THE SCENE: 68 and clear – perfect.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER: Administered
WARM-O-RAMA:
RFTS/LIH
Willy Mays Hays
Seal squats
Down/up dog
Mountain climbers
Merkins
Mosey to the Friendship Bell
10 lateral box jumps
20 dips
30 derkins
THA THANG:
Dirty MacDeuce
1. 12 Flutter kicks (4 count)
2. 12 Shoulder taps (4 count)
3. 12 Hello dollys
Run a lap.
Repeat x 4
Mosey to K-25 Hill
11s – Burpees and Freddy Mercury (4 count)
Long Bernie up the road
MARY:
Mosey back to the Friendship Bell
Mucho Chesto
Freddy Mercury IC
Another Mucho Chesto
Another Freddy Mercury IC
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
Me and 22 of the best men I know
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
We showed honor to Erector and acknowledged that The Project exists today because he and others (Rocket, Chaco, Snaggletooth, Samaritan) launched it in February 2019. What a positive difference it has made in my life – and in the lives of many other men in the Oak Ridge area. T-Claps, brothers! Erector led for a while, then Snaggletooth, and it was my joy and honor to lead for a season, and today it was a privilege to pass the flag to a man whom I esteem so highly.
The mission of F3 is to plant, grow, and serve small workout groups of men for the invigoration of male community leadership. Fitness is not the endgame or the goal. Your virtuous leadership – in your family, in your work, at your church, in this community – that is the goal of F3.
What makes a man a Leader? What enables a man to do what a Leader does?
What F3 says it takes to be an effective leader are these four capabilities;
- Vision – the ability to recognize Advantage and the Movement required to achieve it
- Articulation – the act of describing his Vision to others
- Persuasion – the initiation of first Movement
- Exhortation – A leader is ready to use Exhortation to incentivize his followers
But an Effective Leader is not necessarily a Virtuous Leader. For that, F3 says he must also possess the Leadership Virtues.
- Candor: graciously telling the hard truth and demanding to hear it from others
- Commitment: unwavering loyalty to the Group and unflinching determination to accomplish its Mission
- Consistency: to be unchanging in nature, standard, or effect over time
- Contentment: stability of emotion engendered by the Consistent pursuit of Joy rather than Happiness
- Courage: setting aside fear to turn hardship into grace
To Lead Right a person must be both an Effective and Virtuous Leader
We could have a BOM on each one of those capabilities and virtues separately – but I wanted to cover the whole F3 leadership model this morning as an introduction for the man who is accepting the shovelflag. That dude is the whole package. He possesses every one of these capabilities and I’ve seen each of the virtues reflected in his life. Mathlete is going to be an outstanding leader of this group – and I look forward to following his lead and am excited to see where we go!
MOLESKIN:
If he had been there, Baby Chest would have loved the double Mucho Chesto.
Mucho gracias to our visitors from JUCO, Shamrock, and Equalizer – awesome to see you guys!
PRAYERS / ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Prayers for Ribbed’s wife’s healing, for Boy George’s wife’s interview today, for an unnamed F3 brother.