Minsoo in NYC

Minsoo in NYC

I was in New York City for couple days for my business trip.

 I was able to do a short video shoot with Gene Geter, a  great photographer from town.

You will see me shopping, workingout and interviewing in NYC.

Hope you enjoy it!!

LiVE .
LOVe . .
LauGH . . .

Minsoo's Interview with BBN Magazine

An interview with a Fitness Guru, MS. Minsoo Go

AFAA/ACE Fitness Trainer 

FITour Yoga Instructor

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Lower & Upperbody Combinations on the Stepbox

The b a s i c move from this video clip is LUNGES.

You could do the same moves on the floor WITH and/or witho u t the weights.

Make sure your CORE is t i g h t while you go up and down on the step.

WBFF Pro Fitness Model

AFAA/ACE Fitness Trainer 

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Asian Plastic Surgery

In general, Asians definition of beauty is quite different from other western countries. The report shows that Koreans among other Asian countries have the highest rates in plastic surgery. It has been very popular among Korean women but now it's getting popular among men.

With the highest plastic surgery rates in Asian and advertisements of many of Korean celebrities before & after pictures, Korea became one of the most popular places where you can get the best plastic surgery. Many Chinese and Japanese can be seen in Korea's popular plastic surgery clinics. 

I was one of girls who wanted to get cosmetic/plastic surgeries. In 2003 when I was a freshman in college in Korea, I wanted to get several work done. I actually had set up the appointment but I had to cancel it the day of my surgery because I got caught by my mom. My mom was very upset when she found that I was going to get it. The reason why I wanted to get plastic surgery in the past was I wanted to be prettier! I wanted to get my eyes bigger (you know what Asian's eyes look like) and I wanted to have my nose like Nicole Kidman. Well, obviously I didn't realize they don't fit on my face. These girls see many "beautiful" actresses who has all the SAME look on TV. For them, these women's faces are the standard of "BEAUTY"

Let me say this first. After 10 years, I'm VERY glad that I didn't get any surgeries. I might not as beautiful as those Korean actresses you might see on TV or magazines, but I have MINSOO look. I am the o n l y one who has the uniqueness that nobody has.

Related to fitness, some people are using surgery versus sport. Well, these surgeries won't keep you forever the way you want to be. The CHEAPest and SAFEst way to lose weight is changing your diet andbeing active. When you live a c t i v e life, you will be happy not only with your look, but also with your overal health you get it from.

"As you go on in life, you will realize that REAL b e a u t y is from WITHin, from your h e a r t, from HOW you t r e a t others and HOW you l i v e your life. That is the beauty that lasts FOREVER."


MINSOO GO
WBFF Pro Fitness Model
ACE/AFAA Certified Fitness Trainer (On&Offline Trianing)
Korea Medical & Healthcare Tourism Manager

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fun&EASY Dance Fitness: SHOULDER workout

"Abracadabra"

Shoulder Workouts 

MINSOO GO

WBFF Pro Fitness Model

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fun&EASY Dance Fitness: LOWERbody workout

"LIKE THIS"

Lowerbody Workout 

MINSOO GO

WBFF Pro Fitness Model

AFAA/ACE Certified Fitness Trainer 

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Minsoo REAL Talk with Jason&Kai Powell

WEB Interview

Updated August Lineup! Ladies and fellas, this is a great month!! REAL Talk brings the heat on our True Strength Hotline!
It's a great month on REAL Talk!! Join us as we welcome these awesome guests via the TRUE STRENGTH HOTLINE.

My Bucket List



 

Enjoy the most beautiful sunset



Skydive







Go Backpacking in Hawaii







Snorkeling in Hawaii

Try new cultures





Go get your degrees





Be on a Fashion Show







FUN thing to do in Seoul

I was on my way home with my friend after shooting the TV show called "Live like me" and we stopped by this small baseball batting place to relieve stress. It's only one dollar to play one set of games.

MINSOO GO

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Minsoo Go Commercial Video by Hyun-Ru

miniG. Commercial Video

FUN&easy Dance Fitness by MInsoo

"I will be Back"

LOVE & t.a.l.k

Q. Should you end a relationship because you love someone too much?

A relationship only lasts if the love for one another is equal. If one person in a relationship has feelings so over the top for another there will be pain rather than happiness.

The person that is too much in love gets into the area of being obsessed with the other person. That leads to doubts and insecurities. The other person in the relationship senses that and feels trapped and confined, and then starts pulling away. As you can see, the two people in the relationship start going in the opposite directions and in most cases the relationship will end.

The obsessed lover will be crushed from the rejection because their feelings are at such a high level that the emotional letdown will be devastating. Some people, when they feel their obsession for another, say to that person " I love you too much....we should end this."

In reality, the obsessed lover can sense that the feelings between the two are not equal, but they say that statement to be reassured that their partner feels the same. That is the insecurity.

As humans, love is the most complex emotion we have. We don't know why we fall in love and why we fall out of love.

We all have had the experience of being totally in love with someone, so much love that we think about them every minute of every day, when we are near them we have to touch them, that we want to do every special thing we can think of for them, and we want to physically love them and give them ultimate happiness and not care about ourselves........but something goes wrong and we fall out of love and we seldom ever think of that person.  That is the complexity of love that has no explanation.

Enjoy love when it comes because most times it comes when you least expect it. Enjoy it when the love is equal and there are no insecurities or doubts in the relationship. Enjoy the trust, the daily happiness, the physical elation, but understand that to keep the love at that level there must be communication and compromise.

Love is the most wonderful emotion we have. Real love doesn't come that often in life, but when it does, cherish every moment.

LIVE.
LOVE.
LAUGH.

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TWO-WAY of training your h e a r t

We must train our body for strength, muscle tone, etc BUT we must train our hearts 2 ways.

We need to do c a r d i o to keep our hearts and organs HEALTHY and s t r o n g and to keep our arteries clear and clean. But we must a l s o train our hearts to be a GOOD person.

We must always remember, no matter how much we train and diet, our bodies will fade becauseNO ONE is immune  to the tolls of time. But our heart determines the person we are and that is with us u n t i l we take our LAST breath. 
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Minsoo's Transition - BACK



Aug. 18 2012



Dec. 3 2011



Aug. 10 2010



July 22 2010



What I've learnd from the Fitness Competition

Getting ready for a competition

I had been going through VERY touch training for three weeks when I was preparing my last competition in Sept.. My personality changed as I prepared for it. I became very selfish person and got easily angry.

The fact of the change in my personality is that this sport (Bodybuilding/Fitness), when you prepare for a contest, you become a self-centered individual. Everything in your life revoles around your day. Your trining, your rest, your grooming, and of course, your food and your six meals a day. It is ALL you care about and the people close to you if they don't understand, have a hard time understadning this sudden change in personality-even me.

After all, I have learnd that you have to WEIGH whether the rewards of winning a competition is WORTH how you treat the people c l o s e s t to you. You can ACHIEVE your g o a l s without compromising your relationships with the people who are close to you.

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Minsoo Go Interview by MXyMAG

Minsoo Go Exclusive Interview

n a t u r a l l y FIT_ Minsoo Go 2nd interview

Fitness Model Minsoo Go Interview





Minsoo's First Fitness Interview

Muscle&Strength Bikini Competitor/Trainer Minsoo Go Interview



Pro Fitness Model Minsoo Go



Where f i t n e s s meets FASHION

Minsoo is in the NEWEST issute of Fit&Firm Magazine

How To Prepare a Bikini Competition

Competition Prep Plans for NPC Branch Warren Classic, July 10th 2010

WEEK 1 (April 19th-April 25th) - That's when I started working out for the competition. I didn't have a trainer and didn't really know what I should do, but I  knew about my body. I know what I like and what works for me. I started with total body weight training. Basically I spent about one hour and thirty min to work on total body. However, I didn't change any of my diet. I believe that what I eat is already healthy and clean- which is Korean food :)  I still did cardio not everyday, but often. I taught Cycle&Abs class every Thursday morning and went to yoga class two or three times a week. After one week of total body training, one of our awesome trainers, Dave told me I should separate my work out: upper and lower body.

WEEK 2 (April 26th-May 2nd) - Started lower/upper workout. One day I did lower body work out and then next day I did upper body. I still went to yoga and did cardio. Not everyday because I was busy with school and work but tried to do it every other day.

WEEK 3,4 (May 3rd-May 16th) - I checked my body fat % and it was 16.5%. I still did the same work out upper and lower and added cardio everyday with abs. Still my diet was the same like my normal diet.

WEEK 5,6, (May 17th-May 29th) - I forgot who that was but one of our trainers told me I should separate my work out. So I did two body part training. Ex. Shoulders and triceps; back and biceps; chest and shoulders, legs. Started about 40-50 min of morning cardio everyday. I knew what my weakness: shoulders and arms. So I did twice a week of shoulders and arms work out. My body fat was 15 %.

WEEK 7,8 (May 30st-June 10th) - Hardcore work out. I tried to do cardio twice a day. Morning and evening. Afternoon weight training. It was hard because I still had to work 10-5pm and had two summer classes. My diet? I had to say good-bye my favorite chocolate Ferraro Roche!! It was pretty big deal for me. And I tried super hard not to drink. Which means I still drank little bit... which is not allowed for those who compete. Body fat was 11.4% with 118 lbs.

WEEK 9,10 (June 11th-June23rd) - I went to Chile for almost two weeks and it was very harsh on my training because I couldn't eat right and couldn't work out regularly either. I had to try to eat whatever I could find and I still did cardio every morning while I was in Chile. I feel bad to tell you this but I cheated  A LOT while I was in Chile. I ate ice cream and sandwich burger, and drank pisco sour and wine!!

WEEK 11,12 (June 24th) - Came back to the states and Crystal, one of my friends who also compete for figure, told me if I have a trainer and posing coach. Of course I didn't. She highly recommend me to have a trainer/posing coach so I did. I met with my trainer once a week and I followed his work out plan which is basically focus on one body part: legs, shoulder and arms, back, and chest. I also watched YouTube to learn more about bikini posing. I only thing that I changed for my diet was breakfast. I usually ate cereal in the morning but I changed to one grape fruit and 3 white eggs. It was good because I liked them ALOT!! Worked out three times a day. Morning cardio, afternoon weight training, and short evening cardio. July 8th my body fat was 10.3% with 118 lbs.

The Day of Competition (July 10th) - My first competition and I got 4th in my class Bikini A. I was very nervous when we did pre-judging, but I had so much fun doing it. After the competition, I got the critique and the judge said I need to work on my presentation part. I have three weeks to work on for my next show in August 7th in Austin. I'm still doing the same workout and cardio. I know what I expect now and I will be so much better. You are all invited to come support me!!!

Forgot to mention it. After the competition, I and couple of my awesome friends who helped me out with the competition went to a Mexican restaurant and I also ate my favorite ice cream Blue Bell Mint Chocolate Ice Cream on Sunday! It was HEAVEN!!!

Critique Sheet from my first competition

Minsoo's Behind the Story

How I Got into Fitness:
I never knew about fitness when I was in Korea. I started with jazz dance after I graduated from high school. After two years of dancing, I wanted to be a dancer, but I decided to come to the states to learn English instead.
After three months staying at the dorm, I gained 20 lbs. Holly cow!! It was crazy so I started going to the gym and working out. I started going to the group exercise classes and after my first semester at UTA, I became a group exercise instructor. That was the beginning of me meeting with Fitness. I did not know anything about fitness before, but as I started the job, I learned more about fitness and started falling in love with it.
Like I mentioned before, many Koreans do not know about being fit. Girls want to be skinny and do not want to gain any muscle on their body. Because I was exposed and now I know how fitness is important for us, I want to educate them. I want to change the culture that girls starve themselves and being skinny. I set my goal: Let them know that being fit and healthy is important. But how?

Why I Competing:
Changing the mind set or culture is not easy. Nobody won't listen to me what I say unless I am the "important person" whom people would pay attention what I say. So I guess I have to be famous then. Right? That's when I decided that I wanted to be a fitness model. If I do, people would at least pay attention what I say. However, to be a model is not easy. I have to sell my self and you know there are so many dirty little secret in those industries..

How I Started Competing:
When I realized that to be a model is super hard, some of my friends told me about the bodybuilding competition. I've never thought that I would be the type to go into bodybuilding, but I found that there was Bikini division and I started thinking about doing it. It was April 19th, 2010.

I will talk more about my training and my first competition at the next post. Thanks for reading my story!

LEAVE IT ALL in the GYM

Don't show up late.
Don't try to slide out early.
Don't cheat your rep counts.
and definitely, Don't hold back.
Leave it ALL in the GYM !!!
-Gunnar Peterson

Minsoo Go
Men's Health Korea

Things To Remember When You Are Training?

Some of points that I thought they were important while I was training.

• Don't starve your self.

When you are on a diet, you will be hungry 24/7. You workout hard, your body will need a source of energy-food. Make sure you don't starve your self. You know the rule: Eat small meals several times.

• Eat what your BODY wants, NOT what YOU want.

There are difference between what YOU want and what your BODY wants. When your body asking for sugar, it's ok to take it. But probably eating 5 pieces of cake is not what your body wants. You have to control your desire.

• Love your exercise

It's very hard for many of us to do cardio because cardio is hard and boring! I do cardio every morning pushing myself doing cardio that I like and enjoy. It doesn't matter what kind of cardio machine you use, make sure you love that work out then you are already 80% succeed.

• Enjoy your food

Luckily, I didn't have to change whole lot of my diet because I believe that what I eat is healthy enough and most importantly, I LOVE MY FOOD!!! Find out food that has all the nutrition that you need, but also what you like. It will make 12 weeks on a diet so mush faster and easier.

• Listen to your body

Having a good personal trainer is important when you train; however, I believe at the end, you are the one who can make the best decision for you. If the work out hurts you will know not your trainer. If you don't feel good after you take the protein shake? You know you can't take that anymore. Be the trainer of your training. Know your body and do what your body needs.

• Rest your body

Again you will know when you need to rest your body. It's like a marathon. You can't finish the line if you sprint the first 500m. Same thing with the training. You push your self but don't forget to rest your body after your hardcore training.

• Feel you are alive and appreciate it

I have a relationship with God and I communicate with God the most while I work out. Maybe that's why I like to work out so much.  I run and I feel my heart is beating. I push harder, and I feel my heart rate is increasing. I start sweating. It's getting hard to breath and I feel God. I feel that I'm alive as a human being and I appreciate what I have: my heart, my lung, my strong legs, and every single part of my body. God create our body to be used. So take care of your body!

• Have FUN!

Nothing is more important than this... Have fun when you work out!!!

Good luck with your training and please feel free to share your thoughts with me :)

Wednesday, September 22, 2010

It's All in Your Head

 

It's so easy. You just need to remind yourself of these five words: "You gotta believe in yourself."

I was at work, and we were evaluating our personal trainer, and during one of workouts something the trainer did caught my eye. He was doing box jumps. I've seen many people do it, and I always had my doubts if I could do it myself because it looked very SCARY! The trainer showed the client how to do it, and then client tried it. He didn't fall but he kinda missed. After the first try, he said he didn't feel comfortable trying to do it any more. I said to my co-worker,Crystal, "Hey girl, I don't even think I could do it." And she said "Yes, you can. It's all in your head." I stopped and thought about the words she said, "It's all in your head." That's right, I knew I could do it even though I said "I can't" because I can jump higher than the box. But when I started thinking "Ican't", I suddenly believed I couldn't do it anymore.

Have you had this feeling? Sometimes, the barriers we have in front us block our mind and keep us from achieving our goals. If I had told myself I wouldn't be able to learn English because it's so hard, then I never would have made it as far as I have today. It was not easy for me to come to another country, speaking a different language, getting my degree and living all by myself for 6 years without my family and friends. However, when I decided to come to the United States in 2005 the only thing that was in my head was I CAN DO IT.

Isn't it amazing? The right words can change your attitude and your whole life.
So are you gonna keep saying I can't or I can ?

Minsoo's First Bodybuilding Competition

2010 NPC Branch Warren Classic
Houston, TX
Bikini Division, 4th place

The Reasons

What the Bible talks about Fitness:

1 Corinthians 6:9-20
"Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and that you are not your own? For you have been bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body."

1 Corinthians 9:24
" Do you now know that in a race all the runners run, but only one gets the prize? Run in such a way as to get the prize."

Matthew 6:25
"...not to worry about everyday life - whether you ahve enough food and drink, or enough clothes to wear. Isn't life more than food and your body more than clothing?"

Ephesians 4:22-24
"You were taught, with regard to your former life, to put off your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires; to be made new in the attitude of your minds; and to put on the new self, created to be like God in the righteousness and holiness."

Our physical fitness is very important to our Lord becuase honoring God with our bodies is a call to take care of the Lord's "temples." As well as being in shape physically helps us spiritually. Fitness imporves quality of life, quality of health, and function. It's a proven fact that exercise reduces stress, if not eliminating it completely.

"Civilian affairs":
What the world pushes in our direction every day through TV shows, movies, the Internet, music, magazines, and advertisements - the "pleasurable" things. Is it the reason why we should work out? The answer is No. Proverbs 31:30 reminds us that "Charm is deceptive, and beauty is fleetingl but a woman who fears the Lord is to be praised." If we are to be praised for anything, it should be becuase we are godly women of good character.
                                                   -From Miss University, Anderson; Prince