I just remembered why I hate the gym

[flexygrl]

Hi,

Okay, don't hate me, but here's the story:

I have two gyms. One at work and one near my house. My husband loss his grandma last week and this week hurt himself. So no gym for him. Since I have a gym at work I just worked out there for 2 weeks. Prior to this I was going to the gym with my husband and everything was fine. Well today we decide to go back to the other gym. As soon as I walked in I felt really uncomfortable. There was maybe 1 other girl in there. All the guys were all nice and tan. I just felt like everyone was staring at me. I didn't even have a good workout. I felt really strange and I just wanted to leave. This is what I use to be like before I got dedicated to getting in shape. I don't want to go back to the way I was before. I know I have perfect control over my actions, but I just felt really, really uncomfortable.

Not really sure what the point of posting this was. I guess I just wanted to vent.

 

[MsBeverlyHills]

youll prob feel better after you go again...Im also at 2 gyms & theyre way different...one is for real serious workouts & the other more social. Give it a couple days...could be just nerves.

hang in there

 

[flexygrl]

Hi,

Thanks! I'm sure you are right!! The funny thing is at my gym at work I see a lot of my co-workers and I never feel out of place. I always have great workouts. But in a room with total strangers I feel like the ugliest, fattest freak in the world.

Doing legs tomorrow. I gotta get over this, cause I need to have a good workout.

Thanks again.

 

[Sassy69]

That's when you put on the headphones w/ your fav tunes, rack up the leg press & tell the world to go fuck itself! One of the most common comments I get from people is about the intesity of my workouts. (Either that or I just sweat alot )

 

[texgirl]

i always feel that way when i go somewhere that i've either never been to, or that i'm not yet comfortable with going alone. we recently changed from going in the mornings at my gym to going in the afternoons. after 3+ years of going in the morning, and knowing everyone there, it was really hard to walk in and not know anyone there. it did seem like the first day or two that everyone was looking at me, but after a few days, you become a familiar face to people and that feeling goes away. its a fear of the unknown situation for me, but keep going, it will get better!

 

[SteelWeaver]

Pah! Believe me, they could care less - they're all thinking about what everyone thinks of THEM, ha ha ha ha ha!! Unless you do something really dense, like curl at the squat rack, they're unlikely to notice you.

 

[THeMaCHinE]

Pah! Believe me, they could care less - they're all thinking about what everyone thinks of THEM, ha ha ha ha ha!! Unless you do something really dense, like curl at the squat rack, they're unlikely to notice you.

I think you're onto something here ...

 

[Pink Space Biscuit]

It's all mental. These people are there for the same reason you are.

Sure people glance around and look, but unless you are wearing neon tights with a lace thong leotard and doing flips on the squat rack, they aren't gonna remember you in 30 seconds, let alone stare at you for fun. Regular gym goes see dozens of people a week.

 

[valerie]

I agree with steele, the majority of people don't give a shit about you. Most folks are just concerned with themselves. Most are just trying to get thru a w/o and on with their day. I really don't think folks get together and discuss who did what at the gym or what they looked like. I know I don't!-valerie

 

[SteelWeaver]

I really don't think folks get together and discuss who did what at the gym or what they looked like. I know I don't!-valerie

lol. Well, no, not unless we're discussing some noob who was curling 20 kg at the squat rack (yes, I have a thing about this, and many folks in my gym do this, grr), or doing quarter sissy squats with a bar on their shoulders and a spotter clamped around their back, thinking it's a squat, or wearing all black lace and black crochet on the tread mill (yes, I saw this) ...

Don't worry flex, just concentrate on your workout, and look at your workout log intently during rest intervals