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Posted: **Wed Feb 26, 2020 8:26 pm**

At a time agreed to over email, Leo entered the gym and looked around as he unzipped his hoodie in preparation to stowing it in his locker, wondering if Nika was already there. She seemed the type to either be exactly on time or arrive early. He was a little early himself, trying to make a good impression. Besides, she was taking the time to help him out.

Posted: **Wed Feb 26, 2020 8:29 pm**

Turns out it's the former and thus she arrives a little after Leo.

"Oh good, you're already here." she notes.

Posted: **Wed Feb 26, 2020 8:53 pm**

By the time she arrived, he had reduced his outfit to some workout shorts, exposed all of his well-muscled and inhuman frame. The plating on his back and shoulders gleamed dully in the glow of the fluorescent lightning as he turned to face her.

"Yeah. I figured I'd show up a few minutes early so I could get ready."

Posted: **Thu Feb 27, 2020 12:55 am**

"Plenty people would kill for that muscle tone." she points out with an appreciative nod.

Posted: **Thu Feb 27, 2020 1:26 am**

He grinned slightly. "Yeah. Gettin' all swole is a pretty wicked silver linin' to this body."

Posted: **Thu Feb 27, 2020 1:28 am**

"Alright, let's see them in action then. See what we have to work with here."

Posted: **Thu Feb 27, 2020 1:52 am**

"Okay. Weights or punching bag?"

Posted: **Thu Feb 27, 2020 2:07 am**

"Weights. Something you can lift comfortably for a minute or so."

Posted: **Thu Feb 27, 2020 2:25 am**

He nodded and climbed into the low-range superstrength weight machine. He started with what he lifted previously and, after a moment, dialed it back a bit to something he could sustain. He wouldn't be carrying cars around, but he could definitely lift half of one.

Posted: **Thu Feb 27, 2020 2:42 am**

Nika takes her time, slowly circling around Leo and taking in the muscles at work.

"Amazing. Alright, you can put it down for now."

Posted: **Thu Feb 27, 2020 2:48 am**

He put the weight bar down and breathed out.

"Amazin', huh?" he smiled boyishly.

Posted: **Thu Feb 27, 2020 4:29 am**

"To say the least. Your form's terrible, but with no formal training that's to be expected. Here, try again and this time try to space your feet apart a little more and put your shoulders in line with your hips..." she says, stepping a little closer and putting one hand on Leo's stomach, the other between his shoulderblades and helps guide them into a better position.

Posted: **Thu Feb 27, 2020 3:40 pm**

Leo nodded and lifted again, muscles tensing under his soft months-old fur. "Yeah. That's definitely easier. Heck, I could probably lift a little bit more this way."

Posted: **Thu Feb 27, 2020 4:14 pm**

"That's the idea. But you're going to need practice if you want to not slip back into what comes naturally when it matters the most."

Posted: **Thu Feb 27, 2020 4:32 pm**

"So I need to what, do this daily 'til its what comes naturally?"

Posted: **Thu Feb 27, 2020 4:58 pm**

"You wouldn't want to overwork your muscles, but I couldn't possibly say what that frequency is. You might be able to pull off daily, honestly."

Posted: **Thu Feb 27, 2020 7:19 pm**

"You'd know better than I would. I'm sure it's obvious to you I haven't ever exercised much."

Posted: **Thu Feb 27, 2020 7:33 pm**

"Not as much as you'd think. You are build like a tank."

Posted: **Thu Feb 27, 2020 7:54 pm**

"Well, yeah. I guess my self-image hasn't caught up to reality yet. Like, I keep forgettin' that it's not that everyone is short, it's just that I'm bigger."

Posted: **Fri Feb 28, 2020 3:53 pm**

"So, general workout discipline aside, what are your goals?"

Posted: **Fri Feb 28, 2020 4:07 pm**

"No friggin' idea," he chuckled, "But I plan on trying things until something sticks."

"Unless you mean exercise goals. Then it's mostly just keeping my newfound state of fitness."

Posted: **Mon Mar 02, 2020 3:45 pm**

"The later." she clarifies. "In that case you're probably fine doing a basic routine 3 times a week, maybe scale it down to twice once you've got a better feel for your new-found strength and frame. If you really want to develop some discipline and control then there are a number of martial arts forms that are low-impact enough you can do them daily."

Posted: **Mon Mar 02, 2020 4:14 pm**

Martial arts? Really?" he asked with interest, "If that can help me not feel clumsy, I'm all for it."

Posted: **Mon Mar 02, 2020 6:32 pm**

"Maybe not the way you're thinking. Breathing, awareness. The more underlieing principles to the, uhm, 'sweet kicks'." she says.

Posted: **Mon Mar 02, 2020 7:41 pm**

He barked a laugh. "Well, I don't think I'll be re-enactin' any kung-fu movies or nothin'."

"I just hope to feel like this body is mine. If that makes sense."

Posted: **Tue Mar 03, 2020 5:46 pm**

"Then that part of it might help." she says, widening her stance and going through a couple martial arts forms to demonstrate. "No combat, only body awareness."

Posted: **Tue Mar 03, 2020 6:13 pm**

Leo watched her movements appreciatively.

"Which one do you think will work for me? Somethin' for big guys maybe?"

Posted: **Tue Mar 03, 2020 9:38 pm**

"I'll be honest, most martial arts don't exactly have a body-builder physique in mind. You'll find movements in all of them that you might have trouble executing. You might have to improvise a little there."

Posted: **Tue Mar 03, 2020 11:01 pm**

In truth, he was more muscled like a wild creature than a bodybuilder. But that distinction was largely academic.

"Well, yeah. I doubt they take a tail, animal legs, and strangely re-adjustable joints into account either. Definitely some fine-tuning needed."

Posted: **Thu Mar 05, 2020 9:03 pm**

"Right, well, let's get to work then..."

Posted: **Thu Mar 05, 2020 9:15 pm**

One training montage later, the pair managed to work out a proper stance and rudimentary training routine for the chimerical mutant.

Breathing somewhat heavily, he said, "That was... more work than I expected."

Posted: **Fri Mar 06, 2020 3:48 am**

"Without strain or exhaustion your body isn't going to feel the need to improve."

Posted: **Fri Mar 06, 2020 3:28 pm**

"Yeah... that is how exercise works, isn't it?" he said with a quiet chuckle.

"Thanks for this."

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