It was that ever so slight increase in weight that made Kaden feel just a bit better than he had prior. Dean was so big and amazing looking, and this improvement no matter how slight was giving Kaden hope one day he could be so impressive. He remembered hearing the jocks hoot and hollar about his even modest improvement, and he admitted maybe he'd stereotyped them more than he should have. Kaden was looking forward for once to lifting weights!
He started on deadlifts after doing bench press earlier, and Dean immediately stepped in to assist;
"Now dude, deadlifts are a really rewarding exercise but you gotta make sure you're careful going in," Dean stated in a rather serious tone.
"Why? I mean I see you guys---" Kaden started and Dean immediately interjected.
"The guys on the team..." Dean started, "Can be a little reckless, but only ever a little. At your stage you gotta keep it to good form. Keep that back straight and your arms even, never ever lift with your lower back, lift with your legs and glutes and bring it up at a stable, even rate."
"I-I gotcha, Dean..." Kaden started on deadlifts, the form really was very tricky, but after a set or two he actually started to increase the weight, and he swore he saw slight differences in how his legs and glutes were looking. He shook his head a little and decided it was just how much he was sweating from that workout. After all, deadlifts really made him sweat like fuck it looked like.
Kaden then went on to do lat pulldowns, and tried to keep things even and his form good, but this proved tricky. But as he mastered the form he felt his lats bunching and spreading and toning. He swore as he got up, the lats had not been in such aptly good condition before the workout today. He looked around and saw some other guys had their shirts off, so off went his as well to evaluate things.
It did seem there were some differences, and he was excited to see them. Mm, maybe it was just a beginner's good pump. That was a thing, wasn't it? That or he was really just seeing things. At any rate he wasn't gonna look THIS gift horse in the mouth. With that, Kaden returned to his workout...his shirt still off.
He started doing shoulder press, and again Dean stepped in and informed him, "Now, there's a lot of ways to do shoulder press. You could do behind the head, which is IMO more difficult, or front, more easy again in my opinion. Or you could do it more overhead. But at any rate doing this exercise? It's gonna increase your shoulder size like fuck!"
Keeping Dean's advice in mind, Kaden started on shoulder press with just a ten and a five on each side of the bar, groaning and grunting as he pressed out the weights. He found it difficult to keep the bar even, requiring Dean to once again be a bro and spot him (always a must for a newcomer in the gym) - guiding Kaden through a set and a half until Kaden demonstrated he learned well enough to finish the exercise himself.
Kaden got up and noted his shoulders were looking different. He poked and prodded them a little, chuckling to himself.
He headed over to do some abdominals work, and took a seat as Dean joined him, noting Kaden's pose as he got ready to do an exercise he saw the guys in here doing. Dean explained, "Now, when you do full crunches, or as some call em arm and leg crunches, you wanna keep that back stable on the ground and move your arms and legs till they meet. Really contract your abs and make them work, don't be workin' anything else."
Kaden nodded and commenced, it was difficult for him especially with his substantially less capable back to keep himself on course with Dean's instructions, but watching Dean do the exercise himself, it was easier to pick up on it himself. Kaden before long thus was following along with great form, his abs sculpting themselves right there as he did the workout...