The Gym (England, 1993): "Come on, Winnie, push." Winston arched his back and strained against the bar. "Push!" The muscles in Winston's arms and chest burned. He closed his eyes, let out a primal roar and fully locked his arms. The weights rattled for a moment before Winston steadied the bar. "Yes!"

Both Sides of the Story is a collection of short stories from the Tall And True writers' website, written and narrated by Robert Fairhead. The collection consists of four self-contained vignettes and a fifth piece that ties together and resolves the five stories. The podcast version is presented in six instalments with an introductory episode.

Copyright notice: Both Sides of the Story song written by Phil Collins from the Both Sides album (1993).

Read Both Sides of the Story - The Gym: https://www.tallandtrue.com.au/short-stories/both-sides-of-the-story-the-gym

Podcast website: https://www.tallandtrueshortreads.com

Support the podcast: https://supporter.acast.com/tall-and-true-short-reads

Buy Robert's short story collections online:

• Amazon Kindle: https://www.amazon.com/Robert-Fairhead/e/B086HZ36NM

• Rakuten Kobo: https://www.kobo.com/au/en/author/robert-fairhead

Podcast Theme and Sound Effects

Royalty-free music from Pixabay.com: Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 15 in D major, Op. 28 'Pastorale' – IV. Rondo. Allegro ma non-Troppo, performed by Karine Gilanyan.

Sound effects licensed under Creative Commons 0 from FreeSound.org:

• Gym weights: https://freesound.org/people/Soundscape_Leuphana/sounds/210388/

• Gym music: https://freesound.org/people/zikeda/sounds/495899/

• Rattling weights: https://freesound.org/people/13GPanska_Lakota_Jan/sounds/378364/

• Bottles chinking: https://freesound.org/people/LampEight/sounds/259671/

• Sipping drink: https://freesound.org/people/bbrocer/sounds/382656/

• Police siren: https://freesound.org/people/vlammenos/sounds/52906/

• Traffic: https://freesound.org/people/mzui/sounds/135095/

• Handcuffs: https://freesound.org/people/daboy291/sounds/138051/

• Jail door: https://freesound.org/people/Sandermotions/sounds/275441/

• Mallet: https://freesound.org/people/theneedle.tv/sounds/376667/

• Cheers: https://freesound.org/people/craigsmith/sounds/486205/

Production Notes

Tall And True Short Reads produced using Audacity. Thanks to Josh (VoiceOverMaster) Meyer for Audacity recording tips and tricks.

Podcast recorded in Sydney, Australia, on the land of the traditional custodians of the Eora Nation.

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