My Qshake Brings The Boys To The Yard

Mission of F3:
To plant, grow, and serve small workout groups for men for the invigoration of male community leadership.

5 Core Principles:
1. Free of charge
2. Open to all men
3. Held outdoors, rain or shine, heat or cold
4. Led by men who participate in the workout in a rotating fashion, with no training or certification necessary
5. End with Circle of Trust

Credo:
Leave no man behind, but leave no man where you found him.

Warm-Up:
SSH – 20 IC
Imperial Walkers – 15 IC
Moroccan Night Clubs – 10 IC
Windmills – 10 IC
Strawberry Pickers- 10 IC
Mosey around the parking lot

The Thang:
1. Light Poles:
Light Pole 1: 10 Burpees
Light Pole 2: 20 Merkins
Light Pole 3: 30 Squats
Light Pole 4: 40 Big Boys
Light Pole 5: 50 Calf Raises
➡️ MOT: Lap 1: Mosey between poles, Lap 2: Bear Crawl between poles, Lap 3: Crab Walk between poles

2. Partner Work:
P1: 20 Incline Merkins
P2: Hold plank or Al Gore
Repeat with:
20 Decline Merkins
20 Step Ups
20 Dips
MARY: She does like Qshakes so No Show
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Read your newsletter
COT: Prayers and Praises

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Hive suck fest

WARMUP: quick mosey, side straddle hops, merkins, low slow squats, swings.
THE THANG:
Quick ABC practice. 5 rounds each arm with 5 swings in between.

11s:
Front rack squat & upright row

10 min 100 snatch test with a partner. Alternate as needed

DORA
Partner A: burpees
Partner B: farmer carry both bells up the hill to first speed bump.
Accumulate 100 burpees

MARY: yes
ANNOUNCEMENTS: stuff the bus
COT: yes

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Merkins and Farmers

WARMUP: call out to Staff Sgt Michael Swinton…who died in the conflict with Iran in July. SSH, stretching, overhead claps
THE THANG: irkins, derkins, and dips on bench 20 reps each then run loop x 5, overhead press 15 reps with Cindy then farmers carry and do 15 reps of squats x 5 rounds
MARY: flutters, grave diggers, Rosalina
ANNOUNCEMENTS: newsletter
COT: kids going back to school, families

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Q3.5-Articulation

Link to text: https://f3nation.com/articulation

The Q Source Statement: “Articulation is the second of the four Leadership Skills. It is the act of describing Vision to others so they can understand it.”

The 3 Core Spurs (Takeaways):

  1. Every person can articulate, but most choose not to.
  2. Articulation is a skill that improves with practice.
  3. Articulation is about understanding, not liking.

Principle 1: Men often keep their visions locked in their heads due to fear of failure, lack of confidence, or pure laziness.

Principle 2: Articulation is not a genetic gift reserved for charismatic orators; it is a leadership muscle that must be broken down and rebuilt through deliberate practice.

Principle 3: Articulation is successful when your people comprehend the destination, even if they dislike the discomfort required to get there. Persuasion and buy-in come next, but clarity must come first.

Socratic: Where in your daily Concentrica (marriage, parenting, work) have you failed to practice clear communication, resulting in alignment drift?

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Can’t outrun being anxious!!!

Omitted! All Veteran PAX
WARMUP:
shared route, some pre stretched others pre walked
THE THANG:
Right on Munn
Left on Old Kingsley
Cross Hwy 160
Left on Sun Belt Drive
Lap around lot perimeter
Out on Wamsutta to Hwy 21
Back to Kingsley loop x 2-3 laps
Back across to 160 to COT
MARY:
She was missed
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Newsletter, Bethel, Trash Pickup, La Grama, Stuff the Bus
COT: Always in our hearts.

Can’t outrun being anxious!!!

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Whoa

WARMUP:

  • Mountain Climbers,
  • Strawberry Pickers,
  • Windmills

THE THANG:
Mosey to the back road for a Dora. Exercises at the lowest level light, partner run up the hill to the second light.

  • 200 Merkins
  • 400 Squats
  • 600 LBC’s

Mosey back to COT

MARY: NA

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Read your newsletters

COT: It is what it is…

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Split Q

WARMUP: Run with butt kickers, high knees, toy soldiers and karaoke. Circle up- windmill, hill billys, imperial walkers, toe touch, produce picker, Merlin, Peter Parker, Parker Peter, runners lunge, crow.

THE THANG:
Pull ups/ al gore, pull ups/ shoulder taps, pull up/ al gore
Jack web

Switch Q

22s on the basketball court.
Burpee/Big Boys on side A (1/10, 2,9 etc)
Run to other side
Jump squat/dead bug

Jog a cooldown lap
MARY: stretched
ANNOUNCEMENTS: bethel men’s shelter
COT: yes

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Backblast for the Slackers

WARMUP: meet and greet
THE THANG: run through the bubble
MARY: was a fine girl
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Rob says USC is different than Southern California
COT: pray more worry less

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Carolina Day Ballroom

Started with a mosey run
Warmup: SSH, Windmills, Imp Walkers, LSS, arm circles, peter parkers, plank stretches
-Run-
Do-run-do routine:
At baseline do 15 bobby Hurleys, run to halfway point, do 15 bobby Hurleys, run to far baseline and do 15 bobby Hurleys. Plank for the six.
Repeat doing 10 merkins and bear crawling
-Run-
Bench work: Step ups, dips, squats, derkins, calf raises
-Run-
Wall work:
Wall sit, run out and do CDDs, back on the wall.
Wall tar jais in cadence.
Leg lift dora: Partner one runs, partner two does leg lifts, switch, go to 100 cumulative.
-Run-
Simon says: smurf jacks, squats, some other things
Ball toss: pax in circle and toss the 15lb slam ball to each other.
Talked about Carolina Day 6/28/1776, battle of Sullivan’s Island.

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