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LAZARUS · THU JUL 9 Silk Curtain Q: Band Camp · 6 PAX WARMUP: yea, that’s important THE THANG: run all the way around Red Ventures (aka the silk curtain loop) Stops for merkins, squats, & fire hydrants at the fire hydrants. Picked up the heavy chairs on the way out and the… KITCHEN SINK · WED JUL 8 Simple and sweaty Q: Mainframe · 8 PAX I saw something online about how the 21-15-9 series was the most optimal workout routine so I decided to test it out. Quick disclaimer, light jog around the lot, some warm-up stretches, then pick up bags and move to… COCKPIT · WED JUL 8 BRILGA Q: Sasquatch · 14 PAX WARMUP: SSH, dynamic plank/broga THE THANG: mosey to field, partner push 2x20 yards, partner wheelbarrow 2x20 yards railroad ties - jump over, pax on ground complete Superman’s then flutters; railroad ties- side shuffle… THE FORGE · WED JUL 8 Carrying the burdens Q: Cyclops · 11 PAX WARMUP: Disclaimer announced and off to Grace Presbyterian lot Plank until all pax arrived and moved into exercises Windmills x 10 I/C Cherry pickers x 10 I/C Imperial walkers x 10 I/C Hillbilly Walkers x 10 I/C Merkins… DAWN PATROL · TUE JUL 7 Cadence Count Expertise Q: Dojo · 12 PAX WARMUP: Calling cadence fails with SSH, Hillbillies, Strawberry Pickers, with lo slo squats and windmills mixed in. Moseying to benches over yonder. THE THANG: Arms lock lunge walk, Arms lock 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th Gear run… THE BALLROOM · TUE JUL 7 The Ballroom Playbill Q: Bitcoin · 4 PAX The Quad: 4 PAX. Small enough to be an intimate dinner party; strong enough to reshape the concrete. ​The Main Event: Four Corners. Because why just run in a straight line when you can suffer at every cardinal… SNAKE PIT · TUE JUL 7 Hills, bells, Cindy’s… A two-man show at the pit Q: Suplex · 2 PAX WARMUP: the usual suspects THE THANG: we ran out of time with this somewhere during round 6 Circuit: Each round, do exercise at each station… every time you pass the base, grab Cindie & do manmakers. MOT up hill is NUR… COCKPIT · MON JUL 6 Cockpit Circuits, wait, what? Q: maximus · 7 PAX The basic rundown of this morning's workout was to sprint (or run) approximately 400m then do a series of exercises, in reps 10, 15, or 20. WARMUP: 400m jog to the bottom of the hill Side Straddle Hops, Squats, Butt… TRAINING GROUND · SUN JUL 5 New Guy Q: Crystal Lake · 3 PAX · +1 FNG WARMUP: THE THANG: 160 through Walmart, to Hubert Graham and back MARY: ANNOUNCEMENTS: COT: COCKPIT · SAT JUL 4 ‘Merica 250 Q: Time Machine · 58 PAX WARMUP: 5 Burpees THE THANG: Flipped off King George, as well as 13 Colony inspired exercises for a rep count of 1776 MARY: She slept in ANNOUNCEMENTS: Read your various newsletters COT: Remembered what our fore fathers… 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… 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: 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… 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… 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… 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… 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… TRAINING GROUND · SUN JUN 28 Starbucks Loop Q: Grout · 5 PAX WARMUP: THE THANG: 3.7 Miles …. To Baxter around Starbucks then down to the bottom of Dave Gibson….. got back just in time. MARY: ANNOUNCEMENTS: COT: THE FORT · SAT JUN 27 You Will Struggle! Q: Double D · 14 PAX WARMUP: A few loops in the parking lot while Bowser shared leadership principles learned from Bible study with his buddy, followed by brief series of exercises THE THANG: Mosey to playground and pick a partner for Dora… ALCATRAZ · SAT JUN 27 Battle Buddies Reunited Q: Ruby Slippers · 6 PAX · +1 FNG Partner Q is the theme at Alcatraz. Enjoyed the opportunity collaborating with my battle buddy from the Greater Than CSAUP on this one. I took the first half of the workout and concentrated on upper body while Shady… THE HIVE · FRI JUN 26 Ding Dong Done Q: Suplex · 6 PAX WARMUP: usual stuff THE THANG: 1-min on/30-sec rest… AMRAP Set #1 and 2 had 100 swing buy-in. We had to shorten times on set # 3 Set 1: Cleans R Squats LBC Clean L Step FORWARD alt. Lunge Simba (BBSU w/ press) Swings… MINNOW POND · THU JUN 25 Some 🐂 💩 Q: Stagecoach · 19 PAX WARMUP: THE THANG: Suicides on Williamson st starting at church to banks. 10 merkins and 20 monkey humpers at each of the 6 stops. +1 burpee everytime you hit the start MARY: ANNOUNCEMENTS: COT: