Illusions shattered

[FreshBritishSalmon]

It had been 2 days since Amy's disastrous debut against Tina Armstrong, where she had been beaten in record time, before being given the opportunity to train with Tina to improve herself. She had taken Tina's advice to heart, watching no less than 9 matches live, as well as 2 video recorded matches from a few months ago. She tried to study them to the best of her ability, but she still was a bit baffled at how most of them worked, and those that she did know how they worked, she was unsure if she had the physical capabilities to actually pull off such moves.

Nevertheless, she stayed committed, and at 7:55am, she arrived at the LAW gym and changed into her gymwear, hoping that Tina would be able to fix her various flaws and make her a competent fighter.

Amy

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Tina was already in the gym and waiting when Amy arrived. She was wearing a black sports bra and black yoga pants as she waited for Amy who had also showed up early. That was a great sign. Tina was near an empty ring when she saw Amy approach. "Hey Ay over here! We are gonna work on some endurance first." Tina said. "You are gonna have to run around the ring and do stuff while you are tired out, so we will tire ya out first thing." Tina said as she motioned for Amy to head on over.

"How are ya holding up?" Tina asked first as she stretched a bit waiting for Amy to also limber up before they got started. Running ropes was basic but it served many purposes, not to mention that it was overlooked by a lot of wrestlers as a great tool these days. Amy was gonna learn the old fashioned way today.

[FreshBritishSalmon]

Amy was alerted by Tina's voice, coming from a good distance away. She turned to the voice and nodded, jogging over to the ring that Tina was at. Once there, she smiled at Tina.

"Great! I do lack endurance, as you probably found out from our match." Amy admitted, but she was not downcast. She was certainly a lot more chipper than she was a couple of days ago. She started to stretch, having watched a couple of guide videos on stretching, meaning that despite being a rookie, she knew how to warm herself up, though her technique wasn't perfect.

"I am good thanks! I did as you asked, watching some live matches, as well as looking at some recorded ones. I do want to try them but, my main issue would be, well..." She flexed her arm to Tina, and her muscles barely even flexed. It was clear that the girl had never actually been to a gym before. "...I shouldn't need to explain it"

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"Oh don't worry we will work on that one, but endurance and being able to stay up in the ring is key! We are gonna wear ya down a bit today and we'll have plenty of days for strength work." Tina said with a smile. "I know a couple people who specialize in all that so we'll be able to work ya up from the ground up don't worry."

Tina motioned for Amy to listen. "So here is what we are going to do, we will run ropes for a few minutes plain and simple. I will run this way north to south bouncing back and forth. You will run east to west and we'll make sure we don't crash into one another. This will also get you to learn the size of the ring with muscle memory. Even if you are out of it you will know the size of the ring, and how far you are from ropes. This is also designed to make ya tired. We will be running fairly quick at as steady a pace as possible without stopping for 10 minutes. It sounds easy but it is tough. Even if you are worn out and want to stop, no stopping. Walking if needed is fine, walking is not stopping. The goal though is to be able to run as quick as you can as long as you can." Tina said to Amy.

[FreshBritishSalmon]

Amy listened intently to what Tina requested, and did not question it one bit. She nodded and started to do some stretches to limber herself up, sonething else she looked at between her match and now. Upon finishing her warm ups, she took a long deep breath, before moving herself to the eastern rope, her back leaning against the ropes. She didnt expect to be able to keep running for too long, since she never really excelled much in any cardio exercises in thevpast. But now was the time to change that.

"Alright, I am ready Miss Tina!" She said enthusiastically, getting ready to run the ropes.

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"Okay now what you need to realize is that running ropes is going to be central to what we're doing today. We need to work on your endurance and this will hammer into you the dimensions of the ring." Tina said as she was running the ropes herself, careful not to collide with Amy. She knew that this would be an overlooked exercise, many women ignored it and its benefits. She also knew Amy wouldn't believe that this would be a major part of what they did today. If she was expecting to just go from zero to one hundred in a day she was mistaken. Tina was going to get that foundation set first.

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"Alright, I understand" Amy replied as they bounced from rope to rope, trying to maintain her speed for as long as she can. She nearly stumbles occasionally, but on the whole, her speed keeps up to a consustent pace, which was slower than Tina's, but still reasonably quick for someone of her size. Amy knew everything Tina would teach her in the upcoming months would likely be vital for her to improve as a fighter, and she knew she needed it.

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Tina watched as Amy started out pretty well and had good speed... but this was endurance. No one could sprint forever like this and everyone slowed down. It was up to Amy to see going and Tina watched to see when she slowed down. She hoped to keep running the ropes for a while longer knowing full well that she wasn't going to stop until she saw Amy's top speed as a quick walk. "Keep going and remember don't stop! Slowing down happens but no stopping!" Tina reminded Amy as the continued to run.

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It only took abput 4 minutes for Amy to slow down, gasping for air as if she had been suffocated. Her speed stopped to a moderate walk and her arms drooped like they had no bones in them. She then walked for another 2 minutes before flopping onto the eastern ropes, wheezing like she had just run a marathon. It was clear that her stamina was low, or at least, that was what she surmised.

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Tina saw Amy and knew when it was time to stop. "Okay now that we got that out of the way take a two minute break. We are gonna move on to grappling, technique and some foot work next. During a match you will have to do this when you are tired so making you exhausted has helped us mirror how things will be as a match keeps going." Tina said. "Do ya have any questions so far for me?" She added as she asked Amy. Tina hoped that this was going to help Amy out, but also knew she had to get Amys mind at ease so if that meant answering whatever questions she had then that was fine.