Nutritional Value of Bull Babymakers Exposed

By Brian Powell
Being an ex-college athlete, there were some crazy training things I went through as a runner. Every session I’ve every gone through, however, pales in comparison to what the Chinese National Rowing Team is going through right now.
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The team is preparing for the Bejing Olympics this summer, and their training regiment is like nothing I’ve ever read.
Their alarm clocks go off at 3:45 in the morning and they immediately go into a 16K (a little under 10 miles) run in complete darkness. As soon as they get back to camp, they complete a two-hour weight training session followed by a two-hour rowing session.
This takes place all before 8AM and they have yet to eat anything. That’s when the fun starts (put down that sandwich you’re eating). Via former rowing coach and Times online correspondent Diederik de Boorder:
“Every morning, after working out, they would have a soup from a big pot with 10-12 bulls’ penises in. They would also eat the bulls’ testicles. This was for the men; the women had something different. They were also obsessed with antlers - again, for soup. It cost €1,000 (about £750) for a kilo of antler and I remember one delivery of 12kg. Their whole approach to food was the opposite of the Western approach. They would eat chicken heads but not the breast, and pigs’ trotters but not the pork.”
I’m not entirely versed on British slang but I’m pretty sure I don’t want to know what a trotter is. Add to all this living conditions that include no electricity, no hot water, and an average temperature of 34 degrees, and that my friends is like the seventh circle of hell.
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