After planning about how he will train for the next few years to become one of the best boxers in the world, Kenshin was excited but he somehow managed to control his excitement and slept silently. The next day he woke up around 4 AM in the morning to start training.
As Kenshin is now an Elementary School student, he will have to attend school from 10 AM to about 2 PM. So now he has around 5-6 hours for training. As he is still small, he didn't want to put much burden on his body which might be detrimental for him.
At 4:30 AM, Kenshin opened the door to move out of his house to start training. The 1st step of training was to increase the endurance of the body and the most effective method was to run. After Kenshin got outside of his house, he did 20 pushups, stretching and Yoga with breathing techniques (Breathing techniques here used is not that special as its just a method to increase lung capacity).
Kenshin's parents were rich compared to average citizens, so they have their lawn where Kenshin was doing his exercise (It's to clear that he was not doing that in the middle of the road). After 15 minutes of stretching and light exercise, his body has warmed up so he started to run. His aim was to run as far as possible with above-average speed. He ran for about 15 minutes and in this time he has run about 3 and a half kilometers.
After running, he used the previously mentioned breathing technique to rest for about 2 minutes then did some stretching and light exercise to let his body temperature decrease slowly. His 1st training period was only for about 30 minutes. He rested for the next 15 minutes then did the same stretching, pushups, yoga and then running.
At 8:30 AM Kenshin returned home and found that his mom was working in the kitchen and his dad was reading a newspaper while drinking coffee.
"Where did you run off to Kenshin darling", said his mother.
"Nothing mom, I was just doing running. I found out yesterday that running will increase heath", said the 5-year-old Kenshin cutely.
"Ohhh my son is so cuteeee", said his mother while hugging Kenshin.
His father saw this and smiled lightly and said, "Kenshin, exercise is okay but don't overdo it okay. Your body is still small".
"Okay dad, I will see to it", said Kenshin while still in his mother's arms.
After talking with his parents for a bit, Kenshin went to his room and took a bath. After bath Kenshin was holding a notebook where he has noted down his training schedule. Kenshin then began analyzing today's exercise.
"It is amazing, today I ran for about 11 kilometers, have done 100 pushups, 50 pullups in the park, 100 crunches and Yoga for half an hour and did some light stretching and exercises. It is still amazing how high my endurance is, so this must be a kind of blessing that I got a nice body in this life. So lets fully utilize it. I think I will increase my training regime a bit at the end of this week after observing my new body", said Kenshin while scribbling down some new exercises or correcting some other things.
In the evening, Kenshin went home and started planning to train in basic boxing techniques. Kenshin divided his training of boxing into 2 phases that are attack and defense. In attack, he practiced jab, hook, cross, and uppercut. And in defense, he trained slipping, bobbing, blocking and footwork.
He trained much more in attack as to train in defense you require a partner or a coach. After a week Kenshin asked his father to buy him a sandbag and boxing gloves. Kenshin bought a 25 kg sandbag saying his parent that it will last longer.
So like these things went on and it was about a month since he started training. Kenshin ran and did other light exercises to increase endurance and in the evening he practiced punching for at least 2 to 3 hours.
Today Kenshin brought his friend Ichiro to his house. Yes, he is THE Miyata Ichiro. Kenshin also found that it is strange Ichiro was his classmate. In the story, Kenshin liked Ichiro's character as he was hardworking but somewhat unlucky. SO Kenshin decides to help out his friend.
"So, who do we have here?", said, Kenshin's mother Hitomi as she looked at Ichiro who was standing next to Kenshin.
"Good evening Aunty", said the small Ichiro shyly.
"Such a nice boy, okay you guys go upstairs while I make you some snacks to eat", said Hitomi as she went to the kitchen.
"Hahaha damm Ichiro, since when did you become so shy. In the class you always give the angry young man vibe", said Kenshin.
It is only 1 year since Ichiro's dad was beaten by Randy Boy's lucky punch, so Ichiro becomes distant and more mature than the children of his age. So he won't have any friends and it was this time Kenshin found him out and befriended him. In the beginning, he was slightly rude but soon he became a good friend since Ichiro found that Kenshin is a fan of his father.
"Shut up, you are the one to talk you asshole. Always attracting aunties around you", said Ichiro looking at Kenshin's cute but handsome face.
Yes, this has happened a few times as Kenshin is very cute and since a very early age, most of the aunties in his neighborhood like to cuddle him or pinch his cheeks. At first, he was annoyed but he got used to it.
After Ichiro and Kenshin quarreled a bit, then they went upstairs. As they were fans of Boxing, they talked about that a bit. After a few minutes, Hitomi came and served them snacks. Like this, they talked for another half an hour when Ichiro noticed a dirty notebook lying on the bed.
Ichiro picked it up and started reading through the pages. Ichiro was surprised by this. This was Kenshin's training notebook where he mentioned his training schedule. Although Kenshin does more than 4 sets of each exercise of each one mentioned. It is still amazing for a 5-year-old to do this continuously.
"Are you seriously doing this. This is too much for your age you need to at least wait 2-3 years to do this", Ichiro said to Kenshin.
"Hahahaha, don't worry, nothing will happen as I did one week of observation to see how much my body can handle, then I decided to increase the training. Also, I will go for a regular check-up every 3 months to see if there are any side effects", said Kenshin while laughing.
"Your body sure is strong but don't overdo it okay. And why are you training like this", asked Ichiro as he couldn't understand why Kenshin is training so seriously.
"Hahahaha, I want to be a pro boxer like your dad. I want to win and I want to be the world champion. I want to make my family and my country proud", said Kenshin while looking at the roof. Ichiro who was beside him was completely stunned, then he also smiled.
"Okay, you want to be the champion but it is not going to be easy as I will be fighting for it", said Ichiro confidently.
After that they laughed and talked for a while then Ichiro went home. As soon as he went home he went to talk with his Dad about Kenshin.
"Dad, I went to Kenshin's house today. He is super amazing, he said he wants to become a boxer like you and is also training hard for it", said Ichiro while looking at his father who was holding a bottle of alcohol in his hand.
"He wants to become like me, then he will die in the boxing ring. My counterpunch style cannot beat pure strength", said Miyata senior as he was depressed over his defeat and subsequent retirement last year.
"Dad, your boxing style is not wrong. It is not wrong. I will take it to the top", said Ichiro with teary eyes.
"Okay okay don't cry now Ichiro. I will teach you boxing but not now, you will have to wait for at least 2 years to start training and also stop your friend from doing what he is doing. Rushing towards the goal has a negative impact", said Miyata Senior while looking at the crying Ichiro. ( In this novel Miyata Senior recovered quickly after the defeat compared to the manga or anime)
"Okay, Dad. I said the same thing to Kenshin but he said, he did this after testing his limits and said that his body is fine and is not exhausted that much after the training", said Ichiro to his Dad.
"Hmmm… he then seems to be a rare talent. Okay, Ichiro I will give you some light training that will build a good base and after 2 years we will start our training seriously. In the future, you will have to face many talented boxers like your friend. So be ready", said Miyata senior looking at young Ichiro.