I would like to start of by saying that I am a novice power lifter at best, and would actually just consider myself a hobbyist in the sport of powerlifting. My best lifts have been a 230 bench, 345 deadlift, 245 Squat, like I said, hobbyist. With that said, when it comes finding resources pertaining to "powerlifting in Korea" there is not much for foreigner living in Korea.
Powerlifting in Korea is pretty much non existent. However, there are a few guys in Suwon who partake in the activity, and often post videos of their squats and stuff, you can check them out here.
https://www.youtube.com/user/tanglangjia
I have never contacted them nor do I plan on it for the time being, they are much stronger than me.
there is also this website I found about bodybuilding in Korea, their main office is located in Gangnam, I went there once trying to find a coach, but they wanted to charge me $600 that I don't have, and I would have to have traveled almost 1 1/2 hours to get to the facility.
I have been living in Korea for about 5 years now, and have been to many, many gyms all around Seoul, Jinju city in Gyeongsamnam-do and Dongducheon in Gyunggi-do
anyways, let me get down to the point. This blog is going to try to help fill the void of information about powerlifting in Korea. I will start off slow with gym reviews, seeing wether or not one can train like a powerlifter, who knows where it will go from there.
I will try to update the blog weekly, I am currently living in DongduCheon, but on the weekends I do go to seoul to lift and hang out with friends and family and eat. So thats it for now.
Ill try to have an update later this week.
Thanks, and Peace out.
-Jamie
Hey dude! You still in Korea? Let's lift, I'm prepping for a comp in Feb!
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