Pax of 8 came to brew up a full body bouillabaisse stew at The Cauldron.

Well 5 did.  

Then 6.

Then 8.

Pre warmorama — apparently if you add any light movement to get blood flowing at Cauldron it has to be “pre” waremorama 🙂      Mosey up one level and back down.

Warmorama:

• SSH x 10 ic
• IST x 10 ic
• Windmill x 10 ic
• Arm Circles forward and backward 30ish seconds each

Kettlebell soup: 

Mix in ingredients

• Low curl x 10 ic
• High curl x 10 ic
• Full curl x 10 ic
• Skull crushers x 10 ic

Let it simmer

• partner 1 farmer carry both bells up the ramp and back while partner 2 does low flutter.
• flapjack
• partner 1 zamperini both bells up the ram and back while partner 2 does low flutter
• flapjack

Mix in more ingredients

• front raises x 10 ic
• overhead press x 10 ic
• lawnmowers left arm slow x 10 ic
• lawnmowers right arm slow x 10 ic
• kb swings 20 oyo

Let it simmer some more — see simmer instructions above

Mix in more ingredients

• squats x 10 ic
• calf raises left leg x 10 ic
• calf raises right leg x 10 ic
• lunges 10 each leg

Let it simmer one more time — see simmer instructions above

Finish it off with some final ingredients

• 8 count burners x 10 ic
• shoulder touch merkins x 15 ic (Snake Eyes)
• J-Lo x 10 ic (Amen)

Bless it with some COT and enjoy

Can we get some bread with that moleskin:

• it was unofficially “wear red day” at The Cauldron.  Except Peart Plus but we accepted him anyway.
• Speaking of Peart Plus, he is going to run an experiment with prayer with his students.  * see last bullet point for reference.  ** disclaimer: it is not suggested.  *** double disclaimer:  if delivered right you could be legendary.
• AI generated playlist for “guys 25-55 years old slinging kettlebells for 45 minutes” turned out to be on point.  From Red Hot Chilly Peppers to Marylin Manson to Kanye West to Evanescence the nostalgia hit almost as hard as the zamperinis
• All pax got after it well today.  Great effort.  Great mumblechatter.  Just all around great experience.  Today was just the norm at The Cauldron.  T-claps to HotWax who has cultivated an amazing AO, pax and culture there.
• What I learned today:   well I already knew we were creatures of habit.  And most of us rest firm in that because it breeds consistency, predictability and results.  Many of the pax in the ‘Tope have a standard prayer they finish with.  And that is cool.  Matter of fact I have seen Q’s ask a pax to close us out just to get blessed by their intentional prayer (okay I mean me but you likely have too).  But what happens when you decide to stir things up a bit and get out of your comfort zone or “out of the box” so to speak.  Well if you are like YHC you get out of the proverbial box but still lean right up against it.   So maybe you end  up with the standard type of prayer you usually give in COT (why fix what ain’t broke right) but you add “God we give this day to you so let’s kick some ass.”  It just happened.  And you know what,  I think we all felt bullet proof and ready to defeat any obstacle in our way today to make it better for our family, friends, and community.