I will practice more in the United States

Chapter 159 Outdoor training, extreme speed
The indoor equipment training in the morning was more about improving physical fitness and some special training. If you want more comprehensive training techniques, you still mainly rely on riding on the road.

At noon, we came to their canteen. The daily meals here are prepared by professional nutritionists to ensure that everyone can consume enough nutrients. The portions of food are arranged according to body weight.

Li Ang glanced over and saw that the food was good, but it didn't look that delicious.

Steak, salmon, shrimp, nuts, asparagus, broccoli, cherry tomatoes. The staple food is pasta and whole wheat bread.

Without these soulful combinations of oil, salt, and sugar, it is really difficult to make food delicious.

Li Ang observed that there was even a small scale in the staple food area. Basically, every team member would roughly weigh the weight when taking the staple food.

Li Ang, who is half a nutrition expert, also knows that for athletes, it is very important to consume enough carbohydrates.

For professional athletes like them, such a diet that is high in protein and low in carbohydrates, eating more meat and less staple food in order to lose weight will affect performance and produce negative results.

During high-intensity training, muscles are more dependent on carbohydrates as an energy source, which is also the main reliance on maintaining muscle endurance and nerve function.

Compared with protein and fat, carbohydrates can synthesize the energy needed by athletes more efficiently.

The main energy source of the brain is blood sugar, and the most direct way to increase blood sugar is to consume carbohydrates.

No matter how much energy is stored in the muscles, when the blood sugar concentration decreases, the nerves will fatigue and the body will feel tired. Once the nerves are tired, the muscles will be tired, so stable blood sugar levels are very important.

Compared with them, Li Ang is not so meticulous. For him, large quantity is the most important. Every bite of food can provide him with a [breakthrough point]. Isn't this better than their careful calculation?
Because athletes have relatively large appetites, the plates provided in the cafeteria are quite large, but he even took two plates in his hands, each of which was filled to the brim. Just looking at the food he had, it was almost full. Two to three times that of other team members.

After Li Ang finished taking the dishes and was about to find a seat to sit down, he saw Moira, who had wheat-colored skin that he met at the beginning, waving to him.

"Hey, Li Ang, sit over here."

Seeing Li Ang holding two plates of dishes, Moira also raised her head and said to him with a smile:

"Is this the food you brought for me? But I don't seem to be able to eat that much."

A question mark slowly popped up in Li Ang's mind, what happened? Don’t you know how to prepare your own meals? Also, isn't there already a lunch in front of you?
Girl, if you had known better, you wouldn't have sat down.

"No, I ate both bowls."

His answer suddenly solidified the atmosphere.

"Moira, these are the strawberries I grabbed specially for you. If you wait a little longer, they will be gone. Please try it quickly."

A familiar voice came from beside him. When Li Ang looked up, he found that it was little black Patrice.

In this case, he almost understood why this woman had such inexplicable thoughts.

But it seemed that Moira didn’t appreciate it very much. She frowned, glanced at Patrice, and replied:
"My food is already paired and I don't need more, which would affect my plans."

Little Black Patrice smiled awkwardly, and then was about to sit down, but was stopped by Moira again.

"There's someone here."

"Um, okay, I can sit at the table next to you."

Looking at the scene in front of him, Li Ang couldn't help but sigh. Xiao Hei had entered the wrong server after all. He could only be a boiling sheep here. If this were the case in China, with his status as an athlete, he might not kill randomly. A lot of women rushed to feed him strawberries.

Who knows, it seemed that he was trying to avoid embarrassment, or maybe he was a little jealous that Li Ang sat opposite Moira, and said to Li Ang in an experienced tone:

"Newcomer, you should really study hard. Since you are going to undergo professional training, you can't eat as you like before when it comes to meals. If you eat so much food in one meal, it's no wonder you weigh so much. "

This idea was actually the mainstream idea of ​​others present, but it was just him who said it.

As a cyclist, although the weight will increase, although the strength will increase, generally speaking, the physical strength will decrease. At the same time, you will also encounter great difficulties on the uphill sections.

So their average weight is not even 70kg.

Li Ang smiled, looked at the plate of strawberries in front of him and said:
"You know how to match, so do you want to eat the strawberries in front of you later?"

This sentence undoubtedly hit his painful spot, and it could be clearly observed that his breathing became heavier.

If he answers that these strawberries are within his nutritional balance, it means that he did not sincerely give them to Moira just now.

So he could only answer:
"I have calculated the amount of food I need to eat. Of course, I won't be able to control my mouth due to temporary appetite."

"It's okay, I'm not afraid, I have no plan."

As Li Ang spoke, he reached over and brought a plate of strawberries in front of him.

By the way, he made another cut.

"You know so much about nutrition, so your instantaneous power output must be very high, right?"

Li Ang's answer once again hit his psychological weakness and silenced him. After a while, Xiao Hei finally thought hard and said a harsh word.

"Let's wait until your training results in the afternoon surpass mine. Explosive power doesn't mean anything."

But obviously, he didn't have any confidence in what he said.

After a while, Moira summoned two more female team members. The one with blond hair, although her skin was fair, was not in good condition and had many small freckles on it.

The other's skin is as white as snow, but not that sickly pale. With brown hair, he doesn't look like a native American.

Both of them just glanced at Li Ang briefly and stopped paying attention. Instead, they were more interested in the two bowls of food in front of him.

It wasn't until Moira introduced Li Ang as a new member of the men's first team that their attitude became slightly more enthusiastic.

After Li Ang finished the two large plates of food, he was only 60 to 70% full, and went to get another piece of steak and some fruit.

This kind of behavior made the cafeteria staff feel a little heartbroken. He deliberately cooked a few more pieces of steak every time just so that he could eat some at the end. Unexpectedly, this new guy ate three or four pieces by himself. .

After eating, everyone else rested in the lounge, while Li Ang came to the fitness area and practiced martial arts such as [Tongbei Fist], [Twelve-Road Tan Kick], and [Yi Jin Jing].

Now, he only gets five or six hours of sleep at most every night, which is enough to support his high-intensity activities throughout the day, and he doesn't need to take a nap at all.

There's nothing you can do about it. The blue bar is long and the mana recovery speed is fast, so you can do whatever you want.

In the afternoon, everyone gathered outdoors, and Li Ang once again became the focus of the audience.

"Hey bro, where's your car?"

Leif came over and asked with some concern.

Li Ang scratched his head and replied:

"My car? I didn't bring it at home. It's too troublesome to check it in. Don't you have many cars here? Just get one for me."

"what?"

Even Leif was a little surprised. After all, for a professional cyclist, the car is his closest partner. The performance and riding feeling of each car are different. If the car is temporarily changed, the athlete will basically be unable to perform. Show all your strength.

"Yes, yes. Can I have a backup training vehicle? It's just that the performance of the vehicle may not be as good as the one they ride."

"Of course, my requirements are not that strict."

This team is also one of the top cyclists in the entire United States. Even a backup training bike is probably better than the one they ride.

Listening to the conversation between these two people, some members of the team had some doubts about Li Ang's riding level. After all, it stands to reason that a professional road cyclist would not be able to have such instantaneous power output.

This time, he confirmed his own thoughts. Every behavior of his showed unprofessionalism.

He came to participate in training without even bringing his own car. This kind of behavior was completely unheard of for them.

Maybe he guessed that Li Ang didn't have a power meter, so Leif also got one for him to record his power output.

"Today's afternoon training is 100 kilometers. Although the distance is not long, it is not easy because there are many uphills. You try your best to keep up with the large troops. It doesn't matter if you can't keep up, but your consumption may be higher. It’s bigger, but it will be good if it can be completed in the end.”

The outdoor cycling training plan is different for each batch. Not to mention the difference between men and women, even the training volume of the first team and the second team is also different. After riding a bicycle for a long time, Li Ang gradually became excited. This feeling of training with a large group, although it lacked the sense of freedom of riding alone, would make the whole person's mood even higher.

"Li Ang, you go to the front of the team and serve as the windbreaker."

The person who spoke was the manager Orsad in the commercial vehicle nearby.

He asked Li Ang to be the windbreaker not to bully the newcomer, but to give him a chance to express himself.

He knew that Li Ang was also quite strong in terms of physical strength, which would help him integrate into the entire team.

Little Black Patrice and the other two players who were biased against Li Ang also felt a little gloating after hearing the manager's words.

It seems that the manager also knows that newcomers need to be tempered.

Because it was training now, Li Ang naturally couldn't let himself go and accelerate at will. The plan had roughly stated the speed they needed to maintain.

After five kilometers of flat road, we soon reached the uphill section, which is also the most unfriendly section for heavy athletes.

The other team members have been staring at Li Ang, who is at the front of the team, and looking at the speed on the stopwatch to see how long he can last before losing speed.

Another five kilometers passed, and halfway through the uphill section, Patrice looked at his computer in disbelief. The number on it had remained stable at the speed set in the training plan, without any change.

He even deliberately slowed down a few times to see if the numbers on it would change.

But it turned out that there was nothing wrong with his computer.

Although this section of the journey is not long, such a long uphill climb is extremely challenging for a rider's physical strength.

As a driver in the team who is known for his physical strength, he was already feeling a little strenuous, not to mention that Li Ang was always at the front of the team and weighed so much more than himself, yet he was able to remain so stable.

However, they looked uncomfortable, and Li Ang was also a little uncomfortable riding.

The formulation of this training plan mainly refers to the average level of the team.

Because everyone's strength is not much different, they can basically obtain similar training results in this kind of training.

It’s just that someone with stronger strength like the captain will have an easier time completing it.

At the beginning, Li Ang basically focused on how to control his speed.

The goal he set for himself was that after entering the training section, his speed must remain stable and reach a level where the computer does not jump at all.

At the beginning, this goal was indeed a bit challenging for him. After all, the speed above was accurate to one decimal place.

A slight change in force and a change in his speed will be captured.

And if there are pedestrians, obstacles, or turns required in front, it will greatly affect the riding speed.

But Li Ang's physical coordination, control and learning abilities are far beyond ordinary people.

Ten kilometers later, Li Ang had already mastered this skill on a stable road. Although this kind of "fixed speed cruise" was of little use in road racing, it was a good exercise for his body control. , and the ability to predict obstacles ahead.

Then, Li Ang was not used to this kind of "turtle speed" riding.

For other players, the uphill section was pure torture, but for him, it was even a bit boring.

The reason why a plan is a plan is that many people cannot achieve it.

In the second half of the uphill climb, only the captain of the team could maintain the same speed and follow him. Although Xiao Hei was also there, his breath was obviously very unstable. He tried his best and barely followed him. Come up.

Li Ang was also happy to do so. It was because they were falling behind, and he did not deliberately leave them behind.

After a long uphill climb, there is naturally a section of uphill and downhill.

In this section, there are no speed restrictions anymore.

The captain rushed out immediately, reaching a speed of over sixty kilometers per hour.

The same goes for Xiao Hei, who finally passed the uphill slope and began to accelerate suddenly.

When passing by Li Ang, she even made a provocative gesture to him, waiting for him to chase her.

After realizing that he could ride freely, Li Ang also let go of the bicycle handle and breathed a long sigh of relief. He could finally ride freely.

Little Black Patrice had just finished his provocation. In less than three seconds, he saw from the corner of his eye that a bicycle was already catching up with him, and then quickly overtook him.

He looked at his stopwatch. The number on it was 78 kilometers per hour. He looked at Li Ang again. The distance between him and himself was still widening.

"Wardfa! Is this kid going to die?"

Although the road condition of this long downhill section is not bad, the speed is too fast, which also tests the driver's ability to stabilize his vehicle.

Not to mention, this downhill is not a pure straight line. At such a fast speed, it will only be more dangerous when encountering curves.

As a driver who has been training on this road for several months, he usually only maintains this speed when going downhill. Any faster, and it will gradually start to become risky.

But now, as a first timer on this road, Li Ang dares to ride so fast. As an old man, there is no reason why he should be discouraged.

As a result, he also accelerated the pace of his feet.

But soon, he discovered that even though he had gone all out, the distance between him and Li Ang still didn't seem to narrow, but instead widened.

"hair!"

Seeing that his speed had reached 91 kilometers per hour, Patrice did not dare to speed up any more.

Although many Tour de France riders can even exceed 100 speeds when sprinting downhill, first of all, there is still a certain gap between his strength and top players like that.

Secondly, you are just training now and there is no need to speed up because of taking this risk.

"Farke! Farke!"

Is necessary! This is the game!
In Patrice's mind, Leon's heart-wrenching words and expressions in the cafeteria at noon suddenly rang out.

All bullshit risks and stability were left behind by his brain. There was only one thought in his limited brain capacity, and that was to speed up and surpass that damn Chinese.

At this time, Li Ang had also caught up with the team captain and returned to the first place.

"Watch your speed and don't let it escape your control."

The captain reminded kindly.

"Thank you, I understand my situation."

Li Ang could still distinguish between a kind reminder and a deliberate disparagement, but he was telling the truth. This speed had not yet reached the limit of his control ability.

When Patrice overtook the team leader, he also reminded him, but at the same time, he also had a slight smile on his face.

Sometimes the team needs newcomers like this to keep the team's atmosphere dynamic and avoid falling into bottlenecks.

As a professional athlete, you always seek stability and are afraid of risks, so what kind of sport is there?
Professional athletes should pursue faster, higher and stronger. No one's limit can be easily reached without going through the baptism of sweat and blood.

At the same time, the cadence of his own feet also accelerated, reaching 100 kilometers per hour.

Li Ang looked at his stopwatch. The number on it was 121 kilometers per hour. The wind blowing in front of him was no longer invisible and intangible. It seemed to have an entity, constantly impacting his body.

"Cool!"

This is the meaning of cycling, this is the meaning of pushing the limits.

(End of this chapter)