Feeling the delicious ache in his pectoral muscles, Brett Jackson finished his last rep with the free weights. He placed the bar back in its metal hooks, detached the weights, and took them back to their stand. A quick wipe of the bench with his towel removed the wet evidence of his workout. He took another large swallow of water from his sports bottle and rolled his head to relax his neck. He did a few stretches and headed over to the treadmills for his 20-minute cooldown.
Brett set the machine for a moderate run, adjusted the music on his headphones to a slower tempo, and started running. He let the sheer physicality of running overtake him: the feel of his long legs pumping back and forth, the rise and fall of his chest as he breathed, the moistness of his skin, and the smell of his de
