WARMUP: frowned upon at this AO
THE THANG: head down Market until it changes names, keep going, turn right on Gardenia, turn right on Morris Hunt, hit the cul-du-sac and come back
MARY: did a little yoga up till 0600 once we got back
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Newsletter
COT: was held
Warm-Up:
SSH – 20 IC
Imperial Walkers – 15 IC
Hillbilly Walkers – 15 IC
Moroccan Night Clubs – 10 IC
Windmills – 10 IC
Strawberry Pickers- 10 IC
Cheese Shredder
Mosey to first wooden swing
The Thang:
1. Swinging Great Time:
At each swing perform the following exercises:
10 Merkins
20 Squats
30 Big Boys
Mosey between the Swings
2. Lucky 7s:
Burpees and Seal Jacks
Bear Crawl Up and mosey down hill
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COT: Prayers and Praises
WARMUP:
Light jog
Side straddle hops
Cherry pickers
Hillbilly walkers
Groin lunges
THE THANG:
Band Tabata (20s work, 10s rest). 2 exercises per round, as many reps as possible each round. Ideally 4 rounds of each exercise.
Single long loop band required. Swing set used for anchor point of band.
PAX 1 completes 1 round of each exercise, then runs up the hill to get the next round. Remainder of PAX continue working until PAX returns with new round.
Paired exercises: (“Pole” indicates band anchored on pole, “no pole” indicates band off pole.)
R1 – Pole
Squat to Row
Tantrums
R2 – No Pole
Deadlifts
Pull aparts
R3 – Pole
Single arm Rows (R/L)
R4- No Pole
Front Squats
Bent over tow
R5 – Pole
Hip thrusts
Press to rotations
R6 – No Pole
Reverse lunges (R/L)
R7 – Pole
Core Rotations (R/L)
R8 – No Pole
Bent Over Rows
Front Squat lateral stepping
R9 – pole
Single Arm Press (R/L)
LAST EXERCISE
Partner Pallof holds
Return to parking lot: Bailout lunges
Everyone lunge walks back, one PAX can bail out group: 10 burpees earn a 30 second mosey. Cannot be passed by lungers!
Finish:
Plank / lateral plank series
Squat hold series
MARY: n/a
ANNOUNCEMENTS: n/a
COT: team work! We sometimes have to do things we don’t want to for the betterment of our community. Let’s build on it
Started with a mosey run from WEP to the Church on Harris street.
Thang 1: Elevens: Merkins then run up steps of church and do Bobby Hurleys at top.
Run down Harris, down Massey to Pike parking lot.
Thang 2: Bear crawl until “break” run to other side. Did squats there. Repeat.
Run up main street and right on Tom Hall St, down past the pumpkin patch to the municipal parking lot.
Thang 3: Simion says: Pax shuffle right or left and stop/so exercise when called. We did mountain climbers, smurf jacks and some others.
Run up Monroe White’s hill, did some abs here. Ran to Print Shop’s pull up bars.
Thang 4: 5 pullups, 5 knees 2 chest, 5 toes 2 bar. Repeat.
Run down to White st to the millstone. Did some step ups here.
Run along White towards WEP. Stop at small parking lot between City Hall and Ardrey st.
Thang 5: Pax plank on curb. Curb walk left, right. Stopped and did: dry docks, shoulder taps.
Run back to WEP’s parking lot. Circle up for Mary: Sally routine: leg raises.
Fini.
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: SSH, cherry pickers, greatest stretch ever, down dog, honey mooners, mosey to big parking lot above old Pike building
THE THANG: 4 corners each corner focused on a different muscle group and had various exercises. 25 reps each and did it for 5 laps. You would do the first set of exercises on lap 1 then move on to the second set on lap 2 etc…
Corner 1 (with Cindy or bumper plates)
Curls
Push press
Over head squats
Bent over rows
Floor bench
Corner 2
Merkins
Wide arm merkins
Diamond merkins
Carolina dry docks
Plank jacks
Corner 3
Squats
Jumps squats
Sumo squats
Calf raises on curb
Lunges
Corner 4
Big boys
LBC
Mountian climbers
Flutters
American hammers
After that we partnered up and did a bear crawl really race across the parking lot. Partner 1 started bear crawl while partner 2 ran from one end to the other. Where ever they met on the run back they switched until as a team they made it across the parking lot. All that lost had a 2 burpee punishment.
Moseyed back to WEP stage and did wall sits while raising arms and going up on toes and down. Then a balls to the wall contest. You held balls to the wall as long as you could if you dropped you did burpees until the last man dropped.
Our finisher was a set of 7. In front of the stage you did squats the climbed up wall and ran to back wall of stage for a mike Tyson.
After that we moseyed to flag for core work (arts and crafts for 15min) until 7:30.
MARY: Was glorious
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Convergence 29th at WEP for The Fort’s birthday party (gifts not required) , read the letter of News every Sunday.
COT: prayer for BRR teams, PAX with injuries, and any PAX going through life hardships quietly
Warm-up, lap around the park.
Five cones and cinder blocks were set up in the middle of the field. We began with a Dora style workout. Partner 1 – ran cupcakes between the cones while partner 2 began the cindy reps
100 – curls
200 – bent over rows
300 – upright presses
Next, murder bunnies to each cone, carry overhead back to the start and switch with partner. Partner 2 performed squats and ab exercises while waiting.
Last set, no partners everyone completes – bear crawl to first cone, 3 burpees , crawl bear back. bear crawl to next cone 6 burpees, crawl bear back…so on and so on until the last cone 15 burpees.
WARMUP: SSH, Windmills, Willie Mays Hays, Cherry Pickers, Imperial Walkers
THE THANG: Each PAX was given 2 resistance bands. We then made our way around the AO stopping 8 times to do 5 band exercises in reps of 13 – overhead press, curls, upright rows, bent over rows, squats. We then stopped at the playground and did partner assisted merkins, tricep extension, and rotational pulls.
MARY: banded American Hammers
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
COT:
WARMUP: lap around the park. Stopped for some merkins, SSH and squats
THE THANG:
PAX cycled through 8 stations
1: 2×50 KB carry
2: 20 sandbag burpees 60lb
3: 20 hand release merkins, 20 squats, 20 big boys
4: 150lb ball carry
5: 20 devils presses. 2x50lb dumbbells
6: 15 ball over shoulder. 100lb
7: sandbag throw out and back. 40lb
8: sled pull out and back. 90lb
While PAX waited for the stations, we worked through a board of pain.
100 SSH
90 mountain climbers
80 squats
70 dry docks
60 shoulder taps
50 lbc
40 flutter kicks
30 American hammers
20 jump lunges
10 burpees
With final 10ish minutes, PAX played a game. Divide into 2 teams with a “home base”. Try to get as much weight into your home base by stealing from oppo team. Must do 5 burpees before stealing weight.
MARY: a bit
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
COT:
Warm-Up:
SSH – 25 IC
Imperial Walkers – 20 IC
Hillbilly Walkers – 20 IC
Moroccan Night Clubs – 15 IC
Windmills – 10 IC
Strawberry Pickers- 10 IC
Cheese Shredder
The Thang:
1. Swinging Time:
(Mosey between each swing on every round)
Round 1- 10 Merkins and 10 Squats
Round 2- 10 Shoulder Taps and 10 Lunges
2. Smoke that Hill:
Seven's- Start w/ 10 Burpees at the bottom and then Bear Crawl to the top of the hill to do 1 Bomb Jack and then mosey down the hill.
Mary:
Flutter Kicks – 20 IC
American Hammers – 20 IC
Freddie Mercuries – 20 IC
Hello Dollies- 20 IC
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COT: Prayers and Praises