Well, we all been waiting for this since the summer now. Saigon Sports Club finally upgraded their Crossfit box for Crossfit Q7. The new upgrade includes 21 Squat racks and over ten of each 20 kg men's and 15 kg women's bars. The Crossfit area is huge and brightly lit. This is a big difference from the smaller dark area that Crossfiters and Weightlifters have been using the … [Read more...] about Saigon Sports Club awesome upgraded Crossfit box
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Saigon’s CrossFit box – CrossFit Thao Dien
Since I started working outside in 2013, I got to see the development of CrossFit firsthand. In Kazakhstan, I was a member of Reactor CrossFit and CrossFit Bruteforce in Almaty. Both boxes gave me a perspective of CrossFit that I never saw before. It was nice to see members doing the same Olympic Weightlifting lifts as I was doing. In Shanghai, I spent a year at CrossFit … [Read more...] about Saigon’s CrossFit box – CrossFit Thao Dien
Best Saigon Gyms for Weightlifters
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 find a gym that will allow me to do the classical Olympic weightlifting exercises; Clean & Jerk and Snatch. Most gyms just do not like the idea of a lifter "dropping" the weights after each lift. Hence, you … [Read more...] about Best Saigon Gyms for Weightlifters
Crossfit Gyms
One of the joys for Olympic Weightlifters now is that there are many places to lift due to the popularity of Crossfit. This was not true in the 1990s. I have now worked out in 5 Crossfit gyms in 4 countries. Crossfit Bellwether Crossfit Bellwether is my current gym in Shanghai. It was a bit of a surprise for me since I did not know it was near where I work when I … [Read more...] about Crossfit Gyms
Saigon Sports Club – Great Gym
So, my stay in Saigon is about to end. I really enjoyed spending my two weeks at the Saigon Sports Club. It is really an awesome gym. I could do all of. My Olympic Lifts at this gym, the only gym I Saigon that will allow this. A one month membership will cost you roughly $110 USD. One day visits are around $25 USD. Below are some pictures of the gym I took … [Read more...] about Saigon Sports Club – Great Gym