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BBBrown
Joined: 26 Oct 2009
Location: Shanghai, China
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 Posted: Fri Sep 16, 2011 8:33 pm Post subject: Fitness gyms, boxing gyms, muay thai gyms |
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Hi everyone,
I'm looking to stay in shape here in Seoul. Boxing gyms, fitness centers, muay thai....any suggestions? |
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weso1
Joined: 26 Aug 2010
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| Posted: Fri Sep 16, 2011 8:48 pm Post subject: |
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There's only one muay thai gym in the whole city. Body and Seoul in Itaewon, but it's crap.
Boxing gyms are more common, but they don't usually speak English and the trainers and guys that go there don't take kindly to foreigners.
Health clubs are everywhere. You just have to walk around your town and you'll find one or two easily. But gyms here are very cardio centered. So expect it to be 75% treadmills, elipticals, and mountain climbers. With maybe a few free weights in the corner. Also expect to drop about $100 a month for membership. Cool part is, some have in house massage, saunas, steam rooms, and ice houses.
There are a few Western style gyms dotted here and there, but they are harder to find and much more expensive.
I've found it's easier and better to just get a bench and some free weight, maybe some bands, and just workout at home. You can load up on supplements, and do some pretty good cardio and calestenicts outside.
That's just the situation here. The Korea idea of fitness is completely different from ours. |
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sadguy
Joined: 13 Feb 2011
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| i'm a member of KTT (korean top team.) we have two ufc fighters that train there! it's at children's park station. we do wrestling, boxing and brazilian jiu jitsu |
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Squire
Joined: 26 Sep 2010
Location: Jeollanam-do
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| Posted: Sat Sep 17, 2011 4:08 am Post subject: |
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| I got turned away from a boxing gym for being a foreigner. Not in Seoul though |
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Vix
Joined: 18 Jun 2010
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Sat Sep 17, 2011 5:00 am Post subject: |
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You should try Kyeoktugi if you get a chance. I think it has all the good bits of muay thai in it. My instructor spoke a tiny bit of English and made a good effort to understand my patchy Korean  |
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jeremysums
Joined: 08 Apr 2011
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| Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2011 9:01 am Post subject: Re: Fitness gyms, boxing gyms, muay thai gyms |
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Gyms in Korea, they even lend you clothes to work out. That's different.
| BBBrown wrote: |
Hi everyone,
I'm looking to stay in shape here in Seoul. Boxing gyms, fitness centers, muay thai....any suggestions? |
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beckett
Joined: 22 Jul 2009
Location: Ireland
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| Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2011 9:15 pm Post subject: |
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| There's only one muay thai gym in the whole city. Body and Seoul in Itaewon, but it's crap. |
That is definatly not true, there is one in Dunchondong/Gangdong for sure, a couple in Gangnam aswell.
Get a co-teacher or Korean friend to do a naver search. |
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chrisinkorea2011
Joined: 16 Jan 2011
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| Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2011 9:29 pm Post subject: |
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| there are plenty of muay thai gyms in alot of the bigger cities and seoul is no different, although they might not say their style is muay thai, it might just be kickboxing or something similar. all you have to do is look for 무이타이 or 킥복싱 lol i just did a naver search and plenty of gyms pop up |
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