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Prison Break

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Lap around the parking lot, back to the parking spaces behind COT. Each Pax stayed inside there parking space and performed a series of exercises. Once completed, we ran a lap and began another set of exercises. The exercises were the following: SSHs, curb hops, Mike Tyson’s, bear crawl, crawl bear. Grave diggers, and CDDs.
We had some time left over at the end to do some stone exercises 1 minute of each: curls, overhead press, and squat thrusters.
Back to COT.

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10 Days to School

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WARMUP: 20 SSH, 10 Hillbilly Walkers, 10 Goofballs
THE THANG:
Backblast – The Forge
Q: Jason
Workout: Ladder to 10
Distance: Just under 4 miles
Great work by everyone who showed up at The Forge this morning. The focus was simple: keep moving, build the volume, and embrace the cumulative fatigue.
We tackled a progressive ladder workout. After each round, we ran a lap before adding the next movement. Every round started back at the beginning of the ladder, so the reps steadily accumulated while the legs never got much of a break.
The Ladder

  • 1 Jump Squat
  • 2 Lunges
  • 3 Squats
  • 4 Burpees
  • 5 Merkins
  • 6 Big Boys
  • 7 LBCs
  • 8 Carolina Dry Docks
  • 9 Mountain Climbers
  • 10 Side-Straddle Hops (SSH)

Format

  • Round 1: 1 Jump Squat → Run a lap
  • Round 2: 1 Jump Squat + 2 Lunges → Run a lap
  • Round 3: 1 Jump Squat + 2 Lunges + 3 Squats → Run a lap
  • Continued adding one exercise each round until completing all 10 movements.

By the end, we had logged 10 laps for just under 4 miles, while knocking out a full-body beatdown that challenged the legs, core, chest, shoulders, and lungs.
Totals Completed

  • 10 Jump Squats
  • 18 Lunges
  • 24 Squats
  • 28 Burpees
  • 30 Merkins
  • 30 Big Boys
  • 28 LBCs
  • 24 Carolina Dry Docks
  • 18 Mountain Climbers
  • 10 SSH

Message of the Day (MOTD):
Big goals aren’t accomplished in one giant leap—they’re built one step, one rep, and one lap at a time. Consistency compounds. Keep showing up, trust the process, and before long you’ll look back and realize you’ve gone farther than you ever thought possible.
Thanks to all the HIMs who pushed the pace, encouraged one another, and made The Forge stronger this morning.
It was an honor to lead. Aye!
MARY:
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
COT:

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Q Source – Trust Q3.3

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I'm going from memory so forgive me if I missed a PAX or three.
We talked about trust as the latest QSource topic. We discussed if you're trustworthy, how you develop trust and what happens to a team when trust does/doesn't exist.

WARMUP:
THE THANG:
MARY:
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
COT:

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Blimps are fun

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Another super humid morning but it was great seeing 11 other guys show up to get the day started right. Quick disclaimer then mosey around park stopping at each swing for 2 exercises. 10 counts of imperial Walker's, cherry pickers, tempo merkins, low slow squats, wide arm merkins, etc. Mosey down trail behind park to the grass hill for accumulating BLIMPS. 5 burpees, then either run up big hill or smaller side hill and return. 5 burpees, 10 lunges, nur up hill. 5 burpees, 10 lunges, 15 imp squat Walker's, bear crawl up hill (not my idea but someone really wanted to bear crawl). Same 5, 10, 15, then 20 merkins, run up hill. Same 5, 10, 15, 20, then 25 plank jacks and nur up hill. Last round 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, and 30 SSHs then mosey back to amphitheater. Partner up. P1 does flying squirrel while P2 holds plank. P2 drops to 6 inch plank hold and P1 jumps over. Repeat for total of 8 flying squirrels then flap jack. Yog around amphitheater then rinse and repeat. Yog back to COT for a few ab exercises then times up. Appreciate the opportunity @U08QLQH6J68

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Push Through Complacency

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WARMUP: SSH, down dog, honeymooner, cherry pickers, side lunges and some 5 second Merkins.

THE THANG: 20,15,10,5 cinder block reps with a run after each set. Two movements to super set each other.

Bench Press, Dips

Cleans, Bent over Rows

Squats, Over head press

Started each new set of movements together and took a 10 count before starting.

Ended with a burnout set of cinder block Thrusters. Did as many as you could.

Moseyed back to the flag for ab work until the clock hit 6.

Today was about push through the hard stuff and pushing through the complacency of a workout, work, marriage, faith every aspect of life. But remembering to stop and take a breath to reset your mind before doing the hard things.

MARY:
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Print shop cookout on 7/21 for defend the father less. Read your newsletter.
COT: prayers for travel, family, work for The Pirate and his wife. And for Stagecoach becoming a dad.

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Partners in the Gloom

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WARMUP: little COP for warm up with 4-6 exercises and 1burpee for Slapshot
THE THANG:
Mosey to apartments and lunge 50 yards
Mosey to Tiny Time day care for some DORA
Lots of stops along the way for Monkey Humpers
Mosey to Grace Presbyterian parking lot for a made up madness
Partner 100 Big Boys while partner runs 50 yards and does 10 merkins

Wrap up with partner hand slap merkins leg raises 3 rounds

Mosey to COT

MARY: she a fine girl
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
FNG Mongoose named for drag racing interests
COT:
Was very moist today

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The Norway Row and Stuff

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There was a storm brewing over at Cockpit and you could cut the anticipation with a knife as The Pax eagerly awaited The Polish Mating Dance!

We headed down over to the locked up pull-up bars for apparently no pull-ups. We pivoted with a double Dora.

Headed over to Cindy for some Striking Viking Norway 🇳🇴 rows in honor of the World Cup.

Back to COT for prayers and praises.

JWow

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WEP Stations

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WARMUP: windmills, hillbilly walkers, moseying, toy soldiers, knee grabs, arm stretches
THE THANG:
Playground Station
C.H.I.P.S. and Dips
Complete 20 reps each of exercises, in cadence, followed by 20 dips off a park bench, and a lap around the playground
C – Calf Raises, Dips
H – Hello Dollies, Dips
I – Imperial Walkers, Dips
P – Parker Peters, Dips
S – Squats, Dips

Mosey to Sidney Johnson Station
Paula Abduls using trees to the left of the path to Looms
5 Overhead claps + 5 Big Boys

Mosey to Calhoun Street Park Station
Bearway to Heaven

  • Parking lot lines
  • Bear crawl 1 space + 7 burpees
  • Bear crawl 2 spaces + 6 burpees
  • Bear crawl 3 spaces + 5 burpees
  • Bear crawl 4 spaces + 4 burpees
  • Bear crawl 5 spaces + 3 burpees
  • Bear crawl 6 spaces + 2 burpees
  • Bear crawl 7 spaces + 1 burpee

Mosey to WEP Parking Lot Station
Triple Nickels
PAX selects exercise for the group, then 5 reps at bottom of hill, 5 at the top of the hill, 5 more at the bottom
Phrasing is important: I asked everyone to choose their favorite exercise, forgetting Wheaties was in attendance
Dojo – Derkins (when I asked Dojo to start us off I think Cyclops yelled out 'DON'T BE DUMB')
Wheaties – Burpees
Bowzer – Big Boys
Only Fans – SSH
Dark Helmet – Nothings
JWOW – CCD (I think)

MARY: throughout

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Upcoming volunteer events – CRI, Stuff the Bus
Read your newsletter
BBBB in November
Cannoli Run 2027 next May

COT:
Patience for parenting, family relationships
Seek out wisdom

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Bat-flippin’ Pharaoh

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WARMUP: dynamic plank + broga
THE THANG: partner work:
Set 1: sit-up get up with partner pull assist x12 AND partner merkins
Set 2: side plank on curb partner jump over x12 AND partner leg throws x12
Set 3: partner sled push to curb each person AND wheelbarrow shoulder taps x12
Run ~150m loop, 1 curb burpee and 10 SSH on repeat until 6 is in

Repeat all that 3x

MARY: circle up, alternate pax choice abs with choice reps AND supermans x6
ANNOUNCEMENTS: newsletter
COT: names FNG

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