Daily Evolution from Mastering Tai Chi-Chapter 158: Power Meter on the Bike Trainer, Kilowatt Thighs

Chapter 158: Chapter 158: Power Meter on the Bike Trainer, Kilowatt Thighs

Wang Ye continuously increased the weight on the barbell and attempted a clean.

The onlookers around him were also closely watching Wang Ye.

The astonishment in their eyes grew increasingly intense, as if they had never seen such terrifying strength before.

Brother Zui stopped training his legs and stood by the weightlifting platform, focusing solely on watching Wang Ye practice his clean.

He didn’t even dare to blink, afraid of missing something.

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At this point, Wang Ye was still explosively lifting.

Adding several hundred kilograms to the weight only managed to slightly slow his explosive speed, unable to completely overwhelm him. Clearly, Wang Ye’s muscle and bone resistance capabilities had reached an absolutely superhuman level.

At this moment, Wang Ye’s muscles were also emanating a heart-pounding heat. His heart was beating like a drum, with a heart rate surpassing 220 beats per minute, wildly pumping a large amount of blood to his limbs, causing his muscles to swell and exert an even stronger resistance.

350kg

400kg

450kg

...

Until Wang Ye lifted 500 kilograms.

He finally felt an overwhelming sense of burden.

He exerted all his strength, attempting several times before barely managing to clean the 500-kilogram barbell onto his shoulders.

The barbell, tough enough to withstand several hundred pounds, had completely bent into a U shape. With each explosive release of Wang Ye’s power, the middle section of the barbell continued to deepen its bend, becoming as soft as a noodle, seemingly about to snap and fall at any moment.

Brother Zui watched with his heart pounding.

Afraid that thing might snap and hit him in the face.

This was 500 kilograms.

Looking around the world.

Only the strongman Eddie Hall was capable of lifting such a weight.

However, even Eddie Hall could only deadlift 500 kilograms.

Wang Ye’s clean involved lifting it to the shoulders, whereas a deadlift only requires moving the barbell to the hips. The motion range and required strength are reduced by more than half.

Even so, after Eddie Hall lifted 500 kilograms, he collapsed to the ground with a nosebleed, due to intense muscle exertion causing his blood pressure to spike, leading to a sudden brain hemorrhage and fainting.

In contrast, after Wang Ye cleaned 500 kilograms, he acted as if nothing had happened.

Even his heart rate and breathing calmed down to a normal state within five seconds.

Seeing this, Brother Zui truly wanted to step up and say:

Bro, how about we join a weightlifting competition to bring glory to the country?

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After lifting 500 kilograms, Wang Ye did not continue to increase the weight.

Instead, he unloaded the weight plates from the barbell and returned them to their original places.

He brought the bar over to Brother Zui, apologetically saying:

"I’m really sorry, the bar got bent."

"It’s nothing, just a bar," Brother Zui hurriedly waved it off.

"Sorry," Wang Ye didn’t expect the bar to be so fragile.

He had thought that this kind of barbell used for fitness could at least withstand a thousand pounds without bending.

Unexpectedly, it started bending just after lifting 300kg.

But what Wang Ye didn’t know was that most gym barbells start to bend at 200kg. The bar in his hand was actually from a particularly high-quality brand, costing five or six times more than ordinary bars.

Just as Wang Ye was deep in thought.

Brother Zui suddenly asked, "Qi Refining Brother, your explosive power is truly rare. Would you like to test your cycling power with me?"

"Cycling power?" Wang Ye was taken aback.

"Cycling power is the energy or amount of work generated by pedaling, measurable with an online cycling platform or indoor cycling power meter to test your thigh power. Our gym happens to have such a machine," Brother Zui patiently explained:

"For people like us, with not very high training levels, the average power is around two hundred. Track cyclists might peak at over a thousand. I estimate your power is at least two thousand..."

"Thigh power... that’s a good test method," Wang Ye’s lips curved into a slight smile.

Brother Zui led Wang Ye to the cycling platform in a side room.

And helped Wang Ye set up the online cycling platform.

This online cycling platform is called Zwift.

It’s an indoor cycling fitness software, a fully functional cycling fitness community based on gaming software. It provides a virtual cycling environment with multiple preset courses and virtual worlds for users to choose from.

Many cycling enthusiasts who can’t go outside use Zwift to train at home.

Wang Ye mounted the cycling platform, slightly adjusting to the geometry of this professional frame.

Because most of the bicycles he had ridden were shared bikes.

It was his first time riding a competition-used bicycle, and he found it a bit unfamiliar.

But after a short adjustment, Wang Ye gradually discovered that this professional frame seemed more conducive to exerting all his strength, as its angles were more suited for pedaling, with better rotation, and the frame had better rigidity, very durable.

Wang Ye’s current cycling Skill Level was already level 2.

Equivalent to a semi-professional level, so his cycling posture was quite standard.

At least much more standard than most cycling enthusiasts on the street.

Wang Ye gradually exerted strength with his thighs, continuously increasing his pedaling speed.

And the virtual character’s speed on the screen also gradually increased.

The wattage in the top left corner of the screen jumped from 100 to 200. Then from 200 to 500.

Sitting on a chair nearby and watching, Brother Zui’s eyes showed signs of expectation. He was very curious about how much the wattage of a 500kg clean marathon world champion would spike during cycling.

Wang Ye continued to increase the power of his thighs, and the cadence quickly reached 100 rpm. RPM is a speed unit, the rotational speed per minute. This meant Wang Ye’s cadence had reached a very fast speed. He needed to downshift the flywheel to increase his pedaling force and reduce the cadence.

And the wattage on the screen was still rapidly soaring.

In no time, it reached over 1000W.

1000W is already the limit power for many professional cyclists.

Even the top professional riders can only reach this power during the final sprint.

After reaching this power, Wang Ye remained calm and collected, his cadence continuing to climb.

The wattage on the screen kept rising.

Reaching 2000W.

What kind of concept is 2000W?

To know, a bread machine’s power is only 700W.

2000W power.

If directly connected to a bread machine.

It could directly explode this bread machine.

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