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242 backblasts
DAWN PATROL · THU APR 30
Buckets and stairs
WARMUP: Lots of clapping THE THANG: Buckets made an appearance and were placed in three locations around Kingsley including up a staircase which was very well received. Each bucket contains tickets of exercise…
DAWN PATROL · THU APR 23
Ran around....did some stuff
Substi-Q'ing for Super-G who was not feeling well. We found some good ways to do hard stuff with our muscles. It came from one of my old weinke's balled up in a corner of the trunk of my car.
DAWN PATROL · TUE APR 21
In Which We Ask the Musical Question, 'Can You Last Two Minutes?'
WARMUP: Included THE THANG: The board lists a primary exercise and alternates. Focus on the primary and pivot to the alternates if needed for the duration of the corresponding song. Each song approximately 2 minutes in…
DAWN PATROL · THU APR 16
Kingsley loop bigger than what I expected
WARMUP: normal stuff plus dynamic movements THE THANG: stair climbs plus wall sits. Move around the large loop stopping at corners for 15 merkins, 15 squats, 15 cdd, 1 alternating lunges, 20 lbcs. 5 stops. Sometimes…
DAWN PATROL · TUE APR 14
Dawn Patrol retirement check in
WARMUP: dynamic and the regulars THE THANG: movement throughout the AO that hit most body parts MARY: ANNOUNCEMENTS: newsletter COT: prayers and praises all around but jobs, family, marriages were emphasized
DAWN PATROL · THU APR 9
Masters Party at Dawn Patrol
A tradition unlike any other…The Masters. This time of year is one of my favorites. The weather starts to turn warmer. The trees and flowers start to bloom. People start coming outside of their homes. And the NCAA…
DAWN PATROL · TUE APR 7
Moderate until it isn’t
WARMUP: 80 SSH in cadence for Flounders bday Squats Broga THE THANG: Mosey to the Springs building near front by the garden area 10 dips 10 derkins 10 crazy leg twist 10 dips 10 derkins 10 Bulgarian split squats each…
DAWN PATROL · THU APR 2
Islands of Adventure!
WARMUP: Start at flag and mosey around a bit heading towards parking lot behind Panera Windmills Imperial Walkers Hillbilly Walkers 5 Worst Merkins Ever OYO THE THANG: Island Adventure #1 (~15 parking spaces): Half Wilt…
DAWN PATROL · TUE MAR 31
A stroll around the park
WARMUP: Mosey to playground, stopping along the way for Side Straddle Hops, Imperial walkers, Hillbilly walkers, an 6 count burpees. THE THANG: Dora at playground. One pax runs around the playground, stopping for…
DAWN PATROL · THU MAR 26
ZigZag Cones - CSPAN Style
WARMUP: Super-G had the warmup. Quick mosey to one of the many lots at Dawn Patrol. Some SSH, merkins, Moroccan nightclubs, windmills, and maybe a few others, this old man can't remember. THE THANG: Pax partnered up, so…
DAWN PATROL · TUE MAR 24
March Madness
WARMUP: SSH, windmill, imperial walker, hillbilly walker, plank... Mosey around the park changing exercises at each bench - karaoke * 2, shuffle * 2, high knees, butt kicks. Stop for merkins, low slow squats, planks…
DAWN PATROL · TUE MAR 17
Backblast! Sweet Baby Jesus
The cold front came through and it was winter temps again. But the love for U-Haul brought out the men today. WARMUP: SSH, IW, HBW, squat, windmill THE THANG: Run to Church of Nazarene on Harris Street. Partner up for…
DAWN PATROL · THU MAR 12
Backblast! Can't Run, Can't Hide
WARMUP: Figure eight mosey around the Epic Chophouse strip with some exercises in motion followed by a mosey around the Pacos strip with some exercises as well. Stangers were hanging somehwere other than firepit today…
DAWN PATROL · TUE MAR 10
Around Fort Mill
WARMUP: yessir THE THANG: I copied Double D’s trick of using playing cards but none under 8 reps, around WEP beatdown and some Fort Mill History etc.. We ran the WEP with short pain stations Merkins, Lunges, Hammers…
DAWN PATROL · THU MAR 5
Backblast! Title loading…
WARMUP: produce pickers, windmills, imp walkers, plank/down and up dog stretching, Peter Parker’s, all in cadence THE THANG: we moseyed to the back parking lot and started at the first island of the top row. We…
DAWN PATROL · TUE MAR 3
Backblast! The hills were alive at Dawn Patrol
WARMUP: short mosey SSH and a burpee X 3 THE THANG: 4 corners at the park next to the town offices. Hand Release Merkins were a crowd favorite. Some curb work at the lot near 160. Diamond Derkin Burpees were attempted…
DAWN PATROL · THU FEB 26
Backblast! Super G likes burpees I guess
WARMUP: SSH, merkins, windmills, low slow squat THE THANG: ran around Kingsley all all different spots, every time we stopped to do the exercises below, Super G asked us all to do a burpee…who knew. - 20 merkins, 20…
DAWN PATROL · TUE FEB 24
Backblast! Webb-o-Rama
WARMUP: Ran to an empty lot for some of the standards. THE THANG: 4 Cones set up ascending the grass hill at the of the parking lot. Each cone was a workout station where 2 exercises were done in Jack Webb style (1:4…
DAWN PATROL · THU FEB 19
Backblast! Cougars and Gold Diggers
Stole from Spike: https://f3thefort.com/2026/02/18/hill-sprints/ WARMUP: yea THE THANG: see Spike’s stuff. I dropped many (NOT ALL) of the burpees by poplar demand MARY: flutters ANNOUNCEMENTS: lots in the newsletter…
DAWN PATROL · MON FEB 16
Backblast! Hill Sprints
WARMUP: Mosey up the hill towards the lot by White Street, stopping along the way for: Side Straddle Hops, Squats, Peter Parker, Parker Peter, Up Dog, Down Dog, Walk the Dogs THE THANG: Board of Pain at top of hill by…
DAWN PATROL · THU FEB 12
Backblast! My taste was acquired
The chill came back and 8 showed up for a run around the Sunbelt parking lot. From the amphitheater at Kingsley we moseyed up to Sunbelt. At one end of the lot, we completed various upper and lower exercises that were…
DAWN PATROL · TUE FEB 10
Backblast! Super G loves Jack Webb
36 degrees and balmy compared to how it has been. WARMUP: ran to the corners of the path around WEP and performed SSH, Squats, mountain climbers and others. THE THANG: 1. Jacob’s ladder on the hill. Merkins at bottom…
DAWN PATROL · THU FEB 5
Backblast! Up…. And down
WARMUP: ssh, iw, hillbilly walker, Moroccan night clubs, windmills, THE THANG: Mosey around/ behind broadcloth to covered breezeway. 1. DORA -partner runs upstairs - across - downstairs and back Exercises: 100 merkin…
DAWN PATROL · TUE FEB 3
Backblast! Fibonacci Escalator
WARMUP: Mosey around the flag, stopping for windmills, cherry pickers, walkers, and some stretching THE THANG: Rounds are cumulative Celebrate the end of each round with a mosey up the hill for burpees numbering the…