Twilight Vs. Exercise
Rainbow Dash burst into the basement of the library, ready for anything.
“Twilight!” she shouted. “Are you alright!?”
“Help!” Twilight wailed. “I’m being crushed!”
“Don’t worry, I’ll be right… oh come on.” Rainbow Dash just shook her head as she saw Twilight’s predicament. She lay on her back, seemingly trapped under a barbell. “Twilight-”
“It’s crushing me! I can’t breathe!” Twilight flailed all four limbs wildly as she shouted.
Rainbow Dash shook her head again, putting both her hooves to her face. “Twilight, that-”
“HELP!”
“Twilight, that barbell isn’t heavy enough to crush you! It only weighs ten pounds.”
“Huh?” Twilight stopped waving her legs.
“If that thing is keeping you from breathing, we need to get you to the doctor and get you a new ribcage.” She reached down, slid her hoof under the bar, and effortlessly lifted it off of Twilight.
“Oh.” Twilight smiled sheepishly.
“Not to mention the fact that you, you know, could just use your magic to move it. It would’ve been less effort than using your distress signal spell.”
Twilight sighed, and sat up. Her face was flushed, rather from embarrassment or effort, Rainbow Dash couldn’t tell.
“Sorry,” she said. “When I looked up information about weightlifting, I kept running into warnings about how you can injure yourself if you don’t lift properly, and I… I guess I overdid it a little.”
“Yeah, just a bit,” Rainbow Dash said. “Seriously, when you used that spell I thought you were being attacked by an Ursa Major or something. You know, just because getting in shape is a physical activity doesn’t mean you can just turn your brain off.” She gently rapped Twilight on the forehead. “Seriously. Weightlifting wasn’t a good place to start. You should start with something simpler.”
“S-simpler?” Twilight mumbled. “How can you get more simple than lifting a weight? If I can’t even get that right…”
“Hush.” Rainbow Dash silenced her with a hoof on her mouth. “Working out isn’t that tough to figure out. I mean, even I can do it.” She looked around the basement. She didn’t come down here often, but she was reasonably sure that it hadn’t been filled with exercise equipment. “What is all this stuff? Did you rent out the basement to a gym or something?
“No, nothing like that.” Twilight shook her head. “It’s just… I noticed that I’ve been putting on some weight lately, and I have to be in shape by the time the next gala rolls around.”
“Oh come on, you haven’t put on that much weight.” Dash gave her a poke in the stomach. She squished a little more than Dash expected. “And some ponies are just naturally a bit more pudgy than others. Nothing wrong with that.”
“But my family is not naturally pudgy! In fact, my mom is petite, my dad was a beanpole growing up, and Shining Armor had to work out for like four hours a day to build up respectable muscle mass!”
“Really?” Rainbow Dash cocked her head. “Because going by his haunches, you’d never know that-”
“Rainbow Dash!”
“Sorry.”
“And in case you’ve forgotten, I’m a princess. I’m supposed to try and be a role model for everypony to look up to, and that means that I have to do my best to keep myself in top physical shape!” She snorted and crossed her forelegs. “I can’t just let myself go. Especially not after they posted those pictures of me at Hayburger.”
“I don’t know about that,” Rainbow Dash said. “I mean, it’s pretty common knowledge that Celestia eats quite a bit of cake, and it’s not like it affects her reputation at all.”
“Yes, but she has a millennium of experience backing her up. I’m new at this!”
“And it’s not like you can’t tell either,” Rainbow Dash continued. “All that sugar seems to go straight to her rump”
“Dash, don’t talk about Celestia like that!”
“And let’s face it, if anything that’s boosted her popularity, if you know what I mean-”
“Dash!” She yanked on Rainbow’s tail with her magic.
“Oh, right. You realize that if you cut down on the hayburgers, nachos, and pancakes, you wouldn’t have this problem, right?”
Rainbow Dash cringed as Twilight gave her the stinkeye.
“Have you ever had Spike’s nachos? No way am I giving those up. I’ve been cutting back, but I’ll go insane if I can’t have some comfort food. Especially since Spike is always eating. It would be torture having to go on a diet with him being able to eat!”
“Why don’t you just have him go on a diet too?” Rainbow Dash asked. “You don’t want him to gain too much weight either.”
“Do you know how fast a dragon’s metabolism is? He could out-eat Pinkie Pie and he wouldn’t gain any weight.” Twilight sat on the floor like she was sulking. “I crunched the numbers. If I don’t do something I won’t even be able to fit into the gala dress that Rarity made for me.” She kicked at the barbell. “But I don’t know the first thing about trying to whip myself into shape!”
“Are you serious?” Rainbow Dash snorted. “You got fifth place in the Running of the Leaves even though you’d never done it before. You can totally figure it out!”
“That’s not the same! That was just jogging and making sure I paced myself. It’s not like I was exerting myself all that much.” She turned away. “Besides… I was probably in better shape back then anyway. I doubt I’d be able to even jog from here to Sugarcube Corner without having to stop and catch my breath.”
Rainbow Dash stared at her for a moment, then bonked her on the head.
“Ow! What was that for?”
“That was to get that brain of yours moving again, because apparently it isn’t working very well today. Seriously, your reason for not wanting to get exercise is that you’re too out of shape to do it? That’s the whole reason you need to get to it in the first place!”
“I know that,” Twilight said indignantly. “It’s just… it’s embarrassing. It’s something so basic, but even as a princess I can’t do it correctly? It’s pathetic.”
“All the more reason for you to work on it! Trust me, I know all about this sort of thing. You remember the Best Young Flier’s competition last year?”
Twilight nodded. “How could I forget?”
“Well, you remember how freaked out I was about trying to perform in front of the Wonderbolts and how I kept screwing up the Sonic Rainboom every time I tried to do it. You know why I had so much trouble? Because I was worrying too much about whether or not I could do it! When it comes to trying to get better at something, you need to just forget all that and quit worrying about how well you’ll do and just do it.”
“Easier said than done,” Twilight muttered.
“Well, I never said it was easy. It isn’t. It’s actually pretty hard. But that doesn’t matter. Maybe you won’t be able to run a mile or whatever right off the bat, but what’s worse, trying to run a mile and not being able to, or not even trying?”
“Trying and failing.”
Rainbow Dash put a hoof to her face. “No! That’s not what you were supposed to say. Okay, let me put this a different way. You want to get in shape because you want to be a good role model for everypony, right?”
Twilight nodded. “Well, that’s part of being a princess, yes. It’s one of my responsibilities as a ruler of Equestria.”
“Well, what do you think is going to inspire more ponies: being a perfect, unattainable ideal, or showing that even though you aren’t perfect you’re still trying to improve yourself?”
Twilight opened her mouth to answer, but bit her lip instead.
“Yeah, I thought so. Nopony’s perfect, not even me!” She winked.
“I guess it would be good for everypony to see that there’s nothing wrong with having to work to improve yourself. I mean, I put in plenty of time trying to improve my magic, even though I’m already good at it.”
“That’s the spirit!” Rainbow Dash patted her on the back. “Now, are you ready to go do some jogging?” Then she poked Twilight in the flank. “I mean, it’s up to you, obviously. I still say that you’d look fine even with a bit of pudge-”
“Rainbow!” Twilight shoved her away. “It’s hard enough even without you tempting me not to do it. Let’s just get going before I change my mind, okay?”
“What, you want me to come along?” Rainbow Dash gave Twilight a sideways glance. “But it’s my day off.”
“Rainbow, if I’m going to actually do all this, I need somepony to keep me motivated, and to make sure I don’t overdo it and hurt myself for real.”
“And make sure you don’t get trapped under your weights.”
Twilight chuckled. “Yes, and that. So are you going to help me or not?”
Rainbow Dash winked. “Of course I can. Now let’s get out of this basement. We’ll start with a brisk walk around Ponyville and we’ll work up from there. I’ll have an exercise program set up for you in no time.” She jumped up and flew to the top of the stairs. “So, you coming?”
Twilight took a deep breath and started up the stairs. “If you’re going to help me out, I wouldn’t miss it.”
A super-brief little snippet I threw together for a friend's birthday present.
Very rushed and unpolished, and still a day late. Go figure. 
Hopefully it's somewhat enjoyable nonetheless.
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This is a great read in every way. Nice work!
Holy guacamole did I read that wrong the first time through
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I'm such a terrible pony
Anywho a cute little story.
As someone struggling with the same issues as Twilight, I can sympathize.
Now what would be hilarious and/or sweet would be hiring Bulk Biceps as Twilight's official royal personal trainer/nutritionist.
Thanks for writing this for me. I don't care that it's a day late. I really enjoyed it. It's funny and cute.
stupid twilight, you should never lift without a spotter.
That picture is just great.
And with a nice little story to boot.
Eh... not bad, but it didn't really hook me either. The premise seems to be a comedy, but none of the jokes hit the mark for me. I dunno, I just find it very unlikely that she wouldn't be in the slightest bit familiar with basic exercise given that she not only placed 5th in a town-wide race but would have shelves of books devoted to the topic.
Shrug, just not my cup of tea, I guess.
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Huh. I was kinda expecting you to turn this into a romance story. I would have liked that. Nonetheless, I liked it.
Also, you're missing a period at the end of this sentence:
Real, actual, laugh-out-loud at that.
Make that twice.
Great little story, that was fun.
funny comment about Celestia and she has a big beautiful plot just more to love
Good! Now, time to hit the gym
I usually don't read Slice-of-Life, but this was really cute and a nice little friendship moment between Twilight and Dash.
Good work.
I'm still at the age where adults call my working out playing... Never mind, that's pretty much what it is.
If you can't breath.. how are you able to talk?
And yeah, it's going to be something even Fluttershy could lift without effort isn't it?
... RD is the voice of reason here? What weird dimension of utter madness have we entered?
Face it Twi, for you he's your BBBFF. For the rest, he more then qualifies as BBILF. For your too if the story has the right tags.
You know.. I can totally see Twi having that mindset.
Well that was sweet. And about standard for you. Good job. Dash..... felt maybe a tad overly philosophical...? Smart? not the right word... just, a little two saying just the right thing, in less then blunt ways, to really feel like Dash. But not to badly so.
Overall, decent little short.
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No, trying to hire him and accidentally getting his brother, Roid Rage - who turns out to be a chill guy that is very good at motivation, knowing how to motivate different types of ponies and how to set up routines for what the client wants.
Aye, felt like there should've been more. Most of this was them talking about random stuff rather than any training.
6048101 I read it wrong reading your comment.
We're all dirty ponies.
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What does that mean?
6048101 Me too dude. Me too.
6049281 Replace "Big Brother" with "Mother" see if it comes to you.
6049394 You mean Twilight Sparkle, Shining Armor and Twilight Velvet having a threesome?
Seen it.
I can see why Twilight wants to stay in shape, but I like the idea of her with a pudgy little belly. It's cute. XD
6049039 Fun fact, he wrote this story as a birthday present for me, and I happen to be a huge Twidash shipper. So make of the fic what you will.
Twilight trying to do serious workouts?
This is so faved! 
6048973 6049252 Oh, I totally realize that I really barely touched on the idea. There's a ton of additional stuff I could do with it, but this was really just sort of a little drabble type thing. I may eventually expand it, but for now I'll leave it as is. I've always liked Slice of Life stuff, and I'm not exactly a fitness guru myself, so I figured I'd focus more on the character side of things.
6049454 Glad you like it.
EDIT: Wait, seriously? This made the feature box? Wow. I did not expect that. I attribute most of the attention to the cover art.
Well, it was. Nice job.
Thumbs up and shelving...
Cue exercise montage.
Yay, ponies exercising!
Is it bad that I know just how Twilight feels throughout this entire story? I'm a little pudgy myself, so I could really benefit from at least trying to get in shape.
Motivation, though...so hard.
Anyways, this was a cute story even if it was rushed. It certainly made me laugh.
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We're all bad ponies with dirty, filthy minds.
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Only the best, of course.
Reminds me of Dan VS...
Come back to us Dan...
EDIT: The name, not the actual story...
This is a nice feel good story
..I want more of this XP
lol, funniest part was the picture.
Sadly, I'm all too familiar with Twilight's mentality in this story.
6048101 I read it wrong the second time I read your comment.
The picture was funny.
Congrats on getting feature!
Indeed, tremble in fear at Celestia's cake-eating expertise!
I liked it. I can see Twilight relating to this.
Rushed and unpolished according to you, yet still a good read
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Also, Dash should probably teach Twilight the roll of shame, just saying.
After reading this, I poked my stomach, and immediately yelped because I felt my spine. Fuck my Superhuman levels of metabolism.
Very nice. This short little tale doesn't go out to accomplish much, but then again it doesn't need to. It does what it needs to do in a splendid way, and it makes for a great way to spend a few minutes. Well done.
Rainbow: “Yeah, I thought so. Nopony’s perfect, not even me!”
Changeling! Rainbow Dash has been replaced by a changeling! Get her!
6051504 Yay for beanpoles! Especially the ones that know how to use the extra calories before they vanish into the ether. (Don't judge my triple-Cheeseburger and extra fries before a workout).
I thought it was cute, pretty good in terms of story and message. Though...you might not've been trying to give a message, in which case, I read way too far into it.
6051658 *has a sniper with a tranquilizer round* i have the solution.
Twilight has no wings in the cover picture...
i liked this, reminds me of myself a bit...*pokes pudgy belly* ya i need to work out more often