Training at the gym

Julia frowned as she hear her hold called an easy one. She was disappointing to see that her move apparently had little effect on her sparring partner. "Awww...I thought that move would be great!" She thought to herself, unable to see through Rosa's bluff. She was starting to have doubts about her own strength and would have to wait until it was her turn again to prove to herself that she was still tough.

Julia would raise her arms as per the other wrestler's request. She bent forward slightly as she was put into a full nelson. Aside from being fairly restrained and slightly uncomfortable, the gymnast was able to endure the hold without much pain for the time being. She would squirm around slightly, trying to get into a more comfortable position.

"I didn't go too easy on you there did I?" Rosa would ponder as even she could tell that the move was not all that effective. Julia seemed to barely even flinch aside from doing the right thing and trying to keep her weight forward to alleviate the pressure of the hold. This was a hold that needed a much weaker opponent to really be effective and Rosa would relinquish the hold once she had reached the 20 seconds that were agreed upon.

"Maybe that could be a lesson of sorts for you, I would use that move to good effect but on generally weaker opponents that were easier to control. It is not always about the hold itself but how it is set up as well." Rosa would try to maintain some level of being the superior between the two though she had clearly lost ground as her last hold did almost nothing to Julia aside from a bit of discomfort.

"So what do you have for me?" Rosa would posit as it was now Julia's turn to put Rosa into a hold.

Julia took a few steps back as she got out of the hold. She was glad that it wasn't too damaging. She figured she would try to be just as nice to her sparring partner if she could. She would nod as Rosa lectured her. She didn't completely understand all of what the wrestler was trying to explain but would nod and pretend she did anyway. "Mhm, right! Got it." She responded, trying to seem like she was paying attention.

As soon as she was able, she maneuvered Rosa to the ground once again. She decided not to go for too tough of a hold though. She would wrap her legs around the other wrestler's body and begin to squeeze her in a body scissors. The gymnast made sure not to squeeze too hard at first, only putting a lot of pressure on once Rosa made it to 10 seconds.

Rosa would sit down and allow Julia to lock in a body scissor. For the start of it, Rosa was thinking the hold was going to be easy as Julia did not seem to put much into it. About halfway through the 10 seconds, Julia started to clamp down and Rosa felt it almost instantly and would make a rather visible and audible protest as she would start to pull at Julia's legs in an attempt to separate them. Rosa was clearly bothered by the hold and needed to try as best she could not to end up tapping out before the end of the hold.

It would be quite embarrassing if Rosa would tap out, but this was going to make Rosa step up her game when it came time to perform her next hold. As far as Rosa was concerned, now the gloves were going to come off as Julia needed to pay for causing so much pain with that body scissor.

While Julia went easy on Rosa for a bit, she smiled as she increased the pressure of her scissors. She was glad to see that her sparring partner was finally feeling some discomfort. "Hah, finally got to you." She teased before unwrapping her legs from the wrestler. Julia felt it was nice to see that the other woman wasn't invincible.

Julia slowly sat up and pat Rosa on the back before she made her way to her feet. Not thinking that she did too much damage to Rosa she would just wait for the next hold, not expecting anything too brutal. "Hope I can last 20 more seconds." She would comment, confident that she would have no problem enduring some pain for a short amount of time. The gymnast was actually quite eager to see what Rosa was going to do and figured she might be able to learn a new move.

Rosa was getting a little frustrated that she did not really use an effective move last time. Now she wanted to do something that could really do some damage to Julia. Thinking that she could work on the back area some more, Rosa would choose to put Julia into a Gory Special. It was a move designed to damage the back of the person who was being held up in the air. Rosa would see how Julia reacted to what was one of her more devastating holds to use on anyone. Rosa did not want to break Julia in any way, but she was letting her frustration get the better of her as she would put Julia into a fairly nasty hold this time. From here on out, Rosa had figured it was time to see what this other girl could take and push her to the limit.

Julia gasped as she was put into the new hold. After both wrestlers had been taking things fairly easy, she didn't expect the harder hold. "Haaah!" She cried out, gritting her teeth and trying to just endure the pain. She would quickly start squirming in the hold, finding her back being painfully bent back. It wasn't long before she was bent as far as her flexibility would allow. She continued to groan for another 10 seconds before she had enough. "Gahhh ok ok enough!" She exclaimed, wanting out. The gymnast could probably have taken more but she didn't think a training exercise was the place to put her endurance to the test.

With the time for the hold about halfway done, Rosa would notice that Julia had reached her limit. Not able to directly tap out, it would seem Julia was still wanting to "give up" on the hold Rosa had put her in. There was little Rosa could do aside from unceremoniously dump Julia down onto the mat as she released the pressure of the hold. Thinking to herself that she might have gone a little too far with that last hold, Rosa would try to salvage things by simply leaning down and attempting to console Julia for a while.

"Guess that was a bit much?" Rosa would offer as she went to see if she had broken Julia in some way. Though with about 10 seconds left, Rosa had a bit less of a painful hold in mind to pass the rest of the time. If the opportunity would present itself, Rosa had intended to simply grope Julia to see how she would respond. Maybe the humiliation of tapping out could be leveraged at this point?

Julia groaned as she was dropped to the mat followed by a sigh of relief. She landed on all fours and would quickly clutch her aching back with one hand. "Yeah...just a little bit too much for me." The gymnast admitted. She appeared mostly intact and after a few seconds would start feeling better. She just wasn't ready to be put in quite a hold. At the very least she had learned what move to make sure she wasn't caught in again. She did appreciate her partner's apparent concern though, now feeling that she might have been being a bit more dramatic than she needed to be as the pain started to subside.

Focusing more on the pain in her back, she didn't pay the other wrestler much mind. "Well I think we found out who was bendier." She would say with a slight smile. "If we have a match, now I know what to look out for." She continued. The gymnast wondered if maybe it would have been better to spar instead of trade holds. She didn't realize her partner would be able to out last her. Had they been in a match Julia didn't think she would have been in her current situation.

"Well.. maybe that isn't a bad idea then? You want to have a match? You do have the hold that you can do and then we could work on a light spar perhaps?" Rosa would try to get Julia back in the game. It was Rosa's opponent's turn after all to put a move on.

Depending on what Julia had in mind, maybe they could do a sparring session. Then again when Rosa got herself worked up it would end up certainly not being a light sparring session in the least. The spirit of competition was something that she took seriously and Rosa wanted to be the winner of anything that she did. Otherwise why even bother?