ABOUT F3 SoFL

Founding

F3 South Florida planted its shovel flag on December 21, 2024 in Hallandale Beach. 2 HIMs, Apehangers & Hansel wanted to recreate what they’d experienced in F3 Race City (Mooresville NC) and F3 Gold Rush (Sacramento CA) respectively after relocating to South Florida. It began with a Saturday workout at a large parking lot off Hallandale Beach Blvd that an FNG (now Tackleberry) had suggested- and turned out to be The Cheetah Gentlemen’s Club, not ideal. The workout was quickly moved across the street to Winn Dixie, with 5 PAX in attendance as Tackleberry brought his 2.0’s about to entire the Fire Academy and thus named Backdraft and Pongo. The Cheetah later found its permanent home at Ingalls Park on January 3, 2025.

F3 South Florida hosts workouts free to all men as well as happy hours, coffeteria, volunteer work and CSAUP events.

Fitness

F3 workouts are free and open to all men.  The workouts are for ALL fitness levels and intended to keep the entire group together.  These workouts are led by a member of F3; the “Q” in F3 terminology (defined in F3 lexicon) and last 45 mins during the week and 1 hour on Saturday.  These workouts do not require any equipment other than gravity, workout clothes and gloves are suggested.  These workouts take place at church campuses, parking lots and public parks (locations link) throughout the South Florida area.  Most workouts start before the sun comes up, largely because that’s the time of day when F3 guys can be most certain of being able to control their schedules.  

Fellowship

While the workouts are what draws most men into the group or “PAX'' in F3 lingo, the fellowship is what keeps them here.  Most guys keep coming back for the comradery built at 5:30 in a semi-lit parking lot or “the Gloom” as we like to call it.  The most important part of the fellowship component is the “Circle of Trust” (COT).  This is where we count off, give our nickname, hospital name and age.  As a new guy or FNG (Friendly New Guy) you will be given a nickname so that you are easier to remember on your next post.  This fellowship is strengthened by coffee after workouts (Coffeteria), beers after work (HDHH), obstacle course and relay races, GORUCK events and last but not least CSAUP events.  The CSAUP - Completely Stupid and Utterly Pointless - event requires weeks/months of training and likely has no reward at the end with the sole purpose to strengthen the bonds between PAX members.  These events range from 8-24hr adventure races to challenges within the South Florida region and across the F3 nation

Faith

At the COT we come together arms over shoulders in a ball of man and pray.  This is not faith specific, just the belief in a power higher than yourself.  This is also an opportunity to express our gratuity to one another, ask for prayer/help and express our gratitude for the opportunity to come together and become better men; “Iron Sharpens Iron.”  As the new PAX members improve their physical fitness and improve their bonds with other men there is a desire to search for meaning and purpose.  These efforts are encouraged as a way for the PAX to exercise leadership within the community and raise the awareness of what we are trying to achieve