Author: wstark

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.

Backblast: May 24th, 2026

AO: Pump Station Run

PAX:
Gulliver
Crawdad
Colt 45

Carmen Sandiego (Q)

Our mission is to plant, grow and serve small workout groups for men for the invigoration of male community leadership.
Five principles are open to all men, always free, always outdoors, always led by a member of the pax. Only you know your medical history so modify if needed. End in a circle of trust.

Credo is leave no man behind, but leave no man where you find him.

Workout name: Run like you stole something

4 stations.

Partnered up and did the towel run up the hill. 2 times forward, 1 time backwards.

Next we had to jog from one bucket to the next which had golf balls. We picked up one ball and sprinted back to the original bucket and dropped it. We did this until the bucket was empty.

3rd station we did the same bucket exercise but we went up and down the stairs.

4th station we did the bucket exercise on the grass side of the hill.

Last station we did the towel run at the top of the hill with the golf balls. We switched partners.

Ended with Willie Mayes Spider Man Hayes, The Hairy Rockettes and the toe touch.

Count-o-Rama: 4
Name-o-Rama

The Sixth: Gulliver

COT

Ball of man

Backblast: May 23rd, 2026

AO: The Fortress– Grace Church – Perrysburg, OH

PAX:
Photon – Q
Carmen Sandiego

Workout: Black Ops Run

The “Thang”:

Ran down to the treatment plant and back before the leadership ruck. We got drenched. It was awesome.

5/23/26 0630-0730 Guns N’ Roses

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

5 core principles – Always free. Open to all men. Held outdoors regardless of weather. Led in a rotating fashion by a member of the PAX with no training or certification necessary. Ends in a COT, just as it begins.

F3 credo “Leave no man behind, but leave no man where you find him.”

Pax:
Fat Amy
Viper
Dougie
Waldo
Jersey
Shepherd
Arcy
Hannibal
Gold Star
Crawdad
Gulliver
Madden
Guardian – Q

Started off with 30 SSH IC to get the blood flowing.

Per Waldo’s request, we stayed as dry as possible. Utilizing a die app on my phone, there were 6 different combinations to land on.

Why 6? Well, a conversation amongst a friend of mine and myself landed on the fact that Axl Rose sits at the top of professional singers for who can hit the most octaves. 5.5 from what one search reported. You wouldn’t think that, but, Google says it’s true so it must be.

One overhang was the section for block work (to build guns) and the other overhang was for core work of rosalitas or rosalita whips (roses). The playlist consisted of the best of G&R, Poison, OutKast and Seal. Great mumblechat and solid work was had by all. Except Crawdad bc I forgot he was there lol.

COR
NOR
6- Waldo
Announcements
LDP3
Prayers

Thanks to all who joined. It was a pleasure to lead this morning.

5/23 0530-0620 Rucky ruck ruck @ Battlefield

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

5 core principles – Always free. Open to all men. Held outdoors regardless of weather. Led in a rotating fashion by a member of the PAX with no training or certification necessary. Ends in a COT, just as it begins.

F3 credo “Leave no man behind, but leave no man where you find him.”

Pax:
Full Pull – Runner
Fat Amy – Runner
Viper – Runner
Dougie – Runner
Arcy
Hannibal
Vespa
Crawdad
Gulliver
Madden
Guardian – Q

We rucked wherever Crawdad led us. 2.5-3 miles. Runners got 5-5.5 miles in.

COR
NOR
6- Arcy
Saved prayer and announcements for BD

Backblast: May 22nd, 2026

AO: Nightmare– Perrysburg Municipal Park – Perrysburg, OH

PAX:
Photon – Q
Guardian

Workout: Black Ops Ruck

The “Thang”:

Rucked around Nightmare. Talked about life insurance.

Beatdown began on the way to the hill. There were a few trips up and fun had by all. There was a FNG

Manchester – Q
Large Mouth – FNG
Rudy
Vespa
Lug Nut
Crawdad
Purdy
Fat Amy
Norm

5.22.26 – Nightmare – HR Derby

Pax List:
Q – Gold Star
Huckleberry
Spaulding
Guardian
French Fry
Meatloaf
Photon
Bourbon

>What is F3? – Fitness Fellowship & Faith
>Mission – To plant, grow and serve small workout groups for men for the invigoration of male community leadership
>5 Core Principles – Free of charge / Open to all men / Held outdoors rain or shine / Led by fellow PAX (you v you) / Ends with COT
>Credo – Leave no man behind but leave no man where you find him.

Warmup – SPMICE
>Star Grabbers – in cadence
>Windmills – in cadence
>Willy Mays Hays – in cadence
>Motivators – 7 count

Beatdown = HR Derby

A pax stepped up to the plate, and took a few swings. How well they hit the ball determined the MOT.
>HR = mosey
>Triple/Double = Imperial Walker
>Single = Walking Lunge
>Strikeout/weak/popup = Bear Crawl

Home Plate: 10 burpee buy-in each round.

20 reps of each exercise on the bases.

1st Base: Legs
> Bonnie Blairs (2is1)
> Smurf Jacks
> No Surrender
> Monkey Humpers (2is1)

2nd Base: Upper Body
> Hand Release Merkins
> Absolutions
> Air Presses (2is1)
> Shoulder Tap Merkins

3rd Base: Core
> BBSUs
> Box Cutters
> Freddie Mercury’s
> ARods

Guardian led off with a weak, generous single for some walking lunges.
Spaulding follow it up with a seeing-eye double up the middle for Imperial Walkers.
French Fry roped a homer to left for a mosey reprieve.
And Huck played the clean up role well, lacing a homer down the line for another mosey in our final round.

COR / NOR / #6 / LDP3 / Announcements / Prayers / COT / Picture

22 May 2026 Backblast: Colson and Southie posted.
1 mile run
50 pull-ups
125 merkins
150 squats
*in preparation for the Memorial Day Murph
End with COT.

AO: Wakanda

PAX:
Gulliver
Lyman
Lonzo
Echo
Waldo
Rudy
Quick Draw
Mercy
Sven
Purdy
Bourban
Shepherd
Crawdad
Ukulele
Photon
Arcy
Footloose
Chubbs
Zimba
Iso
Guardian
Barrel Head
Wario-Q

F3: Fitness, Fellowship, Faith;

Mission: The Mission of F3 is to plant, grow and serve small workout groups for men for the invigoration of male community leadership

Five Core Principles:
It is free of charge
It is open to all men
It is held outdoors
It's led by men who participate in the workout in a rotating fashion
Ends with a Circle of Trust

Our credo is: Leave no man behind yet leave no man where you found him.

Warm up: 7 count Motivator

The thang:
The loop at Wakanda set up with 4 cones around it. Pax split up into 4 teams. The teams are racing around the loop doing rifle carry. At each of the 4 cones the teams will switch which pax is rifle carrying. Goal to make it 2 laps around the loop. Each team runs ahead to do exercises at the cones.
Exercises include,
Lion King, Bobby hurleys, Flying Nuns, Monkey Humpers

Next round we did farmer carries, exercises were: CPRs, Merkins, plank jack shoulder taps, Mike Tysons

Then lastly we did atlas carries with Man Makers, Kraken burpees, Jackees, wolverine

We ended up adding a rule as well that each team member had to complete 10 reps at the 4 stations.
We continued until 0608 when we began the circle of trust

COR
NOR
6 from Arcy/Wario
Announcements
LDP3 from Quick Draw
Prayer