Chapter 13: The Trial

After a month of training that way, Calvin could finally notice a difference in his body. His abs became more toned, and his muscles were growing larger and larger.

Calvin felt that there was progress in building his body, but he was still pretty much useless in a real fight since he didn’t train how to do that.

“When are we finally going to learn how to throw some hands,” Calvin asked impatiently. Shane shook his head. Didn’t Calvin know that one first had to walk before they could run.

Since it was a Saturday morning and there was no school, Shane told Calvin that they would start his combat skill training the following morning. Shane was impressed that Calvin managed to improve so much in a month’s time.

Shane told Calvin that he could take the day off and rest. Doing too much exercises were not necessarily good for the body. One had to allow themselves to cool down from time to time.

"I think about trying out for the soccer team," Shane suddenly said out of the blue. There was