11 PAX showed up for the fall semester of Q school. Can’t recall ever going to school on a Saturday but found it hard to skip this one given the two professors (Q’fessors) on staff. Professor Posse – the inimitable EH’r and Professor Moneyball – the erudite teacher birthed out of the Vols school.
In the end it felt less like school and more like a parenting lesson : Teach them how to do it, Let them do it (invariably they fail), then Correct them.
The Warm Up
Prof Moneyball led with a light mosey around the parking lot, merely I think to collect yours truly (1st Q fail – arrive early). Disclaimer provided and reviewed for its importance. From hereon in, a mix of instruction and practice ensued.
55 SSH’s – each PAX counting in cadence for a set of 5
Student led section – each PAX choosing an exercise and leading, done to reemphasize counting variations (cadence, civilian, OYO), technique and format for calling exercises.
The Thang
Speedy Mosey to front of middle school (used to demonstrate keeping PAX together and importance of collecting the 6). Glad to help with the lesson by playing the role of the 6. FAKE NEWS : Prof Moneyball does not do “wet grass”
Partner Up (in pairs)
Round 1 – 50 Dips combined – P1 does dips, P2 runs half loop around parking lot
Round 2 – 50 Steps Ups – P1 does Steps Ups, P2 runs to far sidewalk and back
Mosey to steps at the back of the HS
(Emphasis here on individual effort as well as borrowing things from other workouts to add to your weinke. Thanks to Foundation we incorporated the dreaded calf routine, whilst practicing keeping the PAX together)
Circuit – 2 laps
Up the stairs and around the loop, doing calf raises at each step (heels out, heels in and heels straight)
It would not be a Prof Moneyball class without a TN (triple nickel not Tennessee even though he might say different)
Triple Nickel Routine – 5 burpees at bottom of hill (Deadwood inspired), 5 squats at top (Chicken Little inspired), run in between.
Mosey back towards front of MS for one last instructional exercise using the 5 star technique.
Four corners of 5 squats each, each time coming back to the center for 5 speed skaters (done until Professors figured we had the hang of it)
Jail break for COT
The Moleskin
- False advertising, Only thing “light” about this Q school workout was the fact in was done in day”light”
- Very thorough and instructional session by Posse and Moneyball
- Great to see that even with a 17 year head start, Deadwood was almost keeping up with Chunder (guess those pre-runs may continue yet)
- Good effort, participation and banter/mumble chatter by all.
Announcements
Meet at McDonalds for the next block of instruction and Coffeteria.
Learn the Lexicon and read the documentation (test to follow)
Prof Posse took us out (pointing out that COT can be closed out in many different ways)
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