Sunday after church Derrick Shreve met Lovell shooting sports enthusiast Tayton Hodges at the local range to run drills and work on perfecting proper techniques. As a former military and law enforcement professional, Shreve has experience in all types of weapons as well as hardcore fitness.

The two went through timed drills. Both are incredibly fast and accurate.

Hodges is scary fast and accurate with little need for help. His double-stack 1911-style handgun shoots fast and flat in his hands, yet Shreve helped him refine his grip to mitigate recoil, which only made Hodges' timed performances even more impressive. Despite working on speed, he can still hit the "A" zone as he moves through the targets.

The two met at the local gun counter. Shreve was behind the counter and Hodges is a frequent customer; always looking for advice.

"Anytime I go to Murdoch's, I'm always looking for him and asking questions," Hodges said. "He's the wise man there."

Assisting shooting sportsmen and women and sharing his experience with weaponry is Shreve's job, but his passion goes beyond his 40 hours on duty. He wants to assist those interested become prepared for an uncertain future.

With the world closed down during the Covid pandemic, Shreve was concerned for his family of four (not including pets). Like most of us, it was a shock to the security and comfort levels most of us have felt for decades. There are few folks left who can remember the Great Depression.

"Supply lines shut down. The world stopped. Food was getting scarce. For some reason people had this massive run on toilet paper and ammunition shortages were huge," he said.

But, unlike some Americans, once the epidemic slowed he wasn't willing to let the lessons of 2020 fade.

Shreve needed to prepare to lead his family through any possible threats; not just with security, but through fitness as well.

"Fitness is absolutely going to be what gets you through it," he said, while admitting it's not easy. "I'm not gonna lie. I have a huge sweet tooth."

When asked if he considered himself a "prepper," he said yes, without apology.

But he doesn't want to isolate his family. Instead, he wants to build a community around being prepared — from becoming self-sufficient through gardening and livestock production to protecting homes in nightmare scenarios and having a level of fitness to handle a life without conveniences.

That's when he decided to share. Shreve has always been driven to serve so he picked up his phone and started recording, joining a plethora of YouTube content creators featuring firearms training and gun reviews.

Yet, while he draws on years of military and law enforcement experience, he doesn't stop recording once off the range. That's because he feels fitness is as important as being a good shot. The diverse videos he produces place him in a niche category that dramatically slimmed his YouTube competition.

But it's not about getting fat stacks of YouTube dough, he said. Shreve is more interested in serving his fellow man.

"Sure, I want to protect what I have — my wife and my family — but I also want to grow a community as well because there isn't just one way to do things and ... there's a lot to learn," he said.

After the attack on 9/11, Shreve, originally from Worland, enlisted in the Army wanting to do his part to protect the nation he loves. Then, after an honorable discharge after 12 years of service including deployment to the Middle East, he returned to Wyoming to serve as a first responder for the Jackson Police Department for eight years. Now back in the basin, the father of two leads the staff at the Murdoch's gun counter, the largest in the city.

It would be easier to simply put in his hours and then go home to his wife, Janene, and his family, including two old English bulldogs Howitzer and Kimber. But he is driven to serve his community. Knowing there are a lot of new gun owners out there, he started his channel; called @Fitpocalypse. The name combines fitness with apocalypse; sort of a nod to his youthful days as a gamer.

More than 80 videos later, his views are steadily climbing from a couple dozen to over a thousand on several recent videos, and he has more than 200 subscribers in his new community.

Starting just six months ago, Shreve’s first video features the advantages to morning walks. Other videos feature subjects from gun maintenance to the importance of buying the right shoestrings. His first video to top 1,000 views was a lesson on mounting scopes and came within a month of starting the channel.

He doesn't lecture as much as he strives to inspire. His videos are often reviews for different types of guns, with range time meant to reach all levels of enthusiasts, to fitness lessons and encouragement from the heart.

Pro tip: He's light on his feet and could give a few dance lessons if you need to learn to waltz for a special occasion.

His lessons aren't crossfit inspired sweat-fests. Instead they involve tips on eating right and inspirational tips on how to keep moving, even on those bad weather days that tempt most to stay at home near the fireplace with a cup of hot chocolate.

"There's a whole slew of things that being cardiovascularly fit will improve in your life," he said.

Shreve hopes to get as much out of the videos as the intended targets. He wants to learn as much as he wants to share. And he doesn't pretend to know it all, he only wants to be prepared — hoping for the best yet being prepared for the worst.

Check it out: youtube.com/@Fitpocalypse/videos