F3 Gastonia

Fitness, Fellowship, Faith

Author: HIPAA (Page 10 of 14)

The Roosevelt

May 10, 2019 / / 0 Comments

100 years ago we lost a great HIM, Theodore Roosevelt.

He once said:

“It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat.” 
― Theodore Roosevelt

As men of F3, I think we can all relate to Teddy’s quote. The credit belongs to the HIM that resists the fartsack and posts in the gloom, whose body is stained by dirt, sweat, gravel and sometimes blood; we give 100% at each post; who occasionally Q fail, who falls short of completing a full set of burpees again and again, because there is no effort without failure and weakness; but who does try his best to perform the exercise; who has passion and loyalty; who invests his time for self-betterment; who knows in the end the prize is greater than the pain, and who at the lowest, if he fails, at least he failed while trying his best, so that he shall never be with those sadclowns who neither know victory or defeat.

Warmup

Jacked Up

50 SSH IC

40 Seal Jacks IC

30 Plank Jacks IC

20 Chilly Jacks IC

10 Lil Gumby’s in the Woods (AKA Smurf Jacks) IC

The Thang

Mosey ½ mile to…yep you guessed it “Roosevelt” tire. Fitting isn’t it?? There is a plethora of old tractor trailer and tractor tires back here in the “disposal” pile. We are just gonna borrow them for a few minutes and put them back. Hope we don’t get arrested!

Large crowd so lets grab 5 large tractor tires

Tri-Partner up behind a tire. 16 so 1 odd man out.

Round 1:

P1 Merkins while P2 flips tire 50 yards to P3 that is doing Flutters. Switch so P3 is flipping back to P1. Continue the loop for a few cycles.

Odd man out subbed in while doing merkins and tire pushes with a smaller tire across the lot and back. At one point Sparky was the odd man out and was doing what looked like the old “Hoop Rolling” game from the early 1920’s or Def Leppard’s era.

Recover

Tri-Partner team now assembles around tire and does the following

20 Dips IC

20 Rocky Balboa’s IC

Round 2

P1 Burpees while P2 deadlifts then farmer carries tire 50 yards to P3 that is doing Mountain climbers. Switch so P3 is farmer carry back to P1. Continue the loop for a few cycles.

Recover

Tri-Partner team now assembles around tire and does the following

15 Derkins IC

20 Step Ups IC

Round 3

P1 LBCs while P2 deadlifts then farmer carries tire 50 yards to P3 that is doing BBSU. Switch so P3 is farmer carry back to P1. Continue the loop for a few cycles.

Put tires back where we found them

Mosey ½ mile back to start

Time!

COT

Announcements: Mt. Mitchell Hike May 19 5:30 at GSM, Belmont 5K SFN May 25 8:00, Memorial Day Murph at Martha’s 7:00, all other AO’s closed that day.

Prayer requests: Gastones family, Easy Riders son, Watt’s Up daughter, Sargento’s family

Sparky took us out

Thank you again to everyone that showed this morning. I hope I made it worth your while. For those that haven’t made it out in awhile, we miss you and your presence is needed. Be a HIM, not a Milk Carton Man.

Aye!

HIPAA

 

A feather in my cap

April 8, 2019 / / 0 Comments

Setting a goal for yourself and achieving it makes life that much better. I set out on a journey sometime in 2018 with the intention of Q’ng every AO in our region. One by one I began to check them off leaving only the Yank to conquer. I hit Tesla up to let him know I’d gladly take the Q this past Saturday. Surprisingly I’ve only been to the Yank two times prior to this Saturday. Once for a guest Q by Rev. Flo Rider and the other was a convergence. That said I really wasn’t familiar with the area of Belmont and what to do. Tesla had been asking if I was bringing any toys to my Q. I had put off the answer as I really wasn’t sure what I wanted to do. Then I remembered a nice spot behind Sammy’s to setup a PainLab type workout. With the area chosen I went to work on a weinke. I have been really into the Battle ropes lately having owned two different sizes. They can put one hell of a beating on you. They incorporate core, cardio and strength training into any movement used with them. Only having 2 ropes I knew I’d have to generate more pain stations. I put a question out on slack about what the avg. Pax count is at the Yank, I was told 10-12. Solid number so I created pain stations accordingly. I arrived extra early and setup shop in the new parking lot behind Sammy’s. Walked up to the starting point where I was greeted by an FNG soon to be named Pyle. One by one I started seeing more and more Pax arrive. At about 5 til we were at about 12, when out of nowhere 8 more showed. I immediately had to pull up my weinke and add some more pain stations! YHC was very pleased with turnout. Large crowd so let’s move it down to the concrete pad.

0700 let’s begin

Disclaimer and 5 core principles for the 2 FNGs

Warmup

SSH x 15 IC

Merkins x 15 IC

Moroccan Night Clubs x 50 IC

As usual ToolTime was running his mouth. Guess he didn’t get enough EC running in so had to continue it here.

Let’s mosey to parking lot behind Sammy’s.

The Thang

I spent sometime explaining the pain stations and ToolTime interupted numerous times with complete nonsensical jargon but we made up the time during the workout.

Tabata (Ciabatta)

10 Pain Stations – 30 seconds each station, 10 second rest between stations

20 PAX so make 2 lines of 10 behind each battlerope.

Rope 1 – Heavy 2″
Rope 2 – Medium 1.5″
Plank Jacks Plank Jacks
Cinder Block Curls Cinder Block Curls
Chilly Jacks Chilly Jacks
Cinder Block Overhead Press Cinder Block Overhead Press
Wide Merkins Wide Merkins
Burpees Burpees
Diamond Merkins Diamond Merkins
LBC’s LBC’s

The 10th Station would be the mosey around the parking lot then planking until the buzzer went off. Call this your extended rest period.

Fired up the tunes with some Prodigy. No complaints, except from ToolTime who requested Tool. There was a reason for the choice in music and we’ll get to that in a second.

After round one I made the lines flip flop. This gave everyone the opportunity to work with the heavy rope. We kept the flip flop going as we ended a round. It was maybe after round 2  where I noticed the PAX literally praising Jesus when they arrived at the Burpee station. They had been working so hard at all the rest of the stations that somehow doing Burpees was an actual relief???

ToolTime still requesting Tool

OK we made it to the halfway point so time for a little explanation of the music choice. As the PAX caught their breath I brought up once again the F3 Mental Battle. I pointed out the the lead singer of Prodigy, Keith Flint, committed suicide on March 4th. I noted that while a man can have everything going for them in their life, they may still be fighting demons inside. Spoke on how I battle through anxiety but that this group of HIMs pulls me away and helps me find ways to fight that anxiety. There are many men that battle depression, anxiety and other mental diseases. WE are all here for each other. WE are here to hear you out. WE are here to help you. WEare here to guide you to someone that can help you if WE cannot. The important thing is WE are here. Reach out.

Lets get back to it.

ToolTime still requesting Tool

0750 and we were wrapping up the last round.

We did 5 rounds. Here is what we did when on the ropes. While it was the same, it was a little different each time.

Single Arm Alternating Waves
Reverse In & Out
Claps
Double Arm Slams
American Hammers

Let’s circle up for some PAX choice MARY, round the horn style. FNG Pyle got to call an exercise, a plank groiner maybe? Who knows what the hell it was but it worked and I may use this again sometime! Well done FNG Pyle!

Time

COT

Announcements – SFN @ Community Foundation Run. I made the announcement that the Yank was end of Qng everywehre. Sargento, with a big smile on his face, says welcome to the club. I dont know what club you’re in sir but you haven’t Q’d Diablo Sammich! BOOM! ROASTED!

Prayer requests

Tiger took us out

ToolTime still requesting Tool

Men of the Yank. I thank you for the time spent with you this morning. I’m glad I got to put faces with names with the ones I’ve never met and was able to workout along side of you. I hope it was as much fun as it was terrible.

Aye!

HIPAA

One flew over the…handlebars???

April 2, 2019 / / 0 Comments

Some of you may recall Pedal was on the IR last Tuesday due to his backiotomy. I asked him Monday if he was clear to do his makeup Q this Tuesday. He said while PainLab felt great to him he had to defer yet again. Apparently he was out Mountain Biking, clipped a tree and flew over his handlebars. Ill let him tell you the rest when he’s able to return to action.  However this did not put YHC in a pickle. As i’ve attended or listened to many podcasts on Q Source, One that always sticks out is preparedness. “Always Be Prepared” is what 5.11’s moto is and so it shall be. Quick weinke creation. Arrived at Bulldog and see a surprisingly large crowd for this AO and I also see a return of Dry Rub, the FNG fresh off the convergence. Lets begin

Warmup

SSH 15 IC

Merkins 15 IC

Imperial Walkers 15 IC

Hillbillies 15 IC

Here comes HushPuppy coming in Hot. Glad to see you out here brother. Modify as needed, do what you can do!

HP takes off with a headlamp for many laps around the Bess Track.

The rest of us meet the Deck of Death

Card # Exercise Suit Exercise
2 TGU Hearts Merkins
3 Halos Diamonds Burpees
4 Half Knee Press Clubs LBCs
5 Figure 8 Spades Squats
6 Renegade Row
7 Skull Crushers
8 Clean & Press
9 Snatch
10 High Pull
J-15 Overhead Tricep
Q-15 Curls
K-15 Swings
A-15 pullovers

We ended up doing 69 Burpees, which i think was the exact # of PAX at the convergence.

COT

Announcements – Comm. Foundation Run SIGN UP, Mt. Mitchell

Prayer requests

VooDoo took us out

 

Moleskin

Last week was the F3 Mental Battle. I told the PAX the story of my wife’s friend losing her sister over the weekend to Suicide. The struggle is real. I told the PAX that the mental illness battle shouldn’t be only 1 week, it should be every day. Talk to the men around you. Men, if you are struggling, talk to someone. We are all here for each other. We are here for you if you are the one struggling. Don’t be afraid.

 

AYE!

HIPAA

GasHouse 4 Year Anniversary Convergence

March 31, 2019 / / 0 Comments

After the workout, Freight and I had an impromptu past-nantan meeting-we had to decide about the backblast. Not to sound like Goldilocks, but in my opinion, Freight would be brief and to the point with plenty of zingers to go around. ToolTime would be (ahem) long winded. And Whoopee (me), would be……you fill in the blank (just right???). I don’t think there is a wrong way, but I knew I had time today so I volunteered to do the BB. Here it goes….

Sister Act wanted a memorable 4 year convergence. Knowing he couldn’t be there due to a previously scheduled haircut and manicure, he asked Freight, ToolTime, and me to be the Qs for our convergence. We gladly accepted and like true experienced F3ers, did not discuss what we would be doing until about 4 or 5 days ago then came out with something totally different than we discussed (at least for Freight and me)….more on that later.
We moseyed to the tennis courts and started with a quick disclaimer then we jumped right into the warmup with (what else???) SSH by Freight then Merkins by Whoopee (17 which may or may not have been the number of points Auburn beat UNC last night in the bball tourney). In true sportsmanship, JJ stepped up and took his verbal whipping like a real man-props to him. He might be the most reasonable UNC fan in NC (where were you Dr. Feelgood????). It was ToolTime’s turn and he announced we would be doing Moroccan Night Clubs……as a collective sigh/whine/eye roll was loudly noted. We did MNCs for the next 83 minutes until ToolTime decided he had enough fun. Freight wanted to see what goofballs would look like with this many pax, so we did a few hundred goofballs. That. Was. Good. At this point we split off into BootCamp (Freight/ToolTime/Whoopee as co-Q) and PainLab (HIPAA as Q).
The BootCampers moseyed to the horsetrack for Freight’s part of the workout. Earlier in the week Freight had discussed doing “hill work” and “NUR” and “Joe Hendricks.” Now if there is a flatter part of Folsom in the area, I would like to know where. There was not a hill in sight. In my head I was shuffling around my workout, but then just said WTH, let’s just go with it. I found out later Freight actually scouted out the area the day before and the hills were surrounded by construction work so he changed plans. Freight had us partner up for a workout for a “specified period of time” although no specific time was actually specified. That, my friends, is what you call an attention getter. Another collective whine was produced from the crowd as Freight had us partner up. P1 would do various exercises while P2 ran the straight-a-ways and bear crawled the turns between the cones/markers. The exercises were 20 Merkins followed by 20 Squats then 20 LBFCs. Golddigger called me out multiple times on my form but in my defense, my form was bad due to bad form. Again, in my head, just roll with it. It will be over soon. Well, this went on for a very….long…..time. There was a lot of bitching, I mean, mumble chatter. Freight looked over at me and ToolTime and gave us a few minute warning before handing things over to ToolTime.
ToolTime started off with a little ab work, then moved on to ab work. Once we finished with that, we did some ab work. Not to make things monotonous, ToolTime got crazy towards the end of his time as Q and did some ab work. From the best I can recollect, we then did some ab work. I received a detailed list of the exercises from ToolTime and here is the order of our ab work: LBCs, Crunchy Frogs, Freddy Mercury, Fred Mercury, Bobby Mercury, Enos Mercury, Hilda Mercury, Uncle Remus Mercury, Shamus Mercury, Buford T Justice Mercury, Frederick Mercury, Franz Mercury, Festus Mercury, Testacles (that’s TEST-uh-klees, the Greek God of Ab work) Mercury, Frederico Mercury, and then finished with Francisco (say the first name multiple times like Buddy from Elf) Mercury. All in all, I think this part just flat out sucked. Abs are not something I work on as much as I should so maybe I will make a better effort at this in the future…….maybe……maybe not…….
At this point, I am pretty sure about 4 or 5 doves flew out of the middle of our group of men as ToolTime handed over the keys to Whoopee (that’s me). I believe I also heard angels singing a George Strait song in the background. In my head things were all messed up….no hill, grumpy pax after the blah-blah-blah mercurys we just did, and I had a millennial calling me out on my (lack of ) form. Again, in my defense, my form was bad due to my bad form. I quickly consulted my electronic Weinke…”Mosey to Hill.”  Again, flattest part of Folsom. Not a hill in sight. Flatter than my tire when I was 17 years old with my girlfriend that time when……oops, forget about that story. Time to improvise while I re-work the Weinke. Start with Tabata, everyone LOVES Tabata, right? Actually, ShortSale loves Tabata, but everyone else…..not so much but that’s ok. We can do Tabata for 25 minutes, right? I think we made it 2 minutes before the natives started getting restless. We did 20 seconds of exercise with a 10 second break. We did Merkins, Squats, LBCs?, and I think I saw someone pull out a shank at this point (we are in Folsom, remember?). I quickly called for burpees to give me some time to think. This appeased the said-shanker noted above. Next I pushed the crowd back against the wall with partner work on 11’s with Merkins and Bobby Hurley’s (gut punch just for JJ). This lasted for about 3 or 4 rounds before I saw another shank (could have been JJ). I needed something quick or someone was going to get a wig snatched, and I mean fast-that’s what my wife and 3 daughters say to each other at home and if you have more than 1 daughter, you probably know what I mean. If you happen to be like Dr. Feelgood and have 72 boys at home, you should ask me later.
Like Moses parting the Red Sea, the next idea came to me-Partner Carry’s. Everyone HATES this. This is perfect. I pushed them back against the wall again and told the PAX to partner up with a different partner. P1 and 2 were to circumnavigate the circled square with only one pax on the ground however they wanted-partner carry, fireman carry, piggy back, chicken fight position, whatever. Make a lap with above rules. I gave the Pax a break on lap #2-walk with partner like 3 legged race-basically this was a recovery lap for me. We got back to start with no shanks in sight. For good measure we swapped partners and did another lap with partner carry rules noted above. Once completed we headed back to start for some Mary with the PainLabbers.
thanks-Whoopee
PAINLAB
It was my 2nd year in a row that I was able to Q PainLab at the GasHouse Anniversary convergence. Unsure how many I would have YHC decided to create 18 Pain stations. To my surprise, once the bootcampers took off I was left with 21 willing to step up their soccer arm game.
The Thang:
18 Pain Stations
1 Minute AMRAP
30 second rest
Due to the number of PAX, some PAX paired up and swapped a station exercise with a body weight exercise about 30 seconds through.
Stations:
Jump Rope
Worlds Worst Merkins (Wide Arm, Normal, Diamond – That is 1)
LBC’s
BattleRope #1 – Single Arm Wave or Clap
Man Makers – 15Lb Dumbbells
BattleRope #2 – Double Arm Wave or Figure 8
Man Makers – 20Lb. Dumbbells
BattleRope #3 – SSH with Rope or Side to Side slams
Man Makers – 25Lb. Dumbbells
Core Tire Drag – Tire wasn’t sliding well so some opted to modify this
Slam Ball – Overhead Slams
Sledhammer – Tire Strikes
Turkish Get Ups or Curls – If you’ve never done a TGU do Curls
Tire Flip
KettleBell Swings
Kettlebell Overhead Tricep Press
Kettlebell Chest Press
Kettlebell Pullovers
We had various sizes of Kettlebells for all to try out.
At the halfway mark, or 9 stations, I took the PAX down to the 4th tennis court for something I call “Beep Beep, I’m a Jeep”. Get down in a squat position, hands out front like you are turning a steering wheel and then squat walk. When I yelled “BEEP, BEEP” the PAX responded with “I’M A JEEP”.  we did this for roughly 80 yards.
Return to your stations and lets do the other 9 stations.
Recover.
Now everyone grab either a Kettlebell, Dumbbell, slam ball, cinder block or sledgehammer.
AMRAP – Curls
AMRAP – Overhead Press
AMRAP – Curls
AMRAP – Overhead Press
Recover.
Fresh off the P200 I still had relay race on my mind. Time for a tire flip relay race.
Two tires, Two lines.
1st PAX flips tire 2-3 times then runs to the back of the line and does one burpee then falls back into line. Rest of PAX are to follow behind by bear crawling.  We went 125 yards total distance. Both teams finished at the same time.
We then joined the Bootcampers for some MARY. After doing an absurd amount of Flutter Kicks, Dark Helmet calls out a very strenuous exercise called the “Body Destroyer”! All honesty I don’t know what’s worse, that or Neckies??
RECOVER!
Playlist – Becasue whats PainLab without music??
1st set of 9 rounds – All Megadeath
2nd set of 9 rounds – Motley Crue Playlist
Aye!
HIPAA
COT
  • We heard some wise words spoken from our previous Nantans about leadership and growth.
  • Italian Job delivered a very nice speech on the importance of region growth and getting to know the HIM next to you.
  • FNG Naming ceremony
  • Speed For Need – Community Foundation Run announcement – Sign up to RUN (5K) OR WALK (2K)
  • Register Here 
  • Make sure you select “Speed For Need – F3 Gasatonia” in the “What org are you running for” dropdown box.
BOM – ToolTime took us out
#1 Coffeeteria in all of F3 Nation was held at Country Kitchen. We shut it down!
Special thanks goes out to the TRUEbadours. Thank you for taking the extra time out of your day and spending it with the HIM of F3 Gastonia!
Dark Helmet
Ponytail
Italian Job

Ages 8+ 2-? players

March 28, 2019 / / 0 Comments

Pedal reached out to YHC late Sunday to take over his Q for Bulldog due to a backiotomy. Not a lot of time to plan a weinke as I’ve been preparing one for the convergence. Time to break out PAINOPOLY.

Forgot the flag but Google images always comes through in the clutch. Pledge

Warmup

SSH

Imperial Walkers

Goof Balls

The Thang

We played PAINOPOLY

Watt’s Up and I had a heated battle for property ownership. We went to Jail once, landed on a Rail Road, and drew the Queen Burpee card from Community Chest. 30 Burpees total were completed. At one point I recall Watt’s Up saying this board aint no joke. You’re damn right it’s not! By the end of the game we were both bankrupt and sore.

Announcements

Convergence, SFN/CFN, Mt. Mitchell

Prayers for Watt’s Up son

AYE!

HIPAA

K9 Veterans Day

March 19, 2019 / / 0 Comments

Some Ran, Some Rucked, Some Walked. We did it all in honor of National K9 Veterans Day. Thank you for your service puppers!

COT

Announcements

Prayers requests

Thank you Folsom PAX for allowing me to lead. I have yet another AO I can check off of places I’ve Q’d. Only one more remains!

 

AYE!

HIPAA

That’s Jacked Up

March 19, 2019 / / 0 Comments

No, I’m not referring to the leg either. Wanted to get these HIMs that come out to Bulldog Jacked Up for Spring/Summer. No soccer arms ’round here.

Pledge

Warmup

Jacked Up (F3 Exicon Name)

SSH x 50 IC
Seal Jacks x 40 IC
Plank Jacks x 30 IC – I “Jacked up” the cadence call on this, not once but twice. In the end we still did 30 IC.
Crossover Jacks x 20 IC
Lil Gumby’s In The Woods (AKA Smurf Jacks) x 10 IC

The Thang:

Bears & Bells

Get into Bear Crawl position with your Kettlebell on the pavement between your feet. Reach between your legs and pull the bell across the pavement passed your head. Now, bear crawl forward until the bell is between your feet again, and keep repeating across the length of the parking lot which was 65 Yards.

Recover

Kettlebell one arm overhead. Walk 30 yards and switch arms.

Recover

7’s – Renegade row (1 each arm is 1) at one end, Farmer Carry 30 yards, Curls at the other end, Farmer Carry back

Recover

Kettlebell Swings x 20
Little Gumby’s in the woods x15
Kettlebell Curls x 20
Diamond Merkins x15
Kettlebell Rows x 20
Mountain Climbers x15
American Hammers x 20 (count Right side only)
Plank Jacks x15
Tricep Extensions x 20
Burpees 5
Goblet Squats x 20
Monkey Humpers x15
Single Arm Bench Press x 20 (10 each arm)
Crab Cakes x15
Single Arm Shoulder Press  x 20 (10 each arm)
MNC x15
Dead Lift x 20
Chilly Jack’s x15
Upright Rows x 20 or 10 each arm
Plank jacks x15

Recover

Time

COT

Mentioned the F3 Mental Battle on 3/27. Briefly touched on depression, anxiety and other mental health things. Encouraged PAX to listen to C-SPANS roundtable/podcast on the topic. As we only have two workouts on Wednesdays, we will expand the Mental Battle to Tuesday and Thursday next week to cover more AO’s. End your workout at 0605 to allow extra time in COT to talk about topic.

Announcements:

SFN-CFN April 13th

Convergence March 30th

Mt. Mitchell Climb May 5th

Bible Study at Allen Tate’s house next Thursday 3/28 – Kingdom Man is the topic

Prayer requests:

Honey Do’s family, VooDoo’s family, Watt’s Up family & Mayor

YHC took us out.

 

Mayor, glad you came out this morning. I always enjoy having you at a workout as you seem to bring laughter to the PAX. I know you are battling some health issues right now but continue to push through and push the rock. Thanks to Pedal for volunteering to lead Bulldog next week. Thanks to Watt’s Up for stepping up and taking PainLab Q when most are going to be gone for P200.

PainLab Site Q Open Position

March 19, 2019 / / 0 Comments

“Leadership is a skill that a person must learn and master during their lifetime rather than an attribute of their character with which they are born. As a skill, it is like learning to play the piano. If it were an attribute, it would be like having blue eyes or a square jaw.

Because it is a skill, a person must commit to learning to lead in the same way that they would learn to play the piano. The degree to which they will ultimately master it will depend both upon their natural ability and their willingness to practice. Because we are all born with some leadership ability, even a man with very little natural skill can still be an effective leader if he is willing to practice hard. But a man who will not practice at all will never master the skill even if he is born with the heart of a lion. The decision to become an effective leader is volitional. No one else can make it for you.”

            – F3 Q Source

 

F3 is more than a workout. It’s also about growing a man and teaching leadership. It has been almost one year since I took over PainLab as Site Q from Rudolph. I have been and always will be passionate about this AO. It offers so much too many PAX that cannot do a Bootcamp due to injury or other physical limitations. By no means is this an easy workout AO. We push the boundaries of what can be accomplished with low to no joint impact, while still being able to raise the heart rate to that of a Bootcamp or Running AO.

I am looking to pass the torch to another HIM in the region that has this same PASSION.

I am looking for someone that is ready to take the next step to becoming a LEADER.

I am looking for YOU.

Are you willing to step up and be a leader??

When: Torch will be officially passed over to a true HIM on May 18th, 2019.

PainLab is located at GasHouse on Saturdays 0700-0800. Although we are a separate AO, we will always warmup, end with Mary & COT with Bootcampers. If there is a convergence, you will be responsible for having a PainLab option. This ensures we are inclusive to all PAX at such a large gathering of HIMs.

Job Requirements

  1. The F3 Ambassadors, if you will. Every man’s first impression of F3 will likely be guided by the work of these men. This is where the rubber really meets the road.
  2. He makes sure that the core principles are kept intact, which is impossible to do if HE ISN’T THERE. So, the inferred commandment is, BE THERE. Every time. Period.
  3. He plants the flag for the AO, makes folks feel welcome, makes sure the disclaimer is correctly spoken, picks up the 6, etc.
  4. He manages safety for the site (don’t post if there is a bunch of lightning, that sort of thing).
  5. He manages the Q schedule. Practices Voluntoldism…
  6. He sells the AO, the Qs, and the Mission of F3.
  7. He harasses Qs to write BBs, etc.
  8. Has social media skills

Qualifications

  1. Drive
  2. Ambition

 

If you are interested, please contact me:

Twitterbox: @JeffWeidman

Cell: 704-964-1994

Email: WeidmanJeff@gmail.com

 

AYE!

HIPAA

Pre-Blast – SFN – CFN

March 15, 2019 / / 0 Comments

Pre-Blast for Speed For Need / Community Foundation Run

 

When: Saturday, April 13th, at 9:00 am

Where: Rotary Pavilion, Downtown Gastonia

What: Speed For Need 5K

Who: You!

Why: Because we are F3 and this is what we do

Sign-Up: Registration Link

Group Info for Registration: Select “Speed For Need – F3 Gastonia”

Cost: $20 if you register by Midnight April 1st, $25 after

 

This year I have the honor and privilege to Q my very 1st Speed For Need event. Ever since I attended my 1st SFN race last year (CFN 2018 to be exact), I was hooked. SFN is such a great organization and it inspires so many. This year we will have 4 Track Commanders, 3 of which are from our new partnership with Camp Sertoma.

Let’s Meet our Track Commanders:

Evan and Colton

Chris

Gabby

Gabby’s Story:

She was born with Spina Bifida-Myelomeningocele( a whole in her back from L5-S5) hydrocephalus, neurogenic bowel and bladder, and syringomyelia ( a large cyst in her spinal cord that causes a loss of sensation in her trunk and legs). She uses a wheelchair as her primary form of mobility, but can walk with bracing and a walker. She also has EOE, an autoimmune response to lots of foods. She cheers, takes piano lessons, loves playing with dolls, and wants to work in the NICU when she grows up. She’s full of spunk and has never met a stranger. Oh, and she LOVES to talk

 

These kids are awesome and have wonderful stories to share. We will have full Bio’s released for all of the Track Commander soon so you can get to know them.

 

At this time I am looking for at least 3 more volunteers to be drivers. If you want to team up with a few other PAX and switch out pushing during the race, you are more than welcome to do so. If you have never pushed before you are missing out on the greatest feeling and experience in your life. it WILL change you.

HC Drivers:

  1. Clavin – Gabby
  2. Gastone
  3. Broke
  4. Termite

Driver Information:

Safety Training

 

Men,

Please step up and be the HIM that you are. Sign up today to Run, Walk, Nur, Push/Drive or whatever. Just do it. See me or Pizza Man if you have any questions, concerns or comments.

 

AYE!

HIPAA

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