Trying To Rebound

[Highfly]

Hinata watched as Quetzalcoatl did ten more reps than her. Of course she did. Hinata was starting to think she was trying to show off and just go out of her way to lift more than her. "I will if I need it, yeah." Hinata said as she slid back into place. This was all bringing back memories of the match and Hinata went to begin her next set. Hinata grunted and groaned going for 15 reps again.

She was starting to slow again at ten but with a loud grunt she was pushing through trying to use the memory of the smug wrestler with her beating her in the ring to push through to 15 again! "There... your turn again." Hinata said as she wiped the bench off and got up. She had plenty of endurance, happily ready to see if Quetzalcoatl could do a repeat performance herself. Sure she could probably do more than 15 but was she going to do 25 again?

[Bearhug Goddess]

Quetzalcoatl again watched her partner doing her rehearsals and noticed that she used more strength for her last 5 lifts, this worried Quetzalcoatl a bit as she didn't want the girl to get hurt in a workout.

"Hey, take your time, don't try to force yourself, you can hurt yourself!"

Quetzalcoatl taps her opponent's shoulder in encouragement and sits on the bench to repeat her 25 series. The last 5 were slightly slower compared to the previous one but QUetzalcoatl didn't have much difficulty. She got up with a sigh and wiping the sweat on her forehead and leaving her place to her partner.

"Your turn~"

[Highfly]

Hinata watched as her training partner seemed to be blowing through it all with ease. Hinata was not sure how to feel. She was impressed as this woman wasn't much heavier or bigger than her. However she was pissed a little hoping to show this woman what she could do and instead she was being overshadowed.

"Okay, here we go!" Hinata said as she slid back into place and gripped the bar. She wasn't going to stop for anything. 15 or not she was going to get it. This lady was just showing off but Hinata wasn't going to back down even if she couldn't seem to keep up. She used that nagging feeling to fuel her and went about her reps. Hinata was grunting and pushing through. Her form was good but the speed at which she did each rep was slowing. She shook her head unwilling to stop. She got to her 15.... barely.... and sat up wiping the bench off. "So once you do your set what is next?"

[Bearhug Goddess]

Quetzalcoatl watched her partner do her rehearsals and noticed that she was starting to have trouble. She was in position to step in as backup if she was called but she didn't call her. Quetzalcoatl watched the young woman after her rehearsals and scratched her hair in thought.

"Well...Today is the day I work the chest so I'm doing a lot of exercise in that area...Is there one you want to do in particular? Or we can switch up and do something from your training!~"

Quetzalcoatl smiled at the woman in front of her and put her hands on her hips, wondering what her partner was going to offer her.

[Highfly]

Hinata watched as of course this woman just did her set, more reps, with less struggle. Hinata shook her head and looked around the gym. "I was going to go to the heavy bag for a while but we can just do whatever." She said. She still couldn't figure out if this woman was trying to help her or show her up while flexing her own ego in front of Hinata....

[Bearhug Goddess]

Quetalcoatl continued to smile at his partner, patting her shoulder with a friendly air.

"We can do that! I have some basics in boxing thanks to my tag partner, she was a former boxer!~"

Quetzalcoatl let go of Hinata's shoulder and kept smiling, she wanted to follow Hinata to the heavy bag to train with her in a field where her partner was more specialized.

[Highfly]

Hinata nodded and smiled. She was going to try to really make up for that last exercise this time. As they got to the bag Hinata just looked at her. "Okay this is easy. Whatever strikes you want as hard as you can for two minutes. It sounds simple but going as hard as you can for two minutes straight will drain you more than you think." Hinata said as she set up and began landing a fast body punch combo before alternating kicks right and left starting middle then going higher then landing a couple super kicks before going back to punches. Hinata was sweating by the end, gasping for breath as she went before she finally hit the two minute mark, stepping back out of the way.

[Bearhug Goddess]

Quetzalcoatl followed her partner to the punching bag and crossed her arms as she shook her head affirmatively that she understood the purpose of the exercise. She knew that 2 minutes was exhausting but she agreed to participate anyway. She could see the young girl unwinding this bag and Quetzalcoatl found it impressive, she had never tried to chain punches with kicks unlike her, which impressed her enormously. After her training, Quetzalcoatl clapped in wonder.

"You're so strong and so fast! I don't think I'm as good as you technically..."

Quetzalcoatl chuckled lightly before getting in front of the punching bag, getting into peak-a-boo guard as it was the only guard she knew. She sighed softly before throwing jabs with her left fist. After a good series of left jabs for about ten seconds, Quetzalcoatl moved up a gear by adding right jabs executing faster and stronger blows. A few seconds later, she added hooks at the level of the pelvis at fairly regular intervals while leaning from left to right to add her weight in her shots. She continued like this until the last second, stepping forward to deliver a powerful uppercut where the stomach of an opponent at her waist would be, pushing the punching bag back.

Quetzalcoatl caught the bag with both hands before sighing for a long time with fatigue. She walked over to grab her towel and wipe all the sweat off her body, she couldn't hide that her arms were numb and she would have a hard time doing a second session.

"It's tiring... You manage to last so long without too much difficulty... You're impressive..."

[Highfly]

Hinata watched Quetzalcoatl absolutely hammer the bag, standing with her hands on her hips as she paced about keeping an eye on the bag. She was equally amazed by her partners attitude towards her. She seemed to be complimenting her in a genuine way not lording something over her. Hinata was starting to reluctantly soften towards this woman, something that didn't happen much for the hot headed young woman.

"Thanks, you did really well too. That bag was really bobbing. Now we give it one minute and go for nothing but the biggest strikes you can." Hinata said taking her turn. This was nothing but knockout punches, uppercuts, roundhouse kicks and spinning heel kicks as Hinata looked for each one to be a potential knockout strike! She was going hard and this minute exhausted her more than the previous two as when her time was up she was gasping for breath and stepping back while trying to recover her breath.

[Bearhug Goddess]

Quetzalcoatl smiled seeing her partner become less cold in front of her, she already saw herself as friends with, even if it was still too early to confirm this relationship. She then watched the young woman hit the bag with powerful blows for a minute, a weird idea came to Quetzalcoatl's head at that moment, she wondered if she was able to take all her blows for 1 minute. Of course not. When the young woman had finished her minute, Quetzalcoatl sighed and came back to face, stroking her hair.
After blowing, Quetzalcoatl began to hit the punching bag with powerful direct blows to the face followed by hooks to the stomach. Quetz put all her strength into her punches and when the bag backed up, she took the opportunity to deliver uppercuts. Her minute ended with a series of uppercuts, two on the stomach and one on the face. Quetzalcoatl was exhausted and panting with exhaustion and was wiping her sweat with her towel, looking at her partner who was not as tired as she was.

"I don't know how you do this exercise... Even if I sometimes give a series of powerful blows, I always find myself exhausted at the end... My arms are numb..."