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The "torture" exercised by China to achieve perfect gymnasts

We are all used to seeing how in the Olympics, the Chinese medalist accumulates one gold after another.They are perfect in their techniques, so much so that it is very often suspected if their Olympic glory will be perhaps related to doping.

It is possible.However, there is an even clearer reality: there is no drug harder than a ferreo training and a well molded brain, there where a scrupulous preparation of a mind and a young body for perfection has been carried out.

And indeed, in Chinese instruction suffering, extreme pain and tears are not excluded, many tears

We are aware that every gymnast, every athlete, fights every day for her own improvement , for that second most blown to the wind, to the pool , to that perfect execution where each step does not deviate a centimeter from where it should go.

But when you look at Chinese athletes, you have the clear sen Sacion of seeing an android, a being where "error" has no place .In fact, this is how they are trained from an early age: not to be mistaken, to keep the mind cold and the body in a superhuman perfection.

Today at Lifestyle we invite you to know more about Chinese gymnasts.

Sport is a war without shots

"Sport is a war without shots" .This is how young Chinese gymnasts usually see competitions, and this is how the "Mirror explained it to us" »In an interesting article published in 2012.

China« manufactures »Olympic champions, and for this, children are trained since they are very young.The budget allocated by part of the country for this purpose, to get athletes as perfect as possible, is so elevated , that any Chinese family dreams of having their children enter high schools or in-between camps.where they will be directly deprived of their childhood to become national heroes.

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The price is very high.Parents know it, the state knows it, but we cannot forget that China nurtures its structures in that mentality where one must renounce to the individuality, for the benefit of the community.Of the flag, of the people and of that national identity where each movement is studied as a perfect gear where nothing should fail.

Children first pass a hard selection.They are chosen by size, constitution, strength, elasticity and docility.Each sport will choose to the best bodies and the best minds to mold them to the extreme.Because as many institutions denounce, China does not train its children, China «t ortura » to get the gold.

Steve Roush, former head of the United States Olympic Committee, has visited China more than 20 times on research missions.They know that every Chinese athlete throughout his life as an athlete, will only do three things: train-eat-and sleep , being the first the most important.

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It is known that children will never know what it is to play, free their mind with leisure, that they rarely enjoy the love of family bonding, and that possibly, over 10, 15 or 20 years, their life will be subject to a Endless physical and mental training.

On the Internet there are hard images of girls crying, suffering in the midst of high intensity exercises, almost torture.It is known that is beaten, how small of 6 years do as many push-ups as a 20-year-old adult, who is forced to do pine and endure in this position for 30 minutes...

There are testimonies of gymnasts who are forbidden to have dinner to stay thin , athletes who are not notified of the death of a family member so that they "do not give up" in their training...All this has been reported many times by high organizations, but nobody can against the Chinese giant, where everything is justified to get the precious gold, because whoever gets the gold is the example of the good patriot.

A reality that for the moment, seems to have no way to improve .We leave you below a small video, warning you first of the hardness of it.It is an example of training in Chinese children.Don't hesitate to leave your opinion on it, and also know 10 curiosities about Chinese culture.

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