13: Chapter 13 Diamond Push-ups

Chapter 13 Diamond Push-up

The sky was overcast, and raindrops continuously fell against the glass.

The street scene outside the window seemed blurred into a faint watercolor painting.

Fang Cheng tightened his waist and abdomen, kept his body straight, and practiced Push-up with his palms' fingertips touching each other.

Today, Dongdu City experienced another significant temperature drop.

Inside the room, where the temperature was close to zero without air conditioning for warmth, it felt like being in an ice cellar.

Yet, during the exercise, Fang Cheng successively took off his coat and woolen sweater.

In the end, wearing only a thin undershirt, his vest was still soaked through.

His entire body was like a steamer, with wisps of white smoke continuously rising.

His originally pale complexion became rosy and lustrous, revealing an unprecedented healthy vitality.

"Heng————"

Fang Cheng exhaled two long streaks of white qi from his nostrils.

Dozens of panel prompt messages scrolled and emerged before his eyes like a waterfall.

[You practiced Shadow Boxing, gained some comprehension, experience + 1]

[You practiced Shadow Boxing, gained some comprehension, experience + 1]

...

[You completed 10 standard Squat, experience + 1]

[You completed 10 standard Squat, experience + 1]

...

[You practiced Leg Raise with all your might, reached a certain degree, and gained a deep understanding of it]

[Unlocked skill: Leg Raise lv0 (0 / 100)]

[Potential Activation cooldown ended, usage conditions met]

[You completed 6 wide-stance Push-up, experience + 1]

[You completed 6 wide-stance Push-up, experience + 1]

[You completed 5 diamond Push-up, experience + 1]

[You completed 5 diamond Push-up, experience + 1]

[You completed 4 clap Push-up, experience + 1]

[You completed 4 clap Push-up, experience + 1]

...

Straightening his arms with a single leap, Fang Cheng easily stood up.

Looking at the brilliantly glowing screen before him, a look of gratification appeared on his face.

[Push-up lv1 (0 / 250)]

"Another day, successfully completed the goal!"

Fang Cheng took a deep breath, panting to calm his wildly beating heart.

During these three days since returning from visiting his grandfather at the hospital.

To improve exercise efficiency and accelerate the skill upgrade progress.

He deliberately changed his training plan and chose to practice higher-tier movement options.

Such as trying wide-stance Push-up, diamond Push-up, clap Push-up, and so on.

According to the records of the "Prisoners Six Arts", by adjusting body posture changes, one can differentiate exercised muscle groups and Focus on strengthening specific parts.

If the difficulty coefficient of a standard Push-up was 10, then a wide-stance Push-up was 15, a diamond Push-up was 20, and a clap Push-up was 25.

Wide-stance Push-up mainly exercised the lateral pectoralis major, triceps brachii, and anterior deltoids.

Diamond Push-up used an ultra-narrow hand spacing to restrict the deltoids from exerting force, thereby more effectively activating the pectoralis major and triceps brachii.

Clap Push-up further increased the difficulty, focusing on developing the coordinated explosive power of the chest muscles and triceps brachii.

At the same time, it also had a stimulating effect on the waist and abdominal core, which could improve the body's overall strength and coordination.

Although the difficulty of the advanced movements increased significantly, under a clear division of labor, the exercise efficiency also improved remarkably.

Especially for diamond Push-up, completing the movement with the same physical stamina consumption made the experience growth rate noticeably superior.

It truly lived up to the reputation of "diamond".

Fang Cheng casually picked up a bottle of mineral water and gulped it straight down his throat.

After resolving his dry mouth, he looked at the enhancement reward of this skill upgrade.

[4 points of free attributes]

It couldn't compare to "Boxing", but was similar to "Focus" and "Speed Reading".

Regarding this, Fang Cheng did not feel any disappointment.

The enhancement rewards appearing from skill special effects originally belonged to a relatively small trigger probability.

Moreover, he had long made plans to Breakthrough all physical attributes to above 10 points as soon as possible.

You must know that every 10 points of attributes was a qualitative leap.

Having personally experienced the actual effect of Physique changes, Fang Cheng could feel the difference between them even more.

Especially after reaching 11 points of Physique, his body's recovery speed noticeably accelerated, and his training intensity and exercise volume were correspondingly increased.

Now, Fang Cheng needed to complete 100 Push-up, 200 Squat every day, and practice Shadow Boxing for at least half an hour.

Today's morning exercise also intentionally added the training content of supine straight Leg Raise.

He did a full 107, successfully unlocking the "Leg Raise" skill.

Afterwards, with the rejuvenation effect of Potential Activation.

He once again made a Breakthrough in the experience upper limit in one fell swoop, upgrading "Push-up" to lv1.

Having completed the established training plan, Fang Cheng still had spare energy and felt that he could appropriately increase some challenges.

At this moment, he focused his attention on the character attribute column, silently making calculations.

The progress bar for "Strength" had already reached 95%. Temporarily adding 2 points to it and then waiting for self-training to improve it was more appropriate.

The progress bar for "Agility" was still early, and being only 1 point short of exceeding the attribute critical point, it could be the first to rise to 10 points.

As for "Physique", no matter how much, it was the main direction for adding points.

As his thoughts stirred, the 4 available free attributes disappeared one after another.

Changing simultaneously were the specific values on the character panel.

[Name: Fang Cheng]

[Age: 23 years old]

[Strength: 9]

[Agility: 10]

[Physique: 12]

[Spirit: 18]

Increasing 4 points of attributes in one go, Fang Cheng clearly felt the drastic changes produced in his body.

Surging blood flushed his skin, and the muscle dimensions of his arms and legs seemed to have expanded by a circle.

Check them one by one!

Immediately after, it compressed inward again, becoming increasingly tight and solid.

His limbs instantly felt a sense of relief, becoming lighter, more coordinated, and more explosive.

After Fang Cheng tried throwing a few punches, he simply took off his clothes and bared his upper body.

Walking into the bathroom, he carefully checked himself in the mirror.

The muscles at the upper end of his arms slightly bulged, and the triceps brachii already showed a slight embryonic form.

His chest also seemed fuller, and the contours of his ribs were completely invisible.

His entire figure was upright and tall, his posture well-proportioned, without a trace of excess fat to be found.

Even his temperament underwent a huge change accordingly, his gaze high-spirited and full of confidence.

To sum it up, he had become more Yingjun and more charming.

The only regret...

Was that his six-pack abs were still nowhere to be seen.

Thinking of this, Fang Cheng gave a light, self-deprecating smile.

From the time he started exercising until today, all told it had only been a week and a half.

Being able to have such fitness effects already far exceeded expectations.

After admiring his Physique, Fang Cheng wiped away his sweat and then took a large gulp of mineral water.

The icy liquid flowed down his throat into his stomach and intestines, bringing a wave of stimulation and also making his spirit exceptionally invigorated.

While stretching his limbs and doing relaxation movements, Fang Cheng looked out the window at the drizzly gloomy rainy day.

Vaguely, a thought of not having had enough fun popped up.

"What truly good weather, how about exercising for a little longer?"

Turning his head to look at the alarm clock, 7:05.

It was still early, having only exercised for 2 hours.

The improvement in Physique brought increased efficiency and a higher frequency of gains.

Every time Fang Cheng trained, it was like taking an ultra-potent nitric oxide booster.

Towards physical sports that he used to avoid like snakes and scorpions, he was filled with an incomparable desire.

Right.

Not motivation, but desire!

He greatly enjoyed the feeling of constantly receiving feedback and gradually becoming stronger through such repetitive and simple exercises.

Even to the point of being somewhat addicted to it, unable to extricate himself.

Fang Cheng's gaze flickered as he made a decision in his heart.

Then he raised both fists and muttered to himself in a low voice:

"Next, I'll practice Shadow Boxing for half an hour."

"Keep it up!"

...

Outside the window, a drizzling light rain was falling.

From the kitchen came the sound of washing pots and pans.

In the living room, the radio played traditional opera singing with lingering charm, leading to reverie.

However, this tranquility did not last long before it was shattered by a burst of urgent crying.

He Huiqin poked her head out from the kitchen, still holding a spatula, and called out helplessly:

"Mom, can you help me coax Pengpeng."

Turning her head for a glance, she saw her daughter leaning against the doorway, lingering and dawdling, and couldn't help frowning:

"Xiumei, why haven't you left yet?"

Zhou Xiumei lowered her head and bent over, placing her hands on the surface of her shoes and moving them casually a few times, replying:

"Oh, I threaded my shoelaces the wrong way, I'll leave right away..."

Suddenly, a clanging sound of "clang" vaguely came from the direction of next door.

She raised her eyes and, through the gaps in the iron gate, saw a tall and slender figure appear in the corridor.

Her expression panicked slightly; she quickly slipped on her shoes and then softly said goodbye:

"I'm leaving."

Zhou Xiumei pulled open the iron security gate with some difficulty, picked up the takeout bag and umbrella, and walked out with small steps.

At this moment, she happened to run into that figure passing by from the side.

"Are you also delivering food to Uncle Zhou today?"

Fang Cheng stopped with his bag on his back, seeing her fully armed appearance, and asked.

"Mn."

Zhou Xiumei tightly held the bag and umbrella with both hands, her long eyelashes drooping, and let out a muffled grunt from inside the scarf that wrapped half her face.

"Let's walk together, I'll carry it."

Fang Cheng skillfully took the bag from her hands and said: "It's still raining outside, come help me hold the umbrella."

Zhou Xiumei did not refuse, only lowering her head looking slightly shy.

Her palms tightly gripped the handle of the umbrella, closely following right behind him step by step.