Mystiqieanon Rides a Bike (Episode 3)

>Walk in
>That weirdly vile-yet-appealing college weight room smell hits me
>Head over to the bycicle machine while Chris goes over to the free weights
>Casually walk past the bench with its empty bar
>Pick up bar with one hand
>45lb is heavyish, but not hard
>quick glance to make sure the other guys are distracted
>Increase my bicep to be slightly biggeOH JESUS FUCKING CHRIST THAT HURTS
>Searing pain in my arm
>Drop bar
>Loud crash
>Everyone is looking
>Change back to Me to fix my arm
>Pain is instantly gone
>Chris walks over
>"Dude, you're supposed to lay ON the bench."
>"I know, I was just...fixing the bar. It was crooked and I picked it up wrong and got a cramp"
>Chris raises an eyebrow
>Best friend since forever sees right through my shitty lie
>Best friend also doesn't call me on it in a room with 8 other people who already don't have high opinions of me
>He shrugs
>"I keep telling you to eat something better than Eggos for breakfast."
>"Yea, maybe I should"
>He goes back
>What the fuck
>I didn't have any pain when I changed earlier
>I changed way more than just my bicep and-
>It hits me
>Stupid
>I was specifically focusing on a single muscle
>That pain was my skin, bone, and tendons not being used to a suddenly bigger bicep because I didn't change them
>Gotta be more careful
>Think specific but broad changes
>Focus on a more muscular arm
>Instant gains
>Pick up bar
>Stupidly easy
>Fuckyea
>Put it back
>Feel lopsided
>Become Me again
>I'm really getting the hang of this
>Go over to Bike machine
>Start my routine
>Biking like a pro
>Start to feel the burn
>Remember the bicep pain
>Huh
>I wonder
>Change to Me while biking
>Burn is gone
>Lungs have zero stress
>Full of energy
>AAAAWWW YYYEEEEEAAAA
>Slowly pick up the pace until I'm in the highest resistance setting
>Really feeling that glorious burn
>Change to Me
>Lance Armstrong goes Super Saijan.gif
>"Hey Anon."
>Chris is next to me with his bag
>"Class is over man, let's go."