A wealthy person with a reading panel

Chapter 118 3.5 times the body weight!
This time when he came to Shanghai, Zhou Qing stayed in a five-star hotel he chose nearby, in Xintiandi.

After checking in, I found that this is an old hotel. The facilities and decoration are a bit old, but it is well maintained and the services in all aspects are quite good.

Surprisingly, there are a lot of foreign guests in this hotel. I can see a few of them every time I go in and out of the elevator. This time when I came to the gym, I found two Korean guests working out and taking videos at the same time.

The hotel's gym is free for residents to use, and it is quite lively inside. In addition to the two Korean girls filming fitness videos, there are many people exercising in various areas.

Zhou Qing went directly to the service desk and told the staff on duty that he needed a professional paid personal trainer to teach him the technical movements of deadlift.

Soon, a man about thirty years old, 1.85 meters tall and big in build came over and introduced himself as Kang.

After Coach Kang learned that this was Zhou Qing's first time learning deadlift, he took him to measure his height and weight.

176.3 cm, 81.6 kg.

This data surprised him a little, and he couldn't help but look at Zhou Qing's figure again: "You look quite well-proportioned, but I didn't expect you to weigh over 80 kilograms."

Zhou chuckled and didn't explain anything.

In fact, before he got the panel, he weighed only about 72-73 kilograms.

Since taking snake gall and Polygonatum and practicing internal strength, his body has been strengthened. His body shape has not changed much, but his weight has increased a lot.

Coach Kang is quite capable to work in the gym of a five-star hotel. He then explained the principles of deadlift to Zhou Qing in detail, demonstrated the standard movements, and then did a warm-up and taught the broken-down movements.

"In addition to posture, you also need to pay attention to your breathing method."

After more than 20 minutes, Zhou Qing started to practice with an empty bar.

He observed from the side and found that this student had great athletic talent. Not only did he grasp the key points of the movements quickly, but he also performed them very standardly in every practice and basically did not need him to correct anything.

When he usually teaches novice students, he would only increase the weight to 30 or 40 kilograms at the beginning.

But this time, after watching Zhou Qing practice several sets and see his movements remain perfectly standard, and gradually increasing the weight to 60 kilograms, he couldn't help but say, "Mr. Zhou, your natural strength is quite impressive. Are you interested in practicing more often? I feel that if you practice for half a year or a year, you'll have a chance to break twice your bodyweight and compete in amateur competitions."

Zhou Qing understood that this statement not only praised him, but also had the hidden meaning of "applying for a card".

He smiled and said, "I'm on a business trip to Shanghai."

Coach Kang looked regretful. "That's a shame. With your talent... after all, it's your first time. It's not advisable to add any more weight. After the exercise, stretching is essential."

While Zhou Qing was stretching with him, he also asked Coach Kang for information about the deadlift level.

In fact, he didn't sweat much.

"I usually use bodyweight to measure the level of my deadlift."

"0.5 to 1 times your own body weight is considered novice level."

"1 to 1.5 times is considered elementary."

"1.5 to 2 times is the intermediate level."

"Two to 2 times is considered advanced. At this stage, we generally optimize our technique and improve our neuromuscular recruitment."

"More than 2.5 times is elite level. If you weigh 175 kilograms and can pull over kilograms, you can go to any gym and scare the crowd."

"However, in international professional competitions, for an 270kg bodyweight, the elite level for men's bareback deadlift is over 350kg. For a 461.4kg bodyweight, the elite level is kg... The current men's world record is kg."

After the class, Zhou Qing paid five hundred yuan.

After the coach left, he went out for a walk, had a meal, and then returned to his room to read.

After ten o'clock in the evening, he went out to the gym again.

I had seen before that the gym's opening hours are from 6 am to 11 pm, and sure enough, there was no one in the gym at this time.

He came to the previous place, warmed up first, and then did a set of 1 kilograms of barbells, which was times his body weight.

Stand on professional plastic cushioning.

Zhou Qing first tried the technical movements he had learned before, then stood with his feet slightly wider than his shoulders, slightly rotated his toes outward, bent over, grabbed the barbell, applied a little force at first, and then gradually increased the strength.

The next moment, he grabbed the 80kg barbell, stood still for three seconds, and then put it down.

"It's so easy."

After slightly moving my wrists and body, I continued to add barbell plates on both sides.

The second time, I simply lifted 2 kilograms, twice my body weight, and succeeded easily.

I tried it three more times after that.

The third one, 180 kilograms; the fourth one, 200 kilograms; the fifth one, 220 kilograms... All of them were successfully lifted without using any internal force, relying purely on physical strength.

But when he reached 220 kilograms, he felt obviously different and needed to take it seriously.

Stop and move around for a while.

As he tried along the way, he gradually understood some of the reactions of deadlift to his body.

In the sixth attempt, Zhou Qing increased his weight by another 3 kilograms, reaching kilograms, which was three times his body weight.

Use more strength and lift it up steadily.

lay down.

Zhou smiled lightly. It was difficult for him to use such great strength in his daily life, so he didn't feel it. But now, looking at the heavy barbell plates on the barbell, he intuitively felt how much his strength had increased.

He was feeling somewhat proud and was about to continue testing the limits of his current physical strength when there was a sudden movement from the entrance of the gym.

When I turned around, I saw someone coming. It was the two Korean girls who took the video in the evening.

Zhou Qing ignored them.

The reason why he chose to conduct the test when there were few people around was mainly because he didn't want to attract onlookers. Only two foreign girls came, which was no big deal.

"But since someone is here, let's finish the test early and go back to read."

Zhou Qing thought about the feeling of lifting 240 kilograms just now, moved his hands and body, and felt that this was still a bit far from his limit, so he directly adjusted the weight to 280 kilograms.

He got ready, bent over, and just as he was gripping the bar with both hands and preparing to pull, he clearly felt someone coming.

He didn't care, focused his attention, gradually increased his strength, and got up!

He subconsciously gritted his teeth and successfully pulled up the barbell that was bent into a half moon.

Lifting the 280-kilogram weight in his hands, Zhou Qing instinctively tried to mobilize the internal force in his dantian, but he controlled it. He still stood firm relying on pure physical strength, silently counting to three seconds before putting it down steadily.

"Whoo~"

I let out a breath and felt a layer of sweat on my back due to stress.

The two foreign girls next to him seemed to be frightened by the tremendous strength he displayed. When they reacted, one of them couldn't help but applaud and kept shouting "Great!"

Zhou Qing took a look and confirmed that they did not record the video, so he still ignored them and continued to summarize the test in his mind.

"Two hundred and eighty kilograms, 3.5 times my body weight, is very close to the strength limit of my current body."

"If I put in a little more effort, I should be able to add another ten pounds, but there's no need to test again. This level is just right. I'll use this as a benchmark to measure my progress from now on."

"I wonder how many times my current body can pull 280 kilograms... If we don't consider the weight difference, I'm still 180 kilograms away from the unequipped world record my coach mentioned earlier. I wonder what level this is in the domestic fitness community."

"Also, what would it be like if I used my inner strength?"

Zhou Qing thought that he should buy some barbells and other equipment to build a simple gym in his new house.

"Hello there!"

At this time, the two Korean girls walked closer and greeted him in broken Chinese.

Zhou Qing turned around and politely replied, "Hello, what's up?"

(End of this chapter)