I was beyond surprised to find that doing the exercises to the fullest extent of my abilities - however paltry they might currently be - was actually kind of... dare I say... fun?
The burning in my muscles and the pounding in my chest was something I rarely felt before, but that hum inside of me was sort of addicting, especially since now I could actually track the progress with a number instead of trying to rely on whatever I saw in the mirror...
As stupid as it was that sort of thing actually helped me do anything in life, especially when the results weren't something that I could physically see right away; attaching a value to it and seeing that value go up was motivating, and right now the number that went up was looking so damn good.
Without the buff of the Lost Cardinal's Pendant and the set bonus that I was receiving from the Beginners Series my STR - strength - was now at a whopping 3; not really that impressive, yes, but it was an improvement nonetheless.
