Archive

“Work Out New York” recap (1.6): Hug It Out

Let’s face it: We’re here to focus on Holly, so that’s what we’re going to do.

Lena and Courtney are preparing for their Radius auditions and practice in front of Holly, who gives them much-needed support and advice. Lena stumbles a bit in her opening and Courtney is worried about his shoulder, but they still have a few days to shake the nerves.

Later that week, Holly works out with Joe and sees his training style first hand and despite not knowing some of the moves he’s asking her to do, (it looks like he’s doing some Crossfit-specific movements and she’s more old-school cross training) she tells him he’s a good coach. When she asks if he’s ready for Radius, he is very nonchalant and tells the cameras he’s not interested in being a face on the cover of a workout DVD. But he’s doing this “for Noah and Holly,” since they referred him. He thanks Holly for the opportunity, and Holly is impressed.

But remember how last week Holly was not impressed with Noah? She didn’t like how he was taking control of her basketball camp and then showing off at Lindsay’s event with Layla. So she asks him to come over and process. “I feel highjacked by you sometimes,” she shares, explaining how she wanted to live in the moment “feeling like, wow, I’m back in this arena where I first was. And you took the lead! I was so pissed off. Because that was my moment. That was my day!”

Noah thinks Holly is judging him “really hard” and mansplains: “You’re hyper aware of, like, these little moments and I apologize if I do come off that way.” “But the fact that you think that’s a little moment is shocking to me! That’s life. That’s real shit!” Holly is popping off but still manages to look like she’s motivational speaking while doing so.

Noah is a narcissist, though, so he says it’s impossible for him to be less toned down in a group setting, which is why he rarely does group training sessions. But he eventually relents and says it means a lot to him that Holly can be honest with him because he wants to be successful. “You need your friends and you also need people who are going to challenge you,” Holly says. Sorry but training is not solitary, Noah!

At the Radius audition, Joe says he’s treating it like a modeling audition where you go in and wink, show your abs and get a yes or a no. “Either way you win because you’re still Lazo Fitness.”

Holly is there to support the trainers and encourages them to have fun: “It’s the most important thing!”

Of course Courtney has beef with a gay trainer who is one of the judges, so he’s already got something working against him.

Joe is visibly nervous and the judges call it out. Also he’s just terrible.

Lena, meanwhile, slays.

The judges deliberate and say they’ll give them a call either way within the next few days. And they do. First, Joe lets Lena know it wasn’t him, and Holly says she knew he wouldn’t: “I just felt like his energy was off.” He showed up like he didn’t care with this typical bad attitude. Holly apologizes to Layla, who is also sitting there for the conversation, and says she would have picked her had there been a fourth spot; she just hasn’t been in one of her classes. Layla accepts the apology.

Then the call comes in: Lena got it!

Everyone celebrates for Lena, and Courtney is happy for her, too, because he needs to get his shoulder figured out. “They chose the right one,” he says.

Next week, HOLLY GETS SOME ACTION, Y’ALL! And it looks like she’s at the Cubby Hole.

Lesbian Apparel and Accessories Gay All Day sweatshirt -- AE exclusive

Related Articles

Leave a Reply

Back to top button