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jaganath69
Joined: 17 Jul 2003
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| I must go to the best gym in the world, or at least in Corea. I'm a guy and predominantly do weights and no bugger bothers me whatsoever. Previous places I have attended I have had the misfortune of having similar treatment to the OP, which I generally politely decline. I'll be the first to admit my form is not the best, but I can generally correct it by myself with the aid of a mirror. |
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The_Conservative
Joined: 15 Mar 2007
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| Posted: Sat Jun 02, 2007 7:25 pm Post subject: |
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| At least you don't have groups of people standing around watching you. My gym feels like a stage when I'm in there...with me the sole actor. |
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Alyallen
Joined: 29 Mar 2004
Location: The 4th Greatest Place on Earth = Jeonju!!!
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| Posted: Sat Jun 02, 2007 7:31 pm Post subject: |
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| The_Conservative wrote: |
| At least you don't have groups of people standing around watching you. My gym feels like a stage when I'm in there...with me the sole actor. |
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VirginIslander
Joined: 24 May 2006
Location: Busan
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| Posted: Sun Jun 03, 2007 12:01 am Post subject: |
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| They owner at my gym usually refers to white woman as fat, not muscular or potentially muscular. |
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shaunew
Joined: 17 Apr 2007
Location: Calgary
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| Posted: Sun Jun 03, 2007 12:24 am Post subject: |
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| At my gym I use all the wieghts to do squats. I have the koreans come and try to do it after me. I have to help them not to be crushed by the weights. |
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yingwenlaoshi
Joined: 12 Feb 2007
Location: ... location, location!
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| Posted: Sun Jun 03, 2007 12:29 am Post subject: |
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| shaunew wrote: |
| At my gym I use all the wieghts to do squats. I have the koreans come and try to do it after me. I have to help them not to be crushed by the weights. |
Do they really do that? What is wrong with these people? |
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SHANE02
Joined: 04 Jun 2003
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| Posted: Sun Jun 03, 2007 2:00 am Post subject: |
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Good one Jade.
I went to the gym for a while but i freaked out on the guys drying their but cracks with the hair dryer, and spitting on the floor.
I got a treadmill at home after that. |
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seoulsucker
Joined: 05 Mar 2006
Location: The Land of the Hesitant Cutoff
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| Posted: Sun Jun 03, 2007 4:25 am Post subject: |
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| yingwenlaoshi wrote: |
| shaunew wrote: |
| At my gym I use all the wieghts to do squats. I have the koreans come and try to do it after me. I have to help them not to be crushed by the weights. |
Do they really do that? What is wrong with these people? |
They HAVE TO one-up the foreigner in the gym. It's somehow engrained into Korean DNA. On at least 3 occasions I've had to rescue an older guy after he tried to outbench me without a spotter.  |
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blaseblasphemener
Joined: 01 Jun 2006
Location: There's a voice, keeps on calling me, down the road, that's where I'll always be
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| Posted: Sun Jun 03, 2007 5:15 am Post subject: |
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| seoulsucker wrote: |
| yingwenlaoshi wrote: |
| shaunew wrote: |
| At my gym I use all the wieghts to do squats. I have the koreans come and try to do it after me. I have to help them not to be crushed by the weights. |
Do they really do that? What is wrong with these people? |
They HAVE TO one-up the foreigner in the gym. It's somehow engrained into Korean DNA. On at least 3 occasions I've had to rescue an older guy after he tried to outbench me without a spotter. |
Did you really have to rescue him? |
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Thunndarr
Joined: 30 Sep 2003
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| Posted: Sun Jun 03, 2007 5:19 am Post subject: |
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| seoulsucker wrote: |
| yingwenlaoshi wrote: |
| shaunew wrote: |
| At my gym I use all the wieghts to do squats. I have the koreans come and try to do it after me. I have to help them not to be crushed by the weights. |
Do they really do that? What is wrong with these people? |
They HAVE TO one-up the foreigner in the gym. It's somehow engrained into Korean DNA. On at least 3 occasions I've had to rescue an older guy after he tried to outbench me without a spotter. |
That used to happen with me too, til the weights started getting up to where they couldn't do even partial reps. And it's not like I'm that strong a guy, it's just that I've been making steady progress for the last year and a half, and they keep doing the same routine again and again with no rhyme or reason. |
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Guri Guy
Joined: 07 Sep 2003
Location: Bamboo Island
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| Posted: Sun Jun 03, 2007 5:32 am Post subject: |
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Sorry to hear about your experience Jadereaux. My gym is pretty enlightened that way. The female trainer there is excellent and many females are doing at least light weights because of her. Women with some muscle are sexy in my opinion. It's a nice change from the previous 2 gyms I went to in Korea.
I suppose I am doing something that most people don't expect too. I am doing Hot Yoga now and am thoroughly enjoying it. I have been doing it for about 2 weeks now. I am the only guy in the any of the classes but I have been treated very well. No one has discouraged me and I have gotten nothing but encouragement. My skin feels great, it's a great workout and I am already noticably more flexible. |
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seoulsucker
Joined: 05 Mar 2006
Location: The Land of the Hesitant Cutoff
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| Posted: Sun Jun 03, 2007 5:41 am Post subject: |
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| blaseblasphemener wrote: |
| seoulsucker wrote: |
| yingwenlaoshi wrote: |
| shaunew wrote: |
| At my gym I use all the wieghts to do squats. I have the koreans come and try to do it after me. I have to help them not to be crushed by the weights. |
Do they really do that? What is wrong with these people? |
They HAVE TO one-up the foreigner in the gym. It's somehow engrained into Korean DNA. On at least 3 occasions I've had to rescue an older guy after he tried to outbench me without a spotter. |
Did you really have to rescue him? |
The guy had 80 Kilos plus the bar crushing his midsection. |
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twg
Joined: 02 Nov 2006
Location: Getting some fresh air...
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| Posted: Sun Jun 03, 2007 6:10 am Post subject: |
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| seoulsucker wrote: |
| yingwenlaoshi wrote: |
| shaunew wrote: |
| At my gym I use all the wieghts to do squats. I have the koreans come and try to do it after me. I have to help them not to be crushed by the weights. |
Do they really do that? What is wrong with these people? |
They HAVE TO one-up the foreigner in the gym. |
Yah, that's funny cuz it's true!
I'm hardly an Arnold Schwarzenegger, hell, I'm hardly a Jim Belushi, but every time I get off of one of them fancy weight machines, the spindly guy who gets on after me jacks the weight up by a few bars and proceeds to quickly pump a half dozen times. The he sits there for about five minutes before moving off to go look at himself in the mirror.
That having been said, I do appreciate the gym staff coming along and showing me how to use the machines without hurting myself.
| The_Conservative wrote: |
| At least you don't have groups of people standing around watching you. My gym feels like a stage when I'm in there...with me the sole actor. |
Maybe you should wear less tight gym shorts? |
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rudiger
Joined: 13 Aug 2006
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| Posted: Sun Jun 03, 2007 7:15 am Post subject: |
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| i once had an adjuma tell me to stop running on the treadmill cause i was making too much noise. after i ignored her she went and got a trainer to tell me to stop. couldnt believe it; its a gym not a library. |
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crazy_arcade
Joined: 05 Nov 2006
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| Posted: Sun Jun 03, 2007 2:03 pm Post subject: |
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| jaganath69 wrote: |
| I'm a guy |
key sentence here
korea is a very different world for men than it is for women. |
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