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JUL 10, 2015
4 Horsemen from The Hive Invade Slow Burn and Meet Jackie Brice!
4 Horsemen rode into the Hive this gloomy Friday morning and there was a lot of mumble chatter when they realized we would be riding right back out. Kettlebells in hand... After a quick warmup, SSH x 25, we were off…
VARSITY · JUL 10, 2015
Truck Tailgate Box Jumps, Plyo Push-ups, and of course more Burpees
10 of the Fort's finest descended upon Varsity for Day 3 of the Longshanks East Fort Mill Q tour. Despite never actually posting at Varsity, a spot was given. Was informed it was plyometrics. Goal was to not disappoint…
THE RANCH · JUL 9, 2015
4 Corner Burpee Laps at the Ranch
12 of The Fort's finest men avoided the fartsack this morning and descended upon The Ranch for Four corners of Burpees and the People's Donkey Balls. The Shovel Flag was planted and the disclaimer was mentioned. Off we…
BLOCK PARTY · JUN 30, 2015
Run it out
6 PAX braved the gloom this morning. We talked about strength work in Indian Land. Would today's fitness be tough enough? Quick lap around WEP COT: SSH, IW, Mountain Climbers. 10 burpee OYO The Thang: Partner up 10…
VARSITY · JUN 26, 2015
Plyo Punisher
Still in its infancy, Varsity was created to be primarily a plyometric, explosive workout focusing on full lower body/legs to improve power. It also implies that this is no JV level work out. Bring your A game or you'll…
THE RANCH · JUN 25, 2015
Unconventional Rodeo at the Ranch
9 Men enjoyed a relatively cool and breezy morning at the Ranch. Just enough Breeze to clear the air (Cable Guy). Welcome to Real Estate tycoon FNG Montelongo! The message for today was simple, get out in the world…
COLOSSEUM · JUN 23, 2015
Yoga, Speedwork, & Repetitions
Conditions were absolutely sweaty and 84 degrees…welcome to summer. Disclaimer (statement not reviewed by Legal Counsel that is currently pulling a “smarta$$sack/resting up for his next Q…really? I thought my Q’s were…
JUN 17, 2015
Pantheon Week 2... Enough burpees already...
So another week of our lives goes by, and we have brought ourselves here early to bask in the glory of the gloom together at The Pantheon. With Zima making us "suggesting" we do 100 burpees last week, I knew we had to…
BLOCK PARTY · JUN 17, 2015
Block Party Hits the Road
6 PAX chose the tried-n-true Block Party as their place to make a downPAINment. Oh, there are plenty of other Tuesday morning options in The Fort these days, but these men know where the real party is on Tuesdays. The…
JUN 13, 2015
$86,400 a day and $3,600 of it spent at The Reservation doing OCR
8 of The Fort's finest (fittest/funniest) descended upon The Reservation despite the warning of monkey bars, walls, bucket carries, and burpees. You know, all the essential things of a great obstacle course race. Since…
THE RANCH · JUN 11, 2015
Cowboy Time
Seven brave souls moseyed around the Ranch for the summer water hole season beatdown The Thang: Mosey to soccer field butt kickers, high knees, karaoke, other side, side shuffle, other side 50% sprint, 75% sprint, 100%…
JUN 5, 2015
Wheels almost run over by Cheerleaders!!
5 of Fort Mills biggest characters arrived for the first installment of the new AO known as The Hive. Besides lifting some kettlebells, the Pax also had to dodge the Fort Mill High cheerleaders as they wildly drove…
JUN 5, 2015
Tour De Rivergate Part Deux
10 Strong for some running and funning! 1 Mile Warm up run at a nice 8:30 pace COP 20 SSH 20 IW 20 Merkins 20 Squats 20 Peter Parker 20 Parker Peter 20 SSH 1/2 Mile Switchback Run COP 20 Flutters 20 Freddie Mercury 30…
MAY 29, 2015
Into The Woods and On The Grass
The virtual shovel flag was planted, the disclaimer was recited, and nine strong cruised out of the Best Buy parking lot for another Friday morning of hard work and sweat at the Swamp. Here is what they did: The Thang…
RING OF FIRE · MAY 27, 2015
Taking a Train to Dirt, Sweat, and Pain
A strong showing at The Coop was the result of 24 PAX showing they weren't afraid of wet grounds from the mild storms that rolled through last night. Today we welcomed FNG "Snare" with a variety of exercises, including…
THE BALLROOM · MAY 26, 2015
12 Not So Angry Men
Had a great group this morning at The Ballroom! Perfect size for what was planned. Started out with a mosey across the parking lot away from the Hardees to the road that leads to the warehouses. From there we turned…
MAY 19, 2015
Leave the Yard
Welp, when I say bring your running shoes, I mean it. 8 PAX left the comforts of our beloved Golden Corral campus and ran over a mile to and from the Tega Cay Elementary for todays installment. The work put in by these…
MAY 15, 2015
BRR rest day
12 Men came out today for a post BRR rest day. The Thang: Mosey Around Parking Lot Circle up: IWx20, One Legged Mountain Climber x10 per leg,windmills x15, twisting merkin x15 and cotton pickers x20 Mosey to Burpecide…
MAY 8, 2015
Tour de Rivergate
13 Pax took off on a 45 minute tour! The minnow would not be lost and neither were the Pax! Start at the COT 10 Burpees, 20 LBC, 30 Squats Mosie 1/2 mile and repeat every half mile for 7 times Total 3 miles, 70 Burpees…
SLOW BURN · MAY 8, 2015
Bathing Suit Season is upon us!
Last week at Slow Burn, Dark Helmet Qed the workout and set the bar very high for pain and attendance. With 30 Pax joining him, he earned the record for this AO. Nice work! Not only that, he welcomed several new FNGs…
THE RANCH · MAY 7, 2015
"Because ours goes to 11" - The Ranch and a Spinal Tap lesson on PAIN!
11 Men rode in on their steel horses with the intention of breaking a sweat and building some endurance. What they got was a lesson from the School of Pain. The Thang: Mosey down trail to baseball field, COP Peter…
THE BALLROOM · MAY 5, 2015
18-Wheelers brought Pain to the Ballroom, sponsored by Amtrak
Hearing that Change Order couldn't find a Q, YHC accepted the Q since he wasn't on an Amtrak train to Raleigh. YHC took a quick pre-tour of the AO prior to pulling up to find 19 PAX who decided to roll out of bed and…
BLOCK PARTY · MAY 5, 2015
Core words of wisdom from Waylon
21 pax posted to Block Party for a core blast plus a dose of leadership lessons from one of the original sages of Outlaw Country, the one and only Waylon Jennings. The Thang Warm up run 3/4 around WEP COP -- Parker…
THE BALLROOM · APR 28, 2015
Ascension to BallRoom
Running with Dark Helmets "Ascend" theme from the Ballroom last week, the 12 pax that posted this week were tasked with climbing a pair of cascading walls up to the launch-point parking lot (an exercise introduced by…