Date: 2026-09-17
AO: Ruck Dynasty
Q: Kodiak ,
PAX: Attache’, Kodiak
FNGs: None
COUNT: 2
WARMUP: none
THE THANG: ruck to Starbucks, get coffee, ruck back
MARY: none
ANNOUNCEMENTS: none
COT: what will you retire to?
Circuits with Toys
Date: 2026-09-18
AO: Horizon
Q: Kodiak ,
PAX: sticks, Attache’, Kodiak, vplaxico, Poe, Shake ‘n’ Bake, 3 mile, DrugBoat, Bo, Skoat FNGs: None
COUNT: 10
WARMUP: SSH, IW, MP, DQ, WMH, DD, UD, stretching
THE THANG: Following a fellowship lap, the PAX lined up on the endline for circuits using concrete, coupons, weights, a log, a jump rope and some body weight exercises. The timer was dragging a 45 pound weight looped with a chain to mid-field and back. 10 stations in all, three times through with a lap in between. MARY: Around the horn until we ran out of time
ANNOUNCEMENTS: The grunt is coming in November. Family friendly open house party at vplaxico’s house at 3617 John Marshall beginning at noon Saturday for Clemson v. North Carolina.
COT: I had a long night at the office; thanks to you guys I got out of bed this morning to get this workout in.
Terrapin Station – Fri
Date: 2026-09-18
AO: Terrapin Station
Q: V8 ,
PAX: Breach, Bean Counter, V8, Ice Tea, Tariff, East Wing, Ripcord, Sloop, Flipper, Enron FNGs:
COUNT: 10
WARMUP: SSH, Arm Circles, Moroccan Nightclub, Imperial Walkers, Hillbillys, RVE, Willie Mays Hays, Downward Dog/World’s Greatest THE THANG:
PART ONE: 3 laps around the ballpark interspersed with squats, merkins, lunges, Carolina dry docks – bear crawl/mosey fun PART TWO: recovery; mosey around neighborhood with merkins
PART THREE: Peter Parkers, carolina dry docks, calf raises, squats and mosey MARY: big boy sit-ups, LBCs, American Hammer, flutter kicks, Freddie Mercurys
ANNOUNCEMENTS: join thegrunt channel for information about the Veterans Day workout (National Mall AO); Columbia Church in Falls Church is hosting a fundraiser 5K on November 8
COT: the third Friday in September marks National POW/MIA Day; let us honor American prisoners of war and those missing in action as well as their families.
Downrange 7 of Diamonds
Date: 2026-09-18
AO: The Farm
Q: B-Guy (F3 DOCO/Front Range/Denver) ,
PAX: Squatter, Infinity, Firehead, B-Guy (F3 DOCO/Front Range/Denver), Trilogy FNGs: None
COUNT: 5
Warm up:
Motivators 7:1
Bat wings
ROUND 1: 7 Thrusters – murder bunny
ROUND 2: 14 Coupon swings – cradle carry
ROUND 3: 21 Merkins – carioca
ROUND 4: 28 LBCs – carioca
ROUND 5: 21 American hammers – carioca
ROUND 6: 14 Air squats – mosey
ROUND 7: 7 Coupon curls – rifle carry
Mary:
Captain Thors
Denver Dragons (fixed count not ladder up)
Squat Potato
Bird dogs
Modified Mogadishu Mile
Date: 2026-09-18
AO: Sparta
Q: Pop Fly ,
PAX: Peanuts, Pop Fly, OnlyFans, Atlas, Dr. Seuss, NOAA, Monk FNGs:
COUNT: 7
WARMUP: Yes. And it was good
THE THANG: Monk got there early and decided that the Iron Pax Challenge was calling his name. So he did that.
The rest of us did four rounds of a modified Mogadishu mile – 10 crossover merkins
– 12 sit-ups with block
– 14 thrusters
– 16 kettlebell swings
– Ruck one lap with your block
Rinse and repeat four times and you get a mile
MARY: no
ANNOUNCEMENTS: yes.
– Road clean up 10/10
– Book club on the 8th (?) sponsored by Drano
– The Grunt 11/14
COT: be well, do good work, call someone you haven’t talked to in a while, and stay in touch.
