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SLOW BURN · FRI OCT 30
44th Birthday Q
Today is day #5 and my birthday Q. What a week it's been! WARMUP: FNG showed so we went over 5 Core Principals first. SSH, Windmills, Moroccan Night Clubs, Stretching, Mosey THE THANG: Second Version of the 1982. 19…
THE COACH'S BOX · THU OCT 22
Coach’s Co-Q at Coach’s Box
WARMUP: Led by Hominy: 20 SSH. 20 Mountain climbers. Mosey to loop. THE THANG: 10 merkins. Lap. 20 Squat. Lap. 30 calf raises. LBC waiting for the 6. Mosey back to the skillet. Called 20 CCD. Do a violater. Switch to…
THE FORGE · WED OCT 14
Getting Jacked at The Forge
Came a little early to scout the area and select our spots for pain. Awesome weather, plan in place, time to work. WARMUP: Stayed in COT with the usual suspects THE THANG: Moseyed over to my vehicle to grab one of my…
COLOSSEUM · TUE OCT 13
National burpee day
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…
ALCATRAZ · SAT OCT 10
Run & Work
WARMUP: Soup handled the warmup THE THANG: The running got shorter, but the work got harder. Then the work got lighter, but the runs got longer. 9-rounds, 3.8-mi covered ANNOUNCEMENTS: COT: We did one
THE FORGE · WED OCT 7
Shoulders Where Forged
WARMUP: 20 SSH, 15 Hillbilly’s, 15 Potato Pickers, 10 Windmills and 15 Imperial Walkers THE THANG: Moseyed over to the church parking lot beside an awesome pumpkin patch. Partner up and do sets of 100 reps split between…
ALCATRAZ · SAT OCT 3
2026.40 Alcatraz
We did 90 burpees... Some couldn't count and did 95 *cough *Mainframe
THE FORGE · FRI OCT 2
Feig Meter säckleschmeißa
WARMUP: - 15 Windmills - 15 Moroccan Nightclubs - 15 Hillbilly Walkers - 15 Imperial Walkers - 15 Cherry Pickers THE THANG: - Mosey 1 lap around the HT - Bear crawl across the parking lot - Lunge walk accross the…
BLOCK PARTY · TUE SEP 29
FORTeen Years
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…
THE FORGE · FRI SEP 25
Forge!
Dojo was a no go so he handed the Q stick to me. Tired from two previous Qs this week, the plan was limited running and more strength training. Quick warm-up then we headed to The Wall for 3 rounds Erkins, dips, and…
THE FORGE · WED SEP 23
Consistency in the Gloom
WARMUP: Yes, we did some warm uppy things THE THANG: Moseyed over to the church pavillion for most of the workout 3 rounds of Step-ups -- good form, 10 R/10L interspersed with varied Merkins in cadence (Irkins, Derkins…
THE FORGE · WED SEP 16
Double Cindy
WARMUP: SSH, cherry pickers, side lunge, tempo merkin into broga THE THANG: AMRAP - 15 min Rev snow angels x5 Merkins x10 Squats x15 2 big laps with 2 burpees in between DORA with Cindy 50 thrusters 100 swings 100 rows…
COLOSSEUM · TUE SEP 15
Beat the deck
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…
ALCATRAZ · SAT SEP 12
Balls and Strikes
We did all of them. Jwow
THE FORGE · FRI SEP 11
Rememberence
WARMUP: 9 exercises of 11 counts per started and ended with burpees THE THANG: Atempt to get 10 rounds of the following 34 step ups, 28 Merkins/derkins ors irkins, 18 big boy situps, bear crawl length of building. We…
THE FORGE · WED SEP 9
Running at the forge
WARMUP: - 20 Side Straddle Hops - 15 Windmills - 15 Moroccan Nightclubs - 15 Hillbilly Walkers - 15 Imperial Walkers - 15 Cherry Pickers - 15 Low & Slow Squats THE THANG: Mosey 1 lap around the HT ● Bear crawl across…
COLOSSEUM · TUE SEP 8
Remembering the week of 9-11
WARMUP: Mosey to the elementary school side lot. COP with exercises in cadence Windmills Cherry pickers Imperial Walkers Hillbilly walkers Seal jacks Low slow squats Hold peoples chair while doing Moroccan night clubs…
THE COACH'S BOX · THU SEP 3
"The joy is often found in the work you are avoiding"
WARMUP: - Moroccan night club - windmill - Cherry Pickers THE THANG: Partner Exercise 50 Sit-ups with Block Press 75 Diamond Merkins with Block 100 Flutter Kick with Block Press 75 Squats with Block 50 Tricep Extensions…
COLOSSEUM · TUE SEP 1
Get better!!
WARMUP: Mosey around drop off line and back to beginning of GHMS loop. THE THANG: 4 corners of stuff: (3 rounds) Station 1: 40 mtn climbers, 40 sec plank hold Station 2: 40 LBC, 40 Flutter Station 3: 40 reverse lung, 40…
THE FORGE · FRI AUG 28
Lawn Ornament Weights
WARMUP: SSH / Cherry Pickers / 5 Windmills (crowd wasn't happy with the low quantity) / one lap around the lot dodging geysers. THE THANG: AMRAP CIRCUIT. 5 pairs of PAX. One pair leaves to do a lap with Cindys, Sandbags…
THE COACH'S BOX · THU AUG 27
Failure
WARMUP: 11s of Flying Squirrels and Cindy Sniffers (upright row) THE THANG: Merkins to failure, trip, BBS to failure, trip, Goblet Squats to failure, trip, farmers walk to failure. MARY: ANNOUNCEMENTS: COT:
THE FORGE · WED AUG 26
The Smokin Corners
Warm-Up: SSH – 20 IC Imperial Walkers – 15 IC Hillbilly Walkers – 15 IC Moroccan Night Clubs – 10 IC Windmills – 10 IC Strawberry Pickers- 10 IC Cheese Shredder Mosey around the parking lot The Thang: 1. 4 Corners…
THE ARMORY · MON AUG 24
2026.35 Armory
3 rounds of 3 exercises... Lung-walk holds with sprinting... 3 rounds of 3 exercises... Mary
THE FORGE · FRI AUG 21
Full-body at The Forge
9 men survived The Forge this morning. Here’s what we did: Warm Up: - 10 Low Slow Squats (IC) - 10 Imperial Walkers (IC) - 10 Windmills (IC) - 10 SSHs (IC) The Thang Long Loop Mosey behind HT and back to Starting Point…