It has been incredible watching F3 Greenwood grow so quickly! It goes to show that the men in Greenwood were hungry for the Solution and have made the commitment to Get Better!

You have heard that the three F’s stand for Fitness, Faith and Fellowship. In their book “Freed to Lead,” Dredd and OBT, the founders of F3, called Fitness the Magnet, Fellowship the Glue and Faith the Dynamite. Based on our own experiences and what we have heard from the PAX here in Greenwood, Fellowship truly is the glue and what makes us want to keep coming back to F3 again and again.

In “Freed to Lead,” Dredd and OBT talk about how fellowship declined at the Mothership (the first F3 AO) when the group got too big. They decided to split the Mothership and, over the years, have discovered that fellowship begins to decline when an AO is consistently having more than 18 PAX posting for workouts. When AOs begin having more than 30 PAX post, they call the workout Problematic.

As you have seen, F3 Greenwood has over 30 PAX post at almost every boot camp workout. We had 38 post last Tuesday and 37 post Thursday.

That is great news! That means that we are getting the Solution in front of more and more men and the men of Greenwood are rising up and committing to being better husbands, fathers and community leaders.

We have secured Emerald High School as a second AO. We will be launching at that AO on Aug. 18. There will be boot camp workouts on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 5:15 a.m. and Saturdays at 6 a.m. This decision was made after much prayer and consulting other F3 leaders across the state who have been through the splits and watched both AOs grow and split.

We have heard many of you express concern over what will happen when we launch the second AO. We have had those same concerns. The experience of our brothers across SC tells us that, in order for us to truly experience the Solution and reach out to more Sad Clowns in and around Greenwood, we need to make this split and witness firsthand the principle of Addition by Division which Dredd and OBT refer to in their book!

We will have many of the men who have been Qing at the Epicenter posting at both AOs to help ensure that both AOs remain balanced and effective. If the experience of our brothers in F3 Nation is any indicator, that will not be an issue.

We want to make sure we emphasize that Starfish Expansion is one of the core principles of F3. This is a good thing!

PAX do not have to pick one AO or the other. PAX are free to post at either AO whenever they choose. We will also have days where both AOs post together for one big DownPAINment!

This will also provide more opportunities for PAX to step up and lead!

We appreciate everyone’s help and support during this transition and look forward to seeing you in the gloom!