“It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year”. When Andy Williams wrote this song in 1963, YHC is sure we wasn’t referring to the Iron Pax Challenge. But, YHC believes that if he took place in the challenge, we would have changed some of the lyrics to include monkey humping, murder bunnying, and kraken burpeeing. And YHC hopes that all of those PAX who have taken part in the Iron Pax challenge, feel the same way. So, what to expect from the 5 th anniversary of the Iron Pax Challenge.

Anything and everything. The PAX behind the curtains are constructing workouts that will push PAX to the limit and maybe beyond of what they thought they could do. But the workouts isn’t what YHC has come to love about IPC. It has become what YHC believes is the embodiment of what F3 is and why YHC remained connected. It is “picking up the 6”. It is encouraging the brother beside you to do one more Murder Bunny, or KB swing, or bearcrawl 5 more yards. That is what F3 is. As the writer of Romans says in 1:11-12, “I long to see you so that I may impart to you some spiritual gift to make you strong – that is, that you and I may be mutually encouraged by each other’s faith.” At the end of the day, it doesn’t matter how many reps you had or how fast you do it in or if your form was perfect (well, maybe that matters). All that matters is did you pick your brother up when he was struggling. Did you push him through to the end? Did you encourage him all the way through the finish line? Because if we all do that in the gloom, we can all do that in life when life gets hard.

Now for the nuts and bolts of IPC 2022.

1. Registration – Last year there were 3900 PAX registered. The wizard behind the curtain, Kobyashi, has done his best to clean up the registration. Here’s the link to register.
2. Workouts – workouts will be posted with video every Sunday afternoon. You have until the next Sunday at midnight to submit your scores. The workouts are designed to emphasize a different type of PAX every week. Some weeks will be run heavy and other weeks will be block heavy. Again, make sure to secure yourself an IPC appropriate block from your local hardware store. It should weight approximately 40lbs +/- 2lbs. There might be some weeks that will require other materials. You will be given plenty of notice about those weeks to secure the necessary materials. Once again F3 ScarU from F3 Princeton will be publishing a modification of the workout so that all PAX can take part in IPC. Again, this whole thing is You vs. You. The competition just makes You compete harder.
3. Scoring – the scoring link will be made live weekly. You can complete the workout as many times as you want during the week and submit as many scores as you want. But, your last score will be the one used in the standings.
4. Schedule –
   Week 0 – starts on Monday August 29 th
   Week 1 – starts on Monday September 5 th
   Week 2 – starts on Monday September 12th
   Week 3 – starts on Monday September 19th
   Week 4 – starts on Monday September 26th
   Week 5 (SURPRISE!!!) – starts on Monday October 3rd

As the Nantan of the great men of F3Greenwood, YHC says TCLAPS to the men of F3Nation for your support of IPC. To be honest, we never imagined that it would take off like this. But, we realize that this brings regions together. And has become a glue sort of for F3Nation. Where YHC goes, he gets politely reminded how much the men of F3Nation loves them some murder bunnies and the men of F3Greenwood. And at the end of the day, that’s all that matters. To help men continue to accelerate in life. Keep pushing that rock individually – and together – and continue impacting your families, your work, and your communities. Good luck.

BenGay