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233 backblasts mention “Cherry Pie”

THE COACH'S BOX · THU OCT 29 The Smokin Cindy Violator Q: Cohiba · 8 PAX Warm-Up: SSH – 30 IC Imperial Walkers – 20 IC Windmills – 10 IC Strawberry Pickers – 10 IC Cheese Shredder Violator Mosey lap around Skillet Main Thang: Round 1: Cinder Strength 3 Rounds- MOT per Round: Round 1- Run… Q SOURCE · WED OCT 28 Q4.4 Opportunity Q: Honkey Tonk · 4 PAX WARMUP: Quick review THE THANG: Experience yields Opportunity MARY: ANNOUNCEMENTS: COT: Failure is next! COLOSSEUM · TUE OCT 27 Walmart Run Q: JWOW · 4 PAX It was a brisk morning in The Fort so we decided to run to Walmart for some deals on heated shorts. Indian Run up to Walmart 7’s with Kraken Burpees, Bear Crawls, and Dry Docs. Ran back to COT for prayers and praises… Q SOURCE · WED OCT 21 Q4.3 Apprenticeship Q: Stang · 5 PAX WARMUP: Quick review THE THANG: Good discussion on mentorship and previous experiences. MARY: Some questions concerning participation across the Fort. Q school participation?? ANNOUNCEMENTS: COT: CLYDESDALES · WED OCT 21 Figure 8's With Horses Q: maximus · 14 PAX WARMUP: Nope THE THANG: 2 "instructions" 1. The route: Attempt to run figure-8's through new/old Kingsley 2. Interval-style running which means .25mi quicker run and .25 just slower than normal run. Do this the entire… COLOSSEUM · TUE OCT 20 Q School at Colosseum Q: Italian Job · 7 PAX It was my honor and privilege to share some QSchool lessons learned with 6 of my brothers this morning. Please bookmark this backblast as you prepare your first Q. Many of us are here to assist as you plan and would… FLIGHT PLAN · MON OCT 19 Bad Route Q: Time Machine · 20 PAX WARMUP: Too cold to warm up so we just ran THE THANG: YHC posted a route the night before, was all downhill, but driving up Sutton realized there was less sidewalk and minimal shoulder to safely run on so quickly… THE COACH'S BOX · THU OCT 15 Burning rubber versus burnout Q: Suplex · 8 PAX Warmup: Motivator(½), Imperial-Squat-Walker, Fruit Picker, up+down dog, Merkins Violator (1 series only) * Hominy with the quote of the morning in the name-o-rama video… “We should rebrand this (the violator), it’s… Q SOURCE · WED OCT 14 Q4.2 Schooling Q: McHale · 5 PAX WARMUP: Coffee THE THANG: Q4.2 Schooling - Lead by Example, Practice, Schooling never ends MARY: Proverbs 22.6 ANNOUNCEMENTS: NA COT: NA COLOSSEUM · TUE OCT 13 National burpee day Q: Autobahn · 7 PAX WARMUP: 20 ssh 15 Moroccan night club 15 Wind mill 15 Hill Billy walkers 15 imperial walker 15 cherry pickers THE THANG: Mosey around the school Bear crawl along the parking lot with 6 shoulder taps at every third lane… RING OF FIRE · MON OCT 12 Army Staff Sgt Steve Butcher Jr Q: Cherry Pie · 10 PAX WARMUP: ssh, WM, MNC THE THANG: AMRAP: 3 (# tours of duty) - Burpee 5 (month of death) - jump squat 23 (day of death) - big boy sit ups 27 (age) - plank jacks 97 (high school graduation yr) - yards run Completed ~15… THE COACH'S BOX · THU OCT 1 Abs, Abs and more Abs + Communiation Q: Splinter · 6 PAX WARMUP: Lap around the Skillet, SSH, Windmills, Moroccan Nightclubs, Imperial Walkers THE THANG: Since my shoulder is busted, it was time for some ab work. Line up on the goal line. Run to the 10 yard line, do 10 big… Q SOURCE · WED SEP 30 Q4 Launch!! Q: Shady · 6 PAX WARMUP: Review the previous quadrants THE THANG: Solid discussion around Legacy MARY: had a little lamb ANNOUNCEMENTS: Shady needs help moving in-laws COT: CLYDESDALES · WED SEP 30 Boiler up Q: Shady · 9 PAX · +1 FNG WARMUP: nah THE THANG: Runners were told to go old Kingsley to new Kingsley for big loops. Ruckers did old Kingsley and small loop at new Kingsley. MARY: nope ANNOUNCEMENTS: men’s shelter!! COT: we did it! Prayers for… 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… SLOW BURN · FRI SEP 25 Welcome Outback Q: Cherry Pie · 6 PAX · +1 FNG WARMUP: side straddle hop, imperial walkers, hill billy walkers, windmills, Moroccan night clubs, mosey around the lot THE THANG: 11’s on hill by gas station At bottom - Big boy sit-ups At top - Jump squats 4 corners in… THE COACH'S BOX · THU SEP 24 Queen Cindy Q: Time Machine · 6 PAX WARMUP: Exactly 1 4-count SSH THE THANG: Mosey to some benches, 10 each of Irkins, Dirkins, Dips, Step ups (each leg) and squats. Mosey more to the ROTC Cindy’s grabbed one and passed around. Started off with 20… Q SOURCE · WED SEP 23 Courage - 3.12 Q: Cyclops · 6 PAX WARMUP: Honky Tink reviewed the prior C's leading up to Courage THE THANG: Reviewed the 3 socratics and dove a bit depper into what it means to be fit in order to possess necessary bravery and being #thatsomebody MARY… CLYDESDALES · WED SEP 23 Some Running/rucking Q: Shaq · 15 PAX WARMUP: THE THANG: big 4 mile loop around some unnamed roads MARY: ANNOUNCEMENTS: Bethel Men’s Shelter next Thur. TACO Thursday! COT: happy birthday soup-to-nuts son turning 5 today! Prayers for all of our marriages… COLOSSEUM · TUE SEP 22 Benches Q: Cherry Pie · 5 PAX WARMUP: ssh, HBW, Wm, iw Mosey to flagpole at GHES. Pledge. Yoga flow- sun salutation - down dog - plank - up dog - plank - left arm high - right arm high THE THANG: mosey to benches by track 4exercises 10 step ups 10… FLIGHT PLAN · MON SEP 21 MCHale’s 4 miler Q: McHale · 20 PAX WARMUP: OYO THE THANG: Harvest pointe Market street Cross Sutton to Founders st Straight onto Settler heights dr Straight onto Stratford run dr Cross new gray rock to Harvest pointe Down to the end and back 4mi MARY: no… THE COACH'S BOX · THU SEP 17 Race to 100 and 100/100 Relationships Q: Ian Carman · 5 PAX WARMUP: SSH, Mountain Climbers, Hillbilly Walkers THE THANG: Race to 100, Take a trip, winner calls next exercise: Shoulder taps A mix of Merkins LBCs Squats CDDs Calf raises Peter Parker's 15 seconds of burpees, for… CLYDESDALES · WED SEP 16 Kingsley Q: McHale · 11 PAX WARMUP: THE THANG: 3.7 to 4.7 miles Munn to Kingsley, Sunbelt lot and around Kingsley then back to the Stadium to finish with lap. MARY: ANNOUNCEMENTS: COT: COLOSSEUM · TUE SEP 15 Beat the deck Q: Halfback · 7 PAX WARMUP: SSH, Imperial Walkers, cherry pickers, and a nice jog THE THANG: Beat the deck, full list of workouts and had to pick the correct cards. Correct card is a 10 count of the workout. Incorrect card is the workout…