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COT/PRAYER
It’s been 6 years to the day for F3 and me. January 10th 2017. I showed up thanks to an EH of a highschool friend, F3 Tonka, after a chance meeting at a restaurant. He told me about F3 and invited me to a workout.
I must admit I was looking for “something” . I was sorely out of shape in every aspect of the 3 Fs. Furthermore, my marriage was not in a good place, my relationship with my children not good either. In fact, no part of my life seemed in sync. The only thing I had was work and I made that my soul (not sole) focus. Working hard and putting the rest of my life in a hole was my solution.
So bad was my marriage that my M decided I must be out doing something other than working out at 5:00 in the morning. When I started leaving the house almost every morning at 4:30 and not returning till 6:30 she must have thought I was up to no good. One morning after working out I decided to ruck after boot camp. To my surprise a car came Wheeling into the parking lot right up to me. It was my M. She was upset thinking I had been doing something other than working out all the mornings I had been gone. I must admit when I started F3 it was for selfish reasons. All I knew was I could not continue to work in the physical shape I was in so I needed to get back in shape to continue working and ignoring what really needed working on. So bad was our lack of communication that my wife really didn’t know what I was up to. Not her fault but mine. As the leader of my family I had missed the mark and had been missing it for some time.
I am so grateful for the F3 Brotherhood not because they had the answers I needed but because many of them were as broken as me or worse. What we lacked was accountability from other men. Together we form that Circle of trust and share our strengths , our victories, our defeats, and our vulnerabilities.
I think, scratch that, I KNOW I would not be in a good place had it not been for the F3 Brotherhood. I Can Only Imagine what my marriage, if any, would have been like today. I Can Only Imagine the damage I would continue to inflict on my family.
I leave you with this. I’ve gotten way too comfortable with what F3 has given me. I have forgotten , several times , the power of a single invitation to one of our workouts. My goal for 2023 is to start inviting more men, what we call Emotional Headlock (EH) to our workouts.
One single chance encounter has given me an opportunity to reclaim my life as it should be- Freed To Lead. I still have a lot of work to do. A lot of rebuilding and reconnecting. There are many men out there who are in the same position, they need us but don’t know they need us. I challenge each of you to grow F3 Nation and F3 Lexington specifically. My friend Tonka could have easily not even mentioned F3 to me that day. Again I cannot stress enough how detrimental I think that would have been to me, my M, my kids, my family, my fitness, my fellowship, and my faith. The ripple effect would have transferred to each of these relationships and ultimately would have made them less.
It’s the start of a new year and men will be looking for ways to lose weight, become fitter,more active, Etc. Give them what they think they need and you won’t have to tell them what they really need.
I want to challenge each one of you men that read this post to reach out to more men and expand the circle of trust(COT). Make it your New Year’s resolution to put these men in an emotional headlock and get them out there in the Gloom and hold on to them give them a reason to come back.
As our leader F3 Dark Helmet says…. “Stop being less”
Warm up
Grab a block
A variety of 10 rep 4 ct IC exercises
The Thang,
6 rounds for 6 years
1 minute of (1 for January)
Round 1 Burpees
Round 2 alt lunges
Round 3 SSH
Round 4 plank
Round 5 jump “rope”
Round 6 mtn climbers
Stack 1 min rounds each cycle with no rest throughout round cycle
10 block merkins (10 for Jan 10th)
17 goblet squats (yr I started F3)
23 OH press (current yr of betterment)
End
Announcements
Light house for life this Saturday Harbison state forest
Pickleball
Snakepit waffle house Thursday w Bunkbed
Trash pickup February stay tuned
Prayers
Deadsticks friend health
Harp death of family member
YHC wife’s upcoming test CT
Devo,
1 Peter 3:8
Finally, all of you, have unity of mind, sympathy, brotherly love, a tender heart, and a humble mind
Thank you men for your friendship and kindness.
Katniss