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Heart-Pounding! Maken-Hime! Secret Training Five

Hi!

To think you want to train with me...

Are you aiming to be a back dancer so you can stay with me forever?

Of course, I'd love to have you!

All right!

Now that it's been decided,

I'll be sure to train you personally.

Don't worry and just follow my lead.

Then, here we go!

Let's start with forward sliding push-ups.

Huh, points to watch out for?

Just do it like I'm doing it and there shouldn't be a problem!

Wrestler push-up. Hindu push-up. There are many names for it,

but all you need to do is go down like this and swing upward.

What? Does a dancer need training?

Of course! That's obvious!

The dancing is very hard for idols nowadays!

You have to be able to do these easily.

And the body is the most important thing for a dancer.

There is no harm in strengthening it!

Well, let's do this exercise for about an hour.

I want to say you need to do two thousand to three thousand repetitions,

but that would take too long.

Please stop at a comfortable time

You'll make a puddle of sweat as you keep going, but don't worry about it!

Let's just enjoy how big we can make that sweat puddle!

I guess there's about fifty eight minutes left?

All right, let's do this!

One-two! One-two!

See? Weren't you able to build up a good sweat?

Let's do another endurance exercise!

Looks like you had enough energy to look at my underwear

and there's lots of showy dancing costumes, so we got to build up our body.

Next is Hindu squats.

You already know about your hips and keeping your back straight, right?

Right! You can't hunch your back!

Then, no problem!

Let's start right away. Here we go!

An hour of this, too. Okay!

If you were a young idol, you'd do this about three thousand times.

If you were a young idol, you'd do this about three thousand times.

Lots of people say there's no meaning to this kind of training.

But an idol needs to stand and dance for many hours at a concert.

The real test is how far you can push yourself when you've reached your limit.

You can't show anyone you're tired.

And you always have to smile.

See? Training to surpass your limits is reaaaally important!

They say that idols in Japan do at least one hundred in a day.

One hour for young people like us should be nothing!

Not everyone is doing it.

We have to work hard to be everyone's idol forever.

Right! One-two! One-two!

Feel your limit many times with each training exercise!

The real challenge comes after you think you can't do any more!

Right! One-two! One-two!

One-two! One-two!

We've gotten pretty worked up.

Since we built up a good sweat,

let's change before going on to the next exercise.

If you give up at this point, you won't be able to stand on my stage!

This outfit puts me in a fighting mood!

Then, let's go on!

Next is the knee lift elbow.

You train your arms and legs together.

See? Isn't it easy?

But this move is used a lot in dance routines

so make sure you do it beautifully each time.

More rhythmically!

One-two! One-two! One-two!

If you don't keep your movements sharp, your fans won't accept it.

Keep at it with a good tempo!

If you hunch your shoulders, you'll look lame.

You have to be cool and exciting on the idol stage. This is the basics!

Hm? You're looking at a place like that again!

You're like the camera boys who take pictures during events!

If you want to see them that badly, I can show them to you...

But only after you do two hours on each side!

It'll be your reward for doing it until the end. Don't relax!

One-two! One-two!

Please stop at a comfortable time

You're already that exhausted?

If you act too lazy, I'll keep your reward from you, okay?

I wonder if the left lifts were too tough?

Then, you should jog for three hours every day so it isn't as tough!

This is called the reverse wrestler's bridge.

It's a training exercise for the neck, which normally isn't exercised much.

If it's tough, you can support your head with your hands.

If you think it's easy you can move your knees, too.

One-two! One-two!

Men with thick necks are sexy.

Only people who fight, play rugby,

or play American football do this kind of training.

It makes them look strong!

Neck training helps with stiff necks, too.

It's always holding up the weight of a watermelon,

so if we make it strong there are a lot of surprising benefits!

One-two! One-two!

Jeez, you're looking at a place like that again!

If you have that much energy, let's go another two hours!

Make sure not to hurt your neck, no matter what.

One-two! One-two!

One-two! One-two!

Lastly, we need to stretch.

We have to loosen our tired and painful muscles.

Okay! Stretch it properly.

One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight!

Okay! Other side!

If you train this much, all your muscles should be at their limit.

So you have to stretch really well!

You have to stretch your neck, too. Otherwise you'll be sore later.

One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight!

Okay! Again!

One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight!

Wasn't that training rewarding?

Don't forget to do mental and physical training like this!

Then, today's training ends here.

Let's go on stage together once you can do three thousand push-ups and squats!

It's a promise!

As expected the Japanese spa, onsen, is really amazing!

It's so healing.

The training today was really satisfying.

I wonder what it feels like to be on stage with someone you love...

Dancing together or being touched in those kind of places...

Maybe I'd get squeezed!

Even a place like there?!

I can't wait!

Yeah! I'll have to train him harder!

I forgot to give him his reward today!