Honor and Pain
AO: The Bridge
When: 06/06/2025
QIC: Busboy
PAX (6): Angus, Boardwalk, Busboy, Chubbs (AKA JT Thoms), Fuzzy Dice, Hackeysack
Preamble:
Today is the 81st anniversary of the Allied invasion of Normandy.
At the Meathouse/Bridge, we’re blessed to have Fort Pain in our backyard. Interestingly, one of the influences on the Fort Pain design is the obstacle course at Ft. Benning, the Army Infantry training center that all of today’s front-line Army Infantry personnel have to go through, including Army Rangers.
What an opportunity to honor the service and sacrifice of those on the front lines of Normandy by working through a similar obstacle course that today’s front-line servicemen train for regularly.
Warm-O-Rama:
- Weedpickers
- Windmills
- Moroccan Night Clubs
- SSH
The Thang:
Format
- 6 stations
- 3 exercises and a set rep count for each station.
- Each station had at least 1 obstacle course exercise.
- Finishing all 6 stations + 1 recovery lap was 1 round.
- US forces were responsible for securing 2 beaches and 2 landing zones on D-Day.
- PAX were encouraged to finish 4 rounds in their honor
Exercises
| Station | Reps | Exercises |
|---|---|---|
| Station 1 | 10 | Pull-Ups (pull up bar)
Dips (dip bar) Groiners |
| Station 2 | 15 | Inverted Rows (inverted row bar)
Decline Merkins Coupon Swings |
| Station 3 | 20 | Coupon Pull-Throughs
Coupon LBCs Box Jumps (box jump station) |
| Station 4 | 25 | Coupon Curls
Diamond Merkins Fort Pain Vaults (2x) (six vault station) |
| Station 5 | 30 | Bent Over Rows
Merkins High Step Coupon Squats (1x) (high step station) |
| Station 6 | 35 | Upright Rows (Coupon)
Inverted Merkins (inverted row station) Jump Squats |
| 1 Recovery Lap around Fort Pain |
Result
- Solid work! PAX loved the use of Fort Pain.
- The goal was for 4 rounds (US forces had 2 beaches, 2 landing zones).
- We could only get through 2 rounds. We were grateful we could at least honor the 2 beach landings.
- The vaults were my favorite.
Planned but couldn’t get to it:
In front of the Veteran Memorial
- 5 Manmakers
- 10 WWII Sit ups
- 15 No Surrenders
COT:
- Brew ruck 6/7 starting at Gate City.
Naked-Man Moleskin:
Fort Pain is an incredible resource for our AO. Great to really leverage that gift to the community, especially to honor the service and sacrifice of those who endured so great of a burden that we benefit from today.
Always a gift to lead these men. Looking forward to the next one!