LOW PASS

Birth Name: Scott Herrin

Age: 51 (April 22, 1972)

F3 Start Date: First post – AO Sasquatch, March 24, 2021

Main AO: Sasquatch

Q. How did you get your F3 nickname?

A. I got lucky. Aaaayyyy was the Q and after hearing all about me, he focused on the fact that I’m an electrical engineer. Based on that fact he dubbed me LowPass, because “that’s an electronic circuit”. It’s fitting because I’ve always been told that I seem to effectively block the noise out and only let the important stuff through. It’s lucky because he came back on the next workout and said “why didn’t I name you Leakage? That would have been SOO much better.” So, yes, very lucky and happy to have the LowPass F3 nickname.

Q. How did you hear about F3 and what was your first Q like?

A. In 2020, I read a post in the Avery Ranch FaceBook from Spike about a boot camp style workout group for men. I mentally filed it away for a while and then finally reached out to him in March of 2021 to ask if it was still going on. He let me know that he had moved to Liberty Hill and was no longer posting there, but he encouraged me to go out because there was still a good group of guys down there. He was right. I immediately felt at home and after my first post I had no doubt that I’d be back. My first Q was about 3 weeks after my first post. I tried to do a mix of things I had seen others do with some exciting things thrown in from the F3 Exicon site. Somehow, I stumbled upon murder bunnies on the exicon and felt like they had to be a key part of my first Q. So, without knowing that what I had set up was called a Dora-1-2-3, I set up a Dora (to make it easier on myself and not have to call cadence as much). Instead of running while the partner PAX does the exercise, PAX1 was doing murder bunnies out and back while PAX2 did the exercise and then flapjack. I had no idea that murder bunnies were going to hurt that much and I felt a little guilty, so I bought murder bunny patches for everyone that was at my first Q as a “thank you” for not mutinying.

Q. What is the biggest piece of advice you would give a PAX if struggling to stay consistent with attending the AO’s? 

A. I have a few things that helped me that I would recommend to someone that’s struggling to stay consistent:

1.     Make sure that you’re embracing the 2nd F. You can show up as the workout starts and leave as soon as it’s over and you get a good beatdown, but no real connection. If you take some time and get to know a few of the other guys that are regularly there – maybe grab a cup of coffee or just hang around and chat in the gloom after a good beatdown, you’ll start that 2nd F (fellowship) connection. That connection gives me a little more motivation to come out when I really just want to hit the alarm, roll over, and go back to sleep.

2.     Read “Freed to Lead” to get a better understanding behind F3. Get to know how it got started, and how you can fit in, why some of the things are done in the way that they are, and have a better understanding of how you can make an impact. I did not start reading “Freed to Lead” until 2023 and wish that I had had it handed to me soon after my first post. It’s been a good refresh for me and would have been good additional motivation for me early on.

3.     Sign up to Q!! It might seem a little counterintuitive if you’re new and/or struggling to be consistent, but after my first Q I had a sense of ownership that had not been there before. I started feeling like it was my group rather than a group of other guys that I worked out with. 

Q. Would you ever consider taking a High Pass? 

A. I’m definitely a Low Pass kind of guy – I’ll have to spend some time while moseying and think about what “taking a high pass” might even look like 😊