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It's been a long time I was not in a gym but last week I decided to join a "low cost" gym since I don't have much money and neither time to go there. Currently I am working and studying so this leaves very few free time. However being a lonely boy at the moment I decided to go there to make some exercise and disconnect, to relieve stress and anxiety. I want to remove some fats, being a man, I am worried about "side fat", I'm sorry I'm not an english speaker so excuse me if I can't express it correctly, I mean the fat that is stored in the lower back sides (laterals). I think I'm not fat. This is my height and weight in metric: 170 cm, 60 kg and in standard converted from metric: 5 feet 7 inches, 132 pounds (weighed last week).
I'm doing cardio at the gym, 30 min. of running in treadmill and 30 min. of bike and some abs at home. I'm introvert and I don't like people watching at me laid in the ground doing abs but if you consider is better to do it at the gym, I can do it there. I want to try Elliptical as well but this is embarrasing, I don't know what to do these kind of exercises.
People will only look at you if you become self-conscious and start acting insecure.
Everyone at the gym is usually focused 100% on their own exercises.
I am kind of introvert as well and I felt really awkward during my first visits at my college gym about 1 year ago - I felt like everyone else was staring at me and analysing my every move - but I insisted on going there anyway until it kinda became a routine, and now I feel completely comfortable there.
It's actually quite good if something feels a bit uncomfortable (as long as it feels reasonably manageable), because this means that you are practising something that used to be an obstacle and that you are growing as a person.
I can say with near certainty that no one is "watching" you workout. I hear that a lot from insecure people who think that they are being judged while lifting or doing cardio. Most people have some level of awareness of the people around them but unless you're Pamela Anderson in her heyday, doubtful anyone is truly staring at you or paying much attention. Welcome to the gym!
I can say with near certainty that no one is "watching" you workout. I hear that a lot from insecure people who think that they are being judged while lifting or doing cardio. Most people have some level of awareness of the people around them but unless you're Pamela Anderson in her heyday, doubtful anyone is truly staring at you or paying much attention. Welcome to the gym!
I don't think anyone at the gyms is really "staring" at someone, that would look kinda weird.
The so-called "stares" that people sometimes talk about are typically just 2-3 glances or something like that.
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