Tag: Last Call – LC

Slow Burning Beatdown 🔥

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Warm-Up:
SSH – 20 IC
Imperial Walkers – 15 IC
Moroccan Night Clubs – 10 IC
Windmills – 10 IC
Strawberry Pickers- 10 IC
Mosey around the parking lot

The Thang:
1. 4 Corners:
Corner 1: 10 Merkins
Corner 2: 20 Squats
Corner 3: 30 Big Boys
Corner 4: 40 Calf Raises
➡️ Lap 1: Mosey between corners, Lap 2: Lunges between corners, Lap 3: Bear Crawl between corners

2. Partner Work:
P1: Plank
P2: 20 Carolina Dry Docks, then jog 25 yards and back
Repeat with:
20 Squats / partner holds Al Gore
20 Flutters / partner holds 6 inches
20 Mountain Climbers / partner holds plank
P2 can't complete holds, both Ps do 5 Burpee Penalty

3. Dora:
Partners:
100 Peter Parkers
200 Shoulder Taps
300 LBCs
➡️ One partner works, the other jogs 25 yds and back.
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Read your newsletter
COT: Prayers and Praises

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FORTeen Years

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WARMUP: 14 Burpees
THE THANG: Mosey to center of WEP

Pax rotated into center based on year of 1st post (ie Class of 2026, 2025, 2024, etc). Varied exercises were performed by all including Burpees, Partner Derkins, Squats, Sumo Squats, SSH, Mtn Climbers, Mahktar N'Dyiae, Flutters, Freddys, Monkey Humpers, etc

Pax sprinted home for the finish.

MARY: She participated during the Thang

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Bethel Shelters service

COT: Yes, of course, 5th Core Principle

The pax came early and stayed late to celebrate this Community of Brothers we call The Fort. For 14 years, men have posted in the Gloom of WEP and other wonderful sites throughout FM/TC (and in Rock Hill, Clover/LKW and now Chester) to sharpen each other, to hone leadership skills, and to prepare themselves and each other to tackle the ups and downs Life will regularly throw their way.

The number of men who've stood at COT in The Fort over these years exceeds 2,000. And roughly 200 pax keep the flame burning in 2026. Their continued participation is an individual choice, one they can't not keep making because, as they shared, they've found brotherhood, community, belonging and accountability in The Fort.

Who will be standing in COT in 2036 or 2046? Anybody? Nobody? You? Your son or son-in-law or grandson?

As Band Camp shared, we Get To make this choice. Each man stands apart from the general crowd in our culture in making this choice. And yet, each man of The Fort is no better than any other man who lives among us. All men are made of the same fiber in the same image of our Creator. As Dark Helmet said, every man is needed in the leadership mission required to bring to fruition the world our Creator intended. So stay in the game. Find the next man and bring him into the fold. Because 14 years of history only matters if we continue to bring Impact to men and our broader community today, tomorrow, next week and next year. #KeepPosting

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Bear Crawls and Jack Webbs

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The last of the hot days this week although we got a bit of a breeze which was nice. DD ran, the rest of us boot camped.
WARMUP: run the circuit. At every bench: 10 SSH, 5 Bombjacks. At completion, we did the standard warm up routine.
THE THANG: Thang 1: bearcrawl the old lightpole hill which doesn’t have light poles anymore. Every 20 steps, do 5 Carolina dry docks. Rinse/repeat but do the 5 dry docks at every 10 steps. Thang 2: Jack Webb: 1:4 ratio of push-ups to overhead claps. Go to 10:40. Crowd pleaser. Thang 3: Mary and finish with 3 burpees.
MARY: yep.
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Bethel Men’s shelter
COT: Cash Prayer
Search me Lord. Lead me to you. Help me to be a good man, a good father, a good husband and a good employee. Help me to forgive and release from resentment those that I feel have offended me. Let me see the good in others and draw that goodness out of them.

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No buckets just work

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WARMUP: Large circle of warmup, while a pax runs twice around the circle
THE THANG: The Thang went from warmup to partner sprint/chase, to the dreaded hill for Indian Bear Crawls uphill a few time (ask someone) – then to playground for more activity that all enjoyed.
MARY: Yes, a few
ANNOUNCEMENTS: CRI Training, T and Hare, Bourbon Tasting
COT: We had a debrief on: CRI local workday and BRR

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Rememberence

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WARMUP: 9 exercises of 11 counts per started and ended with burpees
THE THANG: Atempt to get 10 rounds of the following 34 step ups, 28 Merkins/derkins ors irkins, 18 big boy situps, bear crawl length of building. We all worked the entire time with a little mumble chatter of where we were 25 years ago when the world felt like it stopped. We didn't finish but we didn't stop just like the brave men and women that gave their lives trying to save others. The ultimate sacrifice. Remeber and Never forget.
343 FDNY, 23 NYPD, 37 Port Autority, 2184 in the trade centers, 2735 in buildings, pentagon, flight 93. God Bless and Rest in Peace.
MARY:
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
COT: Never Forget…

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Running at the forge

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WARMUP:

  • 20 Side Straddle Hops
  • 15 Windmills
  • 15 Moroccan Nightclubs
  • 15 Hillbilly Walkers
  • 15 Imperial Walkers
  • 15 Cherry Pickers
  • 15 Low & Slow Squats

THE THANG:

Mosey 1 lap around the HT

● Bear crawl across the parking lot
● 4 shoulder taps at every other parking line
● Lunge walk back
● Bear crawl across the parking lot
● 3 Merkins at every other parking line
● Lunge walk back

Mosey to Roundabout
● 15 Flutter Kicks
● 15 American Hammers

Mosey to hill in arbors community
● 10 Sumo Squats
● Uphill Sprint → Walk Back
● 10 Big Boy Sit-Ups
● Uphill Sprint → Walk Back
● 10 Merkins
● Uphill Sprint
10 LBCs
● Uphill Sprint

Mosey to the child care

Elevens
● Start at the Child Care:
● 1 Big Boy Sit-Up
● Run up to the Fire Department
● 10 Burpees
Down to:
● 6 Big Boy Sit-Ups and
● 5 Burpees

Mosey Back to COT
● 5 Merkins at every speed hump we pass

COT
● 15 Box Cutters
● 15 Freddie Mercuries
● 15 Dying Cockroaches
● Stretching
MARY:
ANNOUNCEMENTS: 9/11 event, bethel shelter
COT: pray for health and family

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Running at the forge

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WARMUP:

  • 20 Side Straddle Hops
  • 15 Windmills
  • 15 Moroccan Nightclubs
  • 15 Hillbilly Walkers
  • 15 Imperial Walkers
  • 15 Cherry Pickers
  • 15 Low & Slow Squats

THE THANG:

Mosey 1 lap around the HT

● Bear crawl across the parking lot
● 4 shoulder taps at every other parking line
● Lunge walk back
● Bear crawl across the parking lot
● 3 Merkins at every other parking line
● Lunge walk back

Mosey to Roundabout
● 15 Flutter Kicks
● 15 American Hammers

Mosey to hill in arbors community
● 10 Sumo Squats
● Uphill Sprint → Walk Back
● 10 Big Boy Sit-Ups
● Uphill Sprint → Walk Back
● 10 Merkins
● Uphill Sprint
10 LBCs
● Uphill Sprint

Mosey to the child care

Elevens
● Start at the Child Care:
● 1 Big Boy Sit-Up
● Run up to the Fire Department
● 10 Burpees
Down to:
● 6 Big Boy Sit-Ups and
● 5 Burpees

Mosey Back to COT
● 5 Merkins at every speed hump we pass

COT
● 15 Box Cutters
● 15 Freddie Mercuries
● 15 Dying Cockroaches
● Stretching
MARY:
ANNOUNCEMENTS: 9/11 event, bethel shelter
COT: pray for health and family

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“The joy is often found in the work you are avoiding”

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WARMUP:

  • Moroccan night club
  • windmill
  • Cherry Pickers

THE THANG:
Partner Exercise
50 Sit-ups with Block Press
75 Diamond Merkins with Block
100 Flutter Kick with Block Press
75 Squats with Block
50 Tricep Extensions with Block
75 Curls with Block
Repeat
MARY:
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
COT:
We discussed…
"The joy is often found in the work you are avoiding"
"We suffer more in imagination than we do in reality"
"We have two ears and one mouth"
"It is impossible to learns what you already know"
"The trials we face will introduce us to our strengths"

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The Smokin Corners

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Warm-Up:
SSH – 20 IC
Imperial Walkers – 15 IC
Hillbilly Walkers – 15 IC
Moroccan Night Clubs – 10 IC
Windmills – 10 IC
Strawberry Pickers- 10 IC
Cheese Shredder
Mosey around the parking lot

The Thang:
1. 4 Corners:
Corner 1: 10 Merkins
Corner 2: 15 Squats
Corner 3: 20 Plank Jacks
Corner 4: 25 American Hammers
➡️ Lap 1: Mosey between corners, Lap 2: Lunges between corners, Lap 3: Bear Crawl between corners, Lap 4: Crab Walk between corners

2. Partner Work:
P1: Plank
P2: 10 Burpees,
Repeat with:
20 Squats / partner holds Al Gore
10 Big Boys / partner holds 6 inches
20 Mountain Climbers / partner holds plank

3. Dora:
Partners:
100 Carolina Dry Docks
200 Shoulder Taps
300 LBCs
➡️ One partner works, the other jogs 25 yds and back.

Mary:
American Hammers – 15 IC
Box Cutters – 15 IC
Freddie Mercuries – 20 IC

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Read your newsletter
COT: Prayers and Praises

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First time for everything

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Missed the Q … nice …

Bonsai took it… nice …

They ran to Walmart … some rucked to wherever … nice …

COT: We have guys with kids that are struggling. Real stuff. We are blessed to be able to get together and bring these things to light, knowing we have other men to lift us all up. And we pray for our children that they would seek the Lord’s will for their lives and they can find the peace of Christ in difficult times.

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