My boxing coach (Junior Mint) claimed I was getting skinny the other day. Skinny as in not thin but skinny as in losing muscle bulk and tone. He said my arms weren't as strong as they used to be so the other day I got back into weight training. I used to do a lot of weight training but ever since I stopped going to Hongik my weight training only consists of whatever weight training I manage to do after a full grueling boxing workout. Then there's the fact that I do a lot of running. All my running and boxing means I do a lot of cardio and am leaning out.
Just this past week I joined a fitness club close to Ggum Guum. It's kind of ghetto and very small but I figured it'd mean I could easily get in, do my workout and then get out. No such luck. Today marked my second day and already I sense myself getting into the very situation that turned me off of Hongik -- people trying to socialize with me.
I just want to train.
Today six people approached me while I was weight training. I didn't mind the counter girl talking to me, afterall it's her job, but I did mind the other four. Three of them were older ladies who randomly wanted to throw a million and one questions at me regarding me living in Korea -- what do I do in Korea, how long have I lived here, do I have a boyfriend, and so on and so on. The last person to approach me was an older man who wanted me let his daughter practice her English with me -- free. I don't work for free, I'm not interested in being friends with a 16 year old, and I'm not interested in socializing at training.
I thought about playing the "I-don't-speak-English" card by speaking only Korean or suggest to him that I don't teach but I wanted to avoid the whole chatting it up at weight training so I popped in my iPod earphones and kept my eyes on the weights and machines I was using.
The sixth person to approach me didn't actually say anything to me. We literally ran into each other out in the hall and then again at the water tower in the gym. Then he motioned to me during training, suggesting I put my iPod earplugs in quickly because that older man looked like he wanted to talk to me again... hahaha.
My new routine:
DAY 1: Upper Body
1. Pec Deck Flyes
2. Rotating Side Lateral Raises
3. Incline Flyes
4. Tricep Dumbbell Kickbacks
5. Seated Rows
6. Alternate Hammer Heads
7. Crunches
8. Reverse Crunches
DAY 2: Lower Body
1. Dumbbell Lunges
2. Plie Dumbbell Squats
3. Leg Curls
4. Leg Extensions
5. Standing Calf Raises
6. Side Bends (with dumbbells)
7. Captain’s Chair
DAY 3: Full Body
1. Plie Dumbbell Squats
2. Upright Rows
3. Bench Press
4. Bent Over Barbell Raise
5. Wide-Grip Lat Pulldown
6. Dumbbell Shoulder Press
7. Standing Bicep Curls
8. Tricep Pressdown
9. Bicycle Kicks
Tuesdays and Thursdays I'm home early from work so until I start my new job I'm guessing I'll only be able to get into the gym for weight training three times a week.
Monday -- boxing
Tuesday -- weight training
Wednesday -- boxing
Thursday -- weight training, boxing
Friday -- boxing
Saturday -- weight training
QUESTION OF THE DAY...
What percentage of people who go to the gym actually go there solely to train?
QUOTE OF THE DAY...
Train hard or go home.
-- me
As the story has it, one day I headed to the opposite side of the globe – the Flipside. I arrived in Korea February 16th, 2005 and thought I’d do a year, then leave. I was wrong. I stayed, launched my first company, Flipside Fitness, and then opened Korea's largest boxing club, Hulk's Boxing (now called Hulk's Club).
After 11.5yrs in Korea, I then picked up one day and returned to Toronto, Canada. But then I left again.
Now I live in the Philippines where I am the CEO and head coach of Empowered Clubhouse, the Philippines' first and only boxing clubhouse exclusively just for women. I also am the founder of the Lil' Sistas Project, CEO and designer of Slay Gear and Baa Baa Black Sheep .Ph.
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