Why is it still cold?



Why is it still cold?

Well, this question has not been answered during the workout, but at least it was not raining. This was only my second Q, which is most likely the hardest anyone can do… you don’t have the “protection and forgiveness” from the VQ, but still don’t know what you are doing! 😉 The good thing is, that I have been properly prepared to Q by Chastain, Fusebox and Paperjam during last Saturday’s Q-school. I wonder what they would have said about today’s workout! When I pulled up, I was all alone  – but boy, by the time we started we were a total of 23 PAX, including one 12-year young FNG! I did not expect such a big turnout and the right to name an FNG… pushing me and my nerves further on the edge…

Warmup

We started right on time with a short Mosey up the parking lot circled up and did the absolute Waxhaw classics: Side-straddle hops, Moroccan night clubs, imperial walkers, Mountain Climbers – each 15 times. Then some calf and runners stretching, upward dog and downward dog… nothing out of the ordinary! Then I informed the PAX that this is my second Q only, hoping not to be bashed entirely.

The Thang

From the warmup circle moseying to the main entrance of the high school, asked the PAX to form teams of 2… One should run around the island (middle lane) while the other is doing exercises. First squats, then lunges, step-up’s and bobby hurley’s. I told them to repeat until I say recover. Basically: don’t use your brain and waste energy counting! Some thought “great, my brain can have a break!” others thou… couldn’t thin… well, we are not going into details here…

Mosey to the back entrance of the High School, again: partner up! This time, the exercises were derkins, dips, merkins, dips, repeat until I say recover, while the partner is lunge-walking across the parking lot and running backwards back to the partner. Well, after the first round, I reduced it to lunges only half-way through the parking lot  – it always sounds easier on paper, than it actually is… I heard someone say, or was this just in my head? And I heard Dana and One Star discussing, that if you crush your back, you can also crush your ballz… maybe I should have listened to the whole discussion to make sense out of it! 😉

Mosey to the entrance of Middle School with a change! Don’t partner up, but find teams of 3! I guess, this was the first confusion after telling everybody to not use their brain… Well,… one partner was supposed to stay at the entrance and do Freddy Mercuries / J Lo’s, two partners should mosey to the start of the path going around the school, one of them is running back and the other should do gas pumps / big boys. When the one running back to the entrance, the PAX at the entrance would run down to the entry of the path,… and so on… Well. It started already wrong with running only to the next curve of the parking lot and ended with a disaster of not knowing what to do. At least, everybody was doing some exercises in a somewhat coordinated way which felt like the original instruction. Maybe I should give instructions in German – I guess, it would have been the same outcome!

Back in the direction of COT around the school, 20 donkey kicks oyo at a wall in the picnic area. Then crossing the bus parking lot – where one actually pulled out – back to the big parking lot. Final few minutes: jail break two trees in front, 1 burpee, backwards one tree, repeat. Finished on time at COT.

Moleskin

Having 22 PAX alone is challenging, add “the 2nd Q situation” and you will understand, that I did not pick up a lot of chittering, moaning,… Or was it just too good of a workout? 😉 I will have the chance to pick up more of that in two days already since I’m Q’ing Last Call – with a very similar workout. I am wondering, who is joining this workout again because it was soooo much fun today, who is not joining, because it was toooo much fun and who will join just because of this Backblast… I promise to use some German, as requested! Note to myself: don’t work on one muscle group only at a time, spread it out!

Announcements

  • Friday, Last Call, same location – hit that snooze button for a 6:00 start! Me Q’ing again
  • One Star tried to promote The Rooster… well, he achieved it since it is mentioned here!
  • FNG – 12 years young, fast, likes football, basketball, Star Wars… named “Herschel”. Hey, Herschel, I also had to google it…! Herschel Walker. Multi-talent! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herschel_Walker

Thank you, Premature, for the closing prayer!

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