Orc Undead Sports Warrior

After recovery and technical refinement in October and November, all track and field team members felt that the details of their movements were more refined than before.

For Lu Wei, every day is very hard. Many people only need to improve their technical skills in one project. Even if two projects are similar in technical type, after practicing all the technical details of one project, they have already mastered more than half of the other project.

However, Lu Wei has four items where he needs to constantly refine his technique, and he also needs to train more core muscle groups than others.

Despite this, Lu Wei gritted his teeth and persevered.

To perform at your best in a competition, you need to practice your running technique, physical fitness, and mental fortitude to make the most of your performance.

Given the number of events Lu Wei participates in, he will definitely need to compete in track and field every day. For athletes like him, physical fitness sometimes has a greater impact on performance than technique.

Mental fortitude is even more important; it can be considered the soul of an athlete. Without strong mental strength, even the best technique cannot be fully utilized.

Take the men's 100-meter final at this World Championships as an example. Asafa Powell is stronger in both technique and physical ability than Guy.

Unfortunately, after starting in the final, he saw Gay ahead of him and lost his composure, allowing the more confident Gay to take the most important step towards his third world championship title.

It now seems that this defeat has had a significant psychological impact on Powell, and he may not be able to stand on the highest podium in sprinting for some time to come.

After refining their basic skills, the track and field team moved from the Beijing University of Sport Training Center to the Kunming Haigeng Sports Training Base.

The reason for this is that after December, the temperature in Beijing drops significantly, and after a while, it will no longer be suitable for outdoor training.

The cold weather has significantly impacted athletes' normal training. Because of the low temperature, athletes need to spend more time warming up and constantly maintain their physical activity level, which can easily lead to injury if they are not careful.

At this critical juncture, any oversight could lead to a lifetime of regret, since an athlete may only be able to participate in the Olympics held on home soil once in their lifetime.

The Beijing Olympics held great significance for many athletes. Standing on the highest podium in their own country and singing the national anthem with the entire audience was a beautiful dream, a dream that drove athletes in every sport to train intensely during this season.

Some athletes with injuries are doing everything they can to maintain their form in this competition. Lu Wei could tell that Liu Xiang's expression was very serious every day, and his training volume was even greater. He would often practice a single movement repeatedly until he felt he had overcome it.

For example, it took Liu Xiang a lot of training time to master the technique of getting onto the hurdle from eight steps to seven steps. Once he solidified this technique, Liu Xiang no longer had to worry about being in a disadvantageous position at the start of the race.

The Kuncheng Haigeng Training Base is located on the shore of Dianchi Lake at the southern end of Kuncheng, with a beautiful environment and about 10 kilometers from the city center.

Here, athletes not only escape the hustle and bustle of the city, but also experience spring all over again.

Kunming is known as the "Spring City" because it enjoys a spring-like climate year-round with an average annual temperature of around 15 degrees Celsius. The city also boasts long hours of sunshine and a negligible frost period.

When the Haigeng Training Base was built, it served as a training base for the National Football League. Every year, it witnessed the entire process of teams from all over the country gathering here to prepare for matches. Of course, it also witnessed the 12-minute run, a peculiar product of that particular era.

The Haigeng Training Base is located at an altitude of over 1800 meters, and training in such a high-altitude area is a great test for everyone.

Before arriving in Kunming, the team monitored Lu Wei's physical indicators. His resting heart rate was around 51 to 55 beats per minute, a level comparable to that of special forces. After exercise, his heart rate was between 110 and 115 beats per minute, both of which are quite rare among athletes.

Upon arriving at the Haigeng training base, the team members underwent physical examinations on their first day. Lu Wei's height is still increasing, and he has now reached 1.97 meters, a height that is extremely rare among sprinters.

The team doctor sighed, "Lu Wei, generally speaking, it's difficult for most people to grow significantly taller after age 18. After all, we live in a temperate region, where the climate is unlikely to suppress physical development and growth. It's rare for someone to grow taller like Scandinavians, even past 20. Your growth of 11 centimeters in the year after you turned 19 is truly remarkable; you have exceptional athletic talent. However, you must be careful. Rapid height growth in adulthood can easily lead to osteoporosis, so you must monitor your physical indicators regularly."

Lu Wei, holding the electrocardiogram, asked the team doctor, "When I had my physical examination last week, my resting heart rate was no more than 55 beats per minute. How come it's almost 60 beats per minute today? You said last time that any abnormalities should be reported immediately."

The team doctor smiled. They had to repeatedly confirm Lu Wei's physical indicators, and no one wanted to make a mistake on Lu Wei at this critical juncture: "Well, in high-altitude areas, a person's resting heart rate and an athlete's heart rate after exercise are both faster than in plains areas."

Because the air is thin and the air pressure is low at high altitudes, the body's ability to absorb oxygen from the air and transport it to the capillaries in the lungs is reduced. This same process also occurs in blood circulation. Therefore, in order to obtain the same amount of nutrients, the heart has to work harder to increase its efficiency. As a result, in the first three weeks at high altitudes, the body's recovery ability after exercise is significantly reduced. It takes about three weeks for the body's capabilities to return to roughly the same level as in lowland areas, at which point the body has adapted to the high-altitude climate.

Lu Wei had never heard of this before, and the original owner of the body didn't seem to care much about it, so Lu Wei listened intently.

Besides ensuring a suitable climate, another important function of training here is to improve the athletes' physical endurance. It's like training for long-distance running with weights strapped to your body; after removing the weights, the movements become much easier.

这里最恐怖的地方就是来到这里前两周的身体耐力训练和肌肉耐力训练。平时训练100米在这时候训练的时候要跑150米，200米变成300米，400米变成500米，有时候还需要大家一起训练1000米。

The sprinters are arguably the most stressed group. During sprint training, even if they have to run many sets, they can slack off a little during the middle of the race. The difference between 10.2 seconds and 10.5 seconds doesn't seem that big. However, there's no way to slack off during 1000-meter training. Sprinters don't have much of an advantage at this distance, and if they deliberately run slower, the difference becomes too obvious.

Running one set in 2 minutes and 50 seconds might be manageable, but running eight sets in a row is something most people can't handle.

After two weeks of training, Shen Liang and Zhang Yuanteng let out screams like pigs being slaughtered. While screaming, they supported each other and questioned Lu Wei's physical condition.

"Wow, Lu Wei, are you even human? You train in sprinting, and other events are just field events at best. How come I feel like your training condition is no different from when you're in the plains lately?"

Lu Wei chuckled: "I always swallow my pride and suffer in silence. Do you think your opponents will let you off the hook during the competition just because you say you're feeling unwell? They'd love for you to have a problem so they can easily crush the weak. If you want to achieve results, you have to be tough on yourself in normal times so you can be just as ruthless with your opponents during the competition. The way you two are acting is more like a comedy sketch."

"Have you heard? A lot of projects have moved here since we moved. Did you notice it was around dinner time last night? How about we go take a look around this afternoon?"

After Shen Liang made the suggestion, Zhang Yuanteng also agreed, only Lu Wei remained noncommittal. For the past two weeks, they had been training at various levels of endurance intensity every day. Lu Wei's training volume was almost the sum of the two of them. It would be a lie to say he wasn't tired, but after a week, he had almost returned to normal.

When it comes to recovery ability, Lu Wei is much faster than the other two, but since he finally has a vacation, Lu Wei doesn't want to waste it.

Of course, they should sleep in! Athletes who like to sleep in usually perform well!

However, after being repeatedly urged by the two men, Lu Wei hesitated. Many of his teammates also wanted to go. The three-person plan had become a group activity, so Lu Wei had no choice but to go along.

Haigeng Training Base is a comprehensive training base. Recently, athletes from swimming, tennis, volleyball, beach volleyball, boxing, diving and other sports have come to Haigeng for winter training.

Some sports are too technical, like diving and tennis, so you can just watch and move on. In the volleyball hall, the women's volleyball team was practicing the same first pass move almost the entire time. This is a training subject that really tests basic skills, and you really can't skip it. But it wasn't very entertaining, so everyone left after a few minutes.

Finally, everyone arrived at the boxing training hall, where more than 30 team members were practicing, and team members in the four corners were also having practice matches.

After the track and field team members entered the stadium, many of the athletes who were training turned their heads in this direction. Perhaps because of the training program, the gazes cast by these athletes were somewhat aggressive, intimidating several track and field athletes who had only taken two steps in. Now, they were caught in a dilemma, unsure whether to stay or leave.

Just as the team members hesitated, Lu Wei gave them a push: "You're getting awkward just looking at them! Hurry up and go in, don't embarrass yourselves!"

That's exactly the situation now. The track and field team visited the boxing training hall, but they were scared away by the boxer's imposing presence in less than a minute. If word got out, it would be a huge blow to the track and field team's prestige, so there's no way they can turn back now.

Lu Wei didn't blame his teammates for being cowardly. After all, the other side trained in combat every day, so it was only natural that they had a strong killing intent.

Lu Wei led the way, and the others followed behind him. They found a spot that was neither too close nor too far away and sat down.

"Oh my! Look who's here! Our Best Newcomer and Best Breakthrough Award winners for this year are all here. A warm welcome to the World Championship heroes for their guidance!"

The speaker was Zhao Dayong, a sparring partner in the 91kg+ weight class. In next year's Olympic boxing competition, the Chinese team can only send one member to compete in this event. Currently, the Chinese team's proposed member is Zhang Zhilei from Yuzhou. However, Zhang Zhilei is too strong, so Zhao Dayong can only come to the Haigeng training base to train as his sparring partner.

When he saw the track and field team arrive, he made a sarcastic remark. Everyone knew that the track and field team had been the talk of the town at this sports awards ceremony, especially Lu Wei, who had just debuted and won two awards, which made many members of the boxing team feel unhappy.

Why is it that you get the Breakthrough of the Year award for winning a bronze medal in a relay race, while nobody paid attention to the three gold medals we won at last year's World Championships?

Although track and field events are numerous and have a large number of gold medals, you can't win many. The effect is not as good as boxing, which contributes more gold medals. In terms of the number of gold medals contributed, boxing is in no way inferior to track and field.

These awards come with prize money at the end of the year. Many boxing team coaches and athletes feel that the track and field team won this award this year because of the special care given to them by the country.

Before this winter training, many boxing team members were holding their breath, determined to win more gold medals on home soil next year and give the track and field athletes a good thrashing.

"Brother Zhao, we have a half-day off this afternoon. Everyone's planning to come and watch your training!"

Hu Huo and Zhao Dayong are both team members from Jicheng. When they saw him speaking, they greeted him.

"Everyone's training, what are you guys doing on vacation! No wonder your results have been so bad, I think you've been too relaxed in training! You need to find a good coach to really toughen up these lazybones! Don't get cocky just because you won a few awards, or you won't even be able to eat dirt next year!"

Before Zhao Dayong could speak, the other team members responded with equally unpleasant remarks.

"What are you saying! It's like you're the only ones training. If you're so capable, win more gold medals instead of always failing at the last minute and letting us down at the crucial moment!"

It was Shen Liang who spoke, and he also pointedly implied that the boxing team was easily eliminated in the semi-finals every time they reached the finals, and in the end, they only won a few championships and a lot of bronze medals.

"Hey, you're not convinced, are you! You guys only won awards because of those bronze and silver medals! If you're not happy, come and have a go with me. I want to give you a good beating!"

When Hu Huo was speaking, Zhao Dayong was still embarrassed to say something too harsh, but when Shen Liang took over the conversation, Zhao Dayong became somewhat emboldened.

"What are you so proud of? You're just a sparring partner!" After Shen Liang finished speaking, Lu Wei felt quite relieved and showed a contemptuous expression on his face.

"Oh my, look! Isn't this our world champion? Why didn't you bring your gold medal today? That's your only treasure! You're a world champion on the track, but here, you can't even train with the other athletes! Come here! I'll teach you a thing or two, so you won't get bullied in fights later!"