Category: The Ballroom

Barry Manilow + The Ballroom > Zoolander 2

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  • QIC: Barry Manilow
  • When: 01/26/16
  • Pax: Twister (Respect), Spiderman, Axl, Gopher, Change Order, Anchorman, Hauschka, Main Frame
  • Posted In: The Ballroom

9 men and some nice weather at The Ballroom.  After a weekend of silliness, it was nice to see the weather cooperate and some clean pavement underfoot.

Quick disclaimer and we’re off …

The Thang:
Mosey all the way to the bottom lot past the circle, keep moving for the warm up
butt-kickers 1/2 way, jog to the other end, turn around
high knees 1/2 way, jog to the end, turn around
karaoke 1/2 way, jog to the end, turn around … you get the picture …
karaoke back, jog, windmill walkers, jog, pull knees to chest, jog, toy soldiers, jog, bear crawl, jog

circle up, SSH x 20, run to the next corner, 20 x IW, bear crawl to the third corner, 20 squats, run out past the end circle to the first light, 20 x CDD

mosey to the next light, line up with hands on the curb, sideways bear crawl along the curb, while the end runs up to the front, kind of a curb bear crawl Indian run … stand up and mosey toward Gold Hill Rd, line up for Indian run along the way. Frogger across the street, past Marco’s, Goddard and down to the blocks.

1/2 the group does block curls while the other 1/2 runs up the hill and Merkins x 10, switch
1/2 the group does chest press, other 1/2 up the hill and 15 x monkey humpers, switch
1/2 squats with blocks, 1/2 up the hill and 10 x bombjacks, switch
1/2 tricep extensions, 1/2 up the hill and 15 x CDD, switch

Mosey back, Frogger across the road, to parking lot across from our starting point
1/2 the group does Makhtar N’Diayes while the other 1/2 runs 100ft and 10 x LBCs, switch
1/2 the group does Kneetar N’Diayes while the other 1/2 runs 100ft and 10 x Freddie Mercury, switch
1/2 the group does elbow plank while the other 1/2 runs 100ft and 10 x mountain climbers, switch
1/2 the group does squats while the other 1/2 runs 100ft and 10 x Merkins, switch

Times up, back to COT (Jack Webb and Merkin clock were in the back pocket if needed)

Praise to Twister and Anchorman for keeping us up on accountability and mentoring … Change Order for taking us out

Thanks Change Order for the opportunity to lead the PAX, as time goes by and I get to try new AO’s, I keep coming back to The Ballroom … room to run, lots, hill, bricks to play with, grass, concrete, walls to climb, walls for balls and a great group of PAX, week after week, awesome place.

Looks like we made it,
Barry Manilow

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Six Guys in the Cold

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  • QIC: Senator Tressel
  • When: 01/19/2015
  • Pax: Mainframe, Longshanks, Barry Manilow, Change Order, TPS
  • Posted In: The Ballroom

Six men converged on a beautiful, cold, SC winter morning to get stronger at the Ballroom.  Here is what they did:

The Thang:

Mosey out of the lot and head down the road toward the big warehouses.  Take a couple detours up and down the grassy hills and circle up for COP at the entrance to Allied:

All in cadence:  SSH x 50, CDD x 10, Cherry Pickers x 15, Squat x 25, Diamond merks x 20, Hillbilly x 25, LBC x 25, Mountain Climber x 40, Jumping lunge x 25, Wide arm merkin x 20

Mosey up the main road and line up in front of the two tiered retaining wall for Jacob’s Wall Ladder:   Do 1 burpee, run to the first wall and climb up, climp up the second wall and run the path back to the start.  Repeat for 2-10 burpees

Extended people’s chair,  then balls to the wall, short break and another extended people’s chair.

Indian run down the main road and head back to the grass by the Roaster Oven restaurant for ABLAB:  Freddie Merc’s x 20, Rosalta x 20, American Hammer x 20

COT

Moleskin:

I am probably in the minority here, but I love the cold weather.  I’ll take 19 degrees and no humidity over the swampy 70 degree summer mornings any day.  It felt awesome today, no doubt about it. When I saw Change Order get out of his car with sweats, a hoody, and a contractor coat, I was like, ‘dude, c’mon, are you gonna workout in those clothes?  It’s not that cold and wer’e going to be running shortly.’   Jacob’s ladder was a challenge today and like last time, left me with some knee bruises and a nice chunk out of my shin.

We had a small, but motivated group and everyone worked their tails off.  Not much chatter today – just six guys getting it done in the cold.    Nice to see TPS who I haven’t seen in a long time.  Good to have you back, brother!  It’s a privilege to lead the group and as always, I  feel very lucky to be able to keep doing it.

Announcements/Prayers/Praises

3rd F Convergence this Friday, Jan 22 at Eternal Church office.  Oral Cancer 5k Run in Baxter (Feb 6), The Yeti (Feb 20) – check Twitter and the F3 site.  It’s all there.

Prayers for those recovering from sickness and those with family struggles.

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Some old School, EVEN better new skool

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  • QIC: Trucker
  • When: 01/12/16
  • Pax: YHC, Senator Tressel, Gopher, Main frame, Ginszu, Dark Helmet, Sugar Daddy, Deacon, Spiderman, Twister
  • Posted In: The Ballroom

10 PAX made the better choice on this cold morning to post at the Ballroom instead of some slacker lawyers AO (doesn’t he know that Truckers run over Lawyers??). I was expecting a larger crowd since most of the PAX don’t care for Clemson or Bama, but guess they were more afraid of the 27 degree weather. Glad to see Sugar Daddy post 2 times in a row! Of course CSPAN decided to fartsack since his Roll Tide won; actually I think he was afraid of dealing with either the Colosseum or the Ballroom workouts.

YHC was looking forward to Qing one of his old original AO’s and wanted to do something a little different than normal and to keep the PAX moving so we wouldn’t freeze. So I enlisted some help from Dark Helmets coupons. A quick disclaimer, and off we went on a mosey to the postal route parking lot for a little COP. All counts were in 12:
Good mornings
Moroccan night club
IW
Squats
Windmills

Mossy back to parking lot to pick up the coupons. We had 10 cinder blocks, just the right number for the PAX.
Mossy with cinder blocks to warehouse parking lot

place the cinder block on the asphalt, run the first warehouse light and do 1 merkin, run to the second light and do 2 merkins, run to third light and do 3 merkins, run to the fourth light and do 4 marking; return with squats and add 1 at each light; return to cinder block for 10 cinder block burpees

Rinse and repeat, this time start at 2 and double at each light and back an 10 cinder block burpees

Run to second light and do 10 squats and back, 5 cinder block burpees; rinse and repeat

Mossy to grass, 10 knee-tar-ninjas

Back to cinder blocks:
10 curls, 10 bent over rows, 10 shoulder presses, rinse and repeat.

Mossy back to grass, 10 knee-tar-ninjas

Back to cinder blocks:
10 curls, 10 bent over rows, 10 shoulder presses, rinse and repeat.

Mossy to wall: peoples chair with 4 count starting by touching toes, then knees, then shoulders, then extended press x 10; 10 dips from cinder block
Rinse and repeat

run to third light, 10 squats, back and 10 overhead presses

40 LBCs in honor of Clemson
45 hello dollies in honor of Bama
Sprint to 3 light and back

Mossy with cinder block back to COT

Glad to see 10 PAX fight the urge to stay warm in their cozzie beds and come out. Always an honor to Q since my opportunities are limited due to work travel. Every AO brings out the best in everyone here at the Fort. Since it is the beginning of 2016, we need to reflect on 2015 and identify our weakness(es) and be accountable for making changes in 2016. It is easy to fall back into our routine, but wit PAX like you we are reminded to be a better #HIM.

Trucker

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8 B.L.I.M.P.S Stations and a Sleeping Truck Driver

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  • QIC: Old Bay
  • When: 01/05/16
  • Pax: Change Order, Solid State, Barry Manilow, Twister, MainnFrame, Anchorman, Chedda
  • Posted In: The Ballroom

“Hard core” would be how I described the PAX that posted to The Ballroom this very cold morning of 25 degrees.  No complaints by anyone.  Not sure that YHC would have posted if not for being on Q.  Knowing that it would be cold, the weinke was built to keep everyone on the move without being a Run-N-Tempo-Clydes-Out.  1.75 miles were logged via loop of 8 pain stations, around a parked 18-wheeler whose cab likely nested a groggy-eyed trucker.  Pax resisted the temptation of knocking on the cab door, suggesting he (or she) “come join us!”. Might as well have, as I’m sure the mumble chatter woke him away.

The Thang

Pax moseyed to each pain station for warm up as follows:

  • SSH x40
  • Windmills x15
  • IW x20
  • Merkins x15
  • Peter Parkers x20
  • Low Slow Squats x 20
  • Monkey Humpers x10

Main Event

As a group, we ran to each pain station and performed one exercise, with the rep count equaling the station number (1 rep at station 1, 2 reps at station 2, etc.).  Once we finished the 8th station, all circled back to station 1 and planked until the 6 arrived.  Rinse and repeat for next named exercise.  The exercises were as follows (B.L.I.M.P.S.):

  • Burpees
  • Lunges (stationary)
  • Imperial Walkers
  • Merkins
  • Plankjacks
  • Scorpion Dry Docks

Mary

  • Flutters
  • Russian Twists
  • Hello Dollies
  • Chopsticks
  • LBCs

Moleskin

Similar to TheYard workout this past Saturday, we talked about selecting a personal word/theme for 2016.  Several pax shared their word from 2015, and proposed a word for 2016.  In many ways, just the act of selecting a word can foster a level of introspection that we tend to miss all to often, going through the motions of the days/weeks/months.

Thanks for the pax encouragement and hard work on a cold morning.  And thanks to Change Order for allowing me the privilege of Qing.

AYE!

-old bay

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The Fort Fuel Challenge 2016

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Listen… We work out… Some of us work out most days a week.  So with all this working out, the question is: Why aren’t we shedding the love handles and the spare tire?  With the amount of physical torture we endure, we should be chiseled like a Marble Statue.

Alas, working out is only a portion of the plan… you have to stop eating garbage.

With that, I bring you The Fort Fuel Challenge 2016.  This is the new incarnation of what we did a little over a year ago (found here), but this time around you have experience on your side… I am not a professional, but we’ve done this before and have seen results.  YHC lost 7.5% of my mass (presumably fat), with the overall lead by Cash coming in at just shy of 10%.

The key to this isn’t calorie reduction (although that may be something you have to look into) and it isn’t about eating the same food every day for lunch.  You don’t need to starve yourself to see results, you just need to feed the machine the right fuel.  To feed yourself the right fuel, you need discipline and accountability.  That’s really what the Fuel challenge is all about…

So here’s the deal.  We are going to kick off on January 18th through February 29th.  This gives you two weeks to do two very important things… in fact, these are so important that I would propose that you cannot succeed in this program with out completing them:

  1. Clear out all the junk in your pantry/fridge.
  2. Get the M on board

Number 1 is easy.  Get rid of the junk now before you start.  Less junk means less temptation.  Eat it in the next two weeks if you have a problem with throwing it away, but get it out of your food storage before January 18th.

Number 2 is not as easy for some of us, but it is crucial.  You cannot do this in your house on your own, especially if your wife is eating a bowl of Ice Cream after dinner every night.  You will either come off as a self righteous prick or you will cave.  Neither of these is a recipe for success.  Get the M on board, she really wants to eat better too.

Base Program

The Fuel Challenge will give you a chance to test yourself with the support of your fellow men of F3.  And maybe after 6 weeks, you will stick to the plan (or much of it) in order to live a healthier lifestyle. The program will have a base list of items that are prohibited during the six weeks as follows.  This is mandatory and is really what will make the biggest difference in your quality of food intake.

  • No Fried Food
  • No Fast Food (inc. Pizza)
  • No processed snacks like Potato Chips, Candy Bars, Etc.
  • No Dessert
  • No Sodas or Sweet Tea
  • No Cheeses (including shredded, feta, or slices. Get it off your sandwiches and salads)(Cottage cheese will be allowed)
  • No Cream Based Sauces/Dressings (This Includes Fat Free Options for Ranch, Caesar, Alfredo, Etc.)

This seems like a significant challenge, especially for the road warrior, but you can do it.  You just need to be aware of what you are eating and plan.

You will receive ONE free pass per week – this could be a steak dinner, a pizza, etc. – no carryovers though, the pass can only be used that week – try to use your weekly pass in moderation.  Some call this a “cheat”, but use if you need to.

After week one, we introduce challenges, which are cumulative.   Some would argue the health benefits of a few of these, but I don’t think anyone can claim that limiting these items will have a detrimental effect on your well being.   Remember this is not about “dieting”, but about discipline.  Keep that in mind.

Here are the cumulative challenges:

Week 2 (and on) – No Red Meat
Week 3 (and on) – No Breads (Sprouted Grain is accepted)
Week 4 (and on) – No Pork
Week 5 (and on) – No White Starches (Potatoes, Pastas, White Rice. We’ll talk about substitutes)
Week 6 – No Dairy or Things Cooked in Butter

Just like last time, we’ve “modified as needed”.  Here are a few “Extra Credit” challenges for those so inclined.  These are not mandatory, so feel free to adopt whatever works for you.

  1. HC to F3 250.  For those that are at 2-3 posts a week, this could be a way to up your game.  Tracking F3 250 along with this attention to dietary details could be what takes your fitness (and physique) to the next level.  You can even track using this handy template.
  2. Implement Intermittent Fasting.  I’m planning on doing this and would encourage you to try the same if you can handle skipping breakfast.  There are numerous health benefits that are purported as side effects to Intermittent Fasting, but do your own research and try it if you think it makes sense.

Similar to last time, here’s how we’ll be tracking for accountability/encouragement from the participants:

  1. On January 18th, post your starting weight in the comments of this page. You have time to buy a home scale or find out where the one at your gym is. On the pending February 29th backblast post, you will post your weight using the same scale. This requires honesty and consistency. If you want to weigh yourself in the buff (don’t tell us) just do it both times. Same if it’s in underwear and t-shirt, swim trunks, etc. Having a scale also helps track progress along the way but is not the ultimate measure of health. You will need to post your weight on both posts. You will also track your weight on the My Fitness Pal page.
  2. Sign up for My Fitness Pal and download the app if you have not done so already (http://www.myfitnesspal.com/ ).  Enter in all of your information including starting weight. This will factor into your suggested daily calorie consumption. Send me (Gears) your MFP id so I can invite you to the group. You can reach me via twitter (@vinsonizer) or simply put the id in the comments below.  If you didn’t have enough options, you can just go to the following URL and request group membership: http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/group/100013-f3thefort
  3. Track your exercise and calories on My Fitness Pal. If you see really good results, guys may want to go back and see how you did it. The app allows you to scan bar codes, enter in recipes and ingredients to determine calories, and already has a robust library of foods from restaurants and grocery stores.  You can also enter in weight goals and it will help provide daily calorie count, protein, carb and fat limits. You gain higher limits to stay on track with your goals by entering in your workouts.

One last comment to reiterate the above: If you are moved to do so, please view this as an opportunity to exercise not only physical/mental discipline, but also spiritual discipline. Any type of fast can be leveraged as a catalyst for prayer and worship, allowing the limiting of the desires of the flesh to remind us of our dependence on SkyQ. My personal hope is that this will be fruitful in all the self-dimensions of our personal lives: Heart, Soul, Strength, and Mind.

If you are ready to go, comment below

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The Ultra-vergence… Man, that’s a lot of vergence…

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(Poorly paraphrased from Dredd that AM): “Well, we [he and OBT] said, we’ll show up and if it’s just us two, then we’ll go do something else, but if they [the other invited Pax] show up, then we might have something and we’ll see where it goes…” (emphasis added)

That was 5 years ago. Now, we’re celebrating a new year, and we’re celebrating the 5 year anniversary (birthday?) of F3. Clearly, they had something…

As approximately one Pax for every day of the year crawled out of their clowncars and onto what may have been the wettest field I’ve ever been on, the energy was palpable. Friends from all over F3 Nation were reconnecting and new ones were being made, including an FNG from The Fort who apparently EH’ed himself (welcome Speaker)… There were smiling faces and shovel flags everywhere. The fun had started, but before long, it was time for the workout to begin…

As you can imagine, attempting to lead a group of 365 Pax is… well… ridiculous. It’s a little amusing to me that part of the whole reason Dredd and OBT broke off from the other workout group to create F3 was because the size of the group had become problematic and unwieldy. So, how should we celebrate 5 years of F3? Well, let’s see if we can’t have the most problematically-sized group come together and let’s try and make them follow instructions. (*COUGH* *GASP* *COUGH* You’ll have to excuse me, I’m choking a little on the irony…) Regardless, though, we warmed up, Dredd split us up into groups, and off we went. The workout, the “thang”? It was in there… We rotated through stations… there was some running, some ladders, some dips, some derkins, hills, burpees (of course), some other stuff… Was it the best workout I ever had? Well, it wasn’t the worst one for sure. But if you came for the workout, you may have overlooked what was happening.
As always, there were a couple of guys who were definitely there to prove they were fitter than the rest of us. That’s cool, you’re welcome here. There were a couple of guys who were clearly struggling to keep up at all. That’s cool, you’re welcome here. There were guys who wear blue collars all week long. That’s cool, you’re welcome here. There were guys whose net worth is that of a small country in certain parts of the world. That’s cool, you’re welcome here, too. Black, white, fast, slow, tall, short, rich, poor, fat, thin… all irrelevant. Welcome is what you are when you are here. It is this way because for that one hour, we all look basically the same (you know the uniform…) so you don’t know who is rich or poor or otherwise. For that one hour, we all basically act the same (unless you are Apache), we’re here to workout and fellowship a little. No one is elected, there is no hierarchy, no one is grading your performance… You know what it is? It’s because for that one hour, I believe, we are about as free as we can be in our modern, over-technologized, overcommitted, over-everythinged lives. We’re free from roles that weigh us down, free from the constraints that life and the world put on us… We’re just free to BE. That’s why we plant a flag, hustle, then take a knee at the end to give thanks to the SkyQ. That’s why we are proud to call ourselves a part of the Brotherhood of Minivan Centurions.

So, we converged, because I think somewhere deep inside we wanted to show our gratitude for this thing that has meant so much to us. Partly to God for leading us to it (or it to us, whichever), partly to the Redwood Originals for starting and sticking with it until it got to us, and partly to each other for continuing to push us to make ourselves more of what we were put here to do. I think that we came because there is strength in knowing and then physically seeing the fact that we are clearly not alone in this battle we fight. That at every turn, there is a man in a black shirt and running shoes that will help if needed.

Again, paraphrased very poorly from Dredd (right before the Ball of Man): “So now our job is to give it away. To share what has meant something to us. Because there are guys out there right now that you know who are crappy fathers, guys who are crappy husbands about to lose their marriages. There are guys who are crappy employees, or are otherwise just dissatisfied with their lives… and YOU CAN SAVE THEM.” (again, emphasis added)

To quote the immortal Forrest Gump: That’s all I have to say about that…

Until the next one…
Helmet, out.

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Clown Cars from the Fort for 1/1

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Gentlemen (and the rest of you):

I can’t speak for everyone, but I can speak for me, so I will. On 1/1/16, all PAX of F3 Nation have been invited to celebrate the 5th anniversary of this crazy thing that has inspired so many of us to burn the ships (and our fat pants), to reach in out in service and love to our community (and to our F3 brothers), and to straighten our walk with the SkyQ (which for me = My Heavenly Father). For me, this experience has touched and helped to shape nearly every aspect of my character over the last year that I have been involved, and I look forward to the next 5 years to see what changes will come from my association with all of you.

That said, we are going to support this “ultra-convergence”, if you will, and clown car up to the celebratory workout on New Year’s.

Here are the details as I know them:
1. We will meet at 0600 with wheels up at 0610 at the Baxter Starbucks
2. The workout location is Alexander Graham (AG) Middle School in Charlotte.
3. The workout start time is 0700. End is 0800.
4. There won’t be a much better time to bring an FNG, than to this. SO EH SOMEBODY.
5. I am not personally aware of any formal coffeeteria plans immediately following the workout, but I am certain that there will be at least one or two happening, so I’d plan on spending that time there as well.
6. The link to the Pre-Blast is here: http://f3nation.com/2015/12/16/the-fifth-anniversary-convergence-1116/

Several of you have committed to driving a car of clowns up, but if there are more, please let me know @darkhelmetF3, or let me know if you’d like to go, but not drive (which is the camp I fall into… Ask Spiderman (@F3_Spiderman) or Whitesnake (@Raindawg), nobody wants me to drive).

AYE!

Helmet, out.

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Yeti Preview Run…It’s a Beast!

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Temperatures are dropping and this thing is coming!  If you don’t know it by now, the Yeti CSAUP is coming to The Fort on 02.20.2016.  And it’s a Beast!  YHC and the brave few decided to give the Yeti track a preview.  If you don’t know what I am talking about, go HERE and get educated on this upcoming event.

The track was originally intended to begin at The Pantheon and end at The Reservation, but the route proved to be too dangerous for PAX, like most IL workouts.  Thus the route change has been made to include Pantheon-Ballroom-Coop-Run ‘N Gun-Pantheon.  All in all it is approximately 18 miles of suck!  We decided to give the new route a shot.  So off we went.

The Thang
We met at Pantheon at 0530 and began running a fellowship pace towards Ballroom. We passed Ballroom feeling confident but realized there’s another 15 miles ahead of us. Smooth running to The Coop to meet up with Geronimo and Sasquatch. Coop to RNG is another 6 miles and wave to the PAX warming up at WEP. RNG to Pantheon and another 6 miles to give us a little north of 18 miles total. The route is “fairly” safe with the caveat that you need to be on your toes from Ballroom to Coop on the Gold Hill Bypass. Once we add 4-5 pain stations, this will be the Epic beatdown of the winter.

Moleskin
*Cerrano is the Pace Master. All his splits are the same!
*Maximus needed some coaxing to keep his pace in check. This paid off for miles 17 and 18.
*Maximus is a lot smarter than he looks. He placed several water and fueling stations along the route beforehand. He’d reach behind a bush and pull out a bottle of water and a snickers bar. Well played!
*Crash can run 12+ miles with Pneumonia-like symptoms. He’s a man!
*Spider-Man just puts in the work! He’s all heart!
*Axl needs a name change to “Pit Stop”. Seriously though, he’s running mileage he hasn’t seen in 10 plus years.
*Sasquatch and Geronimo are fast! Period!

Other interesting notes:
*There are several things you should not eat the night before running 18+, we’ll leave it at that
*If you’re running in the Yeti category, start training, it’s not easy!
*From the past few weeks experiences, we’ll have several areas marked for when nature calls. I can’t speak highly enough of the QT facilities and staff
*We will have a conversation on safety the morning of the event. The safety of the PAX is number one!

Last Words:
*This will be a 4+ hour event, so plan accordingly
*Fort Mill BBQ will be opening early for a 2nd F event immediately following the Yeti (Ms and 2.0s are invited)
*We will have water stations but you may want to consider alternate fuels (gu, gels, jelly beans, etc.)
*There will be several opportunities to train long distances up to the event. Keep an eye out for tweets from myself, Crash and Cerrano
*If you’re not signed up, do it now before your #cyberbullied into it. Sign up HERE

Any questions? Hit me up on the Twitter Machine or in COT

Aye!
Zima

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Lead yourself by following your heart

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  • QIC: Double D
  • When: 11/17/15
  • Pax: Cake Boss, Mainframe, Deacon, Twister, Winner, Anchorman, Solid State, White Lightnin', Gears, Zima, Kotter, Gopher, Change Order, Farfegnugen, Spiderman, Dark Helmet, Barry Manilow
  • Posted In: The Ballroom

18 pax posted to The Ballroom on a pleasant Fall morning for a deceptively intense dose of pain generated from a short & sweet Weinke.

The Thang

Mosey to the parking lot in front of Postal Route with karaokes and backwards running in route

COP w/all moves IC x15 — IWs, Mtn climbers, Windmills, Parker Peters, Moroccan night clubs, CDDs, Monkey humpers, SSHs

AYG run to cul de sac at bottom of warehouse road

Extended plank sequence

Mosey to warehouse parking lot

Bunny hops over 12 cinder blocks + run lap around parking lot + Merkins x10
(Rinse & repeat for 10 cycles)

6MoM w/all moves IC x15 — Freddy Mercurys, High slow flutters, Russian twist, Peter Parkers

Run home

COT

NMM

Nice work by the pax putting on a good show for the crew pouring concrete in the gloom…I’m sure we made for some lively chatter over coffee and donuts when the morning roach coach pulled up onto the scene.

Lots of vigorous mumblechatter among the pax at the launch and throughout the first half of the workout.  Then the fun truly kicked in with the sequence that involved ten laps around the Gold Hill Speedway.  No paint swapping but there was plenty of encouragement shared among the pax.  Including other miscellaneous running, we notched 2.5 miles today.  None of the pax on hand can claim they are not a runner.   #everyoneisarunner

The message today related to leadership, starting with myself.  We see examples daily of good and bad leadership.  The worst of all is when there is NO leadership.  All men are called to lead.  All pax have the gift of leadership in some form etched on their hearts.  Start there.  Find your purpose, find your spirit and take a step in that direction.  It does not have to be headline worthy and it does not have to pull along a swarm of followers.  Start now.  As a wise friend once told me, “You can’t adjust course until you untie from the dock.”  If I make the right decisions (especially the small ones) that move me in alignment with the true core principles in my heart, I will be leading while I am following.

Thanks to Change Order for the opportunity to Q — it is always a privilege!

 

 

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F3 Dads 2nd F Star Wars

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Gents

Make it a full on 2nd F weekend: December 20th, the day after the great F3 Christmas Party- (Thanks Funhouse!), we have another opportunity for 2nd F.  This is an F3 DADS event.  Bring your 2.0(s) boys and girls for the 3:50pm showing of Star Wars, The Force Awakens.

Here’s the deal:

  • What: Star Wars Movie
  • Who: All Pax and 2.0(s) (boys and girls) are invited.
  • When: Sunday December 20th
  • Where: Manchester Cinemas, Rock Hill, SC
    • Time: 3:50 show time.
  • Why: F3 Dads.  Spend time with our 2.0s and give them the same experience we had as kids.  And transport back to when we were kids ourselves.  Wearing your Han Solo jacket or Yoda ears is purely optional.

This is opening weekend and the screen cannot be reserved.  The 3:50 time slot will sell out.  Call the theater or book on line for this show time.  Currently there are 230 seats open.  I anticipate our group to be atleast 100-150 ppl.  25-50 Pax each with kids.  Book ASAP…that is, after you finish booking your tickets for the Christmas Party.

Q’s- talk up in your COTs

Thanks

 

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