colgate / bulldog
Member
- Joined
- Aug 5, 2021
- Goal
- BANG!! japanese chicks!
- Age
- 27
- Motto
- consistency. acceptance. tumescence.
- Location
- tokyo, japan
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DkOcTzTJOnc
(the video contents are basically what I'm writing in this log)
I've been using a health center sports gym with insufficient equipment to workout because it was just a 400 yen payment per session.
But I couldn't do leg day and the dumbbells only went up to 25kg.
So I finally registered for Gold's Gym.
...but it took me 3 tries LOL!
The first time, the staff told me I needed my passport and to bring gym shoes (in Japan, you have to have separate inside shoes for the gym lmao!).
The second time, I went to "Gold's Gym Premium" without knowing that there's a difference between the regular Gold's Gym and Gold's Gym "Premium". The "Premium" one just has a bunch of onsen, tanning, and massage things and there aren't many weight training machines, and they told me I should go register at the regular Gold's Gym.
Finally at the third Gold's Gym I was able to register. But she initially wanted to give me the "full-time" plan which means I could work out at any Gold's Gym in the east Japan region, when I only cared about working out at a specific gym. I was able to find out that there was a "daytime" plan which applies only to that gym and also switch my plan to that one.
And even though I would have to pay 6 months in advance since I don't have a Japanese bank account, I can cancel the plan at any point and receive most of the remaining months' share back.
I only mention all these details because this is the first time I had to try to register and negotiate something in Japanese. At this point, Japanese is kind of a pain but I basically have to get better at it to live here, and throwing myself in these situations will definitely improve that.
Also, I moved to around Shibuya so I have a permanent place until I leave Japan in February.
(the video contents are basically what I'm writing in this log)
I've been using a health center sports gym with insufficient equipment to workout because it was just a 400 yen payment per session.
But I couldn't do leg day and the dumbbells only went up to 25kg.
So I finally registered for Gold's Gym.
...but it took me 3 tries LOL!
The first time, the staff told me I needed my passport and to bring gym shoes (in Japan, you have to have separate inside shoes for the gym lmao!).
The second time, I went to "Gold's Gym Premium" without knowing that there's a difference between the regular Gold's Gym and Gold's Gym "Premium". The "Premium" one just has a bunch of onsen, tanning, and massage things and there aren't many weight training machines, and they told me I should go register at the regular Gold's Gym.
Finally at the third Gold's Gym I was able to register. But she initially wanted to give me the "full-time" plan which means I could work out at any Gold's Gym in the east Japan region, when I only cared about working out at a specific gym. I was able to find out that there was a "daytime" plan which applies only to that gym and also switch my plan to that one.
And even though I would have to pay 6 months in advance since I don't have a Japanese bank account, I can cancel the plan at any point and receive most of the remaining months' share back.
I only mention all these details because this is the first time I had to try to register and negotiate something in Japanese. At this point, Japanese is kind of a pain but I basically have to get better at it to live here, and throwing myself in these situations will definitely improve that.
Also, I moved to around Shibuya so I have a permanent place until I leave Japan in February.