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THE FORT · TUE SEP 8 Saturday Fish Special Q: Fishstix · 13 PAX 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… SWEEP THE LEG · MON SEP 7 Dorothy Q: Spectre · 8 PAX WARMUP: There was some neck stretches as we looked around for Tesh THE THANG: Ran to Tesh's house in Baxter, 10 Monkey Humpers IC, Stop signs down Richard's Crossing... 10 HR Merkins, 10 Squats, 15 Hello Dolly, Ran down… THE HIVE · FRI SEP 4 Kettlebell Workout - The Hive Q: Bill Smith · 13 PAX · +1 FNG WARMUP: Counting Practice THE THANG: 11s MARY: Kettlebell Hill ANNOUNCEMENTS: Check Slack COT: Thankful for health, family, children, anniversaries. MINNOW POND · THU SEP 3 Sweaty Q: Warning Track · 19 PAX Massey to Harris to McCammon to Clebourne to Main to Veteran’s Park Exercises at following: John Boys FM Pharmacy Veteran’s Park 10 Merkins 10 Squats 10 LBC’s CURRAHEE · TUE SEP 1 Sandbag Party Q: Autobahn · 7 PAX WARMUP: - 20 Side Straddle Hops - 15 Windmills - 15 Moroccan Nightclubs - 15 Hillbilly Walkers - 15 Imperial Walkers - 15 Cherry Pickers - 15 Low & Slow Squats THE THANG: Ruck & Bear Crawl - 1 lap around the school with… SWEEP THE LEG · MON AUG 31 F3 Hyrox Training Q: Spectre · 9 PAX WARMUP: Mosey around parking lot to set lap THE THANG: 800s (2 laps around parking lot) Can't move on to next set of exercises until you complete 2 laps and exercises 800 - 50 Burpees 800 - 50 Squats 800 - 50 Lunges 800… ALCATRAZ · SAT AUG 29 Lighting And Thunder Q: Spectre · 8 PAX WARMUP: Jog around paved path at Runde Park 1 pullup THE THANG: Lightning Portion Laps around Runde Park Lap 1 - 1 Pullup - 40 Burpees Lap 2 - 2 Pullups - 40 Merkins Lap 3 - 3 Pullups - 40 BBS Lap 4 - 4 Pullups - 40… THE FORGE · FRI AUG 28 Lawn Ornament Weights Q: Pauly D · 10 PAX · +1 FNG WARMUP: SSH / Cherry Pickers / 5 Windmills (crowd wasn't happy with the low quantity) / one lap around the lot dodging geysers. THE THANG: AMRAP CIRCUIT. 5 pairs of PAX. One pair leaves to do a lap with Cindys, Sandbags… COLOSSEUM · TUE AUG 25 Why do my Hips Hurt? Q: Crystal Lake · 12 PAX WARMUP: Moroccan nightclubs Windmills Cherry pickers Hillbilly walkers THE THANG: The Nolan Richardson Partner workout: Partner 1 starts the exercises while partner 2 nurs 50 yards, does 1 Bobby Hurley, then runs back… ALCATRAZ · SAT AUG 22 Trip to the golf course Q: Fishstix · 11 PAX Cars in the parking lot when I arrived. Some of the Pax had launched early to record some miles. Bootcampers began with some dynamic stretching before we strolled down the path to the golf club. Several stops with… SLOW BURN · FRI AUG 21 Slowest of Burns Q: maximus · 11 PAX WARMUP: Mosey up and down a few parking lot lanes with a round of NUR and some exercises after each round. THE THANG: Mosey to the curb on the side of Persis 10 Mike Tysons 20 Squats & 20 Squat Pulses Over to the curb… KITCHEN SINK · WED AUG 19 Sand bag shenanigans Q: Deep Dish · 10 PAX WARMUP: briefly. We worked on merkins. THE THANG: With a partner: Partner A throws the bag, partner B does 4 burpees over the bag. Partner A continues throwing to end of the cones, partner B does 4 burpees every throw… COLOSSEUM · TUE AUG 18 Colosseum...The Return Q: maximus · 22 PAX WARMUP: You should've done that & stretched prior to launch. THE THANG: Run to the bottom of the hill at the entrance of the school compound for 5 of each of the following Merkin series: Wide-Arm, Diamond, Regular… SLOW BURN · FRI AUG 14 Mike Tyson on Repeat Q: Band Camp · 13 PAX · +1 FNG WARMUP: yea, near the second worst dumpster in The Fort. We moved quickly toward the pediatric dentist office THE THANG: Mike Tyson in cadence 10 lunge walk down Mike Tyson in cadence 10 lunge walk back Did the same… DAWN PATROL · TUE AUG 11 Warning Lights Q: Double D · 14 PAX WARMUP: a series of exercises with 1 rep (yes, DOAH, ONE rep!) plus some moseys and other movements around the loop to the playground THE THANG: The main event theme was Blue Ridge Relay training in the form of hill… SWEEP THE LEG · MON AUG 10 Physical Readiness Teast Q: dehappymeal3 · 16 PAX WARMUP: dynamic 10 Wind mill 5 bend & Reach THE THANG: 1 mile 1 stop (20 low slow squats, 10 hand release merkins, 30 American hammers) Competition test 1 minute ARAP Merkins 1 Minute ARAP curlups 1.5 mile run MARY… THE FORGE · FRI AUG 7 Old school hard work Q: Sweet Baby Ray · 13 PAX WARMUP: SSH, Cherry Pickers, nightclubs, down dog, honey mooners mosey to apartments and did flutters and gas pumpers. Mosey down to the day care. THE THANG: DORA 100 merkins 200 big boys 300 SSH Run up hil to fire… THE FORGE · FRI AUG 7 Old school hard work Q: Sweet Baby Ray · 13 PAX WARMUP: SSH, Cherry Pickers, nightclubs, down dog, honey mooners mosey to apartments and did flutters and gas pumpers. Mosey down to the day care. THE THANG: DORA 100 merkins 200 big boys 300 SSH Run up hil to fire… KITCHEN SINK · THU AUG 6 School Route Q: Fishstix · 6 PAX Run from Tega Cay Elementary to Gold Hill Middle and back KITCHEN SINK · WED AUG 5 Start with Station #3 Q: Ruby Slippers · 7 PAX Last time I Q'd the Kitchen Sink we only used 1pc of gear. Needed to up my game for this Q to live up to the name Kitchen Sink, gotta bring more gear, so we used 3pcs. this go around - Ruck, SB, & KB. WARMUP: Started… COLOSSEUM · TUE JUL 28 Catch me if you can Q: f3escargot · 9 PAX WARMUP: Mosey to front parking lot (20) LS Squats (10) Merkins (25) Imperial Walkers THE THANG: Mosey to Movement Mortgage parking lot Bear Crawl across parking lot (5) Merkins every other line. Crab walk back (5)… THE FORGE · WED JUL 22 Prison Break Q: Fishstix · 8 PAX 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… SWEEP THE LEG · MON JUL 20 What is a Picket? Q: Band Camp · 7 PAX WARMUP: you’re supposed to come warmed up to Sweep the Leg THE THANG: run towards Gardenia stopping occasionally for: 5 burpees 10 merkins 15 squats 20 lbcs Or some variation of that. We added them up on the way out and… ALCATRAZ · SAT JUL 18 No Complaints, Just Work Q: darkhelmet · 12 PAX WARMUP: Dark Helmet on Q for the 1st half: A lap around the park with a stop at the pull-up bars for everyone to knock out a few then over to the wall behind the backstop. We performed a set of dips on the wall then…