Feel the burn and push on!!

[Andie Simone]

A smile played on Andie's lips as she turned the stereo on in the cheer studio, cranking the music up a couple of notches, not enough to have to yell to be heard, but enough so that she could feel the bass. She then walked around the studio and placed cones around the floor with a different exercise on each cone, deciding that they could start the session with a circuit. It would be easy enough, one minute on each exercise, ten exercises.

Kallistos Rolleston
Katherine Lorelia
Lexi Lancaster
Sawyer Grace Lansky
Sina Aleardi
Victoria Greco

[Kallistos Rolleston]

Kall love cheer practice, and while he loved the riding lessons, this was the time of the day he looked for.

With enough time to stop off in his room to change from his riding clothes to his cheer uniform, he grabbed his sports bag and headed toward the gym.

A smile played on his lips as he entered the studio, knowing the the music would be for Sina's benefit, as it seemed that their coach and Sina seemed to have fun teasing each other about music tastes. He dropped his bag by the wall and walked over to the mat. "I thought you loved me." He said as he gave the coach a pained look when he worked out that day's plan to kick things off.

[Victoria Greco]

On her way into the House, Tori waved as Kall was heading out, and wasting no time, she raced up to her room to get changed and then made her way to the gym.

Not quite feeling that comfort that the older students seemed to have, treating their coach more like a friend than a teacher, she remained quiet as she walked onto the mat at looked at the cones. It wasn't too hard to work out that they were going to start with circuit training, so she dropped down and began to stretch her muscles out. Technically they were still warm from riding lessons, but one could never be too careful.

[Sawyer Grace Lansky]

[Sina Aleardi]

Sina stopped by her room just long enough to change into her cheer clothes, then grabbed Derecho's leash again and they were out the door. She made her way to the gym and walked through the studio doors, laughing as she heard the music. The cones suggested today was not the day to needle Andie, though, so Sina didn't. She dropped her bag and the dog at the edge of the mat, then headed out to the mat, sitting down next to Tori to stretch.

She smiled at the younger girl in greeting, then focused on her stretches - There'd be enough time to catch up later.

[Katherine Lorelia]

Kitty hummed softly to herself as she made her way across the campus towards the cheer studio. She had, after some internal debate, tucked her hair up into a bun rather than her usual ponytail since... well, to be honest, the blonde didn't really have a reason. Nor did she need one. She just felt like a change, and so she had made one. Her coat was left open and her scarf hanging loose around her neck as she walked into the cheer studio and flashed a brilliant smile at everyone present, dropping her outer garments at the edge of the room to reveal her cheer clothes before joining the group on the mat.

[Andie Simone]

Andie laughed at the captain's dramatics. "If I didn't love you, I'd let you lounge around all day." She replied with a grin.

When it seemed that everyone had gathered around, Andie clapped her hands to draw attention. "Right, so today's warm-up is going to be some circuit training. Before you all think you're going to die." She arched her eyebrows towards Kall. "It's only for ten minutes. I want you all to move to a cone, and we'll spend a minute on each." She held up a small version of the timer on the wall."This will beep every minute, then it will give you thirty seconds to get to the next cone and your minute will start all over again."

She waited while the teenagers moved over to stand by a cone. "And start!" She said with a grim as she pressed the button on her timer, which then set the one on the wall counting down.

The exercises on the cones are:
* Jumping Jacks
* Crunches on Exercise Ball
* Russian Ttwists
* High Knees
* Plank jacks
* Plank
* Jump Rope
* Leg Lift Crunches
* Skaters
* Bicycle Crunches

[Kallistos Rolleston]

Kall was ready to start as soon as Andie called for attention. He gripped at his heart at her tease and walked over to the cone that was labelled jump rope, as there couldn't be worse ways to start a circuit. He picked up the rope and stepped over it so that he was ready to start as soon as she said go.

It was once he got started that he realised how long sixty seconds actually were when one was jumping rope, and he did his best not to fall on his face, so he didn't try and race through the exercise, though when the timer sounded, he was well and truly warmed up. Dropping the rope, he headed to the next cone; leg left crunches were going to be easy compared to what he'd finished.

[Victoria Greco]

Tori smiled toward Sina as the other girl sat down, though there wasn't time to talk as they were called to attention.

Jumping to her feet she walked over to a cone, not paying attention to what it said until she was standing there, and laughed when she read that she would be doing jumping jacks for a minute, good thing she had just spent the past few minutes stretching her muscles out! When they were given the word, she started the exercise, doing her best not to count how many she was doing, as that's not what this was about.

When the timer sounded, she moved to the next cone, circling her shoulders as she went, and lay down on the exercise ball, ready to get started with her crunches.

[Sawyer Grace Lansky]

[Sina Aleardi]

Sina bounced up from her stretches when Andie told them to prepare, and headed for the cone with leg-lift crunches. Once it was time to start, she did her best, counting along and focusing on good, solid repetitions, while also aiming for a good speed. The minute seemed to drag on, but then it was over, and it was time to head to the next exercise - Skaters.

[Katherine Lorelia]

Kitty made her way towards a cone at random and promptly regretted that particular decision on realising that she was now going to have to spend the next minute on the plank. The blonde sighed inwardly as she assumed the correct position, spent a moment or two in preparation, and then, on the instruction to begin, raised herself into the air. For a while- longer than she had been expecting- she felt no particular strain, but eventually her muscles began to protest, and the Irish girl winced. Ooh. Long minute.

[Andie Simone]

Andie was so tempted to lounge back while the squad members worked through the circuit, though she walked around instead, as this gave her a good chance to observe the newer members of the squad, as well as the girl who wanted to join them.

She clapped her hands when the ten minutes were up, and she was sure that some of the teens were saying finally. She did this herself often enough and as short as a minute seemed, it was often too long for some exercises. "Do you feel the burn?" She asked. "And the first person who says no, is going to do a beep test."

Giving them a couple of minutes to grab a drink and a towel, she looked around the gather group of students. "We have a few a competitions that we're working towards, including nationals, as well as cheering for our games here, so even though it's the last half of the year, it's not a time to start slacking off!" She looked toward the captain. "The floor is now yours, I'm only here to make sure that if anyone breaks their neck, it's done as safely as possible."

[Kallistos Rolleston]

When the final timer went off, Kall collapsed from the plank, though quickly bounced to his feet. He was about to raise his hand to not feeling the burn, but thought better of it at the coach's next words, as the last thing he wanted to do right now was a beep test - it would possibly kill him, and not the way he wanted to go.

He gave Andie a sweeping bow and chuckled. "How does one safely break their neck?" He asked before he looked at the gathered squad. Time like this, the thought that he was in charge, he felt way out of his depth. However, he circled his shoulders keep calm and carry on. His eyes landed on a girl who hadn't been here the last time they had gathered and he gave her an encouraging smile. "Sawyer, right?" He asked, remembering that Andie had said something about the new girl. "How about I have the floor over to you first of all, and you can tell us about what you can bring to the squad." He felt slightly guilty for putting her on the spot; but what was the point of wanting to be a cheerleader if you always shied away from the spotlight?

[Victoria Greco]

Tori ached when the circuit was finished and she folded over at the hips, wrapping her hands around her ankles as she stretched her back out, before standing, going into a bridge and then straightening again and she turned her attention to their captain. She sat down with a smile, curling her legs under her, when Kall directed the attention to another girl.