"Shen Lang, how is your physical fitness?"

Liu Guangzu stepped forward and asked with a mixture of surprise and surprise. He knew that swimming with all his strength was very energy-consuming, but it didn't look like it was so strenuous from Shen Lang's perspective. Having such physical fitness at the age of 14 was also a very evil performance.

Zhao Xuebing signed up for two events at the last Asian Games. After swimming the first event in the afternoon and the second event in the evening, he collapsed.

Many people think that swimming is not as energy-consuming as football and basketball. This is completely a common-sense misunderstanding. In fact, the amount of exercise and physical energy consumption in swimming is very amazing. Compared with the three major sports, it will only be higher, not lower.

"No problem, I can swim the 100-meter butterfly again in an hour, and the 200-meter freestyle again in the afternoon."

"Don't be brave, we want your best results."

Liu Guangzu wanted him to test the 100-meter butterfly again in the afternoon and two more 200-meter swims tomorrow.

He wanted to test Shen Lang's best performance. This kind of test should be similar to a competition. Free swimming and butterfly swimming are the most physically demanding swimming styles. He didn't think Shen Lang, who was only 14 years old, really had such physical fitness.

"Then in two hours, coach, don't worry, I never like to show off."

"Okay, then in two hours!"

Seeing his serious face, Liu Guangzu couldn't help but believe it. Anyway, he would know whether he was brave or not by looking at his results.

Wang Hua had already gone to the head coach's office. Of course he knew what it meant to achieve this result at the age of 14.

This is a real talent that has the potential to make the Chinese swimming team achieve a breakthrough in international competitions. Shen Lang's talent is at least two levels higher than others. He must report to Feng Jingyuan immediately.

Shen Lang was quickly surrounded by his teammates, and many people's attitudes changed significantly.

Most of his male teammates had a bad impression of him just now, but it was mainly because of his background and appearance.

But worshiping the strong is also a human instinct. When a person is strong enough, excellent appearance and family background will no longer be objectionable items, but can instead create buffs that are easier to be admired.

Two hours later, Shen Lang continued the test.

Wu Jie also adjusted the scene here to his eyes, but when he saw the big kettle at Shen Lang's feet, he couldn't help but laugh.

"Swimming" is one of the most physically demanding sports. Sufficient water and energy must be replenished during training and competition.

In the era before he traveled back in time, athletes in such high-consumption sports would supplement their energy with protein drinks between training sessions, and some star players would also use specially formulated nutritional supplements.

But at this moment, everyone in the swimming team has a big water glass, and then there are a bunch of bananas and bottles of natural ripe honey placed in the rest area.

Shen Lang had already tried it, and the banana was really delicious, and the honey was genuine, mature honey. It looked like it had just been picked and delivered directly.

Wu Jie thought about it carefully and found that although these products were a bit vulgar compared to foreign countries, their effects were not much worse than energy protein drinks.

What really affects an athlete's level is their physical talent, acquired scientific diet and training methods, and of course, their medical level.

Those seemingly high-end energy drinks and special nutritional supplements actually don't even have 1% effect.

When Shen Lang entered the water again, this time even Feng Jingyuan rushed to the scene to watch.

Among the five swimming events for men and women, the Chinese swimming team has the worst results in "butterfly" and "freestyle", because these two events are the most physically demanding and require the highest physical talent. They have always been dominated by American and Australian athletes.

This was followed by Soviet and European athletes.

Asian athletes, including Japan, which dominated Asian swimming in the 1970s and 1980s, are not even qualified to accompany swimmers in these two events. As long as they can reach the finals, the Japanese media will be proud.

Chinese swimmers have not even achieved any results in Asia, so one can imagine their strength.

Wu Jie also used Shen Lang's perspective to observe, and he found that there were very few big men over 1.85 meters in the Chinese swimming team, not even many over 1.8 meters.

At this time, domestic coaches still believed that people over 1.85 meters tall were not suitable for swimming. However, in the 1970s, more and more big swimmers emerged in the European and American swimming circles. By the late 1980s, most of the outstanding swimmers

The players are all over 1.85 meters tall.

However, until the 1990s, domestic swimmers were all between 1.70 and 1.80 meters tall.

This is naturally a big loss, because the propulsion you get from two arm strokes is enough for others.

Shen Lang had already started testing the 100-meter butterfly at this time. The biggest difference between this event and freestyle is that the swimming style has certain standard restrictions and is more strenuous.

Liu Guangzu and Feng Jingyuan were watching closely from the sidelines. After Shen Lang entered the water, his chest immediately sank into the water. With the super flexibility of his shoulders, he extended his hands forward. At the same time, in order to maintain a streamlined shape in the water, his head and neck were also raised.

This posture looks slightly more awkward than the standard swimming posture, but relying on Shen Lang's excellent shoulder flexibility and strong arms, he can hold and push the water very quickly, without even a trace of friction between his hands and forearms.

The bubbles ensure that the water can be pulled backward with maximum efficiency and generate more powerful propulsion force.

Shen Lang's swimming style after he swam out of the water was quite different from the standard posture of this era. He jumped up and down very much, but his powerful kicks combined with his arms to quickly and powerfully catch the water produced a powerful propulsion.

The force made him move forward rapidly, and his speed in the first half of the journey was astonishingly fast!

After swimming the first 50 meters, Shen Lang turned around halfway and did better than the last time. He pushed off the wall to generate a strong momentum, and used this thrust to cooperate with a powerful kick, and "slid" again in one breath.

"Nearly fifteen meters away.

This means that during the water entry stage and every turn stage, he has to slide four to five meters underwater more than other members of the team.

As we all know, as long as the propulsion force is sufficient, athletes will definitely slide faster underwater than on water.

Liu Guangzu and Feng Jingyuan immediately showed expressions of surprise on their faces. No one in China could do such level of "turning" and "kick-offs", including underwater "kicks".

Then think about it further, Shen Lang has so many advantages by turning and pushing on the wall with one turn. If he participated in events with many turns like 200 meters and 400 meters, his results would probably be amazing.

Wu Jie also knew that Shen Lang would have greater advantages by participating in events over 400 meters, but long-distance events consume too much energy. Even if Shen Lang had Phelps's recovery ability, he could only participate in two or three events at most.

But swimming 100 meters and 200 meters is much easier. Shen Lang can definitely sign up for five or six events, so it is definitely more cost-effective to choose short distances.

In the final 25-meter sprint, Shen Lang relied on his strong lung capacity to complete the sprint in one breath without raising his head to breathe.

"57.90 seconds!"

Liu Guangzu pressed the stopwatch, and Shen Lang unexpectedly swam again at the "athlete" level.

The latest domestic standard for "international athletes" in 100-meter butterfly is 57.50 seconds, and "athletes" is 60.00 seconds, which is infinitely close to the "international athletes" standard.

"If I take a rest in the afternoon, I can swim 200 meters again in the evening!"

Shen Lang didn't feel particularly tired after swimming, which was in sharp contrast to the panting performance of many domestic athletes. He swam two "athletes" in one morning.

"Shen Lang, tell us honestly, what result can you achieve in your 200-meter swim?"

Feng Jingyuan couldn't wait for the evening, so he directly asked if it would be faster.

"My 200-meter results are better. My best time in freestyle is 1:58 seconds, and my best time in butterfly is 2:04 seconds."

Shen Lang's words made the two of them look at each other. There was no need for this kid to lie to them. He was indeed more suitable for long distances.

The "International Athlete" standard for the 200-meter freestyle is 1:54.00 seconds, and the "International Athlete" standard is 2:00.00 seconds.

The "International Athlete" standard for the 200-meter butterfly is 2:03.00 seconds, and the "International Athlete" standard is 2:10.00 seconds.

Shen Lang's performance in the 200-meter butterfly is very close to the "international athlete" standard, which shows that he is best at butterfly swimming.

Feng Jingyuan and Liu Guangzu both thought about it, should they let him swim 200 meters instead, or even try 400 meters?

But this must be a waste of time. Even if Shen Lang is better at long distance, in order to win more gold medals, he will only swim 100 meters and 200 meters.

In the afternoon, Shen Lang did not go into the water again and kept training by the pool.

Many people think that swimmers train all in the water, but except for a few targeted trainings before competitions, most of the time they spend much more time training on the water than underwater.

Under normal circumstances, you only go into the water a few times a day, lasting between one and two hours, and the rest of the time you spend the rest of the time on the shore for simulation training.

This training method is similar to yoga, but the difference is that the training movements simulate underwater conditions, and the purpose is to exercise the core muscles of all parts of the body and the flexibility of the limb joints.

But don’t think that this kind of training is not hard. In fact, it is more tiring than training in the water. The key is that it is very boring.

Regardless of big ball games or small ball games, if you really like it, you can actually enjoy the fun of sports or competition itself.

However, this kind of training range is only a simulation training the size of a mat. Not only do athletes not feel any happiness, but they also experience pain and fatigue after core strength training at the end of every day.

If there is anything that makes swimmers happy, it is when they beat their opponents and win medals in a competition, they feel a little happy.

In the evening, Shen Lang swam the 200-meter freestyle again, and the time was 1:58.60 seconds. Considering that he had already swam twice at full strength during the day, this result was very good, and he was fully capable of swimming within 1:58.00 seconds.

The next day, Shen Lang swam the 200-meter butterfly with all his strength in the morning. This time, his time was 2:03.30 seconds, which ranked third in the team.

"Shen Lang, your talent is very high, but you are more suitable for swimming long distances. The head coach and I discussed it yesterday and we both think you should focus on the 200-meter butterfly and 400-meter freestyle, and try the 1,500-meter freestyle."

Liu Guangzu took Shen Lang to Feng Jingyuan's office after breakfast. It seemed that the two had already discussed it.

"I also know that I am better at the 200m and 400m, but in comparison I would rather try the 100m breaststroke, 100m backstroke and 200m medley."

Shen Lang knew that these two people were talking to him in a consultative manner. It must be because his talent was so amazing that he might have regarded himself as the Wu Jie and Lu Da of swimming.

"you mean?"

Feng Jingyuan frowned at first, and then thought of something.

"I feel that the physical exertion of swimming 100 meters is much smaller than that of 200 meters and 400 meters. As long as my physical fitness continues to improve, I can swim all four events in one day."

Shen Lang's words made the two people's eyes light up. The competition system of the Asian Games and Olympic Games does allow a player to register for multiple events, because the competition time of each event is staggered.

In fact, domestic athletes will also sign up for two events, one main event and one secondary event.

The top players in the United States and Australia will even sign up for three or four events.

Shen Lang swam three events yesterday, and his results were all very good, which shows that he has very good physical fitness and strong recovery ability, which is a talent that other team members do not have.

"I know what you are thinking, but the swimming styles of breaststroke and backstroke are different, and the technical requirements are also very different. Have you trained these two swimming styles?"

Feng Jingyuan believes that Shen Lang does have the physical talent to play like this, but swimming is not just about physical fitness, technical talent is also very important.

It is not difficult to practice a swimming style, but to practice it to a level that can compete for medals in the Olympics, you must polish countless details. If you don't work hard for two or three years, it is easy to bite off more than you can chew.

"I'm still young. After next year's Asian Games and World Championships, I plan to officially practice these two swimming styles."

Shen Lang's words made Feng Jingyuan fall into deep thought. He had actually been persuaded.

After the two sent Shen Lang away, they discussed it for a while and came to the conclusion: You can give it a try!

This operation is also beneficial to them. If Shen Lang can really win two or three medals in one event, it will be a more beneficial choice for himself, them, and the country.

Next, Shen Lang trained at the Shaoxing swimming base with peace of mind.
Chapter completed!