How heavy are the dumbbells you lift?

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“Nante ku da rana i hi da [What a shitty day]...” muttered Itone, changing into her gym clothes.

Things haven't been going well for the white-haired woman lately. The only goal she lived for was to bring honor to her family. She has achieved a lot in her life, putting maximum effort into absolutely every thing. However, when she and her sister came to pro wrestling…

After their first match, many people got the impression that the Hidesato sisters couldn't do anything without each other. And while Yaone has successfully proved that she is capable of winning even in singles matches, Itone has not been able to repeat the success of her older sister. It's been a long time, but she still can't forget the match she lost to Izumi Tachibana. And of course, she couldn't forget the disappointment in her mother's eyes after that.

From that day on, she began to train much harder than before, spending literally every free minute in the dojo. This week, she took care of both her company's business and her university affairs, so she had a lot more time than usual today. However, trouble came from nowhere she did not expect. A pipe burst in their dojo, so the entire place had to be closed for repairs.

Normally, she would have gone to the martial arts school of that pink-haired Frenchwoman, Charlotte. But unfortunately, she found out that the school is currently closed. As far as she could find out, the martial arts master had sunk into a deep depression due to her recent failures.

This whole series of events gave Itone a headache. Instead of looking for some new place to train, she decided to go to LAW headquarters, where there was a large gym on the second floor, accessible to all fighters of the federation. Yaone couldn't keep her younger sister company because of a business meeting, so the second heiress of the Hidesato family came here alone. After she finished changing, she took a towel, a bottle of water, and her phone, and then left the locker room.

“Okay, that's not bad...” she admitted, looking around the gym.

There were indeed all kinds of exercise machines, mats, several rings, not to mention other sports equipment such as dumbbells, exercise balls, punching bags, and more. It wasn't too crowded here, which was more than fine with the white-haired woman.

First of all, she went to the mats and the mirror to stretch a little, which did not take her too long, after which she went to the treadmill with the intention of pumping blood through her veins, after which her preparations were completed. With a confident step, Itone headed for the barbell rack. Putting plates with a total weight of seventy-five kilograms on the bar, the second heiress of the Hidesato family stood up so that the barbell was on her shoulders, after which she removed the barbell from the rack.

Trying to breathe as evenly as possible, she began to squat. Barbell squats were one of her favorite exercises. After the ninth squat, her breathing became very heavy and her legs trembled slightly.

"Kusoooo [Damn it]..." She drawled.

However, the thought that she needed to become stronger and get her career back on track gave her extra strength. Gritting her teeth, Itone did the tenth squat, after which she returned the barbell to the rack. Catching her breath, she went to the windowsill to wipe the sweat from her forehead and chest, and then take a short sip of water before returning to her workout.

[Sigma Morgan]

Himari had been in the gym for at least fourty five minutes at this point she had warmed up on the treadmill for at least thirty of those and now she was over by the punching bags though she wasn't there to practice her strikes, instead her legs were wrapped around the upper half of the bag supporting the rest of her weight as she did sit ups. "Thirty eight, thirty nine, forty, forty one Himari counted in her head. The half Australian and half Japanese woman had her usual routine to maintain her impressive physique.

There likely wasn't much of Himari's body that wasn't toned from her legs to her more than impressive abs and arms. Of course, she wasn't as muscular as a lot of the heavyweights on the roster, she was still several pounds shy of that division and had no interest in putting on the weight. Instead, her feminine figure mixed well with her muscles, creating quite an alluring sight like that of a goddess. After an injury that previously halted her career, Himari rarely gave herself a day when she wasn't training for at least an hour, which paid off. She was in the best shape of her life and only in her late twenties despite wearing a leg brace most of the time.

Himari

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"Forty seven, fourty, eight, forty nine, fifty" Himari finished counting before hugging the bag as she finished her sit ups. Himari's legs uncoiled, her feet quickly finding the floor before she stopped hugging the bag. She took a deep breath, mentally checking off her first set of sit ups with another to do before she left today. She reached behind herself, adjusting her shorts as she looked across the gym, seeing a woman who seemed done with her barbell as she set it back

With squats being the next thing on her list, she figured she might as well head over and use the bar that was already mostly set up for her. Himari reached down and grabbed her water bottle before walking over. Himari's hips swayed with each step. Getting over to the already set up bar Himari looked at the weight, seeing seventy five kilograms already on it, not bad, but a little light for her taste. Walking a few feet away, Himari grabbed two more ten kilogram plates before returning to the rack and adding on on each side of the bar for a total of ninety five kilograms. "Much better" she said softly but aloud before preparing herself. Himari pressed the back of her shoulders against the bar before getting a firm hold of it. Himari took a step and positioned her legs about a shoulder's width apart, before taking a deep breath before squatting down and letting her breath out, and inhaling as she went back up.

Before long, Himari had surpassed ten squats without any trouble, unlike the previous occupant of the rack. It was clear now how Himari's body was so toned, and it wasn't just for show, as she soon reached fifteen shortly after and then twenty. It was like she was showing off, but to her, it was just a usual day at the gym. "Maybe I should have added more weight" Himari thought to herself as she reached twenty six, it was very obvious at this point, she wasn't squatting her maximum, but one could just as easily claim endurance is just as important as outright brute strength.

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After finishing her one-minute break, Itone put the water bottle back on the windowsill and turned back to the barbell rack. However, unfortunately, her exercise equipment turned out to be already occupied by someone who, apparently, is not too familiar with gym etiquette. Itone didn't just stop removing the plates from the bar, it was a sign that she was going to continue working with this equipment.

However, this did not stop the black-haired woman from approaching the barbell rack. Having a habit common to many fighters, Itone ran her eyes over this woman from head to toe. They didn't differ too much in weight, but, of course, this woman had a lot more muscle mass, and she was about seven centimeters taller than Itone. Recently, there have been many middleweights in LAW who could compete with the best heavyweights in terms of muscle mass, but Itone was not a supporter of this trend.

The second heiress of the Hidesato family blinked slowly when this woman, apparently, was not impressed by the weight that Itone chose. Adding another twenty kilograms to the bar, she put the barbell on her shoulders and began to perform squats. And then both eyebrows of the white-haired woman slightly raised, because this woman did not stop even after the twenty-fifth squat. Well, now it became obvious that in terms of physical fitness she was very far from this woman. Cool.

Well, since her equipment was unceremoniously occupied by the Olympic weightlifting champion, Itone sighed slightly irritably, and then took her towel and a bottle of water. Apparently, this black-haired woman could perform barbell squats indefinitely, which means that the second heiress of the Hidesato family needs to find another exercise machine. She seems to have seen a leg extension machine somewhere nearby. So Itone headed in that direction, passing by the black-haired woman.

[Sigma Morgan]

From Himari's perspective, the barbell was unoccupied with nobody next to it, which in her mind made it free to use. It merely saved her the trouble of fully setting it up herself. Himari was so focused on her squats, she didn't even sense or notice that the woman who was using the rack before her was watching her, studying her, and some may even say staring.

Twenty seven, twenty eight. Himari paused for a second as the woman who had previously used the rack before her walked past, using that second to study her, but not long enough to really get a good look at her. Twenty nine, thirty. Deciding that was good enough for now, Himari set the bar on the rack and grabbed her water bottle off the floor, and took a long sip. "Shouldn't overdo it just yet" Himari thought to herself before she began removing the weights from the bar and putting them back to wherever they came from nearby.

After recent events in a local nightclub, the gym seemed like the ideal place to spend most of her time in order to prepare herself and her body for any possible retribution or fallout that might come from it, Himari wasn't nervous about that situation at all, as a matter of fact she was looking forward to it, but that wasn't important at the moment. "I guess some time on the leg press before some more weights wouldn't hurt" Himari mentally told herself, deciding to deviate from her usual routine.

Grabbing her water bottle as she walked by it, Himari was unaware that somebody else was making their way towards the same machine, considering they went in different but similar directions. Himari hummed to herself as she turned right, managing to get near the leg press first, but stopped to stretch before using the machine, stretching first her right arm across her body and then her left before reaching back and stretching her legs one at a time. "Thirty reps again I guess" Himari mumbled to herself as she stopped stretching.

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Soon Itone found what she was looking for, namely a leg extension machine. But to her annoyance, this exercise machine was also occupied. This caused the white-haired woman to slightly purse her lips as she gradually began to lose her patience. However, after a moment, Itone relaxed because turning her head slightly to the side, she found a free leg press machine. This option suited her perfectly.

With a brisk step, the second heiress of the Hidesato family headed for the free exercise machine. Her break was too long, so she wanted to get back to training as soon as possible. But when she was only five steps away from the exercise machine, an obstacle appeared in front of her, because of which the Japanese woman stopped and barely found the strength not to clench her fists.

“This must be some kind of joke...” sounded in her head.

The same woman who had unceremoniously occupied the barbell Itone was working with was now standing in front of the only free leg press machine and doing additional leg stretching, clearly intending to occupy this exercise machine too. Was it purposeful or was it just a coincidence, but because of this Itone's heart began to beat faster.

The simplest solution would be to return to the now-free barbell to continue her previous exercise, because after all Itone preferred to do several consecutive sets, thereby developing her endurance. However…

The second heiress of the Hidesato family continued to move forward. Bypassing the black-haired woman, she went to the leg press machine and set the weight at one hundred and seventy-five kilograms, which was two and a half times the weight of Itone herself. As if it were the most common thing, she put her towel, water bottle and phone on the floor, and then occupied the exercise machine, pressing her feet against the weight platform.

Taking a deep breath, she began to perform the exercise, trying to breathe evenly so as not to lose her rhythm. If the first time she decided to ignore everything, then the second time she wasn't going to do the same. Since this black-haired woman had so unceremoniously taken her barbell, Itone believed that she had every right to do the same with this exercise machine.