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THE YARD · SAT OCT 10 Moderate is just a word Q: backdraft · 11 PAX WARMUP: mosey the parking lot- dynamic movements- SSH, iw, hw, arm circles (F/B), Peter parkers, parker peters THE THANG: mosey to side of school- 11s bomb jack- American hammers. brear crawl lunge walk length of front… SOUL TO SOLE · THU OCT 1 Brawny Q: McHale · 10 PAX WARMUP: THE THANG: 3.4 miles Kingsley & Old Kingsley MARY: ANNOUNCEMENTS: COT: BLOCK PARTY · TUE SEP 29 FORTeen Years Q: Double D · 85 PAX WARMUP: 14 Burpees THE THANG: Mosey to center of WEP Pax rotated into center based on year of 1st post (ie Class of 2026, 2025, 2024, etc). Varied exercises were performed by all including Burpees, Partner Derkins… SOUL TO SOLE · THU SEP 24 Rucking in the rain Q: Shield · 5 PAX WARMUP: We walked THE THANG: We walked MARY: No Mary ANNOUNCEMENTS: Bethel men's Shelter, Convergence COT: Prayers and Praises SOUL TO SOLE · THU SEP 17 The Jaunt Q: Sofrito · 6 PAX WARMUP: THE THANG: ao-soul-to-sole — “The Jaunt” :school_satchel: Six PAX stepped into the gloom this morning for what YHC advertised as a simple little jaunt around Fort Mill. Apparently, “jaunt” has a very flexible… 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… SOUL TO SOLE · THU JUN 25 Lucky 🍀 7 Q: Bitcoin · 7 PAX WARMUP: THE THANG: 3.5+ laps around Kingsley MARY: ANNOUNCEMENTS: Yes COT: Yes DAWN PATROL · THU MAY 28 Tour all the parking lots Q: Cherry Pie · 13 PAX WARMUP: SSH, IW, HBW, MNC, WM, cherry pickers, mosey THE THANG: mosey through all the parking lots around Kingsley stopping for pain stations along the way: Pain stations alternated between 1. Exercise set (10 ea) - big… RING OF FIRE · WED MAY 27 Field of Pain Q: JWOW · 9 PAX It was a dark, dank, steamy morning and then Stud Muffin walked in and we were able to officially start. Quick warmup and then we made like a tree and moseyed. Over to the benches for dips, dirkins, and step-ups. For… THE YARD · SAT MAY 23 Saturday at the yard Q: Float Bridge · 12 PAX WARMUP: - Moroccan Nightclub - Imperial Walker - Cherry pickers THE THANG: 4 Stations - Station 1 - Merkins, Overhead Clap, Mike Tysons, Wide Arm Merkins -> MOT Lunge Walk - Station 2 - Side Staddle Hop, Mountain… SLOW BURN · SAT MAY 23 What Rain!! Q: Fogerty · 15 PAX WARMUP: Merks, SSH, Nightclubs, Stretch, Mosey, PlankJax, Imperial Walker, OH Claps THE THANG: 4 Corners w accumulator adding an exercise. 1st Corner 10 Merks, 2nd Corner 10 Merks,10 Squats, 3rd corner 10 Merks, 10… SOUL TO SOLE · THU MAY 21 Miles and Smiles Q: Boogie Nights · 7 PAX WARMUP: mumblechatter THE THANG: miles and smiles MARY: ANNOUNCEMENTS: HAPPY BDAY Barkley COT: THE BALLROOM · TUE MAY 19 Barry said no moderate Q: Shady · 14 PAX WARMUP: light jog to bball court, SSH, cherry pickers, windmills, low slow squat, tempo merkins THE THANG: old school Dora: 100 merkins, 200 squats, 300 LBCs. Wrapped up the Dora and jogged over to the track. At the… THE BALLROOM · TUE MAY 19 Post CSAUP FOMO Q: Shady · 15 PAX 15 showed up for ao-the-ballroom for a not moderate (thanks to Barry Manilow for the motivation) as there were a handful of csaup-may-2026 participants this morning. - Honky Tonk is living in the current shadow of his… THE BALLROOM · TUE MAY 12 Super sunrise Q: Jeremy Holt - · 5 PAX 5 was the count at Ballroom this morning for a little light pole palooza. We hit chest, back, legs, arms, and abs with plenty of mumble chatter mixed in. Cold morning, but the work still got done. Even while nursing the… THE ARMORY · MON MAY 11 Two’s company, three isn’t a crowd Q: Half Shell · 4 PAX WARMUP: Quick mozy followed by arm circles and Moroccan night clubs THE THANG: After the warmup, Pax headed over by a light in the parking lot for interval reps. With a timer, we completed 30 seconds on followed by a 10… THE YARD · SAT MAY 9 11’s in the Rain Q: Time Machine · 9 PAX WARMUP: WM, CP, HW, stretching THE THANG: Moseyed to the hill at the entrance. Pax picked a rock, first set of 11’s were curls with a nut to the top of the hill for merkins, second set was OH press and big boys. Yogged… THE HIVE · FRI MAY 8 Q-school and the 3 C’s Q: Cyclops · 4 PAX WARMUP: windmills, imperial and hillbilly walkers, planks, shoulder taps and mountain climbers all in cadence. Throw in some seal jacks in cadence too. THE THANG: 3 C’s of q school - corners, chalk and cardboard. 4… KITCHEN SINK · WED MAY 6 Loopers and bloopers Q: Pollo Hermano · 9 PAX WARMUP: SSH, IW, Merkins, DD Stretch THE THANG: 4 slots of 2 gear exercises then a Big loop lap. Partner Pace merkins and squats for 50 yd mosey. 2 rounds MARY: 7 min of round robin Mary. ANNOUNCEMENTS: >, Bethel Men’s… THE ARMORY · MON APR 27 Dora with extra weight in backpack Q: Fishstix · 5 PAX 5 at The Armory, started with some warm-up stretching with the bell. Mosey to the far parking lot. Dora #1 Partner 1 farmer carries two bells to end of parking lot and back while other partner begins exercises (merkins… CLYDESDALES · WED APR 22 My route was used Q: Assassin · 18 PAX WARMUP: None THE THANG: I asked if anyone was interested in my route. A few select quality gentleman said yes. Then we took off. MARY: None ANNOUNCEMENTS: Yes COT: Some prayers and praises were shared. SLOW BURN · FRI APR 17 Bucket Burn Q: Assassin · 16 PAX WARMUP: We warmed up THE THANG: Buckets with all kinds of random work of all parts to the delight of the pax. Buckets were spread out around the parking lot so we could get a good mile plus of running in. MARY: Yes… SOUL TO SOLE · THU APR 16 Bitcoin Q: Bitcoin · 6 PAX WARMUP: Yes THE THANG: 3 miles & smiles with squats, step ups etc MARY: Yes ANNOUNCEMENTS: COT: Yes CLYDESDALES · WED APR 8 VO2 Max Training at Clydesdales Q: Pusher · 16 PAX Many, and I do mean many, of the Pax rucked today. Those who did not ruck participated in V02 max training. Warmup to Kingley Stretch for 5 minutes Loop around Kingley 12 minutes of hard running Run walk back to COT