Chapter 57 Is he a liar?
“Sports performance trainer?”
In his home near Parque de Nacional, sitting on the sofa in the huge living room, when Jose Semedo heard the term, he jumped up, feeling very surprised and astonished.
"I've never heard of it, Su. Did you meet a liar?"
Ronnie, who was sitting next to him, stopped the game controller in his hand and nodded, thinking that this was very possible.
"Liar?" The image of Nuno Cruz emerged in Su Dong's mind. Does he look like him?
It seems a bit similar.
Because he was completely different from the physical trainers and fitness trainers that Su Dong had in his mind or that he had met.
He looks more like a scholar or researcher.
"Yes, I heard that there are many people out there who are pretending , but are actually trying to defraud people of money and sex."
Jose Semedo said this, looking Su Dong up and down with ill intent and clicking his tongue twice.
"Honestly, Su, you don't have much money, so you don't have to worry about being cheated, but you are good-looking, a handsome young man from the East, which is particularly lethal in certain circles."
Ronnie thought it made sense, "Sue, the world is full of dangers for handsome guys like us."
Su Dong found this suspicion funny. "As far as I know, he is married and has children."
"That doesn't stop him from wanting to cheat on you." The more Jose Semedo thought about it, the more he felt that his reasoning made sense.
"He is a professional player and has played in the Portuguese Super League." Su Dong still felt that he was not like that.
"Who told you that professional players who have played in the Portuguese Super League won't want to cheat on you?"
Jose Semedo thought for a moment and then continued, "Besides, even if he doesn't want to cheat on you, it doesn't mean he's not a liar? You know, many personal trainers have very poor professional standards. Maybe they just want to take advantage of the opportunity to get you to sign up for more courses, so at this time, you should be more cautious."
After hearing this, Su Dong thought about it and realized that Nuno Cruz really asked him to sign up for courses, but not with him. Instead, he wanted to sign up for swimming and yoga outside, and learn from a professional coach.
"Jose's concerns are justified. I also went to the gym when I was in the Marquis of Pombal Square. Those so-called personal trainers kept urging me to sign up for classes. Fortunately, I didn't fall for it."
Ronnie's expression at this moment was very proud, as if he was saying: Look at me, how smart I am, come and praise me.
"I don't think so." Su Dong shook his head.
These were selected and interviewed personally by Pontes and Mendes, so logically, they should be good.
But to be honest, Nuno Cruz does not look like a fitness trainer at all.
At least he didn't have explosive muscles, and he didn't give the impression of a professional and muscular fitness enthusiast. Even though he took a class, he was actually more of a communication partner with Su Dong, and didn't teach him much.
"Don't worry about it for now. Ronnie and I will come with you to class tomorrow and we will help you check it." Semedo said generously.
After all, he and Ronnie have been training for several years, so he can be said to be knowledgeable.
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The next morning, after Su Dong finished his extra training, he returned to the apartment and had breakfast, and Pontes' car arrived.
On the way, Pontes asked about Nuno Cruz's first class, and Su Dong answered truthfully.
"Well, he is indeed different from other fitness trainers."
However, Pontes also said, "Nuno Cruz graduated from the University of Coimbra and did his postgraduate studies at Loughborough University. Many of his ideas are still very advanced. I have several friends in this field who speak highly of him, so you don't have to worry."
Su Dong was not very worried.
Although they had only met once, Su Dong thought he had some ability to judge people. He felt that Nuno Cruz was not a liar, because when he was talking to Su Dong, he was always looking at Su Dong, as if he was observing the changes in Su Dong's expression.
Scammers usually don't stare at people like this, and they tend to be evasive when speaking.
But Semedo and Ronaldo are still worried that Su Dong might be cheated of his money and sex.
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In the gym in Alcocheti, Nuno Cruz showed up on time.
He was still wearing a pair of glasses and holding a thick stack of materials, but the difference was that he was carrying a notebook bag today.
Nuno Cruz was a little surprised when he saw Sudong and Ronaldo and Semedo behind him.
"These two are..."
"We are Su Dong's friends. We came here out of curiosity to take a look." Ronnie said with a smile.
Nuno Cruz smiled and nodded, "Cristiano Ronaldo, I know you."
"Thank you." Ronnie said with a little pride.
He boasts that he is still somewhat famous.
Nuno Cruz quickly stopped paying attention to Ronaldo and Semedo, turned around, took out one of the documents from a pile of documents, and handed it to Su Dong, "This is the recipe I prepared for you for the next two days."
"Our training will be arranged around the game, from one game to the next, and my responsibility is not only to train your body and strengthen your strength, but more importantly your performance on the court."
Su Dong nodded. He guessed that this should be the job of a sports performance trainer.
"Our daily training program will be arranged according to the game schedule and the team's training program for the two days before and after. I will hand it to you before the end of the training the day before. At the same time, in order to make it easier for you to understand and master it, I will print out the requirements and purpose of each project, as well as the effect to be achieved, and hand it to you."
"Not only that, I will test and evaluate your body every day, input all this data and all your training situations into the computer and make a file, which will be very convenient for you to track in the future."
"Thank you." Su Dong nodded politely to Nuno Cruz.
Turning back, I looked at Ronnie and Semedo behind me and found that they were both full of surprise.
Obviously, this was completely different from all the personal trainers, fitness trainers, and even strength and conditioning trainers they had encountered before, so much so that they were surprised by just one conversation.
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At the beginning of training, muscle activation should be performed first.
To put it simply, it means getting every muscle in your body ready for training.
The prop provided by Nuno Cruz was something called a foam roller. He asked Su Dong to press the foam on different parts of the body and roll it back and forth in different postures to stimulate the muscles of the body.
"In addition to stimulating muscles, it is also very effective in relaxing muscles. Therefore, my suggestion is that before and after every training session, whether it is with me or with the first team, it is best to do foam roller training for about ten minutes."
Ten minutes later, he asked Su Dong to crawl on a 20-meter foam mat.
When moving forward, the body crawls on its stomach, which is called the lizard crawl. When moving back, the body crawls on its back, which is called the spider crawl. Both training methods are very strange, as if they are imitating the crawling posture of animals, while the chest should be kept as close to the ground as possible.
Nuno Cruz believes that these two weird crawling exercises can not only easily move every muscle and joint of the body, but also improve flexibility, strengthen core strength, and control of muscles and core areas, and improve body stability. It is a very comprehensive warm-up movement.
"Every day before training, do a set of 10 crawls. Lizard crawls and spider crawls count as one."
After completing these two items, is the warm-up over?
No, Nuno Cruz felt it was not enough.
"The purpose of our warm-up is not only to get the body moving to avoid injury in the following training, but also to fully warm up the whole body and improve cardiopulmonary function."
So, at the end of the warm-up training, Nuno Cruz arranged a full body and cardiopulmonary warm-up program.
The gym at the Alcocheti training base is equipped with a climbing machine, so Nuno Cruz chose this equipment, but he also said that if there is no climbing machine, other training programs such as bear crawling can be used instead.
Perform three sets of climbing machine training, 30 seconds each, with 15 seconds of rest in between.
During the 30-second training period, Su Dong had to train on the climbing machine as quickly as possible, using both his hands and feet.
It's very tiring, but Nuno Cruz told Sudong that climbing machine training can not only exercise the cardiopulmonary system, but also effectively exercise the strength of the upper and lower body, while also improving core stability.
After three sets of climbing machine training, Su Dong was already panting.
I lay on the floor, feeling more tired than when I normally train on my own.
But Nuno Cruz didn't seem satisfied. After pointing out some problems, he walked over, took out a notebook and wrote something .
Ronnie and Semedo took the opportunity to come over.
"Hey, man, I finally figured it out." Jose Semedo squatted beside Su Dong, watching him sweating and panting. He felt that his previous so-called fitness was just a small thing.
"This guy is really capable. There are so many tricks in just one warm-up. It's impossible for a liar to make up so many things. Many of them are things we have never encountered before. Even the coach of the team doesn't know about them. He is really capable."
Su Dong chuckled and took a deep breath, "How about you practice with him too?"
He also wanted to find a companion for himself.
Jose Semedo shook his head like a rattle and said, "Forget it. It's too hard to train with him."
For him, the most important thing is to develop a body of toned muscles, which is more popular with girls. On the contrary, someone like Su Dong may not be able to develop a body of muscular muscles, but he will definitely be exhausted.
This does not fit Semedo's life principles.
If he were to die on a woman's belly, he would consider it, but dying in the gym...
On the contrary, Ronnie was standing aside, rubbing his hands, looking eager to try.
"Su, talk to him later. I will come to practice with you every day and he will pay for it."
Ronnie's monthly salary is the same as Su Dong's. Both of them have a monthly salary of 2,000 euros. If the club did not subsidize half of it, they probably could not afford a private coach like Nuno Cruz.
But just after watching one training session, Ronnie felt that Su Dong's money was well spent.
At least what Nuno Cruz has come up with is of quite high quality.
So naturally, he was unwilling to lag behind.
