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“Okay,” Belle replied and moved behind Chandler. “Arms up?”
Chandler lifted her arms in order to let Belle move in behind her and grip her waist. She had to look down at the floor for a second because having Belle behind her like this reminded Chandler of many of her fantasies over the years.
“Ready?” Belle asked.
“Yeah,” she said and cleared her throat.
“Okay. We don’t have all day. I need to gauge your strength to know what we can actually do in a routine. So, one, two, three, lift,” Catalina ordered. “Chandler, help her by bending your knees.”
Chandler bent her knees, and as Belle lifted her, she helped by pushing herself up. She was held just by her hips in the air, maybe a foot off the ground, and she was surprised by Belle’s strength.
“How long can you hold her like that?”
“Well, not forever,” Belle said.
“Okay. Down.”
Belle put Chandler back down on the ground.
“Your core’s actually stronger than I thought it would be. Your arms aren’t bad, either,” Catalina told her. “But we still have a long way to go. We need you to be able to lift her as much as you can, and in as many different ways as you can. It’s the best chance of you two winning any competitions. Easy way to really show off, you know?”
“How much lifting are we talking about here?” Belle asked, crossing her arms over her chest.
“I’m thinking, if we can get three good lifts in the free and maybe four or five in the long program, we’ll be good.”
“That’s a lot of lifting, Cat,” Chandler said. “I thought we’d focus more on jumps and general synchronization in the beginning.”
“We’ll do that, too. I need to see Belle do all of her jumps to know what we’re working with, but I wanted to know how much strength we’d need to build with the trainer, too. Did the nutritionist talk to you about muscle-building foods?”
“Am I going to be a bodybuilder when I get done with this?” Belle asked.
Chandler laughed and said, “No.”
“Good. I didn’t sign up for that.”
“Let’s try a hand-to-hand lift, please,” Catalina said.
After they attempted a few more lifts on the pads, Catalina told them to put on their skates and get on the ice.
“Okay. Belle, I want to see your jumps first. Chandler, you can just warm up.”
“Okay,” Chandler replied and began moving around slowly on the ice, planning to watch more than actually warm up.
“What do you have in your repertoire?” Catalina asked Belle.
“Pretty much everything. I haven’t done a triple in a long time, but I used to be able to land one.”
“Axel?”
“Yeah.”
“You can land a triple Axel?”
“Yes.”
“Combinations?”
“Axel, Half Loop, double Salchow.”
