Minnow Party

Lots of people showed up, unfortunately they got me on Q. Original plan was to run with merkins to Riverview elementary school, but with so many pax I decided to stay local. Plan was to run around town with Jack Webb. We began with five merkins and twenty overhead claps. Twelve stops around town increasing the rep counts by one and four respectively. Added some additional exercises (Squats, lunges, calf raises) while we waited for the six to arrive.
Total count: 126 merkins, 504 overhead claps.
we had time for a pairing sprint up the Massey hill.

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Whose guidance you following?

WARMUP: OYO
THE THANG: Run out Richards Crossing all the way to the end including the loop; on the return take a right on Front St to Berkshire; do Berkshire loop 2x; return home on Richards Crossing.
MARY: she fartsacked
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Bethel, Rock Hill new year’s convergence
COT: Great reflections from Shaq and Cherry on their 2025 arrival to The Fort. Grateful to have you both aboard! And same for all the pax who posted today. Thanks Assassin for the invite!
#KeepPosting

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Loop-tidy Loops At Bushwood

WARMUP: Run 1/8 mile to hill at entrance to Catawba Ridge
THE THANG: Had a list of exercises that the pax completed one at a time and after that exercise was completed they ran a .17 mile loop up the hill and back. Pax completed between 15-19 exercises. All reps are 20 except the burpees where 10.
Burpees x 3 rounds of 10 reps
Hand Release Merkins
Big Boi’s
Carolina Dry Docks
Wide Arm Merkins
Monkey Humpers
LBC’s
Sumo Squats
Hello Dolly’s
Apollo UNO’s
Mike Tyson’s
Box Cutters
Squats With Calf Raise
Diamond Merkins
Lunges
Heel Touches
Dips On Curb
Alternating Shoulder Taps

MARY: Yep
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Big Changes Coming For 2026 In The Fort
COT:

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What is Active Recovery ❤️‍?

Half Way Mentioned. We are all Veterans today.
WARMUP: Slow Mosey to the back of Panera
THE THANG:
1st 3/4 of the Workout :weight_lifter:
10 Pain Stations with 10 Reps Each followed by 1 Lap Around the Lot; Rinsed and Repeated for 4 full circuits!
Reverse Lunges
Merkins some hand released
Reverse Lunges
Bent Over Ruck Rows
Tricep Pulls
Calf raises
Mountain Climbers
Moroccan Night Club
Flutter kicks
Planks with Shoulder Taps or Knee to Elbow

MARY: 1 Full traditional Kingsley Loop Lap

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Christmas Eve Convergence, bethel church, Dam to Bar alternative fun raising event!

COT: A burden shared is half the burden and a joy shared is twice the joy.

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Badlands 8 Blocker Rucking Kingsley Loop

WARMUP: not needed
THE THANG: Ruck with Low Slow Squats and Merkins around the Kingsley Loop while discussing the F3 8 Blocker goal sheet for 2026 (sets of 8)
MARY: No
ANNOUNCEMENTS: 401.k and 5k this Saturday
COT: yes

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We Took the Long Route So No One Could Pretend Everything Was Fine

The PAX were asked a simple question before the work began:
“What burdens are you carrying?”
No answers required yet—just something to sit with.

Opening Smoke Session
Sprint up the hill, knock out 5 burpees, then run it back down. Consider it the price of admission.

From there, we headed down the path toward Harris Street and rolled straight into a moving warm-up, keeping the group together and the heart rate climbing:
• Windmills
• Run
• Imperial Walkers
• Run
• Monkey Humpers
• Run
• Moroccan Night Clubs
• Run
• Low, slow squats

We pushed up the Harris Street hill, then made our way toward the high school pull-up bars.

Mini Dora (Partner Work)
• Partner 1: Dead hang for a 40-count
• If you drop, you get back up. No shortcuts.
• Partner 2:
• 30 Burpees
• 75 Mike Tysons

An audible was called to keep us moving and on mission, so the 100 Big Boys and 150 Sumo Squats were left behind as we transitioned to the next station.

Mosey to the Band Practice Lot

Tire Work — Team Load
• Teams of 4–5 per tire
• Carry the tire around the parking lot
• One man drops to complete 5 burpees, next man steps in
• Cycle continues until the full loop is complete

Then:
• Tire flips — 2 men flip, rotate out, next 2 step in
• Shared load. Shared effort. No spectators.

COT

After returning the tires, we walked and slow-moseyed back to COT.

This is where the real work happened.

Each man shared the burden he’s carrying with the brother next to him.
Then we answered the follow-up:
“What can you do to help carry that load?”

No fixing. No speeches. Just presence and accountability.

Totals:
• 3.2 miles
• Solid boot camp
• New ground covered—both physically and personally

We stayed together the entire way.
No man left behind. No man left where we found him.

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Park to Calhoun

WARMUP: it was cold. we’ll warm up on the run
THE THANG: cover distance stop for:
5 burpees
10 merkins
15 squats
added some lunges once
did some leg lifts after a muscle up twice
bear crawled the length of Calhoun St. Parking lot twice too
covered 3.11 miles–except for Beaker (his strava only said 2.98, which feels like a failure on my part. see NMM below)
MARY: flutters in cadence for 1:30 to hit 0600
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Xmas Party 12/12, Bethel service tonight

NMM:

You ever just 3000% took care of everything and crushed it by all outward metrics, but you didn’t do it with JOY in your heart? So your wife, kids, or close friend noticed and it wasn’t the reaction you expected…even though the mission was fully accomplished

It isn’t enough to just do a good job

Handle the mess your kids created with success, but did it in a way that made them feel scared rather than safe? Failure

Take care of business for your family, but made your wife feel like it was a burden rather than a mission? Failure

Maybe it’s just me… 😉 Good thing failure is a way point and not an end point. Let’s stay after it!

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Mariachi Band Tryouts

WARMUP:
SSH
Windmill
Cherry Pickers
Imperial Walkers
Hillbilly Walkers
Peter Parker’s
Broga
THE THANG:
Motivators
Mucho Chesto – 10X run around WEP, repeat
Standard Merkins, Wide arm, diamond, Left offset, Right offset
Relay race – as teams race, other members hold plank position. Loser does 3 Kraken burpees, winner 3 standard burpees. We did this 3X, last time MOT was bear crawl.
Rock carry DORA – partner up. Partner 1 starts walking around WEP with heavy rock. Partner 2 does 10x curls, OH press, goblet squats. 2 runs to 1, switch rocks and switch exercises. Go back to Amphitheater.
Hardest 1/8 mile – burpee board jumps, bear crawl, lunge walk, run

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Flag Hand-Off: Congratulations McHale!

WARMUP: Zilch
THE THANG: miles and smiles
MARY: We stretched her out:chicken:
ANNOUNCEMENTS: CHRISTMAS PARTY!!, Break the Dam, CRI run/ruck, Thanksgiving Convergence 6:30A @ AO The Ranch
COT: Yes. Thank you, Jesus.

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