BATON ROUGE, LA (WAFB) -
Shelly Graham runs Action Fitness in Prairieville. She
focuses on boot camp style training for all levels. Her business partner, Mike Babin, handles
Next Level, training kid athletes and helping them hone their skills. While they share the same building, the same
equipment and the same goals, they stand divided on one thing.
"We were born and
raised on that road to Tuscaloosa to see Bear Bryant," said Babin.
"My dad had two daughters, no sons, so we grew up being his
partners for the LSU game," said Graham.
That's right. Shelly
is an LSU girl, and Mike roots for Alabama.
You can even see it in their company colors: purple for Shelly, Crimson
for Mike. So how can tigers and
elephants co-exist?
"It's more of our clients or my clients. They really like to
give him a hard time," laughed Shelly.
"So we have a little thing that goes on. Any of my kids that
come in that wear purple have to do some extra exercises," said Mike with a
grin.
Shelly quickly added that anyone wearing purple or gold is
welcome in her class.
The rivalry ends with football. The two work hard to help their clients
succeed, helping each other out when things get hectic.
But, that doesn't stop them from predicting the big game's
outcome.
"It's an overkill. Alabama is definitely dominating," said
Mike.
"It's Saturday Night in Death Valley, home game. You never
know," Shelly rebutted.
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