The 'Bangkok Gym' is on one the last sites for open-air work-out in the city.
These days the ever increasing number of gyms in Bangkok, Thailand are characterless temples of hedonism catering to the urban middle-class.
Air-condition and high-tech is not what you should expect at 'Bangkok Gym', rather old-school sweat and suffering in a no-nonsense atmosphere.
Situated centrally in one of the city's oldest and arguably most beautiful parks locals and the occasional expats toughen their bodies there.
For an - even for thai-standards - symbolic fee of 200 Baht per month (about 6 $US) you are provided with dumbbells, benches, heavy-wight lifting-bars and even some machines. If you are out of some cardio-training you can supplement your work-out by joining the joggers on the perimeter.
Best time is early in the morning or around sunset. If you really intend to compete with the hard-core crowd better bring some anabolic steroids.