Second phase: the kickback. Exploding upward, she transferred the weight to her left leg and, with a hydraulic hiss of breath, drove her right heel toward the ceiling. Her glute fired—a deep, volcanic contraction that made the bar rattle. She held it. One second. Two.

Aj bent slightly, touched her own hip, and laughed—a real, breathless laugh. The mirror showed a woman who had just met her own limit and then smacked it aside. The curves were monstrous, yes. But the feeling beneath them—the iron density, the spring-loaded readiness—that was something else entirely.

Tonight’s goal: the Booty Pop.