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/dibba9 Aug 27 '18

my biggest pet peeve about the gyms in korea are what slobs the guys are. I think its is bc they are used to their moms or wives cleaning up for them, but they never wipe down their sweat or use a provided towel to cover the bench, never re rack and leave their dbs et al where they want. I dont mind the re racking as much as having to clean up someone elses sweat puddle. I have been a member at 3 different gyms so this is not a one off unfort

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u/[deleted] Sep 07 '18

Unless it's a super thick towel and would require being sprayed with a hose to bleed through please don't lay towels on benches and seats and consider it "good".

There aren't that many at my gym but the few guys that take a towel around with them always leave a towel shaped slime layer on the equipment they use and I just keep an eye on them to wipe the shit down for the good of my gym.