Staggered Merkins
Clubs: Plank Jacks I/C
Spades: Butt Kickers I/C
Total count of each: 104
(4) Wild Cards: 25 Flutter Kicks I/C
MARY: See above
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Blood Drive & engage some 2nd F opportunities, ya’ll, whether that be with a large group or 1:1.
COT: It stays at COT.
Find your Joy/ Shovel Flag Hand off
- QIC: Short Sale
- When: 2023-08-25
- Pax: @Peachstand, Anchorman, Assassin, Barry Manilow, Cakeboss, Chicken Hawk, Cyclops, Dilbert, Esso, Flounder, Funhouse, JWOW, Kermit, Lugnut, Mark Nestel, oldbay, Senator Tressel, Short Sale, Soup to Nuts, Sprocket, Twister, Weezer
- Posted In: Slow Burn
WARMUP: all Exercises IC: SSH, IW, Squats, LBCs, MNCs- Flying Squirrels between each set
THE THANG: Yog to guardrail on the side of Lowes, 10 Derkins, 15 Dips, 20 step ups. Rinse & Repeat. Then mosey to one corner of Lowe’s & partner up. Partner 1 runs clockwise around the building, Partner 2 run counter clockwise. Meet in the middle for 5 partner Merkins. Run back to startex and do 5 partner Big boys (locking feet together). 3 rounds
MARY: 5 minutes of Broga led by Change Order
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Shovel Flag handoff, Weezer to Peach Stand. Inspired words from both of these High Impact Men.
COT: Find Some Joy in life and share it with others. May it come back to you tenfold.
Short Sale out.
Cigarette butts and Ants at the Buffet
- QIC: Kermit
- When: 2023-08-29
- Pax: Divac, Double D, Grassy Knoll, Half Shell, Kermit, Mark Nestel, Slow Jams, SugarBug
- Posted In: Golden Corral
WARMUP:
Mosey around parking lot.
15 SSH IC
7 Windmills IC
15 LSS IC
15 Imperial Walkers IC
15 MNCs IC
THE THANG:
Apple Turnover across parking lot, Flip it and reverse back again. Looks out for those cigarette butts in the grocery store parking lot.
Mosey up near gas station and over to the church.
Did a circuit of exercises, with very little running.
1st round:
50 Merkins
50 Squats
50 LBCs
50 CDDs
50 Lunges
50 Flutters
10 Burpees
Run a lap a lap around the parking lot
2nd round: 40 reps and 10 burpees
3rd rounds: 30 reps and 10 burpees
Saw a few loner PAX running on their own… NASA and Badlands.
Moseyed back to CoT.
MARY: She was there for a few minutes.
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Don’t forget your #3rd-F. It’s very important as our “busy-ness” increases.
COT: Stays in CoT.
“Blindly Following the Leader: Because Questionable Choices Make the Best Stories!”
- QIC: Cornerstone
- When: 2023-08-24
- Pax: Bonsai, chickenhawk, Cohiba, Cornerstone, Cyclops, Escargot, Half Shell, Kermit, Mark Nestel, skipper, Slow Jams
- Posted In: the coachs box
WARMUP:
10 SSH (IC)
10 Imperial walkers (IC)
10 Squat to toe touches (IC) this was new for the Pax and the count was hard to grasp.
THE THANG:
Run to the large parking lot.
Burpee broad jump across the parking lot. Stop half way (10 Merkins) keep going til the end
Lt dan back across
Bear crawl half way / Power skip back the other half
Mosey to the hill near Munn rd
A Bones Special :Basketball shuffle up to the top of the hill.
10 Plank tucks at the top, then Basketball shuffle down the hill. 10 Plank tucks
Suicides with the lamp post
First light post 5 burpees
2nd 5 burpees
3rd 5 burpees
4th 5 burpees
Last but not least the stop sign. 5 burpees
Hold Al Gore for the 6
Mosey down Munn to the 2nd entrance. While crossing the street ask the men the Pax what they are struggling with and be prepared to talk in COT. At the entrance monkey humpers till the 6 gets in.
Continue to Mosey to the 3rd entrance. Hip openers, toy soldiers, duck walks. Mosey to the pull up bars
At the pull up bars
Partner up
Partner 1 Dead hang while partner 2 runs to the gate, flip flop.
1st round
10 Merkins
2nd round
10 fire hydrants each leg
YHC was not paying attention to the time and was called out on it so I Omaha what we were doing and headed to COT.
COT & ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Notably we held CSPAN style discussion around the circle on what are we struggling with. It’s important to note that as we went around with each Pax’s voicing their struggles we all related to every one of those aspects. Guys we are not alone and it’s much easier to go this journey through life is undoubtedly more manageable when we stand together rather than facing it in isolation.” I implore you to be more vulnerable in COT. Prayers and Praises.
Back to school
- QIC: Slash
- When: 2023-08-21
- Pax: B.O.B., Band Camp, Barkley, Boogie Down, Dan Cady who is now secret squirrel. My vote was spirit sprinkle or jazz hand btw., Kermit, Lighthouse, NakedAndAfraid, Peabody, Rebound, Shady, Slash, Sprocket, SugarBug, Tracker
- Posted In: The Armory
WARMUP: Up and down
Squats, calf raises, curls, triceps extensions, taint punchers, short run, repeat.
Prayers out to all kids and teachers as we kick off a new year!
Mountain Climbing HIMs
- QIC: Double D
- When: 2023-08-15
- Pax: Band Camp, Bass-o-matic, Big Bad Wolf, Car Wash, chickenhawk, Cohiba, Double D, Fogerty, fresh prince, JWOW, Kermit, oldbay, Peach Stand, Pusher, Quack Attack, Rebel, Saw Dust, SouptoNuts, Tesh, Tesla81, Twister, Weezer
- Posted In: Block Party
WARMUP: None. It was big boy day!
THE THANG: We hit 6 hills across The Fort with 10 Burpees + 20 Squats at each plus misc work in between in places.
COT: Yes, this group is bound by Trust!
Happy belated bday @BandCamp!
Thanks for the Q stick @SoupToNuts!
BlockParty catchup
- QIC: Esso
- When: 2023-08-01
- Pax: Band Camp, Bobber, Chimay, darkhelmet, Esso, Flash, Kermit
- Posted In: Block Party
Pull ups, push ups and wall work
Stuff the Bus Convergence
- QIC: Bonsai
- When: 2023-08-04
- Pax: Band Camp, Barkley, Barry Manilow, Bass-o-matic, Bobby Fray, Bonsai, Boogie Down, Brad Saunders (Dinghy), Brian Doring (Bono), Cakeboss, Cobra Kai, Cohiba, Console, Cousin Eddie, CSPAN (Fort/Philly/Metro/Dallas), Cubbie, Cyclops, darkhelmet, Dixie, Double D, Esso, F3DaVinci, Fire Marshall Bill, fishstix, Fogerty, Gears, Gekko, Grassy Knoll, Green acres, Italian Job, Jazz Hands, Jiffy, Joe Lyons (F3 Long Duck), JWOW, Kermit, Mainframe, Mark Nestel, Maximus, Montana, Ölaf, oldbay, Peabody, Peach Stand, PETA, Poppins, Pusher, Rebel, River Rat, Ruby Slippers, Santini, Saw Dust, Shield, Short Sale, Sofrito, Solo, SouptoNuts, Splinter, Sugar Daddy, SugarBug, Tarzan, Tater, Tire Machine, Trucker, Twister, Undertaker, Vuvuzela, Weezer
- Posted In: Convergence
WARMUP:
Ran over to parking lot behind football fields
SSH – all exercises were to 20 INC
1 burpee
Windmill
2 burpees
Cherry Pickers
3 burpees
Squats
4 burpees
Moroccan Night Club
5 Burpees
Imperial walkers
6 burpees
Merkins
7 burpees
LBC
8 burpees
CDD
9 burpees
Flutter
10 burpees
Throughout the workout we had pax share about different opportunities we have within The Fort to serve our community. We had the following speak (Fogerty – Trash Pickup, Cousin Eddy – Bethel Men’s shelter, Jiffy – FM Care Center, Stuff the Bus)
Partner Up
Round 1 –
Squats
Flying Squirrels
Inch worm merkins
Round 2
Big boy sit-ups
Jump Squats
Wide arm merkins
We have an amazing opportunity in The Fort to impact our community. We have pax impacting our community through service. Challenge was raised, if you aren’t actively impacting the community, why not?
It was an honor to be able to lead the workout this morning. This was diffident from most workouts because of the number of times we stopped to talk. However I felt it important to share with the guys what is happening around them. We also were able to congratulate Double D in his hand off of Nantan to Esso. Double D, thank you for you service to the pax. You have always been someone who ask the tough questions that challenge us and I thank you for that and what you did for our Region during your reign as Nantan. Esso, I look forward where you are going to take us and your energy to lead. We have a bright future ahead.
Tire Flips and Blips
- QIC: Band Camp
- When: 2023-08-03
- Pax: Band Camp, chickenhawk, Cyclops, Half Shell, JWOW, Kermit, Slow Jams, Trucker
- Posted In: the coachs box
WARMUP: yep, did it on the run and in between some Indian runs
THE THANG:
had some tires to flip and kettle bells to deadlift, press, and swing.
second round was no tires, but still stations
-3 on pull-ups
-1 on merkins
-3 with a kettlebell to squat
The man doing the merkins called up and down for 5 reps at each station
Moseyed back with some mobility exercises throw in (shin box!)
MARY: a tad
ANNOUNCEMENTS: DD hands off Nantan Flag to Esso tomorrow