I would say this video from my own end …sums it up pretty close.
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Well that tracks for me.
Thanks for sharing that.
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Yeah… it hit pretty close to the mark.
IMO
I know.
I feel judged.
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I also like picking the music.
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I wouldn’t say that is 100% me, but I definitely prefer to be left alone when I am training. I don’t even like it when my husband is there.
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Pretty on the money.
For a long time i didn’t consider that others want to train together. My wife refuses to exercise alone. She always needs a friend to go with, even if its just to walk. Im the exact opposite. Garage/basement gyms alone for about 20 years
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A while back there was a conversation about if there should be male only gyms. I feel like this would be a better way to determine membership. “Do you hate when people look at you or try to speak to you when you are at the gym? Do you prefer to keep your head down and get your session in with as little interaction as possible? This is the place for you!” I would go there. I hate when other people are around. I have been conditioned to smile when people look at me. I don’t want to smile while I’m lifting. I want to keep my grumpy ass, might be having a stroke, face. It also might be the only time in my day that I don’t want to speak and I don’t want anyone to speak to me.
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For me, it’s about convenience. I have a plan and having to accomodate others wastes everyone’s time especially since I am much shorter than most people so it would be a hassle to adjust barbell positions and such
The gym is one of the few places I socialise in person so I do like to have cardio sessions with friends and sometimes chat between sets when lifting
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Maybe that is the difference for me. I spend my whole day socializing. I have to talk to patients and nurses and physicians all day long. The gym is my only quiet place.
We took a “Jungian” personality test at work a few years ago as a team building thing. I remember my report card saying my personality type recharges from solitary activities. Lifting, fishing, hunting, and biking I do pretty much alone.
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Maybe that’s me as well. I’ve noticed that I enjoy running more when I’m on my own (although I tend to run faster with a partner) and I really enjoy having my day off while my kids are at school and my husband is at work. I think recharge is a good way to put it. My brain just runs wild and works its way through problems.
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Same. Everything you said - same.
I get lonely by the end of a day alone, but I love waking up to no expectations and spending the day that way. By dinner I’m ready for social time again. Day-to-day I need small pockets of solitude. Working out is one of them. I don’t want to be disturbed. I also don’t like social shopping. I’d much rather shop for clothes alone - just me and my preferences.
But like you, I do work that is 100% about other people.
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Yeah… seems pretty obvious to me that you and I share the same personality traits in that regards.
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I ve stated in the past that myself and commercial gyms do not jive.
Its not that im anti social. BUT when I hit the gym im all business and a switch flips.
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Commercial gyms are insufferable… phone zombie idiots, brain dead broccoli heads in Birkenstocks, awful atmosphere, teenagers in pajamas…
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Yeah …100%. Especially the atmosphere
Perhaps you could try persuading them to Crocks…
Back in the ‘70’s and ‘80’s those that came to the gym conformed to the “gym culture.” Currently, and for most all of the 2000’s, the gyms have conformed to present day culture.
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Spot on.