Beyond The COT

In the first episode of Beyond The COT of 2025, Steam brings you an overview of the 2025 F3 State Of The Nation, in which the Nation’s leadership team shares the vision and plan for this year. You can watch the whole thing (about 1 hour) on YouTube here.This is not the first time that Steam has introduced a powerful AO tool on the show - Google NotebookLM. By simply sharing the F3 State Of The Nation YouTube URL as source material, it generated a podcast-quality overview (called a Deep Dive) in just a few minutes. It’s pretty incredible.So, whether you watch the full video on YouTube or listen to this podcast episode and the Deep Dive (you should do both), you will be challenged and encouraged about where you are in your leadership development journey right now. The future of F3 is incredibly bright - as thousands of men around the globe continue to live out the mission of planting, growing, and serving small workout groups for men for the invigoration of male community leadership.#IronSharpensIronGet connected with F3 Knoxville here. Learn more about F3 here. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit f3knoxville.substack.com

This episode of the Beyond The COT Podcast is brought to you by NotebookLM: Think Smarter, Not Harder. The ultimate tool for understanding the information that matters most to you, built with Gemini 1.5.While this AI tool isn’t perfect, we think it’s pretty neat. We dropped our most recent Send Me newsletter in and they churned out this 11(ish) minute recap/review. Honestly, it’s pretty spot on! Now, to get to what you’re all wondering: NO. AI is not replacing the conversations on the Beyond The COT podcast. But we will produce an AI-generated recap of the Send Me newsletter every week so you can listen to it on the podcast. Check it out and let us know your thoughts at [email protected].#IronSharpensIronWant to learn more about F3 Knoxville? Check us out online here. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit f3knoxville.substack.com

Steam brings some perspective and “the why” behind the 2024 F3 Knoxville Leadership Survey. Earlier this week, our Regional Direction Team (RDT) consisting of F3 Knoxville’s Nantan (Mermaid), Weasel Shaker (Pele), Comz Q (Steam), 1st F Q (Butterknife), 2nd F Q (Eliza), and 3rd F Q (Borg) sent out the 2024 Leadership Survey. There are three primary reasons for sending this out:* To identify and better understand the leadership development needs and desires of PAX in F3 Knoxville.* Once we identify the leadership development needs and desires of PAX in F3 Knoxville, we, in partnership with the SLT (Shared Leadership Team) can more purposefully articulate and create LDP opportunities for our region.* Once #1 and #2 happen, we can more effectively empower PAX in the region to step into leadership roles, strengthening the leadership culture and process. Great leaders are always strategically working themselves out of a job, paving the next 43 feet of road in front of them for the next man.You can find the survey + more information by checking out the #announcements channel in the F3 Knoxville Slack workspace or emailing [email protected]. #IronSharpensIron This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit f3knoxville.substack.com

After a character-building workout in 90+ degree heat, Steam, Brick, and Pusher circled the wagons to discuss F3 Knoxville’s two newest AOs (Areas of Operation), which are launching next week. Both AOs have been in a three-month test phase to evaluate the potentiality of moving into full-blown AO status - and it has gone exceedingly well. Here’s the fast facts about each of these two new AOs:Genesis Ruck AO- Genesis Ruck is F3 Knoxville’s premier AO for ruck-based strength training and conditioning- AOQ: Steam- Day/Time: Mondays from 5:15am - 6:15am- Location: West Hills Park (Parking lot below the YMCA outdoor pool)- Launch: Monday, September 2nd - 7:00am - 8:00am ruck workout - Coffeteria on-site immediately following the COTBluegrass PM AO (Name pending)- Bluegrass PM will be the second consistent PM workout offering for F3 Knoxville- AOQ: Pusher- Day/Time: Wednesdays from 6:00pm - 6:45pm- Location: Bluegrass Elementary School (parking lot by the playground)- Launch: Wednesday, September 4th - 6:00pm - 6:45pm bootcamp style workout - Board Meeting celebration on-site immediately following the COTThese men have worked tremendously hard to get both AOs up and running and we hope you’ll be able to join them on their respective launch days or someday soon. If you are on the F3 Knoxville Slack workspace, feel free to DM Steam or Pusher with any questions. If you aren’t, send your questions to [email protected] and our team would love to get in touch with you.#IronSharpensIron This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit f3knoxville.substack.com

In the latest edition of the BTC Podcast, Steam and Borg connect to discuss the newest AO addition to F3 Knoxville — the QSource AO. Borg shares the heart behind “the why” of this new AO and some of the desired outcomes.The QSource, written by David “Dredd” Redding, is the F3 Manual of Virtuous Leadership. To learn more about the QSource and to get your copy, click or tap here.Steam shares his experience posting downrange in F3 Metro last week, where he was able to attend a QSource AO with one of the founders of F3, Dredd.The QSource AO will launch this Sunday, July 28th, at 6am at Lakeshore Park. The plan is to meet from 6am - 7:15am and discuss Q3.2 from the QSource, on Mutual Competence. The idea of mutual competence is “the general alignment of skill within a shared leadership team.” You can check out more about this by visiting the F3 Nation site here.If you have any questions about our new QSource AO, reach out to Borg within the F3 Knoxville workspace or shoot him an email at [email protected].#IronSharpensIron! This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit f3knoxville.substack.com