When pulling 200 kilograms, Bruce felt nothing and completed a bent-knee deadlift in a very standard posture.
At 250 kilograms, Bruce felt something was wrong. Why was it so easy this time?
And when the big man next to him hung up a 300kg barbell plate, Bruce was in a difficult position. He couldn't say that he had never succeeded in lifting 300kg, right?
So he decided that if it didn't work, he would give it a try. It would be embarrassing if it was embarrassing. Anyway, it wouldn't be once or twice.
Thinking like this, Bruce held the bar, straightened his back, tightened his core, and the moment he exerted force, the barbell easily lifted off the ground.
Bruce's eyes widened slightly and he lowered his head in disbelief. He even had time to hesitate for two seconds before completing the standard deadlift movement.
"Ha, look at this kid, he is showing off his muscles for us." The big guy next to him smiled and said, "It seems we have to give him a little more difficulty."
The barbell was directly increased to 350 kilograms. Bruce was a little hesitant when he held the bar. This weight was far beyond his deadlift limit. He didn't want to be sent away with a cerebral blood vessel rupture on the spot.
He decided to try his best and give up if he felt it was beyond his limit. Anyway, he was already pretty good at being able to lift 300 kilograms at his weight. Everyone was at this level, so he wouldn't be laughed at.
He tightened his core again, and the muscles throughout his body swelled. Before Bruce could react, the barbell was off the ground again, and it was another perfect knee-bent deadlift.
There were cheers all around, and the big man who had deadlifted 320 kilograms before was a little unconvinced. He walked up and waved to Bruce, meaning that he also wanted to try 350 kilograms.
Not surprisingly, I was able to lift 350 kilograms, but my veins obviously popped up, my face turned red, and I looked like I had reached my limit.
Everyone wanted to watch the excitement. The big man in charge of managing the barbell added another 30 kilograms. Now the weight of the barbell has reached a terrifying 380 kilograms. This is already a weight that can appear in a weightlifting competition. For amateur athletes,
Just looking at those thick barbell plates is enough to make people feel scared.
But at this time, another big guy walked out of the crowd. This guy was not in the same weight class as everyone before. He was nearly two meters tall and about the same height and width. He changed his clothes and looked like a Ursine commonly seen in strongman competitions.
This guy just walked up and easily lifted 380 kilograms, and even pulled two.
Bruce sighed in his heart, I am only 170 pounds, how can I compete with all the masters?
The strongest guy waved his hand to the side, and soon the barbell was added to 400 kilograms. Bruce had a headache just looking at the thick pile of barbell plates.
The second person who came up took the lead to challenge. Bruce saw that his whole body turned red like a steamed shrimp, and he pulled up with all his strength. The barbell was slightly off the ground. Obviously, he failed.
The strongest strongman came up again, doing a standard deadlift, and then it was Bruce's turn, and there was a series of boos from the bottom.
But this is not directed at Bruce. The main reason is that this competition is too unfair. The weight difference between the two is not even a little bit different. It is a bit anti-human to let Bruce's body type deadlift 400 kilograms. Why don't you let ants do the lift?
What about the elephant?
Bruce doesn't care. Basically since he became sensible, what he did has never been completely successful. Anyway, it was either a complete failure or a partial failure. He has become very accustomed to failure.
Bruce thought about just showing off, so he still held the club in the standard position before. When he exerted force for the first time, he only had one thought, why is this thing so light?
Bruce's reaction was a little slow, and he directly pulled up the barbell. There was silence around him. The reason why he didn't cheer was because everyone was stunned.
Most people's visual assessment of weight is relatively accurate. A 170-pound deadlift of 900 pounds is five times your own body weight. If you have the ability to stay here and be a little drug tester, why don't you win the world championship?
No matter how slow Bruce was, he realized something was wrong, so in the next duel, he decisively stated that he really couldn't pull it anymore.
The onlookers were more understanding. Maybe Bruce had just exploded, and often he would pay a price for pushing beyond his physical limits. It was normal for him to be unable to pull off later.
But the big man he was dueling with seemed a little dissatisfied. Bruce could tell that this guy was probably a professional and could detect that he had not tried his best just now.
What is going on? Bruce himself is also very surprised. Changing the universe can also increase his strength?
Suddenly Bruce realized that he was not the only one who was abnormal. Several people who had deadlifted before showed strength that was obviously not in line with their fitness level. Some people could not straighten their backs or tighten their cores during deadlifts.
Isn't it even weirder to be able to pull professional-level weights?
Combined with Bruce's previous speculation, this may be the change brought about by the poisoning of the mastermind behind the scenes. Although he has not been here for a long time, in order to save money, he has drank tap water. This mysterious toxin will not affect him.
Impact?
Then he took the evasive reaction ability test, which is a method commonly used in the military to comprehensively test people's reaction abilities.
The test method is that there are three laser emitters in front of them, which will flash at different frequencies. The subject stands in the middle and stretches out his two arms to block the lasers on the left and right sides.
The subjects need to block the laser that flashes and then stays on as quickly as possible, using their arms on the left and right sides to block it, and stand still in the middle. They are not allowed to move during this period.
After Bruce went up, the laser immediately started to flash, and he could vaguely see some people standing opposite who were controlling the equipment.
Bruce was distracted when a thought suddenly flashed across his mind. He instinctively raised his right arm, and a red laser point hit his palm.
"Please do not make guesses and raise your arms in advance, sir." A reminder came from the radio, "This project tests reaction ability, not luck."
Bruce also felt that he might have been distracted just now and wanted to raise his arm in advance because of his brain twitching. So this time he concentrated on the three machines in front of him, preparing to intercept the laser as soon as the flashing stopped.
For some reason, Bruce took a step to the right the second before the flashing stopped, perfectly dodging the laser beam that was directed at his chest.
There was a sigh over the radio, and Bruce said, "Sorry, I was a little distracted."
"Forget it, sir, you may not be suitable for this test. Please go to the next one."
The other party had said so, and Bruce couldn't refuse to leave. Although he felt that the situation just now was a bit strange, there was no chance to continue to verify it.
Then there is the flexibility test. This one is quite simple. You just need to do a few movements according to the other party's requirements, and then test the sitting and forward bending test.
However, even such an item, which is also tested in middle school physical examinations, was difficult for many big men. When Bruce walked over, they were stunned. Their backs seemed to be filled with cement, and they could not bend no matter how hard they bent.
This shows that these people are not adaptable to the sudden appearance of muscles at all. For forward bending in a sitting position, it is not enough to press down hard. The way the muscles exert force is also very important.
Moreover, going to the gym is not just about building muscles. Stretching is an indispensable part of fitness. People who exercise all year round cannot be less flexible than people who do not exercise at all.
After Bruce went up, although his results were not particularly good, he was already taller among the short ones. Several people couldn't touch their calves when they pressed down, and they were so competitive that they cried for father and mother when pressed.
The last round is a physical function and endurance test, which involves measuring heart rate, blood pressure and other basic values after jogging on a treadmill for about 20 minutes. This can almost calculate a person's endurance level.
Bruce didn't know the specific data. He only felt that after running this time, his face was not red and his heart was not beating. It seemed that he had recovered the moment he slowed down.
When he went to measure the data, the doctor looked at him in surprise, and Bruce had to explain: "I am a walking enthusiast and have participated in some competitions before."
The doctor nodded, believing what he said, and that was the end of the day's test.
But for Bruce, this is far from over. The strange phenomena during the day made him realize that his strength has grown horribly, so where is the limit?
After lunch, most of the people were exhausted from the morning strength test and went back to rest. Bruce came to the strength test venue again, intending to see where his limits were.
Bruce didn't take too many risks, but he pulled 400 kilograms again without any pressure, and then went up to 500 kilograms, which was already the world record deadlift limit.
As a result, as soon as Bruce exerted his strength, this was it? Is this the world record?
Worried that the barbell plates were wrong, Bruce took a barbell plate and weighed it on the scale. The weight was very accurate. He didn't believe in evil, so he weighed all the barbell plates and the result added up to 500 kilograms.
Moreover, he did not feel tired at all even though he had moved the barbell back and forth several times. You must know that he finished lifting 300 kilograms and then 400 kilograms in the morning, and finished pulling 400 kilograms and then 500 kilograms in the afternoon. Even the world record holder
Despite all this effort, Bruce still didn't feel tired at all.
Bruce didn't believe in evil, so he increased the weight to 600 kilograms, and it was just like that. After adding 700 kilograms, he felt a little better, and then he increased it to 800 kilograms. The warm-up was barely completed. In the end, all the barbell plates were used up, and the weight was only 900 kilograms.
Getting up is still effortless.
If the deadlift cannot test the strength limit, then clean and jerk is a professional category. Almost no one will practice this in the gym, but Bruce has done it out of interest, so he knows the basic standard movements.
At his weight, being able to lift 1,560 kilograms in the clean and jerk is pretty good. After all, the world record is just over 200 kilograms.
Bruce first made a 150-kilogram bar. He just stretched out one hand to hold it, and then realized that he could lift it with one hand.
Bruce hesitated for a moment, took a deep breath, grabbed the middle of the barbell with one hand, and directly pulled the barbell up. Then he slowly raised the barbell up, like holding a dumbbell, raising it over his shoulder with one arm.
The staff who just walked to the door were shocked.