Chapter 1 Qiao Liang Starts His Live Stream at the Managed Gym Near His Residence

Qiao Liang, with his live stream running, arrived at the managed gym near his place.

He wasn't a member, but that didn't matter. As a loyal Tengda user, he knew that flashing his Otto phone would be enough to get him a trial of the Smart Fitness Drying Rack.

He had also brought his tablet, intending to run the game on it while using the front-facing camera to stream his workout.

The two screens could be overlaid, as the Tuwei Live app supported this function, and the size of each screen could be adjusted. He wasn't worried about that.

Upon arriving at the managed gym, Qiao Liang explained his intentions to the fitness instructor.

Having heard that this was none other than President Pei's close friend, the renowned Teacher Qiao, the instructor took him very seriously and immediately nodded, "Of course, this way please."

He led Qiao Liang to a specific area in the gym.

Qiao Liang was taken aback. "So many devices?"

"And TVs?"

In the most prominent area of the gym, six Smart Fitness Drying Racks were neatly arranged.

And the wall opposite these devices had televisions mounted, one for each.

The TVs weren't huge, 55 inches, but at this distance, it was more than enough.

These TVs were clearly well-known brands from major foreign manufacturers, guaranteeing picture quality.

Qiao Liang was a little surprised by this scene.

He had initially thought that the managed gym would have at most one Smart Fitness Drying Rack, probably tucked away in a corner, without a TV or any other accessories.

After all, the managed gym had its core business, and already had a whole bunch of professional fitness equipment. Why bother displaying so many Smart Fitness Drying Racks?

The instructor hesitated for a moment and then honestly admitted, "Actually, there was only one of these things originally."

"But a few days ago, when President Pei came to inspect our flagship store, he was very unhappy to find only one on display and no one using it. He demanded that all stores display at least five or six, and equip them all with TVs."

"It took a lot of effort for us to free up the space and put these broken to… ahem, pieces of equipment in place."

The fitness instructor almost slipped up and said "these broken things."

Tengda employees were known for their honesty.

Clearly, not all managed gym employees understood the benefits of this thing.

While Guo Licheng had been involved in the development of this thing, the other gym instructors had no contact with these matters.

The managed gym now had many branches, and at the level of these employees, most of them had no idea that this device came with a game. They only saw that this device had been on display without anyone using it and took up a lot of space, so they were somewhat dissatisfied.

Even though it was their own product, these fitness instructors clearly preferred the professional fitness equipment.

Qiao Liang heard the employee's dissatisfaction and smiled slightly. "That's because you haven't understood President Pei's deeper meaning yet. Let me show you."

"Once you understand, you might not be far from becoming the manager of this store."

Qiao Liang smiled, selected one of the Smart Fitness Drying Racks, sat down, turned on the TV, and cast his phone screen.

The fitness instructor couldn't help but be curious and stood to one side.

On the one hand, Qiao Liang's identity was special, and he had to entertain President Pei's friend well. On the other hand, he was curious and wanted to know what Qiao Liang meant by those words.

What did he mean by not understanding President Pei's deeper meaning? Why would understanding it mean he was close to becoming the store manager?

Could this seemingly slightly incongruous thing have some unique feature?

Qiao Liang first searched for and connected to the Smart Fitness Drying Rack via Bluetooth, then opened the game and clicked the "Professional Version" button on the title screen.

There weren't many prompts, just a simple change in the interface style, but a lot more instructions appeared, and the fitness movements were completely different.

Including when changing movements, the game screen would display a very detailed instruction page, showing what the current state of the Smart Fitness Drying Rack was, which parts needed to be changed to do the next movement, and every time Qiao Liang changed a part, it would be displayed in real time on the screen. It was as easy as using his own limbs, and very accurate.

The first movement Qiao Liang did was a chest fly.

The fitness instructor stood to one side and could see that Qiao Liang was a novice, with absolutely no fitness background, so he wanted to give him some pointers, lest he do the movements incorrectly and not achieve the best training results.

However, he tried several times, but couldn't get a word in!

Because the game character on the screen had already said almost everything he wanted to say!

For example, at the beginning, the instructor wanted to remind Qiao Liang to adjust the weight according to his ability, not to foolishly show off and add too much weight at once. Finding a weight that suited him was the most important thing.

But he realized that he didn't need to say anything at all.

Because the character in the game would roughly determine Qiao Liang's physical condition based on the basic information he filled in when entering the game, such as height, weight, and training status, and then ask Qiao Liang to try three different weights, and then determine whether the current weight was suitable based on the time it took Qiao Liang to lift these weights and Qiao Liang's own feedback.

And while Qiao Liang was adjusting the equipment or changing the weights, the game character would also talk about some professional knowledge about fitness, from the basic concepts of fitness to the details of a certain movement.

The fitness instructor watched from the side, feeling a little dazed.

He suddenly felt like he was about to lose his job…

Although the managed gym didn't have personal trainers, as an instructor, he was usually responsible for guiding the novices.

But this instructor found that the character in the game perfectly replaced his role!

Of course, it was impossible to completely replace him, after all, no matter how intelligent a game program was, it couldn't compare to a living person, but at least seventy or eighty percent of his role was replaced.

Because fitness was both profound and simple. Some basic theories wouldn't change much, and they were basically common knowledge.

And the character in the game also had an advantage: it wouldn't get annoyed, and it wouldn't have a bad attitude.

Even if the player made the same mistake a hundred times, the character in the game would still patiently prompt and guide them. No human being could have such a good temper.

And this would obviously make many people who were too embarrassed to communicate with the instructor feel less wary and estranged. After all, dealing with a game character was much easier than dealing with a real person.

Qiao Liang quickly immersed himself in the game. He found that playing *Fitness Battle* with the Smart Fitness Drying Rack was a completely different concept from playing it on his phone!

When playing on his phone, those movements were basically just fooling around, simply moving his hands and feet to exchange for calorie coins. The fun of the game was all concentrated on clearing levels and getting rewards.

But when playing with the Smart Fitness Drying Rack, it was completely different.

Depending on how well the movements were done, the character in the game would give different feedback. For example, if the movement was too fast, it would ask the player if the weight was too low, and ask the player to make the movement standard, not just blindly seek quantity. If the movement was too slow and it was obvious that the player couldn't do it anymore, it would ask the player to lower the weight or take a break.

When the movement was done particularly well, the character in the game would also have special voice and praise actions.

In other words, when playing this game with the Smart Fitness Drying Rack, every movement could get feedback. Making a particularly standard movement would get a special praise voice and action from the character, and also get extra calorie coins. Continuously making standard movements would also get extra calorie coin bonuses.

And all of these were things that the ordinary version didn't offer.

Qiao Liang kept changing fitness movements according to the system prompts. After finishing the chest movements, he started to train his back, and then other parts.

Fitness was about methods. Generally speaking, experienced people would make a fitness plan, for example, train the chest today, and not train the chest tomorrow, train the legs.

Because after training the muscles of a certain part to exhaustion today, the muscles may not have recovered tomorrow, and training again will not have a good effect. This part of the muscles must be fully rested, and alternating training of different parts will have a better effect.

And *Fitness Battle* obviously took this into consideration. The fitness tasks arranged by the system for Qiao Liang were arranged according to this principle, and the schedule could be viewed at any time and freely adjusted according to his preferences.

Qiao Liang was very involved in his training and didn't have time to look at the live stream comments, only seeing large swaths of comments scrolling by.

Obviously, the audience in the live stream was just as shocked as the fitness instructor next to him!

"My god! Old Qiao, that lazy dog, is actually training so enthusiastically?"

"Seeing this makes me want to try it too!"

"I don't know how long Old Qiao can last. With his three-minute-heat, he'll probably forget about it tomorrow."

"Not necessarily. This game has obviously made a lot of effort to prevent players from giving up halfway, such as character development and other content. The motivation is still very strong."

"The explanation is very detailed. This is not the same game as the ordinary version I played!"

"What is the instructor next to him doing? Spectating?"

"I'm a little tempted to order one, what should I do!"

"Don't be impulsive, hold on! If you really can't, go to a nearby managed gym to take a look first, experience it before deciding to chop your hand!"

The audience in the live stream was obviously very interested in this fitness device.

And in the gym, many members also noticed the game that Qiao Liang was playing and gathered around curiously.

After watching for a while, they also canceled their fitness plans for today and used another Smart Fitness Drying Rack.

"Instructor, how do I use this?"

"Where can I download the game?"

"How do I connect the device?"

Faced with the members' questions, the instructor quickly answered them one by one, busy helping them debug the devices.

The "Smart Fitness Area", which had been very deserted just now, suddenly became lively!