Backblast: May 23rd, 2026
AO: The Fortress – Grace Church – Perrysburg, OH
PAX:
Photon – Q
Callahan
Carmen Sandiego
Deliverance
Meatloaf
Poe
Shaft
Spit Valve
Tarnished
Trench – FNG
Workout: 999 Problems But Consistency Ain’t One
FNG’s: Trench
Mission and Principles:
F3: Fitness, Fellowship, Faith
Mission: To plant, grow and serve small workout groups for men for the invigoration of male community leadership.
The core principles of F3 are that it is always:
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. You versus you. Modify or stop an exercise if you need to. The most important thing is that nobody gets hurt.
5. Ends with a Circle of Trust
Credo: Leave no man behind but leave no man where you find him
Warm-up: N/A
The “Thang”:
My favorite Leadership Ruck route…West on 6th street until it was time to turn around. But let’s be honest, people don’t come out to The Fortress rucks for the scenery or the route…they come for the discussion. Topic of the day, ahead of post 1000 for YHC, was consistency and how it relates to leadership. Prompts were the following:
1. What does consistency mean to you in daily life? Where has inconsistency hurt you in the past? What simple routines or bricks have helped?
2. Why does chasing perfection kill consistency? Share a time when steady “good enough” beat sporadic excellence.
3. Why is being unchanging in nature, standard, or effect over time so critical for a leader? How does consistency (or lack of it) build or erode trust in a team, family, or group?
4. How do we build consistency as leaders? What systems accountability measures, or bricks could we put in place to stay consistent when motivation fades?
Ended with:
Count-O-Rama: 10
Name-O-Rama
The Six – Shaft
LDP3
Ball of Man
Spreadsheets from the Gloom: Good discussion during the Fortress ruck, as usual. Great mix of new guys and old. Nice to get an FNG willing to participate heavily in the discussion. No Jay-Z was played during this ruck…because his music blows and he’s a satanist.
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