Comments on: Afraid Of The Gym? That’s Ok!

By: evilcyber

evilcyber — Wed, 06 Mar 2013 18:03:47 +0000

In reply to Dr. J. That is certainly true. I just think that sometimes we give in too early, not realizing we can make things work for us.

By: evilcyber

evilcyber — Wed, 06 Mar 2013 18:01:11 +0000

In reply to GiGi Eats Celebrities. And some need to get their, uh, caffeine fix a different way, don't they?

By: Dr. J

Dr. J — Wed, 06 Mar 2013 15:06:11 +0000

I’ve seen plenty of afraid of the fitness center folks! The excuses vary. I have a friend who needed total knee replacement because of his continual obesity (and yes I warned him for years!) that needed rehab. After actually experiencing the center now he goes there regularly, because he saw it was a nice place with nothing to fear.

As for his obesity, that hasn’t improved at all. He has all kinds of excuses, but the truth is he eats way too much lousy food.

We make our choices…

By: GiGi Eats Celebrities

GiGi Eats Celebrities — Tue, 05 Mar 2013 22:15:09 +0000

No gym fear here! I put my game face on and HIT IT!!! Otherwise my day will NOT BE a good one! Exercise is like my caffeine, if I don’t do it, I will drag for the whole day and feel kind of guilty too!

By: evilcyber

evilcyber — Tue, 05 Mar 2013 20:20:47 +0000

In reply to moon. This feeling "in the spotlight" can be really strong, because we all believe a bit that we stand out compared to the rest. A while ago I read about an experiment on attention, where one guy had to wear a bright yellow Barry Manilow t-shirt and come into a class room just for a moment. When asked about what the others would think of him, he said that he would be ridiculed about it to no end. In reality, less than 50% of the students in the room had noticed the t-shirt at all.

By: moon

moon — Tue, 05 Mar 2013 18:52:06 +0000

i’ve been both the 138lb guy(~6’1-6’2) at the gym, and the >200lb guy(~6’2-6’3), and from what i’ve seen and experienced from my time on both ends of the spectrum is that the people who get laughed at or stared at the most are the ones who do impressive, ridiculous or unsafe things, not the guys just starting out that did some reading.

By: evilcyber

evilcyber — Tue, 05 Mar 2013 16:28:14 +0000

In reply to Jess. It sometimes seems to me that to people a couple hundred years, today's gyms would seem like torture chambers :)

By: evilcyber

evilcyber — Tue, 05 Mar 2013 16:27:31 +0000

In reply to Jody – Fit at 55.

I can’t imagine you being afraid of anything! 🙂

By: Jess

Jess — Tue, 05 Mar 2013 02:50:13 +0000

Gyms are strange places aren’t they! You have to do what works for you and there are many options.

By: Jody - Fit at 55

Jody - Fit at 55 — Mon, 04 Mar 2013 23:46:13 +0000

YES, go anyway!!! 🙂 I started this & weights when a lot of women in the gym were not lifting like me… ya just got to own it – fake it till ya own it! 🙂 I have a right to be there too AND so good for the bod! 🙂