[Luz is matching him, at least on the effort scale. As she pulls, she recounts their training sessions, moments where she'd fall in mud and get back up, reminding herself that failure (and pain) was temporary, that strength had to come into the spirit before it would be in your muscles. That idea got her up and moving, and kept her going.

Here, she saw the ferocity of her opponents and was reminded that her own strength had to be ready to come against ones that were just as dedicated to winning. She pulled from her diaphragm for breath, in, out, and her muscles found the rhythm of the pull, and she tugged steadily, being sure to build to her strength rather than throwing it all on the line right then and there].