431 Mediocre (1/2)
In the Ironman Training Center, Max leaned against his chair with a job briefing in his hands. The middle-aged man with a beard in front of Max was a senior worker who had been with Max for many years. In addition, he was the most experienced and capable coach in this training center, so Max found him to be a very capable assistant.
”What about the newcomers? Are they adapting to their new job?” asked Max.
”They have pretty good executive capability and are able to follow training schemes to finish their tasks,” the man with a beard said, but it seemed that he began to hesitate.
Max noticed the man's hesitation, and then asked, ”What's wrong? Have you found anything wrong?”
”It's nothing, but these new coaches, in my view, are too common,” said the bearded man.
”Too common? What do you mean?” asked Max.
”I mean they are too common in all aspects. During this period, I didn't find any special skills in them. It seemed that they can only finish the tasks arranged for them. If I was asked to use an adjective to describe their performance, I think the word would be 'mediocre,'” the bearded man said.
The word ”mediocre” made Max unhappy, because he had spent a lot of money hiring these new coaches. If they didn't have great performance, it meant that Max had made a bad decision.
”Maybe they just came here for a short time, so they haven't completely adapted to the working environment here,” Max said, trying to find an excuse.
”Maybe,” the beard said. Then he took out a paper file, handed it to Max, and added, ”This is the training scheme that Jones made for the students of the beach lifeguard course, which I filed. I thought this physical training scheme was too generalized. It was not suitable for everyone, and when I researched it, I found that this scheme was downloaded from the Internet.”
Max took the paper file and read it seriously.
Max was a professional physical trainer, and he went through several pages of the physical training scheme and found that the content was the same. If you just read one of the schemes, you might think it was pretty good, but if you put the schemes together, you found that they were all revised editions of a single scheme. It was just like an annual year-end summary; apart from the date, everything was the same as last year.
”It is quite general.” Max felt terrible immediately. Jones was the first coach he had hired, and Max thought highly of Jones, but according to the scheme, it was obvious that Jones failed to live up to Max's expectations.
”Judging from these training schemes, Jones isn't worth the salary I pay for him.” Max hesitated, but then he said, ”Last year, Jones successfully helped six people pass the exam for beach lifeguards within one month; this was a real achievement he made. Although these training schemes might seem mediocre, I guessed he might not be good at making detailed training schemes, but he might be good at practical training instead. It doesn't really matter as long as the training is good enough.”
”I hope so.” The beard shrugged, but the look on his face suggested that he didn't think highly of Jones.
Dai Li's training center.
Amidst the magic music, Dai Li was square dancing with a group of his students.
The modest movement of square dance made many students feel uncomfortable. They have never seen such a warm-up before.
”Coach Li said it was a warm-up, but I have never seen such a warm-up. It seemed like we were dancing!”
”But it really works, I feel warm now and I have sweat on my forehand.”
”I guess this warm-up may have something to do with Chinese Kung Fu. Maybe Coach Li knows Kung Fu?”
”Ten to one, maybe he can fight like Jackie Chan.”
”Stupid, Jackie Chan is just a movie star, not a master of boxing.”
”You're stupid. Jackie Chan knows Chinese Kung Fu! And he brings Kung Fu into movies.”
”Guys, stop arguing and save your strength. This is just a few minutes of warm-up, but I'm already sweating, and it seems like I've played half-court basketball. We're going to be exhausted when the formal training starts.”
”It seems that we won't feel good for the next few days.”
”Regret signing up? I told you earlier that Coach Li is not an ordinary coach.”
The golden-haired Cruise finished his all-day training and walked out of the Ironman Training Center.
When he got home, he ordered a pizza and took a bath.
After coming out of the tub, Cruise felt much more relaxed. He stood in front of the mirror, looked at himself, glanced at his abdominal muscles and then showed off his strong biceps.
”Compared with the days before training, there doesn't seem to be any obvious change.” Cruise touched his ”Apollo's belt” and began to clean his body hair.
Cruise, meanwhile, could not help but recall the previous days of training.
”All the training programs are very general. They are just the same as the training programs in a common gym, but with a little bit more intensity. It seems that professional physical training center is no better than a common gym!”
Thinking of that, Cruise suddenly felt that his money was not worth it. The physical training course was so much more expensive than a common gym membership, yet what he got from it was merely doubling his training volume.