What he said... July 4th is a time for relaxing, cooking out, drinking beer and basically doing nothing. The problem is that it's not free and like everything else in life there is a price to pay. That's where a mid 70's summer morning with 91% humidity comes into play. 23 PAX decided to start … Continue reading July 4th Hangover – 7/8/19
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The Most Important
The "M" and the 2.0 As men, we do a lot of things for ourselves. We are kings of our own island. It is easy to take care of yourself, right! Well, sometimes. Getting in shape, staying in shape, bettering yourself isn't always easy. However, we aren't only doing this for ourselves. Every man has … Continue reading The Most Important
Fishers of Men
I hate mornings, I love sleep, and I'm not too fond of groups of people. That's what I use to tell myself. At least, until I was reluctantly introduced to F3. I fought F3 every time it was mentioned to me, starting with this weird group of guys with painted faces in the parking lot … Continue reading Fishers of Men
F3 Spin the Bottle
16 PAX played some F3 Spin the Bottle (Not what you think) in the Valley of the Gloom this morning. We welcomed 3 FNGs : Outlet, Lumberg and Cart boy. Nice representation at Coffeeteria with 10 guys posting. So, we circled up and each PAX had an exercise and a number of reps printed on … Continue reading F3 Spin the Bottle
Modified Beams
Today 4/28 in the Gloom of the morning 8 PAX did some conventional F3 Exercises in an unconventional way. Sure, there were Big boy sit-ups, Burpees, Lunges, Merkins, Plank Jacks, etc. . But these were done with landscape timbers so we Modified the names a little bit as well. Side bends x 25 Side straddle … Continue reading Modified Beams
Mary Blaster 4/1/19
11 PAX came into the cold Gloom of the morning in need of some warmth. What better way to warm up than from the core. Side straddle hop x 25 Side bends x 20 Imperial Walker x 25. (Freddy Mercury) Bicycles x 25 Good morning Abby x 15 Alligator merkin across turf Inch worm back … Continue reading Mary Blaster 4/1/19
Letter to the FNG and the Six
Dedicated to F3Birmingham at our Two Year Anniversary To the FNG and the Six, There are books written, podcasts recorded, and endless Slack posts filling in space to try and define what, specifically, is F3. But the words aren’t the thing. The words aren’t the Gloom. This letter is certainly not the thing. And I … Continue reading Letter to the FNG and the Six
Muddy Wood in the Gloom
8 PAX did the hard thing. It was cold. It was wet. It was muddy. The Beams were not forgiving. But, we all got better together Side bends x 20 Side straddle hops x 20 Little baby arm circles x 20 Get beams. Mosey to astro turf Leg lifts x 30 in cadence Lay down … Continue reading Muddy Wood in the Gloom
The Gloom Mountain Hundreds – 12/31/2018
15 PAX pushed it to the dark place to make themselves better on the last day of the year. Warm Up SSH x 30 in cadence Willie Mays x 16 in cadence Little Baby Arm Circles x 10 front and back Flutter Kicks x 30 in cadence Mosey 2 laps then to covered benches … Continue reading The Gloom Mountain Hundreds – 12/31/2018
The Torch 12-27-18
11 Pax sufficiently recovered from their Xmas holiday to report; it was 50 degrees and somewhat moist. After some warm-up stretches, we did 25 Merkins in cadence (using perfect form), then mosied (sp?) over to the wall and did 15 more perfect Merkins in cadence to prime our arms and shoulders for 20 donkey kicks … Continue reading The Torch 12-27-18