Arise: September 1st, 2024

News and Notes from the F3 Princeton AOs, and the F3 Nation

Shout Outs!

Shout Out and welcome to FNGs Crayola, Rookie & Doodle who were named at the F3 Dad’s camp!

Primary Announcements

F3 Iron PAX Challenge is here! – All weeks in September

What is Iron PAX? <– read this…

and then watch this…

IT”S COMING!!!!!! IRON PAX CHALLENGE!!!!! Iron Pax Challenge is a month long, self proclaimed greatest athletic competition in the ultraverse drawing the likes of engineers, machinists, and salesmen many of whom double as Olympic athletes in their down time. Looking for 100% participation.  SCALE TO YOUR ABILITY!!!

@ScarU

Iron PAX will be run at the following times and locations:

The Rising – Saturdays
The Swamp – Thursday (this week)
The Big House – Wednesdays & Saturdays

Register here (not required to participate, but highly encouraged!)

Check out the following video for a description of Week 0’s workout

A Walk To Believe – Donate & Tailgate on 9/7

If you didn’t get a chance to join the crew at the Walk To Believe event, it’s not too late to join the fun. If you make a donation by EoD Tuesday, you will be able to pick up a T-Shirt and get access to a Rutgers Tailgate and Game Ticket for this coming weekend.

Check this out for more details

Blue Ridge Relay 2024 – 9/5 to 9/9

Cheer on Red Coat & Dick Clark as they head out for BRR 2024 this weekend!

F3 Capital’s 9/11 Stair Climb – 9/11

My Princeton Brothers – TheCapital Region is rolling out the welcome mat!

Please consider a road trip . . .for the September 11th Stair Climb CSAUP & Daybreak Breakfast

•⁠  ⁠Stair Climb in 5 weeks – please take a few minutes to fill out the sign up form: https://forms.gle/PwiKmLbc671xojcB6
•⁠  ⁠We will be joined by F3 Nation leadership – Dredd, Dark Helmet, Scratch & Win and others for a post-Stair Climb daybreak breakfast at Columbia Island Marina (it’s free, open to all)
•⁠  ⁠They will be sharing the newly focused F3 strategy and investments to continue to pursue our mission to plant, grow, and serve workout groups for the invigoration of male community leadership.

@Horshack

Booster PAX @ The OAK – 9/26

Get in a clown car and create a surge of PAX at a new AO during the last week of every month. This month we’re boosting THE OAK! Watch Slack for details and a meetup point as we get closer to this date.

Ragnar Trail Run NJ – 10/4 to 10/5

A 6 man team has formed for Ragnar Trail NJ. 2 more slots are available for an incredibly memorable event which combines camping, trail running and some great 2nd F between running segments. Reach out to BlackHole if you’re interested.

F3 Morris NJ 2 year Manniversary – 10/19th- 7 am 

Stay Tuned…

Atlantic City Boardwalk 5k, 10k, Half marathon & Marathon – 10/19

If finishing a 5K, 10K, Half marathon, marathon is one of your goal before year end…
Opportunity to run a Fall season in Atlantic City on Saturday, Oct 19 (5K, 10K & half marathon) or Sunday, Oct 20, 2024 (marathon).  There is a Marathon ‘F3 New Jersey’ group to join in…Sign up link

@SideOut

Downrange PAX

Posting at another F3 location is know as posting “downrange”. If you’re traveling, check out the #downrange channel on the F3Nation Slack for opportunities to meet up with brothers all around the world.

F3  Princeton Region SLT Updates

Catch up with the latest news around the F3 Nation with the following Podcasts.

The COT: News of the Nation Podcast
Stuff Worth Trying Podcast
F3 Nation YouTube Chanel

1st F – Fitness

This week’s schedule & Qs

💪 Bootcamp 🏃🏻‍♂️ Run 🏟️ Stairs 🎒 Ruck
TimeWhoWhere
Monday
💪5:15 – 6:00 amBucky 💪The Swamp @
Toll Gate Elementary
💪6:00 – 6:45 amThunder ⚡️The Rising @
Community Park,
West Windsor NJ
Tuesday
🏃🏻‍♂️5:30 – 6:15 am🏃🏻‍♂️🏃🏽🏃🏾‍♂️The Yacht Club @
MCP – East Lot
West Windsor, NJ
🏃🏻‍♂️6:00 – 6:45 am🏃🏻‍♂️🏃🏽🏃🏾‍♂️Tercentennial Park
Cranbury, NJ
🏃🏻‍♂️OTB: Ping DickClark for InfoThe Big House @
Palmer Square,
Princeton, NJ
Wednesday
💪5:30 – 6:15 amTBD 🫵The Big House @
Palmer Square,
Princeton, NJ
💪6:00 – 6:45 amTBD 🫵The Rising @
Community Park,
West Windsor NJ
Thursday
💪5:15 – 6:00 amTBD 🫵The Swamp @
Toll Gate Elementary
💪5:30 – 6:15 amRiskyBiz 🕺The OAK @
Monroe Senior Center
🏟️6:00 – 7:00 am🏟️🏟️🏟️Powers Field,
Princeton Football Stadium
Friday
💪5:30 – 6:15 amTBD 🫵The Big House @
Palmer Square,
Princeton, NJ
🎒6:00 – 7:00 am🏞️🦅🐿️D&R Canal
Mapleton Rd
Saturday
💪6:30 – 7:30 amTBD 🫵The Big House @
Palmer Square,
Princeton, NJ
💪7:00 – 8:00 amCruiser 🏍️The Rising @
Community Park,
West Windsor NJ
Sunday
🏃🏻‍♂️8:00 – 9:00 amChariot 🐎 & Backdraft 👨‍🚒Pool Parking Lot @
Community Park,
West Windsor NJ
🏃🏻‍♂️6:00 – 7:00 am🏃🏻‍♂️🏃🏽🏃🏾‍♂️Powers Field,
Princeton Football Stadium

🚨 Beatdown Safety Reminders 🚨

“As a follow-up, I would like to request all workouts start out with DiCCS as developed by F3 Waxhaw.  This is a regular start at all workouts of F3 The Frontier (New Providence.)” https://coda.io/d/Stuff-Worth-Trying_dt9MwveNe4u/Safety_su8L3

Disclaimer – Is the disclaimer given before every F3 workout by the workout leader or site Q?
Cell Phone on your Body? Does at least one Pax have a cell phone with them during the workout?
CPR Certified? Does at least one Pax know CPR at each AO and preferably at each workout?
Site-Specific Safety? What else is/has your Region and AOs doing/done to ensure safety is prioritized and plans are in place?

Second F – Fellowship (sad clown no more)

Welcome FNGs

Welcome to F3
10 Steps for the New Guy in F3

At the Rising:

Apr 13: Charriot
Apr 13: Grisham
Apr 13: Backdraft
Apr 15: Grasshopper
Apr 20: BedPan
Apr 20: Canuck
Apr 20: HatTrick
May 4: Snake
May 6: Sureshot
May 18: Master Chef
May 18: Nimitz
May 25: Voicemail
June 1: SabreTooth
June 1: RedBull
June 6: J Brake
June 29: Redfin
July 6: Overdraft (Indervir Singh)
July 6: Clipper (Karanveer Singh)
July 6: On Deck From Pensacola FL
July 6: Here’s Johnny From Maryland
July 6: Bolt (Veronica – Styx 2.0)
Aug 10: Wild Turkey

At The Swamp:

Feb 08: Newman (@Matt T)
Jul 18: Shepherd

At The Big House:

Apr 26: Pharaoh
Apr 26: Locke
May 4: Hollywood
May 4: Sherlock
June 19: Splinter
Jul 23: Chris

At The OAK:

Aug 8: Alchemy

At the Ruck:

Jul 26: Themistocles

At the Cranbury Run:

Mar 12: Mercury @sondrejack

At the SOT:

Feb 22: Spine
Feb 22: Lightspeed
Apr 4: Tri-Tech
Aug 4: Hot 104

OTB / Popup

May 23: The Cobbler (Burlington)
May 23: The Maestro (Burlington)
May 23: The Mentor (Burlington)
May 23: The Protector (Burlington)
May 23: John Deere (Burlington)
Aug 18: Crayola (Dad’s Camp)
Aug 18: Rookie (Dad’s Camp)
Aug 18: Doodle (Dad’s Camp)

Third F – Faith (something bigger than you)

Michael Easter on “The Power of Taking the Stairs”

F3 in the News and Media

Listen to ScarU crushing his interview on the COT Podcast

High Impact Man Podcast

Read the full Article about F3 Nation and it’s impact on men’s lives and their communities in the Jan/Feb 2019 Men’s Health USA Magazine

Men’s Health Article

Read the full Article about F3 Nation; A Workout Craze with a Side of Faith and how it is impacting the lives of men in suburban TX communities and around the Country. 

New York Times Feature

Listen to the full episode about F3 Nation and how it’s impacting men’s lives across the globe as featured on the Order of Man Podcast

OOM Podcast Episode

Listen to the full episode about F3 Nation’s origins, mission and what problems F3 is solving as featured on the Art of Manliness Podcast

AOM Podcast Episode

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