10 boot campers and 9 ruckers made for a complete Friday morning.

First, a huge thanks to Gears for picking up my ruck Q. YHC has not been getting his ruck prepin  for GoRuck (one month to go!) and admittedly was not confident to lead that Q. But a few days later, was voluntold by CableGuy over a beer to boot Q which became my bday Q (one day before). (on the road to 50 now)

The Swamp is always a lot of fun pulling in Lake Wylie and FM PAX. Time flies and LW is already having it’s one year convergence on 4/22. Some great men have been leading in LW, so let’s make this convergence a grand event. All other AO’s are closed.

YHC arrived early to set out some bags, and was still prepping and taping the w/o to his arm in the car (pointed out by Maximus upon exiting) and missed pre mumble chatter. No FNG’s, and time was at hand, so it was a quick “let’s get it on” start.

Mosey with Butt Kickers, Toy Soldiers, High Knees

To Fridays continued with shuffles, then circle up, with 20x SSH, Windmills, Long Slow Squats, Calf Raises.

Mosey to BAM for 20x Merkins, Imperial Walkers, Flutters, Mtn Climbers.

Mosey to a wall behind HD for:

15x Derkins followed by People Chair @ 30sec w/ arms raised

15x Wide Merkins, PC 30s w/ seal jack clap front.

15x Carolina Dry Docks (decline if I remember right…!), PC 30s overhead clap

Group split in 2, sprinted opposite directions to equal points (well, kinda’) and did 20x LBC’s, return to middle / 20x SSH…sprint oppo for 10 Bombjacks / return 10x IW, sprint oppo for 15x American Hammers, return for <can’t recall> / sprint oppo for 20x Monkey Humpers, return for <can’t recall>

The Target balls always need to come into play, so we next moseyed to front of Target and got a daily dose of Burpees with 5x at cones 1, 3, 5, 7, 9. Had more ball stuff planned but just enough time to get in last relay planned. (Crawls were a possibility)

Mosey to PetSmart. Between white pedestrian crossings for an indian line-type relay. At start, had 40#, 50# and 2 50# barbells. Next 3 stations were Jump Lunges, Squat Jumps and American Hammers. 9 PAX so groups of 2 and one 3. Each station OYO exercise until the weight carrying PAX (choice of bags or dumbells) carried and ran to the end of PetSmart. Upon return, shift over one station. The last station ran back to the first, picked up the weights and repeated. Continued until 2 minutes to end.

Met up with ruckers and squeezed in a minute of protraction in honor of CableGuy’s fav exercise.

Annc’s

4/1 – Easter Party!  But as of this writing, the party has passed and it turned out awesome!  I could not attend but read about it in Deacon’s BB.  Stay tuned, we will be launching an AO in Paradise very soon! We will need your support! BB: https://goo.gl/6OU3Yp Pictures: https://goo.gl/W3v4WQ

4/22 – Lake Wylie 1 Year Convergence. All other FM AO’s closed. Let’s make it a great showing.

Every Saturday 4:00 pm – Children’s Attention Home in Rock Hill. Contact NASA for deatils. Please consider getting involved. Q’s are needed and your attendance is needed!  PB: https://goo.gl/NBroyh

Prayers to Olaf’s baby, now 4 months old. While it has been a difficult road for his family, PAX support has been tremendous since the beginning. Always thoughts and prayers from the PAX. Prayers for all PAX and family in need, and YHC apologizes for not recalling other for the BB.

YHC thanks CableGuy for asking to boot lead and still have a bday Q. Now on the road to 50, I am grateful to be a part of this thang called F3 and to be a part of something so positive and uplifting. I have at least 5 near FNG’s in the queue who are wanting but have not taken that first step. We all need to keep at it to keep giving it away. It’s been awesome to see new guys come in and quickly take on leading roles especially in Lake Wylie.

Aye! Bolt