[Tier 3] SKZ CODE - Ep. 29 & 30｜DWAEKKI GYM
Added 2024-05-20 14:46:44 +0000 UTCTHE TIME HAS COME.
IT IS DWAEKKI GYM : GRAND OPENING.
:D Surprisingly, the MVP of this episode turned out to be Seungmin and Lee Know XD with Seungmin just doing his doggo stuff in the background, minding his own business, and Lee Know being the grandpa who wants to just go home and sleep.
But dang was this episode worth the wait :)
We love all sorts of physical activities, and have been doing a few very intensely for a big part of our lives, which resulted in many injuries down the road and now we just get the kick out of watching people work out XD. And if that 'people' is SKZ, it is 100x better :)
Super fun, not TOO much cultural nuances, the perfect balance !!
Hope you enjoy this one, and still, let us know if you have any questions :)
Love <3
Comments
Ok, watching this again, with Hyunjin saying he'll work out in 2024 kinda hits different. He has certainly been working out this year and it shows. He definitely stuck to his goals 🤣🤣
Nic27
2024-09-27 05:24:36 +0000 UTCyes, I've been saying this!! hopefully next comeback
_nora_
2024-05-21 11:27:56 +0000 UTCthere is a recording on patreon!
_nora_
2024-05-21 11:26:34 +0000 UTCDwaekki gym! I love so much about these episodes. My favourite bit is Han absolutely failing at jumprope and the others roasting him for it, but I also love Seungmin in puppy mode and Lee Know consciously committing himself to being annoying (affectionate). The bit where Lee Know celebrates that he can die a natural death is a callback to a thing he's said multiple times about aspiring to die naturally, which is funny every time. It also does fuck me up (positive) to know that both Bang Chan and Changbin, as of their most recently stated personal bests, could deadlift me. Like, I'm 5'9 and fat; that is not a small amount of weight! And Yet. But I particularly love Changbin's commitment, not just to good gym form and being a good teacher, but chipping away at unhealthy idol cultures around food and exercise. He takes a lot of ribbing for his love of food, but I think it's really powerful and revolutionary in industry terms that he frames any sort of weight gain as positive, actively celebrates his appetite, and clearly works out, not as a duty, but because he enjoys it; because he *wants* to be big and buff, even though that puts him further from idol beauty standards, because that's how *he* wants to look, regardless of what others might prefer. I love that he doesn't have abs; I hope the running joke about him getting them remains a running joke until or unless he actually wants to try for them. And particularly given the negative relationships with food and dieting that other members (particularly Felix and I.N) have had, I think his whole attitude towards health and food and fitness really brings something important to the members. Even Chan, too, has a hard relationship with food at times: his metabolism is crazy fast, so he tends to be a really big eater, but when he's depressed or grieving or otherwise having a hard time, he just... really struggles to eat at all, and so he loses weight rapidly, which he hates. Also, on a funnier note: I love that Han is a classic bro splits guy who inevitably skips leg day, because he's there for his chest and his arms and his shoulders, and that's it. If you ever get around to watching 2 Kids Room, there's an episode where Lee Know lovingly roasts Han for facetimining him shirtless after a workout and posing into the camera to ask if his muscles look good :D
sysrae
2024-05-21 08:09:28 +0000 UTCChan can get deadlift like 140kg haha damn
Ron Jackson Jr
2024-05-21 04:19:17 +0000 UTCi honestly want Kim Jong-kook to invite Changbin to his gym show would be nice
Ron Jackson Jr
2024-05-21 03:50:00 +0000 UTCI don't work out, but wish I did. I'm very overweight =( However I also have fibromyalgia so it hurts to do a lot of things. Sometimes taking even 4 advil isn't enough. I am impressed with what the boys did and it does inspire me. I do want to work out and lose weight, I just need to get into a better headspace. :)
Selande
2024-05-20 23:57:20 +0000 UTCDweakki Gym: aka. the ONLY gym I ever want to go to.... needless to say, I don't like exercising... :/ I hope you two can get back to exercising like you do! I do like Swimming! I don't get to do it much, but when I do, I've enjoyed it. :) I can't wait for the next episodes!! :D Edit: I am REALLY impressed with their lifting abilities!! Like, I can't even imagine! Also, is it true in Idol-world that most idols don't want to gain weight, even muscle? That Changbin (and the others) are unique in that? Or did I just hear false facts from a random comment somewhere...? (if I did, I don't even recall where I read/heard it.... 😅)
Estelle S
2024-05-20 23:19:31 +0000 UTCI would love Changbin to be my PT he's genuinely so invested. He's mentioned he lowkey coaches a few other people because he became such an expert. One of the things I really love about SKZ is they're pretty open about health and fitness. Around debut they had crazy diets and a lot of focus on losing weight, it got pretty unhealthy for a couple of them. Then slowly each of them seemed to discover this wasn't the way. Lee Know had a phase of very extreme diets but then he switched to working out regularly and eating well and started trying to encourage the others to do the same. I.N also admitted he realised he'd gotten into an unhealthy relationship with food and was trying to change it and eat well with exercise. Changbin as well always emphasises that extreme diets are not the way and started building the body he wanted even if it doesn't fit the typical kpop standard (which is wild tbh). Chan seems to have found a healthier rhythm with it too. One of the things I really dislike about the kpop world is the diet culture and I love how Changbin especially defies that and focusses on enjoying your body and exercise.
Ixaala
2024-05-20 22:52:09 +0000 UTCChan deadlifts 160kg btw
renok
2024-05-20 21:34:07 +0000 UTCI missed that livestream.
J.A. Moore
2024-05-20 21:28:29 +0000 UTCthey actually did see some pictures of his dad in the first livestream!
_nora_
2024-05-20 21:22:57 +0000 UTCThese were so fun. Bought myself a Dweakki Gym shirt to go to the gym in. Now I just need to do that….
Tracey Okeby Lucan
2024-05-20 21:09:08 +0000 UTCNow I'm at the part of the video where you're talking about how naturally strong Bang Chan is. It helps that he's been an athlete all his life. Competitive swimmer, soccer player, etc. But also.......he comes from good genes, too. Have you see his DAD? His name is Jack Bahng (Chan's real last name, by the way). Go to his IG acct and you'll see he is also quite in-shape, too. https://www.instagram.com/jackbahng/
J.A. Moore
2024-05-20 20:43:25 +0000 UTCKeep in mind, too, that all of the members (not sure about Seungmin, lol) are even more muscular now than they were in these episodes. If you look at recent concert footage of Hyunjin, his arm muscles are IN. SANE. Not bulky like Changbin's, but very defined when he flexes as he's performing. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qpYnVECjtCQ https://youtube.com/shorts/W9FYP8oX2-w?si=gogP7_J2SL7mT57- And I.N.......well.....It's hard to tell unless he's wearing a muscle shirt, but he's much more buff than he was. https://youtube.com/shorts/3B2RmPq1kzU?si=GhRnlHBoeLJUPpaq https://youtube.com/shorts/CStkAZC7FoY?si=8erMaDsM5nKGZaH0 And of course, Changbin continues to bulk up: https://youtube.com/shorts/yBqYi1fHLgg?si=a9YXFVC0u4b5uffA https://youtube.com/shorts/KXv8HwiSM-c?si=3FxTo8GPCagb1YrJ
J.A. Moore
2024-05-20 20:22:02 +0000 UTCYou guys are probably going to loooove the next two episodes. I won't spoil why of course but you'll understand once you watch them 🫢
Stacy Marie
2024-05-20 20:03:45 +0000 UTCFelix was a competitive Taekwondo athlete for 12 years before becoming an idol, so that explains (at least in part) why he's so flexible. Also.....you guys mentioned some people practicing singing while exercising. I read that JYP used to (maybe still does?) make their idols practice singing and breath / vocal control while running on treadmills. Not sure if SKZ did that, but something like that might explain how some idols are better able to sing while doing all of their choreo at the same time.
J.A. Moore
2024-05-20 19:44:39 +0000 UTCi love seeing changbin in his element 🥰
Klaramell
2024-05-20 19:33:29 +0000 UTCat 26:25 Seungmin was imitating the dance from nmixx o.o haha :D
Klaramell
2024-05-20 19:01:24 +0000 UTCI'm so happy they openly talked about needing to gain weight! Also it's so funny how Lee know will never take anything seriously and is the first one to give up, meanwhile Felix is always serious no matter what game🤣 And yep I also didn't know at first just how much knowledge Changbin has about working out. He always motivates the other members and even friends to workout, so I think his lifestyle has really influenced the people who are aroung him as well. He also has said a few times how he would love to be a PT trainre and he seriously would be soo good at that! not allowed to wear underwear HAHAHAHA
_nora_
2024-05-20 18:57:37 +0000 UTCMe, watching this while thinking I have to go to the gym lol
Pushnitsya
2024-05-20 18:36:48 +0000 UTCOkay im back. I have my food and im super excited to get into this. Seungmin is so ridiculously chaotic this episode. Yea i Don't work out or exercise or anything so I don't understand the paper that he's reading in the beginning. I was both surprised and not surprised by the results of The first episode of Dwaekki gym. Felix did taekwondo so it shouldn't be that surprising. Lee know is so real for that. He's super flexible but he knew his limits. Or he was just tired and didn't want to do it. The fact that Changbin was doing a plank and still talking was so wild to me. Because I can barely do a plank not talking. I was very surprised at seungmin doing the plank although I shouldn't have been. Han shocked the hell out of me that he didn't know how to jump rope. See I can do all of that with a jump rope cuz I used to jump rope as a child. Channie when he's doing the double jumps looks like a dolphin jumping out of water and it is adorable. I.N was so surprised that he was in the advanced level. The way I would actually pay money to go to changbin's gym. Seungmin is so freaking adorable! Lee Know said fuck this shit I'm out. And then the little hop off of the bosu ball was so stinking adorable. They all low key have sleeper builds. The energy in the advanced class is like four seungmin's. Hannie has beautiful pectorals. Han doing 60 kg. Bench press was amazing. And I love how happy changbin is to see them all working out. We're having fun working out. But you can tell I.N was just like so zoned out. When Han works out he gains his muscles so quickly and it looks so good. Changbin is a GREAT teacher. I took health and wellness in high school and I enjoyed it. And when I took that class I definitely loved doing bench presses. It was the easiest for me because even when I was younger I had really bad knees and a really bad back as well so everything else was just sort of painful for me. Dwaekki gym is amazing and it needs to be brought back. Thats wild, the underarmour thing. I am so looking forward to rhe next episodes. No, I do not work out. But I found this episode extremely entertaining and I was pleasantly shocked by the capabilities of some of the members. But you guys have a good day.bye 👋🏾
Kwestleo
2024-05-20 18:23:17 +0000 UTCI did weightlifting throughout high school and college. I attempted to continue afterward, but gym memberships are just too expensive and it's creepy for women there. So, I gave it up. I miss it though.
Star Dust
2024-05-20 18:18:38 +0000 UTCI.N has struggled with eating healthy in the past. He admitted to starving himself and extreme diets. He's really worked hard to learn how to be healthy, so he actually knows a lot now about nutrition and working out. Proud of him. :) And I'm glad they all have Changbin and Lee Know close to them. They are both people who live healthy lives and encourage healthy behaviors in the others. :)
Star Dust
2024-05-20 18:04:23 +0000 UTCYayyyy I loved this!
Reyna
2024-05-20 18:02:11 +0000 UTCI think they were all flexing, actually (for the arm measurements). But, yeah, they do have some muscle mass. It's hidden on their thin frames. So interesting. Like I.N - he looks tiny, but he's actually quite muscular.
Star Dust
2024-05-20 17:35:15 +0000 UTCWoo woo! Super excited for this one! Thank you for another SKZ video!
Mariya Fae
2024-05-20 17:22:18 +0000 UTCthe fact that they’ve all gotten stronger since this vid too😭 chan recently sent vids of him deadlifting 3x 140kg and 1x 160kg it was so impressive
Olivia
2024-05-20 17:17:02 +0000 UTCoh the next episode is about the boys supposedly having amnesia and they retrace back the past 5 years through games and riddles to "escape" where they've been kidnapped to lol it's kinda an escape room type of episode? the title is pretty apt for a couple of reasons but mostly the ending if i recall well lol it's pretty funny
EzzyMoon
2024-05-20 16:40:29 +0000 UTCIM SO EXCITED TO WATCH YAY!!!
Olivia
2024-05-20 16:22:20 +0000 UTCDouble happiness when watching SKZ contents with Handsome Sausages😍
Ace 0307
2024-05-20 16:12:17 +0000 UTCAhhh so excited to watch!! It’s 12 am, was about to sleep, but what is sleep anyway? Haha. Priorities! HAHAHAHAH UNDERWEAR😭😭
chi
2024-05-20 15:21:02 +0000 UTCThe way I can't wait to get home and watch this
Kwestleo
2024-05-20 14:49:52 +0000 UTC
