Flashback Bodybuilding - Part I -

[Aleksi]

Spring, 30th of 509AV

Aleksi's body stil hurt after yesterday's training with Davon. It was far from making her give up though. She was determined to become the strongest, most skilled warrior within her clan and she would achieve that only through training. And on top of all of that, she woke up, that morning, in Davon's tent with him nowhere to be seen. Nothing happened between them, she knew that, but she could not bare with the fact that he had not taken her to her tent. Growling deeply, she spread her legs lightly, stretching her upper body all the way down so her fingertipstouch her left calf, then her right one, repeating a few times. Her shoulders then started rolling back slowly, neck moving from side to side, cracking. Leaning in, she bent one of her knees down and stretched the other leg so the back muscles would be warmed up as well, repeating the procedure over on the other side. Her elbows then touched the floor as she lowered her thighs onto the ground, feeling the muscles burn deeply after yesterday's work out. Shifting two times, from one split to the other, she realized that would be enough for what she was going to do that day. Her back went down, pressing against the soft grass just so she could lift herself up, beginning with situps, burning through fifteen with her breathing getting a bit faster paced. She then rolled around and put her palms on the ground, her toes following, body as straight as it could be as she started powering through pushups... With these though, she still had issues reaching the number 15 so she stopped at ten and made her way up to her feet, where she, without a pause started crunching down, getting to twenty with tose since she seemed to have more strength in her legs than anywhere else. Once that was finally done, with a deep inhale, she lowered herself in the same split she usually started with and stretched her upper body over the ground. She knew that if she was going to do another four sets of those, she would have to keep herself properly stretched. She could hear people all around her, mingling through the city, speaking to each other about various subjects, some of them even noticing her and with a giggle or a smirk making remarks of her strange behavior, looks or even relationship she was not building with anyone really. It didn't bother her. Trivial things like that never really had any affect on Aleksi so she just pushed herself on her back again and started working through the second set or situps, this time with a grunt or two following the heavier breathing. Her push ups ended at five this time as her arms started trembling underneath her bodyweight. Crunches were fine, so she did another twenty of those and then went back to stretching, this time though, with a different type of split and her upper body leaning over her thigh, fingers reaching her toes. She could hear his footsteps. After spending so much time with someone, you learn to recognize everything about them, even the way they walked. Her eyes rose and she noticed the same leather pants from yesterday, this time a cloak barely covering his shoulders and an Elkover his Strider's back. Just before she could literally scream at him for taking her to his tent yesterday and leaving her there to sleep, he added I am sorry for leaving you there... we were rushed into a hunt... and I got this one for you... mine was already skinned and sold He... got her an elk and left her in his tent because it was quicker? She just frowned, not saying anything to that and then rolling herself back onto the ground. She was determined she'd reach fifty in situps, so she started powering through them, clearly with a lot of effort, quite a bit of panting and sweat dripping down her forehead. She reached twenty, finally, but she wasn't going to stop. Rolling herself over, she growled insanely loud as she pushed through five more pushups and then decided to just do ten more crunches which were, still quite easy, so she, while catching her breath, picked up her bag and started putting some rocks in it. Nothing too big, or heavy, but just enough to add about twenty pounds to her back. When she was done, she noticed how difficult it was to even walk with it so, instead of running, she started up a quiet, slow, jogging pace and headed away from Davon and towards the city edges. She jogged for about a 100 meters out and then stretched her legs some, standing in one spot and pulling them to her chest. Her forehead and hair were now completely wet. Her top just as well, especially on her back. But after just about 45 ticks of rest, she decided it was time to go back. Her pace nearly the same as when she was moving towards there, but this time, the 100 meters brought her just before her tent, where she could cool down, wash herself and change her clothing with hopefully some food on her menu somewhere down the road.

[Limey]

Skill and Lore Rewards Skills Lore Acrobatics 1 The Drive To Be The Apex Bodybuilding 2 Blotting Out The Maddening Crowd Running 1 Varying Your Workout Additional Notes : Again, not much to add, but I do like the steadily developing relationship between Aleksi and Davon. Good research into work out techniques, too, but try to drag them out a little bit more. Not just what you're doing but how it feels, the strain you go through. Not to the point where it gets tedious and overblown, but just so it's a little less technical. Any questions or queries, please PM me.