FORTeen Years

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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Coupons rock

WARMUP: side-straddle hops, imperial walker, hill billy walker,Parker Peter,Peter Parker
THE THANG: mosie to steps side
MARY: coupons

  1. Over head -100
  2. Sqad -100
  3. Bent over -100
  4. Around the world -100
  5. Skull crush -100
  6. Crawl to side and other partners burpees – 100

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Bethel Oct -1
COT: Pray for family, marriage, sick and parenting wisdom

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Bear Crawls and Jack Webbs

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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The longest mosey…..

WARMUP: Mosey down then up Kingsley Blvd. Merks, SSH, Nightclubs, LBCs, FreddieMercs, Squats and Burps
THE THANG: 9s ( 2 exercises each side of parking lot) Merks/squats-Iron Mikes/OH claps. Board of pain ( 5 exercises ( Squats, Merks, BBS, plank Jax, Seal Jax)
MARY: Extended Mary (7mins) each pax took a turn leading – we had box cutters used twice with some Vups, Gas Pumpers, and Stretching.
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Bethel, Convergence and newsletter
COT: Powerful

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No buckets just work

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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Blue’s Board of Pain

WARMUP: 15 counts of:

Side Straddle Hop, Cherry Pickers, Imperial Walkers, and Hillbilly Walkers

10 Merkins

THE THANG: Blues Board of Pain

SQUAT THRUSTS: 50

CALF RAISES: 150 (50 REG / 50 IN / 50 OUT)

TRI-AB: 99(33 LEG LIFTS/ 33 FLUTTER KICKS/33 TRUNK TWIST)

MERKINS: 100

DEEP SQUATS: 150(75 REG / 75 WIDE)

LBCs: 400

CAROLINA DRY DOCKS: 100

CHERRY PICKERS: 100

JUMP SQUATS: 100

MOUNTAIN CLIMBERS: 100

SUN GODS: 600(300 FORWARD / 300 BACKWARD)

IMPERIAL WALKERS: 150

WIDE ARM MERKINS: 100

HILLBILLY WALKERS: 15

FLUTTER KICKS: 100

BURPEES: 100

Run from restrooms to COT area and back between exercises.

MARY: On Going
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Convergence Tuesday September 29th WEP @ 0515

BRR This weekend

COT: Prayers for @UJ82H3HJ9

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Dawn Patrol

WARMUP: normal, all in cadence and 15 reps
THE THANG: mosey to wall 3 sets step up dips, Derkins. Mosey to park at each swinging bench we add an exercise start with burpees. Add squats, add merkins, add big boys, add alternating lunges, add cds, add flutters, add jump squats
MARY:
ANNOUNCEMENTS: bethel men’s shelter, Saturday service project
COT:

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The Velocity Vanguard Run

WARMUP: admiring my handy work on the new base for the flag
THE THANG: after oooo-ing and awww-ing for quite some time, we ran
MARY: did not give a rats tail about my handy work
ANNOUNCEMENTS: 6@6 has a new spot to put the shovel flag, Kingsley approved
COT: circled around the shovel flag, with its new base

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Primetime Workout (or We Won’t Be Running Much)

WARMUP: windmill, imperials, short mosey, toy soldiers, lunges
THE THANG:
Station 1 – crosswalk – bombjacks
Station 2 – entrance – burpees
Station 3 – amphitheater – core – PAX choice – cadence
Station 4 – grass hill – PAX choice – reps at bottom and top

This interface is limited in formatting so I can't post my nice chart detailing the exercises. We basically moseyed to each station and did a prime number of reps (1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13), with the last station being double.

MARY: Station 3
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Bethel, CSAUPs (and their impact)
COT: families, social harmony

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