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THE FORT · SAT OCT 17
Teddy Massacre
WARMUP: THE THANG: MARY: ANNOUNCEMENTS: COT:
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…
THE FORT · SAT OCT 10
The Fort Mixtape
WARMUP: SSH, windmills, Imperials, ham stretches THE THANG: Pauly D - Rochamburpees Rock Paper Scissors in a forearm plank. Winner does 1 Merkin, Loser does 1 Burpee. Tie Both do 1 Burpee. 10 rounds. Ab Webb 1 Hand…
BLOCK PARTY · TUE OCT 6
Good Swinging Time
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 to first wooden swing The Thang: 1. Swinging Great…
FLIGHT PLAN · MON OCT 5
Morris Hunting
WARMUP: frowned upon at this AO THE THANG: head down Market until it changes names, keep going, turn right on Gardenia, turn right on Morris Hunt, hit the cul-du-sac and come back MARY: did a little yoga up till 0600…
THE FORT · SAT OCT 3
Tour de Fort
Started with a mosey run from WEP to the Church on Harris street. Thang 1: Elevens: Merkins then run up steps of church and do Bobby Hurleys at top. Run down Harris, down Massey to Pike parking lot. Thang 2: Bear crawl…
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…
DAWN PATROL · TUE SEP 22
Bear Crawls and Jack Webbs
The last of the hot days this week although we got a bit of a breeze which was nice. DD ran, the rest of us boot camped. WARMUP: run the circuit. At every bench: 10 SSH, 5 Bombjacks. At completion, we did the standard…
THE FORT · SAT SEP 19
Band Tabata
WARMUP: Light jog Side straddle hops Cherry pickers Hillbilly walkers Groin lunges THE THANG: Band Tabata (20s work, 10s rest). 2 exercises per round, as many reps as possible each round. Ideally 4 rounds of each…
ALCATRAZ · SAT SEP 19
Total team effort
WARMUP: Some moseying and 10 counts back and forth in front lot. THE THANG: Dojo lead: Started with a dips/derkins 11 at the benches. To the big field, re-enacted a relay type run in honor of BRR and D2D. Took turns…
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…
DAWN PATROL · TUE SEP 15
No buckets just work
WARMUP: Large circle of warmup, while a pax runs twice around the circle THE THANG: The Thang went from warmup to partner sprint/chase, to the dreaded hill for Indian Bear Crawls uphill a few time (ask someone) - then…
THE BALLROOM · TUE SEP 8
The Hay is in the Barn
With several PAX getting ready to tackle the Blue Ridge Relay this Friday, today’s mission was simple: get moving without cashing any checks the legs need later this week. No heroics. No smoked quads. Save that…
DAWN PATROL · THU SEP 3
Yellow Brick Road at Kingsley
Arrived early to grab a parking spot near COT because I brought some “battle buddies” for the PAX, two brick pavers for each man to carry during the workout. At first, they felt pretty light. But as the workout…
DAWN PATROL · THU AUG 27
Bucket list
WARMUP: The usual warmups with some clapping THE THANG: We moseyed around Kingsley and found three buckets that all had orders inside. Ran between each of them. All enjoyed immensely. MARY: There was Mary but I had to…
DAWN PATROL · TUE AUG 25
Primetime Workout (or We Won't Be Running Much)
WARMUP: windmill, imperials, short mosey, toy soldiers, lunges THE THANG: Station 1 - crosswalk - bombjacks Station 2 - entrance - burpees Station 3 - amphitheater - core - PAX choice - cadence Station 4 - grass hill …
THE FORT · SAT AUG 22
Heavy Shiiiii
WARMUP: lap around the park. Stopped for some merkins, SSH and squats THE THANG: PAX cycled through 8 stations 1: 2x50 KB carry 2: 20 sandbag burpees 60lb 3: 20 hand release merkins, 20 squats, 20 big boys 4: 150lb ball…
MINNOW POND · THU AUG 20
3 exercises on repeat...for 4 miles
WARMUP: Non existent THE THANG: Super simple...running with push-ups, V-ups and American Hammers. At every stop, the PAX would perform: 5 V-Ups, 10 Merkins, 15 American Hammers Here's the route we took: Up Massey and…
DAWN PATROL · THU AUG 20
Every Second Counts
WARMUP: Blue took the reins and rocked his first leadership effort as a pax of The Fort! SSH, Windmill, Merkin, etc THE THANG: Pax moseyed to the parking garage at Sunbelt Rentals (The Forbidden Zone according to…
DAWN PATROL · TUE AUG 18
Blast Coupon
WARMUP: buttkick, high knees, karaone THE THANG: Run up to parking lot and did following exercises 10 counts 1) side str hops 2)imperial walker 3) Hillbilly walkers 4) moraka night club or sun god run up to big parking…
THE FORT · SAT AUG 15
A Smokin Swinging Beatdown
Warm-Up: SSH – 25 IC Imperial Walkers – 20 IC Hillbilly Walkers – 20 IC Moroccan Night Clubs – 15 IC Windmills – 10 IC Strawberry Pickers- 10 IC Cheese Shredder The Thang: 1. Swinging Time: (Mosey between each swing on…
THE FORGE · FRI AUG 14
Ring Around the Rosie
WARMUP: ## 1. DYNAMIC WARMUP (10-12 min) - Imperial Walkers x10 IC - Bend & Reach x10 IC -Windmill x10 IC - Short warmup jog **20 yards, non-stop, down and back:** - High knees - Butt kickers - Walking world's greatest…
DAWN PATROL · TUE AUG 11
Warning Lights
WARMUP: a series of exercises with 1 rep (yes, DOAH, ONE rep!) plus some moseys and other movements around the loop to the playground THE THANG: The main event theme was Blue Ridge Relay training in the form of hill…
COLOSSEUM · TUE AUG 11
Moving up
WARMUP: ssh, iw, hbw, windmill, cherry pickers THE THANG: Mosey around TCES drop off line and back to beginning of GHMS loop. 4 corners in GHMS car line loop Station 1: 40 mtn climbers Station 2: 40 reverse lunges…