#One Piece gym

[imadititom]

I'm not saying I'm a One Piece fun like that.

But I'm a sucker for a themed gym, travels AND anime.

[usagi-mitsu]

I visited the One Piece Gym in Tokyo

What the title says :D And I'm just posting this, because I need to yell at someone.

The One Piece gym in Tokyo Shibuya is called "Brag Man". It's on the ninth floor of the Shibuya Modi and you can take an elevator straight up there. Or the stairs, if you want a good warm up.

tldr: It's a medium sized gym that costs more, because you pay the licencing fee. But if you are a big gym goer and One Piece fan, it might be for you.

The long version blow. Might throw some pictures in later on, when my phone has uploaded everything.

What is the One Piece Gym?

This is basically just a regular old gym, but One Piece themed. The walls are covered in manga panels, the lat pulldown machines handle has a huge imitation of Whitebeards beard on it (making you look like him when working out) and the voice actors and (!) Oda-sensei himself have signed the walls.

The gym offers an assortment of treatmills, stairmasters and crosstrainers. The workout machines are by hammer strengh. You have the classics like chestpress, lat pulldown, pectoral fly, leg press, inner and outher thigh machines etc. You can also use benches and exactly one power rack for squads and stuff is available.

There is also an area for free excercises and stretching. Including a small corner, where you can read all One Piece manga available in Japan at the time and the most current Shonen Jump.

All guests have access to toiletts in front of the gym. The changing rooms are seperated by gender and feature each a bunch of lockers named after One Piece characters. In the back there are also a few very nice showers, hairdryers and the gym offers shampoo and body soap.

How does one work out there?

Basically, you travel to Shibuya, walk to the building and get up to the ninth floor - whenever the gym is open. I went around 11:30 am on a regular weekday. The gym was empty aside from me and the trainers.

At the front desk you greet the staff - they do speak a bit of english - and choose between four progressively more expensive one time visitor plans.

Visitor E: 3.850 Yen for kids between 13 and 18 + One Piece Whey Protein

Visitor D: 4.400 Yen - allows the useage of the gym for up to one hour

Visitor C: 6.600 Yen - allows the useage of the gym for up to five hours + One Piece Whey Protein

Visitor B: 7.700 Yen - same as C + Original Meassurement paper

Visitor A: 13.200 Yen - Same as B + Shirt + Protein Shaker + Course ticket

I went with "Visitor C" - my workout programm takes longer than an hour and if I was gonna spend money on a gym visit in Japan, I was gonna make it count.

Included in all plans are special gym shoes (so you don't have to bring those), a small towel and a tiny towel, that you use to desinfect your machines after use. I was a bit worried about the shoe sizes, but they are equipped for foreign fitness and One Piece fans. :)

What you do need to bring, if you plan on showering, is a big towel. I just borrowed one from my hotel.

And well, then? You get started with your own workout routine. Of course: You can always ask the trainers for a bit of help here and there.

What makes the gym special?

The One Piece theme of course. The walls are covered in One Piece manga panels. The course room is called "deck" and shaped like a part of the thousand sunny.

Some of the plates you need for a few machines look like huge Berry coins - the currency of the One Piece world.

As described: The lockers don't have numbers, but are all named after different characters. I was tempted with Sir Crocodile, Cavendish and Zorro. In the end I locked everything up in the locker named after the Going Mary.

There are also some photo spots and when asked, the staff will take pics of you there: You can try to pull a golden Buggys arms, hold a life sized meat piece just after Luffys taste and pretend to be whitebeard.

Important to mention are also the signatures of the original five Strawhat voice actors. And a special message and signing by Eichiro Oda.

At the entrance, you can also get a bunch of merchandise, that you can only get there.

Oh - forgot this one almost: They exclusively play the most badass One Piece soundtracks!

Was it worth it?

Yes. As I'm writing this, my butt still hurts from overdoing it to impress the judging gaze of Whitebeard across the wall from the leg press.

But: I'm going to the gym on a regular basis anyways and I adore One Piece.

If I was only one of those two things, I would very much not have enjoyed my stay. The gym rat within me would have looked for cheaper options and the OP fan wouldn't know what to do with half of the machines there.

Only the combination of both makes the visit worth it. But will I do it again? Nah. Probably not. I've now seen it and if I crave a workout, I can simply find a cheaper gym.

In this gif I'm the old guy getting shoved back into the ground because I overdid it.

Should YOU go there?

If this had been my first time in Japan, I would not have gone there. But I had time to spare and was in dire need of a workout. So, if it's your first time and the schedule is tight? Skip it.

But if you are like me - well versed in Tokyo tourist and non-tourist attractions - and if you like One Piece and if you like the gym? Yeah, go for it. It's a great place to spend some time, meet other One Piece fans and for the hell of it: Who can say Whitebeard judged their workout or they had a Jaya Cherry Pie flavored protein shake afterwards? Exactly.

Thank you for reading this far. And happy workout!

[xero013]

Nimbasa Trio🚇⚡

Annndd a Pixel Version! (Was having fun experimenting with Ibis Paint's filters)

[ato-dato]

Archaeologist Robin wants to know if you’ve seen any strange rocks lately!

[quinloki]

One Piece Themed Gym

I mean, I'd be more inclined to go if I had one of these nearby. At least I know I'd be surrounded by fellow nerds XD <3

[cutie-lumi]

Cosmic 💐🌟

[captainhawky88-blog]

Yamato x Gym

[apnourry]

I just like the outfit🖤

[soft-niku-and-sake]

I'll pretend I don't know what's happening here so that I could make up ZoLu/LuZo scenarios in my head😇😇

[imperialnyx]

The start of a beautiful “friendship” 🤩

[idontmindifuforgetme]

It’s never overstated to me when people are like “work out bc it makes you feel better” bc it literally does. I think what I used to get hung up on is making the perfect schedule / wanting to know what I was doing right away. But it’s also okay to flounder at first and experiment w things and figure out what works for you and your body. The important thing is you’re starting out bc your body really will thank you for it later down the line. You cannot keep pushing it off it will add up

[orykorioart]

Some more of these Bikers AU lads (at least I think that’s what I called it previously lol)

(Click for better quality/details)

[justanothersanjilover]

One piece Modern Gym AU wips (Part1)

Back again with Trans Zoro thoughts:

Sanji somehow (I don't know how) landed a job in a women-only Gym as a food/health counselor. One day, he’s behind the bar, seeing a very buff, very scary-looking guy enter the gym. Sure as hell, that man doesn't belong in there, so he takes it up on himself to send the creep out.

“What do you want to do about it?”

The guy grinned as Sanji walked over telling him (not very friendly) to get out and asked if he couldn't read - the sign obviously said women-only.

“Then what are you doing here?”

Sanji wanted to punch the smug smile off his face!

“Not that it's to any of your concern, but I work here! And I WILL protect the girls in here!” He barked and made himself ready to throw the creep out.

“Again, what ya gonna do, you stick figure? Kick me out?” The guy asked provocatively.

You can imagine the surprised face he made when Sanji actually kicked him through the front door! There was a split-second where the creep looked approving, slightly nodding, and then he got up again. Sanji braced himself for a punch, but it never hit.

Instead he heard Nami (the manager of the gym) behind him, calling out.

“Zoro? Is that you?!”

She rushed over, pushing past Sanji, and jumped into the creep's arms. Sanji can only stand there, mouth hanging open like a fish on land.

“Shit, I knew the T would hit, but like that?! Man, you got huge!” She continued, laughing and ruffling the guy's green hair (who dyes his hair green anyway?!)

Before answering her, Zoro smirked dirtily at Sanji flipping him off with both hands.

“I worked out, too. It’s not only the T, witch!”

“Yeah, yeah, I know. Hitting the gym whenever you can - but not my gym apparently! Why is that?”

He pointed over to Sanji, who is feeling very uncomfortable to be suddenly the center of attention after kicking the managers friend (? Boyfriend? No, definitely just a friend!) out.

“As this lovely Gentleman over here just told me, its a women's only Gym. So I’m not allowed.”

“You mean Sanji scared you? Really?”

“No, he didn't scare me. But he had some…hitting arguments.”

Nami raised an eyebrow and looked from Sanji to Zoro and back.

“I’m sure you guys get along well,” she smiled and punched Zoro’s shoulder lightly - he did her a favor and hissed in fake pain, pressing a hand to his shoulder. “Sanji’s the kind of guy you used to take out to your lovely dates.”

“Is he.”

Zoro, again, smirked at Sanji who could tell he was blushing like hell as hot as his cheeks felt.

“I…I’m not…I mean…” he stammered as Zoro broke out in a full belly laugh and Nami joined in.

“It’s fine, Curly. I’m not really looking for anyone right now. Kinda have to figure to much shit out before I gonna let someone into my life again. Don't get your panties in a twist.”

And then he was led away by Nami to “go see the girls; they are going to be sooooo excited to see you again!” Sanji just stood there, mouth open again, staring at the back (the fucking broad back) of Zoro as he got practically run over by all the ladies currently in the Gym.

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[you-shiny-thing]

Oberon on a peaceful stroll through Plains of Eidolon

[garden-bug]

Zosan would be angsty sexuality gender crisis unrequited love heartbreak and Zolu would be silly funny platonic best friends chaos would die for you my beloved jungle gym.

[b4kuch1n]

yay! I drew these quite literally three years ago. dragonheart!milo and raihan! a knight on a doomed dragon hunt being lifted out of his station by a small village medicine man. together they become magic lawyers and overthrow the government

the main details in these do survive into the iterations I’ve drawn (instead of these actual designs I spent time to make el oh el): the “leaf” diamond quilt/gambeson and the plaited coattail for milo, the “atypical” weapons, long coat, and large number of scattered fake gold trims and accessories for raihan. I think I lost raihan the hat and added a cape for milo further down the line because like this their general silhouettes are too similar for my liking lol