#VQ #PTSDawareness #22Kill

YHC hasn’t posted in more or less 2 weeks due to IR and personal obligations, so when I saw the gloom this morning; it….was….beautiful. Met by a record number of Okwata pax, I knew my VQ was going to be a good one.  There was nothing more to do than offer up a disclaimer and get to the thang….

Mosey around fountain (rather quickly) and circle up in the lawn

COP – all 22 count

1. Side Straddle Hop
2. Don Quixote’s (23 b/c YHC lost count)
3. Arm Circles (11 forward, 11 backward)
4. Mountain Climbers

Mosey around the fountain, up & over the levee, around the old oak tree, and back….PARTNER UP!

• 1 Partner will run around the fountain, up & over the levee, around the old oak tree, and back while the other partner performs exercise (4 different exercises will be performed)

1. Plank Jacks
2. Tempo Merkins (2 count up, 2 count down)
3. Step Ups
4. Dips

At this point, YHC had to report to baby duty b/c LOML got called out to work last minute. I gave my VQ message.

• In 2012, the VA realized a Suicide Data Report that an average of 22 veterans are killed by suicide every day. The COP and COQ count was set at 22 to honor every victim and let them know that they are not forgotten.
• The 4 exercises chosen were PTSD (Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder) to remind us that when our partner was away from us, we were suffering. It wasn’t until our partner came back that we got a break. This serves as a reminder to reach out to any friend or family (especially vets) who suffer from PTSD and let them know that we are with them.

YHC gave the final instructions to the pax, and just like that he disappeared in to the sunrise, never to be seen again…(*sounds of the Second Bell)

Final Exercise

• COQ (Circle of Q) – Each Pax will choose an exercise and lead in cadence. Count is 22

1. Tool – Russian Twist
2. Hawg- Peter Parkers
3. Rudy – Hold It!….Parker Peters
4. Triple Shift – Flutter Kicks
5. Heisenberg – Hold it! Flutter Kicks again.
6. Surge – Nolan Ryans (switch sides at 11)
7. JV – Dr. Ws (This was a world record for Dr. W reps.  Form was out the window for me after 10.  We thought we could sense JV getting tired at 22, but we it was probably wishful thinking on our part)
8. Fracsac – Freddie Mercurys
9. Maverick – Wife Pleasers
10. Sunspot – WWII sit-ups
11. Cowbell – Squat Pulses (in honor of everyone’s favorite Fart Sacker)
12. Woz – Carolina Drydocks
13. Tool – Burbees (OYO)
14. Hawg – Calf Raises on the Sea Wall.

GBA S2T

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