Chapter 360
360 – [OVA] Trainer Kim Yu-Seong
After graduating from Kyoto University, I decided to try working out, which I had been doing as a hobby since high school.
When I told Director Yujiro this fact, Director Yujiro, who had encouraged me to become a bodybuilder since I first started working out, was very happy and declared his full support and gave me the know-how he had honed as a bodybuilder in the past. Everything was passed down to me.
The director, who in the past was called Yujiro of the ‘Devil’, was a bodybuilder who was particularly confident in his back muscles, and as he became his best student, I immediately received the attention of the entire Japanese fitness community.
For reference, the fitness world in this world was literally a battlefield.
This is because you can naturally build muscles of a size comparable to Royder’s without having to use steroids.
After training to cut bones in Japan for about a year under the guidance of director Yujiro, I left for the United States, the home of fitness, with big dreams.
And, despite being achieved his first time participating in the competition, he the feat of becoming the first Asian to win Mr. Olympia, which is every bodybuilder’s dream.
I quickly rose to the top of the bodybuilding world and returned to Japan having lost all motivation.
***
Being too strong is sometimes lonely.
The moment I realized that fact, I lost interest in the sport of bodybuilding itself.
From noble mtl dot come
If it were a martial arts field, I might have been able to meet an opponent who was on par with me or even stronger, but as the owner of the extreme polar body, my body was literally a bundle of ‘talent’.
The reason people feel ‘beautiful’ when they look at ancient Greek statues is because they reproduce the golden rule in the human body, which would normally not be possible.
However, my body easily achieved the golden mean with just one year of training, and my entire body was filled with muscles that boasted the highest level of functionality without being unsightly.
The moment I went on stage, some people shed tears, some found God, and some despaired.
For those who had worked hard to participate in this competition over the past year, I would have been no different from a ‘natural disaster’.
When I came in first place in the competition by an overwhelming margin, I realized the truth and ran away back to Japan with the trophy.
But at that time, my name had already become very famous, and I was contacted by all kinds of broadcasters, magazines, and newspapers, perhaps because of the attractive title of being the first Asian to win Mr. Olympia.
After worrying about that, I decided to stay with Meiling, who is traveling around the world and practicing martial arts, for the time being.
First of all, he was nominally scouted to be her personal trainer.
***
A mountain village in Hebei Province, China.
Currently, I was in China with one of my wives, Meiling.
Lee Meiling, if you call me Lee Mi-ryeong (李美鈴) in Korean, it may be because I have a habit of calling her, but I felt more comfortable calling her Meiling.
“Meiling! Eat!”
When I called her her name her while making fried rice in the kitchen of a shabby private house, Mei Ling, who was practicing alone outside, answered, “Okay!”
Jump up!
Eventually, the person who opens the door and comes in is Meiling wearing a sports bra.
Today, she woke up early in the morning and devoted herself to exercising, and her entire body was glistening with sweat.
“What’s for breakfast this morning?”
“Chicken breast fried rice.”
“Ugh- chicken breast again?”
“What’s wrong with chicken breast? For people who exercise, chicken breast is like a friend they will have for life.”
“But I still want to eat something more delicious.”
“I knew so, so I made stewed meat and potatoes to go with it.”
“Wow! My husband is the best!”
Meiling jumps into my arms with a big smile.
When I patted her on the back with a wry smile, Meiling was acting awkwardly in my arms and belatedly said, “Hot!” And I raised my head.
“Sorry! Do you smell like sweat?! I’ll wash up right away!”
“I’m fine, so eat and wash. It doesn’t taste good when it’s cold.”
“Still!”
“It’s really okay, so sit down quickly.”
When I said that and pulled out a chair for the dining table, Meiling sat down on the chair with a reluctant expression.
Mei Ling is also a woman of heaven, seeing as how she still cares about these things even though she has been married for 5 years.
Just because she’s a martial arts athlete doesn’t mean she shouldn’t dress up her appearance, Mei Ling also spends a lot of time taking care of herself in her spare time.
As Meiling lifted up her spoon and chopsticks, I placed the stewed meat and potatoes that had just popped out of the pot, along with various side dishes, in front of her.
Unlike Japan, where meals are basically simple, Chinese people also like to eat with a full table like Korea.
I don’t know if that’s why, but Meiling and I have similar eating habits, so we never fought over eating.
“Hmm~ As expected, the food my husband cooks is the most delicious~”
Meiling was complaining that she didn’t like chicken breast just a moment ago, but after taking a bite, she ate it as if it had never happened before.
She is, after all, a woman who is far from complaining about side dishes.
Thinking like that, I sat down across from Meiling.
Some people may be wondering what kind of fried rice to eat in the morning, but unlike ordinary people, Meiling, who consumes a lot of calories per day, needs to eat this much to maintain her current muscle mass.
“This is delicious too, so give it a try.”
I picked up some kimchi with chopsticks and put it on Meiling’s spoon, and she ate the kimchi with fried rice with a happy expression.
“As expected, mother’s kimchi taste is a work of art.”
“Meiling said she liked it and gave me various things.”
As I said that and naturally rested my chin on one arm, Meiling, who was eating fried rice, tilted her head and walked away.
“My husband doesn’t eat?”
“I get full just by watching you eat.”
When I said that and said a dirty line, Mei Ling’s face turned red and she started to focus on eating.
But despite her intention to maintain her poker face, her pigtails her her fluttered like her cat’s tail.
‘On what principle does it work?’
While I was thinking about this and watching Mei Ling eat, she noticed that her rice bowl was empty and asked.
“Would you like another bowl?”
“Yes!”
Then, without refusing, Mei Ling offered her own bowl of rice.
At that very positive attitude, I smiled bitterly and got up from the table with my rice bowl.
***
This is the house where Mei Ling’s teacher, Li Shenshun, originally lived.
After she passed away from old age last spring, Mei Ling, who was saddened by the empty house, came to visit her and stay for several days, using her training as an excuse.
To be honest, this rural life seemed different to me, a typical city person.
Unlike Japan, where you can find a convenience store just a 5-minute walk from home, here you have to drive 30 minutes to get to a mart.
Moreover, because it was located so deep in a mountain valley that radio waves could not be heard, products of modern civilization such as TV and the Internet could not be used.
Literally, the only thing you can do here is training.
After eating breakfast, I went out to the yard to digest what I ate and decided to follow Meiling and do some exercise.
Even though I quit bodybuilding, exercise is already a part of my life.
“Sigh!”
The exercise that Mei Ling is currently doing is a practice that often appears in Chinese kung fu movies, where she holds a jar in both hands and balances herself with one foot on a stake.
It is a dangerous practice in which if the weight balance is lost and the body tilts to one side, the person will fall headlong to the floor. However, Mei Ling, who has been practicing Chinese martial arts since a very young age, continued practicing with a nonchalant expression.
Even though the jar is full of water.
The more I looked at her, the more I admired her grip, her strength and sense of balance, and I did side lateral raises with dumbbells I made myself.
“Shh-shh-“
It’s a simple exercise where you hold two dumbbells in your hands and open and fold your arms to both sides, but there’s no better exercise to train your shoulder muscles.
After doing 3 sets of 30 side lateral raises, I did a bench press with a barbell I made myself.
The center of gravity was uneven, perhaps because the exercise equipment was made from trash discarded in the mountains and scrap metal picked up from a nearby factory, but it still felt like a good workout.
After doing 3 sets of 30 bench presses with a self-made barbell, I immediately did heavy squats with a large rock on my back.
After doing 3 sets of 30 heavy squats, do some stretching as a finishing exercise and your workout for today will be over.
Even though I only exercised for about an hour, my whole body is wet, as if I got caught in the rain on the way home.
I glanced at Meiling, who was still exercising, and headed to the bathroom with a change of underwear to wash them before she finished exercising.
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