On January 14, the four-week winter break ended, and Bill returned to campus.

Shorter winter breaks are a hallmark of American high schools, with a three-week to one-month winter break that typically covers Christmas and New Year's, with classes beginning in early January for the spring semester.

There was nothing new about the new semester, except for the classes he chose and the thick clothes he wore, and Bill felt that the time from nine to three o'clock in the afternoon was no different from the previous semester.

"Bill, how was that Binghamton winter camp? Have you ever felt the charm of university? What is the campus environment and teaching like? ”

Before the start of the math class, the math teacher ran to Bill's desk very enthusiastically and asked about the situation.

Mr. Ferrari still took her classes this semester, Algebra and Geometry, which meant that he had more time with her.

"I did feel the charm of the university, especially their huge campus, and I can describe to you how big their campus is......"

Bill was talking, but in his heart he was thinking of the exaggerated capital on the chest of his girlfriend Jenny Wright.

That's really "big"!

Listening to Bill's description, the math teacher nodded kindly: "That's right, many college campuses are super scenic spots, and when you go to college, you can see those beautiful scenery every day......

After saying a lot of things, she encouraged Bill to study hard, play hard, and apply to a top university as soon as possible.

Before three o'clock in the afternoon, Bill was still very able to adapt to the life of the new semester, although there were several fierce battles with his new girlfriend Jenny yesterday and the day before yesterday, but his physical strength was still online, but Jenny walked unsteadily, and even the two steps home were supported by Bill.

After three o'clock, Bill, who had finished his cultural class, came to the training hall to change into protective gear and jerseys and go to the rugby field for routine practice.

"Man, don't wear protective gear today, Coach Murphy will have a new arrangement for us."

Captain Howard walked over, reminded Bill first, and then asked how the vacation was going?

"It's okay, I went to Binghamton to participate in a winter camp, and most of the rest of the time is engaged in futures."

Bill summed up his winter vacation life this way.

In fact, he was telling the truth, the two games in the playoffs took up part of two weeks, and the vacation that really belonged to him was just over two weeks.

Aside from the changes in the futures market and summer camp invitations to several college football varsity teams, getting a girlfriend was one of the few gains, but there was no need to tell Howard.

"By the way, Howard, what's the new arrangement you're talking about? Isn't the way we train after school different from last semester? ”

The captain spread his hands, "You have never participated in spring training, so naturally you don't have this thinking." Yes, since last year's season has ended, we don't have to play for a long time, so the spring semester tends to have high-intensity physical training, for quarterbacks, running backs, close ends, linebacks, safety guards and other technical positions, coaches tend to strengthen special exercises, such as switchback running, fast lane changes, ultra-long-distance catches and other events. ”

After saying a long paragraph, Howard patted Bill on the shoulder, "As the hope of the team, as the tactical core of continuing to make it to the tournament next season, you will be trained far more than the average teammate, and the intensity will be far greater than theirs. I think this semester, the coaches' training schedule will determine your future style of play. ”

Mr. Ferrari was a little dumbfounded, "What are you talking about intensity, five kilometres a day?" Or do you practice a variety of running styles every day, just like the running guards train? ”

The word intensity sounds scary enough.

Howard crossed his hands on his hips and smiled, "I think the coaches focus your training on catching and running, five kilometers a day is not realistic, but training with the running guards should be a sure thing." ”

While the two were talking, the three coaches and most of the players had arrived. After clapping the players' attention, Coach Murphy announced, "Students, last season we had the best record in history, going into the tournament with 11 wins and 5 losses...... So we have to train harder, keep our position and our results and be ready for even better next season. James, you can explain our training ideas and projects over the past few weeks. ”

Jaime, the assistant coach in charge of physical training, took two steps forward so that the players could see him clearly, "The main idea of the training is to actively embrace the tactical strategy of the NFL league, strengthen the size, strength, reaction speed of the forward players in all aspects, and focus on strengthening the flexibility and running speed of technical positions such as quarterbacks, running backs, and safety guards, so as to lay the foundation for the implementation of more complex tactics." ”

Another assistant coach, Robert, then spoke, and the content was similar to the previous two, both of which were to strengthen the strength of the forward players and improve the speed and flexibility of the technical players.

When training starts on the first day of the new semester, there is naturally no need to make sufficient arrangements for the coaches, otherwise the players will have sore muscles in the next few days, which will affect the training progress.

So after a warm-up and basic running, push-ups, planks, sit-ups and other items in the comprehensive training hall, Coach Murphy proposed to test the bench press for everyone.

"Who's coming first?"

After more than four weeks of relaxation, many people were still in the groove, so the players were standing still, and no one stepped forward to lie on the bench press.

Seeing this scene, Coach Murphy looked around and directly designated Bill to come first.

"That's you, Bill, you're probably the most powerful on the team, so let's demonstrate it first!"

Mr. Ferrari, who was ordered, had no choice but to step forward and lie on the bench press.

"Your goal is to get into the collegiate team, and some of you even have the potential to get into the NFL's professional team, so we're going to go straight to the league's standard and use 225 pounds."

The NFL's standard for judging a player's strength is the number of bench presses of 225 pounds (102 kilograms), which currently stands at more than 40 in the NFL league for 225 pounds.

Bill, who was lying down, took a deep breath and waited for Murphy and Jaime to stand above his head before slowly lifting the barbell bar above his chest and then starting to do the bench press.

"One, two, three...... Good, keep it up and take your time...... VII. VII...... Come on, very good...... Eleven...... Hold steady and don't shake your arms...... Seventeen, eighteen, okay, that's it. ”

While Bill was struggling to bench press, Coach Murphy was pumping and counting the numbers, and he felt that Bill was getting more and more struggling and called a halt in time.

For just over a minute, Bill was soaking wet, and the sweat on his forehead was pouring down.

"Very good, eighteen bench presses are more than I imagined, students should aim for Bill......"

While Coach Murphy praised the Texas Longhorns, he didn't forget to motivate his players.

Then, one by one, the members of the Toad Tun varsity team did a 225-pound bench press, and as Murphy expected, none of them surpassed Bill, and only five of them did more than ten.

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