Dead Drops are exercises that Grizel makes Fitz do when he gets irrationally emotional and therefore messes up in training. This allows him to work off his anger easily. Dead Drops involve flipping into a handstand, lowering your arms until your elbows are at right angles, and then straightening them again, like a push-up, but in a handstand position. Grizel usually makes Fitz do a hundred, but she only makes him do fifty when Sophie is present.
Quotes[]
“'You're making him do fifty of those?' Sophie asked as Fitz counted them off. She was pretty sure she'd have a heart attack after ten. Okay fine—after five. Actually, she'd probably face-plant into the sand just trying to get into position.”
“They looked like the world's most impossible push-ups.”
Trivia[]
- Though they are not called dead drops, this exercise is done by some outside of the Lost Cities. They are often referred to as vertical push-ups or handstand push-ups.