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  • The Necropolis (Fort Meigs – Ruck) – Samuel Cordova

    Mile High Ruck Q.
    Guardian Ruck
    Van Gough Run
    Carmen San Diego Run
    Norm Run
    Fossil Run
    Long Horn Ruck
    Astro Ruck
    Mr Anderson Ruck
    Ten Pin Ruck
    Van Weilder Ruck
    Bourban Run
    Dutch Run
    Stalker Ruck
    Meat loaf Ruck
    Cyber Truck Ruck
    Capital Run
    Base Line Run
    Tribeck Run
    Ukilehli Run
    Stark Run
    Isosilies Run

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  • The Necropolis (Fort Meigs – Ruck) – Samuel Cordova

    Guardian _Ruck
    Van Gogh
    Carmen San Diego_Ruck
    Norm Run Q
    Fossil
    Long Horn_Ruck
    Astro
    Mr Anderson_Ruck
    Ten Pin_Ruck
    Van Weilder_Ruck
    Burbon
    Dutch
    Stalker_Ruck
    Meat loaf_Ruck
    Cyber Truck_Ruck
    Capital
    Base line
    Trabeck
    Ukelali
    Stark
    Isosalies
    Mile High_Ruck Q

  • Leadership Ruck – Fitness of the Body, Mind, and Soul – Derek Emery

    Backblast: June 21st, 2025

    AO: The Fortress

    PAX:
    Carmen Sandiego – Q
    Ukulele
    Capitol

    Workout: Lights Out Running 5:30 run instead of ruck

    FNG’s: none

    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”:

    Ran to Necropolis and back. Fast past there, Fartleks on the way back. Total of around 5 miles.

    Count-O-Rama: 3

  • Rabbit Hole (Whitehouse Library) – Mike “Photon” Bauer

    Backblast: June 20th, 2025

    AO: The Rabbit Hole – Whitehouse Library – Whitehouse, OH

    PAX:
    Photon – Q
    Astro
    Bourbon
    Doubtfire
    Fancy Feast
    Fat Amy
    Mercy
    Rudy
    Vespa

    Workout: The Heartbeat Of The Summer Solstice

    FNG’s: N/A

    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: In cadence

    Willie Mays Hayes – 10
    Piano Keys – 14

    Mosey to the hill

    The “Thang”:

    Jacob’s Ladder

    For a given round, perform 1 hill sprint up and down the big hill. After descending the hill the last time in a given round, perform a 30s walk away from the hill to the cone and back to the hill. After each round, increase the number of hill sprints by 1 for the following round. Repeat until time.

    After the mosey back to the flag, we finished with 10 burpees in cadence…because Photon.

    Ended with:
    Count-O-Rama: 9
    Name-O-Rama

    The Six – Fat Amy

    LDP3

    Ball of Man

    Spreadsheets from the Gloom: 60F and dry, but a thick layer of dew on the grass, making this one even more fun. This beatdown was an audible. More importantly, it was a response. A comment was made that a DR post in Cincinnati saw more hills in a single beatdown than in all The Black Swamp. And having lived in Cincinnati for 5 years as a young lad, I know that the area does have a lot of hills. But they don’t have our hill. And they don’t have our PAX. We go hard. Borderline stupid at times. We’re the type of guys who will run 5 miles BEFORE doing 400 burpees. Or run IPC Week 0 BEFORE running Bourbon’s Lucky 7’s. Hell, some of us will Murph 8 times in 7 days. Or do 1475 burpees in 7 days. Or even ruck 50 miles in ONE DAY just because. We’re the type of guys who will bearcrawl through snow down Main Street in (-20F) windchill to celebrate our brother’s 69th birthday.

    I’m sure the PAX in Cincinnati are great. I’m sure their beatdowns are hard. And I’m sure that the same can be said for all of the regions in F3 Nation. But the men in the swamp are just built different. It’s contagious…the type of peer pressure that would actually make your parents proud. There’s a reason they called this area “The Toledo Miracle”…it wasn’t supposed to be this way. It wasn’t supposed to flourish, let alone work at all. But it did…because of the guys who step into that circle every morning.

    So thanks to Gold Star for giving me the inspiration to try something hard (borderline stupid), and to the other 8 guys who took on the challenge with me. As far as I know, the current record for hill sprints at The Rabbit Hole is now sitting at 23. And I hope that some fired up PAX with a passion for punishment crushes that number sooner rather than later.

    Playlist (as well as the workout structure itself) was an ode to The Summer Solstice as today was the last day of this year where the days are still getting longer.

    “Long Day” – Matchbox Twenty
    “It’ll Be A Long Time” – The Offspring
    “Daylight” – Coldplay
    “Everlong” – Foo Fighters
    “The Boys Of Summer” – The Ataris
    “Foreplay/Long Time” – Boston
    “The Sun” – Maroon 5

  • Nightmare (Perrysburg Municipal Park) – Justin G Nickey

    Kettlebell Baseball Beatdown
    Mission: The mission of F3 is to plant grow and serve small workout groups for men for the invigoration of male community leadership.
    1. Be free of charge
    2. Be open to all men
    3. Be held outdoors, rain or shine, heat or cold
    4. Be led by men who participate in the workout in a rotating fashion, with no training or certification necessary
    5. End with a Circle of Trust
    The Thang:
    Each inning will consist of doing each exercise on every base followed by running a lap of the infield.
    Inning 1: 25 Kettlebell Swings
    Inning 2: 25 Goblet Squats
    Inning 3: 25 One Arm Bent-over Row (2 is 1)
    Inning 4: 25 Kettlebell Swings
    Inning 5: 25 Curls
    Inning 6: 25 Goblet Lunges (2 is 1)
    Inning 7: 25 Kettlebell Swings
    Inning 8: 25 Skull Crushers
    Inning 9: 25 Thrusters
    Victory Lap: Run a lap around the whole field along the warning track.
    Double Header: If you finish the whole game go back to the first inning for a double header.
    Count-o-rama: 17
    Name-o-rama:
    Frodo
    Cybertruck
    Wario
    Stalker
    Sugar Bush
    Spaulding
    Capital
    Longhorn
    Stark
    Ukelele
    Meatloaf
    Carmen San Diego
    Guardian
    Yoshi
    Footloose
    Goldstar
    Van Wilder – Q
    6 Speech
    Announcements
    LDP3
    Prayer Intentions

  • The Wall (Riverside Park) – Bourbon

    06/19/2025 – Juneteenth:

    Date: 06/19/2025
    Time: 5:30 – 6:15 AM
    Location: The Wall – Riverside Park, Perrysburg, OH
    Q: Bourbon

    PAX Count: 18 Total

    PAX Names:
    Dutch
    Capitol
    Coconut
    Lego
    Ukulele
    Irish Hoss
    Fat Amy
    Guardian
    Ten Pin
    Frodo
    Huckleberry
    Redken
    Finkle
    Carmen San Diego
    Purdy
    Geppetto
    Nitrous
    Bourbon

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

    Principles of F3:
    • It must be free of charge
    • It must be open to all men
    • It must be held outdoor, rain or shine, hot or cold
    • It must be peer led in a rotating fashion by men who participate in the workout, with no training or certification necessary
    • It must end with a Circle of Trust (COT)

    Disclaimer Statement

    Warmup:
    • Motivators. 10 to 1.

    Beatdown:

    • History: Juneteenth represents the annual holiday that celebrates the official emancipation of enslaved people in Texas on June 19, 1865, marking the end of slavery in the United States. This was nearly two years after President Abraham Lincoln emancipated enslaved Africans in America.

    • The Awakening:
    o 6 x Burpees [6-count, in cadence]
    o 19 x Chain Breakers [4-count, in cadence]
    o 18 x Imperial Walkers [4-count, in cadence]
    o 65 x Mountain Climber [4-count, in cadence]

    • The Journey to Freedom:
    o 6 x Jump Squats [4-count, in cadence]
    o 19 x Lunges (2 is 1) [OYO]
    o 18 x Perfect Merkins [OYO]
    o 65 x Side-Straddle Hops [4-count, in cadence]

    • New Dawn Freedom Sprint:
    o Sprint up the ramp to the American flag
    o Plank until all PAX get to the flag
    o Sprint down the ramp and plank at the bottom until all PAX get to the bottom

    • Unity Core:
    o 6 x American Hammers [4-count, in cadence]
    o 19 x BBSU’s [4-count, in cadence]
    o 18 x Flutter Kicks [4-count, in cadence]
    o 65 x LBC’s [OYO]

    • New Dawn Freedom Sprint (Final):
    o Sprint to the second pole toward Hood Park
    o Recover for the 6
    o Plank
    o Circle Merk to 65
    o Sprint Back to start

    Playlist:
    • “Wade the Water” – Cynthia Liggins Thomas
    • “Glory” – Common and John Legend
    • “Get Up, Stand Up” – Bob Marley
    • “Freedom” – Beyonce
    • “I Can” – Nas
    • “Power” – Kanye West
    • “This is America” – Childish Gambino
    • “Higher Ground” – Stevie Wonder
    • “Say It Loud” – James Brown
    • “Fight the Power” – Public Enemy
    • “A Change is Gonna Come” – Same Cooke

    COT:
    • Count-O-Rama and Name-O-Rama
    • Learn about the 6: Irish Hoss.
    • Announcements
    • LDP3
    o Shovel Flag
    o Site Q, Geppetto, shared the following blog post from F3 Johnson City:
    • https://f3netn.com/2016/10/22/its-just-a-flag-like-f3-is-just-a-workout/
    • COT / Prayers and Intentions

  • The Wall (Riverside Park) – Derek Emery

    Backblast: June 19th, 2025

    AO: The Wall

    PAX:
    Carmen Sandiego – Q
    Ukulele

    Workout: Fartleks “black ops”

    FNG’s: none

    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: Ran to the pump station and ran 2 hills

    The “Thang”:

    Ran 5 miles of hills and straightaways at variable speeds.

    Count-O-Rama: 2

  • Wakanda (Maumee High School) – Paul Alex Wiederhold

    Beatdown Name: Gulliver Dreams of 11’s
    Date: 06.19.2025
    Location: Wakanda

    QIC: Gulliver

    PAX:
    Crawdad
    Lyman
    Footloose
    Landslide
    Yoshi
    Crawdad

    Welcome
    F3 Mission and Core Principles
    Disclaimer
    Warmup: Windmills, arm circles forward and backward 11 times each

    The Thang: “Sleepwalk” around the island while farmer carrying cindy with the opposite hand on the long sides and rifle carry the shorts.

    11’s:
    Merkins with sholder taps / Goldberg Squats with the block
    Rows / Lunge 2:1
    Hip Thrusters with Cindy / Curls
    Out of time!

    COT
    Count-o-Rama
    Name-o-Rama
    The Six
    Announcements
    LDP3
    Prayer

  • Run @ the Pump Station (Hood Park) – Mike “Photon” Bauer

    Backblast: June 15th, 2025

    AO: The Pump Station – Hood Park – Perrysburg, OH

    PAX:
    Photon – Q
    Deuce
    Carmen Sandiego
    Footloose
    Guardian
    Gulliver
    Sherbert
    Ukulele
    Yoshi

    Workout: Post Tough Mudder Accountability Q

    FNG’s: N/A

    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”:

    This route will further be known as “The Horseshoe”. Starting at the end of the sidewalk that leads to The Pump Station stairs, run down the stairs, across to the hill, up the hill, around the circle, and repeat until time. The route makes a giant “U” or horseshoe shape.

    Ended with:
    Count-O-Rama: 9
    Name-O-Rama

    The Six – Sherbert

    LDP3

    Ball of Man

    Spreadsheets from the Gloom: This should have been titled “You vs U”, “You vs The U” or “You vs The ‘Shoe”. I’ll make sure to mend this error on future runs of this, which there will surely be. This one is SBD, simple, but deadly. A brutal combination of hills and stairs with just enough middle ground to maintain a steady push throughout the duration. It may become a mainstay in my Sunday run rotation, possibly adding a ruck/vest in for even more fun.

  • The Armory (Waterville Library) – Brian “tackleberry” Vas

    Jingleheimer
    Fat Amy
    Photon
    Clutch
    Sven
    Huckleberry -6
    Fancy Feast
    Footloose
    Vespa
    Bulldog
    Gold Star
    Bourbon
    Norm
    FNG "Trebek"
    Manchester
    Chicken Legs
    Baseline
    Doubtfire
    Ukulele
    Yoshi
    Irish hoss
    Slider
    Waldo
    Tackleberry

    Today's workout was based off the show Survivor. We competed and challenges while doing workouts. Alternating upper body workouts with lower body workouts every other challenge.