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 Posted: Sat Aug 13, 2011 7:10 pm
So Riyo was going to train to make herself more fit? That was pretty cool, cause being fit was always a good thing in Astra's book
Then, the fairy look visibly shocked, looking around at Jericho her eyes wide with amazement. He...said she could join in?
She could join in the training session??
"Yes! yes I want to join in please!" She jumped up and down joyfully, then realized whom she was talking to and quickly folded her arms and looked the other way "erm, yes, It would be nice to join." No she still didn't like him! no way no how he was a scary dragon and he was mean and that was that!
She still moved over to the mats and sat down, trying not to look really interested.
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Posted: Sat Aug 13, 2011 8:39 pm
Oooh, weights. This should be challenging. Just what she needed.
Moving over to the mats, Riyo started her stretches. She was trying not to concentrate on the other presence in the room... Until Jericho offered to let her join.
Greaaaat.
When Astra tried to play it off like she wasn't interested, Riyo just rolled her eyes. "Little too late for faking disinterest, don't you think?" She couldn't resist calling her out on it. "Wait... Is your name really Klefairy?"
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Posted: Sat Aug 13, 2011 9:11 pm
Jericho didn't really care if Astra was really going to join in or not. But if she was going to be working out at all, he'd have to keep an eye on her regardless. Since she had no partner, someone had to make sure she was alright. And since he was a trainer for the club, that responsibility fell onto him.
Shaking his head at the Klefairy, he went ahead and got Riyo started with the stretches as with before. They also did a number of the usual warm ups; jumping jacks, pushups, situps, and a few other things.
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Posted: Sat Aug 13, 2011 9:41 pm
"No, it's just a name he gives me..." Astra mumbled, not sure if she should take her new 'nickname' as a insult or a compliment. "My actual name is Astra" It had completely slipped her mind to introduce herself to Riyo, but it didn't matter now; thanks to the dragon she knew who the cat ghoul was now.
As the other two began their warm up, she watched them carefully and did her own warm up in the same fashion. It was not hard to copy them; she may not have been very strong but she was still quite fit. Considering it took twice as much effort to do things compared to others.
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Posted: Sun Aug 14, 2011 9:34 pm
Astra. Alright. Riyo may or may not remember that. Klefairy she would remember for sure, though.
As the warm-ups ensued, the feline found them much more tolerable now that she'd been doing them with consistency. Piece of cake. In fact, She had started to look forward to the exercises. They made her feel invigorated. Better than she had felt in awhile. Like her body was waking up from some long hibernation.
"Alright, what next?" She asked enthusiastically when they finished their warmups, a determined glint in her eyes.
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Posted: Sun Aug 14, 2011 9:40 pm
Raising an eyebrow as Riyo seemed to be fairly eager to move onto the next thing, Jericho straightened up and moved on over towards the weight machines. They could try free weights another time, but right now the machines would allow for more control.
"Alright have a seat right here and grab onto the handles," he instructed before setting the weights. For now he set it to five to see how she'd handle it. If that was too little, he'd go up a notch.
"Give a test pull. Shouldn't be too hard or too easy to do ideally."
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Posted: Mon Aug 15, 2011 5:23 am
It wasn't long before Astra had also finished her warm up, barely able to stand still without wanting to bounce around in excitement. But she managed, and watched curiosity as Jericho set up the weights for Riyo to use.
She would wait her turn, or until he set her up one to use as well. But for now she could watch and learn how it was supposed to be done. Although through all her excitement, she felt a little apprehensive about taking her own turn at them. Even if the weights set now didn't look heavy to everyone else, she wasn't so sure...
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Posted: Mon Aug 15, 2011 6:17 pm
Oh, they got to use one of the fancy machines today. This would be fun.
Taking a seat on the machine, Riyo grabbed hold of the handles and watched Jericho fiddle with the weights. "Alright." giving them a little pull, she was surprised how light they were. "I... Think you can add a little more." Riyo knew he was trying to go easy on her, but she felt like he was being a little too gentle. She could handle it! Really!
And she wasn't about to look like a chump in front of somebody else...
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Posted: Mon Aug 15, 2011 6:31 pm
"Alright."
Nodding, Jericho set the weight to ten pounds this time around. Glancing towards Astra, he noticed that she was waiting around. Letting out a sigh, he motioned her to the machine next to Riyo's. It was identical. He adjusted the seat to try and accommodate for her height and set her machine to 2.2 kilos.
"Go ahead and try again," he told both girls.
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Posted: Tue Aug 16, 2011 2:53 am
((10 POINTS TO BLADE FOR USING THE METRIC SYSTEM! BD))
Astra didn't have to wait long for her turn after all, as their 'trainer' had been so kind as to set her one up as well. Determined to show she could do it as good as Riyo could, she jumped onto the set and positioned herself on the seats, placing her hands on the handles and giving them a pull.
...well, tried to.
At first, the weights wouldn't budge from their holds, so she tried a little harder, then a little harder still. Pretty soon her face was turning red with the effort she was using to lift the weights, which had started to move in their holds. It wasn't long before she sat on the seat, huffing and puffing from trying to continuously lift the weights up and down.
She hoped they weren't going to up the weights...
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Posted: Tue Aug 16, 2011 7:03 pm
When Jericho added weight, Riyo gave a test pull. Muuuuch better. The feel of the resistance was just enough.
After a few pulls, the feline looked over to see how the fairy was fairing.
... Not well.
Obviously she didn't have anything to worry about... Fairy outdoing her. Hah. "You... Might want to pace yourself."
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Posted: Tue Aug 16, 2011 8:06 pm
Seeing how Riyo was at a good weight setting now, Jericho nodded to her with a grin.
"Alright, do a few reps of five with a few seconds in between each reps," he instructed before turning to see how the fairy was doing. The dragon was... rather surprised she was struggling with 2.2 kg. Furrowing his brow, he motioned to Astra to stop trying before removing the weight. If she couldn't lift up the base thing which was maybe half a kilo, then he didn't know what the hell to do with her. Maybe he should go find some pencils for her to lift or something.
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Posted: Wed Aug 17, 2011 2:54 am
Astra was trying her hardest to lift the weights, but she soon stopped once she was instructed, head downcast to hide her face that wasn't just red from her efforts, but embarrassment as well. Her kind were not supposed to be physically strong, not in the slightest. But this didn't make her feel any less ashamed. She did hear Riyo's advice, but pacing herself wouldn't have helped her at all.
Once the weights had been adjusted, she tried to lift them again, finding she was more then able to lift the one that was left. Thank Jack, if she couldn't have lifted it she didn't know what she would do.
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Posted: Thu Aug 18, 2011 8:51 pm
"Can do." The feline nodded to Jericho, continuing to pull the weights... Though she couldn't help but glance back at Astra. It was hard not to smile at her failure... And hard not to comment on it, considering Riyo was still sore over the whole bug incident.
"So uh... How often do you workout, Astra?" Riyo asked inbetween one of her reps, trying to play it off as curiosity.
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Posted: Thu Aug 18, 2011 8:53 pm
At least Astra was able to handle that much. Shaking his head to himself, he watched her pull down the weights.
"Alright. Same goes for you. Reps of five with a break between each rep. We'll move to the next set of machines after you two do a few more," he said to them both.
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