"What is going on today? Are you all ready to come over and be tortured together?" Kevin Tolbert looked at the players filing in with surprise, and the thoughts in his mind blurted out.
Masochism...?
Everyone looked at each other, and then Crabtree pointed in the direction behind him, "Uh... I just returned from injury, and my training volume still needs to be controlled. I just remembered this. So, I won't do it today. Mixed in, next time, next time. I’d better go back and follow the simple plan now.”
With that, Crabtree turned and ran away - how could they forget? Lu Ke is a famous training maniac! That guy Logan complains all day long. The team has already heard about those stories during offseason training. How could they not know?
"...Believe me, I know how embarrassing it is to vomit in training. I endured it again and again, but I still couldn't hold it in. I just knelt down on my knees and started vomiting. Yes, I knelt down directly for him. .At that time, Marcus was lying next to me. He wanted to laugh at me, but he couldn't even raise his hands. He was lying there like a dead body. Ask him yourself, is he even alive? I couldn't move a single finger.
The point is, the weight and intensity of our training are the same. Marcus and I can no longer bear it, and he is almost unsteady, but in the end he grits his teeth and says to do another group of swimming. It is known as relaxing the muscles. You can imagine my expression at that time. I felt that I could no longer retract my jaw. The only thought in my mind was: I don’t know that madman. I refuse to know him! "
Logan and Marcus had told this story vividly many times. At first, everyone thought it was a joke. The two were exaggerating and talking about cross talk. However, they did not expect that it would later be confirmed by Rupati and Kip. So many players later did not dare to look Lu Ke in the eyes, fearing that Lu Ke would drag them to train together.
But now they actually come to your door?
Crabtree was the first to escape, and then a few more guys made excuses - "I want to drink water," "I feel uncomfortable in my stomach," "Oops, I forgot to change my shoes," " "I suddenly remembered that I forgot to turn off the ignition of the car"... All of them turned around and ran away with extremely deceptive excuses. In the blink of an eye, the bustling gym became deserted again.
In fact, Logan and Marcus' first reaction was to turn around and run away, but then they saw Aldon in front of them and forced themselves to stay.
Rhett did not leave, looking at Tolbert with confusion on his face, a ridiculous smile on his face, "Is their reaction too exaggerated? Is this intentional? The intensity of the warm-up training, no matter what It’s amazing, isn’t it? I really didn’t expect them to be such timid guys.”
Tolbert looked at Reid with eyes full of sympathy: Sure enough, he was a rookie who had just joined the team this year, and he had just experienced Lu Ke's injury. Obviously, he did not have enough understanding and understanding of Lu Ke's terror and madness. Understand, what an innocent little lamb.
Tolbert was about to answer, but Lu Ke interrupted the conversation and said with a smile, "I came here a little late today, we'd better start as soon as possible, otherwise, the team's collective training will be delayed later. .”
"Okay. You can get on the treadmill or rowing machine first. You can spend five minutes to stretch your muscles a little." Tolbert withdrew his gaze and without saying anything else, turned around and started today's warm-up training. .
Lu Ke didn't need any guidance at all, he just got on the equipment and began to relax and stretch his muscles.
Aldon stood there in a daze and looked around, like a lost little rabbit, not knowing what he should do. He still hasn't figured out the situation - ever since he arrived at the team's training base, Lu Ke has always been ignored by the players. Surrounded by people, the two of them had no time or opportunity to talk, so that Aldong was confused and still didn't understand Lu Ke's purpose of asking him to arrive at the training base at six o'clock.
Then, just start training like this?
Could it be that when Lu Ke asked him to arrive at the training base early today, he was just asking him to train with him? This sounds really strange.
The training methods, training content and training intensity of different field positions are different, and the training of quarterbacks and linebackers is obviously very different. Of course, this is warm-up training, not special training. The overall training content is closely related to physical fitness. The training content at different positions is different, but the training purpose is the same, so this should not be a problem.
What’s really confusing is training intensity!
Aldon and Reid have the same view. Although they both know that Lu Ke is a "training maniac" and Logan and Marcus have promoted it many times in the team, how can the physical fitness of the quarterback be compared with the linebacker? How about comparing it with security guards, etc.? None of them believes that the quarterback's training intensity can be comparable to other positions on the team in terms of warm-up training that emphasizes physical fitness.
As for the testimony of Logan and Marcus, Aldon always believed that it was just exaggerated ridicule and complaints. After all, they and Lu Ke are all close friends, and it is not surprising that Lu Ke has a personality that likes to joke. At least from Aldon's point of view, he has never really witnessed Lu Ke's training outside the team. Anyway, in terms of the training content within the team, Lu Ke's performance is also within the normal range. Seeing is believing and hearing is believing. Virtually, Aldon has always maintained a skeptical attitude.
Today, Lu Ke asked them to do warm-up training together, but Aldong was a little worried about Lu Ke.
But...seeing that Tolbert didn't say anything and didn't seem to care, Aldon swallowed his doubts and worries. Seeing that Rhett, Logan and Marcus were already on the equipment, Aldon stopped procrastinating, found a treadmill, and started jogging——
No matter what, he needs to bounce back, he needs to reintegrate into the team, he needs to get back into the starting lineup. His career is not over yet, he doesn't want to give up, and he doesn't want to be given up.
So, shutting up his mouth, Aldon joined Lu Ke and others and silently began a simple aerobic warm-up. The only sound in the entire gym was the sound of equipment running.
Five minutes was five minutes. Tolbert squeezed the time. After just five minutes, he interrupted the warm-up session and said loudly, "Now let's start the whole-body exercise. We have exactly six people here, divided into groups of two. Three groups. You just need to watch Bambi and I’s demonstration first, and then follow suit.”
While the players were warming up, Tolbert skillfully dug out three yoga fitness balls from the corner and placed them in the open space in the center of the gym. At this time, a rectangular yoga mat had been laid out on the ground.
Aldon didn't know why.
Lu Ke insists on practicing yoga all year round. This is no secret in the team. Some players have also tried it, but in the end they still did not persist because it was not suitable. But choosing yoga as a warm-up is not too childish. ? For Aldon, at least, he feels rugby needs to be a little more intense.
Turning his head, Aldon saw Logan's extremely exaggerated movements. He seemed to have understood the next training program, and he was mumbling, "What should I do? I want to leave now, what should I do, what should I do!" How does he use this training to warm up, God, he is really a devil!"
Marcus, who was standing next to him, couldn't help but hold his forehead.
Aldong wanted to ask, but after thinking about it, he still didn't move and stood there and looked at Lu Ke.
At this time, Lu Ke took off his shoes and socks, and stood barefoot on the ground; then, Tolbert came to Lu Ke, squatted down, held the ball in both hands, and maintained the stability of the fitness ball.
Next, Aldon saw an extremely magical scene:
Lu Ke remained standing and held Tolbert's shoulders with both hands, first his right foot and then his left foot. He stood on the fitness ball with both feet, and his whole body pressed against the soft and elastic fitness ball. Then he continued to adjust his feet and center of gravity, grasping the entire balance point, and slowly left Tolbert's shoulders with his hands, standing on the fitness ball like a circus juggler.
Slowly, Tolbert let go of his hands and let Lu Ke stand alone on the fitness ball. "Control your center of gravity and lower your entire core strength. Yes, good, no problem! Steady, steady!" Hold!"
Aldon was completely stunned now: Are you sure this isn't acrobatics?
He suddenly turned his head to look at Logan. Logan seemed to be aware of their gaze. He turned around and explained with a helpless expression, "Yes, you read that right. This is his daily training." project."
At this time, Tolbert had stood up again, picked up a rugby ball from the side, and handed it directly to Lu Ke.
After Lu Ke took over the rugby ball, he carefully adjusted his center of gravity. From a close distance, you could clearly see that all the muscles in Lu Ke's body were tense. His body's center of gravity was constantly adjusting to ensure that he could maintain balance. He stood on the medicine ball, and then...then he started to pass the ball!
Passing action?
From common sense in physics, we know that while maintaining balance, swinging the arms or turning the body is used to drive the body. If you are not careful, the balance of power may be broken, resulting in a complete loss of center of gravity.
But now, Lu Ke is doing the swing of his arm to pass the ball - he is very, very careful and very, very slow, and at the same time, he also ensures that the entire swing of his arm to pass the ball is done perfectly, instead of doing it in a hurry. He retracted it halfway, which also required him to mobilize every muscle in his body while swinging his arms to ensure that the entire balance would not be broken.
It's such a simple action, but it's so difficult that it's really daunting.
After just waving his arms twice, Lu Ke started to sweat faintly.
