I8: Bench Press This (Open)

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I8: Bench Press This (Open)

Postby Wanda Johansen » Mon Oct 17, 2011 1:51 pm

Today was a weight-training day and Wanda had opted to do it the Danger Room. Can lift more fun stuff in here anyways. At the moment she was bench-pressing what looked like a 20-foot cargo container. While it was apparently some effort, it also didn't appear to be bothering her greatly, except maybe balancing the 20-foot long object over herself.
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Re: I8: Bench Press This (Open)

Postby Tommy More » Mon Oct 17, 2011 3:31 pm

"What in..." Tommy More said, having heard the loud thumping noises.
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Re: I8: Bench Press This (Open)

Postby Wanda Johansen » Mon Oct 17, 2011 4:38 pm

Wanda was counting as she lifted, "10... 11... 12... End set." The cargo container disappeared and Wanda lay there for a minute, stretching her arms.
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Re: I8: Bench Press This (Open)

Postby Tommy More » Mon Oct 17, 2011 4:56 pm

"...impressive."
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Re: I8: Bench Press This (Open)

Postby Wanda Johansen » Mon Oct 17, 2011 5:05 pm

"Next set," Wanda said, putting her hands up. Another container appeared and she started lifting, counting, "One... two... three..."
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Re: I8: Bench Press This (Open)

Postby Tommy More » Mon Oct 17, 2011 5:38 pm

"Sets?!"
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Re: I8: Bench Press This (Open)

Postby Wanda Johansen » Mon Oct 17, 2011 5:52 pm

"That voice sounds familiar... seven... eight... nine..."
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Re: I8: Bench Press This (Open)

Postby Tommy More » Mon Oct 17, 2011 5:56 pm

"Don't mean to bother you..."
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Re: I8: Bench Press This (Open)

Postby Wanda Johansen » Mon Oct 17, 2011 6:00 pm

"Ten... eleven... twelve... End set." The cargo container vanished and Wanda stretched again. "No bother."
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Re: I8: Bench Press This (Open)

Postby Tommy More » Mon Oct 17, 2011 6:04 pm

"That was just for show, right?"
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Re: I8: Bench Press This (Open)

Postby Wanda Johansen » Mon Oct 17, 2011 6:07 pm

"Lifting that? No. Weight-lifting. Working on stamina."
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Re: I8: Bench Press This (Open)

Postby Tommy More » Mon Oct 17, 2011 8:53 pm

"But that's bloody impossible..."
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Re: I8: Bench Press This (Open)

Postby Wanda Johansen » Mon Oct 17, 2011 9:12 pm

"How so?" She stood up. "Leg press." The room reconfigured and the bench changed into a leg press with the cargo container set up for leg presses. She got into position and started lifting.
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Re: I8: Bench Press This (Open)

Postby Tommy More » Mon Oct 17, 2011 9:16 pm

"IT's a cargo container! It contains....cargo!'
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Re: I8: Bench Press This (Open)

Postby Wanda Johansen » Mon Oct 17, 2011 9:21 pm

"Not this one. It's empty. Which means it weighs around two and a half tons."
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Re: I8: Bench Press This (Open)

Postby Tommy More » Mon Oct 17, 2011 9:33 pm

"Oh, is THAT all."
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Re: I8: Bench Press This (Open)

Postby Wanda Johansen » Mon Oct 17, 2011 9:40 pm

"More or less. Not even close to capacity." She smiled.
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Re: I8: Bench Press This (Open)

Postby Tommy More » Mon Oct 17, 2011 10:28 pm

"It boggles the mind. You hardly look butch enough to perform such an amazing feet."
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Re: I8: Bench Press This (Open)

Postby Wanda Johansen » Mon Oct 17, 2011 10:32 pm

"I'll take that as a compliment," she said, finishing a set and letting her legs rest for a few moments. "We seem to keep having conversations like this."
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Re: I8: Bench Press This (Open)

Postby Tommy More » Mon Oct 17, 2011 11:30 pm

"You keep performing feats of daring-do, and that's what will happen," Tommy acknowledged.
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Re: I8: Bench Press This (Open)

Postby Wanda Johansen » Tue Oct 18, 2011 7:23 am

"The last time I wasn't even doing anything particularly special," Wanda said, starting the leg lifts again.
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Re: I8: Bench Press This (Open)

Postby Tommy More » Tue Oct 18, 2011 3:27 pm

"So you say."
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Re: I8: Bench Press This (Open)

Postby Wanda Johansen » Tue Oct 18, 2011 5:27 pm

"Unless you count martial arts training as extraordinary."
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Re: I8: Bench Press This (Open)

Postby Tommy More » Wed Oct 19, 2011 4:42 pm

"I do not have any training in the martial arts, so a bit, yes!"

Apparently, by Tommy's logics, things he can not do are, by default, extraordinary.
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Re: I8: Bench Press This (Open)

Postby Wanda Johansen » Wed Oct 19, 2011 6:22 pm

"I suppose I could understand that. Maybe you should get some, then it wouldn't be extraordinary to you."
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Re: I8: Bench Press This (Open)

Postby Tommy More » Wed Oct 19, 2011 6:29 pm

"Oh, I wouldn't want to get involved in anything quite so...." he trailed off.
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Re: I8: Bench Press This (Open)

Postby Wanda Johansen » Wed Oct 19, 2011 7:10 pm

"Quite so what?" Wanda finished a set and rested for a moment.
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Re: I8: Bench Press This (Open)

Postby Tommy More » Wed Oct 19, 2011 11:05 pm

"Hands-on, perhaps?" he said, diplomatically.
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Re: I8: Bench Press This (Open)

Postby Wanda Johansen » Thu Oct 20, 2011 7:36 am

"Hands-on? I suppose I could understand that. Still, it is useful knowledge to have."
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Re: I8: Bench Press This (Open)

Postby Tommy More » Thu Oct 20, 2011 2:33 pm

"Knowledge, yes. Part of a ...training program, of some sort?"
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Re: I8: Bench Press This (Open)

Postby Wanda Johansen » Thu Oct 20, 2011 2:55 pm

"Something like that. Trying to learn a few things so I wouldn't be completely useless on one of the X-Teams."
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Re: I8: Bench Press This (Open)

Postby Tommy More » Fri Oct 21, 2011 7:00 pm

"Oh, of course! Well, that makes sense, though I'm not sure why such lovely hands would want to get themselves dirty."
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Re: I8: Bench Press This (Open)

Postby Wanda Johansen » Fri Oct 21, 2011 7:35 pm

"Sometimes to help out you have to get your hands dirty. My father taught me that."
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Re: I8: Bench Press This (Open)

Postby Tommy More » Fri Oct 21, 2011 7:42 pm

"Is that so?"
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Re: I8: Bench Press This (Open)

Postby Wanda Johansen » Fri Oct 21, 2011 8:26 pm

"Indeed," Wanda said, starting another set.
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Re: I8: Bench Press This (Open)

Postby Tommy More » Fri Oct 21, 2011 11:09 pm

"I have always found it is better to take a more...hands-off approach, myself. So...violent, going hand to hand."
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Re: I8: Bench Press This (Open)

Postby Wanda Johansen » Sat Oct 22, 2011 8:49 am

"Some people have that option. Some people don't. I'm one of those who don't have that option."
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