Lindsey was a bit behind, just starting on washing her hair. "I like to run, but there's no way I'd try to keep up with those guys. You'll have to let me know how you do." When Mindy left, she finished up her hair then joined her at the hairdryer station. It was too noisy to talk, but tehy finished about the same time. Mindy's hair was longer.

"I guess it's time to chat with Jill. Hopefully she's a bit more centered today. Hey, I wonder why she didn't go to the pep rally? I'll have ot ask her."

 Mindy checked her hair as  is cascaded  down and  went to get dressed.  Forgoing her  skirt she  got a   tight  pair a   jeans and a  Dragon green tank down, and her  white sneakers.

 I'm not sure. how true it is. But she was supposed to sit  in on a dibber with    orato  and his  wife, and  and The Jets Owber and his wife...There change s comign   to the front offcie and  some oversight   folks got the axe and new  Names popping up.. some of the Old school  Owners   are hurting, because they have   a warning already from the way they had the fields when we played them..on the other hand.. That Buffalo game, before my time here  but i still had access to the film// The  got a Commendation from the league , for how fans came out to shovel the stadium.</Rose

<Rose> Mik  had over 100  yards  rushing that game, Sims  said  that was one of the reason they had him, he knew  how to run in the snow!  she giggled

 I like Jill... I hope she stays the way she is.. we need a super fan   on the big networks. ready?

Lindsey finished up her hair and put on camera makeup as Mindy responded. "Yeap. Totes ready."

To Sidelines

(( After AFC Title Game  Tuesday))

<<<<<<<<<  From Den

 as they  walked down the ramp . making the  slight  turn to the  south, and the   passage way that would  lead out the  south end of the  building.  When the  Reached  the double Glass doors  of the  Gym, across the  Tunnel were the double Glass doors  for the  Pool, that was under the    south  endzone bleachers.

The doors  were propped open and giggles  and shouts  could be heard  as  the   Dragonettes    were   swimming  and/or running the   small track that went  around the Olympic  size  12 lane  pool. There  were a couple players  in there as well.

 entering the  Gym, 4  Dragonettes  were on machines, Santos  and Tibbs  were   spotting each other  on free weights.

As they entered the Gym, Wade only passingly noted the frolicking cheerleaders and players in the pool. It was good to see that the team was like a community, but mentally he was preparing for the coming work out. Similarly, he was glad to see others in the gym. Not to be preachy, but the body was on its own clock, and it had different days off than what was dictated by the football schedule.

Having already stretched and worked up some heat, he was ready as soon as they made the center of the room. He looked around, commenting to the Bomb, "Yeah, I don't see any small cars or houses, but we can start with the bench press. Best to add a little warm up though."

Heading over to the bench, she dropped and fired out 30 pushups. He could do more. A lot more. But it was just a warmup.

"First set will be at 75% of your normal workout weight. Ten reps and do them slow, breathing out the whole way up. We don't want to fuck up our shoulders. You go first."

  Adam    feel looses  from the  running/push up thing they did to end their show for the reporters.  he  did  move his  arms  and   legs  in  some difdferant  angles, that he didn'[t  do before the running  drills.

  I like to  do   quick reps, to work on the fast twitch  muscles.. i used the machine s for resistance  work. he   spun the  lock keys..Santos  Laughed..'eh, Bomb...why do you not just lift the bar by itself.. Dragonettes   lift  more then that! Tibbs was a corner, but he  was build  like a Backer.

 why  bother?

  I don't  want extra  mass.... i  can get  the speed i need to  stop or  knock down some one..you guys  have to wrap them up.

  ahhh..but the  chicas like   all that  mass!

yeah?    how mnay GFs  have you had since you got here. Santos got   embarrassed  and Tibbs  smile  dropped   as he  nodded..you right..but that was kinda  harsh...

 well?  Perhaps a lesson  learned  ..right.   he  waited  for  his back to settle in, and then   10 reps  woth the 150..as fast as he was able.. ,..he aited   15  seconds  and did  it  again... The  final reps   cap  15  seconds  later...  and he  sat up .. his chest heaving , as he looked at Wade...how much  do you want on?

Wade nodded and shrugged. "You know, you don't have to choose, Mr.Bronk. You can do both." He grinned, referencing his commercial. "But hey, I'm not going to second guess your strategy. What you're doing is working for you."

As Santos and Tibbs talked themselves into a corner, Wade collected the 45lb plates and stacked them near the bench. Santos was right. The ladies did like the muscles. But Bomb was also right. Muscles weren't everything. "Dude, looking good is only part of it. You also have to have the balls to actually talk to them. You should try it."

"Let's start with 225 for the first set, then we'll jump to 315 for two sets of 12 and 405 on the last. I need ten at 405" He started putting the plates on.

  There was  a chuckle  as  Adam grinned  at  Wade's  commercial  quip.yeah? I have a  couple comebacks  for that..but ,,yeah..

When  Wde  said about talkigto the  woemn, all three of the  guys  turned as  one and looked at him  with  wry smile.

Adam   helped  put the plates on and secure them...Ok?   Be   spotting?   I can chuel around  270?... bit ..maybe?  5  reps?..  so  if they  slip, i can hold  them or  maybe  2  seconds  so get the hello out if the way!

 Tibbs  said,I can  curl  3.... I can spot him if you want..

 alright  , I'll spot  for the first  set..you take over  the  last  sets  we'll  each take a side.

 Lilly came over  and  watched for a bit.225  to start?  you could pick any two dragonettes   and  we would barley add up to 225!

Santos  grinned..It would  be   full to lift though!

 Lilly  giggled  and  when to the pec  machines.

Wade let Adam and Tibbs work out the spot. He was getting his head right. Besides for 225, he only needed the spot for safety. It would really only matter at 315 and 405. The girls thought it was impressive though. Lilly was cute about it, but Wade said nothing. He had no room in his head for that at the moment.

Once the weight was on the bar, Wade laid back and slid under the bar. He placed his hands into position, applying just enough press to get tension in his arms. Afte a glance and nod at his spotter, he pushed the weight off and let it come down slowly with a big inhale. The moment the bar tapped his chest, he pushed, squeezing his pecks and flexing his triceps. One second up, then two seconds down. One, two, three, four, five... breathing out every rep with a loud but steady hiss... six, seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven, twelve. He held it up the last one for a full, second then let Adam help him find the support. Once is twa securely in place, he curled up off the bench and did twenty slow pushups.

"Okay, good start" He said as he stood, yanking his elbows back and wide to stretch his chest. "Two plates more and 30 seconds rest for the next set." After putting the extra 90 on, He paced swinging his arms wide, forward and back to stay loose. Thirty seconds felt like an eternity, but at the mark he back in position, nodding to the two spotters now.

315 was no joke. Even for his size, it wasn't light and definitely too heavy for a screw up. He got his head right and pushed. One.. two... then down, one... two... and up for one second. He pumped out the twelve with not visible difficulty, but the last one was a bit slow to lock out. That was good. Once the bar was back in place, he jumped off the bench and dropped for twenty more pushups.

"45 seconds."

The third set when basically the same. Wade needed a little spot on the last two reps, but he did lock it out and placed it back as he should. Again, there was twenty pushups.

"Okay two more plates and one minute. Last set. Whatever happens, don't lift it for me. Only help enough to keep it from going the wrong way."

A minute later, he was back down. "Alright, this is no joke. Let's do it."

Lift and hold. Inhale down for two seconds. And Up. Lock out! hold.

Down for two, inhaling. Bounce and up, exhaling. Lock and Hold!

Rep, three and four and five and six and seven hep pumped out like a machine. Eight came down a little fast, but not enough for a spot. Up was a little slow, but again, the spot wasn't needed.

"keep it steady." He blurted out as nine came down. He was holding it fine, but his muscled were burning and the spotters needs to pull a bit to keepit smooth. With their help he locked it up, one second then he went again

On the tenth, his teeth were bared and his inhale loud. The bar hit his chest and bounced, but the spotters needed get him started. Once his elbows got to 90 degrees, He took over pressing it out with a loud growl. "AAAAahhhhrrrrgghhhhh" He got it up, needed the spotters helping to get it racked.

Jumping up off the bench, he roared. "AAAARggh, Hell yeah!" then dropped for twenty.

"That's how you do it." He said standing and stretching his chest with big swings. "Fuck yeh." he cooled down for a few seconds then looked at Adam.

"Your turn, Bomb"

On nine,

   Adam  chuckled... a man's  got to know his limitations ...I did  my Iron.. I'll  go do those nice Comfy  pec  Machines ..do  some  ladders and then hit the bags..

 Tibbs   nodded to Wade...me  and Toast  can spot  y0u if you're  Gonna push moire.. Bomb's a  light  wight in the Gym Yeah, Tibbs? But you know  what, the football don't weightall that much. You  guys  are the  trench fighters.. I'm air support.

 he took the   neck machine  beside   Lilly,  set the  resistance   and  began to  push the panels

 a few other  Players  entered the  Gym , waving at  dragonettes  and  other Players   as they did  Miles  and Sloan  came in  and  pointed at  Bronk..You Lost, Little  Man?

Sloan  grinned,Track's Outside?

Adam was pushing through his  machine..yeah yeah..i know....wouldn't hurt you guys to  hit the track...
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As Adam hit the machines, Wade went and did some Military presses. He started with 225 for warmups, ten went to 275 for two sets and then 315 for the last set. That and his bench were his heavy lifts for the day, not wanting to push his legs on weight so close to the Superbowl. After those, he used mostly machines with high weight, but not to burn his muscles out.

At the heavy bag, Wade started with some basic combination drill, throwing in some heavy body blows. His hands were unprotected, so he didn't go as hard as he could, but his legs were a different matter. Stepping back, he went through a practiced routine of kicks, though most were roundhouse style, hitting with the top of the foot and the shin. He did also do some front kicks and knees in between and mixed up kicks and punches in combination sets. On his heavier kicks, the back lifted and swung out violently from the force of his blows. He echoing like a shotgun in the large GYM

   When the    machines were  done, Adam put on a pair  of   gloves , heading to the other   Big   back,  he  punched, jabbed  and  round housed,  and in between  he gave   a hard  forearms, alternating  arms.

  Everything  he  did  was crafted   around his position and his sport.

  Mik  came in..Mindy  ha d went to the Pool...Hey Hoser!.. ya see  Jill  this  Morning..?  Right   after sign off there was one of them 'rebuttal ' things?  Godwin Hammer  told  Jill she  was  a 'Fan Girl" and  that  'the  world  will see  what the 'real  Bronk; will look like
 when the Saint's Black Hole, takes out  all the  dragons receivers..

     each  set of  words    followed  an ever  harder, louder  fore  arm  thud..Well....she is....a   Fan Girl.... not ...a ..damn..thing... wrong..with..that...

 he looked  at Mik who had a grin, as he waled to one of the  Speed   bags  and   talked   as    he  hammered the   bag faster and faster..They ...can....talk..now.. I'll have a Mic in front of me...soon..

  the punched  were hard  and fast..and  got  harder and faster...That's, me  mate..all it takes is ta get the hoser goin' !

Wade listened to the conversation as he finished his bag workout. He then walked over to grab a jump rope and do a cool down. "Who cares what they say. All that matters is what happens on the field. But if they want to play it dirty, we have an answer for that."

   Adam finally  stopped  , he  was   soaked  with  sweat   from  the pounding of the bags,. he  took the  gloves over and  wiped the    down, putting them on the dryer.  His Countenance  had  changed .

  This is the pregame..its  always there. These guys  are different. They WANT to be the bad  guys...That's good. you don't have to feel bad  , about adding to the body count .  I'm going for  another Run...

 Britt watched him leave..geez.. he changed  fast..

 Mik watched him go as he  sat  down on the Leg machine to work....Coaches  in  Hamilton called him, Mercurial.. Guys  just  called him a Nut case. Its good he's like this..this is gonna be a fun two weeks.

  In the Gym, Mules  and Sloan were trying to , out do  each other. as they   pressed  on the  Bench..Miles  was  up to 400..sslaon  had  410.   Mik just shook his head  and worked his legs  on the machine.

  That's why i'm glad  i'm not a 'big man'..to much work  pushing all that  iron..

 Most of the others  cleared out  when the Bigger  guys began to work. The  Dragonettes   went to their lockers  to get hoodies and such  for their practices.

  Mik  was on the treadmill now.  as the ladies  began to vacate

Having already done his workout, Wade went hung around in case anyone needed a spotter or someone to shout encouragement under the heavier weights.

 --->>>> From Complex

 Heather headed for her gym locker got a towel and a spare bikini and the headed for the pool area. She changed before she left the Lockeroom, and then walked into the pool.

 Heather than began swimming laps, switching strokes on every lap.

 Heather swam as the Dragonettes came in, some of them to swim and workout as well. Keather kept to herself unless she saw Megan. She would wave to Megan is she was there and then Heather would go get changed after the Dragonettes left. Heather would then head to the weight room in her bikini.

 When heather    entered, she  saw  Wade  spotting    Maller  as   Dloam spotted   Miles  Santos   looked at  Heather  as he sat on a bench cooling  done. , it was easy to see he liked the   swimsuit.

 Heather smiled at the guys," Hey guys how are you doing, Santos could you spot me on the bench?" Heather went over changed the weights, then took a seat on the bench waiting for Santos's response.

 Santos  Looked around.. Tibbs  was laughing  and  Gave him a   push.  Sloan looked over  and shook his head chuckling.


  The DB  Jumped up...you bet , Mia  Amiga...  he  would help he r set up the  iron and  then weight until she was   ready.

 Heather giggled she figured he would have that reaction. Once the weights where set, Heather got into position and began 3 sets of 15 reps each. On the last set at rep 12 her hand slips and the weights head for her chest.

   Santos  reach ed  and    grabbed the  bar   the Backs of his  hands    between her chest and  the  bar.. Tibbs 'eyes  got big and his  mouth oepned beforte he startrte to  laugh.

Santo's  tanned complexation  got   darker ...I..Um... oh... i..think...i  cushioned..the Blow...

Sloan lost it at those  words.  Santos  meekly  lifted the bar  to get it racked.