Thread: Serving you of all people (me and Josu_T)

James Granville woke at 7am. He didn't need an alarm, it was habit. He always woke at 7am, no matter what, unless he didn't get to sleep until very late at night. That didn't happen often. He was a man of habit. It was something needed, to do what he wanted to do. He had the passion and desire. Now he just needed the fitness and developed skill. The first thing he did was shower. His room was very large and had a full bathroom en suite. It was so large that it was like he had numerous rooms. He had a dining area in the corner, next to the window. The rest of his room, however, was dedicated to one thing. James had the desire to make the national rowing team and go to the Olympics to with the gold medal for the country. His room was filled with things for his training. He had weights in one corner, a treadmill, an exersize bike, pull up bars, as well as numerous other fitness items. The most important item was sitting in the middle of the room, looking into a mirror so he could focus on correcting technique. His top-of-the-line rowing machine, also called an ergometer, or erg for short. This was the thing he used most often at home. Once he showered, he started his morning routine. He would dry off and then pull on only one piece of clothing. A pair of spandex shorts that reached down to just above his knees. He didn't wear underwear beneath it for comfort reasons. He didn't wear a shirt because it would always just get soaked in sweat. He then went and weighed himself and looked in the mirror. He was right where he wanted to be. He was 210 pounds and 6'3. The image in the mirror was good. He stood tall, short brown hair that would stay out of his eyes, light stubble on his face, blue eyes that shined with focus and determination, a broad frame with muscles well defined from his training. He smiled and nodded. He was in the good range for a heavyweight rower. If he could keep this fitness level, all he needed to work on was his skills and he would make the national team easily. He started by stretching all of the major muscle groups, followed by core exersizes. Some of the things he did looked like yoga, but he didn't think of it that way. He was strengthening his core muscles so he would have better posture and better technique, as well as reduce the risk of back injury. He would then transition from core muscles to some others. He worked with the weights and then some of the other equipment. This was followed by a quick run on the treadmill. After stepping off the treadmill he made himself a recovery smoothie, as he called it, and grabbed some water. He then got onto the exersize bike. He went easy on it and drank the water and smoothie on the bike. After about fifteen minutes of this break, he got off and moved to the rowing machine with a fresh bottle of water. Now was the start of his real work out. He went for an hour on the erg, finishing his set usually at the time the maid arrived with his breakfast. Usually it would be a large breakfast so he could replace a lot of the calories he burned in his training. He was looking forward to today. He had a new maid. His maid before had been the woman who had been with him since he was a child. Now that he was fully grown, he'd asked for a new maid, preferably someone younger. He'd been told that they had found someone good for him and he hoped they were right. He heard the call at the door just as he was nearing the end of his final set on the rowing machine. He had ten power strokes left, then he would be done and he'd take about half a minute to cool down before getting up. He called out in between strokes. Come......In......I'll be......Ready.......In......A.......Moment. As the door opened he took the last few strokes. With the last one he slowed down. While he cooled down, he drank a little water and focused on keeping good posture. If you could hold good posture when tired, you would do better in races. He finally stepped off the rowing machine and turned to look at his new maid and the breakfast she had brought for him. Looks somewhat like this image, but blue eyes and slight differences, but basic idea. James basic image