Yao arrived in Beijing on Tuesday and continued his workouts with former Rockets trainer Anthony Falsone, who has been his personal trainer for over a year now.

Even though he had a 5:00pm practice with the Chinese National Team, Yao worked out beforehand for 2 1/2 hours with Falsone, working up a big sweat as pictured below.

Click here for more photos from Yao’s workout in Beijing.

Part of Yao’s workouts include strengthening his right shoulder. While in Beijing, he will also be practicing and working out with the national team, but will be avoiding activities that involve physical contact.

Per his doctor’s advice, he will not play basketball until September, so he won’t likely be playing in the 3rd annual FIBA Stankovic cup in Guangzhou/Macau at the end of July, nor play in European tournaments in August.

Thanks go to Raymond for the photos and recap of Yao’s activities in Beijing.

Our Raymond has translated (over 3 hours) an article that China’s Titan Sports conducted with new Rockets coach Rick Adelman while he was in Vegas for the NBA Summer League last week. I have highlighted in bold some of the key statements from Adelman that you might find interesting. Here’s the translation, thanks to Raymond…

Regarding the Houston Rockets new head coach Rick Adelman, the most pressing two concerns from Chinese fans are 1) Under his coaching, what kind of progress/changes Yao Ming will have to make? and 2) How far will the Houston Rockets advance in the playoffs?

ADELMAN: I think he can reach the same level of accuracy as Brad Miller in his shooting ability. We have looked at Yao Ming’s shooting. He is an extremely fantastic shooter. I also hope Yao Ming can become a great passer just like Vlade Divac. I thought during his years, Vlade was one of the best passing centers in the NBA. I think Yao Ming similarly can become the most versatile all-rounded centers, not only good in a high post offense, but will still remain as the best center in the low post.

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