This morning was the official launch of ManU. 13 strong men including an FNG (Robocop) came out to christen this lovely AO. Solid State started us off with a disclaimer and we were off for a 2.9 mile tour of Manchester Village.

The Thang

Mosey to the fountain for a warmup of:

• 15 Windmills
• 15 Imperial Walkers
• 30 SSHs

Mosey to the Manchester Events Center where we partnered up.

First partner runs a lap around the building while partner 2 does Merkins. This was not a race until CSPAN pulled a CSPAN and shot off like a cannon. Next thing you know, he and Pusher were doing their best Usain Bolt impression. The Pax had to follow suit. Thanks for the extra motivation fellas.

Flapjack with partner.

Mosey to the La Paz Building for ladders of Bomb Jacks and Freddies counting down in 2s (20 Freddies, 2 Bomb Jacks, 18 Freddies, 4 Bomb Jacks…)

Mosey to Chili’s.

Partner runs a lap, other partner Lunge Walks. Flapjack. Sub Lunges for Moroccan Night Clubs.

Quick lap around Wendy’s and a quick game of Frogger avoiding traffic.

Handoff to Italian Job who immediately asked for a 10 count.

Mosey to parking lot in front of Dicks Sporting Goods for fun on the farm. Utilizing 50 yards between curbs, the Pax did the following:

• 25 yards of Duck Walk
• 25 yards of Crab Walk
• Repeat
• 25 yards of Bear Crawl
• 25 yards of Frog Jumps
• Repeat
• 30 yards of Bunny Hops
• 20 yards of Alligator Walks (looked much better on paper)
• 20 Crab Jacks
• 20 Donkey Kicks (OYO)
• 20 Monkey Humpers
• 10 Bomb Jacks for a “That’s What She Said”

Mosey to the wall by Sweet Frogs for the Wall of Fire.

All in People’s Chair while we took turns doing 10 Merkins. People’s Chair lasted a solid few minutes until we switched to a crowd pleasing, Seal Team Situps (20).

Mosey to Moe’s for dealer’s choice ab lab.

• Flutters (CSPAN dropped the hammer starting us off with 20)
• Cockroaches (Solid State crushed these bad boys)
• Russian Twist (a Geppetto classic)
• Protractor (lot’s of mumble chatter until Pusher decided to keep us at 10 degrees for 45 seconds or so – that shut us up)

COT

Prayer Requests

Our injured F3 brother in Charlotte

Continued prayers for a full recovery for Swamp Fox’s mom

Flat Tire’s wife and her continued fight with cancer

Announcements

Clown car to Gastonia this weekend for a Package and Gunny beatdown

Next Saturday Convergence at Cherry Park (The Patriot) led by Dredd and OBT with breakfast following at Anna J’s in Rock Hill

Memorial Day Murph at Nations Ford High after your regularly scheduled Monday workout (6:45)

Hog and Coyote 13 mile fun run with 4 workouts in-between. Details to follow

Asheville clown car 5/30 – check your Fort newsletter email for details

Moleskin

Great job men. The official launch of ManU was a success thanks to your willingness to get up and push yourself early on a Thursday. Thanks to the guys from Fort Mill for clowncarring down to help with the launch. I look forward to seeing you guys return in the future. A Q Schedule is being developed and I’d like to put all you guys on it.