American winner takes all

Chapter 38

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Early the next morning, Catherine and Ethan appeared at the training ground together.

The volleyball team's training will resume in a few days, and she can spare a few days to train with Ethan.

She was wearing a sportswear today, with her hair tied into a ponytail and a hairband on her forehead, full of athletic energy.

As for the relationship between the two, it naturally spread with last night's graduation dance.

"Beautiful Mrs. O'Connor, please accept my respects!" Flea imitated the scene in the movie and performed medieval Western etiquette toward Catherine, stretching her legs forward and bending down.

And soon, the assistant coach brought new news.

"Thomas went to the Los Angeles Department of Education to represent the Normans in the playoff lottery ceremony. Before leaving, he told him that he would be free to do strength training today."

Ethan turned to everyone and shouted for everyone to go to the gym.

"I hope he gets a good draw, and we should pray that we don't run into Santa Ana in the first place." Ford couldn't help but said as he recalled the news in the Los Angeles Times on the way to the campus gym.

"How strong is Santa Ana?" Ethan asked.

"For example, it's equivalent to UM (University of Michigan) in Southern California." Flea responded with a shake of his head.

The stadium with the largest capacity in the world is not Wembley or the Santiago Bernabeu, but the University of Michigan's football stadium.

The University of Michigan is known as the "Temple of Sports" and is the only university that has won championships in all four major NCAA sports. In addition, Stanford, UCLA, and Ohio State are all traditional sports strong schools.

"Our next opponent is Santa Ana." Catherine said at this time.

"Then I can only wish you good luck." Ford said.

"Don't worry, if you are eliminated, Ethan will avenge you. He can always create miracles." Flea said.

"We have to rely on ourselves. There is still a slight chance of winning in volleyball. If we can beat Santa Ana in rugby, then I should buy a Powerball lottery ticket." Catherine said helplessly.

Although Ethan is still somewhat confident, he does not want to meet Santa Ana at the beginning. He needs the football bonus.

Several people came to the gym at this time and saw many people surrounding the bench press equipment.

There is only one core strength metric that measures the strength of a football player...the bench press.

The BHHS record holder for the highest bench press weight in history is on the team, and he is lying on the equipment at this moment.

"Come on, wild boar, show off our first volleyball attack." Flea squeezed into the crowd and patted the center on the shoulder.

His name was Piesburgh, and his nickname fit perfectly with his figure, which was huge and bloated, like a sumo wrestler.

A person can eat as much as five people, but he is as timid as a mouse. At a party, he was frightened into fainting by the cockroaches that kept throwing in his face. For the wild boar, the biggest punishment is to lock him in a small dark room and watch the horror. piece.

Ethan stood aside and watched as his barbell weights continued to increase, and finally they reached a terrifying 320 pounds.

I saw the wild boar lying on the equipment, breathing heavily, exerting force on his arms, his chubby face turned red instantly, and his facial features were twisted into a ball.

Although his expression was a bit unbearable, he still raised the barbell with trembling arms and held it there for 5 seconds.

"Wow!" The onlookers applauded.

"How about Ethan compete with a wild boar? Of course, for the sake of fairness, we adopt the rules of the NFL physical training camp. Bench press a 225-pound barbell within a limited time. The one with the most cumulative lifts wins." Flea laughed at this time. Proposal.

"Up! Up! Up!" Several people nearby started cheering, and soon everyone joined in the fun and gathered around.

"Ahem, Ethan may not be feeling well today, so why not try another day." Flea continued.

"Yes, Ethan is not feeling well, forget it." Everyone followed.

This kind of yin and yang is more effective than simple ridicule.

If Ethan shirks, no one will listen to him in the future, but he is not ready to agree directly.

"I can agree, but I have one condition. How about letting Flea and Catherine compete?" Ethan smiled.

"This... this isn't appropriate, she is a girl after all." Flea scratched her head.

"Flea, you don't dare, do you?" Catherine seemed eager to give it a try.

The upper body strength of adult women is only one-quarter of that of men. This is an inherent disadvantage, but Catherine does not feel that she will definitely lose.Fleas have thinned arms and legs, but strength is really not his strong point. Coach Thomas reminded him several times that he should eat stronger.

"Forget it, Flea may be really feeling unwell today." Ethan took the lead in cheering.

The crowd booed.

"Just come." Flea gritted her teeth and chose to fight.

"I can't ask you to be like me. Just use a 160-pound barbell." Flea swung his arms to do warm-up exercises.

"This is not possible..." Catherine looked like she really wanted to lift the same weight as a flea.

In the end, Ethan asked Catherine to use a light weight barbell.

The crowd had all been attracted, surrounding Catherine and Flea in the middle. The two were already in place, with Ford acting as referee and timer.

"Countdown is 5 minutes, start 3, 2, 1!"

Following Ford's order, the two men began to push for the first time.

The frequency of fleas was very high at first, but Catherine took her time and maintained her own pace.

In just half a minute, the gap opened up seven or eight times, but after a minute and a half, the flea's speed had slowed down significantly. On the other hand, Catherine's frequency had not significantly weakened.

"Overtake! Overtake!"

Listening to the calls around him, Flea gritted her teeth, put all her energy into sucking milk, and let out a low growl.

"Fuck!!"

On the other hand, Catherine didn't say a word. Ethan stood nearby and saw clearly, only to see that her brows were furrowed and her arms began to tremble a little.

By the last minute, the flea was almost completely exhausted.

Although Catherine's speed has also been greatly reduced, she is still holding on.

"The time is up, let's announce the results."

"Flea pushed 5 times in 19 minutes!"

"This should be my best result." Flea sat on the equipment, looking out of breath. Within a few minutes, a large amount of sweat was soaked on his chest, and his arms were shaking.

"And Catherine's results are..." Ford retained the suspense.

"21 time!"

"Woohoo!!!" Everyone felt incredible.

This result is extremely exaggerated. The best result of an NFL professional player is only 40 times.

Although Catherine is only 160 pounds, in the women's group, she has already touched the threshold of professional rugby athletes.

Moreover, Catherine has a thin figure, and after gaining weight, her performance will further improve.

"I didn't lose unfairly." Flea shook his head and spat on the ground.

Ethan is already a monster, so of course his girlfriend can't be any worse, otherwise she wouldn't be able to get along well.

At this time, Thomas walked into the gym. As soon as he saw the crowd gathering again, he knew that this matter had something to do with Ethan.

However, he is in a good mood at this time, and it is already summer vacation. It is already rare for these players to come over for training. Being too strict will have the opposite effect.

Without saying anything, he stepped forward and announced the good news to everyone.

“We got a good draw and our opponent in the first round was Burbank Public High School!”

Burbank is an area north of Los Angeles, and further north is the famous Sacred Valley.Burbank is one of the weakest opponents in the playoffs, even weaker than the Cavalier City Miracle they faced before.

The crowd fell into carnival, but then Thomas announced new news, giving everyone a blow:
"But we are in the same half as Santa Ana, and we will probably run into the defending champion in the second round!"

(End of this chapter)