All-round Athlete

Chapter 847 Team training

The triathlon coach of the national team, surnamed He, is a dark-skinned middle-aged man. When he faced Zhang Guan, he was very polite, even a little reserved. Apart from Coach He, Zhang Guan did not see the triathlon team leader.

This made Zhang Guan feel a little surprised, because under normal circumstances, the team leader is responsible for receiving such matters, and the coach mainly focuses on training. After careful inquiry, Zhang Guan learned that the triathlon team did not have a team leader at all.

"We don't have many opportunities to compete abroad, and even if we go abroad, they are all held in Asia. We rarely have the opportunity to participate in world-class triathlon events. So there is no official team leader." He The coach explained.

"Then what should we do when we actually go abroad to compete?" Zhang Guan then asked.

"If it is a special triathlon competition, the organization will temporarily arrange a leader as the team leader; if it is the Olympic Games, our team leaders are all part-time from other events." Coach He sighed, and then said: "This is not the case. As for the method, the country has only so many resources. Regardless of whether it is human, material or financial resources, we will give priority to strong projects. Our triathlon is weak, so resource allocation is much less. If it is not for the 10th National Games. , if triathlon is listed as a competition event, maybe we can't even guarantee the most basic training."

"I remember that in the last Olympic Games, didn't our triathlon achieve the best results in history? I also read the news at that time! Isn't this enough to make the General Administration tilt in terms of resource allocation?" Zhang Guan asked.

Coach He suddenly looked embarrassed. He hesitated for a few seconds before he said: "As far as the men's team is concerned, the 2008 Olympic Games is indeed the best result in history. A total of 55 people participated, and we finished 46th. It was not easy. But it was the first time our male athlete participated in the Olympics.”

Zhang Guan instantly understood that in the last Olympic Games, the national team was able to participate by relying on the host's quota, but in the previous Olympic Games, the men's team players were not even eligible to participate. Since it is the first time to participate in the competition, not to mention the 46th place, even the 55th place is the best result ever. This kind of thing is not something to brag about, and it's no wonder that Coach He looks embarrassed.

But when it comes time to issue a press release, in order to play a role in publicity, of course it is good to say, and ordinary people don't even know which three events are the triathlon, so who will really notice if it is the first time? Go to the Olympics!

Coach He went on to introduce: "Triathlon sports in European and American countries have a history of decades, but our country has only been carried out for a few years. This is a triathlon competition, but the number of participants does not exceed 2,000 per year, including some foreign athletes. We have only a few hundred officially registered triathletes, which is far behind foreign countries. "

Zhang Guan nodded to express his understanding. In comparison, there are more than 50,000 registered members of American Triathlon, and countless ordinary fans. Others choose people to participate in the Olympic Games from among 50,000 people, but China chooses people from hundreds of people to participate in the Olympics. It is inevitable that the level of athletes will vary greatly.

Coach He went on to say: "Our domestic triathletes are all selected from swimmers, so swimming is our strength, but in long-distance running and cycling, we are relatively weak. You are track and field As an athlete, you have broken so many world records. You are definitely better than swimmers in long-distance running. In terms of cycling, you are the champion of the Tour de France. Our team also hopes that you can teach our athletes about long-distance running and technology and experience in cycling."

While the two were talking, the car had arrived at the triathlon training base.

It is said to be a training base, but in fact there are only two buildings, one building is a dormitory area, and the other building is an office area plus a training area. The majority of triathlon training is still outdoors, so the training area is really just storage and some simple equipment training.

Cycling and long-distance running, these are not difficult for Zhang Guan, especially cycling, Zhang Guan's speed is much faster than other athletes. In terms of swimming, Zhang Guan also learned a few long-distance swimming skills, but it did not achieve the effect Zhang Guan expected.

Zhang Guan's muscle density is still too large, which is a disadvantage in swimming.

Larger muscle density means less buoyancy, and more physical energy will be consumed for floating when swimming. This is why black athletes have such great physical fitness, but they have no achievements in swimming. Black athletes like Bolt have very little body fat and high muscle density. To put it bluntly, the flesh is too heavy, and it will sink to the bottom immediately in the water. No matter how explosive it is, it is not suitable for swimming. .

Physiologically speaking, track and field and swimming are opposite events. It is very difficult for a swimmer to switch to track and field, or for a track and field athlete to switch to swimming. No matter how good the technique is, the physical constraints cannot be overcome.

Long-distance running and long-distance swimming are better. The most important thing to look at in long-distance competition is endurance. When the endurance is similar, the speed difference is not very big. But sprinting and short-distance swimming are absolutely impossible to have both. If a sprinter wants to run fast, he must increase his explosive power, which means he must increase his muscle density. If the muscle density is high, it is impossible to swim fast in short distances.

Of course, this is not to say that Bolt is definitely not good at swimming. Maybe he can swim very fast, but he certainly cannot beat world-class swimmers. This is not something that can be compensated for by skill or explosiveness, the physiology is doomed.

From this point of view, the muscle density of the white race and the yellow race is very suitable for swimming. However, Caucasian people have larger skeletons and have advantages in buoyancy. At the same time, Caucasian people have relatively large hands and feet. The same stroke can go farther and save more effort. So in the early years, swimming was almost monopolized by whites. People of the yellow race can only make achievements in breaststroke, a high-tech and slow-speed swimming event.

So for the current Zhang Guan, he needs to slightly reduce the density of his muscles. To put it bluntly, he needs to increase his fat a little, so that he can gain more buoyancy when swimming.

Increasing the fat content will definitely affect the performance of the sprint competition. Fortunately, Zhang Guan will not participate in the sprint competition this year. Properly reducing the muscle density will have no effect on the other sports that Zhang Guan participates in. Whether it is tennis or cycling, muscle sticks are not in great demand.

Zhang Guan's time is very tight. He only has one month of training and adjustment time. In early March, the team's trials will be held, and the Asian Triathlon Championship is also close at hand.

After a month of training, Zhang Guan is about to usher in the first team trials. Those with excellent results can get the chance to participate in the Asian Triathlon Championship next month.

However, at this time, Coach He told Zhang Guan an unexpected good news.

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