Do you ever have people stare at you while lifting?

[bigsteven80]

Yup while doing barbell shurgs cause all my veins stick out like a mother and it looks freaky but cool lol

 

[plifter]

Back when I benched 405 I had people staring at me.

 

[Xlajbf]

I wish people would stare. They could actually learn something.

 

[carlsuen]

one guy not only stared at me, he actually came over and attempted to DL my weight while i was away for a drink (120kg.. not much i know.. but he was only a 160lbs kid) and said.. "wholly crap! no way!" when he failed to budge the weight..

 

[sofakingdel]

I can tell people are watching and lookin at me wierd when I do 5X5 lifts. One day a guy asked me what I was doing, i dropped some knowledge on him and gave him the website, i saw him a couple of days later and he thanked me.

 

[gettnlarge01]

It happens until you get to a real gym.

 

[Stacemranger]

-learn to deal with it
-find a new gym
-stop working out

Pretty much covered it there. I did deads yesterday actually. I tried 425 which was a max for me and got 6 reps after doing 135, 225, 315, 375. 6-10 on each. I was very impressed with myself. And yes, a bunch of people were watching me lift. It is how it usually is at the gym. I lift more on biceps than some people do when they are benching, so it's bound to draw attention. I love it though, don't know why you don't like it.

 

[e6er]

No, never any stares. But do always notice the skinny dudes always looking at people lift and then bitch about proper form. Always the skinny guy's bitchin about it, yet they are the same guys who never seem to grow either

 

[Burning_Inside]

i remember i used to get looks when i weighed 250 lbs. I'm 6'4" and taller than basically anyone at my gym except for one guy, and I guess at that time i looked intimidating to the average guy (i had a wierd looking beard to go along with it too)

Now people just look at me cause I'm pathetic.

Also i notice you will get a lot more looks from guys when you're huge than you will women, and a lot more looks from women when you're thin and ripped than you will guys.

 

[Brad87]

I really hate all the highschoolers that come to my gym, they do the same lifts every single day, and stand around and talk the rest of the time. If there not benching than they are usually just staring at the biggest guys in the gym.