Off the Books

An off the books workout (or OTB) is any workout that meets the requirements below, but does not appear on map.f3nation.com or on the Locations page. OTB workouts can be anywhere, at anytime, and involve any form of exercise. Generally, OTB workouts are used for preruns, special events, atypical workouts, and exploration for new official workouts (AOs). Only qualifying OTB workouts can be logged in PAXminer.

The below guidelines have been put together to ensure that all non-official workouts adhere to the spirit of F3's mission.

Guidelines

In order for a workout to be considered official, an OTB workout must:

• Be free of charge

• Be held outdoors

• Be open to all men

• Be peer-led

• End in a circle of trust (COT)

  • OTB workouts occurring immediately prior to a standard workout (e.g. preruns) are exempt from this requirement.

• Involves 2 or more men

  • This means if you organize an OTB workout, and no one else shows up, unfortunately, it does not count.

For the acceleration of our region and the improvement of me, an OTB workout should:

• Be at least 45 minutes

  • This time includes warmups, cool downs, and an appropriate amount of fellowship

• Be promoted in Slack as early as is reasonable

• Have a shovel flag present

• Start with the F3 disclaimer, mission, and principles

• Have a backblast posted in Slack in the #ao_off-the-books channel

All efforts should be made to ensure OTB workouts do no detract from official workouts. If it does, Q of the OTB workout should coordinate with affected Site Qs.