Posted by Lieutenant Alexis Bonner (Assistant Chief Medical Officer) in Side Sim: At the Gym (Open to All)

Posted by Lieutenant Junior Grade Achilleas Petrakos (Chief Science Officer) in Side Sim: At the Gym (Open to All)
Achilleas had decided that while the scientist life was very lax and sedentary, that any decent amount of physical exertion wasn’t required, the couples life he found himself in needed him to be in better shape. Not just for the obvious like an increased stamina but also to have the strength to tackle whatever life threw at them. To this end he resolved to hit the gym semi-regularly at least to start and perhaps more regularly if he found the routine to his liking. He had the benefit of being an avid swimmer all throughout his life which lent him a fairly toned body, but now he needed to add a bit more muscle.

The only he had ever set foot into a gym was when he was required to during his Academy days, so while he was familiar with the equipment enough to not hurt himself, he was also not anywhere close to being an expert. He found himself in an empty gym on the new ship they’d just transferred to after the last Ogawa got severely damaged. It looked like any gym you’d normally see with the collection of assorted equipment. He took a moment to ponder where to start and ended up going to the rowing machine. Tossing his towel on a nearby machine, he took hold of the grips and started in on a steady rhythm.

CSO Petrakos

Alexis wasn’t the type to hit the gym all the time, but she had started right before her transfer to try to go a couple times a week. It was hard to tell other officers to get exercise and make healthy life style choices when she didn’t do it. So she entered the gym wearing athletic wear and moved towards the cardio machines. She wasn’t one to worry about lifting weights and was unfamiliar with those machines. She saw Lt. Petrakos and nodded. She’d seen him around the ship but really had no idea who he was. She placed the PaDD she had with her on the stand of an elliptical machine. She could read and exercise at the same time. And there was always new research to catch up on.
(OOC: Don’t mind her, she’s socially awkward. She has no idea how to make friendly conversation. LOL)
Lt. Bonner, AMO

OOC: It’s all good. Makes character interactions more interesting. lol

Achilleas, who was in tight gym shorts and a sleeveless shirt, had worked up a good sweat on the rowing machine when he noticed someone enter and nod in his direction. He nodded in return as his hands were a bit occupied at the moment. It was probably another twenty minutes of rowing before the ache in his arms, chest, and shoulders got to the point it couldn’t be ignored. He spent a couple minutes cooling down his muscles before getting up from the machine and wiping his face with the towel. He thought of how he should’ve brought a bottle of water with him and with a shake of the he went to the replicator to get one. Spending his time drinking the water to rehydrate and catch his breath, he looked towards where the other gym guest was using the elliptical and seemed to be reading. He didn’t really want to bother them but his curiosity was getting the better of him.

After disposing of the empty bottle he made his way over to Alexis and started using an adjacent elliptical. “Hi, I’m Achilleas.” He said as he looked in her direction and smiled.

CSO Petrakos