WARMUP:
THE THANG: run over to Masons Bend down through Harris, 2 miles out, 2 miles back
MARY:
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
COT:
It was a moist, humid morning. The message covered a fairly simple topic, Life.
We delved into the topic of chance with the use of a coin flip. Winner named the activity and rep count. Things are at times (Most) out of our hands. We are but passengers on this life river as we flow along. We did a few rounds of this. Lots of curveballs were thrown out of the most unexpected PAX. Life doesn't go as we planned and usually we don't get what we expect out of someone.
Life is about Choices. The choice was to get across the park from the bathroom to the playground. The options were bear crawl or burpee broad jump. The catch, every time you changed your mind there was a 5 merkin penalty.
We then teamed up to chose who would go first. The only way your partner could move is if you did 1 merkin per step. The object, get 1 partner over the line and then BOTH were done. For reference there was about 70-90 steps to get across. Some teams did equal amounts and crossed together. Others, Mine and Dark Helmets, relied on 1 person to basically do all the work so the other could advance. Then we both chilled at the end waiting on the other, less able teams.
But wait, there's more….The next set of partner work was the same concept but the exercise was burpees. The catch, whoever crossed first on the original trek could NOT be the one to cross first this time. The lesson, sometimes finishing first isn't all it turned out to be. Sometimes the person out from will the next day need to carry someone else. Needless to say I did more burpees this morning than in my entire time at f3 combined.
We then had a lesson on encouragement but I'm tired of typing.
We also did the scrotum tunnel just so everyone could get a rash in the grass.
Lastly we concluded with an unfair amount of burpees selected for random PAX. some did 1, some 3, some 5…..guess what, LIFE isn't fair. Deal with that shit and move on.
At the end of it all the message is this, it is ALL life. the good, bad, fair, unfair, choices, encouragement, discouragement, chance, highs, lows. There is no BIG thing to discover. If your waiting for that your wasting your life. Appreciate it all. Find joy in a birds chirp, contentment in mashing that dam keyboard for 8 hours a day, reach to the heaven and give thanks for it all. The argument with the wife, the aggravation with the kids, the person who cut you off in traffic.
Your PERSPECTIVE will drive your life. Stop waiting
MILGA bitches
Warm Up
Suitcase carry to lot
AMRAP
Lower body
Squats
Swings
Reverse Lunge
Upper Body
Curls
Merkins
OH Press
Core
Plank pull through
Around the world
Flutters
Conditioning
Burpees
Mountain Climbers
SSH
Running in between
We ran
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
Format
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
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:
WARMUP:
Moroccan night clubs, low slow squats
THE THANG:
The full zipper. Ascending burpee count starting at 1 each time you cross over Spring St. (1 then 2 then 3…). On the right side of the zipper 20 Fat Bastard sumo squats and 10 We’re Not Worthy’s. On the left side of the zipper 20 Mojo mountain climbers (just regular mountain climbers) and 10 merkins
MARY:
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
COT:
WARMUP: SSH, arm circles, windmills, imperial walkers, hillbilly walkers, Moroccan nightclubs, mosey
THE THANG:
Thang 1: 7’s
Merkins at the bottom of the hill into parking lot – NUR to top – jump squats at the top – run back down
Mosey across Ardrey to FMPD lot
Thang 2: 4 corners
Corner 1: Carolina dry docks
Corner 2: squats
Corner 3: plank jacks
Corner 4: mountain climbers
Rep count = 20
MOT = run
Completed 5 rounds
Mosey back to flag for Mary
MARY: flutters, box cutters, big boy sit-ups , big boy sit-ups , big boy sit-ups … and more big boy sit-ups 🙂
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Regular Service opportunities in the fort:
#C0BAPRMGF8V – lawn service for fort mill care center. Contact @U050B5M1DGR or check 2F
Bethel men’s shelter: 1st Thursday of month. BOLO for signups or contact @U083QU67RF0
COT: yes
WARMUP:
20 SSH IC
10 Windmills IC
10 Cherry Picker IC
10 Imperial Walkers IC
10 Hillbilly Walkers IC
THE THANG:
EMOM 25
MIN 1: 10 Burpees
MIN 2: 15 Squats
MIN 3: 10 Merkins
MIN 4: 20 Reverse Lunges
MIN 5: 20 BBS
Hyrox Partner Bodyweight:
Partner 1: Run The Loop
Partner 2: Do The Exercise, Count Reps
Partner 1: Repeats The Rep Count
Partner 2: Runs The Loop
Exercises:
Burpees
Squats
Merkins
Jumping Lunges
Shoulder Taps
BBS
MARY:
Abs go round
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
COT:
WARMUP: run
THE THANG: 5 burpees every time @ bottom of Monroe white, 10 Merkins + 10 squats + 20 LBCs at the top of Monroe white and up at the old town hall building
MARY: yeah
ANNOUNCEMENTS: convergence
COT:
WARMUP: SSH, cherry pickers, side lunges and a little mosey
THE THANG: DORA but no rep count. The whole point was to compete with yourself and try to do atleast one more rep than the previous set before your partner got done running a lap around the parking lot.
3 sets merkins
3 sets squats
3 sets big boys
2 sets burpees
After that was done we mosey’d to the amphitheater and did wall sits while going down the line farmers carry with heavy cinder blocks. Ran back over to the flag for core work until the clock hit 6.
ANNOUNCEMENTS: July 4 workout convergence, bethel men’s shelter, read your news letter.
COT: payers for people dealing with loss, sickness, and surgeries.