Note: The following announcement does not affect F3 Dads workout at Col. Francis Beatty Park which will meet at the normal place and time at the baseball fields.

However, the SOBDads workout at the Bull Ring is cancelled on June 18. Meet at Anne Springs Dairy Barn instead (see below).

#F3Dads would like to invite the men of F3 to join in a community service event at Anne Springs Close Greenway.  Many of us enjoy the trails of Anne Springs on a weekly basis and now is our chance to give back.  The Anne Springs volunteer coordinator has created an opportunity just for F3’ers and 2.0’s (age 2 – old).

You don’t even need to have a 2.0 to join in the fun!  Everyone’s invited! Let’s show them what F3 is about and show the kids what it means to give back to the community in a big way.  The goal is for 30 to 60 men and 2.0’s to join in the effort.

After the work is complete, we will have a picnic lunch at the Nature Center and venture down to Lake Haigler for some lakeside fun!  Here’s the plan…

Saturday June 18

8:45 am – Arrive at the main Dairy Barn parking lot at Anne Springs Work Location

(mention you are with the F3 community service group for free entry)

9:00 – 10:30 am – Split into three groups and make a difference

Group 1: Clean up trees and limbs from the sides of the entryway

Group 2: Clean the entry sign area and lights leading down to the Dairy Barn

Group 3: Repair the gravel road where it has washed out over the winter

10:30 – 11:00 am – Clean up our tools and mosey/drive to the Nature Center (Picnic Location)

11:00 – 1:00 pm – Enjoy a picnic lunch together at the Nature Center and Lake Haigler

Note 1: M’s are welcome to join in the fun at the Nature Center/Lake Haigler.  Just have them mention they are with the F3 group to get free admission through the Lake Haigler gate at the location in the link.

Note 2: For logistics sake, the picnic lunch is BYOE “bring your own everything” style (or sweet talk the M into bringing it later).  YHC will bring some waters and the F3 Dads dodgeballs for fun.

Logistics:

• The volunteer coordinator (Caitlin) will have tools, trailer, and gloves for us. However, look over the list of tools below and bring what you can from home as well.
• All workers must have closed toed shoes and a water bottle. Water will be provided in large coolers.
• Remember sunscreen and bug spray (although I will bring some in case you forget).
• Restrooms are available at the Dairy Barn
• Wear your F3 shirts to represent! Bring a few shovel flags for some added flare.

Tools Needed:

• Sling blade and/or weed eater with metal blade for brush removal
• Sheers and/or limb cutters
• Flat head shovels
• Chain saws (2 or 3 total)
• PPE for power tools
• Gloves for all (c’mon we are F3, we have gloves laying all over the car – bring ‘em)

If you are like me, you love what Anne Springs Close Greenway does for the community.  To have a recreation area like this in our backyard is amazing.  Let’s give back!

See you there.  Email Honey Bee (jlevins9@hotmail.com) with any questions.

Please comment below or email with your RSVP so that we can plan tools and water amounts. 

Temperatures in the 90’s couldn’t keep 72 of the PAX and 2.0’s from coming out for a great time at WEP for the second installment of F3 Dads Summer 2016.

Disclaimer was disclaimed and we split into two groups by age.

Younger 2.0’s with Rooney and Gears on Q:

Mosey to Circle up for COP, Exercises called by Jellyfish, T-Rex, Brickmaster, Sweet Sweet, and Princess Buttercup:

• SSH x 10
• Slow Sumo Squat x 10
• Windmill x 10
• Merkin x 10
• Peter Parker x 10

High Impact Man Obstacle Course – Dad’s alternated Plank and Superman 5 yards apart while 2.0’s crawled under plank and jump over Superman.  Rinse and Repeat with the Dad’s swapping position.

Water Break

Noah’s Arc – 20 Yard Animal Walks with 2.0’s

• Bearcrawl
• Koala Bear
• Monkey
• Unicorn
• Bunny Hop
• Crab Walk

Water Break

Sidewinder Seal team Squats – Dad’s Lock Arms side by side and Assume the squat Position, 2.0’s crawl through in sidewinder fashion.  Rinse and Repeat.

Sharks and Minnows

Water Break

Finished with Tunnel of Love

COT

Fusion (Older 2.0’s) with Cake Boss on Q:

Mosey to COP

Co-Q Roadrunner led warm up

• 15 SSHs
• 15 Squats
• 15 Moracan Night Clubs
• 15 Imperial Walkers
• 10 Merkins
• 15 Hill Billy Walkers

Mosey to trees

• Toy Soldiers
• High Knees
• Butt Kickers

4 cones with exercises on them.  1st Round bear crawl to each cone do excercise.  Complete all 4 run back to start 2nd round. Rinse and repeat with frog hops to each

1. Mtn Climbers
2. Peter Parkers
3. Ski Hops
4. Carolina Dry Docks

2 innings of kickball, Kids beat dads 5-1

Mosey to playground and partner up

• 1-squats
• 2-run around playground
• Flapjack

COT

NMM: 

A great time with great PAX.  My oldest (Brickmaster) has been asking me if he could lead a workout for a long time, so I was really psyched to have all the 2.0’s of the Q’s call some exercises and get into the workout.  Great showing by all and what I hope are great memories for the years to come!

Honor to Serve.

UPDATE – NFL Play 60 has been cancelled. July 23 is now open. See below for updates.

The F3 Dads workouts at Col. Francis Beatty Park and at the Bull Ring in Ballantyne have been huge successes with up to 30 or 40 in attendance each week. The workouts were such a success in Ballantyne, they were extended into July/August. Please see below for the remaining workouts this summer.

#SOBDads Workout 9:00 – 9:45 am @ Bull Ring
Honey Bee (jlevins9@hotmail.com) Site-Q

Attention F3 Dads! Come join Catfish and YHC as we conduct a fun but INTENSE workout for our 2.0s! This EPIC experience will take place at the Patriot on FEB 27th, 2016 at 1000.

My 2.0 AKA “HOTROD” has been asking for weeks when he can post next! Let’s get the next GEN of F3 PAX and FIAs in the routine early!

Boys and girls are welcome!

Hope to see you there.

Turbine Out!!

F3 Dads is coming to the Holy City.

WHO: You and your 2.0s – boys and girls. If the kids can run, they can come! This is also a great opportunity to “headlock” men and introduce them to F3.

WHAT: F3 Dads workouts are a kid-friendly way to jack up the heart rate, while spending quality time with your kids. An F3 Dads workout resembles a normal F3 workout (nicknames, COPs, COT, outside, free), but is structured to get the 2.0s involved. There will be merkins, side-straddle-hops, 2.0 carries and burpees, but also games like tag, relay races and kickball! Each F3 Dad workout will end in a COT and prayer. Also it wouldn’t be official without some cool F3 names but in order to save time, think of a name for your 2.0 before the workout. They can participate in the name-o-rama or you can share it for them.

WHEN: F3 Dads will meet 11/14/15 at 10:00 with Park Day (Ms and 2.0s) starting somewhere around 11:00AM.

WHERE: F3 Dads at Etiwan Park, Daniel Island (Right Across from Bishop England) and Park Day is at Children’s Park at the end of River Landing Dr.

WHY: 2.0 fellowship….share the F3 experience with our kids. Promote fitness with our kids!

Proverbs 22:6 Train up a child in the way he should go; even when he is old he will not depart from it.

FELLOWSHIP: Bring a change or clothes, slap on some extra deodorant, and come on out to celebrate Park Day on Daniel Island immediately after F3 Dads at Children’s Park. It will be a day to come on out and enjoy the fellowship with your F3 brothers, Ms, and 2.0s.

“New” activities planned for this year’s event are a Teacups Carnival Ride, a Corn Hole Tournament, Georgia Disc Dogs Frisbee Dogs Acrobatic exhibitions and Family Field Day games and activities for all ages! Returning favorites will include a giant mountain slide, jump castles, mechanical bull, bungee trampolines, 30′ climbing wall and face painting galore. In addition there will be Pet Rescue agencies, a trackless train ride, wild one obstacle course, triple sports cage and even a golf driving range cage. There will also be staff and players from the Family Circle Tennis Center and Charleston Battery conducting interactive soccer and tennis demonstrations. Other exhibits and activities include pony rides, petting zoo, clowns and more.

An action-packed dance and music entertainment line-up is also scheduled for this year’s Park Day, including performances by Daniel Island’s Peace Love Hip Hop. Stage entertainment by The Electric Company dance band, bluegrass from Common Ground, Two 3 Ways, a highly energetic band, covering 80s and 90s hits, Motown and Big Band classics as well as Park Day’s finale performance by headline band, Soul Fish, a four-piece party rock band playing a variety of music styles and whose motto is, “to have a good time, all the time”. So please join us as we know you’ll have a great time at Park Day.

Park Day will also offer extensive food and beverage options with a total of 19 food and beverage vendors, including a “Food Truck Rodeo” with 11 of Charleston’s favorite food trucks, collectively offering tasty lunch items of all kinds. There will also be “Field of Treats” cart vendors on the field that day with 6 of your favorite concession vendors. The Daniel Island Grill will set up an on-site Sports Pub, offering food, wine, beer and a 5 TV Mobile Entertainment Unit for watching your favorite college football games.

Since its inception fourteen years ago, Park Day has helped raise more than $298,000 for a diverse collection of more than 60 area non-profit organizations, making it one of the region’s most successful and broad-reaching charitable events. Once again this year, proceeds from ticketed activities will benefit our chosen collection of 2015 Park Day Non-Profit beneficiaries.

Park Day takes place on Saturday, November 14th from 11 am – 4 pm. Admission and parking are free. In order to raise money for participating non-profit organizations, some activities will require a fee. For more information, visit www.danielislandparkday.com.
(Please Note – Should the event need to be rescheduled due to severe weather conditions, the event will take place on Sunday, November 15th from 11:00 am – 4:00 pm at Children’s Park).