[quote]TRTblastcruise wrote:
Honestly, I’ve only ever lifted alone. I’ve never been close with anyone that shares the same dedication and will I do in the gym so I find that training with people that I’m friends with, but not on the same page in terms of lifting, is actually counterproductive. The gym has always been my time away from people, actually. Sure there are other people around, but I am trully in a different “zone”, for lack of a better term: I really phase out everything else in my life and let go of work, relationship, life stresses because I have one mission and one mission alone, lift heavy and improve myself. It’d be great I guess if I could find someone that could understand that and truly be there just to lift aside me, somehow pushing me to lift better. But I find that I generally have more than enough motivation for myself
I’ll ask other knowledgeable gym members when I need a spot to give me one and instruct them on what exactly I expect for the set I’m about to do. Other than that, I rarely raise my hat brim high enough to ever let anyone make eye contact with me so I never have to get involved in a conversation. I know that sounds anti-social, but I’m not at the gym to socialize and frankly would prefer everyone leave me alone when I’m doing my thing there.
But then again, who knows: maybe if I was lifting with someone that was stronger than myself, I would have had better results these past 6 years. [/quote]
This is great! Exactly how I feel but I was never able to put into words.