TOP 5 EXCUSES

This one tops the F3 Excuse Charts without question. For many guys, it feels like the perfect reason to delay trying an F3 workout. But the truth is, there’s nothing you can do on your own to fully prepare for that first beatdown. Most workouts—whether in a gym, on the streets, or especially from the couch—don’t combine the mix of aerobic and bodyweight training that F3 delivers.

The key is making the decision to show up, join other men, and push through the challenge. Saying, “I need to get in shape first” is just a way of keeping the commitment always just out of reach.

The only real way to get in shape is to put yourself in the middle of the group and push to keep up. The good news? Our Credo says it all: “We leave no man behind, but we leave no man where we find him.”

That’s awesome. I’m sure nothing gets you out of bed faster than the thrill of another morning on the treadmill, earbuds in, listening to the SportsCenter crew debate another round of Hot or Cold? Brought to You by Miller Lite—all while a plastic ficus sways in the perfectly controlled 68-degree air.

Meanwhile, across Fayette & Coweta counties, men are gathering by choice in everything from freezing cold to sweltering heat, from clear skies to downpours, pushing themselves for 45 minutes and launching into the day with energy and purpose.

Trust us, there’s a difference.

Oh, we know you…

You’re the “Lunch Hour Workout Guy” until that 11 a.m. call runs over, leaving you no time to exercise before your 1:30 meeting. So instead, you swing by your favorite “fast food” spot for a quick meal, but no worries—you’ll definitely make it to the 24-Hour Fitness Center before heading home. Except… your wife calls. She needs you to grab your son from basketball practice while she picks up your daughter from dance, gets dinner on the table, and still makes it to girls’ night by 7:30.

And just like that… you’re “Tomorrow Workout Guy,” aren’t you?

Yeah, we can see that. Really maximizing your investment, huh?

And how much are you shelling out for someone to count your reps and hold a clipboard?

By the way, did we mention the Fourth F that follows Fitness, Fellowship, and Faith?

It’s called: FREE.

Back when our grandfathers and their fathers were at the helm, men gathering at odd hours to work together for a common purpose—bettering themselves, their communities, and raising up future leaders—was just standard, old-fashioned civic engagement. It was simply what men did.

If today’s world has become so isolated and self-focused that free assembly and shared purpose are seen as something unusual or even cult-like, then so be it. But we’ll be the ones, in the words of the late William Buckley, standing “athwart history, yelling stop.”