{"id":739,"date":"2020-04-09T02:21:10","date_gmt":"2020-04-08T19:21:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leminhha.vn\/?p=739"},"modified":"2020-07-16T15:35:58","modified_gmt":"2020-07-16T08:35:58","slug":"the-night-bar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leminhha.vn\/?p=739","title":{"rendered":"The Night Bar"},"content":{"rendered":"

One of my favourite memories in life is of those evenings working out by myself at a bar station.<\/p>\n

A “bar station” is a fancy word for a small communal yard with workout equipment installed, mostly for kids and elderly people to exercise with.<\/p>\n

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A workout yard in Th\u00e0nh C\u00f4ng<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In the evening, around 7 – 9 pm, I’d be at one of these yards to do my workout. I always try to pick a yard that’s away from the busy streets and with as few people as possible. The least crowded ones.<\/p>\n

I absolutely love\u00a0<\/em>these workout sessions. One of my fondest memories are those days when it’s late in the evening and there is no one around; the air is clean, the atmosphere serenely quiet, and around me are nothing but trees and the open sky. I’m barefoot and barechested, and there is that feeling of direct connection between the wind, the ground, and my bare skin.<\/p>\n

It’s almost meditative in a way. There is nothing in my head but the only task at hand: counting the reps I’m going through.\u00a0I don’t bring my phone with me. It ruins the experience.<\/p>\n

I have been doing these outdoor workouts for probably 6 years now. I started out lifting weights at home, but soon I realised I didn’t really enjoy sweating my ass off in my tiny and stuffy room. I tried going to the gym — same thing. It’s a noisy, chaotic, distracting, and… artificial environment. Just not for me. That’s when I decided to go for outdoor workouts.<\/p>\n

Over time, I grew to enjoy the minimalistic and creative aspects of bodyweight fitness a lot. There isn’t a set amount of equipment like in a gym. There’s yourself, the ground, and the bar. You either stick to the basics, or you get creative! One of my favourite things to do is when I’m bored of a routine, I’ll think of new exercises. There are a million movements you can do with just the ground and a pull-up bar.<\/p>\n

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August 2019, K17 B\u00e1ch Khoa yard.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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July 2018, in a yard near my house. Had a 18kg weight vest on here.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n