I was already there, so I might as well train. One thing that the recreation center did not have was a boxing ring. I would not be getting a lot of combat training here in the gym. However, I saw there was both a karate and yoga class. I could gain some valuable skills there. However, you needed to be an active member to participate. I was not a member yet. Membership had a fee attached to it. That was understandable. Maintaining the building and the programs cost them a lot of money. It was not a problem for me. Because of the first week perk, all Player started out with $1000. Membership was only $10. I happily paid it and went to the gym. You got experience for each hour of work you put in. I did cardio for half an hour. Working on my arms, core, back, glutes and legs took half an hour each. I took long breaks in between as I had very shitty stamina. There was a guy there that was also working out in the gym. He looked like he knew what he was doing. When I was on the machines, I asked him to spot me. I spotted for him in return. That was a good 4 hours of work. I got 400 exp. for it all.
That got me closer to Level 2. For Level 2, 1000 exp. was required. The game ran with the Level calculator equation after leveling up once: 150x(x+1)/2. The calculator adjusted itself for every particular subworld based on how easy it might be to level up. For this world's calculator to be so forgiving, it showed that there were really not many opportunities to actually earn that much exp. by going through the world. That was a bit concerning. For each level after 2, you needed more and more experience to reach the next level. For an example, to get to Level 3, you needed 900 more exp. Level 4 needed 1,500 more. Working out was not going to be very efficient after I got to a certain point. I looked at my gym partner. His name was Aiden. He looked at me and asked if I was going to go soon. It probably showed on my face that I was not too satisfied with the results. Aiden grabbed his towel and wiped off his sweat from the equipment. You could tell that he really cared about the gym and keeping the place clean. We both worked up a sweat, but I did not have a towel. He pointed to the showers.
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Aiden's idea was really good. I nodded and said "Thanks for doing all of this with me. I'm David and I'm new in the city." He smiled and said "Don't worry about it, man. I just wanted someone to spot me as I added more weight today. I'm getting closer to my goals." One of the gym attendants was waiting for us at the exit. "Good job boys!" he encouraged. I smiled and said thank you. As we passed by him, he gave us both a big swat on the ass. Both of us yelped from the sting. He just laughed at our expense and said "Go ahead and clean off." I did not like him anymore. Aiden was a bit more flustered than I was. He held his stomach and ran to the shower room. He got in a stall and turned the water on immediately. I took my clothes off slowly and set them off to the side in the locker room before approaching the showers. Getting closer, I could hear him softly say "No no no no. Why now!? How am I going to hide this!?" I quickly went in the same stall as him and saw a gelatinous lump the size of a tennis ball on the shower floor. Aiden was naked and squatting over it. The water hit the walls.
