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Recently, the Pax of Peak City have been reading the book Freed to Lead so that we can align around the mission of F3. After finishing the book, Red Ryder asked the pax: How has this impacted your perspective on F3? Quitter gave a particularly thoughtful response. First the easy part. This book clears up a great deal of the fuzziness around all the lingo. When I first joined (or maybe better put as “wandered with heavy suspicion into? [Read More]

Are you standing (or wobbling) on a paddleboard, aimlessly holding an oar, and wondering how you could possibly lead a workout on the water? Workout routines for standup paddleboarding follow many of the best practices discussed in How to Q. However, for some board-specific ideas, consider the following. General workout ideas The following workout formats tend to work particularly well for SUP. 7’s, either paddling to different points or swimming DORA, possibly paddling around a buoy or swimming Tabata of exercises on board Yoga Paddling techniques Board-friendly exercises The following types of exercises work particularly well on SUPs because you are more balanced: [Read More]

With warmer temps comes the opportunity to tempt your fellow man out of the hibernation of winter and into the lessening gloom. In F3 lexicon, this is called the emotional headlock, or EH. Whether you’ve never EH’d someone or you’re a pro, this article will share some tips, tricks, and resources. It starts with you Most of all, you have to believe in what you’re doing, and then it’s easy. If you’ve seen F3 change people’s lives, it’s easier to tap into the “emotional” part of the EH and tell-to-sell it to people. [Read More]

Returning from Montana last night with my M, we had a connection in ATL. What you see in the picture stopped me in my tracks. CPR Training Device Our team gathered for annual training in Anaconda and included a couple of First Aid/CPR/AED classes in the agenda. I had the pleasure of supporting/attending one of them Thursday afternoon and refreshing/learning new skills. The next morning I couldn’t help but give kudos to those who participated and spoke briefly about the impact and the (positive, galvanizing) ripple effect of the Damar Hamlin incident. [Read More]

Leading a workout for a group of high-impact men can be a bit of a challenge. There are a lot of factors: what to do, where to do it, who’s all gonna be there, will someone spill merlot, are people gonna Q-shop me the night before, etc. But being the Q for the day is also both a privilege and a reminder that we are here to accelerate male community leadership. [Read More]

Paxmate is inching ever-closer to the Singularity, and your intrepid correspondent wants to make sure that you have the training you need to stay one step ahead of Skynet. Please review the following user guides for the two tools that make up Paxmate: the Slack bot and dashboard. Paxmate tool Where it is Purpose Slack bot Type /backblast in a Slack channel A tool to input data after an event, including a summary of the event and attendees. [Read More]

It’s that time of year where we start making big plans. Some of them, like, “Yeah, I’d like to do a mountain relay race,” F3 will basically make sure you keep, barring no unforeseen disaster. But for many of us, those extra 15 pounds or pile of 2x4s meant to be a hot-tub deck just stay exactly where they were by next new years. To change this, Amway of South Cary led a 4-week “mastermind” course on goal-setting for ~20 pax. [Read More]