Get a personal trainer to help you get in shape

You realize that you may as well be totally new to this lifestyle. You can use a treadmill or a bike machine, and do some basic exercises with dumbbells, and that's about it. You've got your sights set high -- you want to get buff, like all these women here! So many different sizes, shapes, levels of definition, but all wonderfully strong, each in her own way. You realize you're smiling widely. This is like Themyscira, the island of the Amazons. You wonder where this gym has been all your life.

"I'll get a trainer," you tell Emily and Ada.

"Good choice!" they cheer, high-fiving each other. They probably get a commission or something, you think wryly. Well, nothing wrong with that.

At the moment, it seems there are 3 available for you to pick from. There are currently 15 trainers working here, but the others are fully engaged. Some of them take just a few clients at a time, and a few even offer exclusive one-at-a-time full service, giving that client her undivided time and attention. These exclusive trainers actually move in with the client, Emily tells you; they practically take charge of the client's life, cooking their meals for them, regulating their lifestyles. Others take on quite a few more but devote only a few hours per week to each individual client, and only on gym premises.

"So what are my choices?" you ask nervously. "Are any of these 3, um, full-service?"

"Uh... let me see... sorry, I don't think so," Ada says apologetically, flipping through the data on her tablet. "They're the kind to take on a few at a time. Wanna see?"

You stand beside Ada as she shows you your options.

First, there's Yuko Asahina. She's a little shorter than you, Ada says -- "about my height, actually" -- but you'd never know it just from the photos. Yuko is buff. It seems she's a bodybuilder; in her first photo she's nude except for a tiny G-string, and she's performing what you know is a side-chest pose. Her nipples jut out proudly from a pair of stunningly fleshy pectorals -- her chest muscles are larger than most women's breasts! She's beaming broadly, and you get the feeling she has a sunny disposition. Her hair is cropped short in a bob cut, and frames quite a strong-looking face. She's very, very muscular, and very, very defined, with veins lining her limbs. But that's when she's in contest shape -- in her other photos she's not as ripped. The smooth curve of her muscles all over makes her look, well, lovely. "Bodybuilding is about aesthetics as much as athletic ability," Emily explains. "It's also what some people call a 'chemical sport' -- to look like Yuko you'd have to do some pretty drastic things, actually. But even if you don't, Yuko can help you put on muscle mass and sculpt your body the way you want it. She's a national physique and body-sculpting champion, you know!"

Second, there's Jessica Cruz. She's tall and broad, and to your eyes she's deliciously brawny. She doesn't seem to sport much definition, but those thick thighs of hers look like tree trunks, and with that huge barrel-like torso she looks as though she could hold up a mountain. In one of her photos she's standing tall, holding a barbell loaded with what looks like a ridiculous amount of weight. Her muscles are visibly bulging underneath the comfortable layer of fat that covers her physique. You swallow hard, your throat suddenly dry. She's beautiful. "She's a strongwoman competitor, and though she hasn't won any contests she always places in the top five or so," Ada says, and squirms a little. "I'd like to get crushed by her, honestly. Have all that on top of me, pinning me down. Mmm." You can't help but agree. "Well, anyway," Ada continues, "Jessica's specialty is strongwoman stuff. I don't suppose you know what that is? Basically she can help you build a lot of functional strength. You could push trucks around, or something, if you train with her."

And third, there's Diamond Williams. Your jaw drops as you see her photos. She's tall and whipcord lean, and her black ringlets are cut really close to her skull. One name immediately comes to mine: Grace Jones, the musician and movie star. Diamond looks like she could be one of the Dora Milaje from Wakanda. Her pose exudes confidence, as she stands topless with arms folded across her chest, clad only in a pair of tight black shorts in these pictures. "She was a kickboxer by training," Emily explains, "and she's also done some Brazilian jiu-jitsu as well. She's never taken part in MMA, though we keep telling her she could try! But I guess she prefers it here." Emily grins impishly. "I challenged her once, just for the hell of it, and she put me in the most excruciating holds, like oh my goodness I really couldn't move an inch in some of them."

"I was there," Ada laughs. "That's true. She wrapped you up like a pretzel, right over there." She points at the big mat in the middle of the room.

"She did. I submitted 5 times, but she pretended not to hear me until the last time. Then, afterwards, when she put on her favorite toy and pounded me... aargh..." Emily's eyelids flutter. "I came until I passed out," she said dreamily, gazing off into the middle distance.

Your heart is racing, and you have to take several deep breaths to try and calm yourself.

"Oh, sorry! Didn't mean to get distracted," Emily says. "With Diamond, you get a lot of conditioning work, mostly, because she really believes in stamina and endurance training. Needless to say that will result in a whole lot of fat-burning. And once you're advanced enough, you might ask her to teach you some self-defence. She's a really good fighter."

So, these are your choices! You bite your lip as you try to decide which one appeals to you the most.

"Sex appeal aside," Ada says, "you want to consider your fitness goals." She gestures up at the wall behind the counter, and for the first time your attention is drawn to one of the infographic posters, showing you the "10 Domains of Fitness": cardivascular fitness, stamina, strength, flexibility, power, speed, coordination, agility, balance and accuracy.

"It can be confusing at first, though, to try and think about all 10 of these, so this is really just here for information. We ask most clients what they want most: to get big, to get strong, to burn fat, to improve endurance, or to wrestle better. Each of these goals will involve some of the fitness domains," Ada says.

Basically, your choice boils down now to 1 of these 3 superb specimens of female athleticism.