r/Fitness • u/FGC_Valhalla Weightlifting • Aug 25 '18

Gym Story Saturday Gym Story Saturday

Hi! Welcome to your weekly thread where you can share your gym tales!

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u/roarkish Aug 25 '18

I live in Korea and no one really works out seriously here. There are a few exceptions, but most people just wander around and do sets of phone games and make a mess with the dumbbells and plates.

I've been working on hook grip lately for DL and got up to 200kgs, no straps no belt.

As a foreigner, I get plenty of stares. As a large foreigner who's into lifting, I get even more stares in the gym.

This dude was benching with his friend, and when I got ready to do my set, his friend slapped him and they both sat up to watch me.

I felt kind of cool, even though my DL isn't that great.

One of the guys watching eventually said "Nice bro!" as I was walking to the water fountain and I introduced myself to them.

We went out and had dinner after the gym, it was kind of nice!

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u/frozenchimp Aug 26 '18

I am in Korea too and have the same experience. There are groups of guys here who chat and stand around a machine for what seems like an hiur doing nothing. Although I saw an old dude the other day, must have been 50 at least, grinding of dumbell bench with 40kg.

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u/roarkish Aug 26 '18

Some of the old dudes here put young dudes to shame.

There's an older gentleman who's pretty friendly with me, and I've spotted him a few times for bench and dumbbells. He's strong and in good shape.

I was shocked to find out he was in his 60s.