Alex stood up as Susan went into the bathroom.
"You know, you could always train in the hospital gown, I don't mind," Alex said.
"Yeah, of course you wouldn't," she said through the door. "But I mind doing anything more than basic walking in this thing. I'd rather have these wires coming out through my neckline."
"Fair enough," Alex nodded. "Speaking of wires, you haven't let me get any of your readings in days. You can change up while I transfer them over."
"No!" Susan practically screamed through the door.
"Don't worry, I'll be done before you come out. You won't have to wait."
"You can't!" She shouted, and the door to the bathroom suddenly opened, making Alex look at Susan with slight surprise as she barely pulled her sports bra down, giving him a momentary glimpse of the lower half of her boobs. "I'm here. Let's start stretching."
"What's the hurry? It's barely been a minute," Alex frowned.
"It doesn't matter, you can get my readings later. Let's train now."
"It's going to take barely a minute. You can start with the stretches I taught you before. I'll help you once it's transferred."
"No, I'm not an acrobat. I need you to help me do those complex stretches that you taught me. Come on," she grabbed his hand and pulled him.
"All right, it's done, anyway," Alex put his free arm behind one of the monitors and opened its casing to pull out a USB drive and closed it back. "Let's go, I'll help you stretch."
He put the drive in his pocket and moved forward with her. Suddenly, she turned invisible before becoming visible again.
"Sorry…" She mumbled, looking guilty. "That drive was probably important, right?"
"What? No, it's fine. I've already sent the drive to one of my other bodies. I told you before, right? I can seamlessly transfer anything between my bodies. Even people."
"You did tell me that…" She said, biting her lip with a stressed expression on her face. "So the data is all transferred over? You are checking it out, right now?"
"What's the big deal, Sue?" He stepped closer and wrapped his arm around her shoulder. "You've been keeping me from checking your vitals for the entire week. I won't ask you why, but you have to understand that it's dangerous. The whole reason that I am constantly monitoring your vitals is that I want to make sure that you don't have any problems."
"Yeah… Come on, let's start training," she said distractedly as they stepped into an empty part of the room with ample space for training. Alex created a decently sized mat under her such that there was enough space for her to move around freely.
"You forgot your shoes," Alex said.
"Oh, yeah…" Susan was about to start walking, but Alex simply pointed his finger at her feet, and shoes formed over her bare feet.
"Don't worry about it. You can start the simple stretches."
"'Kay…"
Susan distractedly started doing the things that she could do by herself, like stretching her arms and shoulders, rotating her neck, and the like. When it came to stretching her lower half, specifically getting the blood flowing through her calves, thighs, glutes, and more, she needed some support from her very hands-on trainer.
He got real close to her and first made her lie down on the floor on her back. He grabbed one of her legs and pushed it higher, engaging her thighs and glutes in a single stretch. Her knee folded as Alex leaned forward until she groaned due to her hips being stretched to the limit. He put his hand on her thigh and slowly freed her leg, allowing her to straighten it before repeating the same process with her other leg. They did the set a total of five times before Alex had Susan turn around.
"Fold your leg back," he held her leg and pulled it backward as if wanting to make her toes touch her back. Soon, she groaned in discomfort, making Alex pause about seventy percent of the way there. He put his hand on the side of her hip and lightly rubbed the area while slowly letting her leg straighten up. He repeated the process for her other leg before doing the same set five times.
"Do you want to try another stretch?" He asked her as she continued with some easier dynamic movements like lunges and jumping jacks.
"Maybe some other time…" She said with a teasing smile and a healthy blush on her face after being practically groped by Alex for two minutes. "I think you've put enough hands on me for this session."
"Well, that's just not true. I will never be done putting my hands on you."
"Usually, I roll with some of the dumb stuff you say, but what's that even supposed to mean?" She asked, confusedly, while shifting her position to another stretch.
"I don't know, it just came to my mind," Alex shrugged with a goofy smile.
She broke out in a disbelieving laugh at his words. "Our multi-planetary leader here, everyone," she said mockingly. "I'm not sure if you're the best person to be handling such a massive responsibility."
"Let's focus on the responsibility that is Susan Storm first, shall we?"
"If by focus, you mean ogling at my chest and ass while I jump around in these tight leggings and sports bra, I'd rather that you don't."
"How else am I going to find the mistakes in your form?" He said. "I need a reason to put my hands on you after all, and fixing your bad form gives me the perfect reason. The only thing that you do correctly is running."
"I'm a scientist, Apex. I don't work out beyond running regularly to keep myself healthy. I tried going to a gym near my place for a few months, but it got boring quickly."
"I'll make sure that it's far from boring," Alex said. "If anything, you'll come to love working out every day once I get you used to it."
"You saying that from experience?" She said. "After all, from what I've understood, you have a few hosts whom you train like this, right? Do you have any male hosts, or is it all women?"
"Since you're done stretching, let's move to the cardio," Alex said dryly.
"I knew you were a pervert from the first day that I met you," she said while stably planting her feet on the ground.
"Burpees, sixty seconds. Go," Alex said sharply, and Susan immediately started moving and crouched before thrusting her legs backward and lying flat on the ground. She immediately pushed herself up and jumped with her arms high up in the air. "Good form, don't forget to breathe. Again and try to go faster this time. We're aiming for thirty today."
She groaned and repeated the movement without pausing for a moment. As she continued repeating the exercise, Alex stood up while closely observing her movements.
"You're slipping, Sue," he said. "Lower your body. Down to the ground. I want your stomach flat against it every time. And focus on your elbows, don't flail your arms," he said, making her groan as she lowered herself all the way while keeping heavy control over her limbs and body.
Soon, the minute had passed as Susan completed twenty-six burpees in total.
"Good work, one more than yesterday. We'll keep going until I can push you to one a second," he said. "Now, do mountain climbers for sixty seconds. Come on, move!"
She nodded with a difficult expression and got down on the ground while holding herself up on her hands and toes. Immediately, she raised her leg close to her chin before bringing it back and immediately repeating it with her other leg. She quickly alternated between her legs and followed the movements as fast as she could.
"Lower your hips." Alex put his palm on her waist and pushed her down. "Not as high. Don't thrust your ass out with every movement. Control it."
A few seconds later, her hips started rising again, so Alex kept his palm on her lower back to correct her form.
Once she was done, it was time for jumping squats, for which she needed even more guidance, such that he stood directly behind her as she did the movements with occasional support from him.
"Hands together," he held her hips as she squatted and made her get lower. "You are swaying. Control your movements." His hands stayed on her hips as she straightened up and jumped before crouching again, at which point he again made her go lower than she was going to. As she repeated it a few times, the tired groans grew more prominent, so Alex started helping her straighten up as well. He would lower her hips more than her legs allowed and then help her up as well.
After that was done, he made her do a round of push-ups with alternating knee tucks. It also had the issue of her raising her ass higher than necessary with each movement, making Alex put his hand on her lower back and making her maintain the right form.
"Okay, thirty seconds of rest, then we repeat," Alex said as he stepped away from her while she lost the strength in her legs and sat down in exhaustion.
"If you want me to go again, I'm going to need you to be a bit more hands-on with your support," she said. "I don't think I can go again."
"Sure. It gives me even more of a reason to grope you," Alex said, receiving a narrow-eyed look from her.
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