WARMUP: 100 humidity
THE THANG: 3 mile loop past Print shop, Ft mill church of God, and reverse Alabama
MARY: nope
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
COT: prayers and praises.
WARMUP: yes
THE THANG: running
MARY: no
ANNOUNCEMENTS: yes
COT: yes
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
WARMUP: side-straddle hops, imperial walker, hill billy walker,Parker Peter,Peter Parker
THE THANG: mosie to steps side
MARY: coupons
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Bethel Oct -1
COT: Pray for family, marriage, sick and parenting wisdom
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.
WARMUP: some
THE THANG: some did some, some did double digits
MARY: some
ANNOUNCEMENTS: some
COT: yes
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
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
WARMUP: very little
THE THANG: little a this, little a that
MARY: proud, very proud
ANNOUNCEMENTS: always
COT: always
WARMUP: Jogged from the Amphitheater to the big parking lot behind Panera for a warm up consisting of
1 Burpee
15 Side straddle hops
1 Burpee
15 Cherry pickers
1 Burpee
15 Windmills
1 Burpee
15 Tiny Arm Circles (10 forward and 10, as us southerners say, "backerd.")
THE THANG: Indian Run from the parking lot down to the drainage ditch. Grab the perfect rock for a Dora consisting of
100 shoulder presses
100 Squats
100 bent over rows
100 Stiff Leg Deadlifts
Run to the roundabout and back. Repeat until 6:50. Indian Run around the long way back to COT.
MARY: 15 LBC's, 15 Box Cutters, 15 Flutter Kicks, 15 Big Boys, 15 Freddy Mercury's
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Convergence Sept 29th WEP, 0515
COT: Close out with prayer. Remember 9/11/2001