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Day one.
He walked in at closing time so nobody would see the warm-up weight. The doorway lit him up anyway.
He took it as a sign.
Issue #1 — The Program.
Read it like it happened. It did. Tap any panel to open it — save them, post them, that's what they're for.
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The programme.
Cardio. Strength. Flexibility. Recovery. He wrote it all down and laminated it.
The programme does not know about the donuts. Nobody tells the programme anything.
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A full session.
Nine panels. Zero skipped.
"Cardio? I thought you said carnitas."
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Cardio.
Cardio is a small green bird. He has chased it for nine panels across three seasons.
Q: Does he catch it?
A: No.
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The regulars.
The detective walks the treadmill at a pace he calls "elementary." Never missed a day. Never broken a sweat.
Nobody knows what he's investigating.
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Form check.
Squat: above parallel. Depth is overrated. Dead hang: eleven seconds. Personal record.
Hang in there. Literally.
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Progress pic.
No filter. Just fur.
The donuts are pre-workout. The whey is decorative.
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Before and after.
Both of these are him. The left one is the mirror. The right one is his head.
He sides with his head.
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How it feels.
Every rep, somewhere internal, this is happening.
Who are we to argue. Built different.
