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JFP2020
Joined: 31 May 2010
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Well that's a disappointing possibility, but so long I keep going up in weight all will be gravy. Let's hope so.ㅜㅜ
Regarding doctors, Koreans measure obesity differently because of the East Asian body type: http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20130722000650
I have gotten some pretty questionable results from medicals too. |
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Captain Corea
Joined: 28 Feb 2005
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Thu Nov 14, 2013 7:07 pm Post subject: |
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That might be part of it -- I always do mine the same every time. Friday morning, fasted, preworkout, no water. So even if it is off and my BF is 19% instead of 15%, it is "consistently off" every time, showing me the week to week change.
Doctors are worthless all over the world. That guy can't seem to comprehend a ton of muscle is not obesity, probably looking at BMI.
My guy told me to "eat less meat" (in other words eat more carbs to lose fat??). Instead I ate nothing but meat and no carbs with old school barbell moves. Muscle went up, fat went down, all blood numbers improved, and all he could say was "but your HDL is actually too high!". Because no Korean has 92 HDL, cause they can't afford the meat and don't lift. 
They've just got an arbitrary range written down for everything, and rigidly stick to that without actually using their brains. |
hahaha
Yeah, I was sort of tempted to whip of my robe and show him how obese I was.... decided not to.
I used to do like you though - take a reading at the same time of day. But like I said, one time I tried it 3 times in a row... just to check it. I was kind of blown away by the difference. Maybe it was an anomaly.... but here's my question - why does it always ask for your height and age? If those "electrical currents" were so accurate, it'd be able to bounce around in your body and directly determine how much fat is there. lol |
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Jyang486
Joined: 25 Nov 2011
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| Posted: Fri Nov 15, 2013 3:33 pm Post subject: |
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Just gauge through what you see. all those things are pretty inaccurate. if you like what you see, or like what you are seeing, then keep up what you've been doing. if you don't, tweak so that you do.
And just from what I've seen, Korea does have an obesity problem. most of the korean guys and girls i knew who weren't gym rats were skinny fat, or just fat. |
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TheUrbanMyth
Joined: 28 Jan 2003
Location: Retired
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| Posted: Sun Nov 17, 2013 4:38 pm Post subject: |
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| JFP2020 wrote: |
Well that's a disappointing possibility, but so long I keep going up in weight all will be gravy. Let's hope so.ㅜㅜ
Regarding doctors, Koreans measure obesity differently because of the East Asian body type: http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20130722000650
I have gotten some pretty questionable results from medicals too. |
Yep same here.
Most here use the BMI to determine obesity which is absolute garbage when it comes to a dedicated gym rat/lifter with a number of productive years behind him/her.
I personally regard the mirror as a better tool for that as opposed to the scale. |
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KimchiNinja
Joined: 01 May 2012
Location: Gangnam
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| Posted: Sun Nov 17, 2013 6:40 pm Post subject: |
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Gym competition -- Koreans getting jealous?? 
Monday morning bench press. The guy on the bench right next to me works his way up to exactly my weight and then keeps doing sets until I quit. As soon as I quit, he quits. Hmmm.
Then I move to curls and there is a second incident -- this ultra-scrawny guy grabs my old bench. It becomes clear he has no intention of decreasing the weight, he's just going to come in cold, and try to bench it!! Flat out not possible given his build. I'm acting like I don't notice, but seriously concerned because he's going to end up in the emergency room, so I delay my next set of curls and pretend to play with my iphone.
Amazingly this guy actually gets it off the rack  but keeps his elbows almost locked, doing like 30% range of motion. If he would have unlocked those elbows a bit more it would have collaped into him, snap. Once I knew he wasn't going to kill himself went back to my curls... |
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Captain Corea
Joined: 28 Feb 2005
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Thu Nov 21, 2013 8:06 pm Post subject: |
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I've seen that a lot in smaller gyms. Both with weights, and on the tread mill. lol
My gym though - ppl are cool. Never had anybody do anything like that there. |
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Captain Corea
Joined: 28 Feb 2005
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Sun Nov 24, 2013 4:20 am Post subject: |
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Anyone ever train "on base"?
I've been working out there a bit recently and enjoying it. Lots of nice folk... and spacious!! |
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El Bandito
Joined: 07 Oct 2013
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| Posted: Sun Nov 24, 2013 4:57 am Post subject: |
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| Captain Corea wrote: |
Anyone ever train "on base"?
I've been working out there a bit recently and enjoying it. Lots of nice folk... and spacious!! |
How you been gettin' on deah, Cap'n?
I once had me a chance to do some MMA with a "contractor" but we's drank too late the before night. |
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Captain Corea
Joined: 28 Feb 2005
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Sun Nov 24, 2013 7:59 pm Post subject: |
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| El Bandito wrote: |
| Captain Corea wrote: |
Anyone ever train "on base"?
I've been working out there a bit recently and enjoying it. Lots of nice folk... and spacious!! |
How you been gettin' on deah, Cap'n?
I once had me a chance to do some MMA with a "contractor" but we's drank too late the before night. |
Training a friend. Works out good for both of us - it's closer to my home than my normal gym, so might just train there for the winter.  |
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Captain Corea
Joined: 28 Feb 2005
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Thu Mar 06, 2014 7:45 pm Post subject: |
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The Kakao group is still going strong. Lot's of guys just shooting the *&^^.
Send a PM if ya want in. |
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Ck10n3
Joined: 20 May 2009
Location: Bundang
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| Posted: Sat May 10, 2014 10:52 am Post subject: |
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[img]http://imageshack.com/a/img834/8316/udxq.png[/img]
The Kakao group lives on!
Hello my fitness brothers and sisters. I'm joining a Men's Health Competition in Korea, my current stomping grounds, to be on the cover of an issue. It's based on votes. I'd really appreciate any support I can get! The more the merrier!
Just a background... I've lived in Korea for 4 years. The whole while I've really worked on my physique and trained 5 times a week or so. Training has become an integral part of my life, and helped keep some sanity during the hard times of living here for so long. Anyways, I can post my BodySpace account if anyone is interested from my journey from 62.5 --> 75kg at 6%
I hope my transformation can inspire others who are either looking to diet up or down to know that they can achieve the physique they are aiming for. I am very close to my goals, and really love pushing forward for the day I reach Super Saiyan...
To help, if you could just find my transformation picture and hit like
http://tinyurl.com/voteforheslin
As of now I am WINNING thanks to the support of all my expat friends and also friends from back home who are still showing love!
[img]http://imageshack.com/a/img834/7060/v772.png[/img]
Cheers |
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Titus
Joined: 19 May 2012
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| Posted: Mon May 19, 2014 12:53 pm Post subject: |
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| JFP2020 wrote: |
| I have wondered am I eating enough, but I am already 15 percent body fat and really don't want to go much above that. I am currently eating about 2,100-2,200 calories a day... |
Same here.
The classic advice is "eat more", and it works. Hell yeah, if I goto 4000 calories a day with lots of carbs I can absolutely move the next higher weight, however I'll gain fat, and it won't be easy for me to lose it either! Not interested in going over 18% BF.
Thus I've resigned myself to slow progression. Hit the same weight multiple sessions until I can do 6x6, and do it with very short rest periods. Then I level-up and can usually hit 5x5 with with long rest periods. Hammer away until I can do it fast 6x6 again...it works for me, just slow.
Maybe there's a magic answer, dunno |
Eat more.
Also, look for smaller gains. I track down to the rep every session. Get that one extra rep out. Add a 2.5 plate. The above is right too. Shorter rest, one extra rep, small additions of weight.
When I hit a bench plateau I worked around it. I worked on the overhead press and dips. I'm confident that adding weighted dips really helped. |
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wanderkind
Joined: 01 Jan 2012
Location: Japan
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| Posted: Tue May 20, 2014 5:46 pm Post subject: |
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| Captain Corea wrote: |
Anyone ever train "on base"?
I've been working out there a bit recently and enjoying it. Lots of nice folk... and spacious!! |
I've forgotten what that word means in a gym context at this point. My local is so tiny and the ground so littered with dumbbells and bars I'm making greater gains in agility than anything else. It's like a ladder run to get anywhere. |
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Captain Corea
Joined: 28 Feb 2005
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Tue May 20, 2014 7:31 pm Post subject: |
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hahaha
Isn't that the Spartan race? Or is that Crossfit?? |
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chrisinkorea2011
Joined: 16 Jan 2011
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| Posted: Mon May 26, 2014 8:56 pm Post subject: |
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Ive been thinking about trying crossfit out.
Anyone here doing that? Also I am a "no supplement, no added usage of powders, shakes, etc" kind of guy so im continuing to put muscle on but its much more in hopes of leaning me out and not be a walking brick shite house.
I actually need to maintain a speed build for Muay thai and jiujutsu, so anyone thoughts on whether cross fit is good for that? Or just in general on crossfit
appreciate it |
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