Daily Evolution from Mastering Tai Chi-Chapter 52: Accidentally Ran to the Neighboring City
Wang Ye bent down and effortlessly did a few explosive handstand push-ups.
In each push-up, he had to completely leap off the ground and clap his hands once in midair.
This move required a very high level of explosiveness, not to mention it was a handstand push-up, not a regular push-up. To do explosive handstand push-ups with a bodyweight of ninety kilograms was a feat that could be counted on one hand worldwide.
However, Wang Ye did dozens of them in a row and was only slightly out of breath.
Perhaps it was because he had consciously been training push-ups for the past half month, his progress in push-ups was incredibly fast, with noticeable improvement every day.
Of course, he was still some distance away from world record level.
The current Guinness World Record for the most consecutive push-ups was 10,507.
Wang Ye estimated that when he exhausted himself, he could only do a little over a thousand, before either his muscles would get sore or his bones would ache, or the skin on his palms would blister.
However, Wang Ye didn’t plan to challenge this so-called no-reward, no-glory, no-meaning world record. Compared to running a marathon, it was even more grueling—a record that only eccentrics would attempt.
After completing the handstand push-ups, Wang Ye stood up again and suddenly felt a wave of dizziness.
Quickly, he fetched a small bottle of glucose oral solution from the fridge to replenish his blood sugar levels.
After feeling his blood sugar levels stabilize slightly, Wang Ye took out four grip strengtheners he had bought earlier from the drawer.
The grip strengtheners were 200 pounds, 250 pounds, 275 pounds, and 300 pounds each.
Wang Ye could barely squeeze the 300-pound grip strengthener four or five times in one go. The 200-pound one, to exaggerate, felt soft as cotton to him now.
Feeling rather bored, Wang Ye put the grip strengtheners back in the drawer. Then he opened Taobao, searched for Wanjia Grip Strengthener, and spent two hundred yuan to order a 450-pound grip strengthener.
What does 450 pounds even mean?
The current strongest grip in the world probably couldn’t close this 450-pound grip strengthener purely single-handedly. This level of grip strength, without exaggeration, has far surpassed human limits. The merchant probably listed this on Taobao for collectors or for some bloggers to make videos pressing the grip strengthener with a hydraulic press.
The merchant probably didn’t expect that someone would actually buy a 450-pound grip strengthener for training purposes.
After placing the order.
Wang Ye went to the kitchen to make breakfast.
While eating his steaming hot beef noodles, he dialed his mother’s phone number.
Beep beep beep—
In just a few seconds, his mother answered the call.
"Hello, Xiao Ye? What’s up?"
His mother’s tone seemed rather cautious. Evidently, Wang Ye’s winning the championship at the competition yesterday still made her a bit anxious.
"Mom, I’m planning to compete in Shenzhen in mid-May and take a trip at the same time," Wang Ye said while slurping his noodles. "I’ll probably be away for a month or two on this trip. If you want to have fun, you can come with me."
"To Shenzhen? Is it another marathon?" his mother asked in surprise.
Wang Ye nodded and said, "Yeah, a friend helped me register as an athlete yesterday. I need to participate in another qualifying competition to get the National Elite Athlete certificate."
"Wow, National Elite Athlete, isn’t that even better than a Second-level Athlete?" his mother’s tone became immediately happier.
"Of course, the National Elite Athlete is the highest level of athlete certification," Wang Ye explained, continuing, "Oh, and another thing, the competition I participated in yesterday had a prize of 100,000 yuan, and there’ll probably be a prize of tens of thousands for the competition in Shenzhen too. So, I shouldn’t be short on money for the time being, so you don’t have to worry about me. Just take care of yourselves and stay healthy."
"Alright, alright. Seeing you succeed makes your dad and me happy," his mother said with gratification in her tone.
Although his parents didn’t understand how their son had reached the level of a National Elite Athlete.
But having a successful and financially independent son was a good thing.
They didn’t plan to dig deeper into it.
After hanging up the phone.
Wang Ye finished the last bite of noodles in his bowl and took the bowl to the kitchen for a quick wash.
Then he changed into his freshly washed marathon training outfit and prepared to go out for a run.
To prepare for the Shenzhen Marathon in ten days.
Wang Ye needed to increase his training distance to 42km per session, to adapt over a period of time.
Even though he won the championship in a half-marathon race, he hadn’t actually ever tried running a full marathon. The longest he had ever run was 30km, and even that 30km was completed in a very leisurely, slow jogging pace. Therefore, when it came to pacing for a full marathon, he was utterly clueless.
Wang Ye warmed up by the roadside for a while.
Then he activated his wristwatch’s sports monitoring function.
He started to jog along the road at a pace that felt as easy as walking.
With both running and walking traits gained, a pace of three minutes felt as comfortable as walking to him.
While running, he checked his running skill.
[Running lv5 (0.2%)]
"I’ve run several kilometers but it only increased by 0.1. With this rate of improvement... it looks like there’s no chance of leveling up before the Shenzhen Marathon."
Wang Ye sighed lightly and continued jogging at a pace of around three minutes for forty-two kilometers in total. The final time was two hours and twelve minutes.
Though his calves had an unfamiliar soreness and his knees made a creaky grinding sound, the marathon took a lot less toll on his body than he imagined.
He initially thought his first full marathon would leave him completely exhausted and physically drained. But surprisingly, only after sitting on the curb for five minutes to catch his breath, he nearly recovered.
After resting for a while, Wang Ye scanned his surroundings.
Suddenly, he found himself in an unfamiliar place. The road was extremely narrow, with rice paddies on both sides planted by local farmers.
His heart skipped a beat, and he quickly opened the map app to check his current location.
"Damn, I ended up in the neighboring city!"
Wang Ye’s expression was one of astonishment. In this desolate area, there was nothing but rice paddies as far as the eye could see—forget about catching a taxi, there weren’t even any cargo trucks to flag down.
There was no choice, he had to run back home.
Consider it extra training.
Taking a deep breath, Wang Ye followed the navigation’s route and started jogging back home.
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