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[–] [email protected] 179 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Undercover agent tries to get channers to exercise and socialize.

[–] [email protected] 58 points 3 months ago

Fighting the good fight.

[–] [email protected] 128 points 3 months ago (2 children)

> qt girl is working out next to me

You lost me there. GTK is superior.

[–] [email protected] 61 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

> GTK girl is working out next to me

[–] [email protected] 47 points 3 months ago

Now you have my attention.

[–] Jumuta 3 points 3 months ago

but client side rendering :(

[–] [email protected] 121 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Anons reading this:

[–] [email protected] 88 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Last time I was at the gym I got COVID, and it was really bad as the virus got deep into my lungs due to deep breathing while working out.

And no girls there either, just bros pumping iron. Would not recommend.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 3 months ago (3 children)

Aww man, I JUST got my gym membership and planned to start this weekend. Now I'm afraid and don't want to go anymore.

I got triple covid vax tho, should I be ok?

[–] [email protected] 44 points 3 months ago (2 children)

You'll be fine. Don't let fear rule your life.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Isn't fear a big part of human survivor instincts?

Fear is literally the thing that keeps me away from trying drugs, stopped smoking, and stopped drinking in my early 20s LOL.

I love my fears. I'm a cowardly bastard who can never be peer pressured into doing any dangerous or stupid shits.

But I'll still go to the gym. However, I'm gonna be that weirdo who wears a mask with a bottle of Purell in the corner. :)

[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Sure, you have a good point. Fear isn't silly, but there's a balance to strike. If after three vaccinations you're still so scared of the possibility of getting COVID (as long as you're not extremely frail or elderly) that it's causing you to not enjoy yourself or do healthy activities like go to the gym, you might be overly cautious.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

Fear is a good indicator to think rationally as bout things. But if fear becomes irrational and compromises your everyday life, that's when you should ignore it. Everything you feel can be in a healthy or an unhealthy way you gotta draw the line somewhere. And for extreme cases, we have therapists.

[–] [email protected] 33 points 3 months ago

The health benefits of exercise likely outweigh the negative effects of COVID for most people, especially vaccinated

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 months ago

I was vaccinated four times (in Germany) but I also had some light issues with respiratory diseases all my life and I'm in my 50s which also elevates the risks of infections.

Decide for yourself. Gym definitely is a good place to get healthier. Most of the times.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 3 months ago

When if I go to the gym it's a combination of terminator wannabes or people who are just hanging around sitting on the equipment but not actually using it because they are conducting a 45-minute conversation.

[–] [email protected] 54 points 3 months ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 25 points 3 months ago

Fake: anon went outside and spoke to a woman

Gay: anon had sex, obviously not with a woman

[–] [email protected] 19 points 3 months ago

Fake: anon met a woman

Gay : anon went to the gym

[–] [email protected] 39 points 3 months ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 21 points 3 months ago (1 children)

*1. Be ATTRACTIVE *2. Don't be not ATTRACTIVE.

You don't have to be hot to be attractive.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 months ago

Exactly. As long as you're not horribly ugly (1. Don't be a slob 2. Shower, brush your teeth, wear clean clothes) the right personality will beat looks. Being funny, like legitimately witty funny, will go miles

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Or if you're not hot, be attracted to people who are also not hot. This is where I have failed in life.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

That's hot.

[–] [email protected] 38 points 3 months ago

I can spot a lie when I see one.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 3 months ago (5 children)

Ugh, don't go to the gym to meet people

[–] [email protected] 83 points 3 months ago (2 children)

True, but it's also inevitable that you're going to meet people by going to a gym. Don't interrupt people, but if they appear like they're open to conversation it's ok to ask if they want to talk.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 3 months ago (2 children)

I went to the gym for about 9 months straight in 2021. I didn't have one conversation, and that was exactly how I wanted it. I don't want to meet a banging girl that has a thick gym body so all my bro friends can think I'm the man while she walks around the entire gym pretending to not be showing off in those tight pants that go up her cracks. I don't want a bro friend to give me diet suggestions and brag about how he has figured a workout regiment better than all the physiologists in the world. I want to workout, listen to my music from my ear buds, stim and process my anger between sets, and talk to myself without anyone looking at me.

[–] [email protected] 29 points 3 months ago

Generally speaking I don't want to talk to people at the gym, or anyway really. But if a hot girl wants to talk to me and then sleep with me, I suppose I'll put up with it. You have to be polite right.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 3 months ago (1 children)

That's fine and you're entitled to that experience. If someone misunderstands your body language, all you have to do is politely decline the offer to talk.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

100%, but no one is misunderstanding my body language lol

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago

The key is social awareness, if you have it my comment doesn't apply to you, haha

[–] [email protected] 37 points 3 months ago

Don't go ouside and you won't meet people 🧠

[–] [email protected] 17 points 3 months ago

Here's a list of acceptable things to say to strangers in a gym:

  • Are you using that?
  • How many sets do you have left?
  • Could you spot me? (only for bench)

None of these should turn the stranger into someone you know. None of these should lead to intercourse.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

I kept to this rule, but it was so fucking annoying.

I did bouldering to lose weight, and played card games for fun, went to death metal shows for art and worked in software.

No women at work, no women at gigs, no women at card games, shouldn't be picking up women at the climbing center.

I'm married with a daughter now , but Jesus Christ it wasn't easy getting there.

EDIT : To clarify, the "no women at work" thing refers to adding women to my friends circle for networking to meet non-work women. OBV I wasn't hoping to pick up women at work for the same reason as not wanting to pick them up at the climbing center.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago

I didn't, but I did.