When he went back to the gym, he found that the number of people in the gym had reduced. It was clear that the time that most of the people spent in the gym was almost over.
Currently, the gym instructor that Sean had talked to before was currently guiding a young lady. From the way that he was guiding her, and the frown that was on the young lady's face, it was clear that she was not happy.
Sean did not bother with that instructor as another instructor approached him. This one looked less bulky as compared to the previous one, with a small cut scar on his left bicep
"Hey kid, are you knew here?" The guy asked the moment that he arrived.
Sean was left a little speechless upon hearing the question. He could clearly remember that this guy had looked over when his partner had been shouting at him. Could it be that there was something wrong with his memory?
Despite thinking of that, Sean did not say anything in lines with what he was thinking about. Instead, he said, "Yeah, this is my first time here."
"That's great! Since this is your first time here, you are more than welcome. Now tell me, do you have the intentional coming here more often, or are you just trying things out?" The instructor asked enthusiastically.
Sean was left slightly speechless again. It seemed that these two instructors really cleared much about how long a person was going to stay here. But considering it, it made sense that they would be more enthusiastic towards those that stayed here for a long term.
The longer one used the gym, the higher the amount of money that they were going to spend here. And of course, that implied that the amount of money that they two instructors would be earning would increase, especially if someone needed them to guide them during the exercises.
"I have not yet decided on if I'm going to stay here for a long term or not. I should be able to decide that later on, and if I come back tomorrow, that would imply that I will be here for quite a long while." Sean responded.
Even though he had already made a decision in his mind that if the system worked, he would definitely not come back here, he did not say that out loud.
He did not want to face the same situation as the one that he faced when facing that first instructor. It would be best if he could do what had brought him here first, finish and leave.
The enthusiasm that was on the face of the instructor vanished in an instant. Even the smile that he had been previously having as he faced Sean suddenly turned into a scowl.
"Are you messing with me kid? What are you trying to imply by making a decision tomorrow? If you are going to be here for a long term, then just say that. If not, better say it out loud instead of trying to leave me in suspense." The instructor coldly said.
Sean was left a little helpless. But even then, he decided to say, "It's like this, I'm not sure if my family is moving away from the city or not. The decision has not yet been made, and that is the reason why I am not sure."
The expression of the instructor shifted slightly, and the coldness on his face reduced. But even then, he was not as enthusiastic as he was before.
"Alright, just head there to the receptionist. You can ask her where you can put your belongings, and you can start training. If you want to change, you can follow that door, there is a locker room for men there." The instructor said as he pointed towards a door that was located towards the left of the gym.
Sean nodded, then headed straight towards the area where there was a lady that was sitting behind a desk. There was an old computer that was placed on top of the desk, obviously the one that was used for managing the details of subscriptions of the clients of the gym.
"I would like to pay for 1 hour of use of the gym equipment." Sean stated.
In a few minutes that he had been here, he had already seen a chart that had the pricing of the services over here. It was clearly stated that a person had to pay for at least 1 hour and above, or they could subscribe for membership, and have full access to the gym at any time that it was open.
The price for using the gym for 1 hour was only $3. It was quite expensive, considering that the equipment inside this gym was quite basic, and they were a little old.
But when considering the price of purchasing each equipment here, one could understand there is no why the price was high.
Upon hearing Sean's words, the lady simply noted, then Sean made the payment. After that, he was given a small receipt, which he kept in his belongings, which was just the shopping bag that contained the clothes that he had purchased from the boutique.
With that settled, Sean approached the side that had the gym equipment. He did not head towards the weights, but instead, he went towards the treadmill.
Currently, he was wearing black sweatpants, a pair of sneakers, and a blue t-shirt. Even though all of them were old, they were in a quite good condition.
And considering that Sean did not carry any training equipment, he could only use the clothes that he was currently having right now. They were not ideal for training, but he would have to make do with them.
He stood on top of the treadmill, looked at the buttons, and pressed on the one that activated it, then adjusted the maximum speed that he wanted. He did not start with his maximum speed, but instead, he started slowly, continuously increasing the speed.
When it reached the speed that he could comfortably jog, he maintained it. But when he thought about the time that was not on his side, considering that he would need to meet with the owner of the coffee shop, he began increasing the speed again.
Even though it did not reach a situation where he needed to sprint at his full speed on top of the treadmill, he was still running quite fast.
The few people In the gym gazed over, and some of them had weird expressions on their faces. While this was not the first time that they were seeing someone without any training clothes in the gym, it just felt a little weird, considering that it was a rare sight.
Sean did not care about what other people were thinking while looking at him, as he just continued with what he was doing.
At the same time as he was sprinting, he was anticipating the appearance of the system screen, but even after quite a while of running on top of the treadmill, he did not receive any notification from the system.
He could not help but get slightly disappointed. But regardless, he did not jump down from the treadmill, and just continued running. He wanted to run to the maximum that he could endure, to test out his current endurance.
Due to the part time jobs that he had been doing for an entire year, his physicality had improved by quite a margin. And even though he was not as bulky as either of the two instructors, or some of the young men that were currently using weights in the gym, he had quite some muscle.
He continued maintaining the speed for over 5 minutes, before finally reducing it, as he felt that he could not end your that speed any longer. But he did not stop, instead, he just reduced the speed, and he began jogging.
This went on for more than 30 minutes, before he finally stopped. He only had 30 minutes remaining, and so, he did not want to spend all the time that he had paid for in the gym just using the treadmill.
Currently, his T-shirt was soaked in sweat, and his breathing was a little uneven. This was not the maximum that he could handle, but he had to stop.
After taking a few deep breaths, Sean finally headed towards the area where the weights were.
All this while, he had not received any prompt from the system, which disappointed him even further. It would have been quite good and exciting if he had actually received a prompt from the system.
Even if there was going to be nothing that he would get in return from exercising, it would have been quite good if he had gotten something from the money that he had spent paying in order to use the gym.
When he got to the area where the weights were, considering the number of people that could visit this gym, the number of weights was quite high. So, even though they were a few people that were using the weights currently, Sean could still use them as well.
He connected a barbell, making sure the weight was 20 kg in total. After that, he began the weight lifting. While this was not the maximum weight that he could lift, he did not need to go all out, as this was not a real training session.
Several minutes later, Sean finally finished lifting the weights. Since he was done, he headed straight to where he had left his clothes, picked them up, and headed straight to the area where he could refresh.
But as he was approaching the door that led to the locker room, a prompt from the system made him stop in his tracks.
[You have spent $3 for training. Investment detected. Rebate activated. You receive $30. Additional reward, selected skill advancement level.]