#324: How Fitness, Fellowship, and Faith Are the Cure for Sad Clown Syndrome

The Art of Manliness

Society & Culture, Education, Philosophy

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🗓️ 26 July 2017

⏱️ 62 minutes

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If you’re like many modern men, you might have a pretty good life — a decent job, a family, a home, maybe a few hobbies. Despite having the appearance of a good life, though, you feel kind of empty inside. Like you’re missing something. My guests today would argue that what you’ve got is a case of Sad Clown Syndrome and to get over it, you need to get together with some men and do some burpees. Their names are Dave Redding and Tim Whitmire and they’re the leaders of a grassroots movement bringing men together for free workouts called F3, which stands for Fitness, Fellowship, and Faith. According to them, they’ve seen tens of thousands of men not only get physically in shape by attending F3 workouts, but reenergize themselves mentally and spiritually. Today on the show, Dave and Tim share the origins of F3 and how they realized it was solving the problem of Sad Clown Syndrome in the lives of American men. They then detail what the symptoms of Sad Clown Syndrome are, and how exactly F3 acts as a remedy. We then discuss why male friends are so important in a man’s life and why the typical guys that men call friends aren’t really friends. We end our conversation by discussing what the 3 Fs in F3 mean, including why the “Faith” component is more about having a purpose beyond yourself and less about religion.

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0:00.0	[♪ INTRO MUSIC PLAYING [♪
0:15.0	Brett McKay here and welcome to another edition of the Art of Manliness Podcast.
0:18.0	Well, if you're like many modern men, you might have a pretty good life, you've got
0:21.5	a decent job, a family, a home, maybe if you hobbies you do during your free time.
0:25.6	Yet despite having the appearance of a good life, you feel empty inside.
0:29.6	Like you're missing something.
0:31.1	Well, my guest today would argue that what you've got is a case of sad clown syndrome.
0:35.4	And to get over it, you need to get together with some other men and do some burpees.
0:38.9	Their names are Dave Redding and Tim Whitmeyer, and they're the leaders of a grassroots
0:42.2	movement bringing men together for free workouts called F3, which stands for fitness, fellowship,
0:47.4	and faith.
0:48.4	And according to them, they seem tens of thousands of men not only get physically in
0:51.8	shape by attending F3 workouts, but really energize themselves mentally and spiritually.
0:56.4	Today on the show, Dave and Tim share the origins of the F3 movement and how they realize
1:01.0	it was solving the problem of sad clown syndrome in the lies of American men.
1:05.0	They then tell what the symptoms of sad clown syndrome are and how exactly the F3 acts
1:09.3	as a remedy.
1:10.3	We then discuss why male friends are so important in a man's life and why the typical
1:13.3	guys that men usually call friends will aren't really friends.
1:17.0	We enter conversation by discussing that last F and F3 faith and why it's more about
1:21.9	having a purpose beyond yourself and less about religion.
1:25.2	To the show's over, check out the show notes at a.wim.is slash F3, refining links to resources,
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