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2022-08-26Leave a comment

QIC: Punch List
When: 2022-08-26
Pax: Airborne, Drop Thrill, Peabody, Punch List, Short Sale, SugarBug, Uhaul
Posted In: The Hive

Did you know that the Hive has moved to the Laces In parking lot? I did not… until today.

COP
SSH x 20
Low Slow Squat x 10
Moroccan Night Club x 20

Disclaimer, move to start point. Playlist set to Dispatch.

WEINKE
Use parking rows as pain stations
11 Reps Each Stop

Method of Travel
Rounds 1 & 2: Lunge walk to each row
Round 3: Bear Crawl KB Drag

Stop 1
Halos
Kid Launch

Stop 2
One Legged RDL both sides

Stop 3
Tricep Extensions
Curls

Stop 4
Goblet Squats
Cossack Squats

Stop 5
KB Swings
OH Press

Stop 6
Burpee Snatch

We completed 2 and ⅔ rounds and headed back to start for some Mary

Mary
Kettlebell Core Work
American Hammers x 10
In & Outs x 10
Flutters w/press x 10
Z Press x 10
WWI Sit Ups x 10

And Airborne took us home with some hip work.

Things I learned today during the mumble chatter:
UHAUL is not much younger than Anchorman
UHAUL never smoked weed in high school
If someone calls you asking for your SSN, don’t tell them
Sugarbug’s shorts are now the F3 The Fort Murph Uniform
Bear Crawls with a KB drag are “merciful” in the words of Airborne

Announcements
The Fort 10 Year coming up
2nd F Lunch at Tega Cay Deli today

Prayers/Praises
Shower Curtain on the mend. Visit him. Text him. Call him!
My M and our family as we grow. 2.4 coming soon

Punch List out.

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Looking behind curtain number 3

2022-08-21Leave a comment

QIC: Double D
When: 2022-08-20
Pax: Battle Bot, Bitcoin, Bowser, Chris Clark, crab_cakes, Double D, Drop Thrill, Fogerty, Ham Hock, HarryCarry, Iron Clad, Mr Clean, oldbay, Peabody, Ruby Slippers, Stinger, Uhaul
Posted In: the yard

WARMUP: Brief mosey around the fake track by the gym followed by COP with various classics

THE THANG: The Main Event started with a brief stop at the only real grass at The Yard for some Knee Tar N’Diayes and Mahktar N’Diayes. Then we moseyed to the gym wall for three rounds of the following:

Donkey Kicks x10
Monkey Humpers x20
Merkins x30
Squats x40
Flutters x50

After each round we recovered with either Lunge Walks, Bear Crawls or Backward Lunge Walks

Mosey back to main parking lot for tunes by UHaul plus some more exercises

MARY: Bitcoin took the baton and led the pax through some Mary, capped by a plankorama triggered by UHaul.

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Many good things going on in The Fort. Read your newsletter and join in along the way.

COT: Welcome to FNG Stinger! he posted after hearing the Order of Man podcast with DOAH. Thankfully he chose to post despite what he heard. He will be back and will fit right in like he’s been here forever.

Bitcoin took the Shovel Flag today! Great to have this Accelerating pax step into a leadership role. Put The Yard on your Sat itinerary — he’ll keep this AO soaring!

The pax pushed through the Main Event with perseverance. Some mumblechatter from Crab Cakes and UHaul plus some Form Police from Peabody kept spirits light enough. Apparently Fogertys guidance that The Yard is a 45 min boot camp (and not a Moderate boot camp) hasnt made its way to all the pax. It’s clear everyone can handle it from today’s work, including our FNG Stinger who wasn’t far behind our King, Runy Slippers. Also near the front was Old Bay, who is clearly accelerating following his return to the Gloom.

Thanks to Fogerty for resurrecting The Yard. We have a trio of good options on Sat now — nice work!

Always an honor to lead the pax. SYITG!

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Trendy kettle bells

2022-08-19Leave a comment

QIC: B.O.B.
When: 2022-08-19
Pax: Airborne, B.O.B., Drop Thrill, fishstix, Peabody, Tesh, Uhaul, Volt
Posted In: The Hive

WARMUP: standard stuff really
THE THANG: kettle bell sets sorted by full body , legs, arms, and core. Mixing in some new exercises and flows.
MARY: last 5 minutes
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
COT:

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what’s a kettlebell

2022-08-17Leave a comment

QIC: Badlands
When: 2022-08-17
Pax: 3D, Badlands, Band Camp, birdcage_f3, Drop Thrill, JWOW, Tesh, Uhaul
Posted In: snake pit

WARMUP: dynamic warmup including toy soldiers, high knees, butt kickers, SSH (IC), Merkins (IC)

THE THANG:
perform 20 reps of exercise then run 100yds before performing next set

5 sets – deadlifts
4 sets – bent over rows
3 sets – sumo squat/high pulls
2 sets – thrusters
1 sets – curls

MARY:
Death by Kettlebell

set 1 minute recurring timer:
perform increasing reps of exercise until you fail to complete number of reps before timer expires

Kettle bell swings: 5, 10, 15, etc
most failed at 35 reps

chest press: 15, 20, 25, 30, max

ANNOUNCEMENTS: 10 yr anniversary stuff – check newsletter

COT: gotta be there

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Tik Tok Trending Tris

2022-08-15Leave a comment

QIC: B.O.B.
When: 2022-08-10
Pax: B.O.B., Beaker, birdcage_f3, Drop Thrill, Uhaul, Wagon Wheel
Posted In: snake pit

WARMUP: A bunch of the basics followed by a series of dynamic moves with low reps to warm up the machine
THE THANG: groupings of exercises starting with total body then legs upper body and core. in each functional area 3 exercises or “flows” were performed followed by a DORA where one partner ran while the other lifted both bells.
MARY:
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
COT:

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Happy Independence Day India

2022-08-15Leave a comment

QIC: Battle Bot
When: 2022-08-15
Pax: Band Camp, Battle Bot, Bonsai, Cohiba, F3DaVinci, Gekko, NakedAndAfraid, Spinner (Derrick Dominey), Sugar Daddy, Uhaul
Posted In: The Armory

WARMUP:
SSH
Windmills
Merkins
Peter Parkers

THE THANG:
Farmer’s carry to big parking lot

In celebration of India’s Independence 75 years ago today, we started things off with 75 kettlebell swings

Split into 2 groups:
Lighter bells – 30lb and under
heavier bells – over 30 lbs

1 minute each exercise
Heavy bells:
Squats
Deadlifts
Chest Presses
Lawnmower pulls
Swings

Light bells:
Curls
Tricep Extensions
Shoulder presses
Clave Raises
High Pulls

Farmer’s carry around the parking lot. Drop your bell, and switch groups.

2 full rounds of this, then between rounds 2 and 3, we added 1 minute of LBCs and 5 man makers to each lineup.

MARY:
Bonsai called for Merkins, then we held the bottom until time was up

COT:
Prayers for the first day of school today in the Fort. Prayers for teachers, parents, students.
Praise for DaVinci’s step father

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Waiter Suicides

2022-08-03Leave a comment

QIC: Tesh
When: 2022-07-29
Pax: Airborne, Assassin, JWOW, Peabody, Quack Attack, Tesh, Uhaul
Posted In: The Hive

Snatch to waiter carry suicides with exercises at the baseline and at the turn.
Baseline – Merkins
20 yds – squats
30 yds – tricep extensions
40 yds – burpees
50 yds – American Hammers

Break up rounds with deadlift sets.

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Dust in the Wind? No!

2022-08-01Leave a comment

QIC: Double D
When: 2022-08-01
Pax: Beaker, Cakeboss, Cheddah, Double D, f3anchorman, F3DaVinci, Gekko, Happy Hour, JWOW, Shatner, Spinner (Derrick Dominey), Sugar Daddy, Uhaul, Uncle Sam
Posted In: The Armory

WARMUP: SSH, Mtn climber, Peter Parker, Parker peter

THE THANG:
Triple Bs day — bells, bricks and blocks

Bells:
10 Swings (round 1)
10 Goblet squat (round 1)
10 Lawn mower pull each side (round 2)
20 Tricep extension (round 2)

Bricks (1 pair per pax):
20 Moroccan night clubs
20 Punches
20 Overhead claps
20 Bent over flies

Blocks (1 per pax):
20 Derkins
20 Irkins
20 Overhead press
10 Man makers (blockees)

Half of group runs to each pile, completes first exercise, runs back to bells and completes 2 exercises, runs to opposite pile, returns to bells to complete sa.e 2 exercises.

Group made it through almost two full rounds.

MARY: American Hammer, Flutter

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Final Countdown coming 9/10, 10 yr convergence 9/17 am, 10 yr party 9/17 pm, The Bubble 8/4, Pints & Padres Tue pm at Amor Artis.

COT: Battle Bot was missed today. Hopefully we moved enough heavy stuff and listened to enough UHaul ear candy and mumblechatter to meet our Site Q’s standards. Get well!

Reports of Barry Manilow posting proved to be false unfortunately.

Special guest visitor posted today — Uncle Sam, fresh back from Colombia on his way to Virginia for 12+ most of education and inspiration before returning back to Colombia to continue his life’s work in his home country. great to have you in the Gloom with us and to hear your stories of Picking up the Six. Keep up your HIM efforts and example! Praise and prayers for you!

Prior Site Q Shatner was back in the Gloom today after many weeks DR. welcome back!

DaVinci proved he can throw shade with the best of the pax, dropping some darkness with a smile on Cake Boss. Watch out DOAH, he’s coming for you next!

Thanks to Battle Bot for the Q invite, my first at a gear AO. Sometimes we all need the push toward something new and different. As I persevere through a long, hot, sometimes mundane summer that at times feels like Ecclesiastes and Kansas “Dust in the Wind” this morning’s experience with the pax including dialog before, during and after gave me a real jump start to the week. Thank you!

This thing we call The Fort is special. It’s impact is actually global, as we heard this am from Uncel Sam. And it only continues if you post tomorrow. #keep posting #noOYO

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Heavy metal, heavy things

2022-07-28Leave a comment

QIC: Battle Bot
When: 2022-07-27
Pax: Band Camp, Battle Bot, NakedAndAfraid, Tesh, Tinsel, Uhaul
Posted In: snake pit

WARMUP:

Line up the bells heaviest to lightest

Mosey to grab cinderblocks

THE THANG:

Originally, the intention was to have a group working with 2 kettlebells and another group working with cinderblocks. Since there were 12 kettlebells and 6 PAX, we were all able to work together.

PAX were encouraged to grab 2 heavy bells and rucks or sandbags to get some serious strength training in.

EMOM

Team Iron:
Bigger muscle groups – with 2 bells
3 sets each. 10 reps
Squats
Deadlifts
Chest Presses
Rows
Swings (one bell)

Team Concrete:
Smaller muscle groups – with a cinder block
3 sets each. 20 reps
Curls
Tricep extensions
Shoulder presses
Clave raises
High pulls

We returned the cinderblocks and made it back to COT right at 0600

MARY:
none

COT:

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Tour of the Yard

2022-07-18Leave a comment

QIC: Barry Manilow
When: 2022-07-16
Pax: Barry Manilow, Boogie Down, Bowzer, Dojo, Drop Thrill, Ironclad, oldbay, Peabody, Spinner (Derrick Dominey), Uhaul
Posted In: the yard

If you saw the video, Bowzer is your guy if you need a face/voice for video intro.

After committing to a pre-run, I was then a fill in Q, my tail was dragging.

Dynamic warm up, back and forth across the lot, a couple exercises, the a motion across, couple more, motion across, you get it.

Finish with the bear crawl challenge. Often times when working out with PAX at my old and broken fitness level, a bear crawl means you take a half dozen “strides” and stand up, grunting and groaning and swinging your arms around like you are loosening up. Over the last couple Q’s I called this out and gave the PAX a distance to make. If you call it out, they (I) will do it.

over to the light poles for one round of suicides

back to the school wall where we did wall sits and tons of BURPEES

on our way to the hill in front of the school we weaved in and out of the perma-cones

At the hill we did some exercises at the top and some at the bottom, super high counts, 5-10-15, than 10-20-30 at the bottom

then over to the bench, where we did the typical dips and incline merkins

Wrapping the morning up, all PAX crushed a 10 count of BALLS TO THE WALLS (my ode to Accept)

Exercises throughout were typical old guy stuff, windmills, BURPEES, shoulder taps, BURPEES, mountain climbers, monkey humpers, squat jumps, BURPEES, multiple rounds of Makhtar N’Diayes, BURPEES, stuff like that

Looks like we made it,

Barry Manilow

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