Tag: Olympic Weightlifting

Just posting more photos from Evo Strength and Fitness. A great gym for Olympic weightlifting and powerlifting. Evo is getting some Crossfit members as well. As you can…

One of my pet peeves for gyms involves whether the bars are properly maintained or not. Sadly, with the huge popularity of CrossFit gyms around the world, most of the…

Last week I had the chance to visit Evo Strength & Fitness, the newest powerlifting gym in Saigon that can also accommodate Olympic-style weightlifting. The gym is…

Edited on: January 31, 2020. If you are a weightlifter, such as myself, finding a good gym in Saigon can be challenging. Until the summer, 2014, I actually struggled to…

No pain, no gain Pain is just weakness leaving the body What does not kill me, makes me stronger When I was medically discharged from the US Marine Corps Reserves back…

One of the thing that really irritates me at ANY gym are those guys who load up the bars or machines with weights, do one or two reps, AND then walk away from the…

I have now been doing Olympic Weightlifting at Get Fit Gym in Saigon for over a couple months now. My technique is slowly improving though I still have about 6 more…

SaigonNezumi.com has been dead for a bit. I have been focusing my time at the weight room since last August. I decided to give Olympic Weightlifting a try again after…

Wow, I ripped one of the callous on my right hand yesterday doing my Olympic Weightlifting workout. It has been a long time since I done that. Got to toughen up my hands…

Olympic weightlifters commonly wear their 'high heeled' weightlifting shoes in the gym for better balance. They also look cool too. Here are my Adidas weightlifting…