Okay guys I'm about to walk into the gym for the first time I'm fucking terrified pls help.
>>35577248
Slip the receptionist a couple bucks and have them show you the ropes. I wish someone had told me this before I walked in and made a fool of myself.
>>35577256
Do NOT tip the owner
Don't show visible fear as you walk in, if the regulars see it they'll roll you up in a yoga mat and lock you in the sauna
And if you make eye contact in the locker room it signals that you want to have gay sex
>>35577256
>have them show you the ropes
I assume you mean the jump ropes but I'm going in there for weights so is this still relevant...?
Nobody at the gym fucking cares what you're doing. Just do your thing with proper form.
>>35577248
You should be fine as long as you don't forget to tip the receptionist
how do I address the receptionist and tips? What?
Standing in the freezing parking lot desu
>>35577368
You tip the receptionist as soon as you come in. Generally it's around 2% of how much your monthly membership costs, so not much at all
>>35577393
What's if it's uni gym?
Do I pay 2% of 30,000?
>>35577256
>>35577348
>>35577393
Don't listen, you don't tip the receptionist.
Remember: You are irrelevant and no one there gives a shit about you or what you are doing
>>35577410
I go to a uni gym too, I'll generally give the girl who scans my ID a buck or two. Like I said, not much at all
>>35577413
>Don't listen, you don't tip the receptionist.
it's optional, but it's a lot like a restaurant - if you don't tip you're a douche
>>35577413
Are there actually places where you don't tip gym staff...? I'm guessing you're outside the US? Even then it sounds weird
>>35577413
Do you ever wonder why you always get handed cold towels?
>>35577448
'Murica
How did you do, OP?
>>35577498
You tip receptionists in murca? Weird.
>>35578270
different us fag here, yeah its standard to tip most occupations... was really surprised when i first travelled overseas and people didnt expect it, its like... why would your boss pay you your full wage WITHOUT tips so you get paid no matter how well you worked?
its just common sense - you want your gym receptionist to be nice to customers, so you make them depend on tips to encourage good behaviour. (not totally cause otherwise a bad week by chance will fuck their family etc but at least partially yeah). so tipping is just expected
another reason the us is the greatest economy in the world
>>35577547
>>35577498
>>35577448
Is this a meme?
>>35577248
Trust me no one is looking at you or cares what you're doing, you're literally too small to see, just spend 3 months doing stupid shit that /fit/ tells you then realize you've made zero gains and do some research on beginner routines and how to diet, 2 years from now you'll look above average to normies
>>35578330
If you're bad at your job you get fired
>>35578362
yeah sure but then people work JUST HARD ENOUGH to not get fired and no harder cause theres no incentive
with the tip system, a good gym receptionist will have incentive to know your name, have a chat about your routine, wash your gym shorts for you so you don't have to take them home, keep you motivated, etc.
i didnt get any of that when i trained overseas, maybe just a different (poorer?) culture but also i suspect tips had something to do with it
>>35578270
What third world country do you live in where you don't tip receptionists?
Do something I didn't: have a program lined out.
I didn't have that, and just did 3 sets on every machine.
>>35578401
Where overseas?
>>35578404
honestly it kind of makes you wonder if maybe that's the reason they're 3rd world hey
the receptionists don't get tips on top of their wages so there's less money in the country overall
>>35578432
Good observation
>>35577498
>>35577547
>>35578270
OP, this is a meme. Don't tip the receptionist.
So you are paying a monthly fee and also have to tip every fucking time you hit the gym?
>umuriclaps
top kek, your country is so fucking retarded
>>35577973
I went home after browsing /fit/ in my car
I'll try again in a week.
>>35578457
no i mean look if he's in a country (or state...?) where that's not standard then that's totally fine, it's just usually expected everywhere in the us that i've heard of
>>35578482
sure but our monthly fee is probably lower than yours to compensate because our minimum wage is lower, ya dig?
like i'm paying $30 / week and none of my international friends have it that cheap
>>35578457
This is a troll. You're not going to make a good impression if you don't tip, you'll come across as a dick
>>35578490
i love this time of the year
>>35578336
Wait so ss is a meme? Wtf
>>35578490
Post a picture of your body so we can motivate you
>>35578498
>$30 / week
Cool, are you trying to bait me her? Living in germany i pay 20€ (around $22) a MONTH.
Since Im always taking hot showers in the gym after working out I practically pay absolutely nothing.
what gym? ill spot you
>>35578521
There's nothing really to see, I'm 6'1, 140 skelly with a baby face.
>>35578507
SS isn't a "meme", per se - it's very effective at getting you strong, very quickly. It's just that:
a) it builds absolutely no appreciable muscle in the upper body so you look like a Tyrannosaurus, and
b) You can't actually "transition" to a bodybuilding program easily with your new strength because you've got absolutely no preparation for volume work (15 reps of chest work some weeks -> upwards of 80 is a plan for failure and burnout).
It's a great intro powerlifting routine, but for anyone who wants to look good or gain muscle it's shocking. This is why it's a "meme" on /fit/ - it's all about indoctrinating people into powerlifter culture as a trick. Perfectly effective, just doesn't do what people want it to do.
>>35578502
EHHHHHHHHHH
>>35578404
UK. Literally one of the world's strongest economies and not exactly what you'd call third-world. No tips here, except waitresses..
>>35578552
R.I.P OP, you never gonna make it.
>>35578544
>living in germany
yeah sure but you just had a fuckload of refugees rape your women right, i'm not sure i want to follow your country's policy
bet the fucking refugees don't even tip their foster homes
>>35578549
Boston university
>>35578498
My gym is $60 a month 24/7 and we dont tip. #straya sounding better every day
>>35578490
>>35578619
$60 AUD is like $250 USD buddy sorry
>>35578552
if you shave that you'll pass as a trap on hormones, nevertheless keep going we all started either as a skelly or morbidly obese
>>35578594
sorry m8 im in chicago
>>35578330
>greatest economy in the world
Amen finally someone brave enough to say it on this chinese shitposting forum. USA #1
>>35578502
>>35578586
>>35578626
should I go back? it's open until 10pm
>>35578640
Nah I couldn't, sometimes I wish I was gay but it's just too disgusting.
Tfw no gf
>>35578672
>open until 10pm
... What? Barbells shouldn't stay up past 8pm, it stresses their body and leads to an iron deficiency
>>35578672
go there and fucking lift anon. im going back to gym tommorow after like 3 years. go lift heavy weights, eat healthy and you're gonna make it. we're all gonna make it.
>>35578672
You get your bi-curious ass back to the gym, and start working out.
>>35578630
You wish your currency was that good.
>>35578490
This genuinely got a kek out of me at my work desk.
>mfw this is probably exactly what the majority of /fit/ does as they spout out dietary and weight lifting advice
>>35578717
I'm glad anon, God knows we all need more laughter.
>>35578686
>>35578688
>>35578706
Ok I'm gonna do it /fit,
But really should I just drop ss? Just know I was thinking of adding a buttload of dips and pull ups. Is this enough to not become a t-Rex?
>>35578758
no dude ss is a meme, what parts are you planning to do today
>>35578758
>I'm glad anon, God knows we all need more laughter.
Okay, now I feel bad because there's a chance you MAY have been serious. Sorry, thought you were joking around.
In all seriousness, I don't get why you're nervous. I've been going to the gym for 4 years and couldn't give a single fuck less about what other people are doing.
We all start somewhere. When I started lifting I was skinny fat and struggled to bench 95 lbs and could barely cure 10lbs.
Every great journey starts with a single step. Take that step anon.
>>35578763
Whatever this part is.
>>35578758
The problem is that it won't work.
For SS to get away with its incredibly low volume, you have to make those sets incredibly stressful.
For you to recover from that stress, you have to eat a shitload and put on weight (hence GOMAD).
When you put on that much more weight, your bodyweight progress will crawl to an absolute halt and you won't actually get much muscular gain from it.
>>35578810
So...I should lurk more before going to the gym?
>>35578808
i'd reccomend you to go for back, bicep and forearm workout session
like do deadlifts, bar rowing, rowing with dumbells and maybe some machine stuff
for biceps just do some curls with bar and dumbells
for forearm search forearm workout. also read about exercises on each muscle group from some sites
>>35578858
>>35578858
also be cautious with weight and find a starting one for yourself first so you can work it from there. and don't fucking NYR out
>>35578858
Do ice cream fitness, I've been doing it for 4 months and the results are great
https://www.muscleandstrength.com/workouts/jason-blaha-ice-cream-fitness-5x5-novice-workout
>>35577413
>>35577448
>>35577498
Is this really how we are treating the new guys? come on,its not like he asked something that's in the sticky or comes up as nyr faggot
>>35579247
She was really cute though I gotta admit
>>35578858
Do ss, 'ss is a meme' is a meme in itself.
Listen OP if you plan on becoming a regular for the love of God don't forget to tip the receptionist
You don't want to be known as a stingy regular do you?
>tfw left my billfold and have to choose between the atm surcharge rape or going on the tip dodger wall of shame for a month
>>35577393
What if the receptionist is also the PT?
>>35579621
Then it makes sense to get on their good side, yeah?
>>35577248
Hey man, I started going last week but I've lurked /fit/ for a while, try have a plan of what exercises you wanna do before you go in, then just walk upto the desk, pay the monthly few and sign up then get to work
If someone is using something you need either do a different exercise first or ask how long they're gonna be, 'how many sets do you have left? ' is good, or 'hey can I work in with you?'
Unless you make a scene no one is gonna pay much attention to you, just remember to tidy up weights after you use them and wipe off benches, it's all just common etiquette really
>>35580134
Thanks anon
>tipping the receptionist
kek
OP here, I made it
>>35582432
start with stretching and then start lightweight. also remember to tip the janitor minimum $50 for making sure the weight equipment is nice and shiny and clean
>>35582481
>tips $50
>tips dick
did you forget to tip the cashier, anon? I bet you did, tut tut.
