EBE Chapter 118 Hard Training in the Mountains
Chapter 118 Hard Training in the Mountains
In the Yinan B&B halfway up the mountain, a burst of laughter came from the quaint big wooden house, "Hehehe..." That was the laughter of old man Maotian.
In the wooden house, faces were sitting around a small wooden table, enjoying the delicious mountain food.
Old man Maotian picked up a bowl of wine and drank it all. Then he pointed to the forest outside the window and said, "You guys are lucky. We encountered a black bear when we were going downhill today.
If you encounter it going uphill, hey, that would be a different story."
After hearing this, Kimura glanced at Yingcun who was sitting in the corner and said sarcastically, "Yingcun, don't you always say that you can kill a bear?
Why did you run away with your butt sticking up like us today?"
After hearing what he said, Yingcun's face flashed with embarrassment, and then he lowered his head and concentrated on eating the food in the bowl.
Luo Hao now raised a question with concern: "Mr. Maotian, what should we do if we encounter a bear again tomorrow?"
After hearing this, old man Maotian laughed, patted Luo Hao on the shoulder and comforted him, "Don't worry, young man.
We have a special bear repellent bell, and if you put it on, the bear will be scared away.”
When everyone heard this, they all breathed a sigh of relief.
The afternoon sun shines through the treetops onto the flat ground outside the cabin.
Old man Nekota and President Kamogawa stood in the center of the crowd.
Chairman Kamogawa cleared his throat and said solemnly, “I brought you here so that Mr. Nekoda can strengthen your power.
Now, he will guide you in training."
Old man Maotian walked to a stream not far from the cabin.
He turned to look at everyone and pointed to the fast-flowing stream: "All of you, jump into the stream now and do the rapids squat jump training."
When Kimura heard this, he immediately looked embarrassed: "But... Mr. Maotian, it's winter now, and the stream water is freezing cold. How can we bear it?"
But old man Maotian smiled nonchalantly: "We are not ordinary people, we are boxers!
If you can't even overcome this little difficulty, how can you become a strong person?"
Without saying a word, old man Maotian quickly took off his outer clothes and pants, revealing his strong muscular body.
How could he be an old man who was almost 80 years old? Everyone was so shocked that their jaws dropped.
"Haha, then let me, an old man, set an example for you young people!"
Before old man Maotian finished speaking, he jumped into the water with a "splash" and started playing whitewater squat jumping.
Moreover, old man Maotian also went into the water himself, demonstrating the movements and explaining in detail: "When your lower body is doing squat jump exercises in the rapids, you must maintain a good sense of balance.
At the same time, you must be able to endure the rapids and biting cold.
This is not just a workout, it’s a challenge, and it’s not something that a wimp or a sissy can do.”
After hearing this, Yingcun's eyes flashed with a gleam of unwillingness to admit defeat, and he stood up and said, "Since old man Maotian has said so much, if we don't play with him, wouldn't we be worse than an 80-year-old man?
Brothers, jump together!"
"Thump thump thump..."
Following Yingcun's lead, everyone jumped into the rushing stream.
The water level of this stream is not deep, only about waist-high, but the stones underfoot are covered with moss, making it easy to slip.
Yingcun stood in the rapids, his body tense. He waved his arms and encouraged, "This is a great idea! Although the rapids squat jump is difficult and freezing, I can already feel the blood burning in my heart!
Brothers, let's get started!" His words were full of power, like the soul of the team, leading everyone to work hard and practice desperately.
"Swish, swish, swish..." Everyone jumped and fell in the water to the rhythm of Yingcun.
At this time, old man Maotian climbed up the bank. He sat on a big rock and looked at the people in the stream with a smile. Suddenly he shouted: "Young men, you'd better not slip, or you may lose your life!"
This sudden warning made everyone's heart tighten. They all turned around and looked. They saw a waterfall not far downstream in the stream. The water was pouring down from a great height with quite a roar.
Seeing this, Luo Hao immediately reminded everyone loudly: "There is a waterfall below this stream. If you are washed down, you may really be crushed to pieces.
Everyone must be careful not to slip! "
After Luo Hao shouted like this, everyone felt like there was a sword hanging over their heads that might fall at any time. They immediately tightened their muscles and continued to do the rapids jumps in a state of high alert.
As time passed, the lips of the five guys in the stream began to turn purple from the cold.
"Okay, everyone, come on up first, or your body won't be able to handle it. With this water temperature, a set of rapids squat jumps should only last for 10 minutes.
Everyone come up and rest for 10 minutes before continuing to practice. "
In this way, the elite five members of Kamogawa Boxing Gym continued in this hellish training until about 3 pm.
"Oh my, Mr. Nekoda's training intensity is even higher than that of President Kamogawa. I can't hold on any longer. I'm going to die." After saying this, Aoki lay down on the ground in a completely ungraceful manner.
The others were not much better, either lying down or sitting, and no one could stand after 3 hours of hellish training.
Luo Hao sat on the ground and looked at Itagaki, then said with a wry smile: "Senior Itagaki, can you still hold on?
My physical strength seems to have reached its limit.”
Itagaki also gave a bitter smile, "I'm about the same as you, and my strength has also run out."
Half an hour later, old man Maotian's voice sounded again, "Okay, guys, the break is over, everyone follow me."
"There's no other way, brothers, let's continue practicing!" Yingcun complained and was the first to get up from the ground.
As Yingcun got up, Luo Hao, Itagaki, Aoki, and Kimura also climbed up one after another.
Old man Maotian walked to a tree stump and pointed to a large pile of wood next to the stump, "Fifty pieces per person, all split into 1/8, understand?
You can have dinner when you finish chopping."
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In general, the chopping exercise is a whole-body training method that can effectively exercise multiple parts of the body through different movement patterns and force output, including the core muscles, upper back muscles, shoulder muscles, triceps, quadriceps, calf muscles, gluteal muscles, hamstrings, etc.
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Aoki grumbled unhappily, "Oh my! Old Maotian is really good at ordering people around. He actually asked us to work for him for free. He really has a good plan!"
Kimura patted his shoulder with a smile, "Alright, alright! Don't worry about it! Just think of it as doing a good deed to help the old man, it's not bad!"
"Clap clap clap..."
Yingcun clapped his hands and shouted happily, "Okay! Let's work harder and get to work!
My stomach is growling. I can eat earlier if I finish my work earlier!"
"Okay! I'll start now." Luo Hao was the first to respond to Eagle Village's call. He picked up the axe and started chopping.
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