Fanny Pack – F3 South Wake

Avoiding the ice

January 14, 2025/in Downtown Train /QIC: Pumpkin Spice
PAX: @p.s.i, Batboy, Best In Show, Bobby Dall, Clunker, Fanny Pack, MadDog 2020, Nemo, WebEx

FNGs: None

Warm Up: Four corner mosey around HS with GM, WMH, Merkins, Arm Circles

The Workout: Mosey to Amphitheater. Groups of Three.

Pax 1: 5x Derkins, Erkins, Step Ups (repeat until partner returns)

Pax 2: Run to parking garage

Pax 3: 5x Inverted Rows, CDD, Squats at parking garage.

Each PAX is released when their partner arrives.

Two rounds: BTTW, People’s Chair, Copperhead Squats

Mary: Mosey to Flag. Each PAX chose favoriate Mary exercise for 5 count.

Prayer: Travel mercies P.S.I. Fanny Pack’s niece. Best in Show continued recovery.

Best Crazy Ivan of 2025 so far

January 7, 2025/in Crazy Ivan /QIC: Pumpkin Spice
PAX: @Abacus the OG, @sardine, Bleeder, Cancun, Choppa, Fanny Pack, Gizmo, Gump, M4Life, Nemo, Popeye, X-ray

FNGs: None

Warm Up: SSH, GM, Arm Circles, Take a lap.

The Workout: Tabata 25 seconds on; 10 sec rest; 3 rounds with a lap in between: KB Swings, Deadlift, Squat w curl, Cleans (R, then L), Snatch (R, then L), Alternating Merkin on the Bell, Renegade Row with pass thru.

Mary: One round 25 sec; 10 sec rest KB Figure 8s, Around the World, Midget Love Handles & Halos.

T-Claps (Recognition): @sardine using 2 bells for the majority of the workout.

Prayer: My M & 2 daughters’ travel to Thailand, Cancun’s M starting new job, for PAX recovering from illness, injury and surgeries.

Downtown Train – 2024 Finale

December 30, 2024/in Downtown Train /QIC: UTI
PAX: Bondo, Fanny Pack, Gizmo, Nemo, no doubt, Pumpkin Spice, U.T.I

FNGs: Zero

Warm Up: Franks, SSH, Good Mornings, other stuff

The Workout: Mozy to the parking deck, Prisoner Squats followed by dips.

Mozy to Lemongrass, preachers chair followed by a few rounds of ball walkers

Box jumps up the amphitheater a few times. Earkins Derkins Dips up the amphitheater.

Mozy around front and down the stairs. Inverted rows and squats alternating 3x

Mozy to.top of the deck. DORA of 100 merkins, 200 WWIs, 300 Squats. Partner ran down and around the deck and back. Swapping until complete.

Mozy back to flag

Mary: Box Cutters, Freddy Mercs, Homer2Marge, PicklePounders, Planks

Announcements: Pumpkin and others starting 75 hard in the new year. Gizmo setting goal for 1200 miles in ’25

Prayer: Pumpkins family is headed to Thailand without him. Prayers for safe travels.

A Christmas tree and Menorah in front of a community center outdoor amphitheater in early morning.

A tea party of sorts

December 16, 2024/0 Comments/in Downtown Train /QIC: Abe
PAX: Abe, Fanny Pack, Nemo, no doubt, Pumpkin Spice

FNGs: none

Warm Up: After an enthusiastic start and 5 burpee penalty, we went on a quick mosey around downtown. Then good mornings, imperial walkers, hillbillies, daisy pickers, sir fazio arm circles, seal claps and overhead claps.

The Workout: Thing 1: PAX were instructed to get a “shmedium” rock. Instructions were apparently unclear and some PAX went big. 30 count curls for the girls / tricep extensions / squats. Bear crawl through the light tunnel in front of the library. 20 count exercises, bear crawl. 10 count exercises, bear crawl. PAX were quizzed on their knowledge of the Boston Tea Party, which happened 251 years ago today in 1773.
We returned our rocks in patriotic tea bashing fashion and moseyed to the half circle.

Thing 2: 10 merkins, lunge walk to center Island, 10 WWIIs, mosey to end of half circle, 10 squats. Repeat twice more for 3 rounds total. Mosey back to the Christmas tree.

Thing 2.5: People’s chair for a 10 count down the line, total of 50, next to the Christmas tree. Back to the start for Mary.

Mary: Popcorn Mary with some quick stretching.

Announcements: Panthers game next weekend. Also, Nemo reminded us of the importance of stretching and how easily we let that go.

Prayer: Pumpkin Spices children, Nemo’s brother-in-law, Best In Show

Downtown Train Birthday Bash 59

May 13, 2024/in AO Post /QIC: Yogurt
PAX: @bestinshow, Abe, Batboy, BnB, Bobby Boucher, Brexit, Compton, Cupid, Fanny Pack, firefly, Gump, Hasselhoff, Shooting Blanks, TomTom, U.T.I, Wild Turkey, Yokel

Warmups: Good mornings 10x, Bat wings 10x 4 positions, Sidestradle hop 59x for bday

Main Event: Mosey to stage area in front of HS Culture Club

Absolutions 10x

Complete circuit around library with three stations. Each station with three exercises: arms/shoulders, legs, core.

Partner up for counts and form. Complete 59 reps between the two of you.

Station 1: Merkins, squats, LBCs 59 reps

Between: Absolutions

Station 2: Side planks, lunges, WWIIs 59 reps

Between: Jack Webbs

Station 3: Patty cake Merkins, squat hold, American hammer 59 reps

Finale: Sprints in parking deck

COT: Announcements: Accept the challenge. In this case, consider signing up for the Triangle Sprint Triathlon. Super easy.

Fence painting on Monday, May 20

Prayer requests: Hasselhoff job situation/opportunity

Unspoken

Second F: Coffee by Abe and Wild Turkey

Fresh strawberries by yours truly.

Honor to lead. Thanks for helping celebrate my birthday.

Friends Old and New

April 22, 2024/in Downtown Train /QIC: Abe
PAX: 3rd Cousin, Batboy, Best In Show, Bobby Boucher, Bobby Dall, Fanny Pack, firefly, Gump, Hasselhoff, M4Life, Nemo, no doubt, Psi, Shooting Blanks, Slide Rule, Yokel

FNGs: none

Warm Up: SSH, Good mornings, Imperial Walkers, Hillbillies, Willy Mayes Hayes, Sir Fazio Arm Circles, Seal Claps, Overhead Claps, Moroccan Night Clubs

The Workout: PAX were instructed to go get a “mediumish” rock and meet up at the amphitheater. 4 rounds of:
15 Curls for the Girls
15 Tricep Extensions
15 Ground Pounders
15 Ruh Rohs
15 Tempo Squats
bearcrawl down to the library doors, mosey back
We swapped rocks in between each round. Once done, we returned our rocks gently and responsibly back to the rock pile.

Mary: Plank for a 10 count around the circle (170 count total), LBCs, WWIIs, Homer-to-Marge, American Hammers, finished things up with a little stretching.

Announcements: UFO every 1st / 3rd and 5th Monday of the month! Watch for 3rd F opportunities with the town that help support our ability to use the fields at Ting for UFO.

T-Claps (Recognition): 3rd Cousin, Bobby Dall and Slide Rule for joining us back in the gloom. Good to see you all again!

Prayer: Midget and his family for their loss.

Thoughts: Midget shared with us at COT that his mom always put others first. He encouraged us to do the same in our own lives, put others first and always give. If you maintain this mindset of others first and use it as your guiding principle, the decisions you make will fall into the right place automatically.

A Roll of the Dice

April 19, 2024/in Cletus /QIC: Abe
PAX: BnB, Emeril, Fanny Pack, Moose, Nemo, Pikachu, Psi, Slide Rule, Wide Right, Wiggly, Yogurt

FNGs: none

Warm Up: SSH, Good Mornings, Imperial Walkers, Hillbillies, Sir Fazio Arm Circles, Seal Claps, Overhead Claps, Willie Mayes Hayes

The Workout: Today we followed the dice. Always a fun time (in my opinion at least) because you get to go on a field trip and you never know what you’ll get. Somehow, bear crawls, balls to the wall and absolutions showed up on the dice as well. Weird. About 1.75 miles and a bunch of merkins, side stradle hops and lunges in between.

Mary: LBCs, WWIIs, Homer-to-Marge, Poop Eaters, a bit of stretching

Announcements: Beer ruck on Saturday starting at 12, Spring Classic on Saturday (if you’re not running, help at an aid station)

T-Claps: Slide Rule and Wiggly coming back out to the gloom. Missed ya fellas.

Prayer: Unspoken, Banana Seat’s family

Engage! (your core)

April 18, 2024/in Disney /QIC: Abe
PAX: Abe, Clipboard, Cupid, Fanny Pack, Full House, Gillette, Gizmo, Nemo, Stickers, Tinkertoy, UTI

FNGs: none

Warm Up: SSH, Good Mornings, Imperial Walkers, Hillbillies, Sir Fazio Arm Circles, Seal Claps, Overhead Claps, Willie Mayes Hayes, High Knees

The Workout: The Abyss was promised in the preblast, and the Abyss is where we went. On today’s menu was a simple EMOM. 1 exercise each minute, 5 exercises and 5 rounds. The exercises were: Merkins, WWIIs, Squats, Shoulder Taps and then finish things off with a trip down and back up the Abyss. A helpful PAX reminded us to “engage our cores” even on exercises that aren’t core-centric. ABETC (always be engaging that core)

Mary: 10 count plank all the way around followed by popcorn Mary. Ended before we got to Gizmo. Sorry Gizmo.

Announcements: A few 3rd F opportunities coming up, check Slack.

Prayer: Gizmo’s friend’s pregnancy, UTI’s coworker and her husband, Cupid’s sister

King TUT at TBD

April 17, 2024/in To Be Determined /QIC: Fram
PAX: @p.s.i, Bleeder, Breach, Cancun, Etcha-Sketch, Fanny Pack, Fram, Nemo, no doubt, Plunger, Stickers, Yogurt

FNGs: None

Warm Up: Mission Statement / Disclaimer / 5 Burpee penalty for lat PAX. Mosey to Rock pile & pickout a Medium to Large rock. Squat hold for the six. Burpee penalty for Plunger getting a weenie rock. SSH/Good mornings/Stretch Hamstrings, SFAC,

The Workout: All exercises were performed with an I/C 3 count on the positive and neg muscle contraction. 20 count or 10 reps for 99% of exercises. 5 burpee penalty if you dropped your rock without the Q’s direction..cough cough Yogurt, Bleeder.

Set 1: Curl/Tri/press (3 count on neg/pos)

Set 2: Squat/single leg lunge/good morning (3 count on neg/positive)

Set 3: HTM/WW1/Weighted side plank

Set 4: squirrel squat/lunge hold single arm press

Set 5 (Mary): Wheelbarrow flip 25/Heel touches w/press

Mary: We thanked ourselves and someone who’s been frustrating us.

Announcements: WOD, and Beer Ruck

T-Claps (Recognition):

Prayer: Friend of Plunger’s Dad diagnosed with throat cancer. Unspoken

Pairs and stairs

March 7, 2024/in Downtown Train /QIC: Kosher
PAX: @p.s.i, 006, 3rd Cousin, Banana Seat, BnB, Brexit, Fanny Pack, firefly, Kosher, no doubt, Pumpkin Spice, Shooting Blanks, Wild Turkey

FNGs: Nope

Warm Up:

SSH, Good Morning, Sir Fazio F/R, Hillbillies, Imperial Walkers, Moroccan Night clubs, Seal Claps, Overhead Claps, 5 Burpees OYO for BnB being late

The Workout:

Thang 1: partner DORA – 100 Merkins, 200 squats, 300 LBC. 1 partner runs to top of stairs in parking deck, back down. Switch with partner doing exercises.

Thang 2: Urkins, Dips, Plank Hold, Low Slow Flutter x3 rounds

Thang 3: Peoples chair 10 count each PAX, BTTW x5 each PAX, Monkey Humpers x10 – 3 rounds

Mary: Popcorn – Homer to Marge, pickle pounders, Freddie mercury, crab cakes, 100 tap the ground, heel taps, J-Lo’s, stretching

Announcements:

Downrange looking for rental, BnB and Firefly leading shovel flag event 3/8, Shooting Blanks looking for company on Tobacco Road Marathon

T-Claps (Recognition): all PAX for a strong showing

Prayer: Banana Seat aunt passed, unspoken, sick and injured

Reach out to guys you haven’t seen in a while.

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