"Nine hundred ninety... seven!... Nine hundred ninety... eight!... Nine... hundred... ninety... nine...!"

The weights fell to the ground with a loud clang, and the boy stared at them dejectedly. His arms burned, and despite how much he wanted to life the barbells just one more time, he could barely even grip them. He hadn't been able to made it all the way to one thousand.

Oh, well, only one thing to do. The green-clad ninja took a deep breath, inhaling the warm afternoon air, and started to jog.

"Five hundred laps around the village, or I'll do two thousand punches!"