PT gym in Yeoksam, Seoul: posture fixes and core work at PeachPlay

How much do PT and Pilates cost at PeachPlay Yeoksam?

The event prices at PeachPlay Health & Pilates Yeoksam (피치플레이헬스&필라테스 역삼점) were 12 PT sessions plus 2 months of gym access for ₩550,000, and Pilates at 48 sessions for about ₩300,000 or 96 sessions for about ₩500,000. I got off at Yeoksam Station and found the PT and Pilates event prices posted right near the station, and they were so reasonable?! +_+

Pilates 48 sessions for about ₩300,000 and 96 sessions for about ₩500,000?! Wow, I haven't seen prices like this in a long time...! And 12 PT sessions plus 2 months of gym access for ₩550,000 too 👍 Crazy, right?

There were all kinds of events going on: 3 free Pilates trial sessions, 2 PT trial sessions for ₩19,900, and free gym access when you sign up for Pilates! If only it were closer to my home, I'd do both Pilates and PT!!! I wish a branch would open near my place..!

PeachPlay Yeoksam opening hours and group Pilates schedule

The opening hours and the group Pilates schedule of PeachPlay Health & Pilates Yeoksam were posted too. Group Pilates classes seemed to run at almost every time slot, by the way!

Free workout clothes, socks and a coffee machine

At PeachPlay Yeoksam you can borrow workout clothes, and towels and socks are available to rent too. I borrow the workout clothes and a hair tie every single time, lol. There are towels and socks as well, and free sock rental at a gym? Ooh?

There's a coffee machine too +_+ I always promise myself I'll bring a tumbler and then forget, me,,, Anyway, let me get into my PT review, hehe!

PT session 1 in Yeoksam: how did the InBody and posture check go?

My first PT session at PeachPlay Yeoksam started with an InBody check (body composition scan) and a posture check in front of the mirror. My trainer said he graduated from a taekwondo department, and as someone who learned taekwondo for half a year as an adult, I felt an inner closeness (???) haha.

The fate of someone who ate a dujjonku (Dubai-style chewy cookie) for breakfast, lol. I did the InBody check and vowed once again to do strength training...! Then he walked me through a posture check and correction tips in the mirror.

• ✔️ Press through your big toes and bring your legs together so they don't turn outward
• ✔️ So your shoulder blades don't pull back, it's okay to send your arms slightly forward from where they are now
• ✔️ Your pelvis is better a little further back than it is now

Overhead movement with a 4kg dumbbell

📍 With a 4kg dumbbell, brace your abs! Hold one dumbbell in both hands and lift it overhead! Watch out: bend your wrists slightly toward your head, otherwise all the force goes into your arms.

Front lat pulldowns for rounded shoulders

📍 The front lat pulldown was chosen for my posture, where my shoulder blades stick out and my shoulders round forward. It opens up the shoulders and lets the shoulder blades come forward! You sit with your chest against the machine, not your back, grab the handle first, then support the weight with your legs!

Lat pulldown weight tips and homework

• 📍 Lat pulldown (?) with the long bar: the weight is supported, so even 10kg is possible!
• With the rope, be careful not to bend your arms~!
• Weight adjustment tip: 5kg plus a 2kg dumbbell placed on top
• 📚 Homework: find out whether your lats are working! Put your hands on a desk and try different movements to see which position activates them!

+ I also did a self workout afterward 💪 (dumbbells 10 min + Stairmaster 5 min + ankle strengthening + a quick ab workout = 40 minutes)

PT session 2 in Yeoksam: which core exercises did we do?

The second PT session at PeachPlay Yeoksam was a core plus upper-body day, with bodyweight core work and machine exercises. It was my second day going for PT at this Yeoksam gym! I arrived a little early, so I did 4 minutes on the Stairmaster, lol (really only a little early, lol). I held the step box and a bar and did about 15 ankle exercises, and then it was class time!!

First up was bodyweight work! I told my trainer I wanted to build core strength, so he prepared these~ I really don't do core work on my own,, I also rarely do strength training alone and end up only on the Stairmaster and treadmill,,, I desperately need PT's help-☆

• ✔️ Lie on your back with both arms stretched forward! Alternate legs, touching your heel to the floor! (If you keep relaxing and pointing your ankle, the spot I injured long ago gets no force and it can be bad for it)
• ✔️ From that position, stretch the diagonal arm and leg toward the ceiling and the floor
• ✔️ Flip over onto your stomach and repeat a similar move
• ✔️ Plank

Ankle strengthening on Pilates equipment

PeachPlay Yeoksam also does Pilates, so there was Pilates equipment in the warm-up area! I usually do ankle strengthening on a step box, but today I used half-round tools and a Pilates equipment bar, and my ankle range of motion definitely felt like it increased 👍

From now on, instead of laboriously moving the step box, I'll put the two half-round tools side by side and go up and down to strengthen my ankles +_+ Today I'm making this mine!! My motto: learn one thing properly each day, lol (really it's myself,, remember at least one thing properly and apply it, lol)

Tabletop dumbbell lifts and unfamiliar machines

As I kept doing core work, oh, I could feel my belly pulling! I balanced in tabletop position and lifted dumbbells, but 4kg was too heavy so I dropped to 3kg, haha.

We used machines too! Even I, who've had over 20 PT sessions and been to gyms here and there over the years, saw lots of machines at PeachPlay that I'd never seen before? I guess that shows how varied they are~ Today was a core plus upper-body day 💪

I'll get 4 more PT sessions at PeachPlay, my Yeoksam gym, and get strong~ Aaaaah, fighting 💪