Chapter 1135 - 4: Challenge Record

Valery’s name can be said to occupy the top spot on many lists.

"The president is very versatile, even during his survival days, he was recognized as all-around."

The young man introduced: "The projects he still maintains include combat sports like boxing, Sanda, and wrestling, as well as Pilates and meditation, plus power-lifting events like snatch and clean and jerk, and speed events like shuttle runs."

Listening to the young man’s introduction, Chen Wen also gained insight into the events Valery excelled at.

At this moment, the young man couldn’t help but say: "Mr. Chen Wen, would you like to challenge it?"

Chen Wen was taken aback but quickly became interested: "Can I?"

"Of course you can."

The young man said with a smile: "I am a staff member here, so completing the challenge under my witness would naturally be counted as part of the project."

Hearing this, Hua Yun laughed and said: "Give it a try, after all, you’re just idling around."

"Alright, since you all say so."

Chen Wen closed all the entries as he spoke.

Since embarking on the path of Survivor, he had been continuously training himself, enhancing his various abilities.

Without activating the entries, Chen Wen also wanted to know where the limits of his body were.

After taking off his jacket and warming up, Chen Wen planned to challenge Valery’s snatch record.

Snatch, one of the projects in the Olympics.

However, the Olympic snatch is divided into several weight levels, and naturally, there won’t be as many rules here, so there’s only a general record.

Chen Wen looked at the snatch record, which was 150 kilograms by Valery.

This record was already very strong.

Chen Wen remembered the world record being relatively high, over 200 kilograms, but that was for a very muscular man, while Valery had a normal build.

Converting a bit, 150 kilograms is about the weight of a fairly robust moose.

Chen Wen felt this record was still fairly terrifying.

If he opened the entries, Chen Wen could easily lift it.

But in the absence of entries, Chen Wen was somewhat doubtful.

Yet, he did not lose confidence, nor was he afraid to challenge.

After warming up, Chen Wen stood before the dumbbell.

The young man watched from the side, asking: "How much do you plan to try the first time?"

Chen Wen calmly replied: "Let’s start with 100 kilograms to warm up."

kilograms, roughly the weight of a relatively heavy adult male.

Chen Wen felt using this weight for a trial was appropriate.

Hearing this, Hua Yun looked at Chen Wen in surprise; she thought he would directly challenge 150 kilograms.

After all, in survival, Chen Wen had dragged many hundred-kilogram prey.

But upon reflection, Hua Yun realized snatch and dragging prey naturally differ, and calculating snatch weight in that way was inappropriate.

Soon, with the young man’s help, Chen Wen set up the dumbbell weighed at 100 kilograms for the snatch.

At this time, a few people exercising in the distance seemed to notice the situation over here.

A young guy training his legs sauntered over, looked at Chen Wen, and asked: "Brother, are you challenging the snatch record?"

The young man translated, and Chen Wen replied with a smile: "Just giving it a try; even if I can’t surpass President Valery, at least I can get on the list, right?"

The list only records the top five, with the fifth place being 135 kilograms.

The young guy glanced at Chen Wen’s build and then switched to speaking in English: "You look pretty strong, I think you can do it, go for it!"

Behind them, an older man laughed mockingly.

He also spoke in English: "No, no, no, this young man is still a bit lacking; look at his arms, the muscles are too small; it’s people like us with muscles that can do it!"

The older man said this while showing off his arm muscles.

This older man had a body full of large muscles, looking very striking.

Hearing this, the young guy rooting for Chen Wen began communicating in Russian with the older man, and after some exchange, the two seemed to reach an agreement.

At this point, the young man nearby said: "These two plan to use whether you can complete the challenge as a wager; the winner will treat the other to two weeks of fitness."

Hearing this, Chen Wen smiled at the young guy betting on his victory: "Say, we don’t know each other, right? You trust me like this? Two weeks of money shouldn’t be cheap, right?"

The young guy laughed and said: "I trust my intuition, you should be fine, you have a similar aura to President Valery."

"Besides, two weeks won’t cost much; generally, people who come here to work out don’t care about such money."

The older man nodded, agreeing wholeheartedly, "In this day and age, those who come to the gym to work out are the ones who are willing to spend."

Everyone laughed.

With an audience, Chen Wen was also feeling a slight pressure.

He approached the dumbbell, readied himself, and grabbed the dumbbell lever.

"Start whenever you’re ready."

The young man reminded Chen Wen of the rules here: "The rules here are simple: lift it up, stand straight, and hold for three seconds."

Pretty straightforward.

Chen Wen thought, then began to exert force.

His arm muscles bulged as he suddenly grasped the dumbbell.

However, contrary to his expectation of effort, Chen Wen found it was quite manageable.

He slowly exerted his strength, steadily lifting the dumbbell overhead, standing straight, and even had the capacity to nod towards the young guy.

The implication was simple: trust me, it’s no problem!

After three seconds, with the young man’s indication that it was okay, Chen Wen slowly lowered the dumbbell.

At this point, the young guy couldn’t help but say: "Not bad, not bad, seems like my intuition was indeed correct; this was 100 kilograms, right? Seeing you perform so easily, I feel like 150 kilograms should be within reach."

The older man seemed a bit surprised; he looked at Chen Wen suspiciously, seemingly wondering how such small muscles could generate such large strength.

This was also a surprise for Chen Wen; he anticipated he could lift it, but never thought it’d be this easy.

Could it be that during the times the entries were open, his body had undergone subtle changes?

As Chen Wen pondered this.

The young man asked: "How much should we increase it to?"

"One hundred thirty-five, the warm-up is over; let’s see if I can get on the list first."

Chen Wen stated.

At this time, everyone in the gym gathered around.

It must be said that curiosity is ingrained in the human gene; seeing this, everyone rushed over.

After adding the dumbbell to 135 kilograms, Chen Wen took a deep breath, slowly exhaled, adjusting his condition to the best.

Then, he picked up the dumbbell and slowly lifted it.

Compared to 100 kilograms, 135 kilograms gave Chen Wen some difficulty, but overall it was still acceptable.

Very soon, Chen Wen again steadily lifted the dumbbell easily, still seemingly effortlessly.

This thoroughly astonished the onlookers.