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The Men Who Lead

Every workout is led by one of the men standing in it. These are the men carrying the flag for DOCO right now, in their own words. Tap any man to read his story.

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The man who owns each AO. He is the one to find on your first morning.

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“Feel free to be vulnerable in our COTs.”

AO Castle Pines In F3 About a million painful beatdowns that I've loved every minute of! (Or four years in November). EH’d by My man Speedo. In between "Do you come here often" (we were at a business networking event for Valor High School) and "What do you think of long rucks on the beach?" he sprinkled in, "Hey, you should come check out the group called F3. We meet at Elk Ridge Park on Wednesday and Friday mornings."

His F3 story

What brought me to F3

Probably like most men, I fell for the oldest trick in the book: A free workout.

What keeps me coming back

By the end of the first beatdown, I knew this was something special. Sure it might have been that wonderful feeling of "how do I not throw up in front of these guys I just met?" In Castle Pines we do QSource every Friday and that has allowed not only so much learning and discussion, but also some true bonding.

What F3 means to me

To me, F3 means I could move anywhere in the US and have good friends within a month of posting my first beatdown. The beatdowns and what you gain at them, are similar to oxygen.... you don't realize how much it means to you until you don't have it. It's growth, acceleration, challenging, true fellowship, and almost everything that is missing in today's society. I've yet to meet a HIM that I haven't liked.

My favorite F3 moment

Almost too many favorites to narrow it down so I'll share the story of my VQ. It was a snowy and windy January morning. I was nervous that I was going to forget my beatdown so I wrote all of the exercises down on an index card. I put down the card for my warmup and a huge gust of wind came in carried it away. So there I was already nervous about leading for the first time and instead of demonstrating an exercise for the group, I got to demonstrate how fast I could run through a snowy field while trying to chase down a little 3.5 card.

Leadership

What I am most excited about

I find it to be an honor to be able to serve DOCO - The Ridgeline. Others may disagree, but I feel DOCO stems from Castle Pines doing things right. For the longest time, we were stuck at about 4-6 PAX per beatdown. Our entire AO consciously and strategically decided that we needed to grow it. We were successful and then we starfished, and starfished again, and yet we continue our growth. I couldn't be more proud to see our latest Fitness Challenge go from mid 20-30's in attendance to over 80 men standing shoulder to shoulder.

What I hope to contribute

This is a timely question because right now I'm trying to schedule and coordinate another CPR class for our region. I'd love it if we could get at least another 2-3 men per AO trained. Every year F3 loses a HIM to a medical emergency, and I want DOCO -- The Ridgeline to be prepared.

What I want to see here

Continued growth. Castle Rock seems to be a no-brainer. A closer Sunday alternative to Red Rucks. Honestly, I think each city in Douglas County could support 2-3 AO's.

Bookworm

Off the field

Favorite exercise
For me, I love something we created at Castle Pines in the Monday Morning ShieldLock at Daniels Park. The fellowship I've experienced during those weekly rucks with those men just cannot be replaced.
Least favorite exercise
bear crawl/crawl bear/ Yogi the Bear/ Gummy Bear... basically anything with the word bear in it.
Current fitness goal
I'm a guy who could sneeze and gain 10lbs. I'm now an old geezer (#respect) who is happily married so I'm not too worried about big muscles, but for health reasons and current and future grandkids, I'd like to get down to 200lbs or less and maintain it through diet and F3 exercise.
What most PAX don’t know
With a name like Bookworm they know I like to read, but I really love to write.