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PatrickGHBusan
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Cerberus you do realize that running shirtless is not necessarily the best idea if you want to keep cool....
Running in a tank top made for runners will be better, especially if you run during daylight hours. Wearing a hat is also better than going hatless.
Just sayin... |
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OMGtrev
Joined: 09 Mar 2010
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| Posted: Tue Mar 23, 2010 9:38 am Post subject: |
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...I think Il'l go for a night run by the river.
Though, my running ability is... well, its' a bit like watching a fat mans' dog chase after a cat. (Not that 'Im fat). 30 seconds of jogging and Im doomed to exhaustion.
Woe is me. |
Mind over matter. Exhaustion is all in your head. While it's not a good idea to run through legitimate "my feet are breaking" pain in your leg region, pain upstairs due to breathing and all that should be ignored. One trick is to keep your breathing on pace with your running, as in 2 or 3 (or more) steps inhale, 2 or 3 steps exhale. When you want to try to improve your breathing, just add an extra step and see how far you can run maintaining that breathing rhythm. Watch out for over-doing it because that can cause injuries which demotivate you and make you not want to run ever again. But really, just command your body to go and it will take you. You can even condition yourself to trick yourself into thinking running is FUN!
| Cerebrus wrote: |
generally not acceptable to run around shirtless.
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What about on the beach? Can't imagine anyone would mind if I went shirtless while running there.
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Cerberus you do realize that running shirtless is not necessarily the best idea if you want to keep cool....
Running in a tank top made for runners will be better, especially if you run during daylight hours. Wearing a hat is also better than going hatless. |
Not at all! I live in the Atlanta area and I used to go running in the middle of the afternoon in 100+ temperatures, 100% humidity, bright and sunny. Wearing a hat will absolutely fry your brain and wearing a shirt (even a white shirt) will cause you to sweat buckets. Wind (from running) on bare skin cools better and with less sweat. And of course you also get tanned in the process, which is nice as long as it doesn't become a burn. One time I decided 3pm was the perfect time to run 10 miles non-stop and I cooked my brain pretty good even WITHOUT a hat! I literally felt slow in the head after that one. Probably should have brought a water bottle or something... |
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PatrickGHBusan
Joined: 24 Jun 2008
Location: Busan (1997-2008) Canada 2008 -
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| Posted: Tue Mar 23, 2010 11:39 am Post subject: |
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OMGtrev,
We have had different experiences then.
I did mean hats made for runners. Such hats allow for air flow and do not cook your head. They also prevent sunburn on your face and protect against sun stroke.
The tank top does the same job and when made for runners it does not gob up sweat but rather allows it to evaporate as much as possible.
Still...to each his own. |
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0ju
Joined: 30 Sep 2009
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| Posted: Tue Mar 23, 2010 3:32 pm Post subject: |
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| Gibberish wrote: |
| some weird stuff, like those bands you put around your waist that vibrate for... some health benefit that I don't understand. |
i think the idea is that they jiggle the fat off  . good times. |
my favorite is the Korean girls/women doing the hoola hoop in order to give them that better waist to hip ratio.. with a smaller waist. (someone needs to tell them one needs a hip to have a waist/hip ratio)
because if you spin the hoop around enough times, it will definitely eliminate the so called "love handles", etc  |
At least hula hooping is a good abdominal exercise. Jiggling/massaging your fat to make it disappear, on the other hand... |
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jiberish
Joined: 17 Jul 2006
Location: The Carribean Bay Wrestler
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| Posted: Tue Mar 23, 2010 5:33 pm Post subject: |
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| By runners shirt do you mean those super tight kind of elastic shirts. |
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PatrickGHBusan
Joined: 24 Jun 2008
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| Posted: Wed Mar 24, 2010 5:23 am Post subject: |
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No.
There are many types. |
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Olivencia
Joined: 08 Mar 2009
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| Posted: Wed Mar 24, 2010 5:40 am Post subject: |
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| Sure it's acceptable to run with your shirt off. If you think it is acceptable then it is acceptable. Those who complain about it are usually the ones who can't run very well if at all. |
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Cerberus
Joined: 29 Oct 2009
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| Posted: Wed Mar 24, 2010 6:35 am Post subject: |
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| Sure it's acceptable to run with your shirt off. If you think it is acceptable then it is acceptable. Those who complain about it are usually the ones who can't run very well if at all. |
you just don't understand "Korean culture". 
seriously though, I'll only run shirtless at night, around a local track.
I remember being told by locals in a South American country when I went jogging in a residential area at night that I could technically get arrested by the cops for being shirtless
I got some looks, cops even passed by, but it wasn't issue. Probably woud've been during the day though. At night the streets were deserted.
so it's not just here in the Land of the Moaning Clam (I saw that on a blog recently, and am still laughing my ass off!!!!!!!!) |
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Olivencia
Joined: 08 Mar 2009
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| Posted: Wed Mar 24, 2010 1:34 pm Post subject: |
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| Yeah Korean culture is funny (all are in different ways). I'll run shirtless pretty much anywehre and at anytime of the day. The cops have gone by several times and nothing happened (I live out in the sticks). I was told it was not illegal. In fact, two cops went by me the other day and waved. I think they think I am military because I exercise quite alot and very intensely. I also keep my hair very short and oftentimes run with an army hat on. I read a quote years back that read, "Perception is all there is" |
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thekakapo
Joined: 13 Mar 2008
Location: Seoul, Korea
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| Posted: Wed Mar 24, 2010 9:22 pm Post subject: |
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Hula hooping is actually a really good form of exercise, although the little torture bumps in the middle don't do much.
I always end my workout with 10 minutes or so of hula! |
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rainman3277
Joined: 13 Sep 2009
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| Posted: Thu Mar 25, 2010 4:52 am Post subject: Re: Gym's, running in Korea... Experiences? Advice? Do's/Don |
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| Is the gym-etiquette much different? What is a typical monthly payment for a membership and how is that usually paid?. |
Etiquette doesnt exist. The expression "how many more sets you have left?" doesn't exist in Korean or English. So stay on a machine till your finished.
Putting weights back when their done is not the norm (unless you have some active staff doing it)
Don't wipe down equipment
And i wouldn't recommend getting one year memberships. There is no real saving if you buy in 3 months at a time, and you don't loss out on money if the gym suddenly closes (which happened to me twice) |
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Gibberish
Joined: 29 Aug 2009
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| Posted: Thu Mar 25, 2010 6:45 am Post subject: |
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| Man, at my gym, you would get laughed at incessantly for even picking up a hula hoop. |
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Cerberus
Joined: 29 Oct 2009
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| Posted: Thu Mar 25, 2010 4:30 pm Post subject: Re: Gym's, running in Korea... Experiences? Advice? Do's/Don |
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| OMGtrev wrote: |
| Is the gym-etiquette much different? What is a typical monthly payment for a membership and how is that usually paid?. |
Etiquette doesnt exist. The expression "how many more sets you have left?" doesn't exist in Korean or English. So stay on a machine till your finished.
Putting weights back when their done is not the norm (unless you have some active staff doing it)
Don't wipe down equipment
And i wouldn't recommend getting one year memberships. There is no real saving if you buy in 3 months at a time, and you don't loss out on money if the gym suddenly closes (which happened to me twice) |
not quite true.
I sometimes gesticulate and say "how many sets do you have left" in English to the K's in my gym and though they don't understand any English, they understand the gist of the question, so sometimes they'll hold up 1 finger or 2 fingers to indicate they have 1 or 2 sets left.
if you're unsure whether they're done somewhere just walk up and ask
"good-nah-soh-yeo"?? (are you finished?)
and re paying for longer term of time. I get a nice discount at my place. Of course it's outside of Seoul and privately owned so not subject to chain shennanigans like what happened with California Fitness in Seoul. |
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slynne23
Joined: 10 Feb 2010
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| Posted: Thu Mar 25, 2010 5:04 pm Post subject: gyms, etc. |
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| i caught the comment about the scary 80s aerobic classes (god, i hope there are legwarmers!); does anyone here attend a gym with a decent yoga class? alternatively, how easy is it to find my own equipment, specifically a yoga mat, stability ball and a range of free weights? |
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enerjohn
Joined: 07 Feb 2010
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| Posted: Thu Mar 25, 2010 6:13 pm Post subject: Re: gyms, etc. |
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| slynne23 wrote: |
| i caught the comment about the scary 80s aerobic classes (god, i hope there are legwarmers!); does anyone here attend a gym with a decent yoga class? alternatively, how easy is it to find my own equipment, specifically a yoga mat, stability ball and a range of free weights? |
Homeplus has all that. |
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