Muscle-Up

The first couple hours of my morning today were awful.  I won't get into the details but I will tell you that it was definitely one of the worst starts to a day I have had in a while. However, once I got into CFW and did some rowing and jumping rope the endorphins hit me and I felt much better.

I continued with my day but couldn't shake a feeling that I should go back to do some skill work.  So I drove back to CFW and worked on my deadlift for a while before deciding on a whim to move onto to muscle-up progression.  I started by working on the transition and then decided to raise the rings and work on jumping into the transition.  After a while I began working on the initial pull and then just for kicks I decided to try the pull followed by the transition.  To my surprise it came easily and I was suddenly in position for a ring dip.  I hung there for a few seconds in shock and then couldn't finish it and jumped off the rings frustrated.  At that moment I knew I could get a muscle-up today.  I waited a few minutes and then gripped the rings, pulled, transitioned and worked to lock it out.  There were a few dreaded seconds during which my elbows were still bent and I could hear everyone yelling at me as I struggled. Then suddenly my arms were locked out and I realized I had just completed my first muscle-up!!!  As I jumped down I was overwhelmed by a whirlwind of emotions and found myself with tears of joy welling up in my eyes.

I have been trying to get a muscle-up for a while.  I worked on them a couple of months ago with Brendan(one of the most knowledgeable CF coaches I know) and learned a few progressions that I practiced whenever I had time.  Then I almost got one a few weeks ago when working on them with Tania(the owner of CFW and someone I admire). Since then there have been multiple days when I woke up and went to the gym with my sole purpose and goal being to get a muscle-up only to fail.  The odd thing about today was that getting a muscle-up was the last thing on my mind until right before I actually did one.  I suppose it just proves the old saying that things happen when you least expect them too.

It has been a few hours since I got my muscle-up and I am still on an emotional high. All I want to do is more muscle-ups!!  One of the things that excites me most is that I am certain over the next month or so there will be a few more ladies at CFW making it into the muscle-up club on the whiteboard. So, ready ladies? Who is next? 3, 2, 1 GO!