F3 NorthWest Indiana
Warm Up:
Involved running in place along with leg raises, knee raises, side bends, bean pickers, and good mornings!
The Thang:
Involved three rounds of the following; 2 hand farmer carry as timer, sandbag single leg lunges, 8 count body builders, sandbag snatches, kettlebell work with some 80’s music
Mary:
Rosalita Whips, high flutters, low flutters, BJJ situps, low dollies, high dollies
Moleskin:
It was cold, we moved, we jammed out, we laughed and had a good workout …
Aye’
Peyton
5 PAX may, (or may not?) have been doing PP/APDs/MH’s all day and/or all morning. Still, there was a job to do at 0700 on a Saturday like there always is. Temps were high ‘teens, but cold weather would be the least of our concerns. Regardless of how one dressed, we all stayed warm.
Special shout out and much love to our very own freshly newly weeded Class Act. God bless you and Christine as you both start this chapter of your new lives together.
PAX: Optimus, OCB, Beaker, Trader Joe
Q: PacRat
Arm Circles AMRAP/OYO while Q dropped the F3 Mission Statement, F3 5 Core Principles, and the F3 Credo:
Mission Statement:
The Mission of F3 is to plant, grow and serve small workout groups for men for the invigoration of male community leadership.
F3 5 Core Principles – F3 is:
a. Free of charge
b. Open to all men
c. Held outdoors, rain or shine, hot or cold
d. Peer-led in a rotating fashion
e. Ends in a Circle-of-Trust
F3 Credo:
Leave no Man Behind, but Leave no Man Where You Find Him
Now that we all know what we are striving for, let’s get this party started!
Arm Warmup Compled:
– ACC Forward x10 IC
– ACC Reverse x10 IC
– OHC x10 IC
– Seal Claps x10 IC
– MNCs x10 IC
– Hold for a sloooow 10 count
– Recover
Bean Pickers x10 IC
Toy Soldiers x10 IC
SSH x30 IC
ISTs x10 IC
Hillbillies x10 IC
Perfect Squats FTH x10
Perfect Merkins (sloooow) x10
Indian Run to the Eternal Flame
Trip to the Eternal Flame was about 1/3 of a mile. When we got there, the conditions sucked. THe benches are polished granite, and the ground was all ice and snow. We attempted step-ups, but ended that after 1 set. OCB pointed out alternate rock formations to use for step-ups, so we got through the following before curtailing this portion of the workout:
8-count step-ups x10
Incline Merkins x10
Dips x10
Repeato 2x for a total of 3 sets
Indian Run back to the pavillion
Circle up, grab your coupon
Rat Rows – x10 IC
Curls x10 IC
Rat Curls x10 IC
Rat Squats (w/ or w/o coupon) x10 IC
Terrible. Got this from NOLA. This is apparently the most efficient way to knock out the MABA challenge requirements. Set a Tabata timer and PAX perform 10 burpees OYO / AFAP. The time to the remainder of the minute is yours to spend as you see fit. The 5 second rest was my deal.
The by-the-book is to do 10 rounds to yield 100 burpees. We stopped after 6 rounds. For our at-home viewers, that’s 60 burpees in 6:30. Recover for a 10 count after that.
Such a fun game! PAX pair up stand back-to-back. PAX battle it out in a high-stakes game of RPS. 10 rounds. Winner performs merkin(s). Loser performs burpee(s).
Round 1 – 1 rep
Round 2 – 2 reps
…
Round 9 – 9 reps
The first 4 rounds fly by. Once you start adding more reps, the stakes get exponentially higher. Nothing sucks like doing 7 burpees, losing, doing 8 burpees, losing AGAIN….. etc.
Once Optimus got to round 10 (and lost, naturally), I offered to take his 10. OCB suggested we all perform the last set together. Like men. So 10 burpees regardless of status.
We did 60 burpees EMOM, and with the 10 team burpees we just did, I wanted to wrap up all 100. So we did 3 more rounds of EMOM for a total of 100, plus whatever you won/lost on RPS sets 1-9
In honor of various PAX…
Alabama Prom Dates x15 IC
Strict and Thiccc Pickle Pounders x15 IC
‘Humpers (DEEEEEEP) x15 IC
3 min of Broga
I realize that not all PAX were condition to do that many APDs/PP/MH in a row, and some PAX may have found the end of themselves prior to reaching rep 45 (which is really 90 if you think about it). But we had fun and other PAX may (or may not?) have had more fun than we did.
The Men of F3 NWInd were angling hard at Class Act’s male friend group. There were some guys, some dads, and some sad clowns that heard from us that there was a better way. Much to my pleasure, several of the non-initiated men heard the virtues of F3 by Classy several times before.
Our group is a male leadership development group disguised as an outdoor men’s bootcamp. Think back to the 1st time you Q’d. Some of you may have felt leading was natural, and some of you took that initial step in faith. Look at where many of you are now. That is what we do. The courage to step in front of a group of capable men and lead them into the best, most miserable part of their day is a skill that is applicable in many areas of life.
I’m proud of you all. God bless and I’ll SYITG
73’s
PacRat
KD9GNS
Date: 01-24-2026
PAX: OCB, Optimus, Destro, Beaker
It was cold as hell and we still did it anyway! we got 3 rounds done and the first 2 parts of the 4th round while we stuck together and had some good convo. Thanks for showing up for each other men!
Date: 01-17-2026
PAX: Elsa, Federali, Destro, Gummy Bear, Coors, Gatsby, Optimus, Laloyd, Peyton, OCB, Family Guy
Probably the best Ultimate Football ever! Action packed from start to finish! See you all next Month!
Date: 01/10/2026
PAX: Family Guy, Coors, Beaker, Optimus, OCB (Q)
Warm Up:
25 SSH
10 Toy Soldiers IC
10 Bean Pickers IC
10 IST IC
10 HillBillies IC
10 Willie Mays Hayes IC
PacRats Arm Circles routine
The Thang:
5 Burpees
5 WMD Merkins IC
5 WMD Squats IC
repeat 3 times and finish with 5 Burpees, that got us to 100 Merkins total
put the picnic table in the middle of the shelter and put coupons at each 4 corners… the timer is 10 8-count step ups in the middle and at each corner the PAX do an amrap of the prescribed exercise.
they were:
coupon complex, coupon curls, skull crushers, overhead press, dead lift, coupon swing, that thing where you carry the coupon around your head, and pullovers.
Mary:
Broga
Moleskin:
I was sad that Ultimate football had to be postponed, but it was ok because we got a good workout in. All of the guys showed up and did the work. Thanks for letting me lead!