In many people's minds, Hercules is covered with a mysterious veil. Looking at their bulging muscles, no one will be suspicious. What do they eat? How much do they eat for a meal? "You can eat two catties of noodles at a meal, and sometimes two catties of cooked beef at a time. I once ate beef stew at a friend's house and ate two bowls of noodles at once, which frightened people. " Gu Yanli said that the best time for him to eat was not now, but when he was young.
"When I was 18 years old, I once ate meat fried cakes with my friends. I ate a catty and a half before I was half full. My friend urged me to take it easy. Once I watched TV and felt a little hungry, so I ate steamed buns and there was no food. I wiped out all five steamed buns in one breath. " Looking at the reporter's puzzled eyes, Gu Yanli looked embarrassed. "At that time, it was quite edible. Dad said that eating like me would make the family poor. "
Two days ago, the reporter and Gu Yanli met in a hot pot restaurant on Guanghua Road. After the meat was rinsed, Gu Yanli put it on the table. He ate the half-cooked beef and mutton very comfortably: "I like this way of eating." Cooked meat tastes good, but it loses a lot of nutrition. I will eat it for a long time and half cooked. " After half a catty of noodles is put into the pot, Gu Yanli is not enough. He ordered half a catty of noodles and eight strings of chicken feet. Gu Yanli poured the noodles into the pot, waited for a while, then fished them out and put them in a bowl. I ate it three times, five times and twice.
"Fitness is to have a good body. If you don't engage in professional training, there is no need to take supplements. The muscles that grow through natural training are healthy and beautiful. I am never picky about food. What I eat at home is most important. Although there are many protein meats, it can't achieve good results without the help of pasta and vegetables. Every food has its own nutrition, and the body is missing. Which is not good. " Gu Yanli said that his favorite food is Zhajiang Noodles. He rolled the noodles himself, and the sauce was made by his father. "I have a special liking for noodles. I'm full of noodles. There's nothing I can do. Any meal is inseparable from pasta. "
Persistence is the most important thing
Gu Yanli eats a lot, but how did he become a "Hercules of China"? "Everyone can become healthier and stronger through exercise. I have been exercising for more than ten years, rain or shine. Some people fail because of lack of perseverance and will. " Gu Yanli said.
Gu Yanli has a gentle personality and is not good at talking. He has been a sports fan since he was a child. He likes middle and long distance running and ball games at school, and won the skipping championship in the whole school. Later, due to family difficulties, I began to learn driving without graduating from Mianliu Middle School, and also worked as a loader and mechanic. At that time, he had a heavy burden, but his obsession with sports did not diminish at all. One month's salary is 200 yuan, and he takes out 25 yuan every month to go to the palace gym for exercise. 1996, after the Gong Yi Gymnasium was demolished, he transferred to the provincial gymnasium to continue his exercise. He spends time in the gym almost every day 365 days a year. "I like fitness, which is the biggest motivation for me to stick to it, and I do find myself getting stronger and stronger from exercise. The more you practice, the more developed your muscles are, the more hobbies you have, and the stronger your self-confidence, which is inseparable from fitness. "
A young man once touched the hard muscle mass on Gu Yanli's arm with envy and asked, "Can I practice?" Gu Yanli told him he could, and the young man asked, "How long?" "Five years." The young man shook his head and said, "It's too long. How can you persist?" Gu Yanli, 32, has been exercising for 17 years. In 2002, he won three gold medals in the national physical fitness exhibition held in Qinhuangdao, and Zhuang Shang became famous in World War I, which was his first time to participate in the national competition. From then on, he was named "China Hercules". At the end of that year, he represented China in the International Hercules Competition held in Panyu, Guangdong, and got a total score of 13. In order to become the best place for China athletes to participate in the international Hercules competition, they won the National Hercules Classic Championship twice in 2004 and 2005, represented China in the Guangzhou World Hercules Championship and the Chengdu World Hercules Championship in 2005, and won the fourth place in the Guangzhou Racing Competition, creating the best achievement of China Hercules in this project.
There is a road in the mountain of books, but there is no limit to learning the sea. Every morning at 6: 30, Gu Yanli drives from home on time, picks up colleagues around half the city, and sends them back to work in the afternoon. At about 5: 30 in the afternoon, he began to train in the provincial gymnasium. As a driver, he has many temporary driving tasks. Even if he came back late from the long run, he didn't slack off in training. He wants to go to the gym to exercise, even if his strength is very small, he has to touch the equipment every day. He said it was a habit. For more than ten years, it is impossible for ordinary people to remain obsessed with fitness. "Now eat much better, as long as you insist, as long as you have the will, many young people must be better than me. I don't have any talent, I just rely on hard training and perseverance. " Gu Yanli said.
Promotion is a wish.
The Hercules movement in China is still in its infancy. "Last year, I represented China in two world Hercules competitions. I realized the huge gap with others and felt a sense of mission and responsibility. So I have three wishes to dominate the country, challenge the world, and actively promote the Hercules movement, so that the Hercules movement is more popular and higher in China. " Gu Yanli confidently told reporters his goal.
The international Hercules movement has a history of nearly 40 years, and has formed a very perfect professional system with advanced equipment. At the World Hercules Wang Guanjun Tournament held in Chengdu from June+10 last year, there was a team behind every foreign Hercules, including masseurs, nutritionists, full-time coaches and special equipment. Each player brought more than 10 pairs of racing shoes, and changed them into shoes with different textures according to different events and different venue conditions, while China's "Hercules King" Gu Yanli didn't even have a coach, let alone a "team" behind him. After learning the situation, the company bought him a pair of Adidas anti-slip shoes, which had an immediate effect on his good performance. For example, he suddenly increased the distance by 8 meters in the cart-pulling competition, and won the fourth place in this event, which is also the best result of China Hercules in the world competition. As for the high elastic tights, knee pads and belts owned by foreign players, Gu Yanli can only envy them.
Hercules is still a "heterogeneous event" in China, and people have not regarded it as a normal sports competition. When Gu Yanli participated in the World Competition in Panyu in 2002, he was not familiar with the event, let alone the audience. Because of the differences in race, diet and training, a strong man like Gu Yanli, with a height of 1.80m and a weight of 95kg, is obviously not on the same stage as the foreign Hercules. Most of the foreign Hercules are about1.90m in height and150kg in weight. For example, when lifting a log of 380 kilograms, Gu Yanli can only lift the log to shoulder height, while most foreign giants can lift it more than 65,438+00 times. The gap between Chinese and foreign strongmen in moving and dragging projects is even greater. Most of the foreign Hercules are professional players, but Gu Yanli's job is to be a driver, and training and participating in the competition is only out of his own hobbies.
Although there is a big gap between Chinese and foreign Hercules, due to the appearance of Gu Yanli, Hercules has shown great development potential and bright market prospects in China. Gu Yanli said that he experienced the process from the opposition of his father and wife to understanding and support, and the unit provided him with convenience in all aspects. Now more and more people work out with him.
Gu Yanli, who has just turned 30, has long since lost his youth. In addition to his enthusiasm and yearning for fitness, his words inadvertently revealed calmness and indifference, and he had some feelings and hopes for Hercules. "I hope that Hercules will participate more in the competition, give more opportunities and stages to participate in the competition, attract more people to participate in fitness and enjoy a healthier life in sports."