- Barney has trouble hitting on women at the Victoria's Secret after party and so has to return to the woman who took his virginity.
- Ted talks his four friends into joining a gym with him. There, Robin loses all signs of her femininity, Marshall gets the trainer from hell, while Lily gets the trainer who wants to nurture other things in her. Through it all, Ted seems never to be around, until... Meanwhile, Barney runs into Rhonda at the gym, she the older woman friend of his mother's to who he lost his virginity. He is offended that she doesn't remember him, especially since she at the time told him that he was best sex that she had ever had, and being what many in the neighborhood called "the man maker", she had had many men. Barney is devastated that when she finally does remember who he is, she confesses that Barney's brother James paid her to tell him those things to boost his confidence. As those words were what made Barney the man he is today, he loses all his ability to talk to women effectively. He hopes that attending a Victoria's Secret fashion show post party will provide him the atmosphere to get his womanizing mojo back.—Huggo
- The gang decides to get in shape (after Ted huffs and puffs running to his room to get cash for the pizza delivery guy) and everyone joins a gym. Barney has a gym where he invests in fat women, who will become hot after working out for a few months or years. This way, when they are hot, Barney is the first guy they turn to. Barney is shocked to see that the woman working at the gym's smoothie bar is Rhonda (Stephanie Faracy), the woman to whom he lost his virginity. He has a flashback to when, fresh from his break-up with long-time girlfriend Shannon (Katie Walder), his brother James (Wayne Brady) (who was "not gay yet") set him up with his mother's friend, Rhonda "The Manmaker" French (who had already had sex with the paper boy, the pool guy and the guy who delivers Chinese food), who told Barney that he "rocked her world", boosting his confidence. That was the night the myth and the legend of Barney was born. All the subsequent women he satisfied came from the confidence he gained from satisfying Rhonda.
Later, Rhonda tells Barney that James convinced her to tell him that he was her best ever, and Rhonda says she only agreed to it because James slept with her (at the time James was still not out of the closet yet) - Rhonda doesn't even remember Barney's name (she calls him Barry).
Barney decides to get over it by going to the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show after-party with Ted and Marshall, where all of Barney's pick-up lines become vulgar (I am going to get in your panties, incorporated. Legend .. wait for it .. how long do we have to wait for it?.. Those are very nice honkers) and fall flat. Barney realizes he has the yips-he is over-thinking hitting on girls to the point where he can't do it anymore. Heidi Klum (who says Barney has the "Ach du meine Güte, nichts klappt mehr, überhaupt gar nichts mehr, so 'ne Scheiße!") convinces him to go back to Rhonda and try again to regain his confidence.
She rejects him at first (he loses all hope and even gives up wearing his suits), but after Barney talks to her at the bar (Rhonda comes to the bar as Ted told her at the gym that Barney was having a tough time), she invites him over to play cards (she says sleeping with her is not going to solve anything), which quickly turns into sex. Rhonda insists that it really WAS the best she ever had this time, while Barney agrees in monotone, clearly having gained his confidence back. Daddy's back
Marshall is having a much harder time at the gym than anticipated. Although his trainer Trish (Meredith Roberts Quill) is a cute girl, she drives him very hard, making him do hundreds of push-ups & sit-ups and making him cry with only her words. Marshall is miserable with the trainer as she continues to push him way beyond his limits and everything in his body hurts. He is even too afraid to call her and tell her that he quits. Lily calls Trish on Marshall's behalf and tries to fire her, but she ends up only being even more pissed. Lily gets a very muscular trainer who is helping her with flexibility, but it turns out, is completely unaffiliated with the gym. Robin enjoys the gym because she doesn't have to wear a cute outfit and can work out uninhibitedly, although the gang makes fun of her for looking manly. Looking at Robin grunting and sweating, Ted manages to lose all romantic feelings for her. Ted seems to always find a reason to avoid working out (e.g., bringing the wrong shorts, no charge in the iphone, getting a free massage), but after Marshall passes his trainer on to him, he gets what he paid for. Ted ends up crying, miserable and sweaty, and this time Robin manages to lose all romantic feelings for him. Although everyone agrees joining the gym was a great decision, Older Ted's voice-over reveals that, after that first week, they never went back.
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