Chapter 767: New Challenge
The sky was cloudless, the sun was shining brightly, and the clear light blue sky seemed to be visible to the bottom. I inadvertently caught a few fish swimming in the shallows.
Just like the climate in California, you won’t feel the bleakness of autumn or the coldness of winter at all.
The breeze brings the faint sound of students' conversations and laughter on campus. Even if you close your eyes, you can smell the vast expanses of green and gold surging.
Time just slows down like this.
On the training ground, heavy breathing and the smell of hot sweat intertwined in the air. My ears captured those trivial sounds, and my heart was also surging.
“…pay attention to your core strength and keep your torso tall.”
"Belly! Watch your belly!"
"balance!"
"Slow down, move slowly, don't try to use inertia to maintain balance, slow down and feel the support and force of the core strength."
"Think, don't just move mechanically. Move your brain along with your body and feel the muscles working."
"Very good, keep it up!"
"...One more set. Don't stop, don't stop. One more set! Just grit your teeth and hold on. One more set will do."
Focus, dedication, and sweat profusely.
Peart's voice was guiding Gawain's training, and Sampras was sitting next to him, with a stopwatch, computer, notes and other equipment.
Off-season training has officially begun.
Three hours in the morning and four hours in the afternoon, combining field training and gym training; in the evening there is restorative basic training, as well as tactical training, which completely fills the entire day from morning to night, and even eating habits and rest time are adjusted accordingly.
In an orderly and step-by-step manner, Gao Wen is moving towards his goal step by step.
Now, Gao Wen is trying a new core strength training provided by the system——
Water bag.
In fact, in 2021 and 2022, water bag training has become popular among elite athletes and is widely used in different sports.
It was also because of this that when Gao Wen saw the system provided corresponding water bag training, he accepted it as a matter of course.
But at the moment, this is still a brand new thing, and even the props can’t be found.
So, what is a water bag?
To put it simply, it is similar to the principle of a water bed, but smaller in size. It is a round, long, inflatable bag that is slightly wider than the shoulders. A certain amount of liquid is placed inside, but it does not need to be fully filled, but to maintain the fluidity of the liquid.
According to the weight of the liquid, it can be divided into 15 kg, 20 kg and 30 kg.
When engaging in the sport, the player holds both ends of the water bag with both hands, and places the water bag behind the neck and above the shoulders like carrying a shoulder pole.
Then, carry out a series of related exercises, such as climbing stairs, squatting and standing up in the one-legged stance, and jumping over obstacles.
When exercising, the liquid in the water bag is always in a flowing state, and the unstable weight constantly breaks the body's balance. This puts very strict demands on the support of the torso and the strength of the waist and abdomen, and continuously attacks the core strength muscles.
Moreover, the water bag has a killer feature——
When the body's center of gravity tilts, the liquid in the water bag will all gather in one direction, which is equivalent to a weight of fifteen kilograms/twenty kilograms instantly pressing down in the same direction, violently destroying the body's balance and truly creating a strong effect of a mountain pressing down on one's head.
At this time, an instant burst of core strength and coordination of muscles throughout the body are required, which is very effective for training explosive power and balance.
New, special and efficient.
Of course, the most important reason why water bags were widely promoted was because of “safety”.
Water bags have very low risk of causing damage to the knees and other joints throughout the body, because the power of water bags is softer and tougher. This has a significant effect in reducing unnecessary injuries to players during training, and has been proven by professional medicine, which has led to more promotion.
Obviously, all this was new and unfamiliar to Sampras and Pelt, and both of them were full of questions. However, after listening carefully to Gawain's entire explanation, Pelt thought it was feasible. He then asked his sports expert friend and got the same answer.
Later, Tobias went to consult three different professional sports experts. Among them, a professor from Johns Hopkins School of Medicine was particularly interested. He not only personally made two water bags for Gao Wen, but also sent an intern to test various data during Gao Wen's training.
Just one week.
Sampras and Pelt realized that this training could be a revolutionary new method, and it only took a week, and they were both amazed.
Moreover, thanks to the presence of the expert team, Sampras also began to record Gao Wen's relevant training data, preparing to carry out in-depth cooperation with the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine to test the training situation more comprehensively and scientifically, and looking forward to planning training more systematically in the new season.
This is a fresh start.
Pelt's voice echoed over the training ground.
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"Squat down, stand up!"
"Bite the bullet! Very good! Another set!"
"Squat down, stand up!"
Little by little, Pelt is exercising his wildest imagination, methodically pushing Gawain to the extreme and tapping into his deeper potential.
This kind of cooperation allowed Peart to rediscover the passion he had when he worked with Davydenko and Ferrer.
The air was filled with the smell of sweat.
At the same time, in the corner of the training ground, a bald man and a girl with long golden brown hair stood outside the barbed wire, hiding their figures in the shade of the trees without alarming anyone.
The two men looked at Gawain who was training, with confusion in their eyes. It was obvious that they had never seen a water bag before and could not understand it.
The two sides exchanged glances, and then realized that the other side also couldn't understand.
Then, the blonde shrugged, "Technology is advancing so fast, and so are training methods. It's hard for us old bones to keep up."
The shiny bald man still had a curious expression on his face. "Is the blue liquid in there water? It keeps flowing, so it can't keep balance?"
The blonde didn't answer.
After a short silence, the bald man asked again, "So, what do you think? Should I agree to it? If you think it's inappropriate, I can still refuse Pete now."
The blonde girl smoothed her hair behind her shoulders, a smile in her eyes, "Andre, don't you already have the answer? You invited me to come and take a look, this action itself is the answer."
The big bald guy chuckled twice and scratched his head.
The smile in the blonde's eyes deepened. "Peter also said that this is just a consultant. You don't need to fly around with him. You can give it a try. If you don't like it, tell Peter."
"Besides, you have praised this young man in front of me more than once. Maybe you can give yourself a chance to see if you are suitable to be a coach."
(End of this chapter)