Odd gym situation (workout, shape, best, walk)

[TXRunner]

Maybe they were just intimidated and didn't want to be embarrassed in front of you. For real, my guess is that they were just hanging out and didn't want to be in your way, so they took their little bro-fest to a different part of the gym.

[InchingWest]

Originally Posted by ConfusedGuy777

Thank god because i was freaking out

That's weird, I didn't realize that 13 year old girls were allowed to work out at the adult-centric corporate gym without parental supervision.

.....oh, wait, you said above that you weren't in middle school, that you're actually in your 30's? My mistake.

[Jay100]

Originally Posted by ConfusedGuy777

Ok, I go to this small gym and there was a group of guys working out there. I'm in my 30s and everyone there was between 35-55. When I enter the gym I did say hello to the "gym alpha" since I have talked to him before. Than I prepare to workout and hit the bench, there was a group of guys next to me working out all in their 30-40s and once I began benching they all got their stuff and moved to another part of the gym completely and away from me. Basically out of sight so I wouldn't see them and they wouldn't see me. I don't understand why but this is starting to bother me, am I not doing something right here since we all train in the same gym and I just step into this gym to workout meanwhile a group of guys like a pack of ****ing dogs all get up and walk to another part of the gym together to get away from me

So what did i do to them? I don't even know them

My initial guess is that you were probably stinking that day. Me personally I always move away from people that have bad odor. Another reason I would move away is that the other person is annoying in some way, meaning they talk way too much or are trying to be flirtatious. I would leave the entire gym depending on how bad it was.

[joee5]

You at a gym to get in shape and work out? Or you going there to be social?
Cant speak for a home else but myself, but whenever I went to the gym I was in my zone. Meaning that I did not talk to anyone, look at anyone etc. My concern and focus was pounding them weights.

[chiluvr1228]

^^ Exactly ^^ I barely notice who is doing what around me. I'm not there to socialize or make friends. I'm there to work out and then leave.

[OzzyRules]

It's because you were disturbing their personal conversation. They feel uncomfortable and don't know what to say to each other now that there is an "audience". I've had similar things happen even when I was acquainted with both people. It's an art to intrude into another conversation, and most people don't have that skill, and most people would have probably entered the area more slowly and cautiously than you did.

Also you said that you greeted another person and ignored them. You could have nodded or said something to them. They still might have gotten up and left out of courtesy to you, but that would have been a normal thing for them to do.

[doc1]

Originally Posted by ConfusedGuy777

Thank god because i was freaking out

That is something you really need to address, IMO.

[TBMorgan]

From this thread and another, you appear to be hyper-focused on the others around you and not on the purpose that you're there - to exercise -

Put on some ear buds, crank up your exercise tunes, and go to work and forget those around you except be cognizant of those you might be interrupting on their routine/workouts by jumping on equipment or getting in their way.

[SenorChip]

OP, think about it, this is much better to achieve your exercise goals.

When I go to the gym during my routine I do not talk to anyone, I wear my headphones, I listen to music until my training is over. When I finish and I'm in the locker room, I chat with some other members of the gym, but banal and quick talks, with this I make sure to keep the gym as my training place and not as a social center. I do not really need more friends than I already have, maybe your situation is different.

[RJ312]

This is essentially a big nothing. You're not at the gym for other men. You're at the gym for yourself and to possibly meet women for dates. Keep to yourself and approach women if you think you see signs of interest.