Chapter 54: That man, he's back again

Before the intensive training began, Aidan Strong, the Trainer Yu Fei had hired, suggested focusing on a healthy diet.

"If you want to be an outstanding player, you should reject all carbonated drinks, fried foods, and red meat."

Yu Fei's question was, "What if I don't reject them?"

"Then it will be difficult to sculpt a perfect body through training, and once you reach a certain age, you will show a more evident decline than your peers."

"At what age?"

"Around 30," Strong said, "Aside from Karl Malone, no one in the history of the NBA has maintained a top level of performance after turning 35, and that's closely related to Karl's monastic lifestyle."

Given that, Yu Fei decided to obey and avoid these foods as much as possible, but a complete abstinence was out of the question— he was not the kind of self-disciplined freak that Karl Malone was.