To give you the other perspective, I used to silently judge people while I was at the gym. Later I ended up hurting my knee and my back. This was two years ago but I am still debilitated. At first I thought this was because of bad luck, but it is more likely because of bad form, bad warmup or something else. I still don’t know.

Bottom line is that sometimes, not always, people who judge don’t know shit. I had been lifting for five years prior this.

Moreover you sbould not care if people judge. It’s easier said than done but it’s true nonetheless. You exercise for yourself and not to please others.

I bet if you are able to power through the sense of embarrassment you’ll find it to not be a problem after. The first steps are always the hardest.

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I like to think that most people at the gym are like Mob Psycho’s Body improvement club.

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.