I feel really intimidated (not so much by the people here) that have been at the gym for a while. I have always been nervous about exercising in front of others and always have had a problem with comparing myself to others and letting it be detrimental if I am ''less than." I read a good post about not comparing yourself to others but it still is hard when I can see these absolute tanks doing workouts with ease that I could probably only do one rep of. It makes me feel like I missed out these last couple of years, like I could have been there with you guys. I have plenty of life ahead of me but it’s definitely something that stays on my mind regardless.
I used to play a lot of sports years ago (both through organized teams and recreationally) and was very lean/muscular. A few years ago I kinda snapped and lost the passion for everything; and my physical health has worsened since then. I am by no means fat but I have packed on some weight and lost that strength/stamina I had. I don’t like it.
It’s hard, but it’s not like walking up 5 flights of stairs to get to work hard. It’s a walking up 5 flights to a nice meal, happy brain chemicals and personal reward type of hard and it is helping me feel much better than I was. I hope to get involved in this community more and thanks for inspiring me, everyone
Most people at the gym also don’t want to be bothered or pay attention to anymore else there. Most people are just like “let me do my thing and avoid these other ppl.” Most of the usual gym goers also know you don’t start out being fit and you got to start somewhere. Any more the only time I compare myself to someone else is when I compare myself to the past me. Am I weaker than I was? Work to get back to that level. Am I fatter than I was? Work to loose that fat. Am I better than I was in any way? Good, keep up the gains.
And besides, who gives a shit about what others think anyway? We are leftists, most of us living in the west. If we cared about what the majority of ppl around us think we’d abandon all hope and bow to the capitalists like all the libs. Happy lifting comrade.
Thank you, my friend :)
I really do like it and want to keep up with it but I’ve always had super anxiety about others. Which is really weird because, to your point, we’re leftists lmao. I’m literally ridiculed for my beliefs all the time and I have no problem with that. Ask me to work out in front of people though? HEART RATE 9000X