# F3 Nation

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**F3 Nation**, or F3, is a network of free, peer-led [workouts](/source/Workouts) for men, founded in the United States on January 1, 2011, in Charlotte, North Carolina with an estimated 75,000+ active participants. These participants can be found at approximately 4,368 workout locations in 48 different states and 17 countries on 5 continents [1]

The F3 name is an [initialism](/source/Initialism), which stands for fitness, fellowship and faith, referring to the group's three organizing principles.[2]

F3 has 5 "Core Principles" for their workouts.[3]

1. Be free of charge.

1. Be open to all men.

1. Be held outdoors, rain or shine, heat or cold.

1. Be led by men who participate in the workout in a rotating fashion, with no training or certification necessary.

1. End with a Circle of Trust.

F3 is affiliated with FiA, or Females in Action, a network of free, peer-led workouts for women.[4]

Each man participating in an F3 workout is assigned a nickname which he'll use during subsequent workouts.[5]

F3 began in 2011, in [North Carolina](/source/North_Carolina), when two friends (David Redding and Tim Whitmire) in [Charlotte](/source/Charlotte,_North_Carolina), North Carolina started a boot camp style workout for men.[6]

F3 participants apply a distinctive lexicon of terms during their workouts. For example, an informal group leader is known as a "Nantan," a term adopted from an Apache word meaning chief.[7]

## References

1. ["F3 is a national network of free, peer-led workouts for men. Our mission is to plant, grow and serve small workout groups for men for the invigoration of male community leadership."](https://f3nation.com/). *F3 Nation*. 12 February 2024. Retrieved 4 May 2021.

1. WRAL (2018-12-05). ["F3 provides a workout for mind, body and soul"](https://www.wral.com/a-workout-for-mind-body-and-soul/18042589/). *WRAL.com*. Retrieved 2019-02-06.

1. F3Nation (2020-08-31). ["Lexicon - F3 Nation - CORE PRINCIPLES"](https://f3nation.com/lexicon/entry/2247/?gvid=398600). *F3Nation.com*. Retrieved 2020-08-31.

1. ["'Toledo Miracle': Local exercise groups find faith in fitness"](http://www.toledoblade.com/news/religion/2018/06/29/Toledo-exercise-groups-find-faith-in-fitness/stories/20180629006). *Toledo Blade*. Retrieved 2019-02-06.

1. Wilson, Marie (2018-12-15). ["How Fitness, Fellowship, Faith group helps Naperville men shape up, do good"](https://www.dailyherald.com/entlife/20181215/how-fitness-fellowship-faith-group-helps-naperville-men-shape-up-do-good). *Daily Herald*. Retrieved 2019-02-06.

1. ["Tyler Ryan learns about the workout group based on three fundamentals"](https://www.abccolumbia.com/2018/02/08/thee-fs-f3/). *ABC Columbia*. 2018-02-08. Retrieved 2019-02-06.

1. Baker, Nathan. ["Local Men's Group Exercises Leadership, Friendship Muscles"](https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/tennessee/articles/2019-01-27/local-mens-group-exercises-leadership-friendship-muscles). *U.S. News & World Report*. Retrieved 5 February 2019.

## External links

- [Official website](https://f3nation.com)

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