"This is the book you want to train your muscles, and it comes with a DVD. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo”

During the recess of the day after returning from Akihabara, Li Yuanrang threw a book on Yabe's desk.

"Where's the price?"

"One thousand two hundred and ninety-six. Just give me 1,000 three. ”

"Isn't that cheaper, much cheaper?"

The book that Lee brought back was priced at 1,800 yen before tax. It's really not cost-effective to buy second-hand books at this price.

However, this is also because the content of the book is practical. Such books do not lose their value with the passage of time.

Most of the other books Li Yuanrang bought from second-hand bookstores only cost more than 100 yen a piece.

Therefore, although Li Yuan asked himself to call the used bookstore "Gold Devil's Cave". In fact, buying second-hand books does not cost much money, mainly to kill time.

This second-hand bookstore near Akihabara Station has a total of six floors. From second-hand games on the first floor to manga on the sixth floor. Almost every layer has content that Li Yuanrang is interested in.

Li Yuanrang always just cleared a pile of old books. I bought a bunch more, and the weight of the backpack often increased on the way back.

Only this time, a small half of the trophies he carried back from Akihabara were related to baseball skills and tactics.

Also included is a book on this kind of physical training that Akio Yabe asked him to piggyback on.

When the baseball club's dormitory is completed, such books will not be too obtrusive in the dormitory.

And now is indeed a great time to do a body makeover.

At 3 o'clock in the afternoon, the class ended.

The baseball club's training started on time.

Yabe asks the supervisor to assign himself to the pitcher group.

"Actually, you don't have to spend too much energy on pitching, and the next time there's an official game, there will always be a few pitchers available in the first-year special admissions."

Li Yuanrang stood opposite the yabe, doing a warm-up passing game, chatting all the way.

"The next official competition will be next year's Spring Festival, and the newcomers will not be in the department by then."

Yabe replied.

"The Spring Festival will not decide the right to appear in Koshien anyway."

The annual Spring Tokyo Games are an event that is not directly related to Koshien's right to play.

Of course, this is not to say that the Spring Festival has nothing to do with Koshien at all. Teams that finish in the round of 16 at the Spring Conference will be seeded at the following Summer Games.

Not only can you play at least one less game, but you can also avoid playing against a strong team as soon as you come up.

"If the special recruitment really comes, the people who can only defend the outfield will lose their main position."

Akio Yabe has his own sense of crisis.

Although now he is the main player of the team. But as a member of the starting lineup, the position is not stable.

The position of catcher has been given to Li Yuanrang, and the interior defense needs more skilled basic skills. If you can't occupy the pitcher's mound, then only the outfielders can defend in the starting lineup.

But in addition to the stalwarts, the left and right outfielders are often used to stack players who overlap but strike well.

Yabe didn't know what the status of next year's special enrollment would be, but he knew that Principal Morimoto was directly leading the work so far.

to the professionalism of the other party. It's not surprising that a bunch of overlapping players were recruited during the admissions.

Several of them will definitely be thrown into the field.

Competing with the baseball elite who played in the hard league since childhood, Yabe was not completely sure.

Now he is pinning his hopes of securing the team's position on pitching prowess.

To be sure, in the few official games this fall, Akio Yabe, as a pitcher, did pretty well.

The losing pitcher in the last game was Ball Tokuda, who came to the rescue. So, from a technical and statistical point of view, Yabe hasn't even eaten a losing shot in an official college competition.

"I've decided to flesh myself up this winter. Would you like to try it together? ”

Yabe wanted Lee Motorang to work with him on this plan.

Not only to improve his strength, Yabe treats himself as a guinea pig with a modified body. If it really works, it can be promoted to other team members in the future.

His expectation is to be able to increase the speed of the ball by a few kilometres in a few months' time.

Yabe's current limit speed is just over 130 kilometers, which is quite good compared to this speed.

If you modify your body, you can increase the speed of the ball by six or seven kilometers in one go. Then the advantage will be much greater in the college level competition.

Of course, for Yabu, who hasn't continued to grow taller since the fifth grade of elementary school, it would be nice if this kind of exercise would allow him to gain a few centimeters taller.

As for Li Yuanrang. Like Yabe, he is not a speed player, so increasing the muscle mass of his body will not have too many negative effects on the base.

And that's a lot of benefits.

First of all, the increase in muscle throughout the body can greatly reduce the chance of injury during the game.

The speed of the swing is increased when striking, such as the inside corner kick that is not good at now, and the increase in swing speed gives more reaction time to control the bat.

As a catcher, the speed and power of passing to second base will also increase when defending.

"So, what about the training plan?"

After the warm-up, before the official training. Li Yuanrang asked.

"I only got the book in the morning, and I haven't read it carefully. However, I think eating should be an important factor, and I have promoted it in other exercise materials I bought before. How do you eat now? ”

"I use the meal ticket from the baseball club."

Li Yuanrang, who has not yet moved into the dormitory, now lives alone.

It's not like he hasn't tried to cook for himself. However, since joining the baseball club, meals have basically been solved by the distributed meal coupons.

Except for a certain curry shop that funded the school's baseball team in the first place.

Thanks to the principal's efforts, several other restaurants near the school have now agreed to accept meal vouchers for the baseball club.

Of course, the cost is borne by the school.

Relying on this kind of welfare, Li Yuan can now save most of his monthly living expenses.

In addition, in his spare time, he is busy with competitions and training.

Now he has a large amount of private money in his passbook.

It's just that when eating in these restaurants, the nutritional balance is really not completely guaranteed.

"You're going to move to the dorm next week, and so am I. When the time comes, I'll take care of nutrition. ”

"You're in charge? What do you eat? I've never heard you can cook. ”

"Boiled chicken breast doesn't require much cooking."

Hearing the three words chicken breast, Li Yuanrang probably understood what kind of recipe he would face in the future.

Probably chicken breast without salt and avocado that is hard to swallow. In order to increase the protein, there will be endless boiled protein.

None of this is the scariest of all. The most terrifying thing is the mixed vegetable juice made by crushing green peppers, bitter gourds, carrots, cucumbers, and other things.

Li Yuanrang doesn't know how many times he has seen such a recipe on those social accounts that promote "healthy eating".

But he never imagined that he would need to eat this food one day.