As I finished my travels this week, I found myself Friday afternoon wondering what in the world I would write on my Weinke for the Q this AM at WEP. I thought for a long 10 seconds then remembered one of the hardest Q’s I’ve been a part of. I’m not the most creative, so sure, get the cards ready, it’s that time again.

At 0650, there were maybe 5 of us in the parking lot so I figured this would be a light crowd being that we had several clown cars heading to other regional AO’s. However, in those next 10mins, we had another 20 men roll in and a few saw what I was holding in my hand. Once the cards were spotted, a few groans were heard by those who’ve participated in this before.

So after a brief disclaimer, we took a jog to the lot we’d call home for the next 55mins.

Popcorn AB LAB for 3 exercises. I had intended to do more but time was getting away from me. I gave the explanation of the cards which was something like this:

Each suit is a different exercise and each number/face on the card represents the repetitions we’ll complete. 2=2 through Ace=14. Here are the exercises and the total count we completed after cycling through the deck:

Diamonds=Picabo Streets (104 total)
Hearts=Butt Kickers (104 total)
Clubs=Side Straddle Hops (104 total)
Spades=High Knees (104 total)
Joker/Other=Freddie Mercuries x 12 (48 total)

This was a good cardio warmup but not nearly as much mumble chatter as I was expecting. Round 2 had a different outcome:

Diamonds=Jumping Lunge (104 total)
Hearts=Merkins (104 total)
Clubs=Carolina Dry Docks (104 total)
Spades=BURPEES (**92 total**)
Joker/Other=X&O’s (48 toal)

You’ll notice the fewer number of burpees. Why, you ask? IF YOU CAN’T Q IT, DON’T DO IT. I’m not sure if was closer to spilling merlot, blacking out, or going into heat exhaustion. 3/4 of the way through the deck this time, I got chills and realized I couldn’t honor the Queen of Spades I had just drawn, so I drew again. No shame, I had to.

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