Vettä

Years of Powerlifting left me strong—but fat. I found myself at twenty something in a new city with no friends, no confidence, and considerably out of shape. Benching 315 is cool until you get winded going up stairs.

After moving to Miami I realized the beach culture was insane. How was I going to feel confident and take control of my life? I started to invest in myself heavily. Dieting and cardio were new additions, but my energy and motivation in the gym tanked. The gym was a necessity, and the diet was a necessity— how could I do both? I felt so weak without food I couldn't imagine how I could eat low cal and still have energy and "get a pump".

Preworkouts were all junk. Crazy added flavors (blue razz?), added colors linked to all sorts of diseases, not to mention I could find NOTHING without caffeine. I don't want caffeine at 5pm! I'm trying to be HEALTHY, I need something CLEAN.

And so experimentation began. I started to drink salt water—and for energy I would scoop a gob of honey directly in my mouth. Only the cleanest, simplest ingredients. I found myself leaning on coconut water pre/intra/post workout to replenish electrolytes as well. Oh celtic salt is even better, with more minerals and electrolytes? Let's start using that.

More workouts—more honey, more celtic salt. Let me mix them together. Let me splash the coconut water in here too. Wow I bet some lemon juice would really give this some life.

Hey wait.. this kind of works? Another workout, another homemade drink. Again, again! I could lift! I had energy! The calories from the honey, a minimal 60, well within my acceptable range. The celtic salt gave me life!

Then came the idea—if this helped me do you think my friends would like it? Friend #1: "I'm surprised—this is actually really good. I love that it's simple. I hate caffeine in preworkout too." (Thanks for your surprising vote of confidence?) Friend #2: "Wait, can you make this? I would buy this, I just want something simple to keep me hydrated."

And so I thought to myself—all of my—two of my friends, think it's a great idea, AND my mom thinks it's a great idea? I am totally making this. I don't care if I sell any! If not I have my own stockpile for my workouts.

But I guess that's not totally true. I do want to sell them—because I want to help you hit your fitness goals, and have clean, organic hydration and energy. Go be the best version of yourself, and feel confident and healthy like I do now, thanks to my drink. Thanks for reading my story, and I hope you enjoy it.