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November 03 Hunt For Wellness Podcast #201: Heart Health with Defib
BONES and Defib discuss strategies to optimize heart health and what signs PAX should look for cardiovascular disease.

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1 hr 11 min
November 02 HIM 235 Chris Mayberry - Impacting Lives Through Basketball
In this episode, Chris Mayberry shares his journey from a young athlete in Rhode Island to a successful basketball coach and Christian ministry leader. We explore how coaching impacts young lives, the evolution of basketball strategies, and the importance of character and faith in sports. In this episode, Chris Mayberry shares how his faith intersects with his coaching career, the mission of Nations of Coaches, and practical ways to lead with purpose both on and off the court.

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1 hr 13 min
October 29 Ep 81 | Uncovered, Not Manufactured: How a Man Finds His Mission | The Whetstone
📌 THE MISSION (SUMMARY)

Some men never look for a mission at all. Others chase one so hard that the chase becomes the idol, and the good work already in front of them goes undone while they wait for a single sentence that explains their life. Ephesians 2:10 says the good works were prepared in advance. So why does a man stall?

The Plague brings this one home. His daily disciplines in the Word, prayer, and journaling have drifted, and he confesses he has made an idol out of having a mission statement like Dredd's and Dark Helmet's. His order of operations is backward: show me the mission, then I'll serve.

Dredd lays out the framework live on-mic. A man has dominion over only three things: the wholesomeness of his input, the purity of his heart, and the integrity of his output. Each flows downstream into the next. Beyond that, we are agents, not principals. God decides the mission and issues the gear. Dark Helmet delivers the razor: the mission is not manufactured, it is uncovered, like an archaeological dig. Walk into every room like God sent you, apply the gift the room needs most, and watch for the pattern. Then the hard line between habit and obedience: obedience is an act of will, and it doesn't mean much unless you don't want to do it.

The zeal always burns off, in fitness, in faith, and in marriage. What remains is laundry, and the men who keep going are the ones who chose obedience over feeling. A mission statement doesn't propel you. It guides you. Serve first. The mission gets uncovered.

✅ HIGHLIGHTS

✅ The mission statement idol: when chasing purpose stops the work
✅ Input, heart, output: the only three things a man governs
✅ Agents, not principals: God decides the mission and issues the gear
✅ Walk into every room like God sent you
✅ Habit vs. obedience, anchored in Mark 14:36
✅ The booster rocket falls away: endurance after the zeal fades

💥 Power Quotes

"It is a thing that is not manufactured by you. It is a thing that is uncovered."

"And if you would just serve me, I'll show you your mission."

"I can't pour orange juice out of a cup full of coffee."

"We are his agents. He is the principal. He decides the mission."

"Obedience is an act of will."

"Obedience doesn't mean much unless you don't want to do it."

"It doesn't propel you. It's not the engine… It's the guide."

⏱️ CHAPTERS

00:00 Cold Open
03:43 Drifted Habits & Ephesians 2:10
06:08 The Mission Statement Idol
10:32 Grace Before Works
12:06 Ivan Ilyich & the Comfortable Life
14:16 Input, Heart, Output
19:03 Agents, Not Principals
21:32 Uncovered, Not Manufactured
24:56 God Is Not a Riddle Master
28:43 The Order of Operations
32:03 Walk Into Every Room Like God Sent You
35:08 Many Gifts: Apply What's Needed
37:14 Control, Approval & the Root of Temptation
44:17 Habit vs. Obedience
47:42 Twelve Years In: When the Rewards Drop Off
51:28 The Booster Rocket Falls Away
58:03 The Guide, Not the Engine
01:02:44 Obedience, Love & Getting the Guardrails Back

📚 Mentioned in this Episode

The QSource
Zebra Jockey
Minivan Centurion
F3 Nation Core Principles & Mission
The Bible (Ephesians 2:8–10, Ephesians 1:11, Mark 14:36)
The Book of Mormon (Moroni 7)
The Death of Ivan Ilyich — Leo Tolstoy
The Infinite Game
The Hunt for Wellness (podcast)

🔗 Connect with The Whetstone

F3 Nation: https://f3nation.com
Twitter/X: @dreddcnc | @Darkhelmetf3 | @F3ThePlague

#TheWhetstone #F3Nation #Leadership #MensLeadership #Purpose #FindYourMission #Obedience #Discipline #FaithAndLeadership #Ephesians210 #QSource #AccelerateYourLife #LeadershipDevelopment

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1 hr 10 min
October 27 Hunt For Wellness Podcast #200: Consistency, Acceleration, and a Warrior's Heart with Dark Helmet
BONES and Forge are joined by Dark Helmet who shares his 12 year journey with F3 and how he is still looking for ways to accelerate in all three F's.
www.https://awarriorheart.com/

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56 min
October 25In Cadence S01E33 - Truncheon & Chalks (F3 UK - SLB - The Palace)
In Season One, Episode 33 of In Cadence, hosts Shredder and Flea are joined by Chalks and Truncheon, the AOQs behind F3 The Palace. They start with a round of food and fitness "this or that" questions. Then they get into how each man found F3, why they planted a new AO in Hurst Park, and what it's really like to grow a Pax from scratch.The conversation moves on to what "high impact man" means, how F3 shows up in family, work and resilience, and what to say to men who think they can't fit F3 into a demanding life. It finishes with a potato verdict and Shredder's eventful half marathon.
TIMESTAMPS
0:00 Welcome and introductions
0:48 Cheese or chocolate: Maltesers vs Skittles, custard vs ice cream
2:24 Greek or Spanish, spring or autumn
3:30 Kettlebell or sandbag, team cat or team dog
4:32 Would you rather: bear crawl vs sandbag lunge walk
6:10 Intensity or encouragement? New guy or returning guy? Perfect routine or variety?
9:01 How Truncheon found F3
12:00 How Chalks found F3
14:37 Moving on to the next chapter: why plant a new AO?
17:33 Chalks picks up the story: plant, grow, serve
20:52 Where The Palace meets: Hurst Park and its horse racing history
23:12 How The Palace got its name: Truncheon's search for a site
25:19 Shredder's Hampton Court Palace connection and the Wolf Pack visit
27:01 The challenges of launching a new AO
29:23 Plant, grow, serve: the US model vs the UK pioneer model
31:32 Why growing the Pax is the hardest part, and the payoff to come
32:47 Posters, flags and the Instagram page
34:22 Kudos to Chalks for his solo BD
36:34 Physical EH-ing and the Marathon des Sables runner
38:11 What does "high impact man" mean?
41:42 How F3 adds to real life: family, work and connection
45:21 Chalks on physical resilience, parenting and injury
48:06 Starskiing: still getting value when you can't work out
49:44 Walking the talk, plus the Cindy goblet squat that became teabags
53:30 What are you aspiring to learn next?
56:27 "I don't have time for F3": what would you say to busy men?
1:00:49 Truncheon: F3 as a release valve for a high-pressure job
1:03:02 Peer pressure, common excuses and the "too early" problem
1:04:07 Why F3 beats the gym
1:06:01 Why companies should hold leadership days in a car park
1:07:38 The million pound question: favourite way to eat a potato
1:08:42 Housekeeping: storms, kettlebells and Chalks' Chocolate Factory BD
1:10:50 Shredder's half marathon: the 700 metres he was short and a PB
1:16:50 Final thoughts: keep reducing the friction
1:19:08 Sign-offKEY THEMES
Reduce the friction: most barriers to showing up at 5:30am are small and fixable.

Walk your talk: the high impact man leads by example.

Planting the hard way: opening an AO with two men and no existing Pax.

F3 is the one thing you never knew you needed.
TAGS / HASHTAGS
#F3 #F3Nation #F3Palace #InCadence #HighImpactMan #Fitness #MensFitness #Fellowship #Leadership #PlantGrowServe

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1 hr 27 min
October 22 Ep 80 | Don't Bullfrog Your Life | The Whetstone
📌 THE MISSION (SUMMARY)
Most men can name ten things that frustrate them. Very few can name the one problem they were put on earth to solve. After 80 episodes, The Plague finally brings his list to the table, and Dredd and Dark Helmet take it apart line by line.
The confession comes early: half the list is made of things he isn't good at himself, and several frustrations trace back to a desire to control. Then the harder question surfaces. If every frustration points to the same leadership problem the group already exists to solve, does a man still need a purpose of his own?
The answer starts with a distinction: universal chafes vs. an ultimate life problem. Dredd breaks down the "bullfrog" organization, where problems get discussed endlessly, standards go unenforced, and no one leads. He lays down the three-solutions rule, issues the Rando PIP, and names the choice every man faces in a stagnant culture: leave, or stay and change it.
Then it turns personal. Don't bullfrog your own life by holding a committee meeting in your head. Bring three solutions, go try them, fail, and come back with three more. Know your role, even when it isn't the one you would have picked.
✅ HIGHLIGHTS
✅ Why your frustrations are symptoms, not a purpose
✅ Universal chafes vs. the one problem you can't stop thinking about
✅ The three-solutions rule for bringing a leader a problem
✅ Why men who won't take initiative were often taught not to
✅ Three layers of purpose: universal, shared mission, personal role
✅ Treating your purpose like a lab experiment: try, fail, retry
💥 Power Quotes
"If it bugs you, that's 'cause God put it on your heart to bug you. And that's what you should be spending your life trying to solve."
— Dredd
"Don't bullfrog your life and start putting yourself in a personal committee meeting."
— Dark Helmet
"Next time you come in my office with a problem, have three solutions, possible solutions that you're ready to compare and contrast and make a recommendation on."
— Dredd
"When you see a team of people that all have potential but they're under poor leadership, none of those people get to figure out what they're good at and get to figure out what their purpose is."
— The Plague
"It's separating all the things that you find in the world to be unjust, inefficient, horrible from the one thing that the Lord set you on earth to remedy, to attack."
— Dredd
"It doesn't matter how I view me. It's KYR… Know your role."
— Dark Helmet
"It takes what it takes. Each man's is a different piece of clay that takes more work."
— Dredd
⏱️ CHAPTERS
00:00 Cold Open
02:18 Episode 80 & Dredd's Return
03:58 F3 Nation Update: Built to Scale
10:46 The Homework: What Frustrates You?
14:53 Ten Frustrations, One at a Time
19:57 Conditions vs. Problems
24:20 Dredd's Ultimate Life Problem
31:13 Universal Chafes
31:42 Bullfrogs & the Three-Solutions Rule
33:36 The Rando PIP
34:38 Stay and Change the Culture
36:12 Taught to Be a Sheep
39:54 Three Layers of Purpose
43:11 Your One Thing vs. Every Injustice
46:38 Know Your Role
47:32 The Laboratory: Try, Fail, Retry
52:49 Don't Bullfrog Your Life
54:25 Same Mission, Different Method
55:41 New Homework: One Specific Problem
56:24 The Spark Guy
58:44 The Myth of the Plateau
📚 Mentioned in this Episode
F3 Nation Accelerate Campaign
Mississippi Statewide Convergence
Mudgear
QSource
Stephen Covey: "Seek first to understand"
The Four Ps (Dark Helmet)
Shield Lock
"Know Your Role": The Rock
The Myth of the Plateau
🔗 Connect with The Whetstone
F3 Nation: https://f3nation.com
Twitter/X: @dreddcnc | @Darkhelmetf3 | @F3ThePlague
#TheWhetstone #F3Nation #Leadership #Purpose #MensLeadership #Accountability #PersonalGrowth #Mission #LeadershipDevelopment #FaithAndLeadership #Mentorship #Initiative #Podcast

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1 hr 4 min
October 20 Hunt For Wellness Podcast #199: Progress Requires Change
BONES and Forge discuss some of the changes that they are meeting to reach their health goals and why change is necessary to see something different.

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47 min
October 20 HIM 234 Forest Fire - Trusting in God's Plans for Life
In this episode, Nikolas Harvan-Matosich shares his remarkable journey from a serious accident to completing a GTE, highlighting the power of faith, community, and mental toughness. Discover how his background in firefighting, running, and faith helped him overcome immense challenges and inspire others.

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1 hr 21 min
October 17 In Cadence S01E32 - Clicks (F3 UK - The Midlands - The Anchor)
Flea and Shredder are joined by Clicks for a wide-ranging conversation about how F3 has influenced his fitness, food habits, leadership, and sense of community. They discuss rucking versus running, building more sustainable routines, launching the Anchor AO in Aldridge, and what it means to be free to lead.
Key topics
- Clicks shares how a friend’s persistent invitation eventually brought him to F3.
- The group compares rucking and running, including a daily three-mile ruck challenge.
- Clicks describes changing his eating habits with more structure, higher-protein meals, and planned family dinners.
- The conversation explores how the Anchor AO in Aldridge got started and its efforts to welcome more local men.
- Clicks talks about learning to Q, gaining confidence, and finding a leadership style that feels authentic.
- He shares how F3 brothers supported him through grief.
- The episode reflects on F3 as more than a workout: a source of fellowship, accountability, and support through life’s challenges.
- Expect plenty of lighter moments too, from the “Midland Mule” weighted vest to astronomy, crisps, superpowers, and Gladiator names.
Timestamps
00:00 — Opening banter and episode introduction
02:14 — Warmarama, food choices, and team dog versus team cat
04:18 — Rucking versus running
07:21 — The Midland Mule weighted vest
08:33 — Sugar or caffeine, tea flasks, and beatdown banter
10:00 — How Clicks got his F3 name
13:31 — Clicks’ journey into F3
16:32 — The invitation that brought Clicks to his first workout
18:23 — Why F3’s structure appealed to him
20:30 — Early-morning routines
26:36 — Clicks’ food and weight-loss journey
31:34 — Slow-cooker meals and building sustainable habits
35:46 — Starting the Anchor AO in Aldridge
38:05 — Growing the AO and making it feel welcoming
40:01 — Clicks on Qing and learning to lead
41:32 — Clicks’ workout style and creative Q themes
44:22 — Small AOs, real relationships, and steady growth
46:21 — Reaching men through local connections
51:17 — Who Clicks is inviting to F3
53:12 — Anchor details: Thursdays at 5:45 AM, Middlemore Road basketball courts
56:06 — What F3 means beyond fitness
57:23 — Grief, brotherhood, and support
60:04 — The power of showing up for one another
65:00 — Million-pound questions: astronomy, travel, and Gladiator names
70:42 — Favourite crisps and the superpower of flight
77:02 — What “free to lead” means to Clicks
79:47 — UK updates, new AOs, and IronPax reflections
86:09 — Welcoming new FNGs
88:44 — Clicks’ final thoughts and episode wrap-up

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1 hr 34 min
October 15 Ep 79 | Persuasion Is Not Compulsion | The Whetstone
📌 THE MISSION (SUMMARY)
Every leader wants to be liked. That desire seems harmless, but it quietly drives the decisions that put the mission in jeopardy. In this episode, Dark Helmet and The Plague look at approval-seeking from both sides of the decision: wanting approval after a hard call, and chasing it before one.
The Plague brings a live case: a recent leadership hire where the team favored a different candidate. Dark Helmet answers with his own confession. He said yes to something to impress a man he respects, built no team around it, assumed people would show up because it was him, and ended up failing twice.
The core framework: persuasion is not compulsion. Saying all the persuasive things doesn't mean anyone was persuaded. When a leader has no track record on a decision, trust comes from answering the question nobody wants to ask: "What if this goes poorly?" Name the risk, own the outcome, and leave people the most liberty possible. Then comes the Honda Civic test, where a commitment can be aligned with your mission without actually being on it.
The conversation closes on the hardest version of the lesson. You can't define your mission until you're willing to let go of good things to receive the best one. The dime-store pearl story shows the exchange we all resist, and why it takes faith rather than control.
✅ HIGHLIGHTS
✅ Why "here's the plan if I'm wrong" is the missing piece of persuasion
✅ Trust is built when a leader is willing to receive candor, not just deliver it
✅ Speeches fade, systems remain: why a polished vision deck isn't leadership
✅ The double fail: how approval-seeking costs you the approval anyway
✅ Aligned vs. on mission: the Honda Civic towing a trailer
✅ Good, better, best: why a pile of good things is the real trap
💥 Power Quotes
"Persuasion is not compulsion."
— Dark Helmet
"If it goes great, then guess what? We're all gonna benefit and it's gonna be amazing. If it goes poorly, it was my fault."
— Dark Helmet
"The more open you are about it, and the less control you seek to try and exert over it, the better it goes."
— Dark Helmet
"The desire to have someone like you can cause you to make decisions that will put the mission in jeopardy."
— Dark Helmet
"Aligned is one thing, and on mission and only the mission is another."
— Dark Helmet
"Missional doesn't equal the thing that I like doing the most necessarily."
— The Plague
"If you could, it wouldn't be faith. It would be knowledge."
— Dark Helmet
⏱️ CHAPTERS
00:00 Cold Open
13:49 The Turn: Approval vs. Mission
14:46 A Hiring Call Against the Room
23:09 Persuasion Is Not Compulsion
25:53 "Here's the Plan"
26:32 What Builds Trust
27:40 "If It Goes Poorly, It's My Fault"
31:11 Speeches Fade, Systems Remain
33:10 The Approval Yes
41:15 Approval Puts the Mission in Jeopardy
44:33 Aligned vs. On Mission: The Honda Civic
46:43 The Double Fail
50:29 "Then Don't Ask Me"
54:47 First Steps to Defining Purpose
57:39 What Problem Were You Put Here to Solve?
1:00:34 The Real Barrier: Fear of Commitment
1:01:03 Good, Better, Best
1:04:50 Walk Into Every Room Like God Sent You There
1:05:20 The Dime-Store Pearls
1:07:44 Trust Without Control
📚 Mentioned in this Episode
Wild at Heart
C.S. Lewis
StrengthsFinder
The Working Genius (Patrick Lencioni)
Fistix
🔗 Connect with The Whetstone
F3 Nation: https://f3nation.com
Twitter/X: @dreddcnc | @Darkhelmetf3 | @F3ThePlague
#TheWhetstone #F3Nation #Leadership #Persuasion #Trust #MissionFirst #LeadershipDevelopment #Accountability #Purpose #Faith #MensMinistry #ServantLeadership #Mentorship #Podcast

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1 hr 13 min