Hey guys - I live in West Houston and about a year ago I was invited by a friend to get up early and come join the group for a workout. I declined... too early.

Then in a few months later, my buddy hit me up to come out on a Saturday am when they meet at 6:30. I had nothing going on so I said, sure.. I'll come.. and haven't looked back.

Since then , F3 has gone from 3 groups in the Katy region to 19!
And to top it we now have started up a group in College Station!!

Here's what it's about:

• men only
• always free - it's volunteer lead each time
• meets in public locations, rain or shine
• no equipment involved - simply bring water and gloves
• each group has 10-20 guys - when they get up to 30, they split and add a new location
• there are some groups that meet and do Sandbag/Ruck work as bonus

There are about 40 groups that meet all over Houston, and over 3,200 groups that meet across the USA every week.
Each workout is lead by a different attendee and unique to keep it fresh and fun - think burpees, pushups, sit-ups, then run across the parking lot and do dips and calf raises on the curb, then run around a cone and do mountain climbers and bear crawls, etc - 45 minute workouts that usually start at 5:30 am weekdays and 6:30 am on Saturdays. Maybe in B/CS you guys would start at 6:00 on weekdays and 6:30 on weekends?
This is not CrossFit - it's regular guys meeting up 3-4 times a week.

F3 stands for Fitness, Fellowship, and Faith. www.F3Nation.com or www.F3Katy.com to see more.

Ask me any questions you might have- I'd love to encourage others to join us out there.

Also - you can shoot an email to F3Aggieland@gmail.com and we will get you on the Band app we use to communicate updates. WE HAVE ALREDY MET SEVERAL TIMES AND MEET THIS SATURDAY at Wolf Pen Creek at 6:30!

Interested.

Following this thread.

Interested, but will have to know the schedule a little better before committing. How can I get signed up for updates?

BryanAggie2013 said:

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Interested, but will have to know the schedule a little better before committing. How can I get signed up for updates?

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awesome

Thinking it will be starting on Saturday's for a period of time to feel it out - most groups meet 3-4 times per week

send me an email at F3Katy@Gmail and I'll add you to the Informational Group on Band that we started.

UPDATE! We now have F3Aggieland@gmail.com

Please shoot an email there and we will make sure you get connected in to learn more.

We are still compiling interest. Contact us at the email above to get connected. Hopefully we will kick things off in the next few weeks.

Count me in. My dad bod could use a good Will-Smithing.

A little bird told me about this thread...

So I can attest to the awesomeness that is F3.

If you've gone to the link and watched the video, great you sort of know what is below; if not be prepared... It's not a salesman pitch, it's just adult life for lots of people.

Personal Story
This was me last year - I'm 36, had two kids, great job, all the normal adult stuff, but pretty much let myself go athletically. My boss was then diagnosed with brain cancer and unfortunately lost his fight in early May. So my world got flipped around pretty good as we're a very small office. I was in a bad rut of what's best described as malaise, and I knew I needed a change.

A thread on the Houston Board had already peeked my interest about F3, and with my boss's passing I wanted to make a change in my life, so I decided to show up for a workout. I did not know ANYONE at the workout - which does make it a little weird for about 5 mins... but there were 19 other men who came with the same purpose, to workout and beat the sad clown (you'll learn more about this later, as I did) out of themselves. Let's just say that even though I got completely and utterly beaten and broken by the workout. There were lots of weird names (for both people and exercises), acronyms, and just all around an awesome group of men - so I came back Thursday at 0515 in the morning to do it again. And I've never really looked back. I now post 2-3 times per week, running 2-3 miles before each 45 to 60 min workout.

Short version...
The workouts (we call em beatdowns) are designed to be hard work using little more than your own body weight most of the time. I started my F3 journey last year in May, and have had a blast.
F3 is designed to now only be fitness but also fill in some gaps in male friendship that may have faded since life has gotten in the way of things. It also promotes, as said above, male community leadership - and if anyone can do this well, it is Aggies.

There are a group of us that are active in F3Katy and F3Houston that are going to try and figure out the details (where/when) and start date and some of that will allow us to be in CS when things start so we can help lead workouts. Normally the workouts are early in the morning, before work, with weekend workouts being a little later. But in reality, it's up to the guys who are in the area to figure out what works best for them. If that's a 0500 kick off, cool; if it is a 0600 start time so be it. My home base starts an optional run at 0445 and the main workout starts 0515, Tuesdays and Thursdays; Saturdays the run starts at 0530 and the workout starts at 0600.

I hope to be one of the men that get to come up and lead (Q) a workout for whoever shows up and help pave the next 43 feet.

I looked this up in fort worth... Had never heard of them before. But I'll be giving it a shot in a couple weeks.

Thanks for sharing! Cool idea.

Justin2010 said:

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I looked this up in fort worth... Had never heard of them before. But I'll be giving it a shot in a couple weeks.

Thanks for sharing! Cool idea.

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I've been out there to the group in Fort Worth… Great guys… I was on the road at a conference… It's very encouraged anytime you are on the road to try to find a local F3 group and jump in.

F3DFW has a cool website that you can use to connect with the guys and make sure you're going to the best location… Encourage you to do a search for it and hit them up!

ttt

We have our first workout scheduled for Saturday 4/23 at 6:30 am! Email us at the address above to get plugged in.

Awesome! I go to one in Aledo just West of Fort Worth and there are some in Fort Worth, Benbrook, Aledo, and now Weatherford and yes they are really cool and hey I'm almost 49 and you don't have to kill it in everything you can do it at your own speed and it's just a good way to exercise and meet some great folks in your area and when you go to to other cities you can participate in theirs if you want to. Glad one is coming to CS!

Had a great time yesterday. Most of the local group that showed up heard about it from this thread. A number of Ags and non Ags showed up from Katy and the Woodlands to help us get started.

It sucked, it was amazing. See y'all next week!

Another great Saturday morning workout - our new home is at Wolf Pen Creek! Y'all come out on Saturday at 6:30!

We will be back at Wolf Pen Creek Park at 6:30 am on Saturday. It has been cool getting to know guys from texags at these workouts.

Well I hope Aggieland is ready. I've got the Q (leader of the workout) Saturday at 0630.

The workout is held at Wolf Pen Creek Park, 2275 Dartmouth, on Saturdays it is a 1 hour workout.

It's FREE and open to all men, held outdoors rain or shine, led by the attendees in a rotating fashion once the individual is ready.

If you want to see what it's all about, please come out and join us. It's a hard workout (mixed HIT style), but we push through it together and come out the other side better than we entered.

SYITG!
(see you in the gloom - ya know because we meet really early in the morning).

Biggest news of the day.. F3 Aggieland is launching on August 13!!

Y'all come on out anytime and then come join about 100 others on this special day!!

Heard about this today on Texags radio. Looked up a few San Antonio spots and am going to go tomorrow. So you just show up at said time? That's it?

I look forward to you responding back and letting us know how it goes!

https://f3alamo.com/

Great morning. Great guys. Tough workout. Glad I went and will be back Friday. I bet this really takes off in College Station after the hit on Texags yesterday.

Love to see what Aggieland is doing. I won't be able to make the Launch this weekend. My son has his first HS scrimmage. Look forward to getting up there soon!

Hops
F3 Katy - The Station

p.s. - if anyone is looking to get involved in the Katy area we'd love to have you!

I am realty excited about hitting up a Saturday AM BD before games when I am out that way... hope y'all are ready for launch size groups on game days.

HOPS is always recruiting... he'd make a fine addition to Jimbo's crew.

Gig'em - Tap from the Station - in Katy.