st_oryinsilence: (gym days)
st_oryinsilence ([personal profile] st_oryinsilence) wrote in [community profile] strangetrip2018-02-21 01:09 pm

[GP] training day

There was a trope that in prison there wasn't much to do except work out or read. As colorful as Madonna Inn might be, it was still a prison. And look, somebody had put together a library.

Put fifty some people, many of them military, adventurers, vigilantes, or superheroes of one stripe or another, in a prison with none of the urgent missions or near-death experiences they were used to, the fitness center was going to be a popular place. Maybe almost as popular as the bar.

... Probably not quite that popular.

There were free weights and weight machines, treadmills and ellipticals, yoga mats and exercise balls. A room set aside for classes, if someone decided to lead. A large square had been taped over an area of the floor off to one side as a make-shift sparring space. Sports equipment had been brought back from Bonesville for those who preferred more organized games. And those who had been stuck here longest remembered there hadn't always been a salmon ladder.

In other words, something for just about everybody. And you could usually find someone in there if you were looking for a spotter, workout buddy, sparring partner, friendly competition too.
st_eampunk: (cheeky)

Re: Molly

[personal profile] st_eampunk 2018-03-01 02:45 am (UTC)(link)
"Yeah I should warn you, you're going to feel this tomorrow. The first time I did yoga, it's deceptively hard. My leg muscles screamed the next day." Molly shifted her stance and went straight into Warrior three.

"This requires a hell of a lot of concentration and balance."
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Re: Molly

[personal profile] st_artingpoint 2018-03-02 12:41 am (UTC)(link)
Jane wobbled as she tried to hold that pose, but her muscles screamed, and she lowered her leg until she was standing watching Molly. "Looks like I'm not quite warrior enough for that one."
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Re: Molly

[personal profile] st_eampunk 2018-03-02 08:40 pm (UTC)(link)
Molly snickered, "you're a lot more warrior than me. It just takes practice. A lot of practice." She straightened up and stretched her spine. "Feel like heading over to the spa?" That was a luxury that she rarely indulged in.
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Re: Molly

[personal profile] st_artingpoint 2018-03-03 02:14 am (UTC)(link)
"Not that I had as much of a workout as you did, but yeah I'd like that." Jane found the heat of the steam room relaxing.
st_eampunk: (cheeky)

Re: Molly

[personal profile] st_eampunk 2018-03-03 11:40 am (UTC)(link)
"Please, you have more of a workout every day than me and I wouldn't turn down a steam room on those days." Molly grinned and reached for a towel. "Come on. I'll even spring for wine when we're done."
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Re: Molly

[personal profile] st_artingpoint 2018-03-03 04:45 pm (UTC)(link)
Jane laughed and bent down to roll up the yoga mat to hand to her friend. "So generous. It's one of the things I like about you." She was teasing, and it was nice to have this easy friendship with someone.