YHC had been looking forward to this Recon for Days and last night didn’t sleep much, which is normal in my case so it wasn’t a big deal and as the pax kept rolling in I knew it was going to be a special day..

 Lancaster is a great city with a lot of heritage and hard working citizens that have been through a lot over the years with industries coming and going, like a lot of textile communities they have had to adapt to the changing times. And take themselves out of the  comfort zones.

Which is one of the reason I love F3 nation so much. When tough times arise you have your brothers of the gloom to depend on and not being hoarders of F3 and sharing this thing we call The Brothership of the Gloom lets like minded men gather together and sharpen themselves, “As iron sharpens Iron, so does one Man Sharpen each other” to prepare us for that next hurdle we may have to cross..

We gathered at the Lancaster County building parking lot right off main street and the shovel flag was planted.

18 of the finest gents unpartook the far sack including 5 FNG’s welcome brothers to your new family of HIMS‘ (High Impact Males)

FNG’s Thanks for leaving your comfort zones and unfartsaking yourselves to partake in the brotherhood of the gloom “The workouts don’t get easier we get stronger”+

1. Shake and Bake AKA Richard Doby
2. Captain AKA Jason Freeman
3. Ladies Man AKA Devin Aycock
4. Grave digger AKA Chris Stevenson
5. Ticket AKA Andrew Riner

So today was supposed to be a simple mosey around downtown Lancaster for a recon but when all the Lancaster Gents kept arriving I had to modify to give the Men their moneys worth

So I gave a very detailed Disclaimer with 5 fng’s present and mentioned modify on several occasions we circle up and

Warm up: all in cadence

• SSH 20
• Merkins 20
• Italian night clubs 20
• Seal Jacks 20

After the warm I explained the benefits of being involved with F3 and how you have orther positive like mind individuals to hold you accountable in daily struggles in life.

How the fitness is the draws you in. The fellowship is the glue. And the faith is the end goal out of the whole thing.

Thang #1

We moseyed to the shovel flags and circled up and I introduced the new Lancaster Gents to lady Sally.. and we did the Bring Sally up and Bring Sally Down. And left Roxanne at home this morning.

Thang #2

We counted off into 2 groups and separated into 2. Each group had an American Flag. The object was group 1 run clockwise around the parking lot while group 2 runs counter clock wise while as the pax that was running called an excise for the waiting pax to do.. A real crowd pleaser and a great attention getting activity.

After we replanted the flags and said the pledge of allegiance in cadence…

Thang #3

We divided into 2 rows and moseyed to main street and did the infamous Apache merkin Indian run up main street until we reach Arch St. where stopped and received some information from different FNG’s on the likes and don’t likes after that

People chair while picking cherries 30 in cadence

Air chair over head claps 30 in cadence

Thang #4

We lined up again and told Cujo To head us in the direction of Lancaster’s very own HOTBOX

Where we all hit the BTW Balls to the Wall and did 5 merkins

Recovered and Fin lead us in a series of Carolina Dry Docks 20 In cadence

Formed our 2 squads and Fin lead us back to COT with a nice airborne shuffle

Five Minutes Left = five minutes of giving it all you got

SSH in cadence 25

LBC in cadence 25

Merkins in cadence 25

staggered merkins each arm in cadence 10

NMM:

Awesome job from all men today, can not believe what has happen over one Month period of time in Lancaster. The men are on fire welling to better themselves to be that HIM in the community, Family, and work.

A I can foreseeing I Lancaster becoming its own region one day which is our main Goal plant small men’s workout groups to promote better leaders in our communities….

With that being said don’t be hoarders of a great thing just as you don’t want to be a hoarder of your Religion. We need to spread the word and stick with like minded positive thinking individuals and nothing but great things will happen

A lot of praises and prayers this morning with our true HIM Bourne closing us out in prayer

Humbled, honored, and happy to be able to leaded the  leaders of F3

Aye!! Apache