Thinking of going to the gym but im scared.

[Kipper is King]

6 foot 4. 150 lbs.

Feel bad now?

[WhiteTiger]

Originally Posted by mrgreen

Seriously, it's all in your head. Nobody cares about what you're doing at the gym or how much you're lifting etc. I know I'm too busy trying not to laugh at all the d'bags flexing in the mirror and doing their hair etc.

Heh, no kidding. I was at the gym the other day, working on some pull-downs. I saw this guy who would take on a huge pile of weight, lift it once or twice while grunting loudly, slam the weight down, then to a circuit around the gym before doing it all over again.

On one circuit, he stopped, flipped his shirt up, checked out his abs and then kept walking. I was trying so hard to stifle the laughter I just about lost the bar.

Don't act like this at the gym, and hardly anyone will notice you.

[JimmytheT]

Just remember to buy your Gatorade at Superstore and not at the convenience store so you don't get "totally" ripped off

[SebC]

Originally Posted by Blaster86

They can, but when someone is faking a disability do you walk up, smack them and say "Stop faking you dumb prick?" No. On the offchance they actually are handicapped.

Unless, apparently, you're Blaster86!

[Northendzone]

Make sure you wear the right clothes - get one of those shorts with the bibs like the guys wear in the tdf and get a compression shirt, and get socks that come up to just below your knees....you'll blend right in while you are shining up the apples

[DownhillGoat]

Originally Posted by Northendzone

Make sure you wear the right clothes - get one of those shorts with the bibs like the guys wear in the tdf

Like a singlet?

[icecube]

One word- ZUBAZ.

Learn it. Know it. Live it.

[Nammer403]

i just put on my ipod and listen to music and go at my own pace dont care what people think at all

[Northendzone]

Originally Posted by kunkstyle

Like a singlet?

Yeah - a marble sack.........

[flylock shox]

If you're really scared of going to the gym, you probably just shouldn't bother. I used to be only 145 lbs (at 6'6"), and was constantly mocked by all the muscleheads at my local gym. I started doing steroids and eating nothing but meat, and shot up to 260 lbs of lean muscle in only 3 months. The best part? No working out.

I went back to that same gym after my program and ended up beating up a couple of those dumb jocks in the parking lot after I beat them in a bench press challenge and stole one of their girlfriends (just by winking at her while I pretended to struggle with my 10th rep at 350 lbs). I guess they took offence.

Then I peeled out of there in my Camaro blasting AC/DC and slamming a protein shake (with the girl on my lap).

It was awesome.

[Jedi Ninja]

Wrong thread

[Buff]

I used to work out at the U of L when I was about 19-20. I looked pretty darn good. One day I went some members of the Pronghorns hockey team was there. The captain kept looking at me, making poor attempts at stifling smiles and giggles. He'd go over to some other Pronghorns and point at me and laugh. I didn't go to the gym very much after that. I made excuses to myself like "it's going to be too busy to get good time in on the equipment I need", or "I'm not going to have enough time to do my full program."

So I stopped going altogether. I bought my own bench and weights and worked out at home. That was ok for a while, but the distractions of home kept prolonging the distance between and/or the length of my workouts. Now I just rely on playing hockey to get my exercise. I found another workout program that is awesome, but the distractions of home get in the way of that.

If you can't workout at home, then the only way you're going to get a decent workout is by going to the gym. Suck it up, ignore the other people who are looking at you, unless it is someone you find attractive (and you're single) and go to the gym. My example is like a 1 in a million occurrence. Now I just need to listen to myself. I really miss weightlifting.

[SebC]

Originally Posted by Buff

I used to work out at the U of L when I was about 19-20. I looked pretty darn good. [...] I really miss weightlifting.

So Buff is no longer buff?

[Northendzone]

Originally Posted by flylock shox

If you're really scared of going to the gym, you probably just shouldn't bother. I used to be only 145 lbs (at 6'6"), and was constantly mocked by all the muscleheads at my local gym. I started doing steroids and eating nothing but meat, and shot up to 260 lbs of lean muscle in only 3 months. The best part? No working out.

I went back to that same gym after my program and ended up beating up a couple of those dumb jocks in the parking lot after I beat them in a bench press challenge and stole one of their girlfriends (just by winking at her while I pretended to struggle with my 10th rep at 350 lbs). I guess they took offence.

Then I peeled out of there in my Camaro blasting AC/DC and slamming a protein shake (with the girl on my lap).

It was awesome.

i cried tears of joy when i read this........

[Buff]

Originally Posted by SebC

So Buff is no longer buff?

lol. Sadly, no. I became more like... Puff. But I've been playing a lot of ball hockey and ice hockey over the past three years, so I'm not quite Puff anymore either as I've lost 60 lbs. and counting. I'm almost at my weight when I was weight lifting, I'm just not as muscular as I was then.

[metallicat]

Drives me nuts when a stupid thread like this gets created and then the OP doesn't come back to respond or thank the people taking time to give legit advice.

[Coach]

Originally Posted by oilers_fan

Drives me nuts when a stupid thread like this gets created and then the OP doesn't come back to respond or thank the people taking time to give legit advice.

Its because he's not looking for any actual advice, he's just trolling.

[DownhillGoat]

Originally Posted by Option84

Will I get mocked?

You don't care when people mock you when you start threads. Why start caring at the gym?

[Dion]

Will Option84 respond to the comments given?