Date: 2026-10-22
AO: The-Agency
Q: Gherkin ,
PAX: Gherkin, Rim Fire, Deliverance
FNGs: None
COUNT: 3
WARM UP
Side straddle hop, Imperial Blockers
Arm Circles, sprinklers, Michael Phelps, WMH, Cherry Pickers, WGS, Down Dog Cobra Kai
THE THANG
F3 Craps
– PAX take turns being the Shooter
– On the come-out roll, if a 2,3,7,11 or 12 is rolled, all PAX perform 5 burpees and the next pax becomes the Shooter.
– If a 4,5,6,8,9 or 10 is rolled, that number becomes the point, the exercise associated with that number is the Point Exercise, and the Shooter continues to roll until he rolls the Point or craps out.
– Every roll, the PAX perform the number of reps of the Point Exercise equal to the number on the dice.
– If the Point is rolled, all PAX win, no exercise is performed, and the next pax becomes the Shooter.
– If the Shooter craps out by rolling a 7 before timing the point, all PAX perform 7 reps of the point exercise and 5 penalty burpees, Exercises:
– 4 – Overhead Press
– 5 – Thrusters
– 6 – Coupon Curls
– 8 – Coupon Squats
– 9 – Mucho Leggos
– 10 – Bobby Hurleys
MARY
Flutter kicks, American Hammer with a coupon, LBCs
ANNOUNCEMENTS
– The Grunt on 11/7
– Old Rag hike 10/30-10/31
– 2nd Annual F3 Turkey Bowl on Saturday after Thanksgiving at Compound
COT
Romans 5:3-4 “…we also glory in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope.” So counterintuitively, suffering leads to hope.
The hope Paul is speaking of is not wishful thinking but a confidential expectation. Biblically Paul is speaking of the hope, or expectation, that God will deliver on his promises. But even in agnostic terms, as we suffer through a trial, we develop a confident expectation that we will be victorious over that which caused our suffering.
So when we take glory in our suffering, or in F3 parlance, embrace the suck, we remind ourselves that ultimately we will prevail. This knowledge gives us greater confidence the next time we are faced with suffering.
Another reason to embrace the suck is for the people around us. When other people see us take glory when we are suffering, and then see the suffering produces endurance, and then character, and then hope (or a confident expectation), it encourages them. Whether that is our kids or our spouses or our coworkers, embracing the suck benefits not only ourselves, but it is an encouragement to all of those who see how we handle adversity and how we come out stronger for it.
