My first understanding of Mr. Yang Si was the film he made with another Kung Fu movie star, jean-claude van damme, more than ten years ago. I was shocked by his strong muscles in those years. In recent years, what I know about him is mostly some reports about bodybuilding events and the introduction of another close friend of China, Mr. Gao Yan. Mr. Gao Yan visited the United States many times and was invited by Mr. Yang Si to participate in a series of bodybuilding competitions in the United States for many times, so I have a deep friendship with him. This interview time was also booked by Mr. Gao Yan.
At first, Mr Yang Si gave me the impression that he was very young and tough. Especially his big forearm made me cheat! In fact, Mr. Yang Si is nearly 60 years old this year. But it gives me the feeling that he is only in his 40 s at most and feels very energetic.
After a few words, Mr. Yang Si gave me the impression that he was neither a bodybuilder nor a kung fu movie star, but more like a philosopher. Mr. Yang Si first talked about his personal outlook on health preservation. He said that the most important factor for a person to stay young is the hormones in his body. So how can we keep a lot of hormones in the body for a long time? Then we should always maintain intensive bodybuilding training and aerobic training. For example, why does the face turn red after aerobic training? This is the result of human microcirculation. At the same time, he also told me that his wife should keep running for an hour and a half every day. When talking about his personal bodybuilding training, the answer I got surprised me even more. He said that the dumbbell he is training now is 80 kg for bending with one hand and 220 kg for squat. Another training point he said is even more difficult for me to understand. He said that the older a person is, the greater the relative training intensity and weight will be. Only in this way can I keep my body from aging. My own training intensity and weight are even greater than my own training intensity more than ten years ago. I think this sentence should inspire all bodybuilders! He also talked about bodybuilding and Tai Ji Chuan. He said that his boss, Run Run Run Shaw, a movie mogul, had been practicing Tai Ji Chuan for 60 years until he was in his 90s. Mr Yang Si thinks that bodybuilding training should solve this problem. This is his unique view on dynamic and static fitness training. In addition, when talking about the development of his films, he also told a very interesting thing. About 89 years ago. He and jean-claude van damme made a movie called "Blood Spot", in which he had a final duel with jean-claude van damme at the American premiere. When the fight was about to start, the audience shouted that the villain played by Yang Si killed the decent role played by jean-claude van damme. The next day, I came to the office of the boss of the film company. The boss told him not to play the villain in the future, but to be decent ... Then he smiled himself. And he said that a few years ago, in the American film industry, there was a selection of China Kung Fu stars. Bruce Lee ranked first with 50% of the votes, Jackie Chan ranked second with 32%, and Jet Li tied for third with 9% of the votes. This shows his influence in American film and television.
Generally speaking, after this contact with Mr. Yang Si and his son, the deepest feeling is that our bodybuilders and coaches in China need to reform themselves, study and think, and the most important thing is to dare to break through the traditional things and not be bound by them. Now many athletes in China repeat their traditional methods and things over and over again. Seriously, we really need fresh air! At the forum, Mr. Yang Si said a word to all friends in the bodybuilding field in China when he answered "Can he and his son come to China to guide the training and competition of our athletes?". Mr. Yang Si said, "We have little knowledge and technology at present, and we still need to learn"!