I drove right past my normal Friday post at Joust for my first Kevlar Q this morning. First vehicle I see pulling into the parking lot was the TRuckster. What happened to the “Great Pumpkin”? Horsey suggested it turned back into the TRuckster at midnight last night.
So as I’m parking my car, the nerves were running a little higher than normal this morning knowing a large crowd of mostly younger, stronger guys would be waiting for me. I thought there were high standards at Kevlar, so I put together a plan that I thought would meet those standards, and it didn’t include any strange objects, coupons, logs, etc. Just you and whatever weight you have on you. After a brief disclaimer, we were off to do it…
COP
Merkin Suicides on the hills
Exercises: Merkins, Wide-arms, Diamonds, hand release, burpees
Partner up:
Partner 1 runs parking lot lap while Partner 2 does called exercise. Flapjack until target number of repetitions achieved. Exercises:
Return to launchpoint
COT and Simba takes us out in the BOM
Moleskin
So the standards weren’t exactly what I thought…apparently the Side Straddle Hop standard is no more than 25 reps. Once the count exceed 25 the pax started dropping like flies…looking around in utter disbelief that the Q could do such a thing… the horror. Everyone perked up though once we jumped into the Imperial Walkers…I’ll bet I could have gone past 25 with these, but thought better of it cut it off there.
BRR training season is definitely upon us…there were some Twitter calls the night before requesting running Baracus vs. merkin Baracus. Do I have a reputation? I do love those merkins, but the love affair died down after last years 10K merkin challenge…never again after the 6 months of recovery time my shoulder needed. Nevertheless, we did some running AND we did some merkins today….even a few burpees called just for Spackler who was pleading that we don’t make him do anymore burpees this week. Sorry Spack…they’re good for you.
Definitely some Q failure during the partner work. The target counts were supposed to be 100 HTH, 200 air squats, and 300 LBCs. People finishing their HTH at various times looking for something to do… I called air squats thinking that was a jump squat…and who knows how many LBCs everyone did. My only response was “quit standing around and do something.” That’s a bank leadership tactic right there. I heard the calls to send me back to Q school in the morning. I probably need a refresher.
It was a chatty group of men this Friday morning…but the group looked strong. I was leading from the six during the hill suicides. I knew this group of men was strong and fast… you all were killing it out there. And Bulldog…I thought he was coming off IR? He was flying! Nice work men, and as always thanks for the opportunity to lead!
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