L.A.W. - League of Anime Wrestling

Sophia looked at the bar already stacked with weights, rubbed her chin and tapped her foot for a bit. "It's been a bit since I last tried to do 260, but since you are here I might as well try." She said before putting plates on to match the mentioned weight. After that, she would slide below the bar, get her hands in a proper position, took a deep breath and adjusted her position one last time. "One... two... and" She counted and when three should sound lifted the bar and started slowly lowering it to her chest, her hands shook and her face turned red but not to a point of being cause for breaking the attempt. Though the motion took longer than it usually should, Sophia managed to complete it, breathing heavily on the bench as she rested from what she just managed to do.

Dan watched and kept at the ready but never touched the bar watching as Sophia pushed her way through. "Come on you got it, push it, push it, come on come on! Yes! Great job Sophia." Dan said throughout the rep trying to encourage her and giving her a pat on the back as she sat up logging the number on his tablet.

"I feel bad using these, I like notebooks better. I don't feel bad sweating on something that cost $1 instead of $1,000 you know?" Dan said. "Okay we can move on or if you don't mind I can try to beat my personal best. Right now I can out-bench my aunt but she puts up a higher percentage of her weight. If I can beat my old personal best I'd edge her out there too. I can't have my 47 year old aunt have too much bragging rights ya know?" Dan said with a laugh. "Also if you have any questions about working here, scheduling, clients, or anything please let me know."

Sophia smiled getting off the bench and stretched her arms and back. "You can at least clean this, a notebook will just get grosser each time you sweat on it, though a good notebook has its own charms." She said and shook her head at the mention of going further. "We got to get you some bragging rights first, come on, my turn to spot you and the nitty-gritty of working here can wait too, we'll get to it eventually." She continued, getting in a position to spot Dan during his own lift.

Dan nodded and smiled. "All right cool! My old best was 410 but I am gonna try to get 425 up. I weigh 227lbs so that would be 187.22% of my weight I already calculated it out. Alaina weighs 187 and can just barely heft up 350 which is 187.17% of her weight. I will have her in weight lift up and in percentage of bodyweight both. I mean now that I think about it bragging about being able to out-bench my 47 year old aunt seems a bit ridiculous." Dan said as he got into place on the bench grabbing the bar.

Dan grabbed it and lift the bar up bringing it down to his chest and he grit his teeth, slowly pushing up. It was a slow steady push and his arms were shaking but Dan was able to maintain proper form, finally pressing it up and locking his arms out before quickly racking the weight! "Whew...... okay nice.... gotta tell Irelia and Alaina about that one and I have a witness." Dan said giving Sophia a wink.

He stood up and saw that the squat rack was near by. "All right Sophia, lets get ya to the squat rack next. How much weight do we want for this one?"

"Nonsense, you are family, having rights are sacred, no matter what they are." She replied to Dan before he got under the bar, then got ready to spot him. "You got this, push, just like that, a little more, a little... Woooooo!" She kept hyping him up until he racked the weight, then there her hands up in celebration as he did. "Now, that's a lift! Yeah if they have any doubt, I have your back."

She noticed that Dan found an empty rack for them and walked towards it. "I say about 350 would be where I'd max out." She said, already reaching for the plates to load the bar.

Dan smiled and nodded. "Good weight! Okay Sophia you got this one easily." Dan said as he stood ready to spot. He watched as Sophia got ready and dan prepared to spot. "You are quite an impressive trainer! You are going to be a great addition around here I an already tell." Dan said with a smile as he tried to pump up Sophia's confidence.

Sophia smiled softly as she heard the compliment. "That's very nice of you to say. Ok, down and up, here I go!" She said, inhaling a lungful of air as she went down with the bar trying to keep her form steady, then came a time to rise and that was a real struggle. Her legs wobbled a little, for a second it looked like she was about to tip over but Sophia powered through that and managed if just bearly get the bar back up before bending forward, hands on knees. "Ok, I need a minute after this one."

Dan pat Sophia on the back. "Take your time, and tell me more about your daughter! Is she going to be your first client and what sort of wrestlers do you think are going to be your preferred clients?" Dan asked. "I know for me I like women who trend more towards power, strikes and grappling. I am not really a high flyer or anything so I am not the greatest of in-ring trainers for that style save to be a punching bag." Dan said with a laugh.

Sophia laughed slightly when Dan proded her about her daughter but who was she to deny the man his curiosity. "Oh, she joined not that long ago actually, just had a few matches and she is on fire!..." Sophia said in an enthusiastic tone, not even realizing how loud she was speaking until she did. She looked a bit embarrassed for a second before clearing her throat. "But yeah, I mean, I don't know if I should say but she was offered a full contract but turned it down In favour of being in the program. No amount of telling her she is good will get through that thick skull of hers. That she probably takes from me." She said with a slight chuckle before making a gesture in the air. "She is about that high, short purple hair, really buff and lean, you might have seen her here with her trainer actually. And I don't think I can teach her any more than they can, her mentor might have come from MMA but she was a legend there. As for clients, I'd say grappling and striking would be what I can help with the most... Aside from being a punching bag." She said with a smirk and a wink to Dan. "But I'm prattling off over here and you are yet to do your squat, what weight are we loading?"

"I just wanted to do a bench unless you want to see these glutes in action." Dan said with a shrug. "Lets go for 675." Dan said as he began adding weight to the racks. He hadn't tried this much weight since his injury playing football but he felt he worked his way back. "Your daughter sounds impressive. Maybe her and my aunt will have a match sometime or bump into each other? My aunts protege Tina is also really good, she was the first middleweight champion in LAW when she was only 19." Dan said. "My girlfriend is the best though, just a hidden secret in LAW." Dan said with a laugh as heh readied himself.

He knew he couldn't match the crazy percentage of weight lift by Alaina for her squat, but if he could squat 100lbs more than her it was a nice little milestone. "Okay... here we go...." Dan said taking a deep breath and going low before struggling and straining slowly and shakily making it straight up! His face was red but he re-racked it and stumbled back once the weight was safely in place. "Whew..... deadlift time..."