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 Posted: Thu Aug 31, 2017 10:53 am
Rhys was still sitting at the bottom of his squat, getting a nice stretch in as he swayed side to side and watched Seren worked her way into a squat as well. He nodded, more than a little impressed that she seemed to get it on her first try. "When I did it the first time it felt ********' weird," he said, "but this is the right way to squat. If you squat on your toes you're gonna end up messing your knees in the long run."
With a groan he got up finally and bounced a bit to shake the feeling out of his legs. "Alright, so do that a few more times to get kinda more used to it and then I'll show you the next move."
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Posted: Thu Aug 31, 2017 10:58 am
She looked up at him. WAY up at him, really, given she had to look up normally, and the height difference was exaggerated by his standing and her being in the squat. She nodded, at his words. "Weird is... definitely the right way to describe this. I keep feeling like I am about to fall over." She took a deep breath and straightened up, then went back down into the squat.
"Don't think I could have done this without you. You're a good teacher..." She said, as she did the repetitions he instructed her to do. Maybe she went a bit slow, but in her head that was better then face planting. That would do nothing for her self confidence, or poise.
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Posted: Thu Aug 31, 2017 11:05 am
"Thanks," he said, feeling a little awkward about the compliment. It was true that he knew what he was doing and that he'd taught some people at the gym a few things here and there when the other trainers were busy, but he'd never actually been complimented for it before. "Alright, so the next move is kinda like the first one with an added little something."
He got down onto his stomach again before going up into a solid push-up position. "So you're staying up here this time. Neck neutral, everything tight, same as before, except now you're gonna be tappin' your shoulders. Like this," and he demonstrated by alternating his hands to tap the opposite shoulders. "The tap can be quick but try your best to keep everything tight so you don't sway." And he demonstrated the swaying, too. "Like that. That takes away from your core getting the benefit of the movement."
Soon enough he was on his knees and he gestured toward the floor. "Your turn."
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Posted: Thu Aug 31, 2017 11:17 am
She stopped the squats, with a soft sigh, feeling the way her muscles felt after that. It was a strange burn in there, very different from how they felt when she pushed herself while running. She didn't mind it, though, it felt good in a way, but odd and new.
She watched him with the shoulder taps, eyes wide. Oh gods, she had to balance. While she wasn't bad at balancing, she wasn't at all sure how good she would be with most of her weight on her toes and her hands. Still, she was going to DO this.
She dropped down to the mat, and got into position, giving it her best shot. She got up into the raise position easily enough, that wasn't too hard. She managed to get her muscles tight, remembering how it felt from before, and tried to do a tap. Unfortunately, tight or not, her balance on it wasn't good and she went down, with a '********.'
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Posted: Thu Aug 31, 2017 11:23 am
Rhys knelt down beside her, focused now as he watched her give it a shot. When she faceplanted he chuckled and gave her a pat on the back. "Alright, one more time. Whenever you're ready. If not, we'll do somethin' else, no worries."
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Posted: Thu Aug 31, 2017 11:27 am
She looked up at him, silent for a moment, then gave him a slightly fierce, determined grin. "I refuse to give up on this. I just gotta work out how the balance goes. I suspect it's a little different on the ladies, given shape etc..."
She worked herself back into the position, and froze, holding herself still in the fully extended push up pose. She didn't move for at least 10 seconds, her eyes determined, and focused. She then carefully shifted, her hand coming up to tap her shoulder, and got it down JUST in time to prevent falling. She made a satisfied HAH, and readjusted. She focused on the one side for a moment, learning the balance required to not fall over, then shifted to the other. It was pretty clear she was pushing herself, perhaps harder then necessary, but she also was very clearly refusing to NOT do it.
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Posted: Thu Aug 31, 2017 11:32 am
Her determination definitely got an impressed grin out of him, and he watched quietly as she tried again. When she finally managed to get it done he shot up from where he was kneeling, very obviously stoked by the quiet determination leading to her success. "Alright!" he said, bouncing in place. "Good stuff. Give it a few more taps to get used to it, and then we'll get this s**t really goin'."
Despite himself, his grin was maybe a little bit evil. At least through the eyes of the person he was training, because his idea of "going" was probably not going to a cake walk.
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Posted: Thu Aug 31, 2017 11:42 am
She didn't see his facial reactions, focused as she was on what she was doing. His excited response, however, got a grin out of her, and she followed orders, doing the tap reps until he told her enough, then stood.
His grin made her brows raise. "I kneeeeeeeeew the worst was yet to come." She teased him, from his expression, but she also shrugged. "But I'll do what it takes. I will get this down." She stretched her arms out, and waited to see what was next.
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Posted: Thu Aug 31, 2017 11:58 am
His expression was brighter than on most days, clearly happy to be in a field where he actually knew what he was doing rather than flailing a sword around at things he had next to no clue about. "That's absolutely right, you'll get this. Alright, now those three movements are gonna be your routine for this week, whenever you're in here. We're gonna do these moves in this order--twenty seconds plank, ten seconds rest, twenty seconds plank; squats for one minute, as many as you can; then 20 shoulder taps, one tap on each shoulder counts for one, so 40 total; and then one minute rest and we go again for three rounds total. Got it?"
He gave her a second to process and rest from learning the movements and stuff, then pulled his phone out for the stopwatch and clapped his hands when he thought he'd given her enough time. "Don't think too much, alright? Let's get this s**t done. On the floor, and," and there was a pause so she could get into position, then, "...go!"
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Posted: Thu Aug 31, 2017 12:03 pm
Her head tilted, processing the instructions he was giving her. When he finished, she actually looked surprised, but not appalled. She'd been expecting WAY worse, to be honest, and this... It was gonna be hard, she wasn't going to lie to herself about it, she was gonna be aching after this s**t was done, but she wasn't worried about failure, now that she'd worked it out, so she nodded when he asked if she got it. "Yeah, that doesn't sound as bad as I honestly was expecting... Awesome."
She dropped to the floor, fast and smooth, when he said to, and began on the go, determined, serious and also freaking happy. Finally, finally she was going to learn something about how to properly get fit, and do it. She knew this was just the beginning, after all... and this was something she really wanted.
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Posted: Thu Aug 31, 2017 12:40 pm
After about fifteen minutes, a whole lot of work, and even more sweat, Rhys finally gave her a clap on the back once she was finished. "Good job," he said with a grin as he sat down again. "Take a breather but you gotta get some stretches in after."
He was stretching again on his own already; she seemed to know a thing or two about it based on what he saw earlier so he didn't feel the need to hold her hand through everything. Which was kinda nice. "That was pretty good. Just do those movements for this week, each time you do it add an extra round. So next time you're in here, go for four rounds of that. I'll work on what you're gonna be doing next week. Cool?"
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Posted: Thu Aug 31, 2017 12:47 pm
She pulled herself up and out of the push up position, slowly and carefully. Her muscles were burning in a way that they hadn't in a very long time, and also to some degree in ever, because of the new uses she was doing were totally unlike anything else she'd down.
She slipped into an almost splits pose, nodding about the post stretches, and began doing sitting hamstring stretches, but with her body bent so far forwards she could have rested her head on the ground if she hadn't specifically avoided it because ew gods these mats. As she stretched, she asked "Has anyone EVER washed these things? If not, I'm tempted to haul them out into the rain for a bit just to give them a natural rinse. They're GROSS."
She listened to his instructions and nodded slowly. "Four rounds next time... I can do that, I'm pretty sure. I'll be here in two days. Same time. I assume you want me to do the jog over with Di out at the halfway point as well?" She didn't presume she'd see him EVERY day, after all. He had his own life and things to do.
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Posted: Thu Aug 31, 2017 12:56 pm
"Yep," he answered simply at the question about summoning her weapon again. "Eventually it'd be good for you to do that right at the start, but for now doing it at the halfway point is good."
"And as for the mats, I don't have a ********' clue. Just wash up real good when you hit the showers. It's what I do." The trainee gave a shrug and went through the rest of his own stretches again before getting up and shaking out his muscles some more. There were getting a little too tense for his liking, especially since he'd have to go out to get some duty assignments done today. It was still pretty early so he had time, which was good, but it wouldn't be enough for him to be completely comfortable. Still, the familiar feeling was nice in that nostalgic kind of way, and he had it every single time he finished a good workout.
"If you want you can also run with me every morning. It's more than a warm-up, but you're good at running so I don't doubt that you could keep up. I go for about thirty minutes, roughly four or five laps depending on my pace, around all the Deus buildings."
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Posted: Thu Aug 31, 2017 1:11 pm
She switched legs, and gazed up at him as she did, listening to what he was saying. "Yeah, I'll probably start summoning her a littler earlier every week-ish? I think that'll help extend my ability without pushing it too hard." She sighed, then straightened her back, before leaning all the way back, so that her palms were flat on the floor behind her, and she was looking straight back, while maintaining the v position.
"Oh ewwwwwww. That just... What is it with people here and caring for stuff? I just do not GET it." She shuddered a bit, still in that arch, her face a mask of utter disgust. "Yeah I'll be doing a serious wash. Maaaaaan gonna have to start getting more shampoo and conditioner though." That was the one downside to her hair. She needed the supplies in basically industrial size tubs.
His latest suggestion, though, got him another bright smile, if an upside down one, before she sat up, and started doing other stretches. "I'll give it a go. If I have trouble, I can always knock off a lap early if I need to, after all."
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Posted: Thu Aug 31, 2017 1:16 pm
"I dunno. More to worry about than these gross a** mats, maybe? Y'know, with all the s**t we gotta deal with, half the time I barely wanna do my ********' laundry." He grinned and sort of shuffled around, waiting for her to finish up.
"And yeah, you can just take off whenever, that's cool, too."
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