Triceps & Biceps

Alexithymiaa: -Noah was seated on the dead lift machine, his feet tucked underneath the padded pegs on either side as he slowly extended his legs and lifted the weight upward, holding it a moment before slowly lowering it back down with a faint clink of the machine because everyone knows you don't slaam that shit down.-
Covet: Tae had been standing outside waiting for Brandy to show up, they were supposed to be working out together to help get her strengthened up for the pole training she had coming up. She came in with her arms wrapped around her torso, it was a little chilly outside and she had poor workout outfit choices. She pulled her phone out of her sleeve and called Brandy again, with it going straight to voicemail. "Okay seriously. If you were just going to ditch out, the least you could have done is sent me a message. Now I look like a complete idiot here, because I have no idea what I'm doing."
Alexithymiaa: -Setting the weight down after his completed set, he pushed up from the machine and walked across the room to the water cooler. Pulling off a little paper cup, he filled it with cold water from the jug and swallowed it, his skin coated in a thin layer of sweat.-
CovetCovet : She wandered about the entry way and looked inside the weight room looking around, raising her eyebrows, then she spotted Noah, "Of course he's here." She said rolling her eyes as she tucked her phone back into her sleeve, then stepped into the place, walking over to him then spoke up, "Fancy finding you here."
Alexithymiaa: -He turned when he heard Tae's voice, pitching the paper cup blindly into the waste basket next to it. "Oh hey. No offense or anything, but what the fuck are you doing here? This is the last place I'd expect to run into you."-
Covet: "You and me both." Tae told him as she crossed her arms. " I was supposed to meet Brandy here. She was going to start getting me set up to build some strength up, for the pole dancing training that the club is going to be doing." She said. "I've been outside for the last fortyfive minutes waiting for her, but it's cold." Tae added with a pout.
Alexithymiaa: "Pole dancing?" He asked, his brows raising because of everything she said, THATS what he heard. "Yeah, I guess you need some serious upper body strength for that." His eyes dropped over her, checking her out. "You don't look like you have any of that."-
Covet: "Mhhm. I told you that before." Tae said with a laugh. Then scoffed. "Please don't even give me that much credit, I don't have any strength. Let alone upper body, but yeah it takes a lot to pull yourself up onto the pole."
Alexithymiaa: "Okay, so you just work arms, shoulders, back, and core. Not really that big of a deal." He said with a casual shrug, because sports and fitness was something he was fairly confident in. "Have you ever even been in a gym before? Not a school gym."-
Covet: "I'd like to work anything that needs work on." Tae said. "I want to look good up there, not just dancing but...shape wise too." She told him then shook her head, "Nope, never set foot into one. This is kind of intimidating."
Alexithymiaa: "Well... there's kind of a running joke in the gym that you're not supposed to skip leg day. If you're concerned about looking good, you need balance." He glanced across the room to the free weights, nodding in that direction. "You can start there so you don't hurt yourself." He paused, looking back at her and sighing dramatically. "You're going to hurt yourself if I don't help you. Come on." He started off to the corner of dumbells.-
CovetCovet : Tae had looked off at the free weights and then bit her lip, thankful when he told her that he'd go with so she didn't hurt herself. "Thank you. I have no idea what I'm doing." She said with a laugh, though she was secretly pleased about him helping out, because this was better than Brandy.
Alexithymiaa: "I know." He picked up a two five pound dumbells and turned to her, holding one in each hand. "Like this. You hold them at your sides and you're going to curl your biceps, and then push them straight up over your head and hold it for two seconds and reverse it on your way back down." He demonstrated the motion before holding them out to her. "Ten."-
Covet: "These are kind of light aren't they?" She asked lifting up the five pound dumbell with no problem, repeating his motions as she counted. "Is this really all I have to do?" she asked but by the time she had half of them done she was struggling a little bit to get the weight up.
Alexithymiaa: "It's light the first rep. Wait until the tenth." He said, watching her form to make sure she was doing it right. "You're supposed to struggle on the last couple. If you're not struggling on the last couple, you need more weight. It's also a good way to sort of track your progress and how much stronger you've gotten."-
Covet: "Okay, I'm at Ten." She said barely getting the weight up."How sore is this going to make me tomorrow?" She asked him, setting the weights down.
Alexithymiaa: "Now you wait a minute and do another set of ten." He said, sliding his hands into the pockets of his shorts. "If you've never worked out before? Probably pretty sore. It'll get better though. It's a good sore."-
CovetCovet : "Wait.. another set of ten?" She said with a whine. "But I could barely lift those last ones." She said with a groan as she waited. "Like a post rough sex sore?"
Alexithymiaa: -He started to laugh, shaking his head at her. "Yes, another set of ten. What do you think you do at the gym? One set and go home?" He asked, laughing again. "That's why you take breaks between your sets so that you can make it through the next one." He paused, considering her words. "Sort of, but not really."-
Covet: "Stop laughing at me." She said giving him a shove, still pouting. "Making fun of me is not going to be helpful, because I won't want to keep doing it. And if I don't do it no pole dancing, and that means no practicing for you." She told him, giving him some sort of incentive that sounded more like an invitation than anything else.
AlexithymiaaAlexithymiaa : -He almost instantly stopped laughing, straightening up a little. "So is that was this is going to be? I train you, and you pole dance for me? Because that is definitely a form of payment I'm willing to accept." He said with a grin, gesturing toward the weights. "Again."-
Covet: "If you're training me, Pole dances might be the only way I can pay you." Tae said with a laugh, then groaned as she picked up the weights again starting to lift them as she counted again. "Am I supposed to do anything special with my breathing?"
AlexithymiaaAlexithymiaa : "Breathe normally?" He asked, because he was a terrible trainer and didnt know anything about proper breathing, just muscle things. "And when you're done, you're moving right into triceps.... which is the opposite side of your biceps."-
Covet: "Oh, okay." Tae said, then when she finished, she let her arms hang, then looked at him, "What do I do to work out those muscles?" She asked because she didn't know the exercises, "Isn't it all the same area?"
Alexithymiaa: "No... no it's not the same area." He reached over to grab ten pound weights for himself, leaning his torso forward and letting his arm hang to make a ninety degree angle with his elbow. "One arm at a time. And you just extend your arm until its parallel with the floor and slowly lower it back down. Make sure you're going from ninety degrees, to one eighty and back." He said, demonstrating the exercise. These are hard. Im also weak.-
Covet: "Oh..." Tae said watching him then started to lift the weights like he'd shown her. At number six she started to whine. "Okay this is really starting to make my arms hurt." She said. "You might have to rub them down to make them feel better." Tae said with a wink.
Alexithymiaa: "It's supposed to hurt. That means you're breaking down muscle so it can build itself back up, stronger." He said as he watched her, reaching out to correct the angle of her arm a little. "I'd be more than happy to rub you down after each work out. Just to make sure you're feeling your best, of course."-
Covet: "Oh of course. That's so considerate of you." She said with a smirk as she finished up. "Can we be done now? Also...can I get a ride home? I left my car at the house and rode with Brandy to work. "
Alexithymiaa: "Yes, we can be done now." He said with a laugh, the panic dropping in his stomach. "I... don't have a car. I skated here." He said, gesturing to the skateboard he'd tucked into the corner by the machines. "I can call us an uber though? Or I can text my cousin to come pick us up."-
Covet: "I'll split half the cost of the uber." Tae said with a smile, cause she did at least have that much on her right now.
Alexithymiaa: "Done." He said, pulling his phone out to order the uber before making his way to grab his board so they could wait by the door.-