First day at work

[ThatPolishDude]

Sophia made her way to the address that was given to her, she honestly didn't expect to actually land this job right after retiring from service, after all, she didn't have much experience as a coach in any official capacity, even if she did plenty of that in the military. Here she guessed that her daughter storming her way through LAW did help a bit, she did tell the girl that she should have taken the first offer and even if Kate wouldn't hear any of it, she was proving her right.

Though now she was just getting distracted, after all, she had her own work to do now and she would do better to focus on that. It was still early, an hour or two before the gym would actually open but someone would have to make the place ready and show her around so it made sense to have so much time to do so. Sophia would approach the building and ring the bell, waiting for whoever was about to welcome her to this new chapter of her life.

[Highfly]

Dan had finished with his clients today and was getting ready to change into his workout gear when he realized he had to work the front desk for a bit before he would be able to work out himself.

As he was in the back logging off his computer to update his clients workout plans he heard a bell ringing. "On the way out!" Dan called as he got up and stepped out.

He saw a tall, seemingly well built lady standing there as he gave her a nod and wave. "Good afternoon miss, are you one of the new wrestlers looking for a facility tour?" Dan asked as he stood up as tall as he could, still a slight bit shorter than the woman. At 5'10" he wasn't the tallest guy around but nearing 230lbs he was quite the physical specimen himself as his muscle was solid well defined mass. He had to look great for Irelia and keep up with her in the gym after all.

[ThatPolishDude]

Sophia would give the man in front of her a friendly smile and extend her hand to shake. "Not quite, I'm a new coach and I'm guessing we will be working together. My name is Sophia, nice to meet you." She said, taking a first look around the place. "I see equipment will not be a problem, I might need to take a look at some of that stuff, I don't belive I ever saw some of it."

[Highfly]

Dan nodded and recalled seeing a new employee orientation being needed today. "Ohhhhh yeah, that is right. Well welcome Sophia its good to have you! I'm Dan Haines, one of the trainers. Our supervisor isn't here to give you the tour so you are stuck with me if that is all right." Dan said as he came out from the desk and led Sophia over to the machines. "We have a lot of free weights and the different machines can be intimidating. We also have the practice rings which get used a lot. Because of the nature of it I often see women in here in their wrestling gear working out instead of regular gym attire. It seems odd at first but you get used to it." Dan said with a shrug.

Dan let Sophia look around a bit and he decided to try to just get to know her a bit. "So do you wrestle currently, or did you before? How did ya get into a job training female wrestlers?"

[ThatPolishDude]

Sophia nodded. "That makes sense, they need to get familiar with moving in their gear." She said, smiling a bit as she remembered the days in service, first time being put in full gear in training wasn't fun when you had to march in it through difficult terrain, later, after you took it off you felt as light as a feeder. "Not pro-style, I used to wrestle freestyle and was a boxer for a time back in the states. Now I'm fresh out of the military, and... well, my daughter started wrestling for LAW not that long ago and I thought I might try my luck imparting what I know. I do recognise your surname, are you related to Alaina or is that just a coincidence?"

[Highfly]

"Oh wow cool! What branch were you in? Army, navy, marines, air force or coast guard?" Dan asked as he was really curious. His dad being a UH-60 Blackhawk pilot meant that maybe she knew him?

When she mentioned the last name in response to his aunt and uncle though he really doubted that she knew his dad. "Yeah, my aunt Alaina nd uncle Charlie pretty much raised me. I grew up around a big, buff wrestling amazon woman and now date a big buff wrestler so I am probably Sigmund Freuds dream client to sit on a couch or something." Dan said with a shrug of the shoulders. "Alaina is a client of mine as is her tag partner and unofficial pain in the ass younger sister type Tina Armstrong. You could probably officially train your daughter on paper and get a client list started. I have a dozen women that appear regularly on the televised shows working with me now although Irelia Xu is the not-so-secret favorite." Dan added with a wink mentioning his girlfriend.

"If ya like is there any sort of workout test you want to do today to see where you are at? I know I have a lot of power wrestlers for clients including Alaina. She says she is gonna overtake me in a max bench press but I am still ahead of her." Dan said playfully winking and bouncing his pecs. "I could run ya through a max bench, squat and deadlift then maybe we can go through some in-ring grapples? I mean my clients are better wrestlers than me but being able to basically be a practice dummy does help. If you can slam a 230lb guy you can probably do it to most of the LAW roster ya know?"

[ThatPolishDude]

Sophia smiled wider when she saw Dan's reaction to her being in the military. "Marine corps, most recently as a part of forces stationed in Tokyo. A nice change from risking my neck on deployments really." Then when he mentioned being raised by big buff woman she couldn't help but laugh a little. "Oh, screw Freud, you just have good taste, Ileria must be really happy with you. My daughter thought got assigned to train under one of the other wrestlers from the roster, she is in the young lioness program now. She was really happy when she learned who is gonna be training her, that is kinda her idol." She continued, deciding to cut herself short as she could feel she was once again trailing in a direction of talking about her child.

Sophia listened carefully and nodded. "Yeah, I could use that, might not be in my prime anymore but I should still be able to do well. Just point me to where I can change and I'll be right back." She said and if directed would do just that, shortly emerging from the changing room in shorts and a sports bra that would allow the to train comfortably

[Highfly]

"Oh nice, USMC." Dan said with a nod. His dad was army so they very likely did not cross paths. "I heard of the Young Lioness Program, good stuff right there." Dan said as Sophia got back on to talking about her daughter. Dan understood it and wasn't going to bash anyone for having a proud mom moment.

Dan waited and saw Sophia emerge and she looked every bit the fit, powerful lady he expected her to be. "Okay so do we want to start with the bench press before going to the squat rack second then deadlift rack third?" Dan asked as he looked around the gym. Thankfully it was a slower time so the duo had a pick of whatever they wanted to do first. Dan was very curious to see what this tall woman could do and her gym attire highlight her figure very nicely. Working at this gym had its fair share of small bonuses in the day to day operation for sure.

[ThatPolishDude]

Sophia smiled as she continued to walk towards the nearest bench. "That would be a good progression, we are looking for one rep max or a full set? I should be able to make a full set with about 200 pounds, maybe a bit more." She said as she started to load the weight on the bar

[Highfly]

Dan stood to the side matching the plates with what Sophia was putting on. "Lets do a one rep max, I will spot ya and I know you got this. Lets put on a show for everyone in the gym." Dan said trying to encourage her. "I bet ya got like.... 250 or 260 in ya." Dan said trying to estimate a good number for her although he was going to go up to whatever she felt she could do for a one rep max.