A Short Story : A Story?

As a younger child, Jack’s father encouraged Jack to play sports and exercise because he thought it would improve Jack’s quality life. However, Jack had indifference towards any sort of physical activity. “I’m tall and slender - my

It was a cold and foggy wednesday morning on june 10th. Hunter was sleeping on his bed when he heard his mom call him.

Due to his heart condition exercise to Vincent is overbearing, his pain can be seen when he leaves the exercise area only to collapse to the floor of the changing room with a pounding heart. He is willing to endure such struggle to find his dreams – epitomizing the human spirit.

One of the many reasons Rich Froning is considered to be a great American is because of his career as an athlete in CrossFit. Froning tried CrossFit for fun in 2009, in his garage (Froning 34). He just tried something new, without knowing how far it would take him. A simple suggestion from a friend would soon become a key presence in his life. In 2010, Froning entered in a competition, to see how he compared to the other CrossFitters (Froning 51). He did surprisingly well at the competition. Everyone there was dumbfounded by his performance. Suddenly, a new athlete had emerged and had a very noteworthy competition. All of the days in his garage earned Froning the title, “Fittest Man on Earth” four consecutive years (Schlinger). Earning that

McHealthy had just completed running a steep incline. Nearby witnesses claim that he was checking the status of his FitBit when disaster stuck. As McHealthy crossed the railroad track on his way to the community gym, a 7,000 ton train came bolting at him. McHealthy, despite his above average reaction times, had no chance of escaping. Researchers claim that the ultimate cause of McHealthy’s death was due to a puncture in his chest caused by his vitamin and mineral

“Uh, yeah! Sure!” When I knew I was l alone I ran all over town looking for the source of the snow. I finally found it at an abandoned warehouse just outside of town. I waited a couple of seconds before saying something but before I could, someone spoke.

As of one day, Jerry saw how beautiful it was outside and there was a good breeze. He then says, wow since it feels this good today I might just go to the beach, but realizes he isn’t fit enough for the beach as of right now because his body has flabs, rolls, and doesn’t have any muscle just pure fat. So, instead of him going to beach he stayed home and came up with plans to gain more muscle and not more weight. Also, he needs to lose weight because Jerry is about 230 pounds. Jerry tends to view his body in the mirror a lot and notices he needs his body to be built. So, the next day he comes up with different workouts that could reduce his weight and get fit for the beach.

The dark blue power suit was practically ripped off by its inhabitant along with pantyhose and undergarments. The ensemble was replaced by an exercise bra, lycra shorts, black top and expensive black Trainers. She put her strawberry blond hair up in a ponytail as she walked to the table where her boxing gloves awaited. She picked them up and entered the private exercise room she had booked at the Garrison, Dublin’s most exclusive health club and began warming up. Twenty minutes later, Flavia Hannigan was ready to begin. Her 5’6” fit frame moved easily through her routine which included weights, reps, crunches and kickboxing. By the time she was half way through with the bag, the frustration, anger and outrage were beginning to boil over. Sweat poured down her face as she went through the events that lead to her present assignment.

JAMES is a weak, lanky, self loathing 25-year-old man who works for a telemarketing company in Reading, UK. Looked down upon by almost everyone he knows, James hates his job, boss and life. On top of this, James has recently broken up with his long term girlfriend, RACHAEL; a banker who is fed up with James’s lack of initiative to improve his dull life. James is still deeply in love with Rachael; a girl who is not only more attractive than him, but has put up with his lazy, predictable ways for too long. Fed up of constantly being walked on, he finally takes some initiative and in an effort to improve his skinny figure and life, James decides to join a local gym.

Those words replayed over and over again in Jim´s mind, but then when he looked at the photo of Della, he knew what he had to do. The pawn shop would be closed by the time Jim got off work, so he had to convince his boss that he was sick so he could leave. Ironically once he got outside his thin jacket didn't protect him enough from the cold, so he began to develop a cough and runny nose.

“Ouch!” I heard Drizella whine from the back of the carriage. She was plucking her eyebrows as our transportation hit a bump in the road. We were on our way to our new step-father’s house. Drizella is not the biggest fan of him, but Mother says he’s loaded, so personally I see no problem with him. Our carriage slowed, and we pulled up to a dark, wooden house. It wasn’t a poor house by any means, but it was a bit shabby. This was entirely disappointing. “Mother!” I screamed. “I thought you said this man was rich!”.

It had been little over a week since they arrived at what remained of the ark. Though Raven couldn’t really be sure how long they had been in the sky, she was keeping track of the days, not the way she should have been. She was preoccupied working on what need to be fixed. There was no way in hell she was going to let this fail, not after everything they had been through, not after Clarke sacrificed herself to make sure they got here. Taking in a deep breath she glanced out the window catching site of the earth a frown formed on her parted lips. She still couldn’t believe what happened, it didn’t seem like that long ago she crash landed on the earth, it was so green now it was in flames. With a shake of the head she turned her gaze from the plant, there was no time for sitting around doing nothing. She had to much to do to day to just sit around and do nothing. She wished she had more hours to get everything done, or at least more people to help out with what need to be done.

Beep!!! BEEP!!!! BEEEEEEEEEEP! Yelled my alarm clock.I slam my hand down to cease the intolerable noise. “Honey it's time to wake up” yelled my mom from downstairs.I jump out of bed and start getting ready for school, I throw on a t-shirt and jeans and went to school. When I got there I meet up at the water fountain with my best friend his name was Matthew. “Hey, Bella , did you see Gertrude she been going around telling everyone she a witch and will attack anyone who doubts her, but i don't believe her,” said Matthew. “ That girls weird I dare you to go up to her and tell her that you don't believe her. “ she won't do it Matthew says you're too chicken but right when he turns around to go to class I walk down the hall and stand right next to Gertrude. I tap on her shoulder to get her attention and without hesitation, he leaps from his stance and joins me. Right, when he gets to me she turns around and I say “I don't believe you…and what are you going to do about it?”. She yells at the top of her lungs “I WILL DO THIS!” she points at Matthew and me but nothing happens. Everyone in the hall starts laughing “that's what I thought ,you're a fake” I say. Gertrude smiles a devilish grin and turns down the hall. Something in my stomach starts to turn but I just shake it off and go to class with Matthew on my side. We go through the school day like this morning didn't happen. Everything was normal, the bell rang I left class and got into my car then went home from school, I took a

Linda entered Melina’s room and saw the note she left. She was heartbroken. Crying from her mistakes and realizing what she should have done. Went to find Melina all alone to not track attention to others. Melina walks to the opera and hiding her trails. She was alone in the dark night and trying to find her way. It was difficult to see where she was headed. Instead of walking around in circles she stayed put and slept in a alley just for tonight. Morning came and Melina was up. Found the opera and entered.

“Wow, Rhianna, that was awesome!” said a voice from behind me. I jumped out of my skin and turned around. My sister stood there, leaning up against a piece of scrap metal. Lucy and Vincent were standing behind her. My eyes widened and I shoved my book back into my bag, “You guys weren't meant to hear that! I stuttered. Lucy laughed, “Well we did, and it was amazing”. I smiled slightly, “Thanks guys, I appreciate it”. Jasmine rolled her eyes, “Oh come on Rhianna, you sound like one of those pink prissy princesses on Asgard!”. Vincent snorted, “Ugh I hate them, they think they're so posh”. Lucy laughed, “That's cause they are Vince”. Jasmine snorted, “Right, well we've got to get going, Dad will not be happy if we're just sitting here being ugh...polite”. I nodded and stood up. We began walking through town, Jasmine purposefully bumping people in the shoulder or tripping them up. One time, a young girl bumped into me, and upon looking who she had bumped into, cowered in fear. “Oh I'm so sorry” she stammered, looking up at me. Most people had stopped to look, watching how this would play out . Loki and his children were feared on the Isle. “Oh it's okay, It's my fault, I should have been looking as to where I was walking” I apologised, looking down at the terrified girl. Jasmine stared at her, so did Lucy and Vince. I looked up, around at the whole market staring at her, “I mean... GET OUT OF MY WAY YOU PUNY CHILD!”. The child burst into tears and ran off. I felt guilty, I mean