Category: Uncategorized

Date: 2026-10-12
AO: The Farm
Q: Firehead ,
PAX: Trilogy, Firehead, T-shirt, Fourth String
FNGs: 1 Fourth String
COUNT: 4
WARMUP:
Michael Phelps, Don Quixotes, Beet Pickers, Mosey around the Fields

THE THANG:
2 Rounds:
Sprint – Whole Field
Squat – 40 count
Should Taps – 30 cadence

High Knees – Half Field
Dips – 20 count
Derkins – 20 count
Plank Jacks – 20 cadence

Walking Lunge – Half Field
SSH – 30 cadence
Merkins – 25 count
Mountain Climbers – 20 cadence

Repeat

MARY:
LBCs, Side Crunches, Six Inch Raises, American Hammers, Dirty Dogs, Plank

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Trilogy Q on Wednesday

COT:
With death of childhood best friend’s mother, just remember to take advantage of the time you have with loved ones

Date: 2026-10-11
AO: TG10
Q: Gherkin ,
PAX: East Wing, Gherkin, Hobbyhorse, Trademark, Rim Fire
FNGs: None
COUNT: 5
It’s East Wing’s world and the rest of us are just living in it.

Date: 2026-10-12
AO: Horizon
Q: Kodiak ,
PAX: Disco, Kodiak, Enron, Skoat, Purple Rain, DrugBoat, SPINAL TAP FNGs: None
COUNT: 7
WARMUP: SSH, IW, MP, AP, WMH, Arm & shoulder stretching, DD, UD, more stretching
THE THANG: 7-station circuit under the awning with a lap down the sidewalk and up the stairs as the timer, including:
merkins, squats, shoulder press, mountain climber, curls, step ups (x 2); fellowship lap; same timer, merkins, lunges, shoulder press, shoulder taps, blockies, and dips (x 2)

MARY: LBCs
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Grunt, need a Q for Wednesday (SPINAL TAP volunteered)
COT: Origin story of Columbus Day — intended to honor Italian-American heritage in the face of then-existing discrimination

Date: 2026-10-12
AO: Acropolis
Q: Hightower ,
PAX: Hightower, Atlas, Dr Suess, Crop Duster, OnlyFans, Peanuts FNGs: None
COUNT: 6
WARMUP:
Stretching & warm ups, fellowship jog to front of high school

THE THANG:
Split into 6 stations, bear crawl between each station
Station 1: 15 derkins Timer
Station 2: squat on bench
Station 3: incline merkins
Station 4: step up
Station 5: dips on bench
Station 6; Bulgarian squats

Fellowship jog around center island

Rinse & repeat for round 2.

MARY:
Ring of Fire

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
The Grunt Nov 7
Thanks for those that came out for road cleanup Saturday
COT:
Be grateful for everyday, tomorrow is not guaranteed. Take advantage of everyday we have together

Date: 2026-10-12
AO: The Patriot
Q: Strange Brew ,
PAX: Shake ‘n’ Bake, Primanti, Summit, Big Short, citrus, Smokey, Craigs List, Legacy, Rim Fire, Piano Man, Strange Brew, CableGuy, Hops FNGs: None
COUNT: 13
WARMUP: usual
THE THANG: Escalator –
5 Blockees, lap
5 Blockees, 10 overhead press, lap
…20 curl, lap
…….40 WWII, lap
……….80 Coupon Calf Raises, lap
…………..160 sec plank hold
MARY: N/A – See WWIIs and plank above
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Q spots available at thepatriot. All are welcome.

Sign-up for thegrunt — commits help the organizers.

See backpacking re upcoming Old Rag hike.
COT:

A recent quote I read from Marcus Aurelius stuck with me “That which isn’t good for the hive, isn’t good for the bee.”

Smokey thanked the PAX for their support during his recovery from knee surgery over the summer, which clearly hasn’t impacted his ability to comment during the Q.