Caitlin Clark and Aliyah Boston Strengthen Bond in Return to Fever Weight Room
After a couple of much-needed weeks spent away from each other after a grueling start to their 2024 WNBA regular season, the Indiana Fever are back practicing together.
Rookie Caitlin Clark and her Fever teammates preparing for their playoff push means that they've also returned to the weight room.
And a TikTok that Indiana forward and 2023 WNBA Rookie of the Year Aliyah Boston posted on Tuesday shows her and Clark strengthening their bodies and bonding with each other at the same time.
Caitlin, AB, and the Fever getting back in the gym 💪 pic.twitter.com/U9BgsrFxKH
— Clark Report (@CClarkReport) August 6, 2024
The video begins with Boston and Clark in the frame together as Boston says, "All right, we're back with another weight room lift! Here we go."
Then Clark is shown performing a sort of barbell shoulder press. As Clark executes the lift, Boston says, "Oh, the girl is strong!"
Clark's successful exercise is a stark contrast to the first Fever workout TikTok that Boston posted on July 8, where Clark attempted to lift 140 pounds on the leg extension machine and failed miserably.
CAITLIN TIKTOK APPEARANCE
— aurora (@auraarosee) July 8, 2024
thank you AB 🫶🏽 pic.twitter.com/x1PtATawfv
After Clark redeemed herself on Tuesday, she and Fever teammate Lexie Hull appeared in Boston's video.
Clark says, "Lexie is wearing a stupid little outfit," before Hull shows off what she's wearing.
"Cute!" Boston replies.
Then Clark takes the phone and records Boston doing sideways lunges while holding a single dumbbell.
"Yes, hit it," Clark says to Boston.
"Do I look strong?" Boston responded.
"Yep, you do," the Fever rookie replied.
Boston then goes on to show various other members of the Fever performing exercises before her and Clark flex in front of the mirror at the video's end.
Given the close relationship that Clark and Boston have cultivated during their first few months as teammates, they're surely excited to be reunited before their WNBA regular season resumes in 10 days.
Grant Young covers Women’s Basketball, the New York Yankees, and the New York Mets for Sports Illustrated’s ‘On SI’ sites. He holds an MFA degree in creative writing from the University of San Francisco (USF), where he also graduated with a Bachelor’s Degree in Marketing and played on USF’s Division I baseball team for five years. However, he now prefers Angel Reese to Angels in the Outfield.