First Muscle Up and Staying Hydrated

I got my first muscle up today! It was kind of a surprise. I read my workout for today and it started out with "3 rounds for quality of 15 heavy Russians and 4 strict muscle ups." So I went and I got the 44kg kettlebell and I did my 15 heavy Russians. And then I thought to myself, "what the heck, let's try some strict muscle ups!" It's probably been about two weeks since I last tried to do a strict muscle up, and I was close but not quite there - which is where I've been for a couple of months now, but I've continued to work on my strength and strict pull-ups to facilitate strict muscle ups - and today it finally paid off. So I jumped up to the rings, got my false grip, pulled, and up I went! I wasn't really expecting to get it, but once I was up there I had to stay up there for a while so Stacey could take this picture as evidence (thanks Stacey!).

I got three more over the course of my "warm-up" as well as a few failed attempts as I fatigued a little.

In other news, it's summer and it's hot outside! So I've been working hard to stay hydrated, which can be quite a challenge when you're working out a lot and perhaps also working outside doing lawn maintenance.  To help me with this, José got me a gallon of water. It's my job to empty it every day by drinking it all.

Unfortunately, I have yet to succeed. Oops! Not because I drink less than a gallon of water every day, but because I often drink 60-80oz of water at the gym and not from my gallon. Maybe I should get one of these: Gallon Gear Utility Water Jug Cover.

In addition to drinking large amounts of water, I often add Nuun tablets to my water bottle to make sure I'm getting enough electrolytes. I haven't tried them yet, but I am intrigued to see that Nuun has added a new line called Nuun Energy which contains 40mg of caffeine. I have worked hard to not develop a dependence on caffeine, but sometime it's nice to add just a little kick and it's hard to find a nice small dose of caffeine like that.