I will practice more in the United States

Chapter 21 Fight of Arms
Although he is not essentially a person who loves to join in the fun, it is human instinct to understand the environment around him and what is happening.

He had just finished three sets of pull-ups, and Li Ang originally planned to rest for a few minutes, so he followed suit.

Approaching the crowd, the first thing I gathered was not what they were doing, but the smell of a strong anti-perspirant fragrance, mixed with various body odors, each with its own style.

There is nothing we can do about it. People in the United States have to get used to this smell sooner or later.

Li Ang got closer and realized that everyone was watching two people wrestling, or to be more precise, it was called Arm wrestling, which is generally called arm wrestling in China.

It just so happened that he had some knowledge of this sport before.

For example, in the Running Man variety show, Wei Sicheng, a domestic wrestling champion, participated.

This kind of sport is not exactly the same as arm-wrestling and arm-wrestling with different rules in various parts of the country.

Because it defines a unified rule, this rule enhances the competitiveness of the sport and, most importantly, improves the safety of arm wrestling.

In spontaneous arm wrestling among the people, due to different rules and non-standard postures for exerting force, joint injuries, ligament strains, etc. are common during the process, and even more serious cases include broken hands.

But in fact, the sport of arm fighting has a history of decades abroad, and the rules are quite scientific and rigorous.

While body movement, elbow sliding, and the addition of hand grips are allowed, there are various limitations.

Rules such as not having both feet off the ground at the same time, shoulders not being lower than the table for three seconds when defending, taking off the ball in a disadvantageous situation, elbows not leaving the mat, etc.

Strict competition rules also make the career of this sport extremely long. Many players, in their 60s and 70s, with gray hair, can still keep up with young people.

When my thoughts returned to the present, one of the people fighting in front of me was a strong white man with blond curly hair and a beard. The other person was Captain Orangutan, whose muscles were even more exaggerated and his figure could rival Captain America.

Looking at his arms and then his own, Li Ang felt that he needed two or three arms together to catch up.

Although the gorilla captain's arm muscle mass is larger, the strength of the two seems to be about the same, and they are still in a stalemate.

The black side has been attacking hard, and the table is wet with sweat.

On the other hand, although the white side was gritting its teeth and insisting on defense, it looked quite comfortable. Several times, its wrist was almost pressed to the table, but he was able to resist it.

A full three minutes passed like this, and White finally seized the opportunity to relax from his exhaustion, and in just one breath, he reversed the game.

The audience immediately burst into warm cheers, and the atmosphere was filled to the brim.

Captain Orangutan, obviously a little angry, kept saying "Thank you, thank you."

But he had no choice but to reluctantly take out two fifty-dollar bills and hand them to the other party.

The crowd of onlookers slowly dispersed, and Li Ang returned to the place where he had just exercised.

But at this time, he also had more thoughts in his mind. Fighting seemed to be a way to make money!

The most important thing is that the money comes quickly and there is no risk of injury.

They were just having fun. The prize money for a formal wrist-fighting competition is actually not low, ranging from tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands of dollars.

Speaking of this, he remembered the [Slap Power] he had seen at Sheela's house a few days ago. Those people were really making money with their lives.

However, Li Ang looked at his arm, and it was obvious that he was still too weak, and he would be killed instantly if he went up. But Lu Xun once said: "To cook, just practice more!"

Therefore, Li Ang silently increased the amount of arm strength training in his training plan.

At the beginning of the training, he also wanted to test his bench press and squat weights to facilitate planning for subsequent training.

The first is the empty bench press. Don’t think it’s just a smooth bar. In fact, this thing weighs 20kg. Many novices who have never been exposed to it really can’t do a standard bench press.

Originally, there was a plump Jewish girl wearing yoga clothes next to her. Because of Li Ang's lean figure and appearance, she would look at him from time to time.

Until he saw the empty bar of his bench press, he curled his lips and turned his eyes to the big muscle tyrant on the other side.

Although it was an empty shot, Li Ang still made every move very seriously.

He is already familiar with the standard movements of the bench press. He even knows what kind of grip distance, grip method, and which muscles produce more force.

But in the final analysis, these things are just words on paper. The most important thing for him now is to have relevant muscle memory.

After pushing for more than twenty times in total, and feeling that he was completely proficient in this movement, Li Ang increased the weight to 40kg.

It was a little difficult for him to get started with this weight, but it was still no problem to push it for about ten times.

In the next set, he increased the weight to 50kg. He gritted his teeth and was still able to push up. After only five or six pushes, he was exhausted.

The fat Jewish girl on the side was not surprised when he saw that he had increased the weight to 50kg. After all, she could handle this weight.

This is actually because she is not very knowledgeable. In fact, as a novice practicing for the first time, Li Ang, who weighs 59kg, can bench press 50kg, which is already a pretty good result.

Moreover, this weight is not his maximum weight, but the weight for doing sets.

People who know something about it can probably calculate that Li Ang's limit weight, which is the weight that can only be pushed once, may be 60kg.

This weight is almost more than his own weight, and it is the weight of a very talented person during his first practice.

Although there is talk on the Internet that bench pressing 100kg is the entry standard, etc., this statement is no different from the per capita annual income of one million on Zhihu.

In reality, people who can bench press 100kg are rare, but they are definitely the masters in the gym.

After roughly figuring out his own strength, Li Ang continued to increase the weight to 60kg, which was almost as he expected. After pushing up one, he had trouble getting up the second one.

In fact, based on the muscle mass of his upper limbs, he couldn't push such a weight for the first time.

The reason why he was able to accomplish this was due to his higher neural recruitment ability than ordinary people.

The bench press test is over and the next one is the squat.

Although this item is not included in his training plan, Li Ang also wants to know what his current lower body strength level is.

In terms of squatting, he was not as careful as bench pressing. He directly increased the weight of the barbell to 80kg, and Li Ang started his first attempt.

(End of this chapter)