Barbara twitched at the corner of her lips, momentarily at a loss for how to respond.
"Isn’t that Barbara?"
Many of the gym-goers recognized her and immediately stopped their workouts to jog over.
"Miss Barbara, your figure is amazing!"
"Are you here for a workout too?"
"I am the coach here." Barbara arrogantly lifted her chin, "If you’re looking for a coach, you’d better keep your eyes peeled and not end up with some amateur. Otherwise, you’ll end up wasting your effort and might even get injured!"
Gan Yuan had no intention of wasting time on a battle of words.
"Come on, let’s continue!"
Barbara thought Gan Yuan was backing down, stepped forward, and blocked her way.
"With a responsible attitude towards the members, Gan Yuan, I’m now officially requesting that you leave!"
"You?" Gan Yuan scoffed with mockery, "Miss Barbara is just a club coach, you don’t seem to have the authority to dismiss me."
"I’m not firing you." Barbara sneered, "I am telling you to leave on your own."
"Because..." she glanced disdainfully at Gan Yuan’s slender arms wrapped in workout clothes, "if you can’t even get your own body into shape, what right do you have to guide others?"
Gan Yuan remained unruffled, "Miss Barbara should stop consuming protein powder all the time. It only builds muscle but ruins the brain! A true fitness coach never judges solely by muscle size."
"Since both of you are so steadfast, why not let facts prove it?" Annie walked over, standing next to Barbara, "Why don’t you two show us your strengths and find out who is truly right. Everyone, how about it?"
The onlookers immediately became excited.
"That’s awesome, Miss Barbara, you must win against her and show her the importance of muscles!"
"Yeah, Barbara, you can do it!"
"Coach Gan!" The female trainee looked at Gan Yuan apologetically.
Being a renowned fitness expert, the female trainee certainly didn’t think that Gan Yuan could match up; this situation had started because of her, and she felt somewhat remorseful.
"If you can beat me, I’ll resign right away," Barbara challenged, glancing sideways at Gan Yuan, "but if you lose, you’ll get out of here immediately!"
Her tone was proud, her face full of determination.
As a fitness expert who had even won awards at international competitions, Barbara naturally did not take Gan Yuan seriously, who appeared so lean that muscles weren’t visibly defined.
Without giving Gan Yuan a chance to decline, she turned and walked over, effortlessly jumped up, grabbed the horizontal bar, and began to do pull-ups.
Around her, people immediately began counting for her, and many trainees took out their phones to record videos.
Pull-ups require great muscular strength, a feat difficult for most women; by starting with such a challenging exercise, Barbara intended to overwhelm her opponent from the start, forcing Gan Yuan to back down.
As the numbers increased, the excitement in the crowd grew.
When Barbara reached 24, her movements were visibly strained, and a shiny layer of sweat glistened on her back.
She let go of the bar and landed on the ground, exhaling deeply, and raised her hand to relax her biceps, her gaze shifting and falling on Gan Yuan’s face.
"Coach Gan, are you still waiting for someone to fetch you a chair?!"
Around her, the crowd burst into laughter.
A minor injury doesn’t stop the show, a cold won’t stop a young master’s fingers [I mean typing, don’t think otherwise~!~]