>too afraid to go to the gym
My weeaboo ass is never going to make it.
Why you afraid, senpai?
You can do it senpai desu~
>>36470165
not with that attitude you complete fucking jap wannabe waste of oxygen
So do bodyweight stuff at home and buy a treadmill until you get more confident
>>36470184
Someone might laugh at me. What when all is taken and I do funny gestures in the meanwhile?
>not going to the gym blaring weeb music in your headphones
>not being a fit weeb
Faggot.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xYYhAryLnHY
>>36470228
Ok, I understand the first half of what you said. I was nervous going in for the first time too desu. No one is going to laugh at you though, everyone is just there to do their own shit and leave. Chances are, they're probably too focused on their own self consciousness to worry about you.
>What when all is taken and I do funny gestures in the meanwhile?
I do not follow what you're saying here
>>36470165
>Not lifting for your 2D waifu
I feel sorry for her 2bh
>>36470288
Like a funny expression.
Also the treadmills face in the direction of everything else. You can see everyone working out when you are a cardio bunny or whatever and they are forced to look in my direction that way.
>>36470165
go for it senpai, don't be afraid.
Go early in the morning or late at night if your gym is 24hrs
Find a dudebro who looks decent. Come up to him say its your first time here, dudebros love nothing more than people wanting advice from them, he's goingto drop his workout entirely and spend the entire day showing you round the gym. He might even pound your weebish boipussy later at night.
I guess I would be more relaxed if it was bigger. I'm moving soon anyway. Maybe I should just go so I don't make a fool of myself in the new gym.
>>36470334
Haha I actually started making Rich Piana tier faces when lifting heavy, it's hilarious and I don't have to bother with restricting face muscles from contracting.
WHATEVER IT TAKES
>>36470361
It's open until 2200. I can't go in the mornings because of work. Last time I went there at 1940 there were still lots of people.
>>36470165
Not sure how old you are, but I ovecame my fear since my college has a gym, and a class called "lifetime fitness" since I worked seasonally there, too I am able to go after the semester is over, too.
or see if there is a 24 hour fitness in your area.
>>36470165
What's the problem? You just have to learn to enjoy the attention and judgement of other people. I don't even watch anime, and I own waifu shirts and fedora hats for the sole purpose of getting my jollies by making other people cringe. Plus if you wear faggot clothes, your heart rate automatically goes up around people so you don't even have to warm up.
>going to the gym
>>36470334
Like you're afraid the equipment you need will be in use and you'll just stand around doing spergy shit while you wait?
I guess you just change the order of your routine until it's free or find some other way to kill your time until then. Go refill your water bottle, stretch a little something. I'd say ask if you can work in, but I get the sense you aren't comfortable with that idea.
Cardio bunnies or anyone else on the treadmills aren't going to care what you're up to, senpai. They're either watching the TV's that I assume are mounted nearby, reading, or thinking about their own shit.
I promise you that you are making this much worse in your head than it actually is.
>>36470254
hello worst girl
>>36470165
>tfw not afraid but hate that I have to wait for the fucking bench
Buy some small weights, lift while watching anime. It'll also force you to shower more often and to waste less money on heating.
>>36470502
I've already lifted a bit at home.
>>36470511
Lift more
>>36470370
you clearly don't speak english as a first language. I know the advice given so far is good in most places in the US, but idk about other countries. Different cultures are different, you know? Where are you?
>>36470228
At any given gym excepting maybe highschool gyms dominated by a core wrestling/football team here is what people will think when they see you:
>Oh he just started, good for him
and sometimes
>he is going to snap his shit up
and extremely rarely
>that was a half rep
otherwise no one cares at all.
I love hitting the treadmill for an hour so I can stare at every faggot thst walks in the gym
I literally felt like this for a long time. What I did was I convinced myself to finally go to the gym just to cycle because I moved to a bigger city that wasn't good for cycling. One I got comfortable and in a routine going for anything at all, I started to get comfortable enough to dick around on some machines sometimes because it's harder to look like an idiot with form on a machine since they pretty much only work one way. Then, after a while I finally got confident enough to start touching the free weights.
I must literally be autistic or something, but that seemed to work for me. Maybe that will work for you.
>>36470677
>>36470677
>staring at other people minding their own business
>calls them faggot
>>36470687
If you're really struggling, this seems like sound advice to me. More than anything just start getting yourself into the habit of regularly going.
I love listening to hatsune miku while im at the gym!
>>36470195
and troll craigslist daily for a low price on adjustable dumbbells
>>36470372
sometimes I do them too but like a week ago some kind of pimple appeared on my lip and it hurts when I do faces like that
WHATHEVER IT TAKES THOUGH
>>36470381
Where is your gym? Mine is open till 2200 and has treadmills facing the weights. If it's the same gym I'll be your guide.
>>36471419
Doubt it, Germany.
>>36471424
Ah UK. Thought it was a long shot. I always get so inspired when I see people out of shape hitting the gym hard though. There's this guy who must weight close to 25 stone and his obese daughter that started at our gym about 6 months ago, their progress is inspiring.
Just make sure your form is good and that's ALL that matters.
>>36470165
>used to be too scared to usr the gym's shower
>browse /fit/ and shitpost for months
>get jacked
>now completely fine with seeing man asses everywhere, and I even think some of them are cute
Just be yourself
>>36470165
Christ, just go.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3TXxk4aaX1k
>tfw this could eventually be you
>>36471424
When I first walked into a gym 2 and a bit years ago, I was benching 30kg for 5 reps. It was very embarrassing for me at the time, and I used to do all my workouts red faced as fast as possible just praying that no one would notice me; so I understand your struggle.
But 30kg quickly became 40, 40 became 50 and so on, before long guys were asking me to spot them whilst they benched 80, 90, 100 and not long after I was benching 120. Everyone is scared and nervous when they first start. but don't regret it because if you never start you can never bench 120 like me and be a swole.
>>36470165
did it work?
>>36471543
Did what work?
>>36471424
Just put shoe polish on your skin and pretend you're an immigrant. They do whatever they want and no one says shit so you can do the same.
>Go to the gym, 5days a week routine
>Rocking anime music in my giant sony brand studio headphones.
>Wear the exact same set of workout clothes every single time
>Not giving a fuck
Feels good man. I don't care about what any of these people think.
>>36470165
>not singing anime openings in their original japanese as you lift
>not realizing Akari is best Yuru
Never gonna make it. Shaking my dick head familiar.
>>36472066
>He can't OPH a 14 year old middle school girl
>>36472007
No better feeling in the world.
>>36472007
this is really it
just check it out OP, you'll see the floods of people more pathetic can you could possibly be, with no shame whatsoever, and realize that nobody cares about them. im someone with literal anime tattoos and nobody even gave me a glance.
anyone who actually cares about what others are doing in the gym, as long as they're not hogging equipment for retarded shit (squatting in the curl rack), is never gonna make it
in fact, if you just rerack your weights and clean up after yourself, you'll be above 90% of gym goers and, if noticed, respected. I know I respect that no matter who it is or how much weight
I saw an obvious weeaboo at my gym the other day.
I intimidated him with my powerful pectorals before subduing him with my aura. Then I grabbed him by the trousers and shirt and launched him out of the gym to general applause.
>>36472456
then you woke up and swore you'd go to the gym only to then not.
>>36472479
I can see my aura is making you uncomfortable even across the Internet... This means my power is growing.
>>36472595
>>36472609
>>36472424
let me see your tattoos senpai
>>36472624
>>36471560
i asked to get banned
>>36470165
For prevention of future failures, you need to start working out at home first, doing mostly body weight exercises like (mainly push ups)
You don't want to go there as a complete newbie
It can be really discouraging
>>36472680
sorry too anon but there's some gerudo imagery and a pun pun design too, thinking about FLCL related in the future
sometimes I convince people it's tribal and they think I'm a dudebro jock but joke's on them cause I'm just pretending to not be autistic
>>36470165
so go early in the morning when no one's there, if your self-esteem is that low, kek. Also, stop being an anime faggot, I swear I see at least 10 of you every week and on the next one are never to be found.
>>36470165
I watch anime while hitting the treadmill and no one tells me nothing.
Just go you fag, not trying to be a better person makes you way worse that being a weeb or whatever.
>Lift 4 days a week
>Track my calories and eat clean
>weekend comes
>drink tons of alcohol because its the only way i'm
social
I'd probably be pretty fit by now without alcohol, but I'll never drop it. I basically just lift and eat clean to stay from being in terrbile shape.
Never gonna make it desu
>>36472787
>>36470165
I'm drunk, but just go to the gym and forget about the other people. Don't be afraid of anyone, they're just people with different habits. Go there, focus on your lifts, feel good, get some doms, feel badass.
>>36473092
I quit drinking 6 months ago. Bonus part is - more money for whey/better food. Minus part is - rip social life, especially when you're still getting your BA.
Who /a/ here
>>36473473
/a/ reporting in
>>36473473
I'm an /a/ drawfag so I'm pretty much the lowest of the low, but OP you just fucking do it and realise that it's nothing to be nervous about, in fact, working out alone and listening to music can be super relaxing and you can just take it at your own pace.
>>36470165
People are way too self absorbed to pay attention to anything but themselves. Just keep at it and as your lifts increase, so will your confidence.
