Arise: September 14th, 2025

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

Shout Outs!

📣 Shout Out to all the PAX who completed CPR training this Saturday!

Big thanks to @Srikanth Bondada (BabeRuth)@Matt Hopkins (Brisket)@Marc Rubenstein (ScarU)@Dick Clark@Brian Huang (Zelda)@Nick Behmke (Watson)@M B (F3 Aviator)  & YHC – who stepped up and completed CPR training today & for others like @Curtis Hoberman (Dos Equis)@Sunny The Machine Sehgal@Ari Meisel (Moneypenny)@Hitchcock (Randy Sherman) .  You’ve not only equipped yourself with a lifesaving skill but also strengthened the safety net for all of F3 Princeton / Nation & surrounding communities.

For the rest of the PAX — let this be a push to consider getting certified. CPR trained F3llas in our AOs mean we’re better prepared to look out for each other, our families, and our communities. I also consider this 3rd F (Faith).

SideOut

📣 Shout Out to the PAX of The Anchor for officially planting the flag in Burlington!

📣 Shout Out to all the PAX who showed up at the Indian Valley Post to Probst!

9/11/2025 Post 2 Prost. Hampton Chase Park + Warwick Farm Brewery, Jamison, PA.  PAX from F3 Indian Valley, Princeton, and Villanova were there.

DosEquis

📣 Shout Out to Scoop for completing IPC week 1 on a basketball court while traveling in Manila!

📣 Shout Out to Walden for reppin’ F3 Princeton atop Mt. Washington!

📣 Shout Out to HeiHei for his summit of mount Kilimanjaro with his crew.

It’s been eerily quiet on the Kili front but rumor has it that @Jeff Harmon wife Sandy has heard that HE HAS SUMMITED the mountain!
Way to go fellas!
Safe travels back down!

:pray:
FullThrottle

📣 Shout Out to Kolisi for volunteering at the USS Intrepid to pack meals in honor of 9/11… packed 1,250,000 meals in total!

This week’s schedule & Qs

Primary Announcements

The Rising Schedule Changes Coming September 22nd!

THE RISING – Start Time Update

Brothers, after some solid feedback and discussion, we’re moving back to our standard start times starting Monday, Sept 22, 2025…

 Weekdays: 5:30 AM

 Saturdays: 6:30 AM

Why? Because consistency matters – keeping with the rhythm across F3 Princeton AOs.  Promote cross-pollination workout with the other AOs.

Set the alarms, EH an FNG, reach out to Pax brother(s) who has not posted for a while, and keep showing up ready to sharpen one another. 

For Q’s / VQ’s assigned at THE RISING on or after Sept, 22, 2025, please be aware of start time changes.

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IronPAX Challenge is HERE!

Message from the Nantan of F3 Seattle to his pax was this:

  1. REGISTER- all PAX should register, this is a positive way to include ALL PAX in a challenge and support one another.
  2. COMMIT- commit to doing the Iron Pax workout every week.  As always, you can modify as necessary and I sure will be doing that as these are crazy intense. 
  3. FINISH- Doing a challenge, committing and finishing is great for the individual PAX and collectively for ALL the PAX  and your community.  Shows us all we can do hard things and overcome together. 

…Let’s be #ALLIN!

ScarU

What is IronPAX??

It’s  “You vs You” type challenge.  F3 Greenwood will design workouts for 5 weeks (week 0-4) during the month of September.  All F3 Nation men who want to participate will do the same workout for that given week.  Q just needs to lead it. Lots of coupon workouts included.

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F3 Princeton PAX – as promised – F3 Greenwood delivered their Iron Pax Challenge (IPC).  It’s now live! Registration link below. 

AO Site Q’s kindly share with Q/VQ so they can share with Pax attending beatdowns.

“Registration is open for the 8th edition of IPC. Looking forward to hearing all the stories from this year’s edition.”

IronPAX Challenge Registration Form

Stingray

Slack Profile Updates!

Brothers,
As part of our commitment to safety, we need to be prepared for emergencies that may occur during any F3 event. To be prepared:

  1. I like to ask folks NOT in Slack to get into our F3 Princeton Slack. If you don’t know how or was never invited to it, let me know or someone, so you can get invited. Below #2 will be format of how you’ll add your profile info.
  2. ⁠If you’re in Slack / have Slack Profile, kindly updated as:

Full Name field: Given/Hospital Name
Display Name field: Given/Hospital Name (F3 Name)
Title field: Add your In Case of Emergency (ICE) Contact Name & Phone Number
Phone Number field: Best Phone Number to contact you.

This is a MUST thing to complete for everyone’s safety.
If having issues updating your Slack Profile and need help, pls let me know or someone. Thanks in advance! Peace!

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Iron PAX Week 2 Details

Iron PAX Week 1 Details

Iron PAX Week 0 Details

Battle Buddies in September!

Thanks to BH for bringing this back. Find your partner below and let BH know if you want to join next month.

Sourland Mountain Preserve Ruck / Hike – 9/18 – 6:20pm

Love to have our friends from Princeton join us for a ruck/hike and some evening beverages in Hillsborough.   Thurs Sept 18 at Sourland Mountain Preserve (6:20 warmups)

Leonidas

Birthday Gathering at Machine’s Home! – 9/20 – 4pm

Come Celebrate With Us! You’re Invited!

Please join us for a joyful birthday celebration of @Sunny The Machine Sehgal and his 2.0 (soon to be 9) son Jai.

Event Details
• Date: Saturday, September 20th, 2025
• Time: 4:00 PM – 7:00 PM
• Location: 5 Howell Ct, Princeton Junction, NJ 08550.

RSVP at https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0C48A9AA2DA1F5C34-58409973-machines

Kindly let me know by September 14th if you can join.

Machine

Hopewell Thirsty Thursday, Every Third Thursday – 10/20 – 6:30pm

Stay tuned for this month’s location.

Other Upcoming Events in the NJ F3 Universe!

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 1st – 30th – NJ F3 MERKIN CHALLENGE!

Missed the F3 Princeton shirt order? Check this out…

You can still order a shirt at a slightly higher price at the following link.

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

🚨 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

Third F – Faith (something bigger than you)

1 in 5 US adults reports daily loneliness: Gallup
Thank you Zelda for sharing

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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