3F Anchormen ⚓️

Mission Statement: 

To create a positive and supportive community within the male contingent of the Three Flow membership and outside, the group is welcoming and geared to connecting via fitness but also in the most important part of the session - after training and when we’re chatting over a coffee!

Why? (the following is from Craig, Co Owner of CrossFit Three Flow)

Traditionally men are not always the best at communicating to their loved ones, family, friends if they need help. We tend to laugh stuff off, tell ourselves to 'man up' (I really hate that phrase) and just get on with it. The idea of this group has always been in my mind due to personal experiences from losing both my father to cancer and one of my closest friends suddenly to an undetected heart condition. I was 21 and not able to cope with this and rather than seek help I bottled it up. I decided to implement the group into our gym though when I heard of a former school mate in the UK committing suicide due to his addiction to alcohol. This shouldn't happen, this is something that could possibly have been avoided if the right people were around to help or just be an ear. It really hit me that this could be happening to someone I know and all they maybe needed was a place to go to where they were not judged or would be told what to do, they could just share if they wanted to or just be part of a group supported them. We all face issues and stresses in our lives but we don't have to battle everything on our own. 

How does it work then? 

We meet on a Saturday at the gym and have a training session, it will be catered for all levels as some might be coming from outside of our CrossFit world. Fitness is a powerful medium as we all know, it’s a great way to also bond with others and create a community through training as a collective - similar to when you may have been part of a team sport.  

After training we will serve up some coffee and have a chat which can be specific to a topic around Fitness and Mental Health or just a general hang out to get to know the community and maybe create a new connection amongst the group.

There is no additional charge to your membership for this program, it’s part of membership with Three Flow and the purpose is centred around mental health via fitness not money. It’s relaxed and the group grows organically from just meeting up each week.

Check out our photos at the top of this page and please reach out to me if you’d like to find out more.

Craig, Co Owner of CrossFit Three Flow