"Work Out" Recaps: Episode 3.5 "No Pain, No Gain"

Now it's time for some fun: The kids get to Boogie board. Tyra is afraid of the water, but unlike Deenie and her boo-hoo ways, she's up for anything and has a blast with the whole experience, including getting sand in those hard to reach areas.

After everyone's lips have turned blue, Jackie pulls them out of the water and rewards the group with the announcement that they're all going to the Dolphin Bay Hotel, a luxe resort and spa in Northern California. Someone call ahead and warn the staff, please.

Consorting with the enemy — After her day at the beach, Paisley enjoys a massage from J.D. and they chat about nothing interesting. More importantly, Brian is over at Plitt's house, rehashing his hate/hate relationship with Jackie.

On last week's recap, there were oodles of comments and processing about whether Brian Peeler is a homophobe or not. In my humble opinion, he is not a homophobe. Homophobes don't cry real tears when a gay friend dies. Homophobes don't have any gay friends. Actually, they probably do, they just don't know it.

Brian tells Plitt all he wanted was to have Jackie apologize to his client. Instead, Jackie fired Brian for pestering her about it — that and a hundred other things she couldn't stand about him anymore. In the final analysis, it's her gym and she can hire and fire at will.

To read letters of apology from both Jackie and Lisa, go to their show blogs. Well, at least one of them apologized.

Anywho, moving on. Renessa, Brian's friend from before the show, stops by to give Brian a hug and take advantage of Greg's grill.

Brian: All I wanted her to do was "woman up" and apologize. Swallow your pride and say, "Yes, you know what? I did mess up. Yeah, I will call her and apologize." That's all I wanted.
Renessa: Did she?
Brian: No.
Renessa: Did she ever talk to her?
Brian: No.
Renessa: Is she going to?
Brian: No.

Plitt is the new guy and doesn't understand the Warner/Peeler animosity. Renessa says she heard Brian was banned from the building, but Brian isn't worried. "I'm looking into do my own gym now," he says boldly. Brian Peeler's Sports Gym closes at sundown. To get there, take a left into the park; it's last parking lot on the right, next to the swing sets.

Renessa tells Brian that Jackie said she was afraid of him. "I would never hit a woman," he says simply. Dr. Plitt offers his diagnosis: Jackie is insecure and needs to put others down, which provides her with some fleeting satisfaction, but does not address her underlying discomfort with herself.

Renessa has slowly become smitten with Greg and now hangs on his every word. She tells him he should have his own show. Oh yeah, let's do that next.

The whole lot of them are riding the crazy train: The trainers are the passengers, Lisa's collecting tickets and Jackie's in the front, driving the whole thing off a cliff. Everyone wave!