I was asked to Q a moderate AO – The Ballroom – this past weekend since I wasn’t in Raleigh. So I jumped on the opportunity and immediately started to brainstorm on what to do and should there be a theme? Coming back from a nice long vacation where the sun and beers beat me down, I figured I couldn’t go too hard (plus the Old Town convergence yesterday wore me out). As I rolled into the AO, the parking lot was fairly empty so I was wondering if everyone was still celebrating 4th of July. As cars slowed rolled in, we all circled up and YHC stated a quick disclaimer and off we went.

COP for 44 good mornings (lots of grumblings from CSPAN for the that) and 44 IW …. PAX started to sense a theme….
Mossy to Warehouse parking lot and line up at the overhead light.

At each of the 4 overhead lights each PAX does a set of 11 of the following exercises, sprinting between each light. Once the PAX reach the 4th light, run back to the starting point (this equals 44 reps per…see where I am going?):
Merkins
CCD
Squats
right leg/left leg lunges
right leg/left leg side lunges
Wide Arm Merkins
LBCs

Mossy to other industrial building parking lot behind the ballroom:
Since coming back from the beach thought t would be good to pull an oldie out of the bag: 4 surfboards OYO
Line up at curb, 11 merkins, run to first wall and push up to the upper level then wall push up to road, run back to starting point, repeat 4x’s (equals 44 merkins)
44 LBCs
44 flutters
44 hello dolly
44 sec hold 6″
44 sec in plank

4 more surfboards

Mossy to COT

So why 44? I could have thought of something relating to 4th of July or the baseball homerun derby, etc.. but I thought I would share a little bit about me – not that I preach nor do I feel comfortable preaching (especially about my condition). I was born a preemie with Arthrogryposis and so I thought I would celebrate my birthday by Qing a few days before my actual day. I am not one who advertises nor really celebrates birthdays, heck I don’t even like birthday cakes, but Thursday is my birthday, and I turn…44. Enough about me and my theme

I always appreciate the opportunity to Q and thankful for PAX to roll in and suffer through it with YHC. There are a lot of PAX hurting and we need to remember to lift them up in prayer, spirit, and 2nd F efforts. Without F3, many of us PAX would be lost and hurting and no venue to seek help and companionship. Men’s DNA prevent us from opening up and sharing our pain, but its important that we lock shields and help each other out, no matter what the circumstance is. Our prayers in COT were minimal, but being a veteran there were a number of unsaid prayers. This is why we wake up sooo early and sweat together, to share our unspoken prayers through mumble chatter and sweat.

Read the newsletter, lots of things happening in July.

Trucker