pertwk Chapter 12 Fitness Challenge
Chapter 12 Fitness Challenge
The Love Apartment building has everything downstairs, including streets and gyms.
Watching the people sweating it out on the various machines, Lu Zhanbo said with a bitter face, "Teacher Zeng, you were the one who said you wanted to build muscles because you were angry with my sister, why did you have to drag me into it?"
Zeng Xiaoxian smiled nonchalantly and said, "Of course, it's better to have someone with you when you're training, right, Lao Ding?"
Martin nodded.
"You two can form a training partnership, helping each other and making progress together."
"That's right."
Zeng Xiaoxian nodded.
Lu Zhanbo hesitated and said, "But..."
Zeng Xiaoxian wrapped his arms around Lu Zhanbo's neck and seduced him, "Zhanbo, don't you want to have a great physique so that when summer comes, you can take off your clothes and cause a chorus of screams from beautiful women?"
"Well... of course I'd like to, but I've heard that training is very tough, and I can't handle even the slightest hardship!"
Lu Zhanbo fantasized about showing off his wasp waist and ape back to attract Lin Wanyu's admiration and confession, and for a moment he was moved.
Zeng Xiaoxian loudly questioned, "Ha, how hard can it be? Is it as hard as the lives of us working people?!"
"I don't know either." Lu Zhanbo scratched his head.
Martin comforted him, "It's okay. It hurts the first time, it's tight the second time, and it'll feel better the third time. It'll gradually loosen up. That's how training works; it'll be fine in a couple of days."
"It gradually... loosened up?" Lu Zhanbo looked at Martin suspiciously.
Martin said, "Uh, that's a relief."
Zeng Xiaoxian asked doubtfully, "Are you sure you're talking about training?"
"certainly."
Martin wore a nonchalant expression.
Okay, you're muscular, I won't argue with you...
Zeng Xiaoxian rubbed his hands together, eagerly asking, "Where should we start?"
"To prevent muscle fiber and ligament strains during exercise, let me stretch you first, and at the same time, I'll check your physical condition."
Martin twisted his neck.
"Come on, where do you want to pull me?" Zeng Xiaoxian said readily.
Martin helped Zeng Xiaoxian stretch.
"Stand upright, keep your body straight, and straighten your back!"
"Wait, wait a minute!"
Zeng Xiaoxian grinned and raised his hand to stop Martin.
"What's wrong?" Martin stopped.
Zeng Xiaoxian rubbed his lower back and said, "Sitting for long periods while hosting the radio show has made my lower back a bit stiff."
"Let me give you a massage first to loosen up your muscles."
"Are you sure you can handle this? Don't hurt me. I remember one year my back was really sore, so I went to a blind massage parlor and had them massage me. Who knew I'd be bedridden for three days afterward!"
Zeng Xiaoxian poured out his grievances.
"Can I do it? Take the 'can I' off. How can a man say he can't do it! Come on, sit down."
Martin asked Zeng Xiaoxian to sit down and then skillfully began to use his massage techniques.
"Ouch~ Oh~ So good, yes, yes, no... don't stop~~"
Hearing Zeng Xiaoxian's seductive voice, Lu Zhanbo said awkwardly, "Ahem, Teacher Zeng, please don't be so mushy. People are looking over here."
"Oh dear~ I didn't want to either, um~ I just couldn't help it, sob~~"
Zeng Xiaoxian felt incredibly happy.
Martin's hands moved like two swimming dragons, swirling and twisting freely on Zeng Xiaoxian's back.
"Teacher Zeng, your shoulders are a little uneven. Let me adjust them for you."
"Hmm... uh?!"
Martin almost sent Zeng Xiaoxian away with that move.
"Alright! Alright, alright."
Zeng Xiaoxian struggled to his feet, stretched his back, and exclaimed with delight, "Hey Lao Ding, you really know what you're doing! My back feels so much better!"
"Keep it low-key."
Martin said, "Okay, let's continue stretching."
"No problem!"
"Hold onto the wall with your left hand, bend your right knee, and grasp your right ankle with your right hand. Yes, that's it."
Zeng Xiaoxian said with difficulty, "Hmm... this stretching is interesting, I'm starting to feel it!"
Martin covered his face and said, "Uh, Teacher Zeng, you've only gotten into the stretching position; you haven't even started stretching yet."
"what?"
Zeng Xiaoxian was embarrassed.
"Pull your calves closer to your thighs, pull them back and up, and hold for 20 seconds at the point where you feel a stretch in the front of your thighs."
Martin helped Zeng Xiaoxian stretch.
"Ouch, ouch, ouch, I'm getting a cramp, it hurts so much..."
Zeng Xiaoxian got a cramp after stretching for only five seconds.
Martin shook his head.
This stretch is already this difficult; the subsequent training...
"Are you alright, Teacher Zeng?"
Zeng Xiaoxian exclaimed loudly, "Okay! It absolutely has to work! This is just the beginning!"
...
The scene changes.
Sweating profusely, Zeng Xiaoxian cried out, "Waaah! Old Ding! Old Ma! Brother Ma! I can't hold on any longer! I'm not stretching anymore, let's get straight to the point and get to the workout!"
Martin: "..."
"Alright."
Upon hearing this, Lu Zhanbo, who was stretching along with others, immediately put his legs down.
He was starting to feel the strain.
Martin said, "Teacher Zeng, you're a real straight man, you can't be tactful at all. Besides, your current physical condition is clearly sub-healthy, which is not optimistic."
"What do you mean? Don't scare me! I... I'm having trouble breathing, I'm dizzy, I can't take it anymore..."
Zeng Xiaoxian collapsed and was caught by Martin.
"It's not that serious. Sub-health usually refers to a state where the body is neither sick nor healthy; simply put, it's just one word: weak!"
Martin's explanation made Lu Zhanbo chuckle to himself.
Zeng Xiaoxian: (ΩДΩ)
Martin looked at Lu Zhanbo and said, "Zhanbo, don't laugh. Although your physical condition is a little better than Teacher Zeng's, it's only slightly better. You're also in a state of sub-health."
Lu Zhanbo's smile froze.
What does that mean? Am I also feeling unwell?
Martin, worried that the two were overly anxious, comforted them, saying, "Don't worry too much. As long as you maintain a good attitude, pay attention to a regular lifestyle, eat a healthy diet, and follow the exercise program I made for you based on your current situation, you will be able to get your bodies back in shape in no time."
"Let's get started!" Zeng Xiaoxian and Lu Zhanbo couldn't wait any longer.
"Okay, then let's start with phased training of the upper body."
Martin led the two to the arm-strengthening equipment.
"Twenty per group, five groups in total. Teacher Zeng, you go first, Zhanbo, you..."
And so, under Martin's supervision, the two began their training.
At first, Lu Zhanbo and Zeng Xiaoxian were full of energy, determined to fight against the "illness". However, after completing a set, they both entered a period of fatigue.
"Help! I can't take it anymore, I can't feel my arms anymore..."
"Keep it up, Teacher Zeng! Remember how Yifei looked down on you!"
"Hu! Yi! Fei! Ugh—"
Zeng Xiaoxian, who had initially softened, immediately became as energetic as if he had been injected with chicken blood.
Unfortunately, his stamina was limited, and Zeng Xiaoxian soon went soft again.
Helpless, Martin could only continue to encourage him.
"Teacher Zeng, if you persevere a little longer when facing difficulties, you'll get used to it!"
Zeng Xiaoxian replied without any ambition, "No, I still prefer to run away from difficulties..."
"What would Yifei think if she saw you like this? She'd be thrilled, then laugh at you! Look down on you! Teacher Zeng, you need to show Yifei your manly side! You can do it, you definitely can!"
Martin had no choice but to resort to his trump card.
"Yes, I can do it! I definitely can—!!!"
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