You think you’re too cool for [Q] School…

Zoolander and Hansel were both #noposts, but that is probably because it was a dark and crisp 26° this morning when we arrived for Q School, lead by great Posse and Moneyball. Some of us were still sore from yesterday’s AMRAP and groaned about Mike Tysons and Derkins, but we know we loved it. So we started with a lot of talk about DiCCs and general safety before we finally got a chance to move around and try to warm up a bit. The rest of our time together, went a little something like this:

Walk Off

• Moseyed to the front of the school.
• Took turns showing how bad we are at counting to four in rhythm to SSHs.
• Talked to about and demonstrated controlling difficulty with speed.
• Did some Imperial Walkers.
• Did some good old fashioned Merkins.

Derelicte

• Moseyed over to our favorite set of stairs where we partnered up. One person did LBCs while the other sprinted up the stairs down to the doors and back, where they would switch with their buddy.
• Indian Run (With a Burpee) over to the benches. It’s nice to feel like we finally have these things figured out.
• Partnered up again to do 300 dips while one person ran to the school doors and back.
• Several of us got to call out Mary’s which included Flutter Kicks, Bicycle Kicks, and a few others.
• After recovering, we were instructed about pairing exercises together to really work a particular set of muscles. Moneyball demonstrated this by making us alternate between thirty Squats, and another leg working exercise like Low Slow Squats and others.
• After a few iterations of this we got his point and Moseyed over to the jumbo lot where Posse explained chaining exercises together using formations like Four Corners and Starfish. Our sampling including Plank Jacks, Lunges, Mountain Climbers, and Squats.
• Posse explained Jack Webbs with Merkins/Air Presses.
• Moneyball explained Lt Dans with Jump Squats/Lunges.
• From there we started to head back and did a Triple Nickel, followed by a Jail Break back to base.
• Got back with seven minutes to spare so each of us got to call out an exercise to practice the process of announcing and guiding Pax through it.
• Posse closed us out with Theodore Roosevelt’s famous “Man in the Arena” quote.

There were a few Bobby Hurlies, jokes about Deadwood, and a frozen beard as well, but we ended up at Chik Fil A where we got to learn more of the finer details of running a Q. Much appreciation for the fellas who gave up their morning to instruct us.

COT

Dancing Bear mentioned the importance of calling out announcements on the Back Blast as it has benefited him greatly in his recent job change. He also mentioned Poker Night, where we’re gambling so some chumps with half acre lots can start a swim team. Apparently they don’t know that you can lie about your address and join the Millbridge team.