A veteran fan revealed that Jordan once formed a "breakfast club". I believe that when you see the title, you must think that it is the breakfast you usually eat. Don't get me wrong, jordan's breakfast-sharing club is not breakfast, but a club where everyone goes to training together after breakfast.
Just as Olajuwon and James' training camp has attracted many people and benefited many NBA stars, Jordan's breakfast club has also been praised by Magicians and Barkley. Because Jordan asked the attendees to keep it secret, the breakfast club was also shrouded in mystery. And Jordan's original idea was because of Joe Dumas.
In 1990, the Bull failed to resist the pistons for 4 consecutive years. Jordan, who did not accept defeat, began to reflect on his own shortcomings, and dumas, the Pistons backcourt star who was in his position at this time, caught his attention. He noticed that The Dumas was not only very agile, but also physically powerful, which made him always successfully intercepted by the Dumas. Later, Jordan always said that Dumas's defense was the strongest he had ever experienced, and Dumas's influence on Jordan was evident.
In fact, from the beginning of 1984 to the time of winning the championship, Jordan's physical fitness was not the strongest among defenders, because not many people could keep up with him by speed alone. At that time, Jordan had already pocketed the scoring king, MVP and the best defensive player, but he was not satisfied, especially the words that the media always whispered in his ears: "It is impossible for the scoring king to lead the team to win the championship." ”
At the same time, the physical confrontation the Bulls encountered in the playoffs has also gone up a level, facing the opponent's "encirclement and suppression", Jordan is miserable, and Pippen has been beaten out of concussion. In summary, this made Jordan begin to shift the goal of training to increase physical strength.
In fact, Jordan was somewhat resistant to strength training in his early days, and even worried that weight training would affect his own game and even affect his health. At this time, there were trainers who volunteered and provided a set of scientific training methods, saying that Jordan could increase muscle strength while not affecting his health, and the only side effect was that Jordan's bounce would be damaged. The media shook their heads like rattles after listening, and they couldn't accept that the "flying man" could no longer fly, but Jordan replied: "Come on, the person who was hit by the piston and died is not you." ”
It wasn't until he met tim glover, a well-known trainer, that Jordan's strength training was put on the agenda. In addition to muscle group strength training, Glover's training courses have many detailed trainings for abs, oblique muscles and back muscles. In terms of specific training content, Glover introduced fitness solid ball training for Jordan, that is, holding a solid ball left and right during sit-ups. In order to make the muscles relax to a degree, the training time is generally 2 to 3 times a week.
While doing weightlifting exercises, the skeptical Jordan initially planned to try the exercise for 30 days to see if it worked. Later, Glover quipped: "At first, I said that I would only practice for 30 days, but in the end I practiced for 15 years." ”
It was also at this time that Jordan founded the "Breakfast Club". At first, the "breakfast club" was not a real club, not even a fixed venue and members. At first, Jordan chose the Bulls' old training center, the Berto Center, but later appeared there less and less.
After Jordan made a comeback in 1995, but the Bulls fell in the second round of the East End, Jordan reorganized the "breakfast club", and Barkley, Ewing, magicians and so on came to visit. For all participants, Jordan set only one rule: it was strictly forbidden to leak the training content, and everyone complied with the rules. So much so that to this day, no one knows what is inside the "breakfast club".
After the hard work of the "breakfast club", Jordan's muscle core strength has been significantly improved, and his endurance has also been improved, which makes his technical movements stable even if they encounter strong external forces. The "Flu Battle" in 1997 and the 1998 Finals G6 completed the quasi-kill in the case of physical exhaustion, both of which are masterpieces of Jordan's muscle core strength.
But there are also many doubters, because the NBA has a precedent of "practicing waste" before this. In 1988, the Lakers completed the defense of the title, but in 1989, the pursuit of three consecutive championships failed, there were large-scale injuries in the team, when some people pointed the finger at coach Riley, accusing him of training intensity, "training waste" Magicians and Byron Scott and so on.
So now someone is moving out of Riley to talk about things. In response, Jordan only responded lightly: "My original intention of starting the 'Breakfast Club' was to exercise endurance, hoping to maintain mental and physical strength even when extremely tired!" ”
Perhaps the contemporaries involved in the "breakfast club" have the most say. The magician, who had previously been "scrapped", said: "A tribute must be paid to Michael, who is eager to push the limits, a trait that only a true winner has." Jordan's friend Barkley also sighed: "Training with Michael made me reacquainted with him." From this day forward, I will no longer be jealous of his talent, because the hardships he has suffered in the process of achieving success are unimaginable to ordinary people. ”