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DAWN PATROL · FRI JUL 3 Time Check Site Q! Q: Boogie Down · 14 PAX WARMUP: Abe Vigoda, Arm Circles, Cherry Pickers, Downward Dog, Honeymooners, Pideon Stretch THE THANG: Mosey to Pain Station #1 in front of Hotel. F3 cards focused on arms. Pick a card and tell Pax how & when you were… SLOW BURN · FRI JUL 3 Chutes and Ladders 🪜- Round 2 Q: JWOW · 9 PAX It was a steamy morning at Slow Burn and the PAX were chomping at the bit to accelerate. Quick warmup with the stretching and we were off. Over to the hill for some Chutes and Ladders. :ladder: There were two cones at… THE FORGE · FRI JUL 3 250th Birthday Party Q: Sweet Baby Ray · 14 PAX WARMUP: SSH, Cherry Picker, Hilly Billy and Imperial walkers THE THANG: DORA with 250 reps of Merkins, Squats, LBC running part was around the Harris teeter parking lot and we worked in front of the firework stand… THE HIVE · FRI JUL 3 Mogadishu Mile Q: Deep Dish · 2 PAX WARMUP: barely THE THANG: Mogadishu Mile 4 rounds: - 19 ground the overhead - 19 front squat - 19 merkins on bell (each side) - 0.25 miles with the bell (up the hill) If you drop the bell, repeat the round. Both PAX… THE COACH'S BOX · THU JUL 2 Deck of Cards - Habits Q: Mile HI · 7 PAX WARM UP: SIDE STRADDLE HOP = 15 IMPERIAL WALKER = 15 MOROCCAN NIGHT CLUB = 15 CHERRY PICKER = 15 LOW SLOW SQUAT = 15 DECK OF CARDS WORKOUT / 4 PART WORKOUT / 13 CARDS PER PART / 1 EXERCISE PER CARD: NUMBER OF REPS =… LAZARUS · THU JUL 2 4 HIM for 4 Corners Q: Goose · 4 PAX · +1 FNG WARMUP: We did several exercises and some stretchy things. Then we Moses around the the back of the theater then to the front. THE THANG: Corner 1 (10 reps) - Merkins– 10 reps Corner 2 (10 + 20 reps) - Merkins – 10 reps… SOUL TO SOLE · THU JUL 2 Crab 🦀 Cakes 3.33 Q: Crab Cakes · 6 PAX WARMUP: THE THANG: 3.33 miles. Kingsley Loop with Sunbelt parking lot Crossed 160 into Old Kingsley and back to COT MARY: ANNOUNCEMENTS: Men’s Shelter COT: yes MINNOW POND · THU JUL 2 Straight Horseshoe Q: Rolloff · 16 PAX 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: KITCHEN SINK · WED JUL 1 Adjusted Weinke Q: backdraft · 3 PAX WARMUP: THE THANG: carry heavy things around MARY: ANNOUNCEMENTS: COT: CLYDESDALES · WED JUL 1 The Suggested Route Q: Cohiba · 8 PAX WARMUP: Reviewed the running route THE THANG: 4.18 mile route around Downtown Fort Mill MARY: She doesn't like to run ANNOUNCEMENTS: Read your newsletter COT: Prayers and Praises COCKPIT · WED JUL 1 Abs4America Q: Pauly D · 5 PAX WARMUP: 10 SSH / Pogo Hops THE THANG: Mosey to track at FCMS .5 Mile warmup 3 minute high plank 200 toe taps 100 big boys 1 minute side plank pulse each side 1 minute flutter Missed back MARY: No time ANNOUNCEMENTS… THE FORGE · WED JUL 1 1775 Q: Crystal Lake · 16 PAX WARMUP: Moroccan nightclubs Windmills Cherry pickers Hillbilly walkers Low slow squats Irkins Team Bermuda Triangle 2 teams, each with 3 cones marked about 30 yards apart 1 burpee at cone 1, bear crawl to cone 2, then… Q SOURCE · WED JUL 1 Targeting Q: Brawny - The Fort · 6 PAX WARMUP: THE THANG: MARY: ANNOUNCEMENTS: COT: SNAKE PIT · TUE JUN 30 Clock It Q: Goose · 4 PAX We moseyed around the parking the got to work. A clock was drawn and we used a deck of cards. The number or face card determined how many merkins or squats you did. i.e. pick a 6 then you did 1 Merkin at 1 then staying… DAWN PATROL · TUE JUN 30 Four Corners(ish) at WEP Q: F3 DaVinci · 11 PAX WARMUP: Took a soft-J jog around the outer perimeter of WEP with some stop-offs for warm up exercises. SSH, IW, HBW; sumo squats, plank-jacks, seal-jacks; broga stretches THE THANG: 4 corners, self paced. Rinse and… SEABISCUIT · TUE JUN 30 Figure 8’s Q: Pauly D · 8 PAX WARMUP: No THE THANG: Neff Left on Dudley Left on Suffolk Right on Charlton Straight on Nelles Left on Dudley Repeat Finish right on Dudley Right on Neff COT MARY: ANNOUNCEMENTS: COT: COLOSSEUM · TUE JUN 30 Four corners, lots of reps Q: Fishstix · 12 PAX WARMUP: SSHs, IWs, WMs, Plank THE THANG: 4 corners of pain and some burpees All corners start with 50 reps each, exercises stay the same each time around – Corner 1: squats, then run to corner 2 – Corner 2: hand release… THE BALLROOM · TUE JUN 30 Dancing shoes!! Q: Honkey Tonk · 3 PAX WARMUP: 20 windmill 20 cherry pickers 20 imperial walkers 20 low and slow THE THANG: Mosey to the basketball court 20 count downward dawg 20 count high plank 20 LBC Down and back 3 rounds Mosey to the wall Wall sit… CURRAHEE · TUE JUN 30 AO CURRAHEE — “THE MIDNIGHT RIDE” 30 June 2026 · 0515-0600 · Pre-Independence Edition Q: Pollo Hermano · 6 PAX In 1775, a Boston silversmith didn’t wait for ideal conditions — he rode through the dark because the moment demanded it. This morning at Currahee, the air sat on us like a wet wool blanket before sunrise, and the PAX… BLOCK PARTY · TUE JUN 30 Compete with yourself DORA Q: Sweet Baby Ray · 11 PAX 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… RING OF FIRE · MON JUN 29 Murph Monday continued Q: Kaiser · 10 PAX WARMUP: No THE THANG: Murph 1 mile, 100 pull ups, 200 merkins, 300 squats MARY: ANNOUNCEMENTS: newsletter COT: 4th of July, marriages, family, travel SWEEP THE LEG · MON JUN 29 Complicated Math Q: Fishstix · 6 PAX Run down to the flag poles at the Elementary School. Divide into teams of 3, pax 1 and 2 at each end of the parking loop doing exercises while third pax ran to one end of the parking loop to switch out with pax 2. Pax 2… THE ARMORY · MON JUN 29 Decisions Q: Italian Job · 6 PAX · +1 FNG Five guys (including FNG “Trash Panda”) put in 45 minutes of work this morning. YHC joined them for the last 34. Here’s what we did. The Thang - 10 Goblet Squats - 10 Curls - 10 Calf Raises - 10 American Hammers - 10… COCKPIT · MON JUN 29 1775 & Captain Thor Q: miyagi · 5 PAX WARMUP: Plank, Best Damn Stretch, Windmill, SSH THE THANG: 1775 - 17 burpees - 75 squats - take a lap for three rounds Captain Thor - 1:4 Big Boys: American Hammer - 1 Pike Plank add 1 each round eg round 2- 2:8 Big…